April 19, 2013

Characters in Costume Challenge - April Antagonists!



Time for the April edition of the Characters in Costume Challenge, started by Gillian Adams. This month's theme: April Antagonists!
I'll be honest - while I have been known to open my closet and ask things like "How can I go for a WWII-French-Resistance look today?" or "What outfit could I build around my Swedish motorcycle goggles?" or "Would it look too weird to put a bell-sleeved blouse with a leather trench coat?", it's not every day that I stare at my wardrobe and wonder "How can I look like an evil villain today?"
So this months' challenge was particularly fun and... well, challenging. I actually went for a villainess look, as you're about to see. ; )


This is Meliqa Vaesh, (pronounced MEL-ih-kuh vay-ESH), the villainess of books 2 and 3 of the Adelfian Prophecies Series (the sequels to Son of the Shield).
 

Despite her young age (19), Meliqa is the most powerful sorceress the country of Moritar has seen in almost two centuries - since before the Adelfian purge that nearly wiped out the entire order of sorcerers. She is now considered the last and greatest hope of the Moritarc people and nation, to regain their independence and reassert themselves as a force to be reckoned with.


Being as volatile as she is powerful makes her dangerous enough. But her abilities to lure, charm, deceive, and manipulate make her even more deadly.
Her powers of sorcery leave her with little use for physical weapons in most cases. (Why bother with carrying a sword when you can kill someone just by holding out your hand?) When she comes up against the Adelfian believers, though, who are protected from sorcery by the power of the Shield who indwells them, she resorts to a pair of butterfly swords. Unfortunately, I don't have a pair I could use for pictures.


Whatever you do, don't let her lure you in.
Do. Not. Believe. Her.


9 comments:

  1. My goodness! She does look deadly ... and dangerous to boot! ;) Awesome pictures! She sounds like just the sort of villaness you enjoy reading about but certainly wouldn't want to meet in real life. Not without an army to back you up at least...

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    1. Thanks!
      Yeah, Meliqa isn't exactly one of those characters you wish you could meet for real. I occasionally lose sleep over the thought that she's lurking around...

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  2. Wow, you look... villainous :D I love the dress!

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    1. Well, since "villainous" is what I was going for... thanks! : )
      It's kind of funny - I actually made that over-dress for a Christmas Ball a couple of years ago. Who knew it would end up as a sorceress' gown? But thanks - glad you like it!

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  3. Awesome! I love dressing up...sometimes, I try to go to school kind-of in costume...it's quite fun.
    Haha...I would love to have a pair of swords :)

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    1. My best friend and I used to go to orchestra in "costume" all the time. We had a rather severe obsession with the Renaissance at the time, as I recall.
      Of course, now that I'm one of the orchestra teachers, well, I try to look at least *mildly* professional... though I can't always resist when the steampunk or fantasy urge strikes. ; )

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  4. LOL...(I think that's about all I've got to say on this topic ;)

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  5. Ok, I'm totally creeped out. You nailed that outfit and the expression, I can just see Meliqa and the White Witch getting together for tea and a nice evil chat sometime.

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