Description
I really love how she turned out, I'm a sucker for split faced designs and had a blast creating her. Originally I was going to have a visible skull in her head as well but then realized MMD models aren't the most... Anatomically correct and the skull model I was going to use was modeled after a human's skull, not a giant eyed tiny mouthed creature such as an MMD character. I know the shadows suck, I'm not sure how to make them smoother.
Credits!
Base by AnneLMorSaYa: www.deviantart.com/annelmorsay… edited by me
Head by sweet-desiree: www.deviantart.com/sweet-desir…
Hair by AyaneFoxey: www.deviantart.com/ayanefoxey/…
Dress by Arneth-Myndraavn: www.deviantart.com/arneth-mynd… (MMD Mall)
Boots by Tehrainbowllama: www.deviantart.com/tehrainbowl… (MMD Mall)
Halo (it's on her wrist) by Mea-Scinta: www.deviantart.com/mea-scinta/… (MMD Mall)
Wings by Amenrenet (no longer active, posted by their friend): www.deviantart.com/qvxvctxzero… (MMD Mall)
Textures by UtauRueCross, the creators of the original parts, and me (or edited by me)
Thank you all for helping me bring my edgy baby to life! Or half life (heehee)!
As a bonus here's a link to a youtube video I made of her, showing how she moves and how her expressions are impacted (it also shows her before she became a super villain and was still scared of herself: youtu.be/k0_EnQ30uwA
Anyway, you'd think I'd make someone for MOTM without a bit of backstory? Nah, I'm gonna keep doing this. Writing these characters out helps me design them.
Name: Hela
Supervillain Name: Hela
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Powers: Her left side causes great pain or even death (when it comes to the palm of her hand) on contact. If she were ever to try to be intimate with someone she'd have to cover herself up as much as possible to avoid any harm done to her partner.
Likes: Being in public, letting her voice be known, snuggly clothing
Dislikes: The risk of hurting those she cares about, superheroes, the circumstances that brought her here
Quote: "I won't apologize for being a villain until you all aplogize for putting me down this path in the first place. And you better mean it!"
Hela's real name is unknown, a lot about her is unknown for that matter. She only entered the world's spotlight when she was around 14 after rumors of a two-faced demon with "the touch of death" started circulating through the homeless population of an undisclosed large city. The rumors reached the ears of powerful individuals in charge of an organization meant to track down "unordinary" individuals and turn them to the side of good if possible which sent one of their agents to assess the situation. Once in the shanty town that the rumors came from, he found the source which was not what he was expecting. The agent was taught to deal with powerful, dangerous people ready to use their abilities to attack at a moment's notice. The skinny creature bundled up in layers of long sleeves and scarves much too warm for the weather, hiding her face behind filthy long hair was not anything he had dealt with before. In fa,ct the girl jumped at the opportunity to leave her "home" in favor of somewhere where she wouldn't be feared and hated. Once in one of the organization's facilities, the girl had a checkup and her abilities assessed. She was dubbed Hela by researchers, named after the two faced Norse goddess of death, which she didn't seem to mind. The left side of her body was completely transparent save for her bones, she could still feel and operate as if there was flesh there but it looked as if she were made of air. Attempting to look through her left side into her right side was met with failure as there was simply a black wall blocking the view of her other innards. Hela's abilities were discovered that making skin to skin contact with the left side of her body would result in moderate, then severe pain over the course of a second. One researcher who accidentally touched Hela's left temple while taking her temperature compared it to being bitten by a bullet ant (which they apparently had experienced). Even though it was painful as long as one was healthy Hela's skin wasn't lethal. Aside from the palm of her left hand, almost instantaneous death resulted from being touched by her palm or the undersides of her fingers. The pads of her fingers were not lethal.
After Hela was declared safe she was put into a team of other young super humans, meant to show the world that being unordinary was a good thing and that the next generation could save the world. Her team consisted of the leader with super speed, a cyborg girl who could detect lies, a pair of identical twins who were physic when they held hands, and a boy who could use his voice to control others. Hela's team were lukewarm to the fact that they had to get a new team member, let alone one with such an uncontrollable and dangerous ability. She was mostly kept at the side lines, being only used for interrogations and rarely present at press conferences. When she was she was required to cover her entire left side, a fact not lost on the public watching these events. Four years passed like this, Hela went from a homeless outcast to an outcast in a big high-tech secret base. She knew her team wasn't being purposely malicious, they were just scared of her. After a particularly stressful interrogation that involved Hela having to threaten a super villain's young daughter with her touch to get him to reveal his secret plans did Hela have enough. While the team was busy coregulating themselves for a job well done alone in her room Hela realized something. Her team claimed to be the good guys but made her do such terrible things, things the public would never learn. They treated her like a monster then made her act like one. They hated her, whether they wanted to or not. And so Hela decided to hate them too. Quickly Hela changed, she pulled off her glove, tore the sleeves off her sweater, removed her scarf, and cut the left leg off of her leggings. Lastly, she cut her hair away from her face, exposing the grinning skull she always tried to hide. Satisfied with her transformation Hela pulled away the blanket she kept over her mirror and studied herself, for the first time in her life she let her see herself as beautiful, as a person worth living for herself, as a goddess. As if in response to her sudden bout of self-love a wing of bone came from her left shoulder blade, painlessly resting at her back. Hela left her room to leave the base, passing by her teammates laughing with each other, completely ignoring her as usual which suited her fine. It was easier to leave that way.
Two years later Hela is an enemy to super heroes everywhere, she finds them corrupt and hateful, considering "unordinary" only beautiful when it suits their needs. She hasn't done much to harass civilians, instead focusing on the established government, attacking it and trying to tear it down every chance she gets. She's had to kill a few times, but she knows it is a necessary evil to bring to light how corrupt the business of "super hero" really is.