Hello everyone.
Welcome to the third edition of the CCC focused on Original Characters!
If you haven’t seen the first editions and are intrigued, you can check them out under the “Previous rounds”, then the “OC rounds” section.
It seems to be a contest that a lot of you are interested in, and I’m very thankful for that. I hope you’ll be able to express your creativity as you desire here.
This time, it will be about wayward fighters.
The rules of the Original Characters rounds are slightly different from the Fire Emblem ones, if you were already familiar with those.
You can read the rules in further detail below, but the main difference to keep in mind is that Characters must be fully original.
If you're new to the concept, click here to learn more about it
What is the CCC
The CCC is an art contest where the participants create portraits for various characters to expand the FE Fangame Essentials, a resource that compiles Fire Emblem-related assets, including portraits, battle animations, music, amongst others, to create Fire Emblem content or rom-hacking in general.
The artists may represent the characters following the round’s theme in any way they like.
For existing characters, they can be in their classic attire or have re-designs, including but not limited to de-ageing or ageing the characters, giving them new outfits or attributes, genderbending them, cosplaying them, etc, as long as they are recognisable and keep defining features of said characters.
This contest isn’t targeted towards a specific audience. Despite being a contest, it is very casual, and everyone is encouraged to partake in this contest, no matter their skill level and experience. The main goal is to have fun and create portraits for the Community to use and enjoy!
Rules
1.
All submissions to this contest will be F2E by default unless stated otherwise by the artist! This contest involves expanding the resources available for the Portrait Repository, but I understand not everyone participating wishes their work to be F2U or F2E.
2.
Artists may create custom battle animations, music, map sprites, or any form of art related to the featured characters, however, only posts with a portrait will be eligible for the vote.
3.
Artists may create an alternate outfit/design/etc for one or multiple characters, if they wish.
4.
Artists may submit multiple designs, if they wish. They will all count toward their one submission vote. (Voters will vote on all of the works they created at once)
5.
No pre-existing artwork! The point of this contest is to expand the repository. It would be unfair to compete against artwork that may have had several weeks or months of editing work put into it ahead of time.
6.
Eye/mouth frames are preferable but optional. They aren’t necessary, but it would be awesome if they were included!
7.
Characters must be fully original.
However, they can be inspired by pre-existing characters of any media, share certain features, if done by splicing, for instance.
8.
All characters must be sprited in GBA format!
(Hackbox size is not necessary)
(Halfbodies/fullbodies are authorised)
(Please try to keep the colour count at or below 16, that would be great.)
9.
Submissions must at least somewhat respect the theme of the current round!
10.
First Place picks three themes, which are groups or categories that include a variety of characters (such as classes, roles in the story, related characters, and archetypes…), and Second Place picks two other themes for the next round, then the community gets to vote among the 5 they prefer!
Previous rounds
Fire Emblem rounds
Round One - Anna, Jake
Round Two - Eirika, Ephraim
Round Three - Karel, Karla
Round Four - Hugh, Cath, Lysithea
Round Five - Nino, Jaffar, Sonya
Round Six - Larum, Elphin, Homer, Phina
Round Seven - Mia, Astram, Flavia
Round Eight - Lance, Alan
Round Nine - Lachesis, Larcei, Rutger
Round Ten - Athena, Marisha, Erik
Round Eleven - Zane, Arete, Klein
Round Twelve - Anna, Ryoma, Hinoka
Round Thirteen - Cecilia, Pent, Saleh
Round Fourteen - Michalis, Minerva, Maria
Round Fifteen - Palla, Catria, Est
Round Sixteen - Camilla, Elise, Felicia
Round Seventeen - Alear, Louis, Yunaka
Round Eighteen - Hector, Jahn, Idunn
Round Nineteen - Cherche, Libra, Olivia
Round Twenty - Hanon, Rutger, Sue, Uhai
Round Twenty One - Silvia, Lara, Nils, Ninian
Round Twenty Two - Dorothea, Annette, Marianne, Yuri, Constance
Round Twenty Three - Tanya, Rebecca, Neimi, Python
Round Twenty Four - Finn, Amelia, Berkut
Round Twenty Five - Merric, Delthea, Asbel
Round Twenty Six - Dieck, Guinivere, Saber, Celica
Round Twenty Seven - Camus, Perceval, Seth
Round Twenty Eight - Caeda, Nanna, Lilina, Tana
Round Twenty Nine - Arden, Oswin, Effie, Louis
Round Thirty - Hartmut, Barigan, Hanon, Elimine, Roland
Round Thirty One - Manaketes, Xane, Nagi, Naesala, Ash, Freya
Round Thirty Two - Galle, Eldigan, (FE8) Selena
Round Thirty Three - Elbert, Eleanora, Hector’s Mother, Hussar, Ionius IX, Sitri
Round Thirty Four - Bramimond, Niime, Canas, Katarina, Tharja
Round Thirty Five - Marcelus, Priscilla, Mist, Sharena
Round Thirty Six - Julian, Renault, Dimitri
OC rounds
This round’s theme is “Wayward Fighters”.
Here is the description I was given by the person who submitted this theme: “recruitable enemies, often foreigners or at least of different origins than the main cast, not always but often carry a strict warrior’s code; this is just the Navarre archetype”.
They are generally early-game myrmidon with high speed and skill stats, with a killing edge and a silent but sharp personality.
Here is a link towards the “Navarre Archetype” description.
/!\ Please remember that every archetype is a fan interpretation of characters who share either story or gameplay similarities throughout the games, and none of them has been agreed upon by the developers themselves. /!\
While this archetype tends to be oriented towards the swordfighter/myrmidon classes, please don’t let it restrict you; if you want to break out of the mould and try for something slightly different, you can, as long as you respect the theme.
Of course, as in previous rounds, your submissions can be used for your personal rom-hack or other projects, but as stated before, as rule #5: “No pre-existing artwork”
If you participated before, the characters you’ll submit for this round don’t have to be related to the previous ones.
I’ll now showcase a few characters that are depicted as part of this archetype in Fire Emblem, to give you ideas, but feel free to look for references from other media or rom-hacks to get a better understanding of the topic.
- Character 1: Navarre, Silent Sword from Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem and their remakes.
- Character 2: Deen, Desert Mercenary from Fire Emblem Gaiden, and its remake; Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
- Character 3: Ayra, Astra’s Wielder from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of The Holy War.
- Character 4: Joshua, Tempest King Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones.
- Character 5: Lon’qu, Solitary Blade from Fire Emblem Awakening.
Additionally, a character that I made for a now long-cancelled ROM hack over 6 years ago that fits this archetype.
Here is Ariane.
If you’re interested in me sharing characters I’ve made that fit the theme for the next original characters round, it can be a recurring addition.
I hope this will help!
The deadline is October 31st.
To not miss any future rounds, you can now join the CCC Discord Server, where I announce every new round, voting period and results.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to write them here or send me a message through Discord.
Have fun, everyone!
