Skinless

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Skinless, like their name suggests, are Nipik without skin. Sans clothing or accessories a Skinless is little more than eyes, teeth and hair floating in the place they would be if a body were to accompany them. Though it cannot be seen a Skinless does have a body that can act physically on the world around it and can be clothed, accessorized and cast a shadow. Some do have more elements accompanying their base pieces including eyebrows, eyelashes, mouth sacks, etc as long as that part is not directly a part of the body. Their bodies, while invisible, can also vary in shape allowing for unique adornments (for example if a Skinless' body has elf ears this can be utilized for a far more expansive use of earrings). Many Skinless try to compensate for their lack of skin with elaborate clothing and accessories attempting to cover as much of themselves as possible to reclaim some sense of visibility. When a Skinless is young their elements will rigidly stay in place when they move acting entirely as if wholly attached their unseen body but as they age their parts seem to remember the shape they once occupied less and less becoming more fluid in their arrangement.  

CULTURE

The Glitch that allowed Skinless to escape Thrallment was that their skin textures, for whatever reason, did not load properly or was deleted. It seems a cruel twist of fate that many Skinless spent their time as Mobs in vain vapid roles. Many were accustomed to having Gamers court them in elaborate Dating Sims or having the shape of their features carefully customized in a Character Creator. Though they were not self aware during these times they often find they have a sense of lost beauty with their skin now gone. For most Skinless their first Unthralled memory is of a Gamer reacting in horror at their lack of epidermis. Since most did not come from conflict heavy games or came from a role that was meant to be saved from the conflict rather than participate in it they often take on non combatant occupations in Oob societies. Though there are some who embrace their visibility reducing glitch as rogues and assassins.

DESIGN

The design of Skinless will be to make an original animated rig that forms the face parts for the Skinless separate from the the body that is then perched on top of other purchased character rigs. This will allow for a broad range of emotion and animation in the parts of the Skinless that are unique while saving on work needed to build and animate a body. For the body the main alterations would be to remove the skin elements and making sure a broad range of clothing and apparel is readily available to adorn this rig as this will be main way in which Skinless are differentiated.

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