SHIFT
Mission 005
Knowledge is Power

After recent events SHIFT heroes are dispatched to the Great Alexandrite Library to find more information on just what is going on in the world.


Featuring Shift Heroes

 FRiNKEL Frinkel the Cat in Boots Druid
 Alex the Frog Alex the Cat Ranger
 KickahaOta Kickaha Ota the Foxyote Faerie Wizard
 Rimme Tex the feral Kirin Alchemist


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Anyway, gonna take a brief moment to talk about a random critter seen in the story today. Just cause I went slightly outside the original myth for it so was going to talk about it. Basically, carbuncles. Carbuncles are love. Most people are familiar Carbuncle from the Final Fantasy series, but they actually originate from myths in South America. Anyway the way I bring it up is carbuncle's appearance varies a bit between what it looks like in most modern adaptations and what it looks like in its original myth... Something I suspect Final Fantasy is largely responsible for. Carbuncles have always been described as rodent-like or cat-like... But interesting enough in their original incarnation they had armadillo shells. Most modern adaptations of carbuncles don't really include those shells anymore and I was a little conflicted. I wanted the creature to be easily recognizable but I wanted to pay more tribute to the original myth than the pop culture. (Mind you I freaking adore Carbuncle as in pop culture) Anyway, as a result I decided to do my own thing with carbuncle and give it shell, but have it look a bit different from the original myth. Instead of an armadillo shell decided to have one made of gemstone (which by the way the traditional carbuncle gemstone in mythology is usually garnet not ruby! But it can be any stone) So in place of the traditional shell, I gave them a shell that looks like a breastplate made out of gemstones... Effectively making it look like the carbuncle is wearing crystal armor. Anyway, just wanted to explain what I did there and why Frinkel's new form was different from the usual modern carbuncle and the old myth.


Anyway till next time, ciao!