Originally Submitted to FurAffinity.net on Feb 7th, 2013 12:03 PM. Before it was transferred to Inkbunny it had 282 views and 19 favorites.
In this picture I drew an epic group pose of the top members of the Dan Brigade, the group of elite knights headed by Domineus Dan. Most of the members of the Dan Brigade, both shown and not shown (there being more members), are mainly from well established families and the children of the top leaders of the empire. ^\/^.
In the middle is Domineus Dan, also known as D. Dan and Duphasdan (spelled using the firs letter of all 9 names in his official formal standard name), is the leader of the group that is named after his surname. His father is the top general of the empire's armies and defense, covering many areas. D. Dan has a personality that is crass, charismatic, unorthodox and witty. Behind such behaviour is a tactical genius, a well educated mnd (walking encycopedia) and a master of many styles of sword fighting and a master in several unarmed combat including wrestling, a style of martial arts known as Eagle Claw and out right brawling, street fighting style mized with boxing. Character wise, he is a mix between Ken Masters from the Street Fighting series, Lord Skarl form the Guin Saga and Kenshiro from the anime Fist of the Northstar.
On the far left hand side is Enric Jenson. His style, weapon wise, is his scythe with a blade in the form of a dragon and a blessed hourglass held either in his left hand or strapped to his belt. He is not that offensive, nor defensive. Rather he is mainly a support class style, able to do things like manipulate time to slow foes, or speed his fellow knights up. He also has the ability resurrect recently fallen fellow knights (like in the Final Fantasy games) and has a proficiency in poison in that he can either apply it or provide a cure. He can also purify something that is tainted. His abilities derive from his ancestral heritage, a long line of heroes. His family gains their powers using divine magic, mainly from a god of time among a few others. He also has knowledge of necromancy, but uses his knowledge to counteract such dark magics since it is strictly forbidden. A classic good use versus bad use of something leading to differing paths, in this case divine magic of time, purification and poison. The ones who use such powers for good look normal, tend to not get sick and look ideal beauty wise in the face. Bad users eventually end up with being cursed with immortality without beuaty and health, eventually looking like the classic skeleton looking grim reaper / wraith.
The second from the left is named Harmony Kistsune. As the name suggests, he is a kitsune. His father manages a large temple in the capital and leads the imperial groups that supervise such things as mysticism, divinity, divine magic, non divine magic, magic using priests and monks (offense, defense, support and healing) and everything else under the sun that relates to magic. Harmony is a prodigy in magic and highly intteligent. IQ wise, he is the only one wiht a higher IQ than D. Dan and is even more knowledgeable and well read. The latter part due in part of Harmony being much older than D. Dan. Though still young for a kitsune, Harmony is 227 years old, or 22 and a half years in equvilent years in his fellow kitsune species eyes in comparison to human years. His main weapon is a wooden staff with a mystal crystal set on top between twisted ends and uses styles of magic from sorcery and wizardry. He is like a black and hwite mage roled into one. Harmony's character was based on a picture I made a while back that I have made to be his father. The picture is Kitsune Male Warrior https://www.furaffinity.net/view/5345306/ a majestic and muscle bound white and gold kitsune warrior with the full 9 tails, and over 1,000 years in age. After drawing that picture, I wanted to incorporate him and his family into the story and that is how the idea for Harmony came about. Harmony, being only in the age to allow for two tails, is shorter than his father and not as strong physically and magically. Harmony does, however, have a similar coat of fur indicating his prodigious skills and heritage. Harmony's personality is like a cross between Byakuya Kuchiki from the anime Bleach and Shu from the anime Fist of the Northstar.
On the far right is the newest member of the group, Paulo Lobato. To save time explaining his story, it can be found on another picture I did of him found at https://www.furaffinity.net/view/9862006/ .
On the second from far right is the ever faithful, friend since childhood and oldest member of the group (in terms of time spent in the group with him being the first member) as well as master of long range Ecks Leoante. Where D. Dan is the master of melee, Ecks Leoante is to range. A good deal of his bio is found at the comments for another picture of him found at https://www.furaffinity.net/view/8350021/ that explains much. Ecks' and Domineus' fathers have known each other since childhood as well. Both are highly competitve as well. When D. Dan's father became the leader of the military and such, which tends to focus on external threats, Ecks Leoante's father became master of the areas that focus on internal threats, such as the Counts of the Stables (police force), the Imperial Intelligence (spies and ninjas even), Imperial Investiation (FBI like thing) and other public safety areas. Situations overlap which tend to make for continious competition between Ecks' and Domineus' fathers. Besides inventing new weapons and range attacks, Ecks aslo, much like his father, handles the policing of his fellow group members, much like an internal military police for the group. Ecks also likes to read a lot and, even though his IQ is less than D. Dan's, his knowledge is greater and second only to Harmony's. He also is proficient in engineering and his mathematics is better than even Harmony's math skills. Ecks' personality is a cross between Tony Stark (Ironman), Rei from Fist of the Northstar and Sasuke Uchiha from the anime Naruto (when he is reading, being serious or while fighting).
