(Insert clever name before I forget again)

On one hand, I love doing these, but on the other, I really don't have time for them. So... tag me if you must know more about a character of mine, I guess.

wanted to know some more about good old Kopen. I was hoping someone would tag her.

RULES:
1. Post 8 facts about your character.
2. Tag 8 other Characters.
3. Post their names along with their creator's avatars


1. Like Virse, Kopen was created for the BZP RPG Bionifight Infinite. She was actually my first character for the game after some friends from Corpus Rahkshi talked me into writing up a "Hardcore Hoto." Hoto just had such a beautifully dangerous weapon and was too gentle to use it.

2. Like Hoto, Kopen is blind. However, because I have a cruel sense of irony, while Hoto was a Rahkshi hatched blind, Kopen was a Matoran blinded by a Rahkshi. To be specific, it was a Rahkshi of Plasma, just like Hoto's brother Fang. To get around this disability, both Kopen and Hoto built clickers into their joints to provide a crude sort of echolocation as they move around. The faster they move, the better they see, which is why they both enjoy running.

3. Because most of Kopen's face was mangled and all but useless after the attack, she replaced it with a device that allowed her access to her Kakama's power. This unsightly mess of wires and diodes is carefully hidden beneath her blindfold and fashionable cap. This operation was no doubt excruciatingly painful, especially given that Kopen had no means to hire a proper surgeon, but she really will do anything to show she's at least as good as everyone else.

4. Besides the fact that I just like how cloth and leather looks on a biomech, Kopen's cloth was inspired by a doodle of a humanized Hoto I did a while back. It is the only humanized Bionicle drawing I have ever and will ever do. I placed this humanized Hoto in 1900s New York City. She was a young vagabond, living off the streets and gathering her little posse. Maybe I just watched Newsies one too many times. Of course, like Hoto and Kopen, she was blind and used clickers to get around. 

5. When I first wrote up Kopen's profile, I set her species as "Matoran of Dodge," and later described that she was some kind of a Makuta's mistake who was blinded and cast out. Admittedly, it was ridiculous. Instead, she became a mischievous Matoran of Fire that her fellow villagers were happy to cast out the first chance they got. 

6. Kopen is a bit of a rebel. It took her all of five minutes to get on The Queen's bad side, which was not a good place to be. Basically, she ended up as a vegetable with a shredded mind until a few Toa of Light, including Kale and Tenjou, fixed her up. She was also resentful of Rahkshi, Toa, and just about anything bigger and more powerful than her (which is a pretty broad group). Secretly though, she was just jealous. The Queen eventually had some idea of this, and after a few strange turns of fate, began to trust Kopen beyond all other Bionifight competitors. Kopen still didn't like her. After all, it's hard to like someone when your first impression of them is intense mental agony.

7. After the Bionifight facility crash landed on a hostile island, Kopen found a dying Tenjou. In a scene that was just too beautiful to do justice to here, Tenjou gave Kopen her dying words, and then infused her Toa Power into Kopen's staff. When Kopen reached out to take it, she was transformed into a Toa. And not just any Toa, but a Toa of Light. It was then that she realized she had been one of the Av-Matoran displaced in the Time Slip, which actually made a lot of sense to her. Admittedly, this little plot twist was done entirely for Kopen's benefit, because a blind Toa of Fire just wouldn't work out. A blind Toa of Light, besides being incredibly ironic, had far more potential.

8. But the best part about this transformation is that Tenjou wasn't a normal Toa. She came from a universe where Toa were guided by the spirits of their predecessors who resided in their Toa Tools. Tenjou's spirit now inhabits Kopen's staff, and is able to give her guidance as Kopen tries to grasp her newfound power. It's such a cool concept and I'm glad I got to play a part in it.


And... that's a wrap. I hope you enjoyed another wall of text. With Kopen being a derivative of my adorable little Hoto, I spent a lot of time developing her character to make her distinct from, yet with the core of Hoto. And I loved the idea so much that I've already created two more alternate Hotos and hope to make more.


Let's ruin some more lives today, shall we? I tag...

's Ashira, because I just followed them today and want to know more about this intriguing creation.

's Ri, for something new

's Sin, because I don't know much about him (and I accidentally tagged too many in the last journal)

's Ori, because Cyborg Amazon (and ditto)

Just... any of 's Successors to the Toa. I can't decide, so pick a favorite.

's Smoldrin, because he sounds awesome

's eponymous Mekrani, because why not

Aaaaaaand... 's Rise, because he might enjoy it (?) and I've never seen a backstory