{"id":969,"date":"2022-11-06T01:10:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T06:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/penandswordgames.com\/AurorasNightmare\/?p=969"},"modified":"2022-10-22T21:18:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T02:18:24","slug":"repost-meet-dux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/penandswordgames.com\/AurorasNightmare\/repost-meet-dux\/","title":{"rendered":"Repost &#8211; Meet Dux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There aren\u2019t many characters left to introduce, but here\u2019s one.\u00a0 To start, here are some of my design notes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dux Certus<br \/>\n<\/strong>Gender: Male<br \/>\nAge: 47<br \/>\nHeight: 6\u2019 1\u201d<br \/>\nBuild: Fit, strong (not overly muscular)<br \/>\nHair: Brown (average length, neatly arranged)<br \/>\nEyes: Brown<br \/>\nDominant Hand: Right<br \/>\nClothing: Typical Angellus clothing (gray).\u00a0 He dresses neatly and professionally.<br \/>\nAdditional Note (Appearance): Strong, confident, and commanding.\u00a0 A natural leader.<br \/>\nCharacter Summary: The leader of Ars and Tia\u2019s research team.\u00a0 He\u2019s determined that his handpicked group will be the ones to solve the mystery of the lost history and he won\u2019t let anything get in their way.<\/p>\n<p>Dux is Ars and Tia\u2019s boss at the LRC.\u00a0 He\u2019s smart and determined, but that determination can sometimes blind him to everything else.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s some of Hanbee\u2019s original sketches of Dux.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_597\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-597\" style=\"width: 637px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-597\" src=\"https:\/\/penandswordgames.com\/AurorasNightmare\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DuxSketch.jpg\" alt=\"Dux Sketch\" width=\"637\" height=\"818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/penandswordgames.com\/AurorasNightmare\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DuxSketch.jpg 637w, https:\/\/penandswordgames.com\/AurorasNightmare\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DuxSketch-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dux Sketch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dux didn\u2019t have much of a role in my original plans for an Aurora\u2019s Nightmare novel.\u00a0 His research is important to the plot but he himself, not so much.\u00a0 As such, his appearances in the first story path of the visual novel are minimal.\u00a0 However, he gets to play a much larger role in some of the other paths, which gave me a chance to flesh out his character.\u00a0 As for what exactly his role is\u2026well, you\u2019ll just have to wait and see.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s finish up with a look at one of Dux\u2019s final in-game poses.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_598\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-598\" style=\"width: 431px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-598\" src=\"https:\/\/penandswordgames.com\/AurorasNightmare\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DuxNormal.png\" alt=\"Dux Normal\" width=\"431\" height=\"816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/penandswordgames.com\/AurorasNightmare\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DuxNormal.png 431w, https:\/\/penandswordgames.com\/AurorasNightmare\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DuxNormal-158x300.png 158w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dux Normal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There aren\u2019t many characters left to introduce, but here\u2019s one.\u00a0 To start, here are some of my design notes. Dux Certus Gender: Male Age: 47 Height: 6\u2019 1\u201d Build: Fit, strong (not overly muscular) Hair: Brown (average length, neatly arranged) Eyes: Brown Dominant Hand: Right Clothing: Typical Angellus clothing (gray).\u00a0 He dresses neatly and professionally. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/penandswordgames.com\/AurorasNightmare\/repost-meet-dux\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Repost &#8211; Meet Dux<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/penandswordgames.com\/AurorasNightmare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/penandswordgames.com\/AurorasNightmare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/penandswordgames.com\/AurorasNightmare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penandswordgames.com\/AurorasNightmare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penandswordgames.com\/AurorasNightmare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/penandswordgames.com\/AurorasNightmare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":970,"href":"https:\/\/penandswordgames.com\/AurorasNightmare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969\/revisions\/970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/penandswordgames.com\/AurorasNightmare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penandswordgames.com\/AurorasNightmare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/penandswordgames.com\/AurorasNightmare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}