Originally I was envisioning the monster that guards Vahaadi’s lamp to be kind of like the giant dragon in HTTYD. Big and bulky but with crazy metal parts sticking out everywhere. But, then I had this idea that maybe instead of being a metal-eating monster it just eats *anything*, and whatever it eats becomes part of it. So instead of being like some weird metal-plated dinosaur it would be this abomination composed of the remains of anything and everything that enters its cave…including people. Just to up the horror factor. So, it would sort of be like a Mistwraith, where you can see the bones of people it’s eaten, but different from a mistwraith because it’s also made up of their weapons and armor and ANYTHING else. Also, because it’s surely eaten more than a few djinn, its body is also swathed in fire and smoke, since that’s what djinn decompose into. And then when it starts rampaging on Earth and eating cars and telephone poles and whatever it can get a hold of it just keeps getting bigger and more horrific. I guess it’s going to be like a combo of a Mistwraith and a Cybug. But huge. And on fire.
The hero that wished for the monster knew it had to be something so awful that most people wouldn’t dare go near it to try to get the lamp, and so dangerous that anybody that did would die a horrible death trying. But of course he didn’t want to unleash something like that to roam freely through his world or he would have totally shot himself in the foot, so he also wished for an inescapable pit to keep the monster (and the lamp) inside. The only way to get out would be to wish your way out, but the monster would kill you and eat you long before you could get to the lamp.
Of course our villain the Piper makes his own rules and just yoinked the monster out of the “inescapable” pit and dropped it on Earth to go on a killing spree.
This is really cool! I like it! It’s almost like a black hole monster or a homunculus from Fullmetal Alchemist: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AyCeF3Aenc0/TmWdRPvx_UI/AAAAAAAACiY/JU47dXTxrGY/036.png?imgmax=3000
Personally I always found Mistwraiths to be a bit tragic/pitiable, so we’ll really have to play up the monster angle so that it isn’t a sympathetic character. Is telling the hero’s tale part of Loose Canon or is it just for us to know? I always like how in MLP they use that celtic style to talk about past legends and stuff. Would you want to do something like that?
Whoa, scary! @_@
Mistwraiths, pitiable? There must be more you learn about them in the later books; I only read the first one and they seemed rather bovine to me. I don’t fathom this monster being a character in any real sense. It’s a magical apparition made from Vahaadi’s magic. It’s not like it’s a lonely animal that just wants friends. XD
I envisioned the hero’s tale being told in the prologue of the first episode, and perhaps visited in more detail way later when we delve into Vahaadi’s back story. A Celtic style wouldn’t be appropriate for Vahaadi’s story but I think some kind of stylization would be a nice touch! If it makes sense it would be cool to start every episode with a short story ala Princess Tutu but that may not work well with the narrative. I’ll have to play around with that.