More Colony Delta stuff before I go to bed
-Ulrich's a wind Blade, so I'm thinking about making him slightly bat-like (a lot of wind Blades in 2 were bird like so why not give him traits of another flying animal) or something involving clouds.
-Thea's an electric Blade. Found out the marks left by lightning strikes are called Lichtenberg figures and they look cool (thankfully the one image of that on a person on the wikipedia page isn't gruesome), could make her ether lines have that pattern. Isurd does have the prominent ether lines as a Blade trait though so who knows, but Thea needs some kind of electric trait.
-As for when the Colony Delta questline happens, earliest it can start is after fighting O and P in Pentelas since it starts with Thea and the others wanting to avenge Cammuravi. Still unsure if Colony Delta would be located in Millick Meadows or the Syra Hovering Reefs, if it's the latter then the Ouroborus gang could easily run into Delta right after O and P since the Keves Castle section happens right after that. Thea's ascension quest would happen sometime after Cammuravi's hero quest, since it's about her and the others in Delta meeting his current incarnation.
-This whole project needs a name. Thought about incorporating Cammuravi's title but his full title is Smoldering Cammuravi which is kinda lame, he deserved something cooler. Only other thought is Fire and Lighting because those are the elements of Cammuravi and Thea but again, could be cooler.
So three of the people in Colony Delta are Blades. I know most Blades in Xenoblade 3 are just kind of generic and don't really show any connections to the Blade elements from 2 (I think the only exceptions are Sena, Nimue, and Cammuravi). I gave the Delta Blade trio elements because I think it'd be cool but I'm not sure how to show that in their designs.
Thea: She's the main OC in this project so she really needs to stand out like the heroes in game. She's an electric Blade. I've heard lightning can leave some neat patterns where it strikes so that could be used as the pattern for her ether lines, but I'm afraid of seeing how those marks would look on real people since I'm worried those images might look too gruesome (I'm weak).
Hilda: She's a dark Blade. Thinking about giving her some kind of space theme, but I don't have much more than that.
Ulrich: He's a wind Blade. Looked at Blades from Xenoblade 2 for inspiration and like half of the wind Blades there aren't even close to looking human. Some bird traits would be the easy thing to do but that might make him look too much like a High Entia.