Character Bio - Lizard Lad

Lizard Lad was a character I created for a design and animation project. To see him in action, and his development over time, see his page in my 3D Works section.

Basic Information

Full Name: Lizard Lad

Nickname(s): Lad, Spikey

Birthday: June 23rd

Age: 18

Height: 5 foot 5 inches

Place of Birth: Machinia Ovex

Currently Living: Appartment in Machinia Ovex

Job Title: Tour Guide through the Machinia Ovex Desert

Species: Spiny Lizardfolk

Physical Descriptions

Skin Colour: Bright Pink

Eye Colour: Black

Clothes: White bandeau with patches of dirt, long gray scarf wrapped around hips and neck

Distinct Features:

• Yellow spikes on various parts of his body, including 6 on his head (the two at the top are the longest, the others get shorter as they go down his head), 1 on each shoulder, 1 on each elbow, 1 on each knee, and 10 down his tail.

• Long yellow claws on his fingers and feet.

• 3 fingers per hand.

Background

Lad is from Machinia Ovex, a city bordering the Machinia Ovex Desert. He grew rather quickly and by the time he was 2 was guiding tourists around Machinia Ovex. His parents taught him to be kind to everyone and always went out of their way to help others in their district of Machinia Ovex. Lad took after them, always helping anyone he came across.

When he turned 16, he was hired as an inner-city tour guide, and in his spare time began adventuring out into the desert alone. When he started work for the tour agency, he was trained in self defence and fighting tactics to keep himself and his customers safe from any muggers or thieves in certain areas of the city. It was around this time when he received his staff from his parents, who passed away 3 months later.

He successfully mapped out the entire desert 5 months after his parents passed, a feat which had never been done alive, and convinced the tour agency he was employed under to allow him to escort tourists or anyone who needed travel across the Machinia Ovex Desert. This is what Lad does today; takes anyone from royalty to urchins across the desert and protects them.

Personality and Other Information

Lad is friendly and kind to everyone he meets. He's happy with his life and excited to do what he does. Sometimes he's almost too willing to help others, which has resulted in booking multiple clients that are going to different places at the same time. He strives to get every client to their destination safe and sound, while keeping up a high morale and a sense of exploration for those who have not been to the city or the surrounding desert. Lad wears a scarf for one practical reason: it doubles as a face covering for his clients should the wind kick up and cause a sandstorm

He hates and fears cold weather, as since he is a lizard it slows him down. As a result, he tries to get his customers to their destinations in one day so they don't have to travel or make camp in the desert overnight when the weather drops from sweltering to very cold.

Lad’s daily routine varies depending on where he is. Normally, he’d wake up in his apartment in Machinia Ovex, head to the market to grab some locally grown groceries and a juice for the day, return briefly home to put those groceries away and pack some food for the day (or enough for the excursion booked). He’d then head to work, meet the group or individual he’d be working with, briefly go over the plan for their trip, and head out with them, usually across the desert.

Machinia Ovex

Machinia Ovex is a city on the border of the Machinia Ovex desert. It features tall skyscrapers and shorter buildings, tarps that span across parts of streets that provide shade from the harsh desert sun, and many alleyways. The streets are cobblestone and sand; when winds pick up the sand covers a lot of the road and creates large dunes at the ends of alleyways.

The city is home to a variety of species; lizardfolk, catfolk, elementals (creatures that's physical form is made of water, fire, or plants instead of skin), and many others. The citizens are all generally neutral to each other, though each district of the city has varying degrees of neighborliness.

Machinia Ovex was partially inspired by the visuals of the city in the 2015 movie Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials.