Kim Quy, Vietnam's Legendary Turtle

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We already have a couple of sword users, I'm mostly designing this being directly inspired by Passtech's art style. Being Vietnamese, I like to search out our folklore and myths, here's a simplified version of this particular tale.
Legend says Kim Quy is the servant of the Dragon God of Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi. The story of the lake is tied to an actual king in Vietnam named Le Loi, who rose up and liberated Vietnam from the Ming Dynasty in the 15th century using a magical sword called Heaven's Will. After completing his task, while boating on a lake in Hanoi a turtle approached the boat and requested the sword be returned on behalf of the Dragon God. Le Loi understood this and gave the sword to Kim Quy, and named the lake, Hoan Kiem "Lake of the Returned Sword".
It's similar to Arthurian legend in a lot of ways, and rather than design Le Loi or the Dragon God, I thought, why not design the turtle? Lol
While sketching, I also realized I was pretty much making a ninja turtle-ish looking thing lol.
I also thought he should wield Heaven's Will on a mission for the Dragon God
Haven't fleshed out any moves cuz I'm always busy, but I'll definitely tinker with this more. I ended up quite attached to him already LMAO

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So so down for wackier, creature-kin heroes. Love the clear vision here! I would love to theorycraft a kit for this guy, he's sick.

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If he was a Beowulf skin, that'd be cool. Cuz his kit is already dope as is to me. Maybe like a variant of Beowulf? Plus there's so many other cool folklore characters from countries like Africa and South America I'd like to see personally