Azure the Poisonous Swamp Siren

Azure the Poisonous Swamp Siren is an Original character designed by Frostybites16. Azure resides in the Jonah's Mythical Ark universe, in an AU of Noah's Ark, where Noah has a twin brother who goes on to save the creatures no one else wants to, and that would be the fantasy creatures and mythical beasts you find in lore and fairytales, including Mermaids, Trolls, Sirens, dragons, unicorns and many more. 
Azure is a kind hearted and shy siren who lived mostly alone in the swamps with his little companion who he named Coin, who is a mythical crab-turtle hybrid. they hunt fish and whatever other small critters they could find together, making a life for themselves in the swamplands. they make their home on the enormous supercontinent, known far and wide as Valliera, which is a world full of extent, extinct, and extraordinary creatures.
Work in progress
==== Current/Main ====
Azure is a tall, amphibious humanoid that has a long neck, webbed fingers & toes, and many small sharp teeth. He has long smooth but slightly raggedy locks, and He has some pretty striking eyes with black sclera and very light blue irises with no visible pupils, albeit white pupil highlights do occasionally appear when he is shocked, surprised, or excited. his eyes also exhibit very light blue spots like starbursts or a dotted cross that stem from the pupil all the way down the iris. He also has a long tail with a vertical wavy aqua blue caudal fin that has a bite taken out of it near the tip, as well as a sail-like dorsal fin on his back. His face has a slight conical pointedness towards the upper lip, and he possesses a double lip fang, and he’s got a very long tongue tipped with a sticky pad. He has lanky digitigrade legs with broad ankles and feet, which end in 4 pointy frog-like toes, reminiscent of anisodactyls. Along with fairly broad forearms and hands, which have 4 fingers, though some swamp sirens do have 5. And a long, narrow head, out of which extends a large, slightly curved, crest with 3 points. 
He has bright azure blue skin which is noticeably darker around his forearms and ankles, and he has royal blue hair. He has 3 black dots on his cheeks, and a small blotch between his eyes as well as many small black speckles all over his face, giving him a freckled look. He also has a black ring on the left side of his neck. black spots and blotches cover his body, primarily his back and head, along with his crest and sail, and some smaller ones on his belly, and these spots fade into dark blue spots as they reach his tail. He has some black specks on his shoulders and some black and dark blue spots and speckles on his legs. He has no spots on his caudal fin, his arms, and his ankles. He has a heart-shaped symbol on the center of his chest.
Azure doesn't wear much, but what he does wear consists of the following: his hair is decorated with shells, an orange freshwater clam shell, and red freshwater mussel shell, on the left side and a purple freshwater clam shell, and a fish-bone hang on the right side. He also wears a dark green headband made from Freshwater Seaweed. Moving down, he’s decked out with a pearl necklace with a bright green bay scallop shell hanging from it. Moving down again once more, he wears a stretchy olive green quiver/satchel made from mostly vines along with other aquatic plants. The satchel-like quiver houses multiple items, his spears which can be seen poking out from said quiver, along with his throwing arrows, mini blowgun and blow darts, as well as some makeshift gloves, and a large cloth to protect others from his poison, and a bestiary which contains info on all of the creatures of Valliera. Sometimes he hangs the quiver over his shoulder when he wears it and other times you'll see him wearing it around his waist All these things giving him a rather indigenous look 
==== Child ====
When Azure was younger, he lacked some of the blotches on his tail that he has as a teenager, and his spots had a more prominent brownish color to them then they have now. His hair was also a bit shorter, and only sporting a single orange sea-shell, though he still has his necklace. He also lacked the fin on his back, as well as the bitemark near the tip of his tail that he has as an teen. And instead of spears and arrows, Azure wielded a large a handy stick. 
==== Pollywog ====
As a pollywog, Azure lacks legs, as well as his defining head crest. He had a shorter neck, no hair and had fewer spots on his body. 
==== Luminous Form ====
When Azure activates his poison, his spots, speckles, eyes, as well as his forearms and ankles light up and glow.
Azure's got this thing called "Testosterone Deficiency Syndrome." Or TDS for short. While most other Swamp Sirens are mean and gritty, Azure's as docile as a lamb and wouldn't hurt a fly or say anything mean even if it were to save his life.  
he is Shy, socially awkward, curious, compassionate, self-conscious, and smart. He is unable to express himself and his feelings very well sometimes. He is also a pretty fearful individual, usually staying out of undesirable situations best he can, but he as shown selflessness at times. if someone he cares about is truly in trouble, he is willing to risk it all to save them, even if it could cost his life, an example of which includes him jumping into the mouth of an angler mog to protect his friend Welba, knowing very well that if something were to go wrong, he would probably die.
He cares very deeply for his pet shellbabe, Coin, and will do anything to protect him. He has become very lonely though, having nobody but Coin as his company for 7 years. While he may make some sort of mistake and be blamed for it, Azure is not one to hold grudges toward people for their mistreatment toward him, unless what they did was really bad or plain unforgivable. Azure is noticeably calm and collected, He does not get angered easily and at most is only mildly disappointed or a little annoyed when something does not sit well with him, usually being able to stay level headed and focused in most situations but can become panicked easily if things start escalating. 
as a result is very good at controlling his poison ability, if he gets too scared his patterns will light up and his poison will become very deadly, but over the years he has been able to do a good job at negating that, although it does still happen without his control sometimes, such as when he’s absolutely terrified, and It’s also not something he can really do on command either, Azure has some sort of social anxiety disorder, stating to not like crowded places due to the fact he fears he might accidently hurt someone with his poison, and even made some gloves to wear just in case, and they do come in handy sometimes. Lastly the poison thing also happens for his species when they get furious, but Azure’s glowing poison ability is hardly ever triggered by anger, though one time this was the case when, well lets just say one of Saal's pranks went a little too far. 
He is, overall, a very skilled artist, especially at drawing and sketching, he practices in his free time a lot. He has many drawings in his room pinned to the walls, either by pins, glue, and whatever he had around. Some of the drawings are a bit crude, but very nice. Some include pictures of himself and Coin, some were pictures of Marshy and the girls in the soaking tubs, and others are drawings depicting past events of adventures and shenanigans him and the gang have gotten themselves into. He often draws things that are important to him. His room is littered with drawings of Coin at times and sometimes he may make the occasional slightly lewd drawing from time to time, though he keeps those ones hidden away under his bed in a makeshift suitcase. Sometimes he claims he's not really a talented artist, but this couldn't be further from the truth. 
Azure usually isn't a very energetic or excitable person, but he does have his moments where those sides of himself shine through, like one time him and his friend Welba went swimming under the ark, and Azure really opened up, breaching in the water, doing all sorts of tricks and sharing cool things he's learned, and being a bit of a jokester too. And even though a bit timid and a bit unsure at first, Azure found enjoyment out of being Marshy’s dance partner when she asked him, since he was curious and even if she ended up falling on top of him on accident in the end, he looks back on it as a found memory as a whole. So the other side to Azure’s personality is there, you just gotta look for it a little
Azure usually remains shy and secretive, preferring to be alone with Coin. Due to his shyness, he has a habit of stuttering and stammering when talking to others, especially some of his female friends such as Hilda, Welba, And Marshy, though he has gotten much better. He does find them attractive, but it’s not like he has the guts to tell that to any of em. Overall He's kind and has a big heart, both literally and figuratively, but a low self esteem and doesn't think too highly of himself and is very shy, but he is a good and valuable friend if you are willing to get to know him. He's emotional, he's a great Snapperbabe caretaker, he's kind, he's probably least toxic male of his kind to ever exist (Pun intended), and even though he's endangered, he just focuses on living and trying to be at least little positive about everything.
He may seem like a skittish and depressed froggo on the surface, but he's a passionate badass deep down inside.
According to the Myers Briggs Personality Type Indicator, Azure's Personality type is Mediator INFP-T/Advocate INFJ-T
==== Natural Abilities ====
* Poisonous skin: If he is truly terrified, or absolutely furious, his skin will become extremely poisonous to the touch. If you so much as lay your hand on a Dart Swamper's stomach while it's provoked, you'll choke on your own spit, your eyes will bulge out, your blood will run cold, and everything else will shut down immediately. In other words, you'll die instantly upon coming in contact with an angry Dart Swamper.
*Bioluminescence: Dart Swampers have bioluminescent cells in some parts of their skin, and they glow depending on the Dart Swamper's mood. This ability is linked with poison ability
* Venom: in addition to being poisonous, he is also venomous, and said venom can be just as deadly.
* Hypnosis: luckily for Swamp Sirens, they have powerfully hypnotic eyes. Female swamp sirens use it lure in mates and unsuspecting victims, and males use it strictly for hunting. Azure, like all other swamp sirens, has the unique ability to hypnotize others through eye contact and have them follow his commands. They can hypnotize, animals, humans, and other humanoids. Once fully hypnotized, victims enter a trance with glassy-eyes, becoming too relaxed to fight back. However, his powers are not without limits. a victims' susceptibility relies on needing to make eye contact with them. visually, he dilutes his pupils into slits and lets them spin around in a hypnotic spiraling motion. Azure himself isn't actually that good at it though, but perhaps one of his siren friends could help him get better him some time.
* Enhanced swimming: Being a siren, Azure is able to swim at a great speed.
* Darkvision: Azure has the ability to see in the dark
* Amphibious: Azure can breathe both air and water
* Prehensile Tongue: Azure can make great use of his tongue to reach objects out of his reach, as it is able to extend quickly and up to 6 feet at the most. Azure can also swing it fast enough to use as a whip.
* Wallcrawling: Swamp Sirens can use their sticky toes and fingers for latching onto rough surfaces to help them hook on, allowing them to scale walls. this aids them to vertically climb most surfaces such as Wet wood on the hull of a ship, as demonstrated by Azure's friend Welba when she boarded the ark.
* Ocular illumination: Azure has the ability to project light from his eyes when he is in dimly lit areas.
* Prehensile tail: Azure is able to use his long tail to grasp things, such as when Azure uses his tail to grab one of his spears and throw it. He is able to support his entire body by hanging himself upside down by his tail, and he also curls it behind his back when he's nervous, embarrassed, or flustered.
==== Skillset ====
* Weapon Proficiency: Azure is proficient in the use of several weapons such as throwing arrows, blowdarts, and most especially spears
*Precision: Azure has an amazing aim, being able to shoot his darts with great expertise, almost never misses when launching his arrows or shooting his darts, and can throw 3 spears simultaneously with pinpoint accuracy by grabbing 1 with his tail, and two in each hand.
*Crafting: Azure learned a great deal about crafting through his trial and error during his many years of living mostly alone. His persistence and patience have certainly paid off. While it's not something he brags about, Azure is pretty proud of himself that all of his weapons and tools were handcrafted himself. he mainly uses stone to make things, such as his spears and arrows, but also uses wood, vines, freshwater seaweed, along with other aquatic plants like his quiver, headband and so on.
*Resourcefulness: Azure is Very resourceful, being able to use his surroundings very well to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties. A great example of this is when he was able to create a makeshift paddle by gluing a wooden plank to the end his spear using Coin’s sticky slime when he, Coin, and Lily were lost at sea for a little while on a makeshift raft made from a table. He also makes good use of the book he checked out from the ark's library, its an big ol dusty book that says "Beasts of Valliera" in cursive in the title. This book comes in handy on Azure and the gang's adventures.
*Acrobatics: Azure is nimble and agile in terms of fighting, as he can swiftly evade attacks to buy himself enough time to think of a plan
*Bilingualism: In addition to the common language spoken by most sapient species in in Valliera, Azure is also fluent in Morse code
* Drawing: With a lot of alone time, Azure often likes to make drawings in the sand or mud using his spears. He is quite good at it too, making beautiful and detailed art with his talent, and more recently he has been drawing while living on the ark as well. 
==== Unique Abilities ====
* Chirping - Azure is able to chirp like an Azureus Dartfrog. He does it sparsely, but he does it for various reasons, He does it when stressed, annoyed, happy/excited, or even flustered or titillated. It's just a little thing he does from time to time, and Hilda and Marshy seem to think it's adorable.
*Saltwater: Swamp Mermaids/Sirens thrive in freshwater and brackish water, but they cant handle saltwater too well, if completely submerged in it, they will die in minutes
* The cold: being amphibians, Swamp sirens/mermaids probably become sleepy and sluggish when in cold weather for too long, which could leave them vulnerable.
* Docileness: Azure is for the most part a pacifist, he will almost always try to flee first and will usually not make the first move (unless something or someone he cares about is in danger) which can put him at a disadvantage, that being said, if he discovers that fleeing isn't an option in a given situation he will be very quick to draw his weapons. he also isn't very affirmative and does not stick up for himself in most confrontations, his kindness can also be taken advantage of sometimes. his previously mentioned TDS is of the cause for a lot of these,
*†Strawberry the Dart Swamper: Mother
*†Garry the Dart Swamper: Father 
*†232 siblings: Brothers and Sisters: Siblings
*Coin the Snapperbabe: His best friend. Brother even.
*Coin the Snapperbabe: Pet, and Emotional Support Animal, hunting partner, and best friend.
* Marshy the Swampmaid: Close friend, someone who spends time with him often, and someone he has grown a liking to, he is glad that she offers give him company because while he does enjoy having some, he doesn't really know how to ask for it himself. he has noticed that she tends to get ideas that either end in something, cool and fun, sometimes a crazy adventure, or sometimes things that make azure think "I mean sure...but why?" Azure doesn't understand why Marshy decided to become his friend, in fact he doesn't know why anyone would wanna be friends with him, but he is thankful for these new friends including Marshy nonetheless, and in addition to being fun to be around, he also thinks she is pretty cute, but he could never tell her that. 
* Lily the Hazefrog: Marshy's pet frog, Azure thinks he's a cool little dude, he just hopes he wont gas him though.
* Welba the Swamp Siren: Close Friend, And another person Azure has really grown to care about, she is also one of the people he spends time with the most. Azure used to think he was shyest swamp creature in Valliera, but after meeting her, he's probably the 2nd, If he ever sees Welba is having trouble he will offer a hand, because she probably wont ask for it herself, and he's also done his best to tell off those who have shown mistreatment toward her on 2 different occasions. Overall another good friend he has made. 
*Abel the Jackalope: Welba's pet.
* Hilda the Swamp Siren: Good friend, very flirtatious, he finds her very attractive, and becomes a flustered mess whenever she flirts with him, stuttering and stammering like crazy, and he thinks she is nice eye-candy too, aside from that though, she is very kind and motherly, and she is simply a sweet and caring person, she tries to keep those around her from feeling down, which includes Azure, and he is grateful he has yet another person that cares about him so much. he just hopes he doesn't get caught staring too much.
* Bubby the Swamp Siren: Friend, Despite Bubby's mean and rough nature, she is surprisingly pretty chill with Azure (By Bubby standards that is), I assume This is most likely cause of how docile Azure is that she just simply doesn't see him as a threat, and every now and then has even looked out for him on a few occasions. That being said Azure still does his best to not get on her bad side and stay out of her way when he can.
* Saal the Swamp Siren: Azure has a bit of a weird relationship with Saal, first and foremost, she wants to eat Coin, but she is also good friends with Hilda and Bubby, who he has now become friends with so Azure is kind of in a weird position in that aspect, But she seems to mostly refrain from wanting the cook up the little guy, only making jokes about it every now and then. she still gives him the hungry eyes from time to time Azure usually just tries to keep an eye on him when Saal is around. He has also been able calm her down she's upset sometimes, one time convincing her not to beat up Heckle when he accidently ripped a piece of her hair out. She also pranks Azure and the others all the time, and said pranks can be pretty annoying.
*Heckle the tar slime: Another friend of Azure and the group, he occasionally tags along with him and the others. He likes the little dude, although he can be pretty weird, but Azure doesn't judge. well, for the most part, thought his constent jokes at the worst times can be hard to sit through.
*Andrew the Naga: Friend
*Karen the Kitsune: Acquaintance, and someone who has helped him and his friends out a few times, using magic spells in exchange for certain items.
*Matthew the Neko: Friend, he's fine, although he hasn't really known him long enough to really get to know him.
* Robin the Ropen: Friend, Robin is a good friend, and helpful, and sometimes her over the top reactions to things can be pretty funny to Azure, even if he doesn't show it
*Kuroo the Griffin: Friendly Acquaintance, and someone who has helped him on multiple occasions, even saving his life one.
*Bob the Yeti: a yeti that Azure is on good terms with
*†The Siren hunters that killed his family: (Most likely deceased, probably drowning in the flood)
*†A purple female Angler Mog
*Trevor the Swamp Siren: some asshole who wants to get with Welba.
*Victor the Basilisk: A basilisk named Victor who's known for being a sensitive asshole to everyone on the ark.
Azure's final design was realized by my friend ProfessorPuffNadder. Azure's redesign was based off of Art Puff did with him and Hilda As well as an art piece he did of Welba and Azure facing against an angler mog, and I thought it looked perfect, I looked at that art and thought "That's it, thats the character" I thought his rendition fit the character so well that when I redrew Azure's Reference Sheet, I changed the details to look like Puff's art he made, and Azure has had the new look ever since. 
When I made him, I wanted him to look like the blue poison dart frog, as you can see, and hopefully I did a good job. but other inspirations include basilisk lizard for the crest and axolotl for his tail. While his sail is based off of a basilisk, it isn't very stiff like that of a basilisk lizard, think more of a mix between sailfish, sail and a mudskipper's, in terms of how his sail would actually feel, since Coin needs to be able to Ride on Azure's back as if Coin was a backpack. And his eyes are a mix of poison dart frog and alligator snapping turtles
The design of his spears & arrows along with his way of hunting in general was heavily inspired by the mermaid's from Animal Planet's Mermaids The Body Found
 
*Azure was created on December 5th, 2021
*I always like to imagine if my OCs had voice actors/actresses, who they would be, but for Azure, Well I imagine Azure would have an awkward and dorky but endearing voice, and that he is soft spoken. I imagine his voice having similar vibes and energy to Louis the molehog from Ice Age, so maybe Josh Gad is the first candidate or at least someone who can do a similar voice. I think a voice like that would fit Azure quite well. I did a test for it Here, and you can see the Dreamcast for Jonah's Mythical Ark Here.
*Azure's theme is Kishi Bashi - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody), and Newt - Michael Giacchino as his introduction theme, as I think it perfectly encapsulates Azure's personality. theme.
*If and when Azure ever falls in love, Kishi Bashi - Marigolds would be the song that plays in his head. And also Kishi Bashi - Manchester
*Azure's favorite foods include, Bass, Salmon, and Clam Chowder. he also really likes pie.
*Azure is often shown storing or pulling objects out of his quiver that really shouldn't be able to fit but they do anyway. This could mean that the satchel is bigger on the inside than the outside.
*I imagine Azure is quite the looker and pretty attractive by swamp siren standards, with his brightly colorful skin, pretty eyes, his crest, fins, not to mention tail, and his pet turtle is literally covered in diamonds & gold, but Azure either simply isn't aware of it, or doesn't believe that he is.
*Azure has a habit of putting his finger and thumb under his chin when he is in deep thought
File:Flirtacious fxckery by professorpuffnadder dewj6pk-fullview.jpg|Azure getting flirted with by Hilda the swamp siren, drawn by my friend ProfessorPuffNadder on Deviantart
File:Pretty Light.jpg|Azure and Welba come across an Angler Mog, By my good friend ProfessorPuffNadder on Deviantart. (Alt version here)
File:Jonah's Ark Wave-shredder encounter.jpg|Azure and Marshy next to a Wave-Shredder to show scale. Drawn by my good friend professorPuffNadder on Deviantart
File:Wave-shredder encounter 2.jpg|Azure and Marshy encounter a Wave-Shredder, zoomed in. Drawn by my good friend ProfessorPuffNadder on DeviantArt
File:Jonah's Mythical Ark Pretty Light.jpg|Azure and Welba Seeing a glowing light while going for a swim under the ark
File:Coils Jonah's Ark.jpg|Marshy coiling around Azure not yet knowing she is flustering him
File:Glowy boi by frostybites16 df3m446-pre (1).jpg|Azure glowing in the dark
File:Glowy boi.jpg|Azure showing off his bioluminescent warning sign for his poison while holding a spear with his tail
File:Azure swim!!!.jpg|Young Azure getting his tailfin bitten off
File:Save the shellbabe.jpg|Azure stopping Saal from eating Coin
File:Tongue Tied.jpg|Azure and Marshy helping Welba out when her tongue gets tangled
File:Azure and marshy watch the military deploy freddy by frostybites16 df1f4vu-pre.jpg|Azure and Marshy meme reaction image.
File:Truth or dare by frostybites16 df1d4ok-pre.jpg|A game of truth or dare leads to Marshy having to kiss Azure, leaving Azure surprised and confused, and both of them very flustered afterwards however neither of em have brought it up with each other since
File:A not so gentle pinch by frostybites16 df2a887-fullview (2).jpg|After Coin see's Marshy and Azure he decides to try his own pinch, but perhaps it was a bit too hard, and Welba out of curiosity and a bit of concern comes to check on her friends.
File:Azure.png|Fanart of Azure by my good friend Julianthedinoman on Deviantart. (Aka, BUFF AZURE)
File:Digital Azure.png|Sad attempt at a digital drawing of Azure
File:Azure character sheet.jpg|Azure Reference Sheet
File:Azure and Marshy sleep.jpg
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