Melody Briar

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**Melody Briar** is a young female rabbit and a protagonist of the upcoming animated series *True Tail*.

## Official bio

"Melody always has Caleb's back. With her lute and high energy this bard sings magical songs to empower even the weakest of heroes."
## Biography

### *True Tail: One Halloween Night*

On one Halloween night somewhere in a forest, Caleb Lightpaw, Melody Briar, Viktor Silvertod, and Doh-Li Ling are on a mission to find an arched door-like portal. While searching, Viktor decides to scare Caleb and Melody. When asked for a reason, Viktor explained that he was essentially just trying to prepare them for what heroes face: the unexpected. The fox elaborates further whilst Doh-Li yells in order to get his attention. It works, and the two begin to bicker while something glowing in the distance grabs the attention of Caleb and Melody.

Caleb interrupts the intense stare-off between the fox and the kirin, notifying them that the portal they've been searching for is only a short distance away. Viktor and Doh-Li discontinue their arguing and follow Caleb and Melody through the portal, which leads to a ruined castle with a fiery theme.

Suddenly, the stone under Caleb's feet crumbles. The cat screams, and just before he falls, Melody grabs his tail, followed by the others, as they help him back onto the platform. Looking around, they realize that the whole bridge to get across has crumbled into the lava. To make matters worse, they discover that the exit - another portal - is on the other side.

Doh-Li immediately pulls out a spellbook, while Viktor leans over to Caleb, whispering that if Doh-Li couldn't figure it out, it would be up to them. Taking offense, Doh-Li confronts the fox and they begin to bicker again while music starts to play. Realizing that it was coming from Melody and her instrument, they turn to tell her to stop playing the music, but to their surprise, Melody is floating midair, her music magically surrounding her.

Melody continues to play her instrument, making the music form a slide-like bridge for them. Doh-Li looks over the edge at it nervously as she comments her hesitance. Viktor innocently walks behind her, then pushes her onto the magic platform before following. Caleb jumps next, exclaiming to Melody that he will see her on the other side. Meanwhile, as Caleb and Viktor happily ride the slide to the other side, Doh-Li screams hysterically.

They all successfully land on the other side with an unfazed Viktor showing off his perfect landing. Doh-Li glares back at him as she weakly holds onto a nearby crystal for support, looking rather sick. She stands up and begins to say something when Viktor runs past her towards the portal, claiming that he had found it. Doh-Li immediately shuts down, sitting in a lotus-like position, and says no. Viktor is shocked, and Caleb and Melody share a look.

As Doh-Li continues to block him out, Viktor desperately tries to persuade her to get up. Eventually, the fox pleads that it pains him to see a lovely damsel in distress. Doh-Li gives him a death-glare to which Viktor's eyes widen. Then, Viktor runs from an enraged Doh-Li, claiming that it was a compliment while Caleb and Melody sigh at the two. Doh-Li then catches up to Viktor, choking him as she yells "Who's the damsel now, Viktor!?"

Suddenly, without warning, a roar booms throughout the ruins, and the shocked group turns their attention to its source. In front of them is a giant threatening monster engulfed in flames, and Melody comments on how could they have missed it.

## Development

### General

Melody's development is unexplored. Her design has remained relatively the same throughout the series' conception.

### Voice

According to Melody's audition packet for the original *True Tail*, she was supposed to have a sweet voice with a slight edge to it, and an American accent. In order to audition for Melody, voice actresses had to send in recordings of themselves speaking these sample lines:

* "Look! I'm polishing my knives: this one's Cinnamon, this one is Cherry, and this one- his name is Gaston!"
* "This is a song about Melody, who just so happens to be me!"
* "I'm sorry, were you saying something? I couldn't hear you over my utter boredom!"
* "I was only trying to help..."

Voice actress Zehra Fazal was originally selected to voice Melody, but was later dropped for unknown reasons. Erika Harlacher is now the official voice actress for Melody.

## Physical appearance

Melody is a bunny with white fur. Her nose and the inside of her ears are pink. On top of her head, there are three small tufts of fur. On the sides of her head, the fur ends in a small zig-zag pattern. On each side of her face, there are two whiskers that protrude from each cheek. The outline of the top of her eye makes her look like she has long eyelashes. Also, her two top front teeth are buck teeth.

Melody wears a pink hat and a short pink dress with poofy short sleeves.

## Personality and traits

Melody is energetic, sarcastic, and childish in a way.

## Trivia

* Melody's favorite knife is named Gaston.

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