Hill Pigeon

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## Hill Pigeon

### Description

Natural selection is the law of survival in the desert, and I am but a mere traveling merchant with a few stories and tricks up my sleeve.

## Other Details

### Series

* Season 26 Essence 2
* Season 16 Essence 1

## Obtaining

### Obtained by

Season 26 Essence 2

**Hill Pigeon** is a limited S-Tier costume for the Magician, Servais Le Roy. It was introduced in Season 26 Essence 2.

The essence that contained the costume was obtainable between May 11th, 2023 and June 21st, 2023.

## Appearance

### **Physical**

Servais' face has been altered to have slimmer profile alongside with his nose, he sports black hair with a different hairstyle and his beard is trimmed around the cheeks, lower lip and philtrum. His eyes are made out of gold with 6 jade pieces embedded into them and he has a lighter skin tone.

### **Outfit**

He carries a decorated golden basket with feathers and a plant on his head containing a dark blue cobra snake with red-yellowed eyes sticking its tongue out. He sports two large golden earrings, a gold choker with sun emblem alongside cyan gems and a necklace with various shapes.

He wears a purple-gold scarf with a flower pattern held by a red rope connecting both sides of the scarf near his neck area on the white-gold oriental shirt with his upper chest being exposed, revealing an cyan amulet encased with gold around it. A red piece covers his lower chest that contains golden and jade decorations. He has a wire around his waist that holds pigeons feathers, a orange-gold ball and a caged chameleon.

He wears golden armbands with a molded flower with a gem on its pistil and he has a ruby ring on his index finger. He has large white pants with a pattern and he sports golden sandals with ankle rings and it has a flower with gems embedded on its petals and pistil.

### **Object**

#### **Decoy**

The Decoy Wand is now replaced by a white-gold snake charmer flute with a feather attached to the middle portion which contains a gem and patterns surrounding it.

### **Special Effects**

Purple dust comes out from the purple scarf near the neck area and the costume sparkles gold from its various golden objects such as the jewelry and the coins at the bottom of the basket on top of his head. The basket contains a live cobra snake that moves and retracts it at a given interval. Two beetles that leave behind small orange trails can be seen flying in a circular motion around Servais' body and small orange particles as well as an orange glow can be seen coming from the orange accessory at his waist. The feathers at his head also emit small greyish feathers that disappear shortly after appearing.

The wand will leave behind a purple trail from the embedded gem.

## Concept / Design Notes

### Backstory

The sandbar in the desert is swept by wind and dust. Natural selection, cruel competition! The caravan... The curtain of the drama has been opened in the desert town, and the storm is whistling with yellow sand. It will, as usual, witness people once again falling into endless struggles for profit.

***A bustling town where all forces gather***

The story of the twenty-seventh season Essence 2 takes place in a small town deep in the desert. As the junction of several kingdoms and a rare oasis in the boundless desert, the town attracts people to trade, and cars and horses stop to rest, making it extremely busy and lively.

But half a month ago, the bad news from a distant country added some hidden worries to the bustling town — the little princess was entrusted by the seriously ill king to bring her treasures to other countries for help, on the way, he was entangled by bandits, the king had died of illness when he arrived in the friendly country.

Afterwards, a traveling merchant stayed in the small town with strange gadgets and several strange actors, and a caravan that was rumored to be the envoy of the friendly country and a princess in disguise stayed in the small town to rest... All forces gathered together in unison, as if waiting for a certain signal, they will start their own "performance".

The atmosphere is becoming more and more dignified, and the desert weather also releases its unpredictable nature. The sand in the distance gradually merges with the sky, and moving tunes are played from the market in the oasis.

The hunters understand—the storm is coming.

In the poster, everyone gathered under a red tent. Some were calm, some were alert, and some were indifferent. The gravel came with the howling of the storm, scattering the scorching sun and blurring it. Birds fly low, conveying omens of fate.

***Hill pigeons fly, message the rules of survival***

Traveling merchants arrived at the town first, and the magician's rare fashion - Hill Pigeon was wearing a loose and light double-breasted robe and a purple shawl. The gold patterns are delicate and complicated, and the material is light and breathable. A little bit of coolness; dazzling golden jewelry and precious gemstones of various colors are worn all over the body, even the hat and shoes exude a golden glow, showing a luxurious atmosphere that does not match the status of a tourist.

The storm is coming, but the magician - Rock Pigeon does not look nervous at all, but still has a sly and confident smile, which makes people more curious about the purpose of his trip, it is warning passers-by, and it is also conveying a secret message, there is an emerald green lizard in the exquisite bamboo cage around the waist, and several golden beetles are flying around, dragging out red trails; a white magic wand shaped like a bone flute is gently lifted , the lavender gemstones inlaid on it emit mysterious pink-purple smoke, which makes people dazzled.

***Peregrine falcons hunt, black crows fly into oasis***

The storm is approaching! And the curtain of the desert town will be opened, presenting you with a brand new interpretation.

### Background story

*Desert oasis, the situation is treacherous. This time the essence of the story inherits the essence of the toy merchant from the Season 16 Essence 1, and continues the story on the desert.*

*As mentioned last time, the little princess of the kingdom was traveling with a mysterious treasure, but encountered robbers on the road and escaped from danger. And after that, the escaped princess finally reached the allies. It turns out that the old king passed away, and when the turmoil came, the princess trekked a dangerous journey to seek help from a foreign country, hoping to open up the treasure that the two countries had preserved together.*

*But the allies seem to have other plans. On the way to the treasure ruins, they sent guards with unfriendly expressions to "escort" the princess. At this time, on the oasis, the only way they must pass, there are also several pairs of eyes watching the movements of the princess and her party.*

*Traveling merchants, who have long been associated with treasures, disguised themselves at the oasis market and waited for the arrival of the princess; knight-errants and thieves independent of the kingdom made all arrangements in secret. Everyone wants to be a "sorrel" watching secretly, but can the princess really escape the danger?*

### Design Idea Plans

*In this roundup, Hill Pigeon is a desert merchant carrying a juggler and a bunch of weird gadgets. Many years ago, the old businessman who trained him sold the clues of the treasure to the two kings. Years later, the rock pigeon still had a grudge, and wandered around lurking in search of the whereabouts of the treasure.*

*For the magician's limited and rare quality fashion, we hope to extract the most attractive parts of other people's designs for design. Maturity, shrewdness, confidence in winning, wonderful magic tricks...we chose him for the role of desert merchant based on these qualities. In the costume, white corresponds to the "pigeon", the shawl decorated with exotic styles, and the small snakes and lizards on his body also add some mystery and interest to him.*

### Art Design Ideas

*When drawing the sketch, we focused on showing the image and temperament of the magician "a strange traveler in the desert". some small pets.*

*In the second version of the sketch, we changed the original flower-shaped design of the eyes to a coin design that better reflects his identity as a merchant, and adjusted some clothing styles to make the overall design look more harmonious. After refining and enriching, the design of the rock pigeon is completed.*

*After refining and enriching, the design of the rock pigeon is completed.*

### Model Details Description

1. *Conspicuous earrings, sly smile, passers-by must not be fooled by his tricks. Look, the viper with the letter on his hat is warning you.*
2. *The wand in the hill pigeon's hand appears to be made of some animal's bone, inlaid with lavender gemstones, and mysterious smoke wafts around it.*
3. *The hill pigeon is dressed in a double-breasted loose white robe, a purple shawl and belt with ornate jewelry and some exotic items, and there is a bird in a delicate bamboo cage - an emerald green lizard.*

### Showroom Interface Design

*A gray-white pigeon flew out of the purple mist, lingering in the air for a moment, then transformed into a gorgeously robed hill pigeon. He flicked the magic wand lightly, and instantly conjured a flower from the palm of his hand, but the hill pigeon's tricks were far more than that.*

*Hill Pigeon tried to touch the golden key in front of him, but the key disappeared out of thin air. He turned to cover his face, unable to tell whether he was sighing or snickering. It turns out that this is just his blindfold, but will everything really go as he wishes?*

### Homecoming hall display

*The hill pigeon's waist is full of all kinds of strange small objects. Next, is the highlight of his performance.*

### In-game display

*The black poisonous snake on the rock pigeon hat is spitting out its letter, and the lavender streamer like a galaxy is shining around the collar. The magic wand in the hand contains magical magic.*

## Trivia

* This is Servais' first limited S-Tier that comes from an essence ever since he came out from Internal Beta Testing.
	+ Despite being officially the first S-Tier of his being featured in an essence, there used to be Aquamarine Aladdin in the Season 0 Essence in the fourth beta test, it was later completely removed from the game after being officially released in April for unknown reasons.
* The looks are possibly a reference to Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, a popular folk tale of middle eastern origin associated with the "One Thousand And One Nights" tales collection.
	+ Blue Aladdin and Platinum Aladdin are also based on Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp but with a different take such as having a turban, carrying an oil lamp and etc.
* His card sprite has a larger head structure, similar to Servais' Original appearance, making the in-game model slightly inaccurate in terms of art to 3D model.
	+ Some other skins for other characters also have this issue, like Colonel Dax for Mercenary.

## Gallery

* In-Game
* Official Art
* Additional Appearances

### Appearance Decoration Menu

**Hill Pigeon'**s In-Game Model Front View.**Hill Pigeon'**s In-Game Model Back View.**Hill Pigeon'**s In-Game Model Right-Side View.**Hill Pigeon'**s In-Game Model Left-Side View.**Hill Pigeon'**s Entrance Animation.**Hill Pigeon'**s Idle Animation.**Hill Pigeon'**s Press Animation.
### In-Game

**Hill Pigeon'**s costume effects.Closeup of the cobra snake.**Hill Pigeon'**s changes to the Decoy.

### Concept Art & Icons

Hill Pigeon Chinese Concept Art (Weibo)"Indulge in the dusty dunes of the vast desert and prey on the innocent!" - Hill Pigeon Global Concept Art (Twitter)Season 26 Essence 2 Poster Concept Art by 叉立方
### Promotional Art

"Be wary of strangers promising illustrious riches, stand guard, and face them without fear!" - Season 26 Essence 2 Poster by 叉立方 (Twitter)Official Chibi Artwork of Hill Pigeon (WeChat)
### Trailers

Identity V - Season 26 Essence 2 Background Story

[Portrait] Hill Pigeon (180 Pulls)

## See Also

* Platinum Aladdin
* Blue Aladdin
* "Aladdin"
* Aquamarine Aladdin

## References

1. ↑ https://id5.163.com/news/official/20230506/26476\_1086592.html
2. ↑ Read design notes at Peregrine, Crow
3. ↑ https://weibo.com/6140485374/N0ScgjwRB