Crimson Bride

### Description

The incomplete wedding has left an indelible mark on her heart, but she is willing to carry the curse forward without any regrets.

## Other Details

### Series

* Season 8 Logic Path
* The Bloodline
* Castle Banquet Mystery (2019)
* Season 9 Essence 1

## Obtaining

### Cost

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**Crimson Bride** is a Limited A-Tier Costume for the Perfumer, Vera Nair. It was introduced as part of the Season 8 Logic Path on block 1528.

It is related to the Castle Banquet Mystery (2019) Lore, who's story was continued in Season 9 Essence 1.

## Appearance

### **Physical**

Vera has a deathly pale skin tone and her usual brown hair has been changed to a deep gray color. Her left eye is gold in hue while her right eye has been completely replaced with a bright red rose and seems to be bleeding. Vera has dark red lipstick in the middle of her lips.

### **Outfit**

Vera wears a snowy-white wedding dress that appears to be made of a silk-like material. The upper half of the dress has a V-shaped neckline with small, white, ribbons tied over the shoulder and white detached sleeves made of lace. The lower half of the dress has a white ribbon with a bow at the front of the waist and a short, 3-layered ruffled skirt. The bottom-most layer of the skirt has a small single-layered train.

Vera's left shoulder has several scarlet roses covering it and her right shoulder has one small rose. The majority of the upper-left side of Vera's dress is covered in bloodstains. Vera dons a white bridal veil over her head that covers the top of her head like a hat. It is decorated with pearls on the crown of the head and a cluster of crimson roses and white ribbons.

Vera wears a pair of white thigh-high stockings with lace at the top and a white leg garter on her right leg. She has on a pair of plain red heels with two white rose anklets on both legs. Vera is also seen sporting a pair of silver earrings with rubies in the center.

### **Item**

Vera's perfume bottle is transparent in color with an oval-like shape. The bottle contains a blood-red colored liquid. The nozzle is long and gold in color decorated with a single red rose. The pump that attaches to the nozzle looks like a white rose.

### **Special Effects**

Small, crimson red particles are emitted from the left shoulder's cluster of roses.

## Design Notes

### 1. The story of the characters

"Crimson Bride" did not explain the origin of the dress to anyone. At night, pure white and scarlet were strangely intertwined. Facing the questioning eyes of others, she just left silently and hid in the deeper darkness. Darkness, she knew well—when she wasn't human.
She had read that story, about the unblessed mermaid princess and the human prince. In the eyes of the blood clan elders, it is self-inflicted stupidity. She couldn't deny it, anyway, she was the most beautiful girl in the whole family, so she wouldn't have such a miserable end! Can't say enough. In the beginning and development of the old-fashioned story, she also meets her human prince. The vampire lived in the dark, and he was so upright. She was worried about the unblessed future of the two of them, but when he said "I marry you", she felt that those were not important, and only two people were enough for the wedding.
Fairy tales are not necessarily beautiful, let alone reality. A few years later, this may also become a strange news in the streets-an unfinished wedding, a human being imprisoned, a blood race of Nirvana, a love that cannot be kept together. The isolation of the church and the betrayal of the tribe cut off the past. The bride's fangs and the blood of the sinful blood flowed out from the bottom of her heart, turned into a red rose, and stayed here forever. If this unblessed story is not over, then the brave, lovely and sad bride must still be carrying a curse in an unknown corner.
——To the blood-colored rose that grew from the bottom of my heart, to the brave girl who gave her life for love.

### 2. Design ideas

Under such a background, we designed the "Scarlet Bride" set by combining many elements such as bride, wedding dress, blood color, rose, blood family, etc.
If a story is to be transformed into a fashion, it has to go through multiple links from planning proposals, data collection, sketching, review and iteration, etc.

Girls who love beauty know that there are many kinds of wedding dresses, and the matching hair accessories and shoes are also different. In the initial setting, the original painting has a variety of schemes including the above image, including the rendering of the blood rose is different. Although the fishtail skirt is beautiful in shape, other fashions have similar considerations; the whole body rendering roses is slightly old-fashioned, and the skirt shape hopes to be more fresh; because of the identity of the blood family, the skin color needs to be slightly whiter ; because it is the theme of the bride, we hope that in the design The element of floral yarn is added to the upper head to highlight the characteristics of the bride...

This appears to be our first public conversation about the design process. Throughout the design, such feedback and exchanges continued, and elements as small as gemstones and eye makeup were strictly referenced and discussed. The collision of blood and pure white, one more point is complicated, and one point less is treacherous. The final rose blooms on the left arm and neckline, the skirt is also modified to a tuxedo skirt with a short front and a long back, white collars with lace straps are added, and facial makeup and jewelry are changed.

This is the third revision so far. The color of the wedding dress has changed from yellowing to silk white, and the texture has been significantly improved; the three-dimensional effect of the lace headband is more prominent, and it will not look like a relief; the roses have changed from a uniform orientation and shape to a variety of shapes, some blooming, some The buds are ready to be released, the size and density are more variable, and it also reflects the ups and downs of the body contour; the lace of the gloves and headband is softer and more advanced, and the back skirt is more fairy-like, which is almost the same as the final draft. The final optimization adds volume, light attenuation, and layers between objects.

The blood and tears shed by the roses blooming in the eyes of the bride are the elegy of this love that never ends.

Finally, a distinctive "Scarlet Bride" game character came out.

## Trivia

* Crimson Bride may be showing a version of the Hanahaki Disease, a popular trope used in anime and manga.
* It is revealed in the storyline of Castle Banquet Mystery that Crimson Bride is not a human, but a vampire; she fell in love with a human and was abandoned on her wedding day, the day the truth was revealed. NetEase Academy has said that Crimson Bride believed in the fairytale of The Little Mermaid, as well as a human 'prince' who would fall in love with her. However, her dreams were shattered in the end.
* This is one of the few bridal skins in Identity V, the others being Michiko's The Bride & Shiromuku and Mary's Promised Day.

## Gallery

* In-Game
* Official Art
* Additional Appearances

Front viewSide viewBack viewSide viewCrimson Bride Entrance Animation.Crimson Bride Idle Animation.Crimson Bride Press Animation.Euphoria in Appearance Decoration Menu.

### Concept Art & Icons

Crimson Bride Concept Art (Weibo)Crimson Bride Concept Art from the Official Japanese Art BookCrimson Bride Sprite
### Promotional Art

"This is a unique fragrance. This is a dream birthday party that is intoxicated. Happy Birthday, Vera Nair!" - Perfumer's 2020 Birthday Art (Twitter)Global 3rd Anniversary Artwork by @pcpc\_zz (Twitter)Global 4th Anniversary Art by @raion\_tetete (Twitter)Global 5th Anniversary Artwork by @raion\_tetete (Twitter)
### Merchandise Art

Sweet Paradise Fifth Collaboration - Manor Confession Season Announcement Artwork (Twitter)What does your confession taste like...? Emma... I love you!!! - Sweet Paradise Fifth Collaboration Artwork (Twitter)Dark x POP Selection Merchandise (Twitter)

Season 8 Logic Path Rewards ListIn Optimism of Flower's Entrance Animation
## Other Languages

 🇺🇸 | English

## References

1. ↑ https://www.nowcoder.com/discuss/408493
2. ↑ https://m.weibo.cn/status/4420849819783304