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Here's the 25th profile in my original characters encyclopedia project. This one features one of the protagonists for my Gossamer Guardians concept.

Since this concept draws inspiration from classic fairytales, Fae Aureus is influenced by the story of Aladdin.

Since Aladdin is from China in the tale from One Thousand and One Nights (though there's still a lot of academic debate on this subject), I opted to have him hail from the Qin province of Asiatica. As mentioned previously in Rongchang's profile, each province of Asiatica represents different Asian cultures, so Qin is the Chinese region. Like his fairytale counterpart, Zhihao is a thief and there's even some slight visual cues taken from the Disney version.

For those looking for further clarification about this concept, check out the synopsis below:

"Gossamer Guardians is a team of fantasy heroes I created influenced by classic fairytales. It is a high fantasy concept inspired by Final Fantasy, She-Ra: Princess of Power, Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld, and the magical girl genre. It also pulls from history (specifically, marrying the time periods of classical antiquity with the middle ages all the way through the long nineteenth century).

On this alternate Earth, Europa is united by the beneficent Fairy Council. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Titania, this council governs over the Seven Kingdoms of the West. This arrangement has allowed the kingdoms to prosper and benefit from free trade. However, a schism in the council created by the rogue fairy Agrona has infected the kingdoms and encouraged an uprising in violence. Seeking to consolidate her power, Agrona has allied herself with the wicked Queen Valdis of Germania and the nomadic sorcerer Lazar in order to overthrow Prime Minister Titania. In response to this uprising, Titania has assembled heroes from across the realm to help her defeat Agrona and her forces. The champions of the Fairy Council have been dubbed the Gossamer Guardians. Together they alone can stop Agrona and her nefarious cabal."

Way back in September of 2016, I polled my watchers on the subject of fairytales. I asked them to rank ten of them according to their preference. The results of this poll would informed the creation of my characters and the order in which I'd post them. Of the choices listed, Aladdin placed second overall. This meant that Aladdin's analog would be drawn seventh.

I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank those that voted on the poll and I hope you all really like this concept. Specifically, I'd like to thank bjv016, Biruka, MrWonderWorks, DanFalcon, Steelpoodle, digipinky75910, kingziggy, Topherlee2, macdrome4, Jose-Ramiro, Amaliennoy, UncannyX-Factor, SargimusPrime, and featureanimestar97.

As always, I love hearing from you all so please feel free to leave a comment below.

Enjoy! :)
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Finally! Someone else who remembers Aladdin was from China in the original story!

I'll admit, when I saw the story of Aladdin as part of the poll I was hoping for your interpretation of the character to take inspiration from this idea in the original, and I am so happy that you did. Zhihao looks absolutely gorgeous here. The colours were very well chosen, and I love the outfit he has as well. He all around looks great.

His backstory is great as well, and I love his connections to Rongchang in it. It definitely builds the world even more, and it helps to build his relations to the other characters as well.

Overall, fantastic man. You never cease to amaze with this series.