Al-Manat - Bloody Eclipse

Hello guys!

Finally, my first Arlecchino mod!

This is an OC character that I did inspired on Sumeru Desert and on an Arabian Goddess:

In the heart of the Sumeru desert, where the eternal sands dance under the silvery glow of the moon, a mysterious entity of immeasurable power and dark beauty resides silently. It is said that she controls the fate of nomads and desert travelers. She is revered as the supreme guardian of the desert by those whose paths she protects, being named and worshipped as Al-Manat, the Moonshine Guardian of Destiny. However, she is implacably feared by those she judges as her enemies, for those, she's known as Al-Manat, the ruthless Bloody Eclipse.

You can read her full lore here if you like!

• []For matching her weapon, remember using Bloodmoon Blade!

  So, if you look up at my profile you'll notice I like Arlecchino a little bit lol, so with this one I wanted to be as best as possible to me and not just a mod that everyone already was expecting, like for example, Boss Arlecchino, Maid Arlecchino, or any other NSFW variants out there, that's why it took some time, I kinda wanted to let the early "Arlecchino mods train" pass first lmao.

  So I did an OC character this time with her own lore and everything!

  She's based on Sumeru desert, since miHoyo lost the opportunity to bring good characters from the desert (Cyno, Candace, Sethos, DEHYA), and it was a region that I was really hyped for at the release.

  Her story and powers were based on a pre-Islamic Arabian Goddess called Manat, the Goddess of Time, Fate, Destiny and Death that has some connection with the Moon, and on Arlecchino itself.

  She has alternative hairs and eyes, to navigate between them use:

  • []Alt+8 = switch hair forward.

    []Ctrl+8 = switch hair backward.

    []Alt+9 or Ctrl+9 = switch between star and X eyes.

    Her eyes can see through the stars, so she has a star eye that can see through the Destiny of her enemies, so it glows when she uses her burst!

    (This was only possible due to complex31, SilentNightSound and leotorrez research on Arlecchino's burst eye glow, so big thanks to them!).

    Don't forget to drop the ShaderFixes folder inside the 3dmigoto folder for the custom glow to work properly.

    It'll glow normally as an X when Arlecchino's X eyes is selected tho.

    For using it as a single skin mod, to merge with other skins, follow the README file inside the mod folder.

    Quick Q&A:

    • []She will have more variants?

      Maybe. My first plan was to do a combat stance switch, like when entering combat it would add some FX and change some clothes parts, but I didn't get a good enough idea yet. I also want to add more jewelry later, so maybe in a next update.[]Can you remove her skirt?

      Nah. I didn't spend lots of time weighting it on Blender to just remove it because some weirdo wants to see her ass...[]Can you fix her reflection on character menu?

      No. You can use ORFix if you want, but it'll mess up the body outlines, so I chose not to use it. Also, why do people care that much about reflection on the CHARACTER MENU?![]Why her chest seems to be shining?

      I must have had an issue with mesh smoothing on Blender or Arlecchino's lightmap is weirdly different than normal characters, so the shadows became messy. A workaround was setting the Green channel to 255 on her skin, so she technically has no skin shadow.

    So that's it, I hope you guys like it!

    Don't forget to leave a like on her weapon mod too!

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