The Viceroy

 

I drew the mistress of evil of the Bionicle universe again!

I remember seeing glimpses of Roodaka as a child when this wave first came out and I thought she looked SO COOL. Didn't get to watch the movie at the time, but later on getting to watch it I definitely think she is the strongest played character of the movie - Kathleen Barr's performance definitely made her wonderful~ (And she also played Gali, whom I still love her for voicing too~)

Anyways, I wanted to give her another go since we all love Roodaka. I wanted to give her the same vibe I felt from the movie, a seductress that still held that battle-ready vibe. I almost thank Punishing Gray Raven for releasing an update with their character, Bianca, that has similar outfit vibes that I wanted to give to Roodaka here.

I gave Roodaka the "Vortixx braid" that I headcanon'd in my au. I feel like before, while Gali was training as a Toa, the braid was a symbol of dedication to the Vortixx. Though as time went on, and the nation grew more capitalistic and ritualistic, the braid was turned into a symbol of power - and would become more adorned if the wearer had climbed Xia's monstrous mountain.

She definitely used the fact that Gali had one to mess with her when they meet later on.

I also imagine the Vortixx to be somewhat reptilian in nature - due in part to all the hisses Roodaka makes in the movie of course. So there are a bit of scales over her body as well as claws.

I think I'm running out of things to say, BUT I do hope you enjoy this piece, I put a little more rendering into it than I usually do with my other stuff. (But it's not gonna become the norm, sorry, I'm an impatient bastard ;;v;;)

Thanks for reading this far, you can scroll back up to enjoy Roodaka again. uvu