FORBIDDEN - Character Redesigns & New Challengers

 Hey everyone first and foremost. I want to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has supported my blog and followed my FORBIDDEN series. I apologize for updates being so slow but a lot has been going on in my everyday life. Thus it hindered me from being as active as I would have liked. I hope 2025 will be a much better year for FORBIDDEN and myself. Anyways below is updated concept designs for established characters as well as new characters coming in the future

1. Sung Jin - The young and handsome Korean idol who possessed lava based magic. Sung Jin has gained a new design for a new era as many K-Pop Idols constantly reinvent themselves. Sung Jin's new design is inspired by WONHO's "Blue" era

2. King Onyx Carnival - Onyx recently received an updated design so the chances of his "Pink Supernova" concept design isn't something I'm rushing to have done but it's a cool outfit concept nonetheless. It may be implemented in the future. However I want to complete more original characters before revisiting King Onyx once again

3. Tharcisio Garrido - A half human half elf that hails from Brazil. While I do not have everything set up for Tharcisio in full detail. I have been wanting to introduce a half human half elf character to my FORBIDDEN series for a long time. So I definitely hope to get Tharcisio drawn by a professional artist in early 2025. Hopefully by that time I will have Tharcisio's powers/back story already in place so I can have his profile available shortly after his official design is completed 

4. Eligor Raphael & Sir Crispin - Eligor comes from Earth 100 a magical earth that shares similarities with Earth 135. Eligor is a reformed evil wizard that decided to become a farmer after ending his villainous ways. During the years he was neighbors with a mysterious man named Lord Taylor and his cat, Sir Crispin. While Eligor did not care for Sir Crispin, he greatly admired Lord Taylor and harbored romantic feelings for him. Unfortunately one evening Lord Taylor did not return home which led Sir Crispin to seek out Eligor. Upon learning about Lord Taylor's disappearance. The two would travel together in order to find Lord Taylor who had disappeared somewhere in Earth 135

A small skill concept for Eligor (Not finalized)

6. Queen Othello Strongs - The mother of Mihoshi, Hellin, and Orsela and the current ruler of Babylon. Othello is the promiscuous Queen who possesses an array of deadly abilities but is best known for her telepathic and poison based powers. Othello is another character I want to give an updated design in 2025

Othello's Concept for her updated design

7. Livonia (Surname will come later) - Livonia is a demon hunter that hails from England. Livonia's desire to deal with dangerous demons led her to being the first human to reside in The Underworld. However due to the Miasma and being a human in a realm full of dangerous beings. The Underworld's current ruler, Lady Johanna forbade Livonia for remaining in The Underworld unless she underwent the transformation into a Darken. Reluctant at first since Livonia felt becoming a Darken was just a discount version of being a demon. Fortunately both Lisa-Alice & Nikiema would work together in order to make Livonia a special type of Darken. After being killed by Lisa-Alice in order to begin Livonia's transformation into a Darken. Nikiema would use her holy powers to aid in Livonia's resurrection. Thus unlike other Darkens. Even when tapping into the darkness within her soul. It would never take over Livonia's sanity thus she is always in control over herself. Along with becoming a Darken, Livonia's weapon magic has greatly enhanced

 

Profile Sung Jin

 PROFILE

"Music is what truly connects us all together. No matter who you are or where you are in the world, you can always appreciate a beautiful song" - Sung Jin

Idol Wear

Casual Wear 

Name: Lee Sung Jin

Stage Name: Sung Jin

Birthday: March 1

Age: 25

Country: South Korea

Hair Color: Black with dyed red ends

Eye Color: Brown (sometimes he wears contacts)

Skin Color: Beige

Height: 5'10”

Weight: 177 Pounds

Allies: King Onyx, Nari Seon, Hellin Strongs, James Del Soto, Yura Mikan, Trickie Mirage

Likes: Creating music, touring, his homeland, his family, collaborating with other artists, his boyfriend, exercising, ramen noodles, fighting crime

Dislikes: Conflicting schedules, annoying managers, rabid fans, keeping his relationship with Onyx from the public eye, evildoers, tabloids

Powers: Sung Jin is a Natural who wields lava-themed powers. Sung Jin can create blasts of lava, cause avalanches, wield boulders, fire blasts, infuse his hands and feet in rocks and magma, create stone walls, and can cause miniature earthquakes/aftershocks

BACKSTORY

Growing up in Busan, South Korea, Lee Sung Jin was raised by his mother, an Earth magic user, and father, a fire user. Life was pretty rough for Sung Jin because he grew up rather poor. Thankfully, his parents were able to take care of him and themselves using their magical abilities for carpentry, which kept a roof over their heads and food on the table. Some years later, Sung Jin took an interest in singing. After hearing their son's wonderful voice, his parents worked hard to make their son's dream come to fruition. During his early teens, Sung Jin was enrolled in an Idol Program. He went every day after school to prepare for his musical debut. 

At sixteen, Sung Jin made his debut with his hit song "Kinda Like A Fire" and immediately became one of the most beloved acts in his country. One day while performing on a televised show along with many other talented Korean solo artists and groups, an unfortunate dragon attack occurred with two dragons arriving on the scene to cause havoc. Fortunately, local Korean sages arrived on-scene along with the unexpected appearance of King Onyx and his usual team consisting of Hellin, James, Orsela, Scylla, Lea, Odessa, and August Starfinder. Not wanting to stand on the sidelines, Sung Jin decided to aid Onyx's team in bringing down one of the dragons. During the battle, the two men locked eyes, but Onyx was preoccupied with minimizing the damage being caused by the dragons and keeping the non-combatants safe. After the dragons were slain and everyone was okay, Sung Jin realized he developed a crush on the current ruler of Mayland.

He was unsure of his feelings because Onyx was not only a half-demon but a male whom he was attracted to whereas he usually only felt attraction for the opposite sex. Sung Jin did his best to avoid media outlets that spoke about King Onyx, and dodged questions from interviewers that asked the young idol his opinion on Mayland's ruler. However, as much as he tried, his feelings for Onyx never went away. A few years later, Sung Jin became an adult. One night while wandering throughout town incognito, he spotted a person sitting on a nearby bench wearing a pink hoodie with their head down in their arms. Sung Jin normally avoided contact with strangers for many reasons, but felt drawn to check in on the individual in pink. Upon approaching the person in pink and getting their attention, the individual looked at him and to Sung Jin's surprise it was King Onyx crying alone. 

The reason for his tears was because he lost a close friend named Felie who lost her life while on a mission with her guild. Felie was a sage who was half- Korean and half-Yugoslavian. She wielded the power to summon monstrous bird-like beings. She unfortunately lost her life at the hands of a demon, which made Onyx feel terrible. Sung Jin sat next to Onyx and wrapped his arms around him to console him. While appreciative of the idol's unexpected kindness, the King did feel nervous because not only did he find him very attractive, but the age gap between them was significant. It wasn't uncommon for a demon of Onyx's age to date a mortal of Sung Jin's age, but it was weird for him. Yet he couldn't resist the feeling that he enjoyed being in Sung Jin’s arms.

Accepting their attraction to each other, the two became a couple, but kept their relationship on the low because of Sung Jin's career as an idol in which idols are obligated to remain "single" until fifty years after their career began. Sung Jin would then be properly introduced to Onyx's close circle and he would also aid the heroes in various missions whenever he wasn't busy following his passion as an K-Pop idol. Shortly after their relationship began, Sung Jin enlisted in the army to serve for two years. While sad that his lover wasn’t able to see him for the next two years, Onyx admired his lover's patriotism to his country and looked forward to the day when they could hold each other again. They remained in contact via letters until Sung Jin completed his service then resumed their relationship. 

Note: K-Pop means "Korean Pop"

TRIVIA

1. Sung Jin was not inspired by any particular individual, just my desire to have an attractive Korean male character in the FORBIDDEN/Onyxeverse.

2. Originally, I wasn't going to make Sung Jin and King Onyx an item but while working on character stories and ideas, I decided to give the fictional version of myself something I don't have in real life LMAO.

3. Sung Jin was also just going to be an Earth user, but I decided to give him fire-based powers. Finally, I decided to combine the two abilities and thus, lava.

4. Sung Jin can speak Korean, Japanese, English, and a bit of Chinese.

5. Because of his profession, Sung Jin constantly dyes his hair, but his natural hair color is black.

6. Sung Jin's biggest hits include the following "Kinda Like A Fire", "Mirror Mirror", "King of Hearts", "Garden of Eden", "Midnight Sun", and "Trouble Boy".

 

Sung Jin - Return From Service

 Check out the link here https://www.wattpad.com/1224188766-sung-jin-return-from-service to read the short story of the character SUNG JIN. The story also features King Onyx & Nari

Sung Jin

Sung Jin, The Meteoric Idol

SUNG JIN

Sung Jin is a popular solo Korean artist who specialize in the magic arts of Scoria. Allowing him to manipulate magma based abilities in battle which were taught to him by his father. Sung Jin is a relatively easy going man but becomes heartless in the heat of battle

Below are examples of what Sung Jin is capable of doing in a fight

TRIVIA

1. Sung Jin is modeled after famous K-Pop singer WONHO

2. Sung Jin's powers is based on lava 

3. Sung Jin is multilingual as he speaks Korean, English, Japanese, and French fluently. Sung Jin also knows a few words in the demon language. He of course is not a demon just learned a few things from his demon friend living in France named Lola

4. Sung Jin wants to battle James Del Soto in the near future in order to test his magic against James's hellish abilities

 

Upcoming Character Redesign - SUNG JIN

 Sketch by me of Sung Jin's redesign

His current design

Drawn by my friend Devon and while no fault of his at all. While I was initially satisfied with how Sung Jin came out when Devon first completed him. After awhile I had sadly become to dislike this design but not the character. Thus I decided to redesign Sung Jin to more to my liking and he will soon be redrawn by a professional artist

Sung Jin

THE HUMAN METEOR

 

Sung Jin is a K-Pop singer who is also a sage that uses fire and rock based magic

FAN ART

NOTE: I do not own this fan art only art that I paid for through commissions. The artwork below belongs to my friend Angel on Twitter - https://twitter.com/MiloDevince