"Not having said a single kind word in her life, she used to peck everyone for the smallest sin and just to appease her ego. Now in death her flesh is broken, and she is forced to wander the swamps for ninety years, smash her beak into blood and always look upwards..."
My design is based on Bilibin's art of Kikimora, which has a sharp and pronounced beak and chicken paws.
I was also inspired by Blasphemous' concept of the monsters being people who are twisted into horrible creatures because they asked or because they sinned. Just take a look at this wonderful enemy.
And I made Kikimora a monster who is being punished for her wrongdoings (as sin is non-existent in ancient Slavic mythology).
In Ivana Kupala, there will be two types of monsters; those who are being punished, and those who are evil and thus have supernatural abilities.
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