The Dollmaker
The Dollmaker is a character in PHIGHTING!.
Appearance
The Dollmaker's first set of teal horns start at the front of her head, protruding from her forehead and tapering upwards. Her second, shorter set of horns are on the side of her head, tapering downwards, her horns creating a hook-like shape at the tips. The base of her horns are covered in grayish-blue bandages.
The Dollmaker's face is covered by the same grayish-blue bandages covering her horns, only her left eye remaining uncovered. A piece of jewelry depicting an eye is hung across her forehead. She wears a long-sleeved teal shirt, the ends of the sleeves turning into a navy blue color. She wears two-toned navy blue pants with a diamond patterning, the sides of her pants having three teal eye-like accents on it. She wears yellow sandals, with her right ankle having a piece of gold jewelry around it. Four yellow acupuncture needles protrude from her back.
She has a half-moon purse over her left shoulder. The straps of the purse are yellow while the bag part of the purse is navy blue. There is a sun design over the bag part of the purse.
Her three dolls are all short, skeleton-like creatures. They have a light blue skull face with navy blue horns protruding from the top. Their limbs are striped in the same light blue and navy blue color. Their torsos are a navy blue color, with light blue markings to indicate ribs. Only their left eye is exposed, while their right eye is replaced with a swirly symbol.
Personality
She cannot express emotions normally, instead using her dolls named Folly, Tragedy, and Fury to speak for her. However, it's unknown if it's her talking or something paranormal.[2]
Lore
The Dollmaker creates dolls of other demons, typically when they are about to die or on request.[3]
She has four needles stuck into her spine which are both acupuncture needles and sewing needles. She uses a different one depending on the doll she's making. The first needle represents good fortune and health, serving as a good luck charm. The second needle represents bad luck and imminent danger, being used as an omen and warning for its owner. The third needle represents rebirth and spirits. According to her beliefs, the spirits of the deceased will be able to possess the doll and communicate through it as a conduit. It is unknown if this has worked or not. Finally, the fourth needle represents death and decay, which causes the owner of the doll to die shortly after or within the weeks of its creation. The exact cause of death is unknown.[4]
She uses the dolls to speak for her because her face was heavily injured in an unknown event.[5] The majority of her body is covered in bandages,[6] but she can still eat and drink with help.[7]
Interactions
Gallery
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Key art of The Dollmaker by Soda
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The Dollmaker and Sparkles by Soda 1
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The Dollmaker holding her three dolls with a beaming expression, by Soda
Trivia
- Her design is based off Indian fashion, as well as a nazar, an amulet believed to protect from the evil eye.[8]
References
- ↑ Soda on stream at 01:39:43, 20 December 2023 - "HI SODA, HII SODAAA. HI SODAA. how old is the dollmaker,, SOZ IF THIS HAS BEEN ANSWERED im a dumby" "Like, thirties. Like, early thirties"
- ↑ @Soda_Stuff on Twitter, 15 December 2023 (Link| Image) - "The dollmaker cannot express emotions through normal means, instead, using her dolls to speak through as her substitute, though, it's unknown if it's really her talking or something more paranormal .........."
- ↑ @Soda_Stuff on Twitter, 15 December 2023 (Link | Image) - "That's a pretty neat concept :0 Is she able to create other kinds of dolls or only that kind of skull-head doll?" "She makes other dolls! Specifically, she makes dolls of demons who are nearing death or if requested"
- ↑ @Soda_Stuff on Twitter, 16 December 2023 (Link | Image) - "The first needle represents good fortune/health, meaning any doll made with it will act as a good luck charm for its owner, the second needle represents bad luck/imminent danger, with the doll serving more as an omen for its owner to be careful 2/4" "The third needle represents rebirth and spirits, she believes by making a doll as a conduit, spirits of those long passed will be able to possess it and communicate with the living, though it is unknown if this has worked or not. 3/4" "The fourth and final needle represents death and decay, any doll made using this needle will either cause it’s owner to die shortly after or will end up dying in the following weeks after its creation. It’s unknown what the exact cause of death is for these victims 4/4"
- ↑ Soda on stream at 01:34:15, 20 December 2023 - "question about the dollmaker, did something happen which caused her to only be able to speak through her dolls or did she spawn unable to communicate without them" "You know all the bandages around her face and shit? Yeah, she got fucked up big time. So, she uses the... the dolls... the dolls like, speak for her, I guess"
- ↑ Soda on stream at 21:36, 26 April 2024 - "hey Soda . soder . Is dollmaker's entire body covered in bandages or is it just her face?" "It's like, her entire body. Or most of it at least"
- ↑ Soda on stream at 01:56:11, 26 April 2024 - "KICKS ROCKS,, last try maybe. Hi soap dispenser. boiled soda. can dollmaker still eat and/or drink. Thx" "Yeah she can, it's just like... she's like... she... I guess she needs like assistance with it"
- ↑ Soda on stream at 01:31:48, 20 December 2023 - "since you've done east asian inspired phighters, will you make other cultural integrated characters" "Yeah, I've been trying to do that [...] Dollmaker, specifically, she's based on like, uh... Indian... like, fashion [...] She's based on this little charm, it's like a protection from like, the evil eye and I was like, 'oh, that sounds so dope'"
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