Wisp’s basic premise details the thoughts of a mysteriously calm and quiet bespectacled woman named Madalyn. In a town called Wisp, a dreary and deserted place blanketed in thick fog at all times, she has set up what appears to be a tournament. At the heart of the city, an information board detailing her plea. Three blocks away, an enormous courthouse, in which she resides.
The prize?
Death has offered to revive a loved one at the price of Madalyn’s coat, which belonged to her late fiance. Madalyn is willing to pay that price to see the entrants fight for what matters.
However, it’s apparent that either Madalyn isn’t being entirely honest, or Death has something up his sleeve: Death is seen changing the message posted by Madalyn, telling the contestants that they don’t need to fight. They need only bring him Madalyn’s coat.
An Original Character Tournament hosted by Flipsheep.
The official roster was announced on July 3rd, 2011. Written and drawn mediums are both accepted, as well as any character under the sun, so long as it's original. Wisp can be found on DeviantART.
Basic Tropes in Wisp:
- Accidental Marriage: Considering house ownership is analogous to human marriage, things could get interesting if Chapel finds a new 'owner'.
- Become a Real Boy: Edgar only wishes to be fully human. Unfortunately, he tries going about this by murdering people and taking their skin for his own.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Chapel will be polite as long as you are polite, but as soon as etiquette rules are broken, she won't hesitate to kill.
- Beware the Quiet Ones:
- As shown in the second introductory comic, Madalyn's not exactly incapable of emotions as her first appearance hints.
- Ishi is absolutely silent in everything she does, but just as dangerous.
- As shown in the second introductory comic, Madalyn's not exactly incapable of emotions as her first appearance hints.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Ishi has the ability to pull shadowy energy from herself and manifest it into weapons, can lurk effectively in the shadows to the point of being undetectable, and generally seems like a shady character. But we've been assured by her creator that she "really a sweet apathetic psychopath who is still on a perilous quest of love."
- Expressive Mask: The eyes of Ishi's mask change to reflect her mood.
- Genre Savvy: Jay regularly references TV shows and video games in his attempts to figure out why he's in Wisp and what he's supposed to be doing.
- Ghost Town: All of the buildings are intact, but everything within them is covered in a thin film of dust, and the electricity has been cut.
- It Was a Gift: The coat Madalyn wears was actually her late fiance's.
- Razor Floss: Chapel's weapon of choice is metal wire.
- Serial Killer: Mission Based: Hewett believes that by killing people he is saving them from the pain of living. He thinks he's doing the right thing.
- The Stoic: In Madalyn's first appearance, she metaphorically kills a man without so much as a smirk, frown or sob. Behold.
- Villainous Cheekbones: Death's creator has stated he only ever drew them once on Death and then never intended to draw them again, but in a fair amount of the depictions put forth by entrants, he's got 'em.
