Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24993958-20151101000002/@comment-3965075-20151108213040

I'll admit that Aegle really is bare-bones. I'm no expert on circuses, but I am at least aware of the stereotypes to some degree. I wanted to avoid those and try something different. I went for an Illusionist/magician vibe and worked with it from there. Fashion isn't really my strong-point, so no surprise. To be honest, the only reason I added her brother was to add a nod to one of the many mythological characters bearing her name.

I did consider the idea that her Team died at some point and people accused her of killing them, but I dropped it thinking it'd be too much. I also considered adding a character she keeps seeing in the mirrors: A masked entity in tattered purple robes, as a nod to Robert Chamber's The King In Yellow. It was (probably)n because of this figment of her imagination that she developed a thing for masks. As to what it represented... it probably represented her emotional state, or as her mind's reminder of her brother.