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Cridea Jeevik is a young violet blooded troll living on Alternia during the time of Joey Claire's visit.
Her sign is Aqualo, sign of the Puppeteer, which has a Prospit sway and is bound to the Heart aspect.
Concept and creation[]
Development[]
Earlier in development, Hiveswap's violet bloods were intended to have a strictly marine theme, and as such early concepts for Cridea had her in a swimsuit and using a "Mega Man Cannon" in reference to the abilities of her lusus, a pistol shrimp (known for its ability to fire hot bursts of water at threats). As the sea dwellers were made more individual, however, artist Kim Quach helped develop a new personality for her which more parodies the 'Asian baby girl' cultural trend.[1]
Entomology[]
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Promotion[]
Cridea was first revealed to the public in a development screenshot featuring her profile on "Prongle". Among the beta graphics used for her profile were a cat with horns as an icon and a piece of edited Feferi Peixes fanart as a header image. Her posts in the screenshot showcased her interest in memes, referencing a Troll-lolol-con, "LOL Shrimp", and meme theft by another troll.
A broadcast as part of Stuck at Home Con 2022 provided the first ever look at Cridea's finalized, official design among other characters appearing in Hiveswap: Act 3; at Stuck at Home Con 2023, musician James Roach provided further insight to her development and previewed some of the musical tracks associated with her.
Biography[]
Hiveswap: Act 1[]
An advertisement on a scuttlecoach stop outside Xefros Tritoh's hive refers to a "Jeevik Week".
Hiveswap: Act 2[]
Joey and Xefros catch a train seeking out Cridea on Jeevik Island, where Jeevik Week is being held.[citation needed] Cridea is spotted among Dammek's Chittr conticks alongside Trizza Tethis, who surpasses her followers by only one.
Personality and traits[]
Cridea is a two-sided person, enjoying all the privileges of her royal blood while simultaneously expressing sympathy for the lowblood cause,[1] and displaying a vastly different persona in her public videos to how she acts in her own hive.[2]
Trivia[]
- The Jeevik Week poster in Act 1 is written in the original Daedric form of the Alternian alphabet, rather than the revised script used in most of Hiveswap.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 James Roach. "...her personality is basically based off of these celebrity Instagram posts, where they're on their yacht, and they're like "I really feel for the struggles out there, of the people," like that sort of thing. But also, she's got this really fun angle that my good friend Kim Quach [...] dreamed up with the design, where she's just kind of like a rich ABG, which is just really funny. There's parts where she's in Act 2 where she's like 'oh, just hijack the train! See you later!' It's just so funny. If you don't know, don't worry about it. [...] One of the ideas behind Cridea, is that she's like... [...] the sea dwellers in general, they don't have a particular caste theme, other than they live in the sea. Originally they did, it was all they were going to be weirdly mariner-themed, and stuff like that. Which is why the original design of Cridea, you see her in this swimsuit, and she's got the Mega Man cannon, because she's based off of a pistol shrimp. And I think that her lusus is a pistol shrimp. But as time went on, it's like, well there's so few of them, having a caste theme like that is kind of, they're a lot more individual, you know. Because all we ever see is Eridan and Feferi..." SAHcon these Q and A's and then hiveswap preview at like 3:45 - Twitch. July 22, 2023.
- ↑ James Roach. "We've established her theme [...] in her purest form [in her YouTube channel theme], so here's her hive song, which is vastly different, because that's the public persona that she's put on, that's this bubbly YouTuber. [...] her hive theme, that's more akin to her personality..." SAHcon these Q and A's and then hiveswap preview at like 3:45 - Twitch. July 22, 2023.