Name: The DeityTM (Enmity Edition)
Subtitle: mystic arbiter
Line: KR|Enmity
Item type: action figure - Nº 11 in the line.
Character details
Name: The Deity
Real name: Kai-Xi (originally Wēn Kǎi xī)
Classification: spirit (formerly human)
Sex: female
Home: China
Era: 20 years before Foundation
Affiliation: neutral (formerly belonging to the Theriom faction)
Rank: divinity.
Background
First appearance: KR|Enmity #3 - Notes of vengeance
Brief bio: once a member of the Therioms who played a significant role in trapping Bi-Harr's mental powers beyond the multiversal walls, Kai-Xi raised to a powerful divine form after her own demise and chose to be tasked with maintaining neutrality throughout Tahron. Although she could no longer take part to the war, the constant struggle over the Key often called her to preserve the balance between good and evil forces.
Articulation
Standard down to the waist, excluding hinged abdomen; since she has a new dress/robe piece, her articulation has been changed a bit with a hinged thigh/crotch piece.
Description
Head: Asian features, cream white skin, black hair (arranged into a cross hairstyle and held together with a golden headpiece), hazel eyes
Head: Asian features, cream white skin, black hair (arranged into a cross hairstyle and held together with a golden headpiece), hazel eyes
Body: covered from neck to toe except for her hands, which show cream white skin
Wearables: an extremely elegant and highly complex garment formed of a set of coloured clothes, which create a layered effect. The items include: a long, nicely decorated red dress (with serrated leaf gold patterns, a high-neck bodice and a pleated skirt), a thigh-length dark-green jacket (with long, loose sleeves, under which we can glimpse two dark-green bracelets, and embellished with light-green arabesque patterns as well as white collar, lapels, cuffs and hem), a light-green apron-like piece worn over the front (with pieces of triangle-shaped orange cloth sewn onto its hem) and tied at the back (with two long, narrow orange strips of fabric running down the sides of the skirt), and a dark-green belt around the waist. The bottom of the dress is nicely sculpted and doesn't come flush to the ground, giving her the illusion of floating.
Action feature
Like with her Foundation version, The Deity doesn't have any particular action feature, apart from the fact that she comes with a clear stand. This has a ball joint on the end, which expands her floating poses in a great way.
Weapons and accessories
Aside from the stand, The Deity comes with the very same staff that accompanied her Foundation version - a light-green wooden stick topped with a fire pattern that resembles the Chinese character 凤 (phoenix).
The figure also includes two additional items of clothing: a poncho-like robe made of pliable translucent orange plastic and seemingly tied in a bow at the front towards the bottom, and a red shawl with decorative serrated leaf gold patterns, seemingly tied in a knot, that can be worn over the arms.
Variant
In addition to the standard version, the Enmity edition of The Deity will also be released in a "statue" variant, since such a sculpture is briefly shown in the throne hall at Theriom City in the second comic issue Terror from the clouds.
I’m not getting into the specifics of this figure, since it's just the standard version with a few differences that I'm going to list below:
- The whole figure has been painted in a cool bronze colour
- The only accessories are her staff, which is a bronze repaint of the non-burning version that came with the normal form of Kai-Xi, and a bronze pedestal
- A number of pretty rare and pricey deluxe variations of this figure will come in a fancy packaging that will transform into a cardboard playset (likely resembling Theriom City) and will feature light&sound effects.
Final thoughts
Character value: ♦♦♦♦ The Deity joins the KR|Enmity corner of the shelf as a great figure and a character that is really important to the collection
Articulation: ♥♥♥ It’s still disappointing to see a figure "without" legs, but the skirt piece is kinda beautiful
Sculpt and paint: ♣♣♣♣♣ The sculpt is extremely nice, with strong details, and I love the quality of all the "textile" layers on her outfit
Accessories: ♠♠♠ The extra dress pieces are pretty soft pieces of plastic... they wrap around her body well, but keeping them on there limits posing significantly
Playability: ♪♪♪ Once people have this exquisite Asian lady in hand, I think most will really dig her
Overall: ☺☺☺☺ The Deity is a great example of what the neutral figures are capable of and she adds a lot to help fortify the mythology.
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