Toy prototype details
Name: Lemu-RhaTM
Subtitle: arboreal maiden warrior
Line: KR|Echoes of Future
Item type: action figure - Nº 16 in the line.
Character details
Name: Lemu-Rha
Classification: primate mammal
Sex: female
Relationships: partner of Catos, mother of Tah-Ron and ancestor of the Amhalgaard family
Home: Idakarr (Tahron's former name)
Home: Idakarr (Tahron's former name)
Era: 570 years before Foundation
Affiliation: Kimarhan (a tribe of forest warriors who eventually form the Grand Resistance to oppose the rising reptilian authority)
Rank: forest shield-maiden.
Background
First appearance: KR|Echoes of Future #1 - The secret origin of chaos
Character summary: a skilful, athletic young Kimarhan amazon. As the conflict between the remnants of the fallen Interspecific Commission and Silef's hegemonic, philo-reptilian faction escalated, a resistance movement, bolstered by the Kimarhan forest tribe and led by the valiant warrior Catos, prepared to fight back. During this tumultuous period, Catos and Lemu-Rha fell in love. Amidst the growing threat, their love culminated in the birth of their son, Tah-Ron, who was entrusted to the care of the Kimarhan tribespeople to protect him from the dangers of the impending final battle.
Description
Head: similar to a ring-tailed lemur, characterised by a fox-like muzzle that ends in a dark-greyish/black, hairless snout and is surrounded by light, off-white fur extending to the throat, cheeks and relatively large ears, while two bright yellow-orange eyes are encircled by black patches. She also wears a studded silver chokerBody: dense fur ranging from off-white on the front to pale-grey and rosy-brown on the back. She features a long, bushy non-prehensile tail, which is ringed in alternating black and white transverse bands and ends in a black tip
Wearables: a form-fitting, golden-yellow armour (resembling a corset) accented with shiny gold details, two golden shoulder pads (each topped with a silver stud and edged with grass fringes), two golden-yellow bracelets (each with a subtle fin extending outward and a protective guard for the back of the hand), a pair of loose-fitting, white detached sleeves (secured by studded golden bands around the upper arms and the aforementioned bracelets), two armoured golden-yellow knee guards (extending partially up the thighs; one is engraved with the Kimarhan emblem, i.e., a laterally stretched, 14-rayed silver Vergina Sun), two armoured golden-yellow anklets, a golden-yellow belt with a large, round golden buckle featuring two pairs of silver points projecting from its sides, and a tapering golden loincloth adorned with a design of two swan heads facing each other, their necks extending downwards in jagged, lightning bolt-like patterns.
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| Lemu-Rha's stylised armour. |
Weapons and accessories
In the comics, Lemu-Rha is portrayed as exceptionally agile, mainly thanks to her long, powerful legs that allow her to leap rapidly from tree trunk to tree trunk. However, the figure does not have any action features. On the other hand, she is also depicted as a talented musician, capable of performing enchanting melodies on her kitharp, a unique stringed musical instrument blending elements of guitar and harp. The golden kitharp, which is included with the figure, consists of a roughly triangular frame resembling a small harp with a compact sound box at the base, which replaces the traditional harp's pedestal. The sound box projects into an intricately ornamented fingerboard, acting as an extension of the harp's column (or pillar). A series of six strings, fixed to an extended headstock (i.e., a horizontal bar at the top of the fingerboard), are fictionally played by plucking with the fingers. The top end of each string is secured on the headstock with a knot, then runs down to the sound box before stretching to the harp's harmonic arch (or neck), where a tuning peg is used to adjust its pitch. The headstock, fingerboard and column are sculpted to resemble a stylised swan’s head, gently sinuous neck and wing, respectively, while the harp’s body, which would typically be straight and include a soundboard, is replaced by a crossbar that curves slightly inward. But there's a twist! When needed, the instrument transforms into a surprising weapon: the strings retract, the column reveals a silver axe blade, the harp's crown (or head) forms a small studded silver mace head, the harp's knee (or shoulder) produces a sharp silver tip, and the headstock generates three silver spikes that protrude downward from the swan’s bill. So, the figure comes with an alternate weaponised kitharp, which can also split at the midpoint of the fingerboard/haft to form a separate axe and a toothed kama-like weapon. Unlike the instrument version, the weapon form of the kitharp lacks a guitar strap.
Final thoughts
Overall: Lemu-Rha really turned out to be a nice figure. I mean, that's not crazy surprising as PoliganToys seems to be putting a lot of effort and thought into the KR|EoF line, so kudos to them for another solid release. If I had a complaint, it'd be that I think she could have come with a stand to recreate her arboreal leaps. Everything we get here is excellent, though, and it's exciting that we are getting closer and closer to finishing the roster of The secret origin of chaos
Rating: ☺☺☺☺ / 5
