Viridis Mantodea, warrior princess, daughter of King Rudolfae and Queen Pardii.

The stone on her necklace was given to her by Dorsalis, a palace guard, who is also her very good friend.  It is probably an emerald.
Everybody is cleverly named and designed after bugs that are cool.

click for bigger.  I know you just want a face full of this awful green.

original characters from a comic I don’t think I’ll ever start

THE BAD:

Cyanide - the main baddy.  manipulative.  in four words: “Lady Gaga with minions”

Alexander - A creep, a villain, a mutilator, and a torturer, but a cowardly idiot.

Zoe - An orphan that was kidnapped by Alexander.  Typically apathetic as self-defense.

the eight chapters will be titled after the buddhist eightfold path, and follow the characters that represent them