My character is based on a type of enemy from a video game series, The Elder Scrolls. The reason I chose to use the already existing character as a basis is because they are incredibly annoying to fight in the games they are featured in. They aren't exactly powerful but they're a nuisance as they come out of nowhere and they can be several at a time which makes it more difficult to fight them. The character themselves are called Dwemer (Dwarven) Spiders and are automatons which dwell in ancient ruins which were once inhabited by a powerful race of elves. The spiders were used for various different reasons and the Dwemer, the race who created them, were incredibly advanced and light years ahead of any other race or culture technology wise. Eventually the Dwemer all disappeared apart from one after 'tampering' with the heart of an Aedra (extremely powerful divine-like beings) and it isn't exactly clear what happened to them, and the only reason one survived is because he was on another plane when the mass disappearance took place. The Dwemer became so advanced and powerful that the Gods/Divines felt threatened by them as their magick was becoming more powerful than theirs. T
My character is similar to the ones from TES in the sense that it is a mechanical spider but that is all. I'm not exactly a fan of spiders (having arachnophobia) but I find the TES characters quite interesting in the way they work and would be quite useful and helpful as a sidekick. My own character is different in the way it acts and attacks, and also has a different design to the ones from TES.
I don't believe I could get into any legal trouble as all I'm doing is using a similar character to ones in one of my favourite video game series. I highly doubt Bethesda, the creators and developers of TES, were the first to come up with the idea of 'mechanical spider-like automatons' and would really have no reason to take action against me. I would also like to add that there is a lot more detail to the ones from TES than there is in mine. You can clearly see that the design is quite different and the only real similarities they have is the fact that they're: arachnid-like, are mechanical, and have some sort of 'steam punk' sort of feel.
Below is a side by side comparison of my creation and my inspiration.
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