I need help selecting a symbol/shape for the pupils of users of a power type in my ocular power system
I'm building a sin/virtue ocular power system where a character's pupils physically change shape when they activate their ability. I need a shape for "Weakness" and nothing I've tried is clicking.
What Weakness does: The wielder casts death on a target — but whether that death lands is entirely determined by resolve. It's a pure contest of will: do you want them dead more than they want to live? The weak die. The resolute resist. Death here is less a certainty and more a threshold that gets pushed against.
Design criteria for the shape — this is a bit important to me:
Geometrically simple and visually distinct (no two shapes in the system look similar)
Carries inherent symbolic resonance with the ability without being too literal
Works as a pupil shape (it needs to read clearly in an eye at small scale)
Existing shapes for reference — these will show you the aesthetic standard:
Sin
Star (pride), Circle (greed), Triangle (lust), X (wrath), Spiral (gluttony), Hexagram (envy), Square (sloth), Vertical line (apathy), Matau/fishhook (vengeance), Tilde (flattery)
Virtue
Pentagon (humility), Crescent (generosity), Triquetra (chastity), Cross (patience), Concentric circles (temperance), Hexagon (charity), Rhombus (diligence), Two eccentric circles (empathy)