This 鯱 is a kokuji "Chinese character invented in Japan" that can also be read shachi for "orca".
Almost all characters can make creative use of spontaneous magic, where characters can invent their own spell from lists of verb-noun combinations.
Of course, the character of Daedalus invented more than just the wings for his son.
Veronika is far more engaging than Veronique, who seems less a genuine character than a figure invented to finish off a theory.
His stories' characters sometimes playfully mix and invent languages, sometimes become caught up in their linguistic games and start losing their identity.
He spread the word that Altamycin was worthless now because some fictitious character had invented a cheap new substitute.
It is not every day that a character in a play invents the destiny of its author.
This story also features a character, Sheba Sugarfangs, invented by Sequeira for Marvel Comics.
Many characters are composites or invented outright.
The central characters in the comic are cavemen, one of which (the main character) has invented the computer.