#kaihautu

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The first morning of Arthur in a new life. His hands are tied, red-hot strip of sun on the shoulder. And silent concern. Congratulations, boy, you're alive ... In fact, the “boy” actually needs to get married next fall. The heir, the support of the family, after all. And here he is, in a tent on the ocean shore, with a terrible fever. Huh..

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A few new concepts of “The Green Stone” opens, of course, Kai. For those who are not familiar with my books, this is a young leader of one of the Maori tribes that inhabit New Zealand. In the country of the Long white cloud, the climate allows you not to load yourself with a lot of clothes, because on ordinary warm days it is are enough to wear wide belts and skirts. By the way, the Maori had trousers - they wore them when they went to the mountains, but considered them uncomfortable. Because skirts are a conscious choice, not a manifestation of savagery. Behind his belt, he does not have a jade rod, of course, but almost. This is a family weapon that can split the enemy's skull with only one hit: 3 And if you look to the right *with the voice of a guide* you can see a guy in luxurious clothes of the nobility. These are collars made of seal leather, and a massive fabric cloak with weaving, decorated with feathers and trinkets. By the way, for the same hiking in the mountains, the Maori had special waterproof raincoats. So the guys knew a lot.

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People are beautiful. Any races and nationalities) I finished my personal challenge "the same face" - I painted guys from all my books and comics in one sketch. I wanted to make them as similar as possible in head position, neutral facial expression and other formal things, so that you could see the difference in details: shades, individual facial features, bends of lips and eyebrows. In general, this is love for people fasting =)

You can look at and read some facts about everyone. And on the patreon, you can find the portrait of the only Russian character as a bonus.

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How do I draw Maori tattoos? It’s very easy. They just appear by themselves on Maori body when you start to draw him. 

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“Richard, here the clouds are very low above the ground. There is a lot of storm water in the sky, it sags like gray velvet over the mountains. When they go to the mountains, they put on armor. Imagine, they go to battle with their bosom, and into the mountains - in armor. They look like Greek gods, Richard. Those statues in the London museum ... The professor would not approve, if I looked at the statues like that. They like it. They laugh back.”

— Arthur, it is the fifteenth of December, somewhere beyond the edge of the world.

Actually existing museum exhibits have become the prototype of Kai and Toho clothes. We once went to Mount Aoraki (it is also Mount of Cook). This is the highest peak of New Zealand (3724 m), which is located in a string of Southern Alps on the South Island (in the background of the picture is a photo taken by us there). At the entrance to the national park around this mountain there is a wonderful tourist center, which has a place to relax and a large-scale stylish museum.

In this museum, we've found upon a Maori costume that they usually put on for expeditions in the mountains. The fact is that on the West Coast, glacial rivers carry a precious green stones. And then, for these stones the guys from the east coast set off, crossing the mountain range. This costume was a kind of “armor”, not only for battle, but for protection of wind and cold. They covered their hands, covered their chest, wore more longer skirts + in this case they wore shoes.

As for my subjective taste - all this is very similar to elven armor with shibari elements x) But the silhouette of the bib really resembles the shells that the New Zealand studio Weta presented to the elves from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Well, the dragon age is a bit like that, yes. My inquisitor was an elf, but he ran in a blue qunari suit. 

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For you, here is such an unusual (for me) bloody Kaihau.

Boo

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Do you know how pure happiness looks like? Something like this: a white man that is totally fed up with everything is taken from a progressive metropolis and thrown into the wrong side of the world, where he can lie on the river bank in the shade of fern trees and do nothing at all ... At least a couple of hours a day =)

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Asterion Snippet

Kai faced the Prime Council, teal eyes brimming with a bright glint that grew within them each time her heart pulsed. The collar around her neck burned. She opened her mouth to scream and nothing came out, no sound, no mimicry, no mockery, not even a lashing of tongues. She simply stood before them jaw asunder and waited for the deal to be done.

“The matter has already been decided.” She heard them say.

“Un decide it.” She finally managed to answer as she gripped her fingers into the rail in front of her. She held herself up like she held herself together.

“That is not a possibility.”

“Everything is a possibility, if you removed yourself from the Lock once in a while and saw the planet around you, you would understand that. This is a beautiful place.”

“Then the matter stands.”

“It does not.”

“It does.”

“Bastards and your decisions. Foul hounds of Haven coming down to order around my life.”

“You are no better than us, Kaihautu.” They answered in a chorus of voices around her, “You are just like us, Kaihautu. You are one of us, Kaihautu.” They paused and the Head of the Prime  Council leaned forward in his seat, “Or perhaps you would like us to remind you.”

Her wrists burned in anticipation. She gripped the railing tighter, teetered, “Go back to Haven.” She growled.

“I would watch what you say, Kaihautu.” The Head replied, “We know who your friends are.”

“Yes, men far better than you could ever hope to be.” She looked up at the Head, “Let's do this then.” Kai replied and she drew down her mask, closed her eyes and stepped into the center of the circle.