D&D Amino Inktober Prompt! Day 7: Alignment!
Was this an excuse to draw my favourite character in fancy Egyptian attire as one of the coolest gods in that pantheon? Maybe. Maybe it was.
As a drow, his skin should be dark, also. But my thickest pen started to run out, and I kind of need to get a bit of sleep soon enough or I'll pass out in college. Ahah. This might be another one to come back to after the month's over.
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Anubis is a god of the dead, and the final judge. He takes the hearts (or souls) of the deceased, and weighs them against a magical feather of truth. If their life was sinful and filled with malice or excess, they are deemed guilty, and fed to Ammit, the crocodile of the Nile.
If I explained my thought process behind why exactly he fit for this role, I'd give away far too much about his backstory and personal life. But it seems his own heart weighs heavy, with him as the judge...
Hmm...