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Here are Tsh'ander and Verrim, the first two characters introduced in the story.

Tsh'ander is the ambassador of the thevier people, a child of Clan West over in Greenborder. She’s the one of the eldest of the current generation, making her one of the first thevier to have magic back since the Deadlands, well, died.

Verrim is a priest of the House of the Sun, a seer serving under the First of Gold and Gleaming, Sulla. Verrim was born without his right arm and about a third of both lungs as part of a bargain his mother struck with Sulla to assure Verrim couldn’t be taken from her.

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Tsh'ander (pics 1 and 2) goes through some shit after she finally meets Marashac (pic 3). It's nice to see her with the eyepatch again after so long, as that's really how she's always looked in my head. Also! This is the first time I've drawn Mara in literal years and I'm pretty pleased with her. Our pretty antagonist finally has a face. ( @zoegears @cuddledragon this is the woman who forcibly tears herself out of the tree all covered in sap at the end of chapter 3, isn't she lovely?)

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Indori character blurbs

Deidric -- What is a soul but a burdensome thing, all full of indecision and heartache? Be grateful that you'll never feel the weight of a soul in your chest; thank the stars you'll never know what it is to drown in sorrow. Relia -- The golden daughter of the gilded leader of a city carved from alabaster and bone, does she ever feel the pressure of a world's worth of expectations fighting to bury her alive? Tsh'ander -- Such work you've done, struggling through the woods into the world outside, taking everything and everyone with you. You've worked so hard, we love you, and we will never be more ashamed. Verrim -- When the sun reached down with all its hands and he only had one with which to reach back, is that when the light withdrew and left him to wade through the fire of foresight alone? Myn -- It's only in those private moments, when she closes her eyes and the world is reflected back through vision that has never seen the long road of forever. She settles, stills, sleeps. She never wants to be alone. Tyalaskr -- You've been out of place so long, perhaps you never had a place to begin with. There's no doubt it would have been so much better if this--if you--had never come to pass. Riv -- What have you done? You must return it to the cycle, return it to the heavens, remove it before the blackening reaches the coil of creation buried in your breath.

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Things I did on my hiatus, part one.

It was recommended while I was trying to get my head on straight that I do some things that were just for me, where other people’s opinions and preference didn’t matter, and I did my best to take this idea to heart.

These are all from the fantasy novel/series that I always used to describe as “the book I’ll never write.” While on hiatus I successfully completed the first three chapters (that’s over 20,000 words, by the way) and outlined the entire first book from start to finish. It actually works now, after a lot of rework and a complete cast restructure--about half the original cast was cut entirely and replaced, although the other half mostly just went through design changes from the last attempt to write it, way back in 2008. The oldest of these characters was originally created when I was about 10-11 years old, so it’s been a long time to refine and rework the older cast members.

Tsh’ander, at the top, is the first POV character and basically our hero, she’s an ambassador for an elven race currently relegated to reservations due to their lack of magic. Next to her is Relia, my beautiful plus-sized princess and head of guest affairs at the tower where the Council meets and passes judgment on the free world. (Note: All humans in this universe appear to be either of African or Indian descent. No white humans.)

Myn and Riv, second row, are “unicorns.” This is the result of description being lost in translation by the first mortals in 2-3 ages to run into one. Their proper species name is “aur.” Myn heads up the Council that rules the free world and Riv is...a long story.

Tyalaskr takes up the entire third row and he’s the unfortunate result of an aur being bred with an afiri, a species of demon constructed during the first war. He’s ancient, exhausted, tiny and loves the world too much to let it fall apart on his watch. He’s also Riv’s best friend.