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Comission for (good person, terrible to type username). This is Thalia, a half-varisian half-elf from Golarion, Pathfinder setting.

I got some info on Thalia, but more importantly I got to know some of her deeds in the campaign that she was played, The Jade Regent. This adventure path is about the epic quest of Ameiko Kaijutsu, a local tavern owner and possibly old adventure friend of characters and players alike. Ameiko discovers a clue that possibly speaks about her family past and her friends go with her in this seemingly mundane adventure (maybe find some loot, where the family came from and that's it). Instead they find out from a mystical sealed box that she is heir to the mythic japan-like kingdom in another continent, and by standing by her when she breaks the seal they receive the mantle of protectors and heir to her.

But the evil forces that control this faraway kingdom sense the breaking of the seal and send their agents against the party. Cue to a long journey up north, past viking lands and into the ever dark north pole, fighting ninjas and onis until arriving on the asian continent, and having to fight a political and phisical battle against the usurper: The Jade Regent and his Oni masterminds.

The campaign is a blast, really, and feels like the journey to the west but inverted. The "western barbarian" character amid iconic classical japan is amazing, really. I'm not any kind of weeaboo, but this campaign was completly awesome. The fact that ameiko was a character previously stabilished as a likable gal on previous adventure path also helped lot, as people -wanted- to take her there. Also the "vikings vs ninjas" chapter is called Night of the Frozen Shadows. How cool is that?

But about Thalia, as I said she is half-varisian, the local gypsy expies of golarion. She is a bard, battledancer and had a katana. At first when I read this last fact I was put a little off, since I hate that "everything from japan is sugoi diego-kun", but when I kept reading and realized she took part on that adventure path I immediatly forgot her. She probably had a saber before finding this cool flaming katana, and everyone knows you never say no to loot; it may be a duck sitting on your head, but if that duck gives you +six to your favorite attribute you can rest assured that the player will even build a nest and harness so the duck won't fall off.

One thing that I tried to avoid was something that I saw some other artists doing, maybe because they don't know the setting: The varisian women have the image of bellydancers, but they aren't arabian-looking, they are gypsy-looking; people should draw them as tribal belly dancers or clichéd gypsies, not in arabian nights see-thru silk with a veil. Also one thing I have to criticize is that while pathfinder elves were very early agreed upon a certain look (thin, long ears up, angular face, big eyes with irisis covering most of the visible eye) half elves are more os less all around on artwork. some of them are pointy eared humans, some have the weird eyes, most are just random. I gave her the look of half-elves from my setting (since my elves look like PF elves anyway): she's slender, have human looking eyes slightly angled and somewhat point and long ears.

In any case, here's again hoping you guys enjoy this one.

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Comission for (good person, terrible to type username). This is Thalia, a half-varisian half-elf from Golarion, Pathfinder setting.

I got some info on Thalia, but more importantly I got to know some of her deeds in the campaign that she was played, The Jade Regent. This adventure path is about the epic quest of Ameiko Kaijutsu, a local tavern owner and possibly old adventure friend of characters and players alike. Ameiko discovers a clue that possibly speaks about her family past and her friends go with her in this seemingly mundane adventure (maybe find some loot, where the family came from and that's it). Instead they find out from a mystical sealed box that she is heir to the mythic japan-like kingdom in another continent, and by standing by her when she breaks the seal they receive the mantle of protectors and heir to her.

But the evil forces that control this faraway kingdom sense the breaking of the seal and send their agents against the party. Cue to a long journey up north, past viking lands and into the ever dark north pole, fighting ninjas and onis until arriving on the asian continent, and having to fight a political and phisical battle against the usurper: The Jade Regent and his Oni masterminds.

The campaign is a blast, really, and feels like the journey to the west but inverted. The "western barbarian" character amid iconic classical japan is amazing, really. I'm not any kind of weeaboo, but this campaign was completly awesome. The fact that ameiko was a character previously stabilished as a likable gal on previous adventure path also helped lot, as people -wanted- to take her there. Also the "vikings vs ninjas" chapter is called Night of the Frozen Shadows. How cool is that?

But about Thalia, as I said she is half-varisian, the local gypsy expies of golarion. She is a bard, battledancer and had a katana. At first when I read this last fact I was put a little off, since I hate that "everything from japan is sugoi diego-kun", but when I kept reading and realized she took part on that adventure path I immediatly forgot her. She probably had a saber before finding this cool flaming katana, and everyone knows you never say no to loot; it may be a duck sitting on your head, but if that duck gives you +six to your favorite attribute you can rest assured that the player will even build a nest and harness so the duck won't fall off.

One thing that I tried to avoid was something that I saw some other artists doing, maybe because they don't know the setting: The varisian women have the image of bellydancers, but they aren't arabian-looking, they are gypsy-looking; people should draw them as tribal belly dancers or clichéd gypsies, not in arabian nights see-thru silk with a veil. Also one thing I have to criticize is that while pathfinder elves were very early agreed upon a certain look (thin, long ears up, angular face, big eyes with irisis covering most of the visible eye) half elves are more os less all around on artwork. some of them are pointy eared humans, some have the weird eyes, most are just random. I gave her the look of half-elves from my setting (since my elves look like PF elves anyway): she's slender, have human looking eyes slightly angled and somewhat point and long ears.

In any case, here's again hoping you guys enjoy this one.