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Hey, I've just realised... I'm now Halfway through the Throne Effect series! Yay!

Okay, time to talk a little bit about this Artwork. Funnily enough, I think I can just sum it all up just by talking about the War Banner. The Sigil was yet another case where some improvisation was required; the little figure in there is obviously a representation of Miranda herself, encircled by a Cerberus Symbol which is cracking and breaking, almost as if she's 'Breaking Free' of it. The idea that she's destroying the symbol is a representation of the fact that she was once an important part of Cerberus but rebelled against them. Oh Trust Me, that's going to come back when it's time to do 'Jacob of House Taylor'. Even her Pose has small hints to her former ties to Cerberus; the knees crossed over is reminiscent of the Illusive Man but to keep it unique to her Character I thought having her hand on her hip was very... "Miranda-esqe".

As for the Motto, she was designed to be perfect and it's one of her quotes (something I always take into consideration when I assign House Mottos). And going back to the 'Breaking Free' theme of the Sigil by ME3 she has not only completely rebeled against Cerberus, but her father too; who saw Miranda - and Oriana for that matter - more as a Trophy and Project rather than a daughter. And I can guess he always strived for perfection in any of his own projects. So what I imagine is that Miranda overthrew her father as the head of House Lawson, kept the Motto, but changed the Sigil. Oh Man, I just love brainstorming mythologies behind my art so much, it's just so fun.

As for the Planet... I must confess I have no real reason for going with the Cherry Blossom colour other than at this point I have a limited choice of colour changes I can make to the Planet and some are just easier to match to certain Characters than others.

Mass Effect belongs to Bioware and EA
Game of Thrones belongs to George R.R. Martin

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Hey, I've just realised... I'm now Halfway through the Throne Effect series! Yay!

Okay, time to talk a little bit about this Artwork. Funnily enough, I think I can just sum it all up just by talking about the War Banner. The Sigil was yet another case where some improvisation was required; the little figure in there is obviously a representation of Miranda herself, encircled by a Cerberus Symbol which is cracking and breaking, almost as if she's 'Breaking Free' of it. The idea that she's destroying the symbol is a representation of the fact that she was once an important part of Cerberus but rebelled against them. Oh Trust Me, that's going to come back when it's time to do 'Jacob of House Taylor'. Even her Pose has small hints to her former ties to Cerberus; the knees crossed over is reminiscent of the Illusive Man but to keep it unique to her Character I thought having her hand on her hip was very... "Miranda-esqe".

As for the Motto, she was designed to be perfect and it's one of her quotes (something I always take into consideration when I assign House Mottos). And going back to the 'Breaking Free' theme of the Sigil by ME3 she has not only completely rebeled against Cerberus, but her father too; who saw Miranda - and Oriana for that matter - more as a Trophy and Project rather than a daughter. And I can guess he always strived for perfection in any of his own projects. So what I imagine is that Miranda overthrew her father as the head of House Lawson, kept the Motto, but changed the Sigil. Oh Man, I just love brainstorming mythologies behind my art so much, it's just so fun.

As for the Planet... I must confess I have no real reason for going with the Cherry Blossom colour other than at this point I have a limited choice of colour changes I can make to the Planet and some are just easier to match to certain Characters than others.

Mass Effect belongs to Bioware and EA
Game of Thrones belongs to George R.R. Martin