Mindplaces: Art by Eric Pommer

Love Triangle

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Medium: Photoshop

"The male is named Rikard d'Armontagne. He's got black hair, dark eyes, a well-trimmed beard and mustache and the aforementioned dueling scar running from the corner of his left eye to his jaw line. A couple of inches over 6 feet, and strong-looking in a lithe way rather than a musclebound way. He's your basic swashbuckler -- athletic, acrobatic, leaping into the fray with a laugh regardless of the odds, boozing and eating until the wee hours. He's good-natured and adventuresome. Interestingly, he's also a scholar and a philosopher, enjoying reading and quiet times in the library as much as carousing and fighting. I'm picturing him as vaguely French-looking, if you understand what I mean by that (I'm not sure I do, but you might). He's very handsome, of course, and his devil-may-care attitude adds to that.

The female fighter is Arana Skystone. She's blonde with green eyes, more German-looking than Rikard. She's about 5'10 or 5'11" and built very powerfully (her father is a blacksmith and she grew up helping at the forge), with lots of curves. She's direct, blunt and forthright. Although she's an excellent warrior, she doesn't take the joy from fighting that Rikard does. She's lusty, but engages the objects of her passion in a direct manner. Again, she would be in some kind of heavier armor.

Her sister is named Adelia. She too has blonde hair and green eyes, and her face should look more or less identical to Arana. However, she's only about 5'3 and built much less powerfully than her sister (she's simlarly curvaceous, but lacks the muscle mass). She's flirtatious, witty, and clever, preferring to use her looks and personality to get what she wants and avoid fighting entirely. She's just as lusty as the other two, but pursues her targets through guile, seductiveness and charm.

Being an erotic fantasy game, they're in a love triangle, with each of them being madly in love with the other two."

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Illus. © Eric Pommer, 2004