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Posted 15 May 2010 - 02:38 PM
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Pictures contest-decription/IG rant Hello, I'm Haldora, an atavian priestess. What struck me the most after emerging from the fires of Yggdrasil and trying to start a new life in Shallam was the amount of hate that lingered in the newcomer-area. The imp king and pixie queen hated each-other. Pygmies ate kobolds, kobolds killed pygmies in defence. My heart lingered with the kobold people, dogmen, in this never-ending war, since they seemed the most innocent. They were the victims, who'se raids against pygmies were justified. It came to me as a shock, when I discovered the slave pen in Miba village and after closely examining both the building, interior and it's inhabitants I decided that I will do ANYTHING to free them. These pygmy savages have no right to steal kobold people and keep them in a damp, dark room like this! The mangy women with no hope in their eyes, the malnutritioned male kobold slaves with hate fueling them to live through another day, the starving kobold children with their neverending cryes! But I could do nothing. They wouldn't follow me, even if I removed the guards. I tried to push and pull them out, I tried to talk to them but got only sobs as replies. With a key that I attained from a guard I managed to free a single kobold, but the rest were still too shocked from what had been done to them to move. I did everything. No use. I broke down. All I could do was to kneel beside the kobold children, hug them, comfort them, whisper in their ears, give them some chocolate to eat, in a pointless attempt to cheer them up and remind them that life is not all about smelly dark cottages. I've sworn to myself, I shall free them, even if I have to turn to the Gods for help! But time is running out, my soul is growing stronger by the minute and soon I'll be deemed too skilled to enter Minia...and they'll forever stay in darkness, until eaten, those poor, weeping furballs. Unless another newcomer takes actions against this unjust evilness.
By painting this image I hope to bring attention to this problem and trigger people or Gods to take actions to free these poor souls.
Out of game / Other babble Just to note, in reality I have nothing against pygmies nor the land of Minia. But I did play out this whole hugging-comforting-giving chocolate part and did everything atavianly possible to free them. Even though most of the time I was completely alone in the slave-building. Well, except... is it normal for a priest to be talking to her guardian angel when there's no-one else around to talk with?
Would something like this be ''distinctively archaean''? Also, unfortunately, due to my own stupidity, I already submited it but I noticed that the background might need a bit tweaking. Can I re-submit the same work for the next months artisan contest? I didn't find any rules indicating that I can't submit the same work multible times over a longer period of time.
I chose to do that scene, since roleplaying it, even though I was alone, was a nice way to spend time...plus as I examined them they all seemed so miserable that I had to draw Haldoras feelings as she tried to cheer them up. Plus according to their description the kobolds of Achaea look more like cynocephalies, which works pretty well for me since I love drawing cynocephalies. I tried to make them look as miserable as possible, but the blue shadows I applied later took some of the effect away...
The left one is holding a white chocolate heart, the middle one is being hugged, the right one is asleep, Haldora tries to comfort them and keep herself from crying, guardian angel is probably trying to comfort Haldora. So all in all, everyone are sad, except for the pygmies outside who are eventualyl going to eat these pups.
It would be nice though, if there existed a command, a quest or an event for freeing them, they are just too miserable for words...
I hope to get amongst the top 3, but I'm not so certain I'll make it - I had a quick glance on previous artisan contest winners. This game is lucky to have such a talented fanbase.
I apologize for grammatical errors, english is not my first language.
This post has been edited by Cliodna: 15 May 2010 - 02:56 PM
Posted 15 May 2010 - 08:38 PM
