Bastion: While I do not know if there is room on your plate for any further requests, I have one char in two different stages of his life that I would love to see brought to life via a drawing. The first is him as an older man who returned to adventuring after his son was killed in a cursed crypt. While he survived the experience, he now has no family left to return home to and wonders what fate has in store for a man too old for the road, but too young to simply give up and embrace death.
Balin the Elder
Male Human Abjurer 4
Hair: Formerly Brown, but now mainly gray
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 150 lbs.
Age: 50
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Size: Medium
Type: Humanoid
Description: Leaning on the ebony staff that is just as tall as he is, Balin often looks like a man who is living on borrowed time. His gray hair and beard retain only the faintest hints of the brown hue it once had and his lower body no longer has the strength in it to allow him to walk smoothly with the wooden artificial limb that is his lower left leg. The end result is a slightly awkward gait that while comical looking at first gives Balin maximum result with minimum effort. However when his gaze settles upon someone, they quickly realize that while age and injury might have stolen some of Balin's youthful fire, his mind is as keen as it was in his younger days.
After traveling to Setti and surviving the encounter with the undead inside the crypt, Balin has taken to wearing his enchanted vest, bracers, and glasses at all times. While he has convinced the others he only needs the glasses for helping him read and examine things close to him, the truth of the matter is that his eyesight is not what it once was and without the magical lenses to compensate his natural vision as well, Balin would nearly be blind without them.
Important items: Darkwood Quarterstaff, Vest of Resistance +1, Glasses of Minute Seeing, Bracers of Prot +1, two wands (MM and Ray of Enfeeblement).
The second is when Balin was just taking to a life on the road and was still a novice to the ways of the world.
Balin of Haptooth
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 170 lbs.
Age: 20
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Size: Medium
Type: Humanoid
Speed: 30 ft.
Equipment: Quarterstaff, Light Crossbow w/bolts, 2 Daggers (one per boot), Traveler's outfit and backpack.
Description: With his darkly tanned skin, thick mane of brown hair and beard, and worn leather hunting boots, Balin looks more like a woodsman than a mage. However, while he is no novice to the woods, his heart and soul are dedicated first and foremost to the mastery of his craft.
His clear blue eyes are the best features on a face that is otherwise plain at best, and while he can still hold his own in races hosted at yearly festivals, Balin can feel a slight padding around his midsection developing despite his efforts to halt the “wizard’s waist” from settling in.
There is no rush on these projects, but if you do have a slow day and would like a contrast piece to do, maybe these would fit the bill.
Thank you in advance.
-CT