Thorondor “Ian” Caladharas is the 18 year old heir to one of the first of the Merchant Houses. An intelligent, independent teenager; Ian has a tendency towards irreverence and and frustration. In all honesty, he doesn’t care what his grandfather says he is heir to, he just wants to have a normal life. Or at least as normal a one as possible. (As my skills improved I made some revamps to this characters appearance to reflect aging and such as well. The top picture is how he is currently modeled. )
This lady (who chooses to remain nameless) is professional assassin who hails from the city of Naglorond. She does most of her work for private citizens since the end of the House Wars, where she was responsible for the deaths of a number of House personnel.
The handle she is currently using is “Targeter” All that is known about her so far is that she was a child prostitute in Naglorond who killed her way out of the business , and decided to never put her fate in the hands of another ever again.
He was 18 coming up hard on 19 when this all started…now he’s 19 coming up hard on 20 in another month of comic time.
Although I do admit I typo-ed his age early on at 16 (and since the earliest comic panels were lost in the great hard drive crash that almost took the entire comic down with it in the early days, I can’t fix it 🙁 )
Given the time crunch they’re under, this is far more elegant than saying “I’ve got a house behind me and I’m taking this island – and everyone on it – apart unless I get the information I want and need.” The illusion of cooperation is always valuable.
Interesting analogy.
Ian makes his age from a liability to an advantage.
I’m not sure I like Ian going this route 😉
How long has Ian been Taoiseach at this point? I figure at least long enough to have passed 20 years old, methinks.
He was 18 coming up hard on 19 when this all started…now he’s 19 coming up hard on 20 in another month of comic time.
Although I do admit I typo-ed his age early on at 16 (and since the earliest comic panels were lost in the great hard drive crash that almost took the entire comic down with it in the early days, I can’t fix it 🙁 )
19 to 20 makes a lot more sense than 16.
Given the time crunch they’re under, this is far more elegant than saying “I’ve got a house behind me and I’m taking this island – and everyone on it – apart unless I get the information I want and need.” The illusion of cooperation is always valuable.
So, about a year in comic-time, a very busy year 😉
Once you have them by their lever their hearts and minds will follow?