Thalaasa, Ocean Queen

This was a really fun project to work on. It's for Warlord (CCG,) by Phoenix Intercactive. Arne Reuter art directed, and we talked some about where he wanted to go with the new set. After covering some of the setting, history, and ecology of these new, undersea elves, Arne basically said "Go for it. We'll take whatever you come up with."

Which was awesome. I like having a part in the innovation process.

The basics here are that these elves, many many generations ago, fled to the oceans. The focus of their development of magic and technology turned to ways to live comfortably in the sea. Then ways to dominate it. Thalaasa, being more ambitious than her predecessors, has begun raids on the land-folk, expanding her kingdom to more than just the oceans.

Copyright Phoenix Interactive and Steve Argyle.