Even in a land where magic suffuses the air and the spirits of the world roam the land, someone has to collect the taxes. Where there's taxes, there's criminals attempting to commit tax evasion and other crimes. And when there's criminals attempting to dodge their dues, well, there's going to be someone who's job is to get those criminals to pay.
That's you.
But is it just cheaters dodging their obligations? Or is there something more to the case?
Yeah, so a while ago I decide to draw them. It's, uh, not great, and in particular Kerrie's face and Tekla's feet have been a giant pain in the ass, but it's done now.
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How To Collect Taxes ft. the Agueda That Lives In Your Attic
Let's do a quick introduction to Ophelia, since I now have had the time to stat her out and draw her up.
So Ophelia's a little unique in that she has two...shall we say, facets. In her normal form, she's dark-haired, brown-eyed, timid, and the gem around her neck is just a pretty rock. In Ophelia - Oskaria form, however, she takes on red eyes, black hair, and she straightens up while her hands fill with the manifestations of Oskaria's will.
This, of course, means that she has two separate appearances - and statlines.
I introduce, my drawings of Ophelia. Ophelia's normal form is on the left, Ophelia - Oskaria is on the right.
Pencil:
Inking + Crayon:
The big idea was to make Ophelia look smaller than Ophelia-Oskaira through various means of hunching over, less revealed, and broader stance - what actually happened was that I actually just drew Ophelia smaller, apparently, so, uh, yeah.
Ophelia's limbs are too comically tiny compared to Ophelia - Oskaria, a mistake that I didn't really fix or take notice of until the ink was drying and it was too late to go back.
Honestly, the inked hair was just a mistake and I should've stuck to using crayon for that. I, uh, didn't really have access to colored pencils while I was doing this.
Ink blots kind of got all over because I was sloppy.
This thing has almost no detail whatsoever - partially because I couldn't think of any, partially because I toyed around with it starting at the boots and decided about ten minutes in that I could absolutely run a minimal detail design for Ophelia - less details to draw means less detail to screw up for me, and the hands and feet really show that principle in action
Yes, Ophelia-Oskaria has a bardiche basically made manifest through sheer spiritual power. Spiritual vessels are something else, lemme tell you that.
One final note: with details as sparse as they are Ophelia's inspiration could technically come from anywhere, but I'll come out and say that drew Ophelia - Oskaria based off a heavily simplified Ortlinde from Fate/Grand Order.
The trigger condition is being in a situation where Oskaria decides to intervene directly and channel itself through her - there has to be a need that Oskaria responds to, so you're not going to be able to start Ophelia off in the Ophelia - Oskaria state, and once the emergency passes Oskaria may very well decide to discard the state, at which point Ophelia - Oskaria goes back to being Ophelia.
But hoo boy, when she's in that state? You're going to see some pretty big numbers.
edit: Oh right, one more important message: let's close up voting sometime around, oh,
? We've got a pretty good head of voting here, so it's not that unreasonable.
As requested, I have finally finished the map, and can provide a brief blurb on the surrounding polities.
Borders are kept intentionally off this map because A) I don't want to draw the HRE and B) Inkarnate Free doesn't support drawing borders on the map Naturally, there will be...some inaccuracy in this map.
Fort things - Capitals
Cities - Cities
Villages - Notable towns
Empty Squares: Destroyed/Abandoned Forts or Towns
Squares inside Squares: Rebuilt Forts
Empty Circles: Pre-Calamity Ruins
Trees: Forestation. The denser the trees, the denser the forest.
Oskaria
The nation in which you inhabit, headed by a king elected by the nobles. It is...a thing.
Alanyiva
A peninsular nation to the northwest, its pride and joy is in the navy it maintains. It also tries to maintain balance on the continent between powers, but given sufficient incentive, they might decide to join in.
Rusmysia
A large nation to the northeast, its northern latitude results in disproportionately little farmland for its mass. It is kept from the Draconic Steppes by a mountain range, but may decide territorial interests closer to it and the river system bordering the steppes may make a worthwhile investment. Maybe.
Etrella
A loose alliance of princes to the southwest, Etrella directly borders Oskaria and thus has the most to gain from partitioning Oskaria.
The Kataltin Empire
Bordering the inland sea to the far east, the Kataltin Empire has been blacklisted and embargoed as a people and an Empire which has turned its back on the righteous alliance of spirits to form an alliance with the Dragons of the steppes. Borders Rusmysian territory far to the east.
The Steppes
While not an official polity in their own respect, the Dragons and Wyverns all emerge from the Steppes as a territory - which, well, speaks for itself on why few have attempted to press claims there.
Vykkaltaria
Liberated from the tyrannical rule of the Kataltin Empire some time ago, Vykkaltaria was introduced as not quite a vassal state but close ally of Oskaria, somewhere between Colony and Independent Nation in status. You're fairly certain that they do a heavy trade with the Kataltin Empire - you have heard of no Vykkaltarian jade mines, and yet, here Vykkaltarian jade is. They also make some mean curry, which raises questions about where those spices are coming from.
Transulinia
A heavily forested area, it prides and defends itself with the vast forests and the strength of those forests - as well as a healthy respect for whichever power is currently on the rise. Being Crusaded right now.
Brumyiva
A breakaway province of Oskaria, the madness of the second Wyvern War cut them off for forty to fifty years, in which time they developed their own identity. The Oskarian Kings in the meanwhile decided that a close alliance would be easier and more palatable than a grueling mountain war right next to the steppes - but in exchange, it is right next to Rusmysia and navigates a delicate balance between Alanyiva, Rusmysia, and Oskaria.
In the meanwhile, make your final arguments, lads, because the vote will close
, and from there, the update will be written.
