Kylie Ashcroft met her father yesterday in our 1800's London-like D&D game. Shocking!
At first she thought the man she was fighting was her grandfather, but it appeared to her a bit later that he was her father. She didn't expect her old man to be alive after what she heard happened 160 years ago. Her uncle (her mother's brother), a proud police officer that died quite recently, told her that M. Ashcroft was all but a gentle man, involved in mysterious and diabolic plots. He had been killed with her mother one day by the "Great Big Ball in the Sky", a floating light globe -- 2 angels defending the city while it was set in the Planes of Shadow.
It has been 6-7 years since the city switched to the Material Plane. Kylie became in charge of the police's tactical squad after being one of the security leaders. Her colleague Seamus Longbottom, a well-known policeman in the city, became the security leader, which didn't bother Kylie at all. But she got bored with her new job since she didn't have to engage in battle as frequently as she did. In 5 years, she was involved in one major mission concerning a rogue group in the Plane of Shadow. Seamus, MacGuilvernay (a dandy bard-rogue), Moriitsu, Mikari (both monk-like fighter--a samourai and a war fan specialist-- that were first involved with the rogue group), and her had to return there to finish the job and clean up the place so the city would be left in peace once again. Still, it was a quick strike. Moriitsu and Mikari, which were half-forestspirits, made harakiri on themselves, leaving their weapons in case their reincarnations would come back to the world.
Five years later, Seamus came across Moriitsu and Mikari as their childish reincarnation. He took care of them since both were injured. While probably bringing them to a healer, Kylie and Mac attented to a rendez-vous with the local mage, since he had magical items to sell them (that's were Kylie got her speed, +1, kind-of-a-sun-blade, 8-feet long claymore). They returned promptly at home, trying their new toys. A bit later, they heard people running and screaming across the street. Mac and Kylie just exited their respective houses when they saw a collapsed building not that far from their homes.
Kylie attended to her usual business as a police officer. Mac followed her to the battlefield.
They appeared in the middle of a skirmish between the local mage and a bunch of vampires. They got rid of the bloodsucking undeads when a guy from the top of a close building dispelled the mage's buffs. Less than a minute after they realized where did the dispell come from, a man appeared beside the mage and trapped is soul in a gem. The guy looked kinda weird.
He had long black hair with blue highlights and weird yellow eyes. His deep-blue skin looked thicker than leather. Scales were covering part of his jaw and what seemed like a horn was bumping out on one side of his forehead. When he smiled at Mac, he showed his bladelike teeth... He looked a little like Kylie...
Father and daugther engaged quickly in a struggle. Both were fighting with the same kind of great sword but Kylie had more strenght while his old man could use his magic tricks with easiness. They seemed to handle the fight pretty well and shown themselves to be equal in battle. But then Kylie missed badly one of her attacks and felt on her knees, ashamed, at her father's mercy. He casted Otto's Irresistible Dance upon her, humiliating Kylie in front of Mac. She couldn't stand the fight anymore and left Mac all alone, wandering in the city, trying to understand her father's presence. After an attempt to intimidate the blue half-dragon Ashcroft, Mac left the battlefield, shaken by the man.
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Kylie will obviously meet her father again and they won't probably fight each other. But she'd like to. After her uncle explained to her what her parents were involved in, she decided she'd hate the man and reject her past and lineage. Somehow, she still keeps all of her parents belongings at home and in a way, Kylie would give anything to speak with her father once more. She believes it is his father's nature that made himself a bad and evil man.
She'd fight him because he doesn't fit with her idea of law and order. Since she has been in the police, her only goal was to restore peace in the city by literally destroying evil and chaos. She wants to repent for her father's acts, but also her previous chaotic behavior. Kylie was left alone, had acted erratically because of the death of her parents and was brought to the right path 70 years after by her caring uncle. She doesn't want to forgive her old man for leaving her with the weight of his crimes.
We'll see what will happen next, but she'll probably be shocked by her father's presence.
Myriam
This is the first picture of her, holding her father's reaver daiklave (done on Sunday February the 25th). I like the way she stands, parrying an attack with her huge sword. I'm proud of the fighting gauntlets since I suck at drawing hands. The only thing that bothers me is her face. Her eyes are looking just fine, but her mouth seems a bit too big and her "portrait" just glued to her head. Scanning the picture happened to emphasize this effect. Like there was no volume...
Kylie's new reaver daiklave (done on Tuesday February the 27th while bathing...). I'd like to have such a sword. Don't forget it's 5 to 6 feet long!
My newest creation (the date is written on the picture -- today). I bought myself a 3H pen and a sketch book and I couldn't wait to try them. I ended up drawing Kylie in the move to smash an opponent with her new reaver daiklave. I think that's one of my favorite drawings and probably one of my best. I changed the way I draw shadows, using perpendicular lines instead of fulling areas, and it looks great. You also have to understand the way she uses her sword : it's like she's holding a 5-6 feet-long dagger!
