Alone With the Sea

Once there was an old ocean
Where anyone who saw it
Grew old with the sea
- Hurt 'Alone With the Sea'


Something I did a while ago for my elf ranger Shushiro, or simply, 'Shu'.  He is my sorceress/bard Sita's uncle who helped raise her alongside her father.  I envisioned this image as the first time Shu was at sea without his best friend (Sita's father) Jaynt.  Shu was never a practitioner of religion, but the Olidammara clasp would have been a gift from Jaynt.

I think perhaps I did not originally post the image because I couldn't seem to get the proportions right, but I decided that I need to post completed images and get back to working on my art, as I've neglected it terribly for the past few years.  I also wanted to post, as Shu has been in my mind quite a bit since I had him cameo in my new campaign, 75 years after the end of the previous one.

Shu's story:
Memoirs of a First MateAs I stand upon the docks of Altimmar, I fight to bring forth happier, or at least, less unpleasant memories.  Even in the more pleasant shades of the past, sadness lingers.
98 years past
I first set foot on Altimmar just a few months after I completed my duty with the Silvardi royal navy.  After a decade at sea, I had not imagined that I would miss the waters, but the salty waters were a welcome change from the inner forest.
My sister, Veradiel, had earned a position as diplomat to Turylia from Silvarden.  She had labored many years studying the human land's history, culture, dialects, and everything else about her people.  For her decades of study, she likely knew more of the Turylians than they did.  She would be negotiating trade agreements, military alliance, and the addition of an elven member to the Turylian royal council in trade for a human member to the Elven council.
In previous millennia, the Silvadri nurtured the Turylian nation from a land

From the same campaign:

Sita
 

Antovir