World of Roman Coyne

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Valkyrie thwacking slave

Romancoyne

on April 20, 2011

A couple of years ago I had an idea for a fantasy comic in which, surprise, the characters would be enslaved, in this case by a powerful species/tribe that ruled a large empire and had done so for many generations. The lead characters would be the first slaves to be enslaved for almost as many generations and would find themselves in a world where nearly everyone, of many species (of elves, dwarves, etc) had always been a slave.

In the story, there would be a military class of female guards, who I thought of as 'valkyries', charged with guarding and disciplining the regular slaves. Unlike the normal slaves, these powerfully built women would be allowed to wear a costume somewhat like this one. Of course, having grown up among naked slaves, they would not wear clothing for modesty, but only to set themselves apart from the other slaves.

Of course, that doesn't mean that the costumes can't have any complexity, and I've had fun working on the paneled skirt. Not that I got it quite right: repeating structures always give me trouble.