The Four Orphans: Emalia's Group

 Today we will take a closer look at the half elf princess Emalia of The Four Orphans.

 The elf king was very protective of his niece. Emalia never had to endure any verbal abuse related to her half human lineage but she was often excluded by members of the royal court and family. But Emalia never let any of that crush her spirit and grew up to be an optimistic and adventurous young woman.

collage contains art by lineith from deviantArt

 While she was growing up the only person closest to Emalia other than her uncle was her bodyguard Lenok. Lenok is a veteran soldier who served alongside the elf king back when he was still a prince. He saved her life in battle and she swore she would serve him for the rest of her life. When the time the king called on her to be his niece Emalia's protector. Lenok was never interested in having children but Emalia became a surrogate daughter that she would do anything for. Lenok is blind in her left eye due to a battle injury and has become adept at using it to intimidate her enemies.

I could not put a background image into this collage because Lenok's skin is so pale it blends in with the white background and any attempt to recolor it makes her skin look wrong.

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 Garan is a young soldier from the human nation north of the elf kingdom. He was exiled for disobeying orders and ended up meeting Emalia by chance. She offered him refuge in the elf capital and he accepted, it is not everyday an elf princess offers to be your friend. Garan and Emalia have become close friends. She is always asking him about what life is like in lands outside the elf kingdom and Garan is happy to tell her what he knows. When Orion Karr attacks the elf kingdom no one is more shocked than Garan. Orion Karr was responsible for the incident that led to Garan's exile. But more than that Garan is sure that he saw Orion Karr die in that same incident. He has no idea how the sorcerer in black can still be alive.

collage contains art by heli horse from deviantArt

 After the attack on the elf kingdom, Emalia is eager to take up the quest to reach the legendary artifacts before Orion Karr. But in order to get them she and her companions must venture deep into uncharted territory. Luckily they find someone to guide them.

Rogis is a half dragon and something of a researcher studying, cataloging, and mapping the uncharted Wildlands.  His father was a green dragon, but his mother was a goblin, even he is not sure exactly how his parents union came to be. He has spent most of his life wandering the outer edges of the wildlands alone, never belonging anywhere. He agrees to help Emalia and the others make their way in hopes of furthering his research and making some friends.

art by zachula from deviantArt

 And finally here is a group piece done for me by zachula from deviantArt, thankfully some of the pieces in my art folder are properly labeled with the artist who did them.

As usual the collages contain art done for me by various artists when possible as well as bits from heromachine, heroforge, assorted dress up games, and AI generated images.