An acquaintance from a now cancelled PF2e campaign commissioned me to draw his Goloma barbarian! Small issue about that was that there was barely any Goloma character for refs and inspiration, so we deep dived into research and finding inspirations in irl African culture and other animals. The OG Goloma are horse-like humanoid creatures who look like predators, but they are actually leaning prey pretending to be predator from what I know. Those drop shaped things in his hair? Those are eyes! They have a whole feat that allows them to look all around them for danger.
Eyes in the Back You have eyes that point in several different directions and instinctively notice movement in the peripheries of your vision. When you use the Seek basic action, you can look for creatures in two areas instead of one. If precision is necessary, you can select two 30- foot cones or 15-foot bursts within line of sight instead of one.
The symbols carved into the chitin parts of his body are called Adinkra! And oh boy, I had to unearth a site from 2001 (last updated 2007) to be sure the meanings were right! It was honestly fun to discover it together and add little bits of African culture to this pseudo-African ancestry from PF2e.
Even the accessoiries relate to monster the barbarian struck down! A Giant Badger (necklace), a crocodile (bracelet) and a deinonychus (feathers), all of which are creatures he fought on his travels and took trophies of.
