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Hold me like I never did anything to hurt you

Someone somewhere out there decided today was the day of Rlainarin. And since I am never one to turn down any excuse to draw these two, I decided to draw one of my favourite scenes from the Wind and Truth.

I may have been listening to The Line by 21 Pilots on repeat while doodling this...

It's the eve of book 5 release, and I'm celebrating by finally releasing a project I've been keeping for a while.

Back in 2022, Dragonsteel reached out to me to ask if I'd be interested in working on the official design of Rlain with them, as well as designing the head carapace for singers/listeners in Warform. As of a few weeks ago, I received permission to release them. They liked the direction my fan art was going, and together we designed the canonical looks that you can see in the brotherwise minatures today, which are now the official looks for characters such as Rlain and Eshonai.

We played with the looks of Rlain's hair as well out of Warform, and ended up with the look in the second image. Whether or not that becomes canon, we'll see, but it was fun to imagine what it could look like!

This was an incredible opportunity and I'm so happy for the chance to bring one of my favourite characters from the books to life. I worked on a couple more projects and hope to release more art from that soon. But for now, enjoy book 5 everyone!

I've got Rlain on my mind. I want him to be on all your minds too :D

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