Anneke - Argentum in Aqua Fanart / Personal Work
Another character from Finn's ( @izzetengineer ) ongoing novel, Argentum in Aqua. This is Anneke, the red-eye vampire Priest of Ashkenta.
Anneke is the first red-eye I've drawn from AiA - one of the two kinds of vampires in the setting. Archer is a yellow-eye, who are far more common in Sacaan than the red-eyes. The distinction between yellow and red eyes is one you'll have to read the story to find out more about, but it plays an interesting role in the politics of life in the city-state.
All priests of Ashkenta are considered to have taken on a non binary role in society upon joining the order, due to Ashkenta's role as goddess of liminal spaces, and transitions, including birth, death and gender transitions. Transition across the binary genders is possible through old magic in the world of AiA, and Ashkenta's priests are the ones who oversee that ritual. Just as in our world, though, not all trans folks are binary, and plenty of folks identify as non-binary, including Anneke. Being non-binary in one's personal gender is viewed in a different way from priests who have taken on a non-binary role, but plenty of Ashkenta's priests are both.
Finn is currently posting the current draft of AiA on a chapter by chapter basis - he updates every two weeks on both his own website ( https://saranadosfiction.com/ ) and over on his patreon ( https://www.patreon.com/saranadosfiction ). Patreon gets the chapters two weeks ahead, and also gets worldbuilding and other setting information.
