#ottone

many other states are ruled by necromancers due to their sway over life and death, but the aquilas have lafossas necromancers on a tight leash. have you ever wondered what power they yield to subjugate such a powerful class? well. me too the goal of this was basically to demonstrate that MOST necromancers produce results like this. when you focus on wanpyr stories it can be easy to forget that most necromancers are like, good at their job. heres something else to think about, though: necromancers require death for their services to be necessary. plenty of death is unavoidable, but lafossas biggest export is its necromancers, and so their healthcare system is basically nonexistent. there is not a huge vested interest in food safety, sewage management, treatment and containment of diseases, etc. if you cant afford to cough up for a necromancer when your kid croaks of food poisoning, oh well! youre on your own. i imagine swaths of the city smell really bad and are really really REALLY gross when i draw lafossa scenes, i like to put wear and tear on the surfaces. scuffs and scratches in wood, cracks in tile, mended tears in fabric. but this one depicts lafossa pre-stampede, and this is also a ducal bedchamber. so everything is in much finer condition. it was hard not to draw my usual little details, lol