Veeery quick painting for the Wayrift Lunar contest; Lilkislinon (Flaria’s bf) and Shlaes (queen of the Dragonland) who are my two white-haired characters, all adjusted to be NPC bystanders or something!
Differences: Lilkislinon is now RiKiNon (more Japanese-sounding, extra syllable eliminated, emphasis on the second syllable) and his eyes are pale green (instead of grey). Not sure about the hair and its spikiness. Shlaes is now ShaLaYi (works pretty well, akshuly!) and her eyes are now dark green instead of brown.
Other things of note in Lunar canon: RiKiNon is pretty responsible for a guy who only recently grew out of childhood, and pretty deferential to his superiors. But he’s very active, yearning for adventure, and when he’s on his own can be pretty impulsive.
ShaLaYi, on the other hand, is secretly really awesome at self-defence, but unless she’s really threatened, is terribly shy. She carries herself with confidence until someone talks to her, and she only speaks in a soft tone. Inclined to poetry.
Other things of note in kalmaeirin canon: yes, Lilkislinon is really that pale now. Quite a contrast to his brother, Jalril, neh? That’s what working in the Arctic does to the kalmaei. Bleaches ’em! Kinda went to town on his outfit, but that’s good, right? He’s a knightly-knight-guy, having trained in the northern militaries for many years, but all that training has not entirely stamped out his innate Griffonlander wildness. So even though he’s now a pretty serene, gentlemanly, even princely and unearthly, honour-bound knight, it’s difficult to tell what he’s thinking, and he can suddenly dissolve into playfulness or incredible dignity (think ‘cat-like’) at the blink of an eye. I’m not sure about the multiple belts (there’s three; one of them’s behind his folded arms) but I guess the shoulder-cape is pretty dashing so that will stay.
Shlaes is here in her pre-queen dress, and yes, her hair is that fluffy (that’s where her name comes from!). She is indeed very reserved, and when she does become queen, keeps well out of politics. Sorry about the broken-arm look. I’m quite pleased with her green/yellow shawl, though! Being first-generation, she’s (much) older than Lilkislinon, who’s like fourth-generation or something.