i think i do need to come up with some kind of facepaint design for mererid... i miss that aspect of mihri's design on her but i want something different than. the ffxiv one.

subject to tweaking or replacement. i was attempting to come up with something thematically relevant but not appropriative and tentatively settled on turning the dragon crest of the sutton hoo helmet upside down, stripping it down to shapes, and adding some circles (moons). i may take off the nose but then that's almost just ffxiv again

i think i do need to come up with some kind of facepaint design for mererid... i miss that aspect of mihri's design on her but i want something different than. the ffxiv one.

Well-maiden, waken with care
Do not cry, yet ply your prayers—
In your dreams she gleams, she'll lose
Elf-witch's stitches still choose.
Your path ends, tale penned, to prove
With your gift, you wished, you wove
A new Weft. Hearts left harmed in
Your absence, which once were one
With your own.

i did hit a sudden flurry of creative energy wrt writing and worldbuilding for twilight gest with the result that now everything is loosely 10th century instead of 8th-9th, and also i couldn't justify mererid having an extremely expensive mail shirt, plus it makes her later armor more significant if she's just using a padded vest to start with.