Everyone loves a good Act 3 makeover and/or traumatic limb amputation.

This is not a strictly historical design but I did try to draw from the era of transitional armor, when people were adding pieces to mail armor but hadn't yet adopted full metal plate. Mererid's shield (not pictured) buckles onto her left vambrace and is supported by a cross-body strap.

mererid's otherworld armor... she probably should not look up "bedwyr bedrydant" if she doesn't want to worry about what's going to happen to her left hand. i tried to go for a more transitional plate look instead of a full encased in armor one.

also i think reading star wars the last command by timothy zahn at an early age broke my brain bc i keep looking at this and thinking "mereriid skywalker"

i adjusted the design a bit to make it clearer that mererid is wearing a coat of plates with cloth on the outside and armored pieces riveted inside underneath her plackart and tassets and changed the pose to make her missing hand more apparent. also added detail for the mail shirt ofc. the plackart is from a later era than transitional armor but i thought it added visual interest.

mererid's otherworld armor... she probably should not look up "bedwyr bedrydant" if she doesn't want to worry about what's going to happen to her left hand. i tried to go for a more transitional plate look instead of a full encased in armor one.

also i think reading star wars the last command by timothy zahn at an early age broke my brain bc i keep looking at this and thinking "mereriid skywalker"

drafting mererid's shield... she's breaking the rule of tinctures but it's fine.

Vert, a fess sable, a wolf-hind rampant tail nowed argent armed and unguled and langued or.

i guess i could always cut the fess but we'll see.