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Queen Magnacious

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Queen Magnacious (Mag-nay-she-us)

Ruler of Ylldarros
Known officially as the true queen and by her people as the working queen.
Called Cara by many of her closest friends.
Daughter of Queen Nallira and King Phernar.
Wife of King Deneb.


Once Magnacious re-takes her rightful crown and the throne of Ylldarros she keeps herself amused by systematically breaking long standing notions of royalty set by her family. Mostly by a combination of actually doing what a queen should do and ticking off the nobles of her court.

While her official title is the true queen her subjects eventually begin referring to her as the working queen for all the hard work she does to re-build her ailing kingdom, care for the lower classes, and re-unite the inner and outer rings of her kingdom.

While she looks pretty dressed up in this picture it would actually be considered scandelously simple for any nobility, and even more so for a queen. For one thing at the time Magnacious takes the throne having your hair bound in anyway is considered very low class. Bound hair is a sign that the wearer has to keep it out of their way while working, unbound hair is a sign you have the luxury of not being concerned with it. Magnacious quickly becomes well known for nearly always wearing her hair tied back, another reason she was given the title of "working".

About the only thing in the portrait that would mark Magnacious as a powerful queen is the sun staff she carries. It's a symbol of royal power only carried by the King or Queen descended from the royal line and only used in the most formal of occasions.


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Okay this one turned out soooo much beter then that one I did of Nallira. [link] I'm especially happy with the sun staff, it's only the second time I've tried to draw it and the last time it was really stupid looking. Her necklace bugs me a bit, I forgot to give the green tiles dimension, so I kind've tried to fake it. I like the way her hair turned out, but at the same time it kind've bothers me because it doesn't look the way I picture it which is her usual peasant style like this [link] .


I snuck a couple other symbols into the picture to amuse myself. The reddish background and ribbon on the parchment are both nods to tresion, which is sort of what put Magnacious back on her throne. A scroll in her hand would normally nod to a scholars certification, but with the reddish ribbon it instead insinuates ties to rebal alliances or spy networks.

This image is available on merchandise in my Zazzle shop: [link]
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This looks very beautiful :)
Nice work, nice colours and the Queen looks lovely.