It's Labor Day here in the States, which means that all the goblin-wranglers and libromancers at Paizo are taking a well-deserved day off. To hold you over until the next blog post, here's the unadulterated cover illustration for Robin Laws' new Pathfinder Tales novel, Blood of the City--a story revolving around Luma, an urban druid, and her family of high-end mercenaries in Magnimar.
One of my favorite things about novel covers is the way they wrap all the way around the book, and it's always with a tinge of regret that I write the back cover copy, knowing it'll cover up such wonderful details. Just take a look at those fountains here in the wealthy Alabaster District, and it's easy to see why Magnimar is often called the City of Monuments....
I like the artwork, but have to ask.. What's that horridly useless hunk of twisted metal in her hand supposed to be? Is that whats left of her scimitar after hitting the hellknight's armor, some weird spell effect, or is it just an artists interpretation of a sickle?
I like the artwork, but have to ask.. What's that horridly useless hunk of twisted metal in her hand supposed to be? Is that whats left of her scimitar after hitting the hellknight's armor, some weird spell effect, or is it just an artists interpretation of a sickle?
Artist's version of a sickle. Though to be fair, at the beginning of the book she uses a normal sickle, then picks up that weird one because of... reasons. ;)
I like the artwork, but have to ask.. What's that horridly useless hunk of twisted metal in her hand supposed to be? Is that whats left of her scimitar after hitting the hellknight's armor, some weird spell effect, or is it just an artists interpretation of a sickle?
Artist's version of a sickle. Though to be fair, at the beginning of the book she uses a normal sickle, then picks up that weird one because of... reasons. ;)
Thanks James,
You guys are usually spot on with art direction, so I figured it was probably something story related.
By the way, loved the character development in Death's Heretic.
Death's Heretic:
Not to ruin things for other people, but the way you resolved the Salim/Nelia relationship I thought was handled perfectly and stayed true to the character. Also your treatment of planar travel and the denizens therein was handled well, and highly enjoyable. I look forward to reading more about Salim in the future.
