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This is ~SteelFanged 's character, the half-orc assassin, "Daehkosa." [link]

Now my picture of his character was actually sketched a few days BEFORE he drew/colored/submitted his version, which is why the designs don't exactly match up. (Especially with the colors--I went for the more traditional idea of half-orc skin coloring, and chose a green pallor. And instead of using regular black, I used a green-black for his hair.)

And his clothing may appear to be too gaudy, but I tend to picture most assassins as either scuzzy, or gentlemanly. Here I went for the sophisticated gentleman approach.

To quote Terry Pratchett on the subject of assassins:
"You can find your average, amateur killers on every street. They're mostly deranged or drunk or some poor woman who's had a hard day and the husband has raised his hand once too often and suddenly twenty years of frustration takes over. Killing a stranger without malice or satisfaction, other than the craftman's pride in a job well done, is such a rare talent that armies spend months trying to instill it into their young soldiers. Most people will shy away from killing people they haven't been introduced to."

(excerpt from "The Fifth Elephant.")

Description
This is ~SteelFanged 's character, the half-orc assassin, "Daehkosa." [link]

Now my picture of his character was actually sketched a few days BEFORE he drew/colored/submitted his version, which is why the designs don't exactly match up. (Especially with the colors--I went for the more traditional idea of half-orc skin coloring, and chose a green pallor. And instead of using regular black, I used a green-black for his hair.)

And his clothing may appear to be too gaudy, but I tend to picture most assassins as either scuzzy, or gentlemanly. Here I went for the sophisticated gentleman approach.

To quote Terry Pratchett on the subject of assassins:
"You can find your average, amateur killers on every street. They're mostly deranged or drunk or some poor woman who's had a hard day and the husband has raised his hand once too often and suddenly twenty years of frustration takes over. Killing a stranger without malice or satisfaction, other than the craftman's pride in a job well done, is such a rare talent that armies spend months trying to instill it into their young soldiers. Most people will shy away from killing people they haven't been introduced to."

(excerpt from "The Fifth Elephant.")