Ok, these two guys are the last Game of Thrones Characters left on my hard drive.
Again, I’ve been a bit under the weather recently and I don’t have much new stuff to show.
(Well, I guess these two still qualify as new if you haven’t bought the Game of Thrones Night Watch’s Rulebook or had one copy shoved upon your face when visiting my house).

Anyway, the brief for these two characters was quite laconic.
The first one is called Flown Crow.
From the brief I thought he was the usual, straightforward “I’m going to kill you with my sword” kind of person, which is how I depicted him.

As it turned out after reading his description on the Rulebook, Flown Crows are Men of the Nightwatch who fled from the wall to live either South of it (and risking to be executed by pretty much anyone they meet), or North of it, amongst the Wildlings.
Still pretty risky but with a slightly longer life expectancy.
Hence Flown Crows. Got it? Men of the Night Watch are commonly referred to as Crows, so when one escapes he becomes a Flown Crow.
I didn’t get it back then.
I know, DUH.

The second character-type is called Unlucky Gambler.
These folks usually come from wealthy families, surrounded by shiny stuff and booze.
It being Game of Thrones I guess that “booze and bitches” wouldn’t be too inappropriate.
After a while they start gambling dad’s money (like, all of it), end up in some kind of court and are given the choice between losing their head or joining the Night Watch.

So, this is it for this Game of Thrones assignment.
As for my whining about, uh, lack of inspiration, systemic laziness and whatnot, I certainly don’t want to dilute them into a completely unrelated topic!

These thoughts certainly deserve some space on their own.
So don’t rush to unsubscribe from my feeds! Who doesn’t like reading people moaning about things?

by Paolo Puggioni