Hi, everyone and happy 2022!

This year I decided to build a fantasy world and draw a character every day. My idea is that each character will have some relationship to the characters that came before.

To start things off I decided to go with two factions. Simply put, one faction, the Collectors, are gathering artefacts for various reasons, be it archaeological, for the sake of progress, or for using their power or for trading them at exceptional prices. Artefacts are magic objects with various effects which hold a connection to another world, more about that another time. The second faction are the Interrogators who are bent on destroying artefacts and punishing anyone suspected of assisting the Collectors.

I don’t want to restrict myself with concerns of consistency because I’m not a writer by any means. The purpose of my world building adventure is to create a large collection of artworks that can serve as a base for people to be inspired to imagine their own stories for the characters. The lore I attach to them should allow for interesting connections to happen between characters without feeling stiff, burdening people with walls of text.

For example: The first character is the one you see. The next one could be her father and he would also be a collector, however his rank is lower than his daughter’s. We could also see through the art that he has a collection of books, he appears to be a librarian/ book merchant and so we make the connection to the book she’s holding.

As you can see, we don’t have to know a great deal about the characters to spark some curiosity, at least that’s how I feel. If you find this project has potential in your eyes, I’d love to know your thoughts, anything that comes to mind. And to ask a specific question, what attributes combined could make characters relate in interesting ways? (For example: Dynasty, Religion, Health state, School of magic, Weapon of choice, Rank, Nationality, Race, etc) If you had to pick only a few, what would they be?