So then I drew the palace as a whole. I figured since there is a lot of flooding in the delta area and put room for excess water under the palace. I figured also the royal gardens would be facing the ocean more to give a nice view. So it starts be and then there are more layers in the back for all nice area to relax. I also wanted to put a lot of guard tower types to over look everything.
So after designing the city’s layout I started by designing the palace and it’s front entrance. I looked at some pictures of Ancient Babylon and Egypt but also some buildings in Venice. I thought there should be an outer wall and entrance that can me locked up in times of war. Then there is the balcony in the front of the main building that the King or Queen could stand at to address people gathered outside in a big empty space.
So while character designs are fun I also need to design some locations. So I flower looking delta because while designing Alisabet and Meia I wanted to have some symbols of their religion to be tied to their outfits since they are royalty. I thought that the capital being on a delta that looks like a waterlily could make waterlilies important to them. The idea was that delta kinda looked like the a waterlily but then the city intentionally shaped it into something more symmetrical. I then talked to a friend of mine Pricilla Spencer who designs fantasy maps for prose books. She gave me a few suggestions on locals to look up to give me an idea of how the delta would effect the area. Stuff like the palace gardens would probably be very elaborate, the rivers can be used for the wealthy to get around, and I should make sure to have a lot of farmland around it.
Last two kids. Morcus and Ceallaigh are two new recruits to the palace guard. They sign up the same time as Michall. All of them sign up because of the dream but these two get caught up in a rivalry between the two of them.
Two more kids from You are the Chosen One. Michall is a new recruit to the palace guard. I tried to play up a Disney prince/hero look for him. So I look at Prince Philip and Prince Eric while designing him. He is gonna hang with Alisabet a lot. So I intentionally wanted them to match. Kit grew up in the woods near the village where Esme and Harrien live. I thought maybe their mother was a criminal who was hiding out there. So Kit’s had almost no contact with other people growing up and are very self sufficient in a very cold climate.