"The FOUR Greatest Heroes in Silhouette" by Jonathan R. Brünner

Created: ~March 2000

In my years of Role Playing [which has been quite a few] I've played dozens upon dozens of characters. For the most part, they were Elves as I have a particular liking for Elves and their whole air. Unfortunately, I play Elves 'too well' as Ken, a DM of mine, put it. Basically, he did not enjoy how arrogant I played my Elven characters, and so he said I could be ANYTHING but an elf. In the end I was cornered into playing a Dwarf, and thus Thunderguard Hammerstien was born. His character was actually a joke in a series of comical sketches that I may post if they still are alive. From left to right the characters are Marceki, Draconian Fighter, Thunderguard Hammerstien, Dwarven Warrior Priest, Aaron Solanthus, Theif, and Uma who had a last name but forgot it somewhere in the middle of the campaign, a mage... of questionable morality... The creation of this peice was quite complicated. First, I drew an 8x11 silhouette of The FOUR with ink pen. The drawing was scanned, touched up in Image Expert and MS Paint, and then imported into Bryce. Volumetric lighting effects were added. I am glad I did not have to do this on my computer. After a few hours, it finished and I took the image back into PhotoShop to add a few effects. Oh yes, and I forgot to mension, the lensflare is actually the 5th member of the party who was stabbed in the back by an 'honourable' knight. His name was Phaleon and after his death Thunderguard had his skull coated in steel. Later, a magical stone was crafted into the skulls eye that glowed on occasion as well as allowed Phaleon to communicate with members of the party from his abode in the abyss.