Lashunta Inspirational Pic of the Week
John Bolton
This pic's selection began as a trial to find an representative pic for a Korasha. It sorta succeeded. It became an exercise reflecting on the many stereotypes in Sword & Sorcery fantasy art in how females are portrayed.
Since the Lashunta are ruled by a Damaya Matriarchy, I've set myself a goal to avoid depictions of submissive females. The Evil Sorceress (exemplified here) is one of the few tropes where the female is not submissive.
To interpret in a Lashunta context, this would likely be a scene in which contemporary artists show a tale from the Age of the Thief-Queen, who were infamous as skull-collectors. She has summoned something (her Korasha warrior-harem? something more eldritch?) to deal with the hero. Interestingly, Korasha heroes resisting the Thief-Queens' oppression is a common theme in Lashunta historical fiction.