Concept Art & Sneak Peek: Isander (Patreon)

Hello, hello, in this post I shall be talking a bit about Isander, an upcoming character for Rathpike! 

Isander is a character concept I've been working on for awhile, that I think will really fit and embody the theme of Rathpike! Hailing from a mercenary background, alongside Lion, he formed the backbone of Zeon's elite contingent that enabled Zeon's victory over all the bickering mercenary groups. However, peace ill-suited his tastes, and despite having been lavished with a victor's spoils of war, Isander quickly grew bored with the stability that came with Zeon's regime and left, wandering the dusty badlands, seeking out the thrill and the rush of blood and war once more. Such outright desertion would usually merit him being hunted down, and lethally punished... But knowing full well the potentially crippling cost of taking him down, Zeon simply did nothing and let the war-lusting giant leave. 

Isander strikes a towering, implacable figure, more of a force of nature than a mortal man. He is meant to exist squarely in a moral grey-zone; he cares not for high-handed concepts like justice and mercy. All he wants is excitement, and all he cares for is his own enjoyment. Be it from killing worthy foes, finding good booze, to bedding women - it matters not the source. Isander will butcher a pack of monsters pillaging a village, only to do worse to that wrongfully-thankful village himself; he will just as happily hack to pieces a bunch of murderous bandits as well as an innocent barkeep trying to stop him from destroying his livelihood by drinking all his wares.

We've handily reskinned an existing CG for his immediate use (which was previously the placeholder for the Lawrence x Claire oral scene, which now has it's own proper version), and in this sneak peek, you can see a potential outcome with him where Claire's gotten him all riled up... And he's not going to settle down until that pretty little mouth of hers is put to use.

Isander will pop up from time to time in multiple sidequests across Rathpike, either as an untoward helper, a very formidable enemy, or even simply a passing observer.