#meereen

Galazza Galare

The Green Grace is a major player among the Ghiscari nobility. She’s described as over 80 years old, with thinning skin, but still retaining her grace and piercing green eyes. I wish I could show her veiled as she is in canon, but that’s beyond Artbreeder afaik!

I think this is the last of Dany’s courtiers that I’ll be posting for a bit. If you have any characters from the Essos narrative you want me to work on, drop me an ask or a message! I have a couple minor characters from Tyrion’s POV where it intersects that I hope to post, like Penny and Sweets, but again, let me know if there’s someone in particular you want to see me try my hand at.

Reznak mo Reznak

One of the things I love about asoiaf is the way prophecy can apply in multiple contexts. The “beware the perfumed seneschal” bit is one of many warnings that can be seen to reference more than one character. This particular seneschal is another of the Ghiscari serving Dany in Meereen. Reznak mo Reznak is as oily and obsequious as they come. Otherwise, all we really know is that he is small and old and fleshy, soooo I hope you like where I went with it!

Skahaz mo Kandaq

Posting some more councilors from Meereen! The Shavepate is described pretty straightforwardly as having a heavy brow, small eyes, a big nose, and yellowy skin. I fear I may have made a more attractive man than was intended… Of course, that’s always a matter of personal preference, yeah? Regardless of his looks, he’s a reliable commander and a fierce man.

Hizdahr zo Loraq

I had a lot of fun trying to establish what you might call the Ghiscari phenotype. The books describe amber skin and wiry black & red hair, with various eye colors. For Hizdahr in particular, he’s described as pale and long faced with flawless skin. Dany says he’s a real looker, too! He shaves off his wings and his beard as well for her. I thought to give him simply stubble, but I liked seeing the streaky red throughout the beard when it was close cropped, so please pardon this inaccuracy!

Discussing fictional races is always a contentious area, so I hope you guys recognize that I mean well! Anyhow, fan interpretations of the people of Meereen vary a lot. I think folks kinda want to force racial representation in where it’s not really present to that degree? When I first started making Meereenese characters, I automatically depicted them as pretty dark skinned because what I’d seen on the show and all the stupid white savior conversations being had about Dany’s plotline seeped into my brain. And frankly, wiry is a typical descriptor referring to type 4 hair which is more common in black people. But that’s bringing stuff to the text that isn’t actually there. I want to stay true to the text, that’s like my biggest motivator. Even so, I wanna respect that people headcanon all sorts of things. If you check my Artbreeder page and look for the Meereen tag, you can see other variants I explored.