Most of my meeting notes descend into chaos and darkness, but last time I chose a cohesive theme: hobbity 60s folksinger I just learned about on an episode of Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. All the girls threw flowers at him.

This is based on a photograph of a 19th century Vaudeville strongwoman called Charmion. (See here for the original, about 1/4 of the way down the page.) I love her because she's coy, demure, and totally proud of her sweet biceps. Bodybuilders of the pre-steroids era are so superior to today's models; instead of harsh, vany, inhuman ridiculousness in a bikini, they were all beautiful Greek-statue curves. Maybe the poor film quality helps, too.

The first in a series of my D&D character portraits. A series of two.



Valian
Human Paladin
Relevant stats: strength +4, charisma +3, intelligence -2