Patreon Pin Up 11/21/22 (Patreon)

Well, Kayden's mother went over so surprisingly well in that small appearance of hers in the comic that I decided she deserved a more detailed presentation.

Since she was the definition of a background character, I don't have a lot of details worked out for her. I basically just thought, "valkyrie in mom clothes" and I had all I needed. Originally I wanted to name her Lenneth, after the main character of my beloved PS1 classic, Valkyrie Profile. But then I realized I had also used Lenneth's exact hairstyle from the game for her. At first, I worried that little coincidence pushed the name from "homage" to "ripoff," which I obviously try to avoid.

In the end, I decided that name and hairstyle aside, my girl is quite visually distinct from her namesake so the hell with it: Lenneth Carmichael it is! XD

Personality-wise I picture her as the ideal viking wife: good cook, dedicated homemaker, extremely protective and strict with her son. That's meant to be her husband getting snu-snued underneath her there, but I'll keep him mysterious for now. I'm not sure what kind of look I want to give him and I don't want to rush it in case I think of something good later down the line.

What do you think? She got such a positive reaction that I was anxious about not living up to the hype with her first close up lol. Hope you guys like how she turned out.