Vallejo Wing · After the Fires

Noir Rooms

Ten midnight plates from the Barbarian Coast, from the hours when swords rest and the coast keeps its own counsel. Each scene is lit by what is still burning: torches, braziers, embers, a moon with nothing to prove.

The Arena
Warrior woman in a crimson gown walking the sandy floor of an abandoned colosseum alone, carrying a torch
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№ 18 The Empty Arena The Arena
The Sanctum
Dark sorceress in black kneeling before a glowing summoning circle in a dark stone chamber
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№ 19 The Summoning The Sanctum
The Harbor
Pirate captain in a tricorn hat leaning on the stern railing of a moored galleon at midnight
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№ 20 The Midnight Berth The Harbor
Barbarian beauty in a chainmail bikini standing waist-deep in a steaming geothermal spring inside a midnight cave
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№ 21 The Ember Spring The Hot Cave
The Moors
Warrior queen in flowing robes tending a small fire beside a standing stone, sword planted in the turf
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№ 22 The Standing Stone The Moors
The Ruins
Beauty in a sheer teal gown bathing by candlelight in a marble pool under a moonbeam in a ruined palace hall
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№ 23 The Moon Pool The Ruined Hall
Queen in golden scalemail lounging on a carved throne with an enormous serpent coiled asleep around its base
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№ 24 The Serpent Throne The Throne Room
The Sky
Celestial warrior floating weightless among stars with a glowing crescent sword and drifting veils
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№ 25 The Star Drift The Night Sky
The Camp
Warrior woman in a fur-trimmed jerkin crouching at a dying campfire stirring embers, wagon and horses behind
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№ 26 The Last Watch The Camp
Beauty in a white linen tunic grooming a huge black warhorse by torchlight in a stone stable
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№ 27 The Warhorse's Groom The Stable