SOUTHERN KINGDOM FASHION

This is a writeup I've been wanting to do for a long time! The fashion design surrounding the Southern Kingdom characters can look a bit random at times, but there is a method to my madness.

The "visdev" for Forever Gold had barely begun when I became co-developer; Dan had some ideas for how the Middle and Northern kingdoms looked and how their people dressed and the inspirations she wanted to take there, but the Southern Kingdom was pretty much a big shrug. The root idea was always that the Southerners were going to be merchants and Vestur's link to the rest of the world, and they were supposed to be very visually distinct from either the Midland or the North, but there wasn't much more to go on than that. In fact, when I fielded Dan for a root inspiration to start with, she said something to the tune of “I don’t know, pick something really out there, like ancient Minoan.”

And so, I did. Along with a bunch of other eclectic, geographically-distant inspirations. And now we are here! Read on for a more in-depth dissection.