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In the City of Doors by Dekafox

In the City of Doors

Dekafox

All sorts of creatures call The Cage(or Sigil as the Primes call it) home. Here, balrogs rub shoulders with hound archons, and slaadi might play a game of dice with modrons, all under the ever-watchful eye of the Lady of Pain. This being however, she is different.  Some sort of half-breed maybe? She doesn't quite match any of the planar creatures you know of - but it seems you've caught her eye.  She seems friendly enough, maybe a conversation over some tea might clear things up... then again, everyone has their own secrets here in the City of Doors.


A portrait of Jasmine, my half-dragon rakshasa rogue-at-large, passing down the streets of her adopted home, Sigil. It's one of a very few places that she knows her former family can't track her - with the variety of beings in the city at the center of everything, even her unique looks don't stand out, and who would expect a proud (former) rakshasa noble to take on a streetname like Tigerlily and slum among thieves and ne'er-do-wells?  Not to mention how easy it is for a shapeshifter to lose herself in a crowd. And if some agent seeking her head does manage to find her whereabouts? Every opening in Sigil is a potential portal - if you know the key. And there are many prime material planes out there...


Stepping outside in-character motivations, I've always thought Sigil was a perfect match for her for a few other reasons. Not only does it allow her to show up in any setting I might wish to use her in; it also provides a logical place where a half-demon/half-dragon can fit in without any issues. The urban environment is also a great playground for a rogue or rogue-type, and given how every version of her background story involves jumping blindly through a planar portal... well, you could say that all roads lead to Sigil. 


As for the depiction itself?  This one is from Aurru and I think it came out wonderfully! It's a perfect fit too for the kinds of portraits you might see in the Baldur's Gate or Neverwinter Nights game series... it's just too bad that Planescape: Torment's plot is tied so tightly to the Nameless One that I can't use her as my PC instead.

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