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<\/a><\/p>\nAlright, that’s not much to look at, but our artist, Chris (who you might remember from his work on the shelved project, Heart of the Forest), was just putting things together.<\/p>\n
Instead, let’s focus on the story at hand. \u00a0Chris put together a nice version of Benton that was informed by the work that we did on Heart of the Forest so many months (years?) ago. \u00a0We determined that we wanted to use Heart of the Forest as a kind of base of operations. \u00a0That is to say, if we make more games and properties in the future, it’ll work to our benefit to tell stories that utilize the same level of graphics and feeling across the board.<\/p>\n Who knows? \u00a0At some point, we might even see our ranger and this knight interacting together. \u00a0These next few changes are very, very subtle, but all that time was spent establishing the sprite as the very best it could be.<\/p>\n We joked about how many iterations this sprite had. \u00a0At one point, he had a pretty big honker. \u00a0At other points, he looked like a buff knight with the head of one of the Canadians from South Park.<\/p>\n<\/a>Benton is a man who has joined the Knights of Gardone in western Daltain.\u00a0 He’s a noble fighter, and a resilient foe on the field of battle.\u00a0 His allies would consider him very reliable, but in the case of this game and this story, he’s on his own.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>There’s more to Benton than meets the eye, however.\u00a0 He, his brother, and his sister all have an interesting origin story, though it might be a while before you see that.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>Growing up in Tellest is tricky business for anyone, but for a stranger in a strange land, it can be even more oppressive and dangerous. \u00a0Benton spent a good part of his formative\u00a0years trying to track down his two siblings, but again… that’s a story for another time.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n