

Ever since she was little, Blanche Varanus wanted to become a doctor. That and she wanted to travel the world - if possible on an airship. Blanche always loved the way they seemed to float on thin air without making a sound. At least not from where her ambre eyes looked up at the sky.

Even though her study was hard and shaped by the prejudice of her male fellow students she bit through. Hours and hours she lay awake, going through books and medical charts, learning every inch of the human body so she could fix what was broken. Sometimes she did indeed miss the life at home, inside of this big mansion where she was always surrounded by dusty old tomes and the quiet dignity of the library.

When she left the academy she was one of the most renowned medical doctors that Tyria had ever seen. Her medical skill wasn´t her only strength though: Blanche also likes to potter about, like to invent stuff. One of her invention was a little kit of syringes that she could easily strap upon her wrist and inject healing potions and analgesics.

Not being satisfied with staying in a surgery all day, Blanche decided to go with the Priory where her medical and engineerical talents would be desperately needed in the fight against Mordremoth. While some still turn up their nose over her noble heritage, Blanche never lets her upbringing get the best of her: she would never demand special treatment and she dresses as practically as she can to avoid unnecessary caught ups.





Hey guys,

I am really eager to present to you my entry for the Steampunk entry! As someone who takes enormous pleasure in this genre (bonus points if you find the literary allusion in her story! ^^) I was really happy to see this contest theme being realized. Since of late Steampunk became a huge pile of clockworks lately I wanted to concentrate on also bringing out the Victorian clothing aspect of this genre. While the armour sets in this general direction are a bit limited I felt like the striped pants and the wide blouse conveyed some of that feeling. Some clockworks couldn´t be avoided as I did want to stir the look into the right direction!

The dyes are kept as simple and Steampunk-ish as possible, as these browns and brassy tones just read Steampunk for me the most. Luckily I had an Aetherized weapon at hand (even the rifle, one of my favourites!) and even better: the Med Kit of the engineer!

It just reminds me so much of Bioshock, one of my favourite video game series that also shares a lot of aesthetics with the Steampunk genre and so I kinda built my look around it.

I hope my engineer can convey a feeling of steampunk-ish, victorian air to you! As always it was great fun to prepare this look and I wish every competitor good luck ^^



