Over a few months in 2023, I worked on a potential trading card game. It's safe to say, it'll never be finished. But I still went back and added a background to one of the critters I drew for it.
The Swordbearer had to cross one of the largest river they’d ever encountered. It wasn’t an easy task, no boats were near the banks. And so it came to them, they could ask for help, they could call for the Mangrove Tortoise. After climbing on the slippery shell, the Swordbearer was brought across the river.
Had the idea of the Tortoise after thinking at Avatar's Lion Turtle! So it's kind of a little tribute to the show <3