The Phantom Inker

This is Tesia, who belongs to RelicRaider. This is a sort-of-a-commission, which is to say I've known Raider for a long time, and I finally got her to let me draw a character portrait for her.

Raider describes Tesia here:

Tesia Truestrike was a hired mercenary as she was being paid to protect a merchant caravan group, her rival showed up as she stayed behind to face her rival giving the caravan time to escape to the nearest village, an hour later she arrived not knowing that her bittersweet attitude caused her employer August Knighthoof to realize she was worth his heart.

Tesia's kind of kickass, to be sure. She looks like she's been through hell and back and lived to tell the tale.

I was listening to Metroid synthwave while drawing this, and gonna share the link because danged if Tesia doesn't have a bit of a Samus Aran vibe — even if Tesia's a redhead.