Unit card and unit info pics - preview

**Medic** · 08-03-2005, 17:53

The second one is fan art, but the questioner is from the Offical WOT RPG sourcebook.

**SMZ** · 08-03-2005, 18:20

Well in all fairness they also use an old Icewind Dale pic for a gleeman... still it's a nice rendering - but remember, the Inquisitors aren't fighting men, so their appearance isn't that important I think.

You can tell they used several different artists for the RPG book, some of those pics are very good and some are crap, for instance whoever drew the various animals like the Corlm, the Darkhounds, the Grolm, etc did a very nice job. Whoever did the Draghkar and the Myrddraal should have Asmodean pay them a visit. The drawings of Rand and Mat are in a crappy style too, then you flip a couple pages and Thom and Padan look perfect...

EDIT: pg 226 of the Guide has a nice rendering of a Whitecloak

**Andreas** · 08-04-2005, 17:52

Originally Posted by Medic

The second one is fan art, but the questioner is from the Offical WOT RPG sourcebook.

The RPG art isn't official.... it isn't jordan approved, at least.

**SMZ** · 08-04-2005, 18:39

Yeah, quick note:

the Books are gospel... with the exception of the very rare typo or error... considering the enormous amount of material in this series, it's amazing that Jordan has only made a handful of conflicting notes...

the Guide should be given about 80% weight, Jordan reviewed most of it and wrote some of it, but noted that a few things slipped by him and of course a good bit of it was written by somebody merely taking their best guess...

the RPG book should be given about 50% weight, Jordan checked off on some of it, but his own statement regarding it was that most of his communication was along the lines of, "No, you can't have ninjas in my world." As such it's useful for some background information but anything in it that is not substantiated by other sources should be taken with a grain of salt, and anything that conflicts should be viewed as flawed...

online resources are generally useful for compiling various facts together quickly and for easy reference, none of this work has even Jordan's name attached to it and varies wildly in accuracy depending on the individual...

**Andreas** · 08-04-2005, 20:20

Agree with this... and as for art, we should shape the models from Jordans desriptions as much as possible, not from fan art or RPG art. I do not trust any art not NS... I don't like most of the BWB art:)

**4th Dimension** · 08-05-2005, 00:41

Here is a quote from the guide concerning WC (whitecloacks)

The Children of the Light, or Whitecloaks, always wear a pure white cloak or tabard over their clothes and armor. The left breast of each has a golden sunburst worked into it, a symbol of the Light they are sworn to follow. All officers' cloaks and tabards are further adorned with silver lightning bolts for under-officers, and golden stars or knots in increasing quantity to indicate rank for higher officers. Each Child is armored with a conical metal helm and plain breastplate. It is a matter of great pride to each member of the order to keep his white cloak spotless and his armor bright. Swords are worn by all Children, though never in the audience chambers of the Lord Captain Commander or beneath the Dome of Truth.

Members of the Hand of the Light order wear the same white cloak or tabard, but these "Questioners" have a blood-red shepherd's crook emblazoned behind the sunburst. The High Inquisitor wears only the red crook, devoid of the flaring sun, as if to suggest his position allows him to stand outside the Children.

and if you need this

Organizational Structure

The Children of the Light are always deployed as mounted cavalry, usually in groups of about one hundred; they can move very quickly when necessary. The highest rank among the soldiery is Lord Captain. A Lord Captain usually commands a legion, which is officially two thousand men, though any given legion in the Children may actually be larger, and is often smaller. Below Lord Captain, the officers' ranks progress through Senior Lieutenant, Lieutenant, and Under-lieutenant. Below Under-lieutenant is the Hundredman, one who theoretically commands a hundred soldiers. In practice, the actual number varies widely.

All from guide. Including this pic. Whitecloack

**SMZ** · 08-05-2005, 00:49

yep, all very true - but we know the Whitecloaks dismount sometimes - their city patrols are all on foot after all, so they can function as infantry too, some of them have bows as we see in the books - just primarily they act as mounted units... being deployed as cavalry does not neccessarily mean they always fight as cavalry... if the terrain, circumstances, etc favor infantry - they are capable of adapting

good research tho 4th Dimension, always good to have more people interested :)

**Myrddraal** · 08-05-2005, 00:54

Thanks for that Dimension, we knew most of that, but we didn't have those exact quotes to back it up.

We will be using some artistic licence with the WCs. Having only one unit would be incredibly boring. So we are planning to make variations in the units. The model you see above is actually intended as WC heavy cavalry, though because I didn't have a barded horse model yet, I have posted him as heavy infantry.

I understand that the book says they are always mounted. Currently we were planning to make them predominantly mounted, but with some foot troops. Although not 100% accurate, we would do it for gameplay purposes.

**4th Dimension** · 08-05-2005, 01:14

One more look note. Even if he's hevy shouldnt he look more white. If questioners saw him they would dlclare him as DF, but I'm certanly asking for too much.
And everywhere wee see them on foot they never carry shields. Maby more armour, but never shields. In fact RJ seems to hate shelds. He rarely implements them, but for purpose of diversity it can be overlooked, perhaps.