October Tusker Times Cover
The theme I was originally supposed to draw was 'Germanic', then it got changed to the Southern Crusades theme, 'Quest and Conquest'.
I hit a blank and asked my fellow scribes for ideas, and Ianuk suggested the Conquistadors. This is based off a statue of Don Juan de Oñate y Salazar, otherwise known as the 'Last Conquistador', he made it all the way up from Mexico into Oklahoma. He was known for being extremely strict, to the point that Spain put him on trial for cruelty against the Pueblo Indians, and I tried to get that to show in the face.
Southern Crusades is hosted by both Tir Ysigthr (boar heraldry) and Mons Tonitrus (mountains and lighting bolt heraldry), so I incorporated Mons' heraldry into the background to show both Baronies.
It was kind of interesting, doing the research on Juan de Oñate, seeing as I've been to both Acoma Mesa and Santa Fe, and hadn't put it together that he was the Conquistador mentioned in both.