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Hester Stanhope

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Zenobia (240-?)
Syria's Rebel Queen
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A Peek into the Design Process!
This week, since I'm still a bit banged up, I'm bringing you all a peek behind the curtain, in the form of some design sketches and a timelapse video of me drawing Vispala from scratch (the above gif is from this).
Hester Stanhope (1776-1839)
The Desert Queen
100 years before Lawrence of Arabia, this British woman traveled the Middle East by herself, surviving shipwrecks, plagues, and Bedouin attacks in the process.
October 9, 2014 in Weird History

Weird history: Charles Stanhope

In September 1777, British inventor Charles Stanhope tested a new fireproofing material by: building a two-story house; inviting over the mayor and other important socialites for ice cream on the second floor; and then setting the first floor on fire. The heat was so intense the windows turned to liquid and ran down the walls.... Read more »

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