New Faces

The characters haven't looked as good as the rest of Aethermere, and this update is a first step toward fixing that. Every face, hairstyle and beard has been replaced with a new set built on a head model from Drake, our artist. It's an improvement on what we had, not the final look: Drake and I are working on a full character refresh, and that will come in a later update.

New looks

• Six new faces, eighteen hairstyles and five beards. Pick them when you create a character, or at the Stylist in Hearthmoor.
• Helmets and hoods have been refitted to the new heads, so hats sit properly over every hairstyle and masks sit inside their caps.
• Townsfolk, bandits and cultists wear the new heads too, and everyone now looks like the person their name and story describe.
• Better starting boots. The plain boots every character starts in now have a proper ankle, heel and toe.
• One free Stylist visit for every existing character. Your next sitting with Odalie in Hearthmoor costs nothing, whether or not you used your first one. If you still had your first free sitting, you keep it, and you do not get two.
• New characters pick their face at creation, so they start with the look they chose and no free visit to spend.
• Character creation and the Stylist now show your character facing you, with room above for taller hairstyles.
• Ringer's Sandals have a lighter teal wrap, so they no longer look the same as Marshweave Sandals.