Back on Darkover, the family dramas continue. Sometimes the soap opera aspect overwhelmed the swashbuckling and the magic. Here, the woman on the left is asking the gaunt, scarred, careworn Free Amazon on the right where her daughter is. Thirty years ago her daughter had run away from an abusive family situation to join the Free Amazons. What the woman doesn't realize, of course, is that the Amazon she is talking to is her daughter, all grown up. The daughter dies tragically after having revealed her identity on her deathbed. I don't write 'em, folks, I just illustrate.
Original drawing is black ink on illustration board, 7" x 5", summer 1983.
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