Sir Guy of Gisbourne
…Body {Eyes…… [Color (Moonless night)
…………………………………… (Lightless cavern)
................................(Onyx)]
…………………….... [Depth (Brick wall)
……………………………………. (A door shut in your face)]
……………………… [Glint (Ice)
……………………………………. (Sharpened steel)]}
……… {Frown………………… (An angry bear)]}
...... {Hair...... [Color (Coal)
............................... (Ashes)]
.................... [Texture (Coir)]
.......{Face.................(Chiseled rock)
................................(A forest after a devastating fire)
……… {Motion... [Grace (A prowling lion)
…………………………………… (An assassin)
.................... [Strength (A wrestler)]
………………………. [Speed (A swift river)]}

…Spirit {………… [Quality (A charred house)
.................................(A deadly poison)]
……………………… [Loyalty (A mercenary soldier)
.................................(Cuckoo)
.................................(A knife in your back)]
.....................[Anger (Sandstorm)
...............................(A wounded tiger)
.....................[Cruelty (A torturer)
.................................(An iron glove)]
.....................[Power (One who kills his king to get the throne)
...............................(A madman who will stop at nothing to get what he desires)]}

…Mind {………………… [Clarity (A river full of silt)
......................................(Mud)]
…………………………….. [Depth (Grand Canyon)
………………………………………... (The night sky)]
…………………………….. [Knowledge (A library)]
...........................[Logic (A twisting mountain path)
....................................(A cougar hunting)]}

…Soul {………………… [Depth (A brook in summer)]
…………………………….. [Longing (An orphan)
.......................................(Someone searching for a friend)]
...........................[Hate (An endless fire)
...................................(A driving wind)]}

*chokes on fly as mouth hangs open* That was in my opinion your best one yet, though Robin's was pretty good as well...hm, maybe it's a tie . You definitely have a masterful grasp on essence mapping. I love reading your maps . I think it's awesome that Raven's essence is very black and beautiful while Gisborne's seems very black and evil, testimony to the versatile properties of black. Keep up the good work!

Haha. Thanks.



I have another one coming eventually that will show black and mysterious.

I think I've found the key to essence mapping. It's not just collecting a bunch of random metaphors to describe your character. The metaphors themselves give an overall impression. If I want to communicate gentleness, I pick metaphors that show it, not metaphors that sound harsh or evil. Or if I want to communicate evilness, like in this map, I'm not going to pick metaphors that sound gentle.

Here's an unsolicited graphic that I made based on your map. I know you didn't ask for it, but I've been hankering for a gimp project so when I read this map I knew I wanted to work on it. Let me know how I did. I think I might drum up one for Robin and for Marion if I get the time. If you'd rather I not, let me know and I won't. Your maps are just fun to work with.

I don't see a link or a file. Am I missing something? Also, I can't access facebook, so if you post it there, I won't be able to see it.

Look again, I fixed the link.

Aha! Oooh! I like it. Very well done.

Feel free to use any of my maps you would like.

Thanks!YAY!!

Yay! *chuckles*