Blue Graces is one of the illustrations I made for Game of Thrones back in 2019.

At the cost of repeating myself, I have the memory of a goldfish, so I have no idea whatsoever of what particular expansion this belonged to.

I have to confess I was curious at some point, and I didn’t want to start yet another post with “sorry”, so I did check the throng of packs I’ve worked on.

Long story short, I couldn’t find this card in the first 80% of packs I individually opened and browsed.

So, well, I stopped because I had other stuff to do and I ran out of time to do it. I guess we’ll never know.

Like that joke of the inmates who escape prison and climb 99 of the 100 fences to get out, and then go “fuck it I’m tired, I’m going back”.

Anyway, for those who never heard of the Blue Graces and are itching to discover what they’re all about, say no more! I’ll explain.

The Graces are priestess of Slavers’ Bay in Mereen.

They live in the majestic Temple of The Graces, and they are divided into different orders, conveniently identifiable by the colour of their robes.

All of them have made a vote of chastity, a part from the Red Graces, who serve in the Pleasure Houses and whose job description demands no chastity at all.

The Green Grace is the head priestess of the temple, and I happen to have drawn her as well at some point.

The Pink Graces are the personal attendants of the Green Grace, while the Blue Graces are healers and surgeons.

For this illustration in particular I meant to depict a common scene, almost of routine, with no drama.
That’s why I chose warm fuzzy colours for the background and the skin tones, which also made a good contrast with the robes of the Blue Graces.

The wounded guy they’re tending to is just a random soldier who’s being patched up after a fight in the arena, so I made him turn around and shifted the focus on the healers, who are the main characters of the composition.

And lo! I even found the sketch I did for this. Nothing ground breaking, but that’s how I started this illustration..

And since I went through the trouble of upsetting all the Game of Thrones packs on my shelf, here’s a picture of it for bragging rights, once it was back in order.

by Paolo Puggioni