HWS Blood and Steel: The Orhans War Drums

An upgraded concept sketch of the Turkish Woman Warrior in the Historically Wrong Sketch Project: Blood and Steel, set in the 17th Century Era of warfare and based on the Ottomans Empire at that time.

Inspired by the music: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIEruM…

I felt that i have left the Turkish for sometime, so decided to return and do some re-sketching of Ikhal Effendy Apek Ergotoglu to project more of the ambitious nature and Military might of the Orhan Empire. Here, I redesigned the headdress with a longer feather decoration to create a much more striking image. The overall Janissary dress has also been redesigned, although it is more stylized than historically accurate if anyone can notice. Regardless, It would be wrong to say that female janissary existed, as memberships and recruits were drawn exclusively from the christian boys within the domain of the Ottoman Empire. Although, it the historically wrong sketch series, anything is possible, and the title Ikhal Effendi is used for the Sultan's favorite harem, so she could possibly be entrusted with military affairs or martial duty (Which is almost impossible in real life)

The ink has been dried, the Sultan's command has been announced, and the Orhan Empire has finally sounded their war drums. Their Invasion of Eastern Europe has finally begun, with 80,000 men, loyal to the sultan's command, descended upon Carpathia and another 100,000 sailed towards Crimea to take over the Steppe Khanate before launching their assault to the Tsar's domain and the Wendish Sovereignity.

Here, i have drawn Apek during the assault on one of the Carpathians fortification, whereby she is about to draw her sabre and execute the Carpathian Commander, the father of Margit Haraszt , the Magyar Woman Warrior in the series. What will become of her will be explained in another drawings.

Historically speaking, in the period of 14th to 17th century, the Ottomans launched numerous successful invasion of the balkans, taking over the Byzantine capital Constantinople and staging further conquest towards Hungary, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Wallachia and finally the Hapsburg, who defeated them in Vienna in the late 17th century, marking the end of Ottoman Military Supremacy over Europe.

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War has been declared! These Women Warriors shall face the might of the Orhans!

Khanum Sevilay Begotoglu of the Steppe Khanate
Ksiezniczka Eufrozyna Jerzyowska of the Wendish Commonwealth
Boyarina Sviatoslava of the Kaviarov Tsardom

and eventually,

Ilda von Harzbergs, the Archduchess of Harzberg Sovereignity

HWS stand for Historically Wrong Sketch