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beatrice, ushiromiya battler, frederica bernkastel, ushiromiya maria, lambdadelta, and 27 more (umineko no naku koro ni) drawn by abysswolf

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    Chessboard of the Golden Witch

    This is a little tribute to the awesome visual novel created by 7th expansion, Umineko no naku koro ni (When the seagulls cry).

    I guess a lot of people who read it might have a similar idea to this, since the novel keeps comparing itself to a chess game and the characters to chess pieces, but i wanted to give my own view of it =) (Smile)

    Still, the arrangements of the pieces might be innacurate (I seriously doubt Bernkastel and Lamdadelta can be considered pieces!) but meh, it's not of a big deal.

    Here's the pieces arrangement:

    [] WHITE SIDE
    King - Ushiromiya Battler
    Queen - Bernkastel
    Bishops - Ushiromiya George and Ushiromiya Jessica
    Knights - Kanon and Shanon
    Rooks - Ushiromiya Maria and Kumasawa
    Pawns - Genji and Ushiromiya Natsuhi, Kyrie, Hideyoshi, Rosa, Krauss, Rudolf and Eva

    [] BLACK SIDE
    King - Beatrice
    Queen - Lamdadelta
    Bishops - Ronove and Gaap
    Knights - Siesta 45 and Siesta 410
    Rooks - Eva-Beatrice and Virgilia
    Pawns - Goat, Lucifer, Mammon, Satan, Asmodeus, Belphegor, Beelzebub and Leviathan

    And here is every piece separately if you're interested:
    [link]

    I was aiming for making it a full pixel piece but it didn't have much sense to redo the whole board just for that, so i'm leaving it this way.

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    Wildflame said:
    Chess 101, rooks are in the corner, next to them knights and then bishops, before the queen/king.

    Well, it's easy to identify from the start, but once you begin to play, it would be nightmarish just trying to remember who's who.

    Look at me, responding to an 8 months old post.

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