Homesick Queen
I haven't decided on a name for this character yet, but I already do know a little bit about her back-story. She was born into the royal family of Kemet (ancient Egypt), but her half-sister the Pharaoh married her off to the Mansa of Mali as part of a diplomatic maneuver to avert international conflict. Here she's privately pining for her homeland back in the Nile Valley, which she still commemorates through the ankh on her necklace and her kohl eyeliner.
I admit the perspective is off on the stool she's sitting on, but I do like how her pose and cross-cultural costume came out.
Doubtful Pharaoh
This as-yet-unnamed Pharaoh of Kemet (or a fantastical counterpart thereof) is the half-sister to the Malian Queen illustrated above. The two young women grew up under the same father and loved each other like full siblings, but in order to resolve an old dispute with the Empire of Mali, the Pharaoh reluctantly married her half-sister off to the Mansa. She has regretted that decision ever since, but it was only one of many challenges she faces as she struggles to keep her eroding old kingdom together.