Mhhh allways like the pre-islamic persian dressups for them Noblewomen. >3>

Not a lot of material to trap heat against the fur, so to speak. XD (Then she got armored up, in typical Persian fashion, and all that comfort went out the window)

Well, one has to be armored when in battle. >w>

Being a pretty Floof is no protection, not a good one at least.

She was the prettiest of pretty floofs, tho.. But a decent fighter. All of Daddy's girls learned to fight.

Mhhh oriental shield-maidens... I like that concept. o3o

Not shield maiden, just combat capable, and able to defend themselves. Harsh interfamily politics breed combat capable children.

I love that outfit and the very idea of pre-Islamic Persian wolf-people. There isn't enough done with the old Sassanids.

the Lupine got adopted earlier, because they were, as the locals called them "Horses with hands" in that they could travel roads as fast as a man on horseback and once they got there, they could write down what they saw, as well as deliver messages. They became the nervous system of the satrap bureaucracy. In one of the dynastic overthrows, the bureaucracy became the ruler ship, and the Lupines ruled for a time.

Thanks for sharing that. Good bit of background work. Ir kind of reminds me of several times in the Islamic world when slave soldiers and bureaucrats ended up running the country.

apparently that was sort of a pattern with Persia, in that the Dynasties fell, when ever there was a setback, and it changed hands, but the priesthood and the bureaucracy managed to endure and keep continuity.

Interesting. I quite like the design of the clothing. This also reminds me of a blog post written by a Korean furry fan, from which I have read that such transparent clothing worn by Sassanid courtiers (and later adopted by the Umayyad and Abbasid courts) was an introduction from India. And now that makes me wonder if your fictional world has any areas inspired by the Indian subcontinent....

There is an analogue, though it's "off camera", just as there is a China analogue to the east, referred to as "Syind". in the big Middle in the Steplands are tribal Lupines and "the threat". Defining what "The Threat" was is what stalled the story, and what would eventually conquer the Easterners. Since I could not decide/ figure out what that threat was, I could not finish the story and that was what halted any further progress. So what i am doing now is putting together what I have to release as a sourcebook for Tabletop RPG's (Dungeons & Dragons, plus others), and give the material new life in other people's hands.

Oh, I see.
I will look forward to the completion of your project. Although I am not very interested in actually playing TRPG games, I think I will find the background stories quite fascinating.

Trust me, there are groups of people that buy these books for the ideas, even though they never run, or play in such a game. I will let you know when it's ready, which may be within the year, possibly.

Cute and capable is a good mix for a woman born to the higher echelons.