Lovely art - evocative and illustrative of the major encounters! The fairytale feel is true to Fatherfog (what we've seen of it), especially the Golden Apple choice.
I’ll let Austin speak to rinkrank’s motives but for the design critique. I had played with other ideas but I wanted to try and build something that the creators would see as an homage to the game they made. First foray into a new game especially I like to learn the rules of the design before I start breaking them. I’m sure this reflects my relative lack of experience in design, but I am really trying to learn more than express in my work right now.
Bruni's laser-generating form keeps out competing monsters and angry mobs. Grani's horseform can cross the firewall, presumably carrying one or at most two people with her; she creates a sort of intake for new servants. Rinkrank gives her the burned cloak scrap and sets her loose, hoping she'll lead a small group back to the mountain as she tries to free her sisters.
Anyways, that's my take. It's a humble 1pager, so -- you know -- sometimes scant on details.
