The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Wasn't sure if this was threadworthy or not, but I saw it garnering some comments around the web and thought it would be nice to put it in front of a few more people's eyes. In particular I think its noteworthy because its another "classic hardcore" game showing that you don't need to be some indie project to care about representation.
One of the five characters from the latest set release has been revealed as a trans woman in an official piece of media today. I know she's "just one card", but people do actually get invested in these characters, and based on some of the comments I've seen a lot of people are happy to see this. She's also one of the coolest cards in the set:
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/uncharted-realms/truth-names-2015-01-28
Magic has been really good about these representative things in the last few years. It started with a conscious decision towards better representation of women in proportion, appearance, and characterization and led to their first agendered character last year and now this
One of the five characters from the latest set release has been revealed as a trans woman in an official piece of media today. I know she's "just one card", but people do actually get invested in these characters, and based on some of the comments I've seen a lot of people are happy to see this. She's also one of the coolest cards in the set:
![Image.ashx_1.png](https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Image.ashx_1.png)
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/uncharted-realms/truth-names-2015-01-28
What she remembered was the panic that came after. Earning her war name had been her only goal. When the fight was over, she stood silently among the other young ones who were boasting of their accomplishments and the bold, grisly names they would choose. Headsmasher. Skullcleaver. Wingbreaker—Gedruk had been among them. Some of them, mostly orcs, boasted of their ancestors' deeds and spoke of their pride in adopting those ancestors' names. She had been so different—only sixteen, a boy in everyone's eyes but her own, about to choose and declare her name before the khan and all the Mardu.
The khan had walked among the warriors, hearing the tales of their glorious deeds. One by one, they declared their new war names, and each time, the khan shouted the names for all to hear. Each time, the horde shouted the name as one, shaking the earth.
Then the khan came to Alesha. She stood before him, snakes coiling in the pit of her stomach, and told how she had slain her first dragon. The khan nodded and asked her name.
"Alesha," she said, as loudly as she could. Just Alesha, her grandmother's name.
"Alesha!" the khan shouted, without a moment's pause.
Magic has been really good about these representative things in the last few years. It started with a conscious decision towards better representation of women in proportion, appearance, and characterization and led to their first agendered character last year and now this