Barry of Sussex

Sir Barry of Sussex, Knight of the Baldric and head of the Academy for the apprentices of the Red Cross of Gold, in his office at the Order's villa in Italy. Getting called to Sir Barry's office is usually not a pleasant experience for most apprentices.

Sir Barry is one of the immortal Council Knights in The Red Cross of Gold: Assassin Chronicles series by the very talented Brendan Carroll. Start with book 1, The Knight of Death here [link]

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Updated 1/28: Cluttered up the office a bit more!

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Barry of Sussex is copyright Thank you so much, Brendan, for creating such a wonderful series and such vivid, real characters!

About 3 hrs with Wacom Intuos2 tablet and Arcsoft Photostudio 2000.

Detail here: [link]