• pinheadednightmare@lemmy.world
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    How would they know he has a mustache and an ear piercing and that he had male pattern baldness? I can understand the shape of the face and such…

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      They got his face shape and then added styles that were documented to be popular at the time.

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        I wonder… did he ride an obnoxiously loud horse? Was his gambeson adorned with the stylized emblems of various troubadours and/or bandit gangs? Did he run a shady laudanum business from the back office of the local inn?