Isceradin and Arishat, my two characters from ancient Carthage, are enjoying an intimate moment with one another by the sea. Isceradin, the man of the couple, can trace his ancestry to Carthage’s holdings on the Iberian peninsula (modern Spain and Portugal), whereas Arishat would be of indigenous North African heritage.
These two have become the leading man and lady of a forthcoming alternate-history novella of mine which is about the Carthaginians discovering the Americas (or “Atlantis” as they call them) in 200 BC. Together, they have a little daughter named Nikkal, although she is not shown here.