This is Baron von Hopschtetter from the Royal Order of Northern Mooses...or was it the Northern Society of Royal..uh...Well, anyway. I have a friend who's very interested in secret societies: the Illuminati, the Skulls, the Masons, etc...most of which I hope to imagine is a great deal of inaccurate legendry and nonsensical mumbo jumbo. Still, I find it fantastically funny, the little traditions and such. Like the secret handshake and the silly hats. This fellow is performing his version of "the severed thumb gag." I've added a little digital enhancement to his background to attempt to do him justice, only because we're still hotel-bound, and I'm unable to paint him properly. But I will, one day...I will. (and yes, I realize more than one moose are "moose." Which is why I find "mooses" funny.)
