My current avatar and the one shown above are both center around the same thing: corruption. First being a nature wizard. And the second a light elf corrupted by..dark magic? drow society? Yeah I think the second would be very interesting to make him racist against his own kind. At first the shattered skin effect was the darkest one. But I find that skin tone and that shade is more pleasing to the eyes (not that aesthetic is really a goal for the power hungry).