Here are two screenshots, showing some new stuff in the next patch:
As you can see, the character graphics on the dungeon map is now shown according to the selected profession and sex, i.e. usually the same guys/girls you can already see in the character portrait in the upper left corner, and the pictures in the status screen. Finally, your female enchanter won't look like a generic unisex soldier anymore (though, this is only true in big tile mode; small tiles keep the current character graphics).
Now, this is something I always, ever wanted to have in my games: portraits of NPC characters, which is, however, lots of work. Anyway, I've made some good progress. As you can see, I still use stock photos which I slightly alter with Photoshop. Selecting the proper photos takes the most part of the time, as the pictures have to fulfill certain requirements, especially fit to my imagination. Thankfully there are many talented stock artists over there at DeviantART, such as Marcus Ranum, who made the photo which I use to depict Ahna, the priestess of the Temple of Enoa (and patch 1.5.3 uses _lots_ of photos by him, thankfully Mr. Ranum allowed me to do this).
Ah, I nearly forgot ... perhaps you notice the D and the O next to the player's character portrait in the status area (upper left corner of the window). This stands for "D"efense mode and "O"ffensive mode. Yes, in patch 1.5.3 you'll be able to switch between these mode, and defense mode is easy: damage taken is only half of the normal damage, thus you'll survive much longer, but, of course, damage dealt is also half of the normal damage. So you need to decide carefully which mode is best at a given time. I have lots of fun with this small addition. 
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