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Description An initiation among Orks. Illustration for 'Citadelm of the Ghost Guardians', the second chapter of the story 'Lynn d'Vadalis' by Another pivotal encounter in the early life of his eponymous heroine. I'm sure he would appreciate any comments and critiques on his writing, which I find to be pretty damned good, (especially considering that English is not his first language, which is not something I would have ever suspected.)

Lynn d'Vadalis II: Citadel of the Ghost Guardians

image by dashinvaine
SHE DID NOT KNOW WHEN SHE HAD FALLEN ASLEEP, but she awoke to find herself bound to the back of a massive orc currently climbing a sheer cliff face. Her legs were tied on the orc’s belly, her arms firmly anchored under his armpits. Her first instinct was to escape her bindings, and her struggle alerted the orc.
He held on firmly to the rock, trying not to lose his grip under her flaying. “Stop that,” he told her in a reasonable voice, “or we fall. You not prisoner. You sleep, so we attach you to bring you over mountains. You hang on. I climb.”
That was all very well for him to say, but did nothing to ease her fear. The bonds chafed, and she had always been adverse to restrictions, struggling already against the cradle board as a babe. She did not realise someone had crudely fixed her clothes, but she did stop struggling out of simple fear to fall down the cliff face with a massive orc land


Eberron setting credit: Keith Baker, 'Lords of Dust', Dragon Magazine 337 (November 2005), pp. 56-70, Paizo Publishing (2005); with illustrations by A. Lewis, Linda Tso, Ben McSweeny and Stacy Michalcewicz. 
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Comments: 26

RedKiru [2021-08-08 02:01:36 +0000 UTC]

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xelianthought [2019-10-11 05:45:12 +0000 UTC]

Very cool! 

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ninllot [2019-03-01 01:07:36 +0000 UTC]

¿cual es su primer idioma?

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ACutulli [2018-02-19 19:40:37 +0000 UTC]

Good job!!

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Valenthyne [2017-11-21 18:14:21 +0000 UTC]

I did not know someone else had thought of the name Vadalis for their work, shouldn't be surprised though. It's a good name, and I like the imagery. 

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AlexAngora [2016-04-30 13:04:15 +0000 UTC]

Such a cool image ^^. I keep looking at it and I love it. Well done!

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IamNx [2016-01-10 17:06:31 +0000 UTC]

Amazing piece. The characters really come to life. I like how the characters are physically different and how of the Orcs it is immediately obvious which one is the leader. The colour scheme.is wonderful.as well, the Orc skin colour is thankfully a very nice green not muddy or dirty in apperance. The heroine looks sweet and curious and eventhough she looks very small in comparison to The Orcs it is obvious that she is important.

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asari13 [2015-10-08 20:28:30 +0000 UTC]

nice art

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Afterstar [2015-05-16 17:54:43 +0000 UTC]

What an interesting situation.

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Jacob-Cross [2015-04-06 23:31:11 +0000 UTC]

Nice

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teeheeteepee [2015-04-01 16:32:15 +0000 UTC]

Fuuuus ....

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Imaginationsvictim [2015-02-15 01:59:39 +0000 UTC]

Very nicely done... love the concept and the art itself... well done

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Arckharum [2015-01-22 21:21:03 +0000 UTC]

Love it.

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Arlesienne [2015-01-18 15:04:51 +0000 UTC]

"Now what you want to get: a kitty or a clown face?"

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Syltorian In reply to Arlesienne [2015-01-18 16:19:15 +0000 UTC]

Kitty Face! Lynn insists she wants a kitty face!

But not a kitty face like this one !

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Arlesienne In reply to Syltorian [2015-01-19 15:47:57 +0000 UTC]

Heck, why not? Panthers are cool and rakshasas are pretty close to them.

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dashinvaine In reply to Syltorian [2015-01-18 22:20:43 +0000 UTC]

I don't know, she could go under cover in rakshasa land...

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Syltorian In reply to dashinvaine [2015-01-19 10:40:14 +0000 UTC]

She'd have to twist her hands around to fit in. That's how rakshasa find out who has infiltrated them!

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dashinvaine In reply to Syltorian [2015-01-19 11:01:32 +0000 UTC]

Backwards gloves should do it...

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dashinvaine In reply to Arlesienne [2015-01-18 15:42:55 +0000 UTC]

LOL!

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Arlesienne In reply to dashinvaine [2015-01-19 15:47:23 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure !

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MensjeDeZeemeermin [2015-01-18 02:07:49 +0000 UTC]

Glorious color, a very thoughtful piece, VERY nice differentiation of the characters and a wonderful sense of story.

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Yurisc [2015-01-18 01:09:09 +0000 UTC]

"I've seen some shit." - Swordsork in the middle

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dashinvaine In reply to Yurisc [2015-01-18 11:00:01 +0000 UTC]

Yes, he finds this all a bit dubious...

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Digitalzauber [2015-01-18 00:07:35 +0000 UTC]

fantastic   

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Syltorian [2015-01-18 00:03:26 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely brilliant! I love how you rendered this scene, and Lynn looks terribly sweet here. You really captured the essence of the ritual and the characters. Kindest thanks, for everything.

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