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Description The evil dragon who jealously guards the fallen Elven city of Uth Sarthan and the secrets it keeps.

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Years after the Separation of the Elven races, the Solaris (the High Elves) still maintained their rule over the fabulous fortress-city of Uth Sarthan. But they became greedy and haughty and in their decadence imposed heavy taxes on all goods that came up from the south through the trading route their fortress protected. But greed drove other peoples too and a great hoard of barbarians, both human and ranwulf from the plains of the Tenra plataeu behind Uth Sarthan attacked the city seeking to plunder its wealth. The better trained and better equipped elves won though, and the barbarians retired to lick their wounds. But one particular chieftain had the bright idea to forge an unholy alliance with an awful dragon who was known to terrorise that region. Motivated by greed, Thrax Morthrul agreed to ally with the barbarians (although secretly he had no intention of sharing the elves' bounty and planned to destroy his allies once the city fell.

The timing though was unfortunate for just as Thrax was attacking the city a great earthquake occurred, opening a ravine beneath the city into which all of Uth Sarthan, its people and the dragon fell. This earthquake was caused by the opening of the Nine Gates, brought about through a chain reaction caused by the first demon incursion into Tymaera through the Dreaming Gate in the lands far to the south. The fissure in the earth closed up, trapping the dragon who was the soul survivor of the calamity.

Now Thrax Morthrul jealously guards the ruins of the city, and his hoard formed of the countless treasures it once contained. Occasionally treasure-hunters find ways through the labyrinthine caves beneath the mountains to find the city, but all they encounter there is death at Thrax's jaws. But more than just guardian of Uth Sarthan, Thrax Morthrul is custodian of the Shadow Gate, which leads into the Lower Planes. Not only does he stop foolish mortals from entering the Gate, he is also the world's defence against any of the creeping horrors that try to come out of it. It keeps him occupied..


I don't have the energy to do this much detail too often.


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Comments: 94

drakhenliche In reply to ??? [2017-02-13 19:53:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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deviantwin15 In reply to drakhenliche [2017-02-13 22:11:35 +0000 UTC]

You are most welcome!

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kenywhp [2011-08-24 21:20:09 +0000 UTC]

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Awesome work!
Featured on Monster Database linked to u!

>>> Every monster, creature, robot in this blog is linked to its original creator, we just post them! If an artist would like to change the monster's name, or his (the artist's) name on the post, or wanna add some additional information about the creature, just write us. <<<

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drakhenliche In reply to kenywhp [2011-09-24 11:21:22 +0000 UTC]

Cool! Thanks for including Thrax here.

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EarthBoundGod [2010-10-06 17:12:49 +0000 UTC]

That.... the hell shloud i say..... the pure awesomeness of this pic......... i just can't find words to describe (wrong i know) it. That is how awesome it is. Keep up the good work.

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drakhenliche In reply to EarthBoundGod [2010-11-12 22:12:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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dragoncaretaker92 [2009-11-30 01:20:25 +0000 UTC]

*kneeling/bowing to dragon*


could be a little less fat im not trying to be a troll..

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drakhenliche In reply to dragoncaretaker92 [2009-12-11 13:25:35 +0000 UTC]

lol no worries. I don't think Thrax gets a whole lot of exercise where he is.

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dragoncaretaker92 In reply to drakhenliche [2009-12-12 16:30:18 +0000 UTC]

k

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dragoncaretaker92 In reply to dragoncaretaker92 [2009-12-12 16:31:04 +0000 UTC]

(aghh it didnt let me finsh my comment!)
I WANNA CUDDLE IT

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Wild-Huntress [2009-01-16 11:59:47 +0000 UTC]

waow one doesn't feel like annoying him

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DragonLord-Inferno [2007-12-22 02:49:22 +0000 UTC]

he seems pretty angry

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drakhenliche In reply to DragonLord-Inferno [2008-01-04 15:50:43 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, he has cause to be, being trapped underground for millennia

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DragonLord-Inferno In reply to drakhenliche [2008-01-04 18:27:12 +0000 UTC]

personally...
im glad im not the one that trapped him there...

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drakhenliche In reply to DragonLord-Inferno [2008-01-04 18:39:07 +0000 UTC]

It was actually an earthquake - he fell down the chasm during it and it closed up after... but he'll take out his anger on anyone foolish enough to go treasure seeking down there...

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DragonLord-Inferno In reply to drakhenliche [2008-01-04 20:28:28 +0000 UTC]

oh...

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BlackZ97 [2007-04-16 19:35:38 +0000 UTC]

OUTSTANDING! is all I can say for now....

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drakhenliche In reply to BlackZ97 [2007-04-17 13:22:17 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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dragonmasterx10 [2007-01-03 23:01:02 +0000 UTC]

Wow that is a lot of detail, you sure know how to make a pic stand out! Excelletn job!

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drakhenliche In reply to dragonmasterx10 [2007-01-04 12:40:28 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!! Yeah, I likes to cram in detail when I can

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dragonmasterx10 In reply to drakhenliche [2007-01-04 18:19:32 +0000 UTC]

...........but then again, all I use is Mechanical pencil, Black Ball Point pens and colored pencils...-.-;

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drakhenliche In reply to dragonmasterx10 [2007-01-05 13:04:02 +0000 UTC]

some 0.1 size fine liners could be a good investment if you're looking to do fine inking detail
Mechanical pencils are great though - I especially like 0.3 size.

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dragonmasterx10 In reply to drakhenliche [2007-01-05 18:06:29 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I draw it in 5 lead mechanical pencil, add a few details maybe a little shading, then I pen it over, erase the pencil and shade and color it whith my pen and color pencils. Where would you say I could find some good art supplies to invest in?

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drakhenliche In reply to dragonmasterx10 [2007-01-09 15:34:22 +0000 UTC]

Depends a bit on what country you're in (I'm in the UK). Online would be the best place to go - I find dickblick.com great value and they always have what I'm looking for - even though I have to pay for shipping from the US with the exchange rate it still works out pretty cheap for me. Ebay's always good too.

Or just go through your phone listings for a local art supplies shop - they all stock the main brand stuff like Faber Castel so even if it's a small shop you can at least get basic good supplies.

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dragonmasterx10 In reply to drakhenliche [2007-01-09 22:38:31 +0000 UTC]

Hmm o.k thanks.

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drakhenliche In reply to dragonmasterx10 [2007-01-12 17:38:36 +0000 UTC]

Hope that was of use!

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dragonmasterx10 In reply to drakhenliche [2007-01-12 23:44:00 +0000 UTC]

Yes it was Thank you Master. * bows* lol

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drakhenliche In reply to dragonmasterx10 [2007-01-15 12:28:44 +0000 UTC]

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dragonmasterx10 In reply to drakhenliche [2007-01-04 18:18:09 +0000 UTC]

I try to cram detail but I'm not near as good as you. ^.^

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drakhenliche In reply to dragonmasterx10 [2007-01-05 13:09:32 +0000 UTC]

just comes with practice, I guess Plus drawing big to start with helps so there's more space to get it all in.

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Twisted-Slixter [2006-10-05 02:15:02 +0000 UTC]

haunting and gorgeously done!

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drakhenliche In reply to Twisted-Slixter [2006-10-06 11:52:41 +0000 UTC]

Cheers! I should draw this beastly dragon again some time!

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Gryphonia [2006-01-25 12:45:26 +0000 UTC]

I have never seen anything like this! Fantastic work,Drakhenliche!

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drakhenliche In reply to Gryphonia [2006-01-25 21:39:00 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much

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Gryphonia In reply to drakhenliche [2006-08-03 14:55:15 +0000 UTC]

You have deserved that for doing such wondeful pictures!

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drakhenliche In reply to Gryphonia [2006-08-04 11:08:26 +0000 UTC]

^_^

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Gryphonia In reply to drakhenliche [2006-08-04 12:50:42 +0000 UTC]

*I like your style very much*

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rumiko-skiler [2005-10-09 18:08:09 +0000 UTC]

omg is really a powerful creature it catched a lot my attention too, mostly his face and his bunch of details (regarding scales and so )

very inspiring...

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rumiko-skiler In reply to rumiko-skiler [2005-12-21 14:02:08 +0000 UTC]

He's pretty, at least for me

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drakhenliche In reply to rumiko-skiler [2005-12-20 15:09:12 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! He's not a pretty dragon, but then I wanted him to be eyecatching in a scarier maybe more imposing way.

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SesakaTH [2005-09-15 15:02:41 +0000 UTC]

That's one awesome dragon!

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saiyestop [2005-09-08 22:46:49 +0000 UTC]

WOW! this pic is REALLY good! i cant draw dragons the least bit. it looks really good though^^

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drakhenliche In reply to saiyestop [2005-09-12 11:11:14 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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saiyestop In reply to drakhenliche [2005-09-12 23:55:56 +0000 UTC]

welcome! whats: 'Hwear nan gewat ic eom standan...' mean?

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drakhenliche In reply to saiyestop [2005-09-15 21:34:38 +0000 UTC]

'Where no one went I already stand' translated very roughly into Old English It's inspired by a Samael thing (my favourite band).

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saiyestop In reply to drakhenliche [2005-09-16 00:12:32 +0000 UTC]

Hwear nan gewat ic eom standan... thanks! this is a word wall keeper!! im gonna oaste it in my room!!

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MICKMAC [2005-06-28 19:39:07 +0000 UTC]

WOW, great work, very dark, the detail on the dragon is amazing!

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Aintes [2005-06-22 16:36:53 +0000 UTC]

Very cool, and great job on the coloring!

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TreeClimber [2005-06-22 02:10:20 +0000 UTC]

'gasms' HOT DAMN THAT'S AWESOME!!!

I love your art - this one incredible!

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drakhenliche In reply to TreeClimber [2005-06-28 11:16:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you kindly I just wish I had the time/energy to draw more piccies at this level of detail.

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