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ElStormo — Zalera, The Death Seraph

Published: 2009-04-25 17:16:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 10198; Favourites: 94; Downloads: 3506
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Description "Heretic scion who wrapped the world in dark energies, seeking to take the souls of all living things unto himself. Created in opposition to Emet-Selch, Angel of Truth, and scion of light. Originally tasked with the judging of men upon their deaths, his soul was tainted by the curses of those who raged against the heavens, and seizing one of the gods' servants, a shamaness, as a hostage, he rebelled against his creators. Even now, in defeat, he clutches the shamaness to him in his right arm, and with the aid of her death-wail does he summon the soul of darkness to do his bidding."


Zalera is one of the twelve Espers from Final Fantasy XII, representing the zodiac sign Gemini, the Twins. His defining colour is violet, from his power of Death.

Zalera's signature attacks are Kill, which instantly K.O.'s one character, and Prime Level Death, which K.O.'s all characters with prime number levels.

His Deathblow/Limit Break is Condemnation, a tandem attack where the shamaness releases souls from the underground with her death wail, and Zalera bundles the souls to a dark viscous cloud, which then rains down on the enemy. It can (and really should) be viewed here
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Comments: 20

DevinHWorks [2012-08-01 00:55:48 +0000 UTC]

Nice job.

In contrast with the previous games, I always felt FFXII's summons were all rather malevolent & disturbing in some form or another; only helping you because they had to. Especially true with Zalera

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ElStormo In reply to DevinHWorks [2012-08-01 14:42:06 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

And yeah, they really do help out only because they have to - after all, they're bound to you after you defeat them, so they're essentially enslaved. Unlike most of the summons from the previous games, these aren't benevolent creatures, they're all fallen and prideful, even Ultima.

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ShuyinTheEnigmatic [2011-11-13 01:16:36 +0000 UTC]

Very well done!

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ElStormo In reply to ShuyinTheEnigmatic [2011-11-15 08:37:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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ShuyinTheEnigmatic In reply to ElStormo [2011-11-15 13:32:28 +0000 UTC]

Welcome.

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lashanta22 [2011-01-09 20:19:18 +0000 UTC]

Freaking amazing job!!! I don't know how you were able to find a reference good enough because I cannot lol
The shading is just amazing and he is one of my fav espers!!!

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ElStormo In reply to lashanta22 [2011-01-11 08:44:15 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, and the reference I had was pretty poor, but it was enough to get the overall shape of it right.

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lashanta22 In reply to ElStormo [2011-01-12 02:50:48 +0000 UTC]

Ur very welcome!!! Well, it turned out amazingly so I love it!!!

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ElStormo In reply to lashanta22 [2011-01-12 06:56:33 +0000 UTC]

Well, I'm glad!

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QueenOfTheGypsies [2009-05-09 01:51:12 +0000 UTC]

Haven't ever seen this character before, so I'll risk sounding like an idiot and ask if one of the ears are supposed to be smaller/different than the other.
Really liking the end result, though!

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ElStormo In reply to QueenOfTheGypsies [2009-05-09 14:26:26 +0000 UTC]

They're not ears. It's hard to tell from the angle, but they're actually narrow, blade-like horns, and the measurements are correct, one horn is simply in a different angle.

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QueenOfTheGypsies In reply to ElStormo [2009-05-09 21:19:45 +0000 UTC]

Well, I tried

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ElStormo In reply to QueenOfTheGypsies [2009-05-10 12:15:05 +0000 UTC]

"Well, Bart, you tried and failed. So, the lesson is: never try."

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QueenOfTheGypsies In reply to ElStormo [2009-05-10 19:38:17 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the support

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Mothwomang [2009-04-29 19:50:18 +0000 UTC]

I was all drooly over this when you first started - very nice detail.

And I like the Shamaness...very Cylonesque ;D

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ElStormo In reply to Mothwomang [2009-04-29 19:54:02 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot, hun

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tidusnani [2009-04-28 13:08:05 +0000 UTC]

awesome my favorite esper from the game xD

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ElStormo In reply to tidusnani [2009-04-28 16:04:08 +0000 UTC]

Glad you like it

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Mojo-Arrogance [2009-04-28 02:30:25 +0000 UTC]

Nice, the splash of color was an interesting touch. I dig.

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ElStormo In reply to Mojo-Arrogance [2009-04-28 07:01:25 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! It used to be my signature thing but I'd stopped doing it for no particular reason. Now that I've remembered it, I'll be using it again in my works

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