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Long, long ago, a group of pirates spotted a rather pretty youth taking a nap on the beach. They figured such a lovely, well-dressed fellow must be someone important, such as a prince, and decided to kidnap him for ransom (besides, if the ransom thing didn't work out, he'd surely fetch a handsome price in the slave markets and all). They ambushed the sleeping lad and hauled him aboard their ship. There, they tried to tie him up, but the rope kept coming undone. By the third try, the helmsman started getting a bad feeling about all this and told the captain that this youngster must be favored by the gods, if not a god, himself, but the captain ignored him.

Things did not end well for those pirates when Dio finally woke up.

Anyways, felt like illustrating yet another story from Dio's past, and I've always found the story of this particularly ill-advised kidnapping rather amusing. For those who are curious, he attacked the ship with vines, turned those who jumped overboard into dolphins, and turned into a lion and ripped out the captain's throat (obviously, this is in the moments before he went all king of the jungle). He did give the pirates a few chances to let him go, but nope, no one ever listens to Dio's warnings...

He did let the helmsman live, though. ^_^

As for how I fit this into my version of Dio's history, I figure it's after his adventures traveling the known world (hence his clothes), but before he took his place on Olympus. It's also still back when he didn't really fight the Other too much, particularly in situations like this.

Overall, a fun exercise in composing an action shot and playing with colors.

Description
Long, long ago, a group of pirates spotted a rather pretty youth taking a nap on the beach. They figured such a lovely, well-dressed fellow must be someone important, such as a prince, and decided to kidnap him for ransom (besides, if the ransom thing didn't work out, he'd surely fetch a handsome price in the slave markets and all). They ambushed the sleeping lad and hauled him aboard their ship. There, they tried to tie him up, but the rope kept coming undone. By the third try, the helmsman started getting a bad feeling about all this and told the captain that this youngster must be favored by the gods, if not a god, himself, but the captain ignored him.

Things did not end well for those pirates when Dio finally woke up.

Anyways, felt like illustrating yet another story from Dio's past, and I've always found the story of this particularly ill-advised kidnapping rather amusing. For those who are curious, he attacked the ship with vines, turned those who jumped overboard into dolphins, and turned into a lion and ripped out the captain's throat (obviously, this is in the moments before he went all king of the jungle). He did give the pirates a few chances to let him go, but nope, no one ever listens to Dio's warnings...

He did let the helmsman live, though. ^_^

As for how I fit this into my version of Dio's history, I figure it's after his adventures traveling the known world (hence his clothes), but before he took his place on Olympus. It's also still back when he didn't really fight the Other too much, particularly in situations like this.

Overall, a fun exercise in composing an action shot and playing with colors.