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Lienwyn β€” The Traitor

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Description Yay! The next one!
I like this series
Meaning the one from the roleplay If I Could Fly between me and *Verdokai , where I draw portraits of the characters focusing on the neck region and hands

This is my darkelf Sicil VoronvΓ«, who is the best friend and bodyguard of *Verdokai 's Verya NarvinyΓ« (The Ambassador)
I... named him The Traitor because of how he died - since yes, he actually died - although the circumstances around it is pretty difficult to explain...
Sicil was a selfish alcoholic, and one of the few people he cared about was Verya, to the extent that he accepted a suicide mission just so that Verya would not have to do it alone. The thing being that Verya was unaware of it being a suicide mission, but when he later found out both that it was and that Sicil had been in on it the whole time, he was pretty upset. Sicil betrayed Verya's trust and kept the truth from him, just so that he could follow his heart and protect his best friend.

It all ended with Verya cutting Sicil's throat with his own dagger, both of them considered as outlaws that were to be hunted by their own kind. Verya continued on living after that, fighting to stay alive, while Sicil died as a traitor.

I know that Sicil isn't as good of a character as I remember, but I can't help liking him - and sob a bit when thinking of his story
It was difficult to draw him anyway, since he was so dependent on my older style with long, thin faces, but it worked out rather well in the end. The biggest problem was to find a pose however, since I really wanted his dagger in the picture (Sicil means 'dagger' in Elvish) and in the end I settled for this.
The hand is way better than I thought it would be
And Sicil would SO not agree to those lips - they are way too girly x'D

But... then again... he's dead, so it's not like he can complain


If I Could Fly:
The King
The Jester
The Ambassador
The Colonel
The Torturer
The Traitor
The Bodyguard
The Monster
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Comments: 26

Sjazna [2009-06-09 15:11:44 +0000 UTC]

Oh dear... Hand... and dagger... *goes drool*
It's so cool to see these, y'know... they're different from what you usually upload (and draw, seeing as I think I get to see most of what you do) and they inspire a lot... Beside that I want to see them as (seeing as I can totally picture them as) illustrations for chapter divisions in a book ^^ (meaning this story should magically turn into a book series so one can read it and look at pretty illustrations ^^! )

That Sicil dies... I remember that I wanted to cry when you told me the story - if I didn't actually cry, something I wouldn't be surprised if I did... It's really sad.

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Lienwyn In reply to Sjazna [2009-06-12 11:23:40 +0000 UTC]

I really enjoyed drawing them... at first I thought that I would be happy that I've finished - and I am - but... I've started to miss them now I guess it's partly because I don't draw in graphite very often without them, but also because it was fun to think of the poses and all that.
So... I might do more Because my fingers are itching for some graphite x'D Or I'll do some other kind of series... hmmm...

And... well... I'm NOT up for writing it x'D

It is really sad, yes
I miss him...

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Himyaviewen [2009-04-18 14:43:25 +0000 UTC]

I love his fingers... >_> And how smooth his face looks...

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Lienwyn In reply to Himyaviewen [2009-04-20 06:59:24 +0000 UTC]

They turned out much better than I thought that they would >_>

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Madiirje [2009-04-07 20:07:27 +0000 UTC]

yay^^
har du lΓ€st ut boken Γ€n?

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Lienwyn In reply to Madiirje [2009-04-09 16:03:53 +0000 UTC]

Om du tittade pΓ₯ min journal sΓ₯ skulle du fΓ₯ svaret you know...

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Madiirje In reply to Lienwyn [2009-04-10 14:15:29 +0000 UTC]

ah.. ^^'

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darkdragonrose99 [2009-04-06 23:53:47 +0000 UTC]

So sad... but he still stayed with his friend...

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Lienwyn In reply to darkdragonrose99 [2009-04-07 09:23:29 +0000 UTC]

Yupp... and I respect him for that.
He's an asshole, but he did SOMETHING nice at least

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darkdragonrose99 In reply to Lienwyn [2009-04-10 00:11:33 +0000 UTC]

That's something to admire.. except the whole traitor part..

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Lienwyn In reply to darkdragonrose99 [2009-04-12 23:11:43 +0000 UTC]

Yupp

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Verdokai [2009-04-06 19:25:13 +0000 UTC]

I like that he died. Don't get me wrong on this: I think it's as sad as you think it is. I just like that the story could take such a turn, even if the circumstances around the turn were... uh... chronologically confusing

In either case, it adds a whole lot to his character and to Verya's, and so does that smile of his. He looks like he's talking. In a doctor's waiting room maybe?

It's good. Not as good as THE COLONEL () but really nice, and it's awesome that you're working on these again <3

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Lienwyn In reply to Verdokai [2009-04-07 09:23:07 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I know. It was necessary for the story and for Verya that he died...
But it still makes me sad!
Although it was pretty... very pretty...

I have no idea I can see that he's talking but... urr... I won't speculate.

That might be because The Colonel is like... the best of them (almost at least)
And I never stopped working on them you know They've been in the back of my mind all the time.
Now it's just two left

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Verdokai In reply to Lienwyn [2009-04-07 12:08:46 +0000 UTC]

"Being in the back of one's mind" and "being worked on" are different things But I know you never took an official pause anyway...

Yes! And one of the two left is CHARADE!
Boy am I looking forward to that

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Lienwyn In reply to Verdokai [2009-04-12 23:13:45 +0000 UTC]

I WAS working on them... when it came to planning and all >_>

I am NOT looking forward to that
It will be horrible ;___;

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Lawenta [2009-04-06 19:03:07 +0000 UTC]

I know too little about Sicil to judge how accurate the portrait seems - apart from being close to Verya I only remember you once said he'd be able to cause a Third world war just by manipulating people in a doctor's waiting room, so... there

But the hand is really good, and I love that dagger. After all, it's symbolic both for his name, and for the manner of his death, especially when held that close to his throat. *shudders*

I can only say that I'm sorry he died...

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Lienwyn In reply to Lawenta [2009-04-07 09:18:53 +0000 UTC]

Well... I haven't said much about Sicil so that might be why He's a very small character after all, especially since he died >_>

Thank you
I an surprised that I drew the hand so well without a reference
It was only after I had done it that I realised that I could have used ~Gwenthyr 's stock pictures to easy my suffering, but ah well By then I was already finished.

I am too... even if it was necessary... ;___;

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Lawenta In reply to Lienwyn [2009-04-07 10:58:24 +0000 UTC]

You were quite good at drawing hands as far as I remember.
Well, maybe some other time you'll actually remember to use it

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Lienwyn In reply to Lawenta [2009-04-12 23:15:05 +0000 UTC]

Well... not THIS good
We can always hope x'D

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Lawenta In reply to Lienwyn [2009-04-13 19:14:58 +0000 UTC]

Of course, of course
Yep

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161before [2009-04-06 18:29:58 +0000 UTC]

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Lienwyn In reply to 161before [2009-04-06 18:32:43 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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Fae-Puppy [2009-04-06 18:19:28 +0000 UTC]

Amazing shading work on this. It's so soft over the face - I love how you and *Verdokai do lips. <3
Sounds like a very bittersweet story. :<

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Verdokai In reply to Fae-Puppy [2009-04-06 19:23:34 +0000 UTC]

Thanks About the lips.

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Fae-Puppy In reply to Verdokai [2009-04-06 20:06:26 +0000 UTC]

You're quite welcome.

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Lienwyn In reply to Fae-Puppy [2009-04-06 18:26:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you
I have a certain... thing for soft shading

It is ;___;

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