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Published: 2011-06-25 07:23:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 16531; Favourites: 428; Downloads: 861
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Description Theme songs:
Dimmu Borgir- Perfection or Vanity

Dimmu Borgir- Fear and Wonder

His fight music:
Dio- Firehead

Maken Lonwe was a citizen of Gypnle a small, ancestor worshiping nation in the Hundred Kingdoms that was eradicated in a conflict with their traditional enemies. As he lay dying, the Deathlord called Walker in Darkness offered him great power to take revenge in exchange for his name and his freedom.

Lonwe accepted, and was brought back from the brink of death as the deathknight Pyre Surmounting Innocent. In the Underworld he fought out that his ancestors spirits had also been destroyed, and with undying fury he submitted to necrosurgical procedures that grafted reanimated muscles to his own, increasing his strength to inhuman levels. Walker in Darkness took this chance to tattoo a potent prayer upon his skin that forced all who could read it to surrender to death.

(The wording is drawn from Starhawk's Spiral Dance chant/song)

"You warriors! Here your battles are over,
You workers! Here your tasks are done,
You who are hurt! Here find healing,
You who are weary! Here find rest,
You who are old! Here you will grow young again,
For this is the Land of Youth, the Shining Isle, the Isle of Apples,
Here is all that ever was, none are forgotten,
All that has passed comes round again,
For here, what is remembered, lives.”

He took up a gigantic soulsteel hammer called Requiem and made war on the Ansazl responsible for his Kingdom's ruin. The destruction was nearly absolute. Walker in Darkness captured the souls of those murdered and had them folded into the soulsteel that went into the construction of a giant mechanical suit (or warstrider) called Ebon Annihilator. The killing of so many people had created a new shadowland where the Underworld seeped into Creation. Innocent was comforted by the eternal agony that the Ansazl would suffer, yet he still simmered with rage. He began his studies of both necromancy and sorcery, and tried to immerse himself in his faith in Oblivion.

A demon he summoned informed him that he had been tricked, that Walker in Darkness was actually behind the slaughter of the Gypnle, and that their souls had been forged into the metal of the Requiem hammer. The ghosts of his people had been very powerful and defiant to Walker in Darkness with so many living Gypnle worshiping them. With the living dead, they were easily defeated by the Deathlord.

The Walker had hoped that Innocent would be broken by the truth... that he would become a fatalistic and paradoxically more loyal slave. He misjudged Pyre Ascending Innocent, though. The deathknight felt incomparable fury seething within, but somehow realized that he could not defeat the Deathlord by himself. He stole Requiem and made his way into Creation to seek others that could help him. He wears the traditional clothing that the Gypnle were entombed in. Since he cannot sustain his powers in Creation he takes essence from stealing the breath of the living.

While there he tried to help people with the powers he had gained, masquerading as a golden hero. When his fury gets the better of him, the brilliant halo around his head changing into green pyreflame burning through his skin, illuminating his tattoos from within and the bright light of his anima being replaced by midnight black energy. Unfortunately, those that he helps usually end up the worse for it as the evil Abyssal energies he wields taint his every accomplishment.

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Comments: 59

Bunni-B [2014-09-01 04:22:59 +0000 UTC]

this is simply stunning, hope I brought an interesting take with some colors... bunni-b.deviantart.com/art/War…

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Crimsonberry [2014-08-17 05:58:01 +0000 UTC]

Really amazing work

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Carrie-Kube [2014-08-12 04:13:02 +0000 UTC]

I did a color job of it that I hope you like it: yaoi-huntress-earth.deviantart…

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narkman500X [2013-12-31 05:54:28 +0000 UTC]

How long it take you to draw this bro?

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bizcut16 [2012-10-13 14:20:15 +0000 UTC]

I am blown away by the amount of detail in some of your work and this is one of your best.

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Nightmare-Chicken [2012-07-09 09:52:21 +0000 UTC]

hey, i noticed you looked at my account after i asked to colour stuff, i was just checking, but can i colour this please?

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neo-luciferis [2012-03-07 16:52:51 +0000 UTC]

aweesome, this is unbelievable

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Alf-Alpha [2012-02-23 14:21:21 +0000 UTC]

CoolNAwesome!!!

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neovlad80 [2011-12-01 18:03:31 +0000 UTC]

Brutal.

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artkalev [2011-08-21 16:44:38 +0000 UTC]

EPIC detail

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JruizConcepts [2011-08-15 06:35:01 +0000 UTC]

SICK>!! JUST SICK!!

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Kirlei [2011-08-01 19:26:46 +0000 UTC]

wow masterpiece, very genius!

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Orion-M-42 [2011-07-28 04:41:59 +0000 UTC]

There's so much detail here, this is really amazing. how long does it usually take you to finish something like this?

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lu2runko [2011-07-21 14:37:58 +0000 UTC]

Que bueno que esta Paulo,te vas al carajo con los detalles (en el buen sentido claro),..excelente chango,me lo llevo tambien a fav's...

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SCHIMPANSEN [2011-07-15 09:39:49 +0000 UTC]

wow, Luv it !

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DarkDragon247 [2011-07-09 18:54:46 +0000 UTC]

Great stuff!

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Lunar-Haven-Studios [2011-07-09 17:13:05 +0000 UTC]

GoodNESS! The detail is just breathtaking!

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Einsamkaith [2011-07-03 16:31:59 +0000 UTC]

certainly one of your best pics, love the concept

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barfast [2011-07-02 16:02:56 +0000 UTC]

Excelente trabajo !!!

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SotM [2011-07-01 11:15:30 +0000 UTC]

Anyone in the Color.Me.Club. that want to try coloring Innocent here should know that his skin is as black as night, his eyes are red in color and his hair is the color of yellowed ivory. A field of energy surrounds him that is so dark as to be visible even in the dark.

The Requiem hammer is made of a dark metal called soulsteel that you can see distorted reflections of ghost's faces distorted by agony when light shines upon it. Paulo most skillfully depicted that in the lighter colored parts of the hammer if you look closely!

The burning skulls flying in the air around him are composed of pyreflame which is a sickly green in color.

Any other coloring questions can be addressed to me, or of course you could just wing it yourself!

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AshDayArt [2011-07-01 05:27:58 +0000 UTC]

Your artwork has earned a place in 's Monthly Deviation Feature! Congratulations!

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qpmjcv [2011-06-30 02:32:37 +0000 UTC]

Aguanten los musculosos que rompen todo!!

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duendefranco [2011-06-29 07:18:47 +0000 UTC]

Me gusta mucho la gran atenciΓ³n a los detalles que pusiste en el dibujo, estΓ‘ impresionante

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sicmentale [2011-06-28 19:59:55 +0000 UTC]

Hi there

I have featured your beautiful Exalted pic in my latest journal entry [link]

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cerebraleye [2011-06-28 01:33:52 +0000 UTC]

This is an intense piece. Really nice work! very very nice.

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LordGusst [2011-06-27 16:16:21 +0000 UTC]

Los detalles de esa armadura son un Infierno! Hey Aguante DIO, no sabia que tambien eras de gremio metalero jeje

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Mid-Knight696 [2011-06-27 14:43:37 +0000 UTC]

Wow Epic kick ass. By the way since you seem to be into comics and fantasy, Ive just finished a pic of sub zero youve got to see it (ive been bugging everyone) I would really appreciate it. Thanx

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Kamulos-the-king [2011-06-26 10:05:29 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful !!!

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poseidonsimons [2011-06-26 09:49:50 +0000 UTC]

amazing details

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LarsonJamesART [2011-06-25 23:09:30 +0000 UTC]

Dimmu Borgir!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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DevilsMayCry666 [2011-06-25 22:29:05 +0000 UTC]

Excelente! Me encanta cuando haces este tipo de personajes con muchisimos detalles ...

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Miaudum [2011-06-25 20:52:25 +0000 UTC]

excelente dibujo!, me encanto en especial esos detalles ..

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Viva-la-persistance [2011-06-25 19:27:42 +0000 UTC]

Cuantos detalles! me gusta mucho este dibujo.

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wendellrubio [2011-06-25 18:00:06 +0000 UTC]

Very cool!!!

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Jamiekrux [2011-06-25 17:57:31 +0000 UTC]

Nice work

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MystycAngel [2011-06-25 17:55:03 +0000 UTC]

SWEET details!!!!!!
How long did this take??

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BDStevens [2011-06-25 16:56:04 +0000 UTC]

Very cool. Love all the details.

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sam1baxter [2011-06-25 16:51:54 +0000 UTC]

this is awsome... it looks like it needs a caption with it.....

"Such is the way of the warrior."

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Victoria-Star [2011-06-25 15:39:21 +0000 UTC]

wow esta genial este me encanto ... y el traje es fenomenal ... el fuego todo asuuu mecha!!!

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UTTOTOR [2011-06-25 15:38:18 +0000 UTC]

Seeee! Excelente Sr!

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innerpeace1979 [2011-06-25 15:26:00 +0000 UTC]

It's wonderful to see the qualitative JUMP your art has made recently, I can hardly wait for new devs from you!
Can I ink this piece?

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SotM In reply to innerpeace1979 [2011-06-27 05:19:33 +0000 UTC]

IP1979, he did submit it to Color Me Club [link] where people put pencil work for others to ink and/or color so I don't think it would be a problem.

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innerpeace1979 In reply to SotM [2011-06-27 12:05:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!
I wonder if I should also join the Color Me Club ?

What do you think?
hugs

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SotM In reply to innerpeace1979 [2011-06-27 12:47:03 +0000 UTC]

Hey, if I could draw, ink or color I would. Unfortunately I can't do any of the three, so I'll settle for designing modern fantasy costuming.

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innerpeace1979 In reply to SotM [2011-06-27 13:31:35 +0000 UTC]

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Michael7S [2011-06-25 15:22:38 +0000 UTC]

WOW!

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DarkAngelPandora [2011-06-25 13:35:25 +0000 UTC]

So epic..!

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TheArtisticTiger [2011-06-25 13:16:34 +0000 UTC]

wow

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phillebovsky [2011-06-25 13:15:01 +0000 UTC]

great work!

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Voodoodwarf [2011-06-25 11:58:00 +0000 UTC]

Great work!

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