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A somewhat (okay, very) self-indulgent thing that ran away from me which I had to finish tonight or it wasn't going to be finished at all.

Lucius, my Dungeons & Dragons character, the copper half-dragon evocation wizard in the style of "The Magician" Tarot card. He recently died and was brought back to life, learned a few things along the way, and got over some fears in the process (ironically death being one of them). He's a character who's meant a lot to me and has given me the opportunity to express things that I otherwise wouldn't have been able to.

There's a bunch of inherent symbolism in this thing - spellbooks, hawk's feathers, a crystal ball, gold coins, a spell scroll... As a young prodigy coming from wealth but with some serious self-loathing issues, Lucius struggles with the concept of becoming his own person. To become a man is harder than he expects it to, and the realization that power and being consumed by one's own fears can lead down a dark path of having one's fears consume you. Hopefully he realizes that just being who he is, is enough. Maybe this time.

The dying star behind him is supposed to represent his death and that in the event horizon of a dying celestial force, there is inevitably rebirth. Deep, I know.

Anyway I've talked too much, bye!

Description
A somewhat (okay, very) self-indulgent thing that ran away from me which I had to finish tonight or it wasn't going to be finished at all.

Lucius, my Dungeons & Dragons character, the copper half-dragon evocation wizard in the style of "The Magician" Tarot card. He recently died and was brought back to life, learned a few things along the way, and got over some fears in the process (ironically death being one of them). He's a character who's meant a lot to me and has given me the opportunity to express things that I otherwise wouldn't have been able to.

There's a bunch of inherent symbolism in this thing - spellbooks, hawk's feathers, a crystal ball, gold coins, a spell scroll... As a young prodigy coming from wealth but with some serious self-loathing issues, Lucius struggles with the concept of becoming his own person. To become a man is harder than he expects it to, and the realization that power and being consumed by one's own fears can lead down a dark path of having one's fears consume you. Hopefully he realizes that just being who he is, is enough. Maybe this time.

The dying star behind him is supposed to represent his death and that in the event horizon of a dying celestial force, there is inevitably rebirth. Deep, I know.

Anyway I've talked too much, bye!