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Published: 2017-11-20 23:51:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 482; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 7
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Description Faction: Legion
Main Ballator: 3768 l Devil's Advocate
Additional Ballators: 4368 | Similia Similibus Solvuntur ,3260- THATS THE SPIRIT ,4800 | Rainbow Spite  and 5030 | Barba
Word Count: 571
Stats: 
For all: 2 BG + 3  fullbody + 2 Other Body +2 Other Body  +2 Other Body +1 Headshot +1 Shading +2 Story = 15 stats
For Similibus: No Additional Stats
For That's the Spirit: No additonal stats
For Devil's Advocate: No additional stats

For Rainbow Spite: No additional stats
For Barba:No additional stats
Prompt:
15. You have cornered a Warrior, when suddenly two more jump out from the brush to defend their teammate!

Things were going well for Dev.

Done with raging forest fires and grave robbing, the stallion was now raging against any ballator across his path. Well, okay, any ballator that was at some form of disadvantage than him, as the concept of fair or unfair was mostly unknown to him. There was that one time where he owed a pale stranger and had promptly repaid it but only that was the tip of his knowledge regarding morality.  Not out of choice but more so out of obliviousness; without any parental words to make sense of the cacophony that was life, it was the predators that taught him survival of the fittest.

And to survive in a war such as this was to pick off the weakest; The young, the foolish, the ignorant, the elderly but most importantly, the lonely.

It was this sunset that he targeted a lone desert mare drinking at a stream. He had almost missed her, her coat fading in the shadow of the hill that stood tall over both of them, only streams of light reflecting against her dull horns gave her position away. 
 
And thus it was only enough for Dev to ambush the mare from her back, getting a mouthful of shoulder mane before evading her recoil but there was no avoiding the damage for the attack she decided to inflict on him; Sound. 

A whinny thundered from the mares muzzle, it's force and shrill forced him to take a few steps back.

Although blessed with a thunderous voice, the mare on contained mortal lungs and as soon that she took a breath, he lunged at her. This time ready, the mare reared and parried the strikes that he delivered. He heard her do a deep intake of air and headbutted the mare in the throat before she could vocalize again, horns scraping and piercing whatever regions they could. A gasp forced its way out of the mare's throat but it was not from his impact.

No, it was the incoming calavary of warriors.

His head was practically jolted from the mare's throat by ,yet again a souvenir of the past, the rope that hung from his horn. The source of this force was an assortment of neon colors all accumulated in the form of a desert stallion, following his equally colorful companion's instructions. This certainly wasn't the first time some horse had the great idea of attempting to control him with these ropes but it was the first time that one had attempted to do so while leaping. With the additional surprise of the desertain mare grabbing the end of the rope that hung from his neck and pulling it in the opposite direction.

For a moment, his balance was perfectly held by these two forces and in that moment, his eye caught the pale stranger from before, her eyes filled with the same charistic terror as they had before. Difference was, this time it was not of him, but for him as the oriental mare turned way to avoid the sight of his fall once the two ropes had lost all their tension.

KERFLUMP! 

The grass was unforgiving, not cushioning him from the impact of the fall , a light pain rummaging through his body causing it to shake. Rolling from his back to his stomach, the stallion's vision was disorganized and disoriented but his hearing was fine. And what he heard was laughter. 
 

Oh Dev, Dev, Dev, don't you know this is the superhero (or I suppose supervillain) equivalent of getting your cape stuck on things *Insert here a NO CAPES emotioncon)

Maybe one day I'll will be smart and stop trying to do over complicated ideas and compositions and just settle for simple ones. Maybe. And even maybe have the courage to simply just to flat shade.

Thank you Flamingcold , Pinkapplepie66   , Fade--Touched for letting me use their precious dears ( And hopefully Winzer you don't mind that I used Barba. I just couldn't imagine the bfs separated) You all have made this process so fun!

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Comments: 22

Winzer [2018-01-04 18:24:37 +0000 UTC]

WEEE oh my god this is so perfect, I have stared at this for too long and now i'm finally leaving a comment. I absolutely ADORE your style...I've said it before, I'll say it again and again because it just fills me with such joy. Thank you SO much for including Barba!!! He certainly needs to keep an eye on his boyfriend at all times And the story is also fantastic!!!

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weewight In reply to Winzer [2018-02-21 05:29:46 +0000 UTC]

UMMM whoops time flies way too fast and I'm so sorry for responding so late to this beautiful comment!! THank you, thank you for the kind words about my style, seriously, I can't thank you enough ;o; It was complete honor and pleasure to add on to the boys' Realm War shenanigans 

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GabiWieczorek [2017-12-08 19:06:35 +0000 UTC]

very good 

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weewight In reply to GabiWieczorek [2017-12-15 04:38:10 +0000 UTC]

Can't thank you enough xD Thank you!

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Pinkapplepie66 [2017-11-24 11:27:00 +0000 UTC]

NONONO! Don't you dare just settling for simple compositions! Bad wee! No!
You recognise great artists by their amazing compositions and poses and daring pieces, not by anything else! 

Just look at that poe mane! I couldn't take my eyes off of it for a while, it's so mesmerizing and a perfect contrast to the yellowish light around it.
Fighting scenes are never organised

And my cute baby *-* I love the way you draw the oriental curls :33
Thanks so much for this piece, it totally took me by surprise and I'm really sorry that it took me so long to tell you this 0

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weewight In reply to Pinkapplepie66 [2017-11-27 01:57:58 +0000 UTC]

Aaaahh thank you for this comment, it deserves a frame!!!!

/weeps/ True, true! I just feel like sometimes I should attempt to less ambitious picture in exchange for more assured quality BUUUTTT.... I think I learn much more from doing more ambitious things than not.

And I know, the poe mane came out so beautiful!!! I always imagined the poe manes to be extra reflective and shiny so I had to just on that idea as soon as possible.

Similia is literally one of the cutest ballators out there, she was such a delight to draw and I look forward to the next time I have a chance to draw her 

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Pinkapplepie66 In reply to weewight [2017-12-03 18:57:23 +0000 UTC]

Aww, you're so cute!
And I do think you learn more of it, so keep going! :3

Yass, with an extra bit of bling and shine! °-°

Ahh, yeah I'm so happy I chose her for this and I really wished I had more time to put into the realmwars *busy busy*
I love the conflict between her and Dev xD
She too stupid to not help him, he to stubborn to be thankful  
They'll probably both get themselves killed because of that!

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AnimalArtKingdom [2017-11-22 14:28:11 +0000 UTC]

The lighting is super cool and adds thatextra bit of intensity. I love it!

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weewight In reply to AnimalArtKingdom [2017-11-27 01:43:18 +0000 UTC]

Ah thank you, the lighting is one of my favorites too about this piece!

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MarysMirages [2017-11-22 13:14:45 +0000 UTC]

Just gorgeous!

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weewight In reply to MarysMirages [2017-11-27 01:27:10 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much  

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sjogress [2017-11-21 07:58:35 +0000 UTC]

Love your art style more and more with every drawing! The lighting is incredible and that composition  There's so much emotion and detail, I love it <3

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weewight In reply to sjogress [2017-11-27 01:40:33 +0000 UTC]

Oh my gosh, this comment is such a treasure, thank you so so much I'm so glad everything panned out, figuring out this composition took quite a bit of time while I've been trying so hard to better my expressions!   

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Flamingcold [2017-11-21 01:18:30 +0000 UTC]

*schoolgirl squeal* Ah yes. My baby looks so freaking gorgeous. Always loved your style. They all look amazing. The story just completes it...poor Dev. Though amused at the "no cape" thing.

Thank you so, so, so much. I live it.

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weewight In reply to Flamingcold [2017-11-27 01:34:22 +0000 UTC]

Ah, thank you so much, she's such a joy to draw!And thank you so much for reading, it means a lot  He's gotta learn to play nice with others somehow!!

Thank you for all these kind words!

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PeachyFade [2017-11-21 00:31:24 +0000 UTC]

Ahh!! So perfect! I am in LOVE with your style!
And, omg, you included Barba, I could cry! Boyfriends together forever.

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weewight In reply to PeachyFade [2017-11-27 01:30:43 +0000 UTC]

Oh my gosh thank you He was such a joy to draw! And yes, inseparable!  

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kalmanen [2017-11-21 00:04:20 +0000 UTC]

This looks so great!!

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weewight In reply to kalmanen [2017-11-27 01:26:37 +0000 UTC]

Aaah, thank you!!  

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CelineDGD [2017-11-20 23:55:39 +0000 UTC]

!!
THIS IS SO AMAZINGGASP.
And you did THAT'S THE SPIRIT so much justice. GO KICK ASS, GURL! (She's my friend's EB hueh. And my Glad You Exist/Dahlia's daughter. ) And the others are SO AMAZING TOO!
You're such an awesome artist.
AND THE WRITING IS SO GOOD. HOLY FUCK.
I love this.

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weewight In reply to CelineDGD [2017-11-27 01:25:18 +0000 UTC]

She's kicking all the ass!!!

Aaaah all these kind words, I'm melting into a little puddle, thank you!

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CelineDGD In reply to weewight [2017-11-27 01:40:43 +0000 UTC]

AW YISS.

Aaaw haha glad I could make you happy with my words.
You're very welcome lovely, you deserve it.

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