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Grape Soda Jon Talbain

-Damarchus, Cursed Pugilist-
A legendary Arcadian Olympic boxer from Greek mythology, said to have been cursed and turned into a werewolf. In the ancient days, Lycaon, the king of Arcadia, once tried to test Zeus’ omniscience during a feast held in the god’s honor. A meal was offered to him containing the entrails of one of the king’s sons, Nyctimus, mixed with animal ones, to see if the god would know in advance what he would be served. Eating it all and realizing too late, Zeus erupted into anger and cursed the king, transforming him into the first werewolf. The festival of Lykaia was then held on Mount Lykaion every nine years in honor of “Zeus-Lykaios” (Wolf-Zeus), with festivities mirroring the legend. During the feast, a single piece of human entrails was mixed with animal ones and offered to the god, and then served to the teenage boys who participated in the festival. The one who ate the human flesh would turn into a werewolf and only be able to regain their form if they did not eat it again for 9 years until the next festival. Damarchus was said to be one of the unlucky who transformed after participating in one the rituals, but his fate and whether he became human again or remained a beast is something that varies from story to story.

To be honest I just wanted to draw a werewolf but not just any vanilla werewolf. Most of the anthro characters I do tend to fall in the disturbing side, so here's something cool for a change.
Egyptian mythology is going to be a cinch if I ever get to it, I can feel it.

Damarchus was made with the image of a modern boxer in mind mixed with elements from ancient greece. The Pankration gloves are modeled after the real thing, but the shorts and the rest is meant to evoke something akin to sportwear. The flame motif was actually inspired by Mike Tyson's face tattos.
...Aaaand Darkstalkers was the reference for this, no beating around the bush.

In true videogame fashion I like to create alternate colors for my drawings after I finish with them, so here's Damarchus', gonna be calling it Zeus-Lykaios for now.

Well, hope you all liked it, and until next time!

Description
Grape Soda Jon Talbain

-Damarchus, Cursed Pugilist-
A legendary Arcadian Olympic boxer from Greek mythology, said to have been cursed and turned into a werewolf. In the ancient days, Lycaon, the king of Arcadia, once tried to test Zeus’ omniscience during a feast held in the god’s honor. A meal was offered to him containing the entrails of one of the king’s sons, Nyctimus, mixed with animal ones, to see if the god would know in advance what he would be served. Eating it all and realizing too late, Zeus erupted into anger and cursed the king, transforming him into the first werewolf. The festival of Lykaia was then held on Mount Lykaion every nine years in honor of “Zeus-Lykaios” (Wolf-Zeus), with festivities mirroring the legend. During the feast, a single piece of human entrails was mixed with animal ones and offered to the god, and then served to the teenage boys who participated in the festival. The one who ate the human flesh would turn into a werewolf and only be able to regain their form if they did not eat it again for 9 years until the next festival. Damarchus was said to be one of the unlucky who transformed after participating in one the rituals, but his fate and whether he became human again or remained a beast is something that varies from story to story.

To be honest I just wanted to draw a werewolf but not just any vanilla werewolf. Most of the anthro characters I do tend to fall in the disturbing side, so here's something cool for a change.
Egyptian mythology is going to be a cinch if I ever get to it, I can feel it.

Damarchus was made with the image of a modern boxer in mind mixed with elements from ancient greece. The Pankration gloves are modeled after the real thing, but the shorts and the rest is meant to evoke something akin to sportwear. The flame motif was actually inspired by Mike Tyson's face tattos.
...Aaaand Darkstalkers was the reference for this, no beating around the bush.

In true videogame fashion I like to create alternate colors for my drawings after I finish with them, so here's Damarchus', gonna be calling it Zeus-Lykaios for now.

Well, hope you all liked it, and until next time!