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Character sketch done during lunch and touched up when I got home. Zerker's one of those character's I've had sitting around for a while, and I've always liked drawing him and writing for him because of the purity of the character. Zerker is a Vard, a native of the lands to the frostbitten north-east; he is a Slayer, a role unique in Vard society that's somewhere of a cross between a warrior-priest and a wandering mercenary - a revered and respected warrior who spends his life journeying from settlement to settlement, killing and protecting from the vicious beasts and brigands that roam the lands in exchange for hospitality and shelter. Harbouring no political attachments, Slayers are a relic of an old-world code of heroic secularism, one governed as much by violence as tradition.

Sullen, reserved but nonetheless driven and utterly ferocious in combat, Zerker is somewhat of an enigma, even unto himself; he has left behind the name given to him, adopted a warrior role as his primary identity, and has sojourned southwards from his home into the heart of the politically-unstable Lawless Lands, searching for the man who killed his father. But what may appear at face-level as a classical Byronic revenge tale begins to twist and break apart, as delving further and further into Zerker's mind and past reveals layers upon layers of complexity behind his monomaniacal ambition. The human heart is a dark forest.

Description
Character sketch done during lunch and touched up when I got home. Zerker's one of those character's I've had sitting around for a while, and I've always liked drawing him and writing for him because of the purity of the character. Zerker is a Vard, a native of the lands to the frostbitten north-east; he is a Slayer, a role unique in Vard society that's somewhere of a cross between a warrior-priest and a wandering mercenary - a revered and respected warrior who spends his life journeying from settlement to settlement, killing and protecting from the vicious beasts and brigands that roam the lands in exchange for hospitality and shelter. Harbouring no political attachments, Slayers are a relic of an old-world code of heroic secularism, one governed as much by violence as tradition.

Sullen, reserved but nonetheless driven and utterly ferocious in combat, Zerker is somewhat of an enigma, even unto himself; he has left behind the name given to him, adopted a warrior role as his primary identity, and has sojourned southwards from his home into the heart of the politically-unstable Lawless Lands, searching for the man who killed his father. But what may appear at face-level as a classical Byronic revenge tale begins to twist and break apart, as delving further and further into Zerker's mind and past reveals layers upon layers of complexity behind his monomaniacal ambition. The human heart is a dark forest.