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FenneArts — The Foreboding

Published: 2013-08-09 18:11:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 4551; Favourites: 169; Downloads: 0
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There is a story behind this piece:

It was thirteen days ago, although it seemed like an eternity to her.
Thirteen days ago her father, the king of Eriannor, was murdered by a wizard, Argoth. She remembered the name, she had already heard her maids whisper it every now and then. For years Argoth was one of those legendary figures. The stories had it that he used to be a great wizard and a wise advisor of many kings on the Old Continent. Over the years though, his heart became spoilt with vaulting ambition and craving for power. Having connived with another wizard to overthrow the old kings, one by one, he soon started to carry out their plan. Little did they care about human lives. His fellow conspirator would often repeat to him, over and over again, that the end justifies the means and that together they would establish a new world order. Of course, better than those ridiculous kingdoms could ever come up with.
Soon Argoth managed to get into the castle on the Red Cliff with his small army and assassinate the king. Yet although the plan seemed to be easy and was going so far really smooth, it failed at one point. The people of Eriannor would not listen to the new ruler. The riots started and Argoth knew the only way to placate his subjects and avoid further fights was through the marriage of princess. Ravinne, perfectly aware of his next move, was trying to flee. However, as she was climbing the steep cliffs, Argoth caught up with her. He cursed her. From that moment on she would have her human form only during the day. With the setting sun, she was to transform into a raven. The curse would last until she make up her mind and marry Argoth. During the day he kept her locked in one of the many towers, only to change her prison for a small iron cage at night.
With help of one of her maids, she managed to escape. As soon as she was on the loose, she started concocting revenge against the wizard. At night she would fly and search high and low for creatures willing to help. Most of the people of Eriannor were too afraid to stand up to wizard and fight, only a small group of men decided to join her seemingly futile and desperate plan to overthrow Argoth. Everybody heard stories about his incredible powers and magical skills. And she needed help! The only creatures that would listen to her at night were ravens.
Why not to use ravens, she pondered and talked them into joining her army.
On the thirteenth day of her freedom, they all gathered on the Red Cliff, ready to fight and risk life and limb to punish the wizard. The men were told to use one of the secret passages that led into the castle while Ravinne would create a diversion. She had to guarantee that the wizard would have to go out on the small terrace and deal with the throng of ravens. The only hope was that the men would get inside the castle effortlessly and as quickly as possible and kill Argoth, who at that time would be too distracted and engaged in the fight with murderous ravens.
Now the day for revenge had come. For the first time in her life she felt that she could kill.
They had to give it a try. Ravinne hoped that the wizard would not want to hurt any raven for fear that he might kill the princess and lose the control over people of Eriannor altogether.
She climbed on one of the cliffs and settled down. As she was watching the sun go down, she felt the first waves of pain of her transformation. Two deep cuts between her shoulder blades showed first. Then her body would start shrinking and at last pitch black feathers and two great wings will grow. Her eyesight would sharpen and she would set out, seeking the wizard and revenge. If she could blind him, the group of warriors of Eriannor may stand a chance.
On that day the guardians of the castle were uneasy. They sensed something odd about the gathering throngs of black-feathered birds. Something dark and foreboding was about to take place.
The sense of foreboding was also growing on Argoth himself and he could not figure out why.
He was to find out soon.


Credits:
Model: Tasastock tasastock.deviantart.com/art/S…
Castle: Lvxion lvxion.deviantart.com/art/Dark…
Castle (ruins) + cliff: Ness8Bit ness8bit.deviantart.com/art/Ir…
Field: The-strawberry-tree the-strawberry-tree.deviantart… the-strawberry-tree.deviantart… fav.me/d3jckhx
Parts of the sky: SamsBee samsbee.deviantart.com/art/Sun… furryarabian furryarabian.deviantart.com/ar… + my own resources
Flowers: TW3DSTOCK tw3dstock.deviantart.com/art/T…
Ravens: peroni68 peroni68.deviantart.com/art/cr… Momotte2stocks netzephyr netzephyr.deviantart.com/art/S… netzephyr.deviantart.com/#/art… Tasastock tasastock.deviantart.com/art/R…
Knights: Dewfooter dewfooter.deviantart.com/art/S… dewfooter.deviantart.com/art/T… dewfooter.deviantart.com/art/Z…
Ribbon: ktryon ktryon.deviantart.com/art/Red-…
Leaves (foreground): Sammykaye1sStamps sammykaye1sstamps.deviantart.c…
Medieval flags: Dragoroth dragoroth-stock.deviantart.com… Detail-Stock detail-stock.deviantart.com/ar…
Sparkles - brush: spiritsighs-stock spiritsighs-stock.deviantart.c…
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Comments: 90

FenneArts In reply to ??? [2016-06-16 14:55:22 +0000 UTC]

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tanasha67 [2015-12-12 13:30:55 +0000 UTC]

I would wish it was available as a print, cause it's so beautifull!

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FenneArts In reply to tanasha67 [2016-01-26 21:11:53 +0000 UTC]


Thanks a lot!
At last I've managed to get e-mails from a few missing stock providers. Here is a link for a print: www.deviantart.com/print/39218…

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tanasha67 In reply to FenneArts [2016-04-22 15:21:17 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I'll wish it for my next birthday!

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FenneArts In reply to tanasha67 [2016-04-22 20:10:42 +0000 UTC]

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jose86tf [2015-08-19 17:10:13 +0000 UTC]

really amazing work my friend

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FenneArts In reply to jose86tf [2015-08-20 13:31:21 +0000 UTC]

thanks, Dear

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silentfuneral [2015-08-15 04:10:20 +0000 UTC]

this is magical fantastic work

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FenneArts In reply to silentfuneral [2015-08-15 07:27:31 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot!  

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EvangelineArtium [2013-10-05 22:38:51 +0000 UTC]

   I HAVE NO WORDS T.T I LOVE IT 

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FenneArts In reply to EvangelineArtium [2013-10-12 09:36:20 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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villageofbree [2013-09-10 14:27:30 +0000 UTC]

I adore the colours, so passionate

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FenneArts In reply to villageofbree [2013-09-18 17:43:05 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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Elfvenartist [2013-09-10 13:09:32 +0000 UTC]

love the view

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FenneArts In reply to Elfvenartist [2013-09-18 17:38:05 +0000 UTC]

glad you like it, thanks

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Elfvenartist In reply to FenneArts [2013-09-18 18:00:08 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome

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Villenueve [2013-09-05 11:30:18 +0000 UTC]

Superb!

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FenneArts In reply to Villenueve [2013-09-10 10:33:10 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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Charlene-Art [2013-08-25 06:42:44 +0000 UTC]

Wow. This is simply gorgeous!

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FenneArts In reply to Charlene-Art [2013-08-28 16:40:58 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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kuschelirmel [2013-08-24 13:13:22 +0000 UTC]

wow! great impact, definitely! Love the wide view.

Only thing I would criticize is that the whole image is full of this saturated red, there is no rest for the eyes, no place where it is not saturated... I think in the shadowy parts, it could do with a little less saturation and/or some other hues (like greens and blues) to counteract the "burning".

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FenneArts In reply to kuschelirmel [2013-08-29 14:08:06 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot for your comment, Jasmin
Yeah, maybe you're right, maybe it's a bit over-saturated. Maybe I'll give it a try and play a little with the colour scheme Thanks for the tip!

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Shades-Of-Lethe [2013-08-23 21:10:09 +0000 UTC]

Truly stunning work of art!! Wonderful use of color, I love the intensity and warmth of the composition so much!!  

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FenneArts In reply to Shades-Of-Lethe [2013-08-29 14:09:16 +0000 UTC]

thanks heaps! Also for other favs and the watch

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Momotte2stocks [2013-08-23 17:42:36 +0000 UTC]

Your beautiful work is featured in my journal :  momotte2stocks.deviantart.com/…
Thanks for using my stocks

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FenneArts In reply to Momotte2stocks [2013-08-29 14:09:26 +0000 UTC]

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j3ff3rson [2013-08-19 19:38:35 +0000 UTC]

So beautiful work dear

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FenneArts In reply to j3ff3rson [2013-08-20 17:06:06 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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ChristabelleLAmort [2013-08-18 15:26:14 +0000 UTC]

What a splendid rich red!! Dramatic, full of movement and expectation work, so perfectly illustrates the story below. Just epic

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FenneArts In reply to ChristabelleLAmort [2013-08-20 17:06:00 +0000 UTC]

Thank you Dear for your lovely comment! I'm really glad you like it!

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Notvitruvian [2013-08-16 16:29:01 +0000 UTC]

Stunning composition and great colours !

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FenneArts In reply to Notvitruvian [2013-08-20 17:05:16 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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Notvitruvian In reply to FenneArts [2013-08-21 17:53:03 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure

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Pimpernel [2013-08-15 18:28:20 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this is excellent!

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FenneArts In reply to Pimpernel [2013-08-15 18:34:35 +0000 UTC]

thanks I'm glad you like it

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Le-Regard-des-Elfes [2013-08-14 17:36:25 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful work!

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FenneArts In reply to Le-Regard-des-Elfes [2013-08-15 12:59:47 +0000 UTC]

thank you a lot!

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AngelesRR [2013-08-12 19:26:01 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful work!

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FenneArts In reply to AngelesRR [2013-08-13 15:50:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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AngelesRR In reply to FenneArts [2013-08-13 19:05:20 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome!

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alexnoreaga [2013-08-12 09:36:36 +0000 UTC]

Very amazing concept

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FenneArts In reply to alexnoreaga [2013-08-13 15:50:18 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Brumae-Art [2013-08-12 09:09:02 +0000 UTC]

Very beautiful aartwork and intense colours

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FenneArts In reply to Brumae-Art [2013-08-13 15:50:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Lilac90 [2013-08-11 22:19:47 +0000 UTC]

stuuning work my friend...!!!

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FenneArts In reply to Lilac90 [2013-08-11 22:22:21 +0000 UTC]

thank you, I'm happy you like it!

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ktryon [2013-08-11 12:58:40 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful!

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FenneArts In reply to ktryon [2013-08-11 21:05:04 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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TitusBoy25 [2013-08-11 08:34:02 +0000 UTC]

wonderful art work!

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FenneArts In reply to TitusBoy25 [2013-08-11 21:05:07 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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