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Itkovian and the Gray Swords
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Itkovian and the Grey Swords thank you for 10k hits
in advance. I've just finished this and I felt like posting it...Couple of hours...those damned tenescowri were a pain! For those who are unfamilliar with S.Erikson's novels, Itkovian (dude on the horse) is a Shield Anvil of the mercenary group called Grey Swords. (the dudes with shields to the left). Here they defend a part of a city called Capustan against the Tenescowri (which is an army of starving cannibal peasants
). Almost all of the grey swords here got killed, only some of them closed their shields and somehow survived under the mass of tenescowri. Itkovian got stabbed by a knife to the knee and got an axe to the collar bone. Yup, he's a tough guy.edit: I've done some changes. I think I'll make this one bigger and get into detailing and refining it. I have some nice ideas for it I think.
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Yeah, but it gets less cleavey these days.
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it looks like the apocolypse (sp?).
awesome pic!!!
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So detailed friend. Amazingly done. I love to find inspiring drawings to encourage me to keep writing 
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Wow... I just discovered this the other day and 
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oww veryy dramatic....violence...sad...darkness....
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Ah man! That guy is just being ripped apart by that horse. Great job!
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it's interesting that people always pay attention mostly to the poor horsie
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Interesting picture with a good color scheme... but this book what series is it?
Tenescowri (which is an army of starving cannibal peasants)?? So basically normal people who last all their money, went mad, got together and now go attacking others all the whilst still somehow getting more to their numbers...
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Great, great fantasy series by Steven Erikson:
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The tenescowri are a horde of people who joined the Prophet for various reasons. Mostly they just got mad from the horrors of the war, the hunger and sometimes from the magic of the Prophet. I'm not sure why the others didn't eat the newcomers, probably if you join them and act like them, they're told not to attack.
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I love paradoxes and oxymoron's since they make so little sense..
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well, it's probably explained somewhere in the book, I just forgot about it..
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Read the link and shall go look for it! I like reading fantasy and supposedly mature books... but sadly I am always disappointed with wussy writing and some human suffering that turns out to be a joke... then usually spend more time laughing then anything else. Mature means very little in my currently perturbed western culture and flawed rating system. "As indicated by the series title, Book of the Fallen, many people die, including major characters we've come to love and respect." As per that comment is the character maturity any good? Just how much growing with the character does the books do?
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actually, one of the main features/flaws of the series is a really high number of characters. Some people (like me) like the variety. Some are overwhelmed or bored. I really really like a few characters, some of them indeed died. You'll see
If you like Martin's Song of Ice and Fire, you will probably like this.
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Bah overwhelmed by a book now that's not me! I adore chaos or things that are like Memento or Baccano or how in some books they switch to different people every chapter and sometimes don't go ahead in the story but restart a part from a different character perspective.
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that does happen in Erikson's books too. I liked how in the first book, I had absolutely no idea who the people were, how the world worked...In almost every fantasy book someone explains the politics and the magic system on the first few pages. Here it took two and half books before I felt I was starting to get the hang of it
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Mahaps it took that long for you or it was just too little info to get anything until after two books...
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Don't get me wrong, I loved it. My dad and my friends felt the same. It's the joy of uncovering the mechanics of it all that bring pleasure with these books
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So I am guessing your over 20 since your reading such fine books.
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well, in my profile here it says 22.
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My personal favorite book of character maturity/getting to know the character is the farseer trilogy. You get to understand the character very well in his stated opinions, his growing up, adventures and failed love. I love it. The main character is described very well in the imaging area as well. I recommend that you go read it, 9 books in all.
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I have many books I want to read atm, but I'll definitely take a look, thanks.
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an absolutely amazing piece and a well-deserved DD!
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wow that's just so amazing! very cool and I love it.
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my pleasure
thanks for replying... almost nobody does that nowadays
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they say alexander the great's horse ate humans, that horse is biting soemones arm O_o
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Very powerful and epic piece here!
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