It has been brought to my attention that art of my fursona; Aerius Sygale ( https://www.furaffinity.net/full/32374310/ ) has been flagged on a lot of online lists as being stolen by many people, resulting in my use of the character being called into question. To clear the air here are the facts:

I received permission from the original artist/owner (  hibbary ) of the character to use it as my own fursona indefinitely with full knowledge and blessing from the original owner to do so. However it has been pointed out that technically despite using said character for years, I do not actually own the character outright.

I have reached out to the original artist to discuss potential transfer of ownership to remedy this as I have become very attached to and identify heavily with this character as my fursona and have developed him a lot over the years, and painstakingly so with hundreds of commissions of him so far.

I am hopeful of reaching an amicable resolution on this, however as it stands I am stating officially that I have permission to use this character. > https://i.imgur.com/QEGfnT3.png < Going forward I intend to correct the copyright information as I am obliged to do so, but with so many uploads already on my gallery it would take a long time to change all the ownership credits so I want to make a blanket statement here for anyone that might have questions.

In conclusion; I have obtained permission to use, and have not stolen the character design I have come to be associated with as my fursona. I am in the process of obtaining full ownership to make this official. If you see art of this character online that is not associated with my own account or the account of the original owner, it is most likely stolen, and needs to be reported. Thank you for your time.