She stared down at the Mican. Unarmed. Helpless. On his knees.

Her eyes glowed like twin peridots. The artifact dangled from her fingertips.

She briefly glared at the glowing red ruby.

"Such trouble I had to go through for such a little thing," she noted, a hint of annoyance in her voice.

"Please!" The Mican shouted, "Take it! Just spare me!"

Ignoring his pleas, Nareheda cocked her pistol and pointed it at his head.

The Mican looked down at the ground.

"I thought Therans were supposed to be peaceful creatures." He muttered and closed his eyes, bracing for what he knew was coming next.

Nareheda fired. The shot pierced the Mican's forehead between his horns. He fell forward in a pool of his own blood.

Nareheda blew the smoke off her pistol, set it back in it's holster and stared at the corpse below her feet and sneered...

"Don't believe everything you hear."
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About the picture
More quick concept art for Nefarious Illusions.

Nareheda is a Theran who has turned her back on all Theran culture. She lives on the streets of one of the destroyed sectors of Ultimare and is the self-proclaimed queen of the underworld. Few dare to challenge her rule.

I admit that I'm not a huge canine fanatic... but I do have a soft spot for foxes since they were one of my favorite animals as a kid.
I didn't want to go with a standard red fox for her species, since I wanted to be at least a little original. Instead she's a marble fox.

I will be making a character sheet for her... eventually. As for now I already have a lot of other arts I need to work on.


Character & Image © 2009 Traci Vermeesch-Vezina
Please DO NOT copy, alter, repost, etc without the consent of the artist! Character/Image are NOT public domain!