
Polar Star AU
Xavier stood, slowly, and felt a familiar, oppressive humidity. Once upon a time he’d sung in this dingy tavern. It had gone downhill in the centuries that had passed. Especially the clientele. All save for a single vixen. Xavier almost felt relief when he first spotted the riotous red of her hair.
Then there was a far different red. Crimson. An oozing wound over her eye that manifested in another painful plucked string in his symphony. A third red washed over his vision.
There were no jokes from the jester.
There were no calm words from the therapist.
There were no spells from the benevolent angel.
There was only violence, and blood, and the soldier with a knife in his jaws, clenched tight and ready to kill any who threatened what he cared about most in the world.
His wings unfurled, gentle ribbons replaced by a reaper's scythe, twin arches that framed the southern wolf's tense and trembling muscles. Xavier hissed the words through bared fangs, fury in his eyes and a snarl on his lips.
"Yer gonna let her go, right the fuck now, hoss. You don’t, then I’m gonna remember what mah magic is. I’m gonna bend you in so many ways the fuckin’ krauts up in New Braunfels are gonna think yer a fuckin’ pretzel. You will die screamin’ n' I will fall from grace lovin’ every last got-damned minute of it...”
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Y'all pushed the Carmen button.
Y'shouldn'ta done that. ._.
A painted commission for wordsmith64.
One of the most ambitious paintings I've done thus far! Xavier isn't as peaceful as when I last drew him, and for good reason. Mecurians aren't supposed to harm mortals, but...
...in this case, he'll make an exception.
Xavier Caido ©

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Category Artwork (Digital) / All
Species Wolf
Size 974 x 1280px
File Size 121.9 kB
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