"It's my first time travelling out this way..the start of a journey like this, it's exciting right?"
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"oh I'm not worried about bandits here, I heard a dragon lives in this forest!..hmm..I hope he's friendly.."

I've just been absolutely floored by this incredible commission I picked up from the very awesome https://x.com/AlexJohnsonArt of my little ratto Skorix all kitted up and ready to set off on an adventure! What might that entail though?..Fighting to stop an evil empire? battling and subsequently befriending a grumpy dragon? Protecting an abbey of other woodland creatures from invaders?.. Collecting three ancient geometric shapes and rescuing a princess? I'll leave it up to you for now to decide!

Everything about this picture is perfect and exactly what I wanted for my ratto and Alex completely nailed his outfit, sword, shield etc as well as got just the right emotion I wanted in his pose and expression. Also can't help but think of things like Redwall, Secret of Nimh but also all the old adventure and RPG games I grew up with like Legend of Zelda, Link to the Past, Secret and Sword of Mana, Dragon Valor etc which makes me very happy <3

If you like this picture, please do go check out one of Alex's pages, either here on FA or their Twitter, they were an absolute blast to commission!

"..Hey.. you reckon if we do meet this dragon they'd be up to chat for a bit?..maybe they might give us a ride!"