(The title is a blatant In Flames reference.)

The text reads:

Dragon reborn;
Soul-wounds,
anger and
hatred, turned
us into this
demon.

When torment, hatred, and anger festers within a soul; when a tragedy and vengeance become one's reality, death is just a way to shed old skin and be reborn. Not all demons are truly evil, and forgiveness is not always an option.

Arkan became Arkant. Only recently have I realized this transformation. It's like putting a puzzle together in the dark; groping for those pieces, trying desperately to put them together. Things don't always fit, at least not at that moment.

Done in Corel Painter 9. Elapsed time: roughly 3 hours.