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*aelius

Tenefer Eos

Posted Saturday, June 30th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
Copyright © 2007 *aelius

Tenefer Eos by *aelius

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From the land of dawn, a lone wolf searching for his purpose... perhaps even... his own destiny.

Though not a key player in the story of the Sages of Legend, Tenefer nonetheless makes a guest appearance in the tale, briefly joining Akosha and her friends on their journey to the mysterious Kingdoms Of The East. The only son of a wealthy family of Sages, he, too, was given a mission by his Masters to investigate a number of discoveries in the islands to the southeast. Tenefer is still rather naive when it comes to the world outside of his home city, but the skills he's learned as a Sage has pulled him through even the more dire of situations. His own natural curiosity keeps him occupied throughout his travels and the thrill of discovery would make him an excellent treasure hunter in the future as he explores the secrets that his ancestors and their human allies left behind (humans have long been extinct on Raikonia). Befriending Akosha, even if only for a few days, proved beneficial to his personal morale despite being a loner. As can be seen in this image where he stands near a polar lake, he still has quite a ways to go on his journey.
His weapon, the Verrocite staff known as Jynn-Karu, has been passed down through his family since the days when humans still lived, and having been trained with it all his life, he wields it like a true master.

As I stated earlier, this image came from my wondering what my fursona would look like as an Ancient Sage. Like most ideas I get, he eventually found his way into my stories and before long, was set up for a Stan Lee-style cameo in my story :p I decided against putting in the lightning patterns that's on my current fursona since he's become a part of the story (I have a personal policy against self-inserting into my own stories), but he IS based on my fursona more or less, and thanks to his species and weapon, he also happens to be the ancestor of one of the characters (NOT my fursona XD ) in the main story, which takes place thousands of years after the Ancient Sages series.
Terragen was called upon once again for the background and pseudo-reflections on his armor and crystals, but everything else is done by my hand. The designs on his loincloth and thigh-chaps? Done completely in Photoshop (woohoo!).
And completed just in time to add to my art folio right before Anthrocon! :D

Tenefer Eos copyright Aelius (me)
Background by Terragen

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3 comments

  1. *xtreme2252

    Comment from *xtreme2252, 1 year ago (#34431)

    cool!
    Serj Tankian is my hero
    1. *aelius

      Comment from *aelius, 1 year ago (#35530)

      Thanks! :D
      1. *xtreme2252

        Comment from *xtreme2252, 1 year ago (#35580)

        ur welcome :3
        Serj Tankian is my hero
  2. *charlydunst

    Comment from *charlydunst, 1 year ago (#33286)

    Phew... what a text. But the story sounds really interesting and Tenefer looks unique.
    1. *aelius

      Comment from *aelius, 1 year ago (#33566)

      Heh, thanks a bunch ^_^ Glad to hear it!
  3. *samoya

    Comment from *samoya, 1 year ago (#33198)

    Awesome story and character I love the tale you're weaving I've been trying to start my own but I have so many ideas I don't know where to begin in have any advice for me?
    1. *siberianwingsbeowulf

      Comment from *siberianwingsbeowulf, 1 year ago (#36449)

      i have one, i write alot of stories but i've only finished some, i'm waiting on more inspiratio and possibly some aid, but anyways, think of your character, then think of his/her/it's story, if you have trouble thinking of a story, it's easier to base it around what you want you character to be like, or start with a date, then think of what kind of story you want it to be about... -TaloDye
      1. *samoya

        Comment from *samoya, 1 year ago (#36680)

        Thanks for the Idea I'll give it a try.
    2. *aelius

      Comment from *aelius, 1 year ago (#33565)

      Thanks!
      Heh, yeah it's hard to get your thoughts together for that. Usually what I do is start with the basics and branch out from there. Keep it simple at first, then once the foundation is there you can build everything you need on it and more often than not your ideas will write themselves at that point.
      1. *samoya

        Comment from *samoya, 1 year ago (#34130)

        Thanks I will try that ^^
        1. *aelius

          Comment from *aelius, 1 year ago (#35531)

          Good luck! :)
          1. *samoya

            Comment from *samoya, 1 year ago (#35716)

            Thanks I appriciate it ^^