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What Once Was Worshipped Within a Temple Forgotten

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Can be seen in a mural at the end of a path downtrodden.

Guess who also has a new phone background now.

A lovely ancient styled wall mural commission I got from the splendid :iconzielle:, who did a marvellous job with it. Exactly what I had in mind and I am glad that not only was she able to bring it to life, but that she also enjoyed creating it. However, during the making of this and after it was done, I realized quite clearly how hard things can get in regards of commission payments and stuff when international politics step into play and technology companies that handle online payments make things incredibly hard for those of us who just want to make a transaction and then be done with it. But who just happen to find themselves living in different countries, sometimes divided merely by a border, sometimes by oceans, sometimes by political and/or religious differences. Uuuurgh.

Anyway, the mural we see here features three of the most commonly encountered forms that my unholy deity character, Taegan, can take upon himself. All of which most of you have seen in the previous pictures describing him. As for those of you who are not so familiar with him, consider this a lesson of sorts!

In the middle we see the form that the unholy deity likes to spend most of his time as, especially when appearing and communicating directly with humans, elves, dwarves and other such species that tend to walk on two or more legs. A humanoid being with horns and scales, the colour of some which, at times, takes on the hue commonly associated with the three aspects Taegan embodies. Red being destruction and carnage, green being anything from between sanity and insanity, and blue being the representation of domination, obedience and other such traits. Other two colours are usually always present in this form as well, in the shape of draconic heads located upon his shoulders. Sometimes however these heads upon his shoulders are completely absent and instead, there is in fact a crown upon his head. From the prongs of which yellow, unblinking eyes stare from. Something that I should totally get a picture of later down the line now that I think about it. In his hand we see him holding an orb of life force, which can be turned into pretty much anything living and which in turn can also be extracted from anything living. Question is, is he giving life to something or is he taking the life of someone. The fire flowing from the maw of the red head above him could indicate either, seeing as how fire can both reshape things as well as burn them to cinders.

Above this form we can see the representation of one of the actual three heads of a dragon that he has while in his massive dragon form. These heads, much like while present upon his shoulders in the human like form, are all also present in his immense dragon form as well. All at the same time, while also representing the different aspects of Taegan once more. Furthermore, each head also has a different kind of breath related ability while in this form. Blue being able to spout ice, frost and water in different forms, not to mention having control over those elements as well. Red head, as can be seen, can breathe fire, spit out large orbs of lava and plasma, and do all manner of other things with fire and its different forms. Finally, the green head is able to spit acid, breathe out clouds of different types of gasses, and is also able to manipulate plant life to name but a few things. Seeing as how the representation of aspects is also included while in this form, all heads are also able to influence the minds of those who Taegan makes himself known to while in this form. All heads are also more than able to act, speak and think on their own. Not to mention that when they decide to combine their powers, a lot of interesting things can happen. Fire and ice create steam for example or noxious fumes and fire combined create an exploding blanket that reaches across the countryside, igniting fields of wheat and scarring armies beyond recognition. Of course, Taegan is more than aware that not everything needs to or deserves to be utterly destroyed. That is just the opinion of the red head. Instead, many of the things he is capable of doing can, and often are, used for creation of new things. Either because it suits his own goals, it gives him more followers, or because it helps those who spread his agenda around.

Finally, we see one of the more elusive forms, or avatars if you prefer, of Taegan in the right corner. An ever shifting floating mass of unholy energies, the only consistent form of which are the six eyes that disappear and reappear all over the body, never staying in the same place for more than is needed. Not to mention six arms ending in talons that are able to render souls from bodies or diamonds from the heart of volcanoes. A form that is able to slip under the doors of huts and cottages or grow to a size larger than a mountain. Due to its shifting, floating, smoke like yet translucent nature that is difficult for mortals to fully comprehend, I like to think that those who carved this mural simply described what their brains could remember. Alternatively they only had vague eyewitness accounts to go by. In either case, it does get the point across.

Taegan in any shape and form belongs to me, :iconlamaohi:
Art by the lovely :iconzielle:.
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Ramul's avatar
This is a lovely style. I also think that Taegan has a very interesting profile here, makes him look more satyr-like. And knowing of the crown with unmoving eyes form would have saved me a lot of nerves when drawing that Rosie humping picture.