Who Dares Wake the Dragon?

The thumping had started early that morning, and continued, consistantly, until noon, when Tuanu cracked an eye open and growled, "Who dares wake the Dragon?"

"Stop being such a lump!" A sharp hissing voice replied from somewhere over Tuanu's right eye. "Don't you know what today is? Don'ta ya? Don't ya?"

A vague memory began trickling through Tuanu's brain, a memory of the last time she had been woken by the Arkengal.

"Oh no..." she said, letting out a grown like a roll of thunder.

"Yes!" shrieked the Arkengal. "Get up! Get up! It's Dragon Day! That means you have to get up! Your Arkengal demands it!"

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This was a picture I did back in June for Dragon Day 2007. It features the Arkengal, a rather bizzare dragon-demon hybrid, and Tuanu, one of the Earth Dragon gods. You can't see all of Tuanu here, because she is so big, but I have done other paintings of her I hope to post soon. Both are from my original Fantasyland, Antellonia.

Now, time for links! You can read more about Dragon Day here, and see a picture of Tuanu's big brother here.

This one took about a week. It is done with Prismacolor pencils on 9"x12" drawing paper. All characters and related prose © myself.
Enjoy!