Child of Dark Propecy

'Born of dark blood to know only abuse and cruelty.'

The bastard son of the Mystic Kingdom's princess and a desert bandit, the weakest of a set of twins, and the least favored in the household. Tobias, or Averroes, was born into a family life that functioned much the way a pack of wolves might. With no clearly established heir or heiress, the twelve children of the house were constantly trying to establish their place within the household. The most bold of the lot, Autumn, made sure to keep her siblings in their place and give them constant reminders of her power. Tobias, unfortunately, was often used as a warning to the others. He grew under the abusive hands of his siblings, comforted only by the man that his mother betrayed to conceive himself and his sister.

When the war began, the family was broken and scattered. Micheal Parker seized the throne of the Mystic Kingdom, and Autumn, his beloved daughter, reaped the benefits. Tobias alone returned to stand against Micheal, slaying him. Autumn fled upon her father's death and Tobias seized the crown for himself, seeing it as the only solution to his family's corruption and dark hold over the kingdom. Unfortunately, it remains an uphill struggle. The mystics have never been completely accepting of those of mixed blood, most especially Parker half-breeds.

It was Tobias who ended the war, slaying Dyzm himself, and Dyzm's chosen 'back-up body'...his  own mother.

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Another sketch I worked on. I really like doing these, mainly because I only really use two colors- the base color and a grey set on linear burn to add another dimension (like on Ambiant there). Everything else is completely done with the burn and dodge tool.

Anyway, Toby's a bit older. Both he and Ambiant are growing out their beards though... that's about as much as Tob's ever gonna get. XD

The sketch was done in mechanical pencil, the rest was added in Adobe Photoshop 7.0.


Tobias, Ambiant (The kirin), and Stormwind (The falcon) are all my original characters. The Mystic Kingdom, family, and setting was created and played between Erin Quirk and Daniel Spangenburger.