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The Earth's Greatest Child

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They came out of the south, a horde of wild fire dragons that swept over the sea with the summer winds. They drove a wave of burning fury before them, and left in their wake charred waste covered in ashes. No man nor wizard could quell their fire, and it swept over the land like a burning tide. But on the Island of Bandur they were stopped. Bandur, Earth's greatest child, who made the mountains tremble when he walked. He woke from his slumber and came down from the mountains, shaking the earth as he went. He raised his mighty head and blew forth a vicious wind, withering the fires and blowing the smoke away. The fire dragons were caught like leaves and chased away into the sky like sparrows in a storm. And none since have been seen or threatened our fair land, although the voice of Bandur still echos over the mountains on the wind.

Mountains tremble, the wind is still,
the woods begin to shake.
Wizards and fools, look your fill,
Bandur is awake.

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For my first submission here on PaperDemon I give you: Bandur, god of dragons.

Do not piss him off.

Oil paints on 16"x20" canvas. Bandur and associated prose © myself, from my original fantasyland.

Yes, it has my deviantART watermark on it. >.< Please don't throw stones!

Enjoy.

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Submitted by: Agent Elrond

Posted: Aug 23, 2007 1:47 pm

Completed: Dec 27, 2006

crit Critiques (20)

Galleries: Fantasy, Finished Work, Mythical Creatures, Original Art

Keywords: antellonia, dragons, earth dragons, bandur, earths greatest child, the earth's greatest child

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Alatariel

Total Posts: 92

Aug 23, 2007 2:52 pm

Beautiful! The details here are impressive as well as the dragons [emoticon]

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~If you have no imagination, you have no wings~

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Agent Elrond  (Reply)

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Aug 23, 2007 2:54 pm

Thank you very much — I'm glad you liked it! [emoticon]

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Never underestimate someone with a dragon on their shoulder.

Eshkenazi

Total Posts: 144

Aug 23, 2007 3:28 pm

Awesome concept. The details are beautiful. I love the stone dragon with all the trees and foliage clinging to him.

I also like the wings of the little fire dragon in the forground. Very nice job giving them a sort of transparent feel along the edges of the little flappy membrane part.

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Agent Elrond  (Reply)

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Aug 23, 2007 4:52 pm

Thank you very much, I'm glad you like him! [emoticon]

I'm really happy with the wings of the fire dragon in the foreground too. I took a whole day painting that, and all the while I was just hoping it would work out — I'd seen it done before, and I didn't know if I could pull it off. I call it a success though!

[emoticon]

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Never underestimate someone with a dragon on their shoulder.

Eshkenazi  (Reply)

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Aug 23, 2007 9:31 pm

I call it a success too. ^_^

Jill V. -S.T.A.R.S.

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Aug 23, 2007 4:10 pm

Wow! That's plain awesome! XD I love how the mountain looks like a dragon. Sweet painting [emoticon] A new fave [emoticon]

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Agent Elrond  (Reply)

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Aug 23, 2007 4:50 pm

Hey, thanks, glad ya like it!

Tee hee, actually, that mountain IS a dragon. [emoticon] A very, very biiiig dragon!

Nice to meet ya, this seems like a cool site and I'm excited to be here!

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Never underestimate someone with a dragon on their shoulder.

Jill V. -S.T.A.R.S.  (Reply)

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Aug 23, 2007 9:17 pm

No problem! [emoticon]

well it's nice to meet you too [emoticon] glad you could join PD. It is a very cool site I like it more than DA lol [emoticon] but anyway make sure you drop by the forums every once in a while there are some pretty cool topics [emoticon]

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Agent Elrond  (Reply)

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Aug 24, 2007 12:55 pm

I'll certainly try!

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Never underestimate someone with a dragon on their shoulder.

kirayasha

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Aug 23, 2007 5:25 pm

I loved your dragon/mountain pix!! It's so nice to see one again! *is so happy you're here*

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Agent Elrond  (Reply)

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Aug 23, 2007 8:02 pm

[emoticon] Same to you!

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Never underestimate someone with a dragon on their shoulder.

kirayasha  (Reply)

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Aug 24, 2007 5:09 am

*huggle*

Saigith

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Aug 23, 2007 8:33 pm

Wow! I really love this picture! I love the foliage/moss on the mountain dragon, and the fire dragon in the corner is very well done, especially the wing membrane. I really love the trees and the little fire dragons in the background. I'm a big dragon fan myself, and I'm glad to see another dragon fan. ^^

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"One step closer and my sword shall find a new sheath."

Lael quote

 

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Agent Elrond  (Reply)

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Aug 24, 2007 12:56 pm

Haha! Dragon fan indeed! There's lots more where this came from. *cackles maniacally*

Anyway, I'm so glad you like it! [emoticon]

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Never underestimate someone with a dragon on their shoulder.

Saigith  (Reply)

Total Posts: 191

Aug 24, 2007 1:08 pm

You're welcome ^^

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"One step closer and my sword shall find a new sheath."

Lael quote

 

KS Claw

Total Posts: 10

Aug 25, 2007 4:11 am

Nice earthdragon...pretty earthdragon... don't hurt me <_<;

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Agent Elrond  (Reply)

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Aug 25, 2007 7:14 pm

Don't worry, he doesn't mind people... as long as they don't hurt his land, that is.

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Eheh... I am an earth-loving hippie, can ya tell? ^.^

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Never underestimate someone with a dragon on their shoulder.

KS Claw  (Reply)

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Aug 26, 2007 1:07 am

So as long as no one plays arsenist in his forest or dumps oil in the water, everything'll be fine? I'll keep that in mind XD

Otherwise, its really nice work ^^

Agent Elrond  (Reply)

Total Posts: 109

Aug 26, 2007 5:31 pm

Love the earth — can't hurt!

Thnk you, I'm glad you like it! [emoticon]

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Never underestimate someone with a dragon on their shoulder.

Bard

Total Posts: 21

May 16, 2008 7:30 am

The entirety of it is near-flawless (I only say near because there is no true flawless) and it reminds me, don't ask why, of Tiamat