#chains art

It was an unspoken arrangement, like the tide meeting the shore.

Lavinia Safira started the fights.

Lupo Salmastro ended them.

Not because she needed him to — gods, no. She could throw a punch with the grace of a dancer and the bite of a rabid wolf, and her knives had this poetic way of finding ribs like they were homesick. But still, like clockwork, whenever trouble brewed, it was her that stirred the pot and him that finished the meal, licking blood from his knuckles and grinning like a man with nothing to lose.

It usually began with a phrase. Something Lavinia would toss out with that sharp tongue of hers, usually toward the wrong bastard in the wrong tavern: a nobleman who’d never held anything heavier than a wineglass, a sailor convinced the world owed him a fight, a mercenary who mistook her for someone who would tolerate being groped.

Tonight it had been a smirk and the words: "You must be the stupidest man in this entire port. And believe me — the competition’s brutal."

And that was all it took.

Steel scraped from sheaths. Chairs scraped from floors. A fist came swinging. She ducked it easily, grinning, delighted, like chaos was an old lover she’d just run into again.

And then – as if summoned by fate, as if he'd known– there came Lupo, sliding through the fray like a storm in boots, his estoc glinting under the tavern lights.

“Really, Lavinia?” he called over the noise, casually cracking a bottle across someone’s head. “Couldn’t let me finish my drink first?”

“You know how I hate waiting,” she yelled back, dodging a mug that exploded against the wall.

“You also hate common sense…” he muttered, grinning.

But he was already beside her, moving in sync like they were dancing to a rhythm only the two of them could hear. She moved left, he filled the space. She ducked, he parried. When one of the attackers lunged at her back, Lupo stepped in with a spin and a sharp elbow, sending the man sprawling.

They didn’t need plans. They had instinct.

They didn’t need words. They had timing.

“You do pick the finest company,” Lupo said as they backed toward the wall, surrounded and grinning like fools.

“Only the ones dumb enough to bleed,” Lavinia answered, eyes bright with the thrill of it. Then he grabbed a chair and hurled it through the tavern window.

“That’s our cue,” he said. And they were off, vaulting into the alley like children escaping bedtime.

Later, once they were safe and breathless on the rooftop of some bakery, boots off and shared bottle between them, Lupo would look at her and say:

“One day, you’re going to start a fight I can’t finish.”

And she would smirk, lean back on her elbows, the night breeze tugging at her hair.

“Then I guess we’ll go down swinging together.”

And he’d laugh, because he knew she meant it. Because he would, without hesitation. He didn’t come running to save her. He came because where she was, the world was sharper, louder, more. He came because whatever havoc she unleashed, Lupo couldn’t bear to be anywhere else but at her side when it happened. That was just their way.

Lavinia started the fight.

Lupo ended it.

Together, they always won.

My obsession with money led me

exactly where I was meant to be

To fight with virtue in my heart

And fury in the palm of my hand

I thought wealth was worth more than anything

But in the end, I found that blood weighs more than gold.

Ser Gilles and Madonna Lucia

“You lack conviction.”

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Darth Maul:

Io non piangea, sì dentro impetrai

Fireworks (Kuroi Namida) - entry for Maul Summer-Bingo Event

Shades of Cool

He is the key to everything

I’m already cursed

Reborn Son of Dathomir

Leia as Maul's apprentice

Time does not heal

Jewelry

Eyes

Maul bassist AU

Maul bassist AU 2

Maul bassist AU 3

Punk Maul AU moshing

Tattoo Study NSFW

Tattoo Study 2 NSFW

Fan art of Maul and Zaiya inspired by "A Prince of Dathomir" for @kimageddon

Fan art NSFW inspired by "By The Light of The Second Moon" for @eloquentmoon

Maulsoka Fan art inspired by "The Stars Are Dark" for @lordfarquuuad

Fan art inspired by "The Stars Are Dark"

Modern AU Fan art inspired by "Dibs" for @maulslittlemeowmeow

Star Wars:

Kilindi

Sith OC

Anakin

Wet Tee Championship - Kit Fisto

Wet Tee Championship - Maul (featuring in the post @amorfista amazing fanart)

Darth Vader - BLOOD my entry for @02png DTIYS

Zaiya Valessa - birthday gift for @kimageddon

You Lack Conviction Anakin sketch

CC Art Challenge made by me and @eyecandyeoz

Rehearsal Band Crimson Dawn during rehearsal (ft. Maul, Savage and Q'ira)

Backstage Maul and Dryden Vos in the backstage of a show

Groupies Anakin and Kit Fisto in my band!AU with a groupie

Bruises Maul got a black eye lol

Chains’ Art Commissions

ZaeedxOC!Shepard NSFW Commission for lovely @x3no9

Heinrich x Jaylen Pryce NSFW Starfield commission for lovely @x3no9

Darth Maul x Ayane Arinori Cover Art for “Stardust Made To Shine” made for lovely @stardustbee

A tattoo study because I’m tired of not knowing how his tattoos develop on the arms, legs and back. Some from reference, others from imagination.

edit: Black and white version below along with reference pose from artist Rino Park aka Rinotuna