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This is Lightwarden Elpis. sketched out and named before endwalker, just now rendered out. (bro spent like 4 years in my wip folder) He was the parent figure of my WoL group.

The different elements of this design each have symbolism behind them--like the asymmetrical arms and wings only on the left side, the gaping open stomach (it had sharp teeth and such but i was too lazy to depict them), and the delicate spindly frame. Elpis's back sags like an overworked draft horse to symbolize the weight of all the issues Irah'eir shouldered. His broken wings were similar--broken from the Sundering, with further ragged wounds from his trials up to this point. The missing right side capped with gold reflects what he gave up to his voidsent avatar for its power while he was trapped in the nether for the five years after Carteneau. Hair falling like curtains around his face blocks much of his vision, for he does not wish to see what destruction he brings. However, the single jewel-like eye in the middle sees everything anyway, unable to close. The double-sided weapon is the minister of violence, and the lily brings healing to himself and other sin-eaters.

portrait of a friend's new dnd character! the old one exploded...rest in pieces