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The Ethereal - Turnaround 2011

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Wow, it's been a long time since I've done a turnaround for this bastard. He's gone through so many ridiculous outfits since his initial creation. Here's another.

For those curious few recognizing this reappearing character, this is Ayuhan Ethereal. He is a intrepid, frustrated, and strong-willed little angst bucket of a fighter, unwillingly dressed up in the role of a rebellion leader against his mortal enemy and polar opposite, Devian. He fights with a spear, a broken version of his spear, which is a quarter staff and a spearhead dagger, or his own body in a crazy break dancing capoeria style that would entertain Tony Jaa for a whole ten minutes before he determined that he could do it better and made another movie about it. He is honorable and intensely protective of his few friends, though he forgets about them as he is slowly more and more obsessed with his battle for freedom, which makes him difficult to deal with even for those who are close to him. He means well, but haunted by failure and defeat as he is, he is no longer the noble hero that he once was.

Here's the working synopsis of his story:

Trapped in a cycle 600 years long is a fiery young man named Ayuhan Ethereal, imprisoned between the leaves of a leather bound book with an enemy he cannot defeat. It is only with the help of an outsider, a reader who plays witness to his story, that Ayuhan can continue his and his army's battle with Devian for freedom from the endless cycle. But the reader must stay alive because when a reader dies in the story, Ayuhan’s book is forced to end. Five times before Ayuhan’s readers have been killed. Five times before, he was forced to surrender.

Years after the last failure, Ayuhan's book is unfortunately discovered in a grave by its sixth reader, a cowardly boy named Eugene Millard, who is, like the five readers before him, spirited away into the battle-weary world of Ayuhan's prison. But even with another chance to fight for freedom, Ayuhan’s Army is broken and dissuaded from the fruitless war. There is a dedicated few who still believe in him, but it’s hardly enough to combat Devian’s monstrous forces. Despite his own cowardice and relentless doubts, Eugene just might be the reader who will save Ayuhan from his impending surrender and ultimate defeat.

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Sketched up in pencil and thrown into Photoshop CS3
Ayuhan Ethereal (C) Ethereel 2011
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chiryo-chan's avatar
<3 I need you to help me with my turnaround. I totally going to stalk you now till I learn your chr sheet secrets