#Five Centurions

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Last old sketch for now (bonus one on my Instagram). A younger Spica, after becoming a Centurion.

Drawn on 03-10.10.21.

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Gnat, his howls and deep, guttural voice sending chills down everyone’s spines.

Seriously - pair this one with the music I linked, it hits much better that way, I promise.

Drawn on 18-19.08.20.

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Veins becoming bloodshot in a muddy dark red

Dead bodies of angels being profusely fired into

Whose back is it that you wish upon?

Never will your heart be moved by the same words

If you are prepared to make sacrifices

Accept me

Everyday, gruesome as I am

Coming into existence right here right now

A new...

Marquis, Centurion, The True Libertine - Spica was brought up in a wealthy and influential family of demons high up in the infernal hierarchy, enjoying the privilege of being the one of two successors to his father Denebola, Marquis de Diapanna. The other one was Corcarema, his older brother who he later killed by pushing him off a cliff, strengthening his status in the Diapanna family. His mother Arcturus was absent during his childhood, having an “important, but secret job someplace far away”. In fact, she was the guardian of one of two crystal caves filled with the skulls of Nefilim on Earth, the other one being guarded by the angel Polaris.

The Diapanna family had an alliance with the guild of fallen angels before the latter was dissolved in relation to Hapax Legomenon’s orders concerning total annihilation of the “fallen miscreants”. Due to that past connection, it became secretly involved with the creation of the hidden city Lorna, the sanctuary for fallen angels. Denebola was one of the main investors in the project and the then-teenage Spica was the second representative of the Diapanna family in charge of building the city, working along such big names as Lilith and Muezza, head of another influential family, who just had an infant son named Mau. 

Spica’s attitude towards building the city was at first positive, him looking forward to further climbing up the hierarchical ladder, but one unexpected factor made him change his stance completely. During the time his father was preoccupied with planning the infrastructure of the city, Spica was bound to meet Lilith, the Lightbringer and first fallen angel. He had to be subservient to Lilith, who abused his position and exerted pressure on teenage Spica to become his “sexual apprentice”, as Lilith was the patron of prostitutes in Hell*. This resulted in a few instances of molestation and eventual rape of Spica by Lilith, after which the former abandoned the whole undertaking and ran away, apparently disappearing off the face of the earth.

Not much is known about that period in Spica’s life, but the next time his presence would be felt was after the formation of the Five Centurions, as he succeeded in joining their ranks in an effort to hunt and kill all fallen angels. This time he wasn’t revealing his name and, while changed completely appearance-wise, was only known as the Second Centurion.

*In this post I mentioned Lucifer being the patron of prostitutes and former Angel of Generosity, but I decided to switch it up during the current development of the story.

This image shows the earlier version of the Tusans Strangel, before I reforged it into the current version. It’s also my spontaneous return to traditional pieces after... probably like a year or so.

Drawn on 31.05-06.06.20.

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The Tusans Strangel (pol. Duszyciel z Tusans) is a spear that can also take a form of dual wielding katars. It was forged in Tusans, the location of the Tower of Babel, for the purpose of slaying fallen angels. It’s made with light but sturdy metal and is powered by negative energy of the wielder. Spica acquired one early on after becoming a Centurion.

Drawn on 02/03.06.20.

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Nieuw was secretly sent after Lessex by the government in suspicion that the First Centurion might be a fallen angel. Her final form will be revealed after she devours her former lover, Carapace, to fight Lessex.

Drawn on 13.04.20.

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I redesigned Nieuw a bit. I will work on her design further in the future.

Drawn on 29.09-06.10.19.

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Gnat, the Third Centurion.

Drawn on 25-26.07.19.

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Some random sketches of Gnat and my cat Feliks from memory.

Drawn on 23.06-02.07.19.

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Three sketches I did for my colleagues’ Potato Party. There were two big sheets of paper everyone could draw on on the walls, so I left the first one with Marout in the top right corner and Mara in the bottom left, and the second one with Gnat also in the bottom left corner. It was dark and there was UV light, the sheets were originally pure white. I used black ballpoint pen and an orange highlight marker. The full size image is around the size of the actual drawings.

Here’s a translation of the speech bubbles (drawn over with burn to be more readable):

Marout: SCHEIßE, I fucked up your wall [I accidentally drew over the paper with ballpoint pen]

Mara: THAT SAD LOSER FUCKED UP YOUR WALL <UNAWARE THAT SHE FUCKED UP YOUR WALL HERSELF>

Gnat: YOUR BONES WILL SERVE ME AS WEAPONS [it’s a quote from Diablo II’s Smith; the original in English is “I shall make weapons from your bones.”] (I’LL FUCK YOU UP FAWN)

Drawn on 16.12.18.

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Carapace is one of the main antagonists* of Heart. Among other headhunters, he’s the defensive wall. He can also camouflage well, especially when juxtaposed with underwater or near-water surroundings. He’s a demon of pure blood experienced in fighting and that’s why he was chosen, along with four other demons, to find and kill all fallen angels residing in Hell.

Carapace is the Fourth Centurion, being in charge of one hundred soldiers. Despite his intimidating looks, he’s the least strong angel hunter in the series.

Out of all the drafts of this idea for redesign, I prefer the first one (that is, the top left sketch). I’ll be further working on these concepts, along with all the other designs of headhunters.

Drawn on 01-13.04.17.

*Although I try not to create a clear division between good and bad in this story.

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Mau and Gnat. Mau is very submissive to Gnat out of fear.

Drawn on 08-14.11.16.

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A sketch of Lessex.

Drawn on 11-13.11.16.

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A quick sketch of Gnat.

Drawn on 02.10.16.

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Gnat is my favourite headhunter out of all five! He’s heavily inspired by games such as Disciples II and Diablo II.

Drawn on 30.09-01.10.16.

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I have black hands... Saviour, forgive me.

- fr Ernst Alt, citing Anneliese Michel

Lessex is one of the main antagonists* of Heart. They possess many supernatural abilities, perhaps the most fearsome one being the power to control the pressure of liquids and air around them. They were chosen, along with four other demons, to find and kill all fallen angels residing in Hell.

Lessex is the First Centurion, being in charge of one hundred soldiers. They’re the strongest angel hunter in the series.

Drawn on 13-27.08.16.

*Although I try not to create a clear division between good and bad in this story.

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Nieuw is one of the main antagonists* of Heart. Sneaky and tenacious, she can see through others with ease. Five pairs of eyes let her see the world in panoramic view. She’s a demon of pure blood experienced in fighting and that’s why she was chosen, along with four other demons, to find and kill all fallen angels residing in Hell.

Nieuw is the Fifth Centurion, being in charge of one hundred soldiers. She’s the third strongest angel hunter in the series. The best way to defeat her is to blind her.

This character’s name is derived from the Dutch word for “new” and is pronounced similarly to the equivalent word in English.

Drawn on 21-25.08.16.

*Although I try not to create a clear division between good and bad in this story.

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