#I also didn’t feel like drawing the blade of the glaive so I cropped it out lol

[nerdacious]

I felt the itch to draw again recently so I busted out my over a decade old Wacom Tablet and downloaded Krita. I wanted to draw my Pathfinder character so I created a “nude” version in Hero Forge and posed him like a doll so I could trace it because I am nowhere ready to draw bodies from scratch yet lol.

This is Nazaad, an Orc Warpriest (Cleric) of Shelyn, the goddess of art, beauty, love, and music. He used to be a high cleric of her half-brother Zon-Kuthon, god of pain, darkness, envy, and loss.

He died in service to Zon-Kuthon, but Shelyn resurrected him to ask him a question. How could her brother be redeemed? She searched through his memories and as she did, Nazaad felt her peace and the divine depth of sorrow and love for her brother that overwhelmed him and quelled his rage. In that moment he wanted to help her in her goal and pledged himself to Shelyn (my ultimate dream for this character would be that he could actually help her succeed).

The way he practices his faith might be considered borderline heretical to some Shelynites. He still uses pain in his worship through tattoo artistry. He finds peace in the sting of the needle and beauty in the things most would consider grotesque.

If asked, he would show no remorse or regret for his former life. He was a faithful and devoted servant to his god whom he loved in his own way. He is just as devoted to Shelyn and the only way one would know about his former life are the marks carved onto his body (and if you asked him lol).

His favorite holiday is Crystalhue and he always makes the Zonzon doll with love and disturbing accuracy.