#headcanon- Albiore is a diehard Diego Maradona fan

[jennydevic]

Commissioned Artwork: When Shun and Albiore meet for the first time.

Artist: Vervain

About ten years ago, I wrote a story called Love You, Kill Me that focused on Shun’s training on Andromeda Island. Part of why I wrote it was because these two are my favorite non-Gold Saint characters. 

And while it is easy to find just about every other Master/Trainee pair, it’s really difficult(like I could count it on one hand) to find fan art that focused specifically on these two that isn’t just clip art. It’s sad, because while Ikki is important, we have to remember that Shun spent almost half of his life with his Master.

So I went out and commissioned the pair’s first meeting in the story. Shun is scared after being abused by the Kido Foundation. He sees this large armored man on a dead landscape in the middle of nowhere. He kneels down, takes off his gauntlet, and reveals a strong yet human hand and shakes it. 

I’m so happy with the work Vervain did on this. Her work is absolutely beautiful and I’ve made sure to link her twitter page. She’s a major FFIX fan so check out her stuff.