A quick doodle that got out of hand. Featuring Talis, a dark elf, and a character from my novel The Music of Chaos. (Click image for full view.)
This is totally non-canon since Talis is a pacifist. I was listening to the song “Courage” by Orianthi and this image came to mind. The Music of Chaos is set in modern day Albuquerque, NM and Talis’s usual apparel is blue jeans and a ratty T-shirt, not the D&D get-up he’s sporting here.
Talis is one of those characters who originates as a bit of background flavor and then devours page space like a rottweiler on a steak. He started out as a passing character in a single chapter. Literary oblivion was the fate I’d chosen for him, since the chapter didn’t advance the story at all. Then I made the mistake of giving him a drop of backstory. The drop became a flood as I got more and more fascinated with him.
Before I knew it, he was Regan O’Connell’s (the protagonist) best friend. And then he started popping up in every short story I wrote.
One of these days, he’s getting his own novel.
