a sketch of lacerus the god of the imprisoned and oppressed :w00t:...
backstory:
his story is one that depends on the one telling it...to the poor and persecuted he is a wrongly imprisoned god-to the powerful and cruel he is cast as a political dissident and a violent criminal....his real story is presented here...
lacerus was a minor god of commerce imprisoned(and savagely tortured) because he had slurred Riggen, the powerful god of war(he was framed in the murder of the beautific, 10 of the most beautiful nymphs-personal handmaidens to the goddess of fertility...). after 400 years his sister Cloma(the goddess of travel) visited and he expected to be released...she said the court had found further evidence of his guilt and accused him of high crimes against the court...they had labeled him an insurrectionist.
truth be told, even at this early date, the handsome young god was becoming something of a folk hero to the masses-a symbol of the wrongfully accused. the gods were petty and fearful and condemned him to a 1000 more years in prison...if anything he was tortured with more ferocity than before...the years passed and the poor, the imprisoned(wrongfully and otherwise), the dissidents-they were his flock....their stories were his and he was their prince. soon he began to formulate plans of escape...
after each escape the walls of the prison were built 60 feet higher and 60 feet thicker...and the punishments grew more and more extreme...still the god endured! after 600 years his sister once again came to visit and told him that if he just held on another 100 years(with no escape attempts)- a movement was stirring that would have him freed. lacerus simply smiled...cloma was rather shocked at his demeanor 'brother after all of these years do you not want freedom...'...'release from this prison...?'...lacerus smiled again and said 'dear sister they haven't built me a prison, they have built me a castle...' ....50 years later with an army of prisoners lacerus slew his jailers and had the massive prison fortress as his own!
notes- a rather long backstory but necessary for a series of sketches of the priests (and of course priestesses :D ) of lacerus :boogie:....
sketch is here on my deviant page...mildly nsfw (male nudity ^^;...:D)
lacerus god of the imprisoned !
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