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Firstly: I promise that the pose on this was originally going to be different from *checks* every other drawing I ever did, things just weren't working too well and it slowly reverted to 'stock-standard pose no.2'. I fail

Some time after completing his 4th variation I kinda realised that I had tried to fix a lot of stuff that really wasn't broken in the first place, and the end result wasn't as good (design wise) than some of my older designs. I've been playing with Azura's design a lot, half because I keep thinking I could do better and half because I'm slightly worried at the "Gary-Stu" factor. (I've done a lot of tests and most say he's either clean or borderline). I kept thinking I'd upload this once I had a background on it but I got stuck for ideas and decided to post it up anyways. Might do a background if I get a decent Idea for one.

Either way, this worked out quite well from an artistic point of view, I gave the fur a good bashing and I think it looks very =Venator-Somniorum -like which can only be a good thing.

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In case anyone's interested, here's his story summarised so far. Azura was inspired by the Kamigawa series of cards from MTG and I kept the species name (Nezumi) and such, but most of that will change and as yet his world is only a haze of potential ideas and the like revolving around one definite being him.

Azura was born approximately 31 summers ago to a blacksmith and his wife from a large settlement. His childhood was relatively uneventful, but Azura was always somewhat of a "pull the wings off flies" kinda kid. He expressed a keen interest in combat and started learning to fight basically as soon as he was old enough to swing a stick. At around age 15 he left home and joined the local militia, whose job was basically to raid other settlements and defend theirs from attackers.
Azura showed himself to be a ruthless and skilled soldier but was denied promotion simply because of a general lack of leadership skills.
Sometime after serving about 3 years his tribe united with several others and went to full scale war with an enemy alliance of Nezumi clans (Nezumis = roughly like the modern middle east). During the first major battle Azura took a thrown axe to the head which smashed the front of his skull and blinded him in his left eye. He owes his life to the battle helmet he was wearing that day. Having managed to crawl off the field he was discharged from the militia because of his injury which has left that side of his face scarred and disfigured. After a long recovery period he returned home to find his hometon had been badly causght up in the fighting and most of the occupants including his parents had evacuated. Their fate is still unknown to him.
In the years leading up to the present, Azura moved around a lot, living alone and selling his blades to the highest bidder sometimes as a proffesional soldier but often as a hit-man, bodygaurd or other hired thug. Throughout this time he learned from anyone willing to teach and trained and refined his fighting style into the deadly hybrid of various armed and un-armed styles it is today.
Through periods of peace Azura continued to upskill and would blackmail or mug random targets to buy anything he needed but couldn't steal. These actions as well as the paid killings of several powerful people put a sizable bounty on his head from various parties and wound him up behind bars every so often.
Although an extremely formidable opponent in close combat as well as within the range of a thrown blade, Azura is generally cautious and leaves as little as possible to chance, preferring a quick and silent knife in the dark to a fair head to head fight if he thinks the target has even a slight knowledge of armed combat. He describes himself as not being a fighter as opposed to a killer.

If there's anything else you'd like to know or think I should change in the story let me know ok?

Description
Firstly: I promise that the pose on this was originally going to be different from *checks* every other drawing I ever did, things just weren't working too well and it slowly reverted to 'stock-standard pose no.2'. I fail

Some time after completing his 4th variation I kinda realised that I had tried to fix a lot of stuff that really wasn't broken in the first place, and the end result wasn't as good (design wise) than some of my older designs. I've been playing with Azura's design a lot, half because I keep thinking I could do better and half because I'm slightly worried at the "Gary-Stu" factor. (I've done a lot of tests and most say he's either clean or borderline). I kept thinking I'd upload this once I had a background on it but I got stuck for ideas and decided to post it up anyways. Might do a background if I get a decent Idea for one.

Either way, this worked out quite well from an artistic point of view, I gave the fur a good bashing and I think it looks very =Venator-Somniorum -like which can only be a good thing.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In case anyone's interested, here's his story summarised so far. Azura was inspired by the Kamigawa series of cards from MTG and I kept the species name (Nezumi) and such, but most of that will change and as yet his world is only a haze of potential ideas and the like revolving around one definite being him.

Azura was born approximately 31 summers ago to a blacksmith and his wife from a large settlement. His childhood was relatively uneventful, but Azura was always somewhat of a "pull the wings off flies" kinda kid. He expressed a keen interest in combat and started learning to fight basically as soon as he was old enough to swing a stick. At around age 15 he left home and joined the local militia, whose job was basically to raid other settlements and defend theirs from attackers.
Azura showed himself to be a ruthless and skilled soldier but was denied promotion simply because of a general lack of leadership skills.
Sometime after serving about 3 years his tribe united with several others and went to full scale war with an enemy alliance of Nezumi clans (Nezumis = roughly like the modern middle east). During the first major battle Azura took a thrown axe to the head which smashed the front of his skull and blinded him in his left eye. He owes his life to the battle helmet he was wearing that day. Having managed to crawl off the field he was discharged from the militia because of his injury which has left that side of his face scarred and disfigured. After a long recovery period he returned home to find his hometon had been badly causght up in the fighting and most of the occupants including his parents had evacuated. Their fate is still unknown to him.
In the years leading up to the present, Azura moved around a lot, living alone and selling his blades to the highest bidder sometimes as a proffesional soldier but often as a hit-man, bodygaurd or other hired thug. Throughout this time he learned from anyone willing to teach and trained and refined his fighting style into the deadly hybrid of various armed and un-armed styles it is today.
Through periods of peace Azura continued to upskill and would blackmail or mug random targets to buy anything he needed but couldn't steal. These actions as well as the paid killings of several powerful people put a sizable bounty on his head from various parties and wound him up behind bars every so often.
Although an extremely formidable opponent in close combat as well as within the range of a thrown blade, Azura is generally cautious and leaves as little as possible to chance, preferring a quick and silent knife in the dark to a fair head to head fight if he thinks the target has even a slight knowledge of armed combat. He describes himself as not being a fighter as opposed to a killer.

If there's anything else you'd like to know or think I should change in the story let me know ok?