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Description 'While waiting for her crew to rescue her after a mission goes bad, a badly wounded Shepard receives help from the last person she expected to see.'

Where to start. I upgraded Kaidan's armor. Since he was using the ME1 Onyx armor on Horizon, I figured he should get the state of the art version of it like Shepard did.
I did want to use his Horizon colour scheme and funky lights, so I applied them. Really though, the man needed an armor upgrade!

This piece consumed the majority of my time this week. It's been in my head for months now, the idea that Kaidan rescues a wounded Shepard. (Something I would love to see in a DLC.)
A nice start for a reunion after Horizon. We spoke about this in the KAAS thread ages ago I think.

Anyway, this was insane to do. I wanted a dark and gritty piece so to speak. I picked the moment after he comes to her rescue, after the fighting. Mainly to portray Kaidan as a medic (which he was in ME1 for me).
This is what I came up with.

The omni-tool was something I knew I wanted to do, with the medical hologram, skeletal thingie. Now wanting to do something and actually sitting down to create it are two different things, but after hours and hours I was thrilled to see it on my screen So much fun to add the details to it (displaying Shepard's broken arm for example), but so time consuming.

I wanted Shepard to be barely concious, a bit of a ragdoll I think the word is (excuse my English lol). Kaidan holds her close, without his support she would collapse. And that was the general image I had in my head.

That's it really, I'm just thrilled to finally get the image out of my head and on to my screen after all this time.
Have to clean up the creative space in my brain, you know, or I'll go mental

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Comments: 154

Dryadeh-L [2013-11-01 13:53:44 +0000 UTC]

Head canon accepted! I suspect that I've already commented this before but just in case... I LOVE IT

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Dryadeh-L [2013-06-09 15:27:11 +0000 UTC]

I love the idea and the art <3

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lealea25 [2012-04-25 14:58:41 +0000 UTC]

i really love this picture and so wished it was ingame

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BadAsSquirrel [2012-04-21 02:58:14 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful piece. I want to slap him much less than I did after Horizon.

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Jhourney In reply to BadAsSquirrel [2012-04-21 07:04:49 +0000 UTC]

thank you and I'm sure Kaidan is glad as well

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BadAsSquirrel In reply to Jhourney [2012-04-21 14:46:29 +0000 UTC]

Oh he certainly better be. I pack quite a whollop

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Tifa-23 [2012-04-04 04:42:57 +0000 UTC]

This is amazing! I love it!

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Jhourney In reply to Tifa-23 [2012-04-04 06:09:49 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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Ryusui [2012-03-15 01:41:39 +0000 UTC]

These manipulations you do are truly amazing, this looks just like a screenshot out of the game, and conveys a ton of a emotion at the same time. Well done!

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Jhourney In reply to Ryusui [2012-03-15 06:20:47 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, at the moment I made that one, I was aiming for that. Happy to read your comment, again thanks

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GoombaPie [2012-03-03 08:35:47 +0000 UTC]

great concept, good work
and your English is perfect.

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Jhourney In reply to GoombaPie [2012-03-03 09:43:16 +0000 UTC]

hehe thanks...*spots the word Pie in your name* now I feel the urge to bake..so um thanks for that too, nomnom

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GoombaPie In reply to Jhourney [2012-03-05 04:25:14 +0000 UTC]

haha, great now I'm hungry too!

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CortosisKylee [2012-03-01 02:02:35 +0000 UTC]

This is perfect!!! Fantastic job!!!

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kraaal [2011-12-06 03:50:25 +0000 UTC]

This is gorgeous; the details, his expression, the omni-tool, the hologram, they're all just beautiful. My only complaint is that it might be a bit too dark for me to make out the multitude of other details I'm sure is there. That aside, I have to agree with what some posters have said: this looks like something straight out of the game.

I also would like to mention that someone posted a prompt on the Mass Effect Kink Meme, asking for a fic about this picture, and I took the offer. (Please, tell me you're 14 and over, or I'm in very deep trouble...) If you're not familiar with the meme, feel free to send me a page asking for the link.

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Jhourney In reply to kraaal [2011-12-06 10:23:02 +0000 UTC]

I'm wayyyy over 14, no worries And glad you like it

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kraaal In reply to Jhourney [2011-12-06 21:22:36 +0000 UTC]

Here's a link to the story: Saviour .

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Jhourney In reply to kraaal [2011-12-07 10:43:11 +0000 UTC]

Great job, loved it. Thanks for sharing!

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kraaal In reply to Jhourney [2011-12-08 14:40:12 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. Hope I didn't come across as stalker-y or something, LOL. I just saw it referenced in the kink meme and I was struck by inspiration (and also by Sbarge's awesome reading of Kaidan's letter post-Horizon); it was my first fanfic in the ME fandom, though it's not the first fanfic I've written.

I honestly tried to work in some sexytimes, but I just couldn't find a way to work it in gracefully, so to speak. I did an RP some years ago, and we always made fun of what we called 'corpsepile sex' in which the characters get it on right on or in a mound of corpses, which, as you can imagine, is all sorts of romantic (not). So I went with the bittersweet ending, one with a glimpse of hope for the future.

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Jhourney In reply to kraaal [2011-12-09 09:18:21 +0000 UTC]

Personally, the glimpse of hope at the end did a lot more than a sugary ending could have done. But only because of the hope for the future, I'm a sucker for happy endings and hope to get one at the end of the ME trilogy

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kraaal In reply to Jhourney [2011-12-10 17:23:55 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you liked it! I'm a sap for happy endings, too, though I suspect Bioware will still give us their signature hard decisions, evident in all their games to date. I just hope they don't force us to choose who to leave behind again.

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Lellandra [2011-11-24 20:44:20 +0000 UTC]

This came out great! Loved it!

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EmbersOfAmber [2011-09-29 01:45:13 +0000 UTC]

I love all your stuff so very, very much! <3

(This is Bekkael from the BSN Kaidan boards)

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Jhourney In reply to EmbersOfAmber [2011-09-29 07:04:38 +0000 UTC]

Hiya Bekkael, welcome to my little corner in the DA verse and thank you

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Gabygou [2011-09-25 16:34:22 +0000 UTC]

Finally, Kaidan gets to save Shepard!! He deserves to be the hero for once.
I love your work. L2, Picking up the pieces, Bittersweet, The Reply, this one (Savior), but I have to admit...
Checkmate is my favorite!
Don't know why, but all my favorite pictures are made by you.

Keep up the awesome work!

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Jhourney In reply to Gabygou [2011-09-26 06:35:18 +0000 UTC]

Wow thank you for your kind words And yes Checkmate is still one of my faves too

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Silverpearl1977 [2011-09-22 00:43:05 +0000 UTC]

I really love this! The roles are switched and for once Shep is vulnerable

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Jhourney In reply to Silverpearl1977 [2011-09-22 06:02:23 +0000 UTC]

Exactly and glad you love it

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Leofina [2011-07-03 16:31:42 +0000 UTC]

Another amazing picture. This scene is so significant and lovely - I have to load my ME1 Savegame before the Ilos-mission... guess why xD

Please keep it up! CanΒ΄t wait for more!

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Jhourney In reply to Leofina [2011-07-03 17:05:28 +0000 UTC]

Ah yes Ilos, haven't been there with my Shepard in a while...I need to correct that mistake

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Patriarch2 [2011-05-26 05:19:34 +0000 UTC]

Most excellent...well done!

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Jhourney In reply to Patriarch2 [2011-05-26 09:32:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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anitalaloca [2011-05-07 01:05:56 +0000 UTC]

wow! ive been looking through all your pics and i think we all know who your going to romance. I can never manage staying loyal

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Jhourney In reply to anitalaloca [2011-05-07 06:33:48 +0000 UTC]

hehe and I can never imagine romancing someone else in the ME universe...maybe after ME3 is released and I have closure, maybe then I can give the new guys a decent shot...but it's doubtful

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anitalaloca In reply to Jhourney [2011-05-07 06:57:17 +0000 UTC]

i always run to garrus... i cant help it!! hes the only one that joins no questions asked and he stopped a rocket....with his FACE!!

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Jhourney In reply to anitalaloca [2011-05-07 09:19:22 +0000 UTC]

lol Garrus is too much of a kickass budy for me to ever romance him, would feel awkward. Love his character though, always bring him in both ME1 and 2

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anitalaloca In reply to Jhourney [2011-05-07 10:23:49 +0000 UTC]

.....he's batman

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AmethystStar94 [2011-05-03 15:59:18 +0000 UTC]

Amazing! Aw, I miss Kaidan.. Can't wait for ME3.

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Jhourney In reply to AmethystStar94 [2011-05-03 17:33:16 +0000 UTC]

Thank you and same here, just a little while longer...or so I keep telling myself

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AmethystStar94 In reply to Jhourney [2011-05-03 20:01:01 +0000 UTC]

In the trailer, it says 'holiday 2011'.
I'm not American so I had to search what that means lol.
Basically, October maybe...? That's too friggin' far away!
But I guess I don't want them to rush it.. I'm just impatient >_<

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Rana-E [2011-04-04 18:08:17 +0000 UTC]

I don' t know how I JUST saw this but it's so awesome...I remember the conversations on KAAS about this!

God I love this! <3

Awesome job as always Jho!

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Jhourney In reply to Rana-E [2011-04-04 19:39:00 +0000 UTC]

hehe thanks, it's still one of my faves. Although I might eventually change his armor to the Horizon one Thanks for the fave!

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Denerith [2011-03-25 20:20:40 +0000 UTC]

2. I love you! *-*

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Vulbreeon [2011-02-26 05:15:05 +0000 UTC]

Haha. Is it silly that every time I look at the title of the picture I'm reminded of the song Savior by Rise Against? I doubt that's what you were thinking when doing the picture, but still.

I have to also add, that I would love for this to happen. It'd be the best feeling in the world to see Kaiden rescue Shepard if done correctly. <3 Haha, I'll try not to gush too much at your pictures whenever I have the inspiration to comment, though.

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Jhourney In reply to Vulbreeon [2011-02-26 08:23:00 +0000 UTC]

lol well I created the pic because I wanted to see him coming to her rescue. Should they ever create a DLC, I do hope they give the VS some heroics, like they did with Liara. The general opinion is the VS are wimps because of Virmire. Shepard carrying Kaidan there didn't help with that either I suppose. So if Shepard ends up rescuing the VS again in some DLC, their reputation will take another nosedive...if that's even possible lol

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Vulbreeon In reply to Jhourney [2011-02-27 02:47:03 +0000 UTC]

I actually never realized that, but that seems pretty true. Poor Kaidan and Ashley haven't really been given much of a chance to prove themselves. x) I do hope they at least get a little more spotlight this time around then. o:

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tds1977 [2011-02-01 15:31:37 +0000 UTC]

it's so good i was under the impression that it was from the actual game itself. I love this piece, try a few more...... please.

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Jhourney In reply to tds1977 [2011-02-01 15:42:25 +0000 UTC]

Can't get a greater compliment than that, thanks

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Renessa [2011-01-26 06:55:04 +0000 UTC]

This is my absolute favourite Kaidan picture! All your works are really great!

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Jhourney In reply to Renessa [2011-01-26 06:56:17 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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