The Prince and His King

While it doesn't outright say so, this here's my Halloween pic for this year. Unless I actually finish the half of this that I decided not to use in this picture.

This character may seem unfamiliar to many of you. And killing any Slenderman callouts before they're made, no, that's not who this is. Not by a long shot.

So who is this faceless man? He is known as The Prince, the Tall Man, the Arrogant Man, and Cabadath. Behind him is his master and king, Chzo, Elemental of Pain. They are the primary antagonists of the X Days a Y series, also known as the Trilby series or DeFoe series, and collectively known as the Chzo mythos, an obscure set of games from ZeroPunctuation's very own "Yahtzee" Croshaw. (If you don't mind love cynicism in gaming reviews, look him up. He's quite funny.)

Relevance of the numbers? No idea. But apparently they do tie in; a lot of fanart includes it.

I have no idea how long this took. Several hours, somewhere below ten, factoring out disturbances. I actually turned the number into a brush instead of manually transforming it all. xD Shortcut FTW. I think this is definitely one of my darkest images, lighting and horror-wise. I should do more direct-from-behind lighting more often. I like what it turns out.

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Characters, games, related paraphernalia (c) Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw
Art (c) me