SF&F Picture 84 out of 93 by Isabelle L Davis.

SciFi and Fantasy Art: The Dragon in the Darkness

This got a mod's choice last time I uploaded it - just my luck it was on March 1st. Well, win some lose some ^_^

The evil dragon who jealously guards the fallen Elven city of Uth Sarthan and the secrets it keeps.

Years after the Separation of the Elven races, the Solaris (the High Elves) still maintained their rule over the fabulous fortress-city of Uth Sarthan. But they became greedy and haughty and in their decadence imposed heavy taxes on all goods that came up from the south through the trading route their fortress protected. But greed drove other peoples too and a great hoard of barbarians, both human and ranwulf from the plains of the Tenra plataeu behind Uth Sarthan attacked the city seeking to plunder its wealth. The better trained and better equipped elves won though, and the barbarians retired to lick their wounds. But one particular chieftain had the bright idea to forge an unholy alliance with an awful dragon who was known to terrorise that region. Motivated by greed, Thrax Morthrul agreed to ally with the barbarians (although secretly he had no intention of sharing the elves' bounty and planned to destroy his allies once the city fell.

The timing though was unfortunate for just as Thrax was attacking the city a great earthquake occurred, opening a ravine beneath the city into which all of Uth Sarthan, its people and the dragon fell. This earthquake was caused by the opening of the Nine Gates, brought about through a chain reaction caused by the first demon incursion into Tymaera through the Dreaming Gate in the lands far to the south. The fissure in the earth closed up, trapping the dragon who was the soul survivor of the calamity.

Now Thrax Morthrul jealously guards the ruins of the city, and his hoard formed of the countless treasures it once contained. Occasionally treasure-hunters find ways through the labyrinthine caves beneath the mountains to find the city, but all they encounter there is death at Thrax's jaws. But more than just guardian of Uth Sarthan, Thrax Morthrul is custodian of the Shadow Gate, which leads into the Lower Planes. Not only does he stop foolish mortals from entering the Gate, he is also the world's defence against any of the creeping horrors that try to come out of it. It keeps him occupied..

I don't have the energy to do this much detail too often.


	Categories: [Dragons, Drakes, Wyverns, etc] Techniques: [Computer-coloured Picture]

Date	Name	Comment
22 May 2005	BlackGoddess	Loading... awesome Dragon , you are very talented
5 Sep 2005	Anonymous	Loading... wow
10 Sep 2005	Anon.	Loading... Awesome! He looks so evil.... I like! The detail is awesome.
25 Jan 2006	Dark angel	Loading... you have got to be joking!! I mean that is crazy!! It so gorgous! I love it! Do another.
7 Apr 2006	Kimberly mattia	Loading... Wwwwwwwweeeeeeeeee! What a dragon! It well deserives mod's chioce!! You give lots of ideas and inspiretion, thanks. Keep'em up!!
18 Jul 2006	Callie MacDonell	Loading... You are absolutely fabulous! I love the atmosphere.
26 Oct 2006	Medivh Do Rei	Loading... You'd deserve the eternal flame of the artist's soul(a special commemoration, sort of like a medal, it's a blue ball of everlasting fire, simbollic, given only to one person), a dragon can't get any better than that, excellent job!
26 Feb 2008	Edris D Poole	Loading... All i have to say is WOW you are very Talented
10 Apr 2008	Jyles emil wirta	Loading... BADASS!!!!!
11 Apr 2008	Amy F. Goggin	Loading... Jesus, he looks like a huge Gremlin except much scarier.
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