"Frenzy" by Isabelle L Davis

Another denizen of the Daemonslayers' world, Tymaera. And I still need much more practice at equines since this is less than perfect! Originally this was a speedpaint which took about 2 hours, but then I spent forever fiddling about with textures and layer settings which made the 'speed' but redundant.

Blurble: When the Demon Queen captured seven unfortunate unicorns and twisted them with her dark magic into evil, perverse reflections of their former selves, not all of them turned out to be appropriate mounts for the generals of her demonic armies. The dire unicorn now called Frenzy was one of these... wherever he goes he is constantly surrounded by a blood-red mist and any who breathe this are overcome by a temporary madness. Riven by the spirit of pure violence and blood lust their eyes turn red as the mist and they turn upon their fellows and tear one another apart. Not even Shine's chaos demons were immune so Frenzy could serve no one as a mount. However, a use was found for this beast; he would be let loose amongst enemy forces where his influence would have devastating, blood-soaked consequences. Those who survive and regain their senses often lose their minds anyway, tormented by the memory of the things they saw and did when affected by the rage.

When the Demon Queen was driven from Tymaera and her armies collapsed, Frenzy wandered free. Compared to the other dire unicorns Frenzy was a much more peaceful creature, and despite his fearsome outward appearance retained much of his former self. In fact, he is the only one of the nine who remembers who and what he once was except for his original name (which is the key to undoing the curse upon him and all other creatures Shine transformed against their will). Even now Frenzy will not harm other mortal beings except demons, for obvious reasons. Unfortunately seeing the effects time and again of the horrible curse of rage and destruction that travels with him caused him to slowly lose his mind and he is now quite, quite insane.

Since he does not wish to deliberately do others harm, Frenzy stays far away from the races of men and half-beasts. He haunts lonely places but despite his best efforts is occasionally is sighted from a distance by the unwary who spy the glowing cloud of red mist. Those foolish enough to investigate do not return.