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Exalted Art Challenge Concept Sketches - Monstrance - “The Arms of the Lover”
The divine essence of a Solar is no easy thing to corrupt and thus the Neverborn created the most cruel of implements for their Deathlords to use - the Monstrances of Celestial Portion.
These sarcophagi are uniquely forged to corrupt and bind the Exaltation of a particular servant and keep it under the thrall of the Deathlord. A Solar thrust into this insidious coffin eventually succumbs to corruption until they give themselves over and accept their new existence as Abyssals…or perish.
As each monstrance suits the Deathlord’s intentions (the way I interpret the lore), I’ve chosen to portray this monstrance controlled by the Lover (the Deathlord from my last post) as being much like its owner. The silk satin pillowing inside makes it seem like a luxurious bed, the soulsteel and jade construct gilded with gold. A prismatic crystalline lid allows one to gaze on the poor soul inside, whose body is trapped in an arc that mimics ecstasy by gold caressing arms that come alive and clasp the victim within.
Inserted along the crystal lid, jewel encrusted needles stab into each of the victim’s chakra points, plying the Solar within for corruption. Like the Lover, this monstrance combines a beautiful and terrible aesthetic.
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Dream of the Twelfth Labour, 2017
Acrylics on paper, 20 x 20 cm
In my dream I am adolescent Heracles having a prophetic dream about the twelfth labour. In search for the putrid Avernus I travel far south. The further I go the thicker the fog gets but there’s no stench to guide me to the entrance – on the contrary, I’m treated to the most exotic flower fragrance. After a while I spot a source of light in the mist and it soon leads me to a lavender field with a decorated crystal coffer towering above it. Inside the coffer there’s an enormous shriveled corpse – its chest being consumed by smokeless fire in complete silence. I realize this is the entrance to Hades I’ve been after and rejoice. Without delay I shatter the coffer and immediately wake up into the darkness of hell – as a naked youth. I remember a woman laughing in front of me. The shock breaks the spell and I wake up again marveling about the idea of unleashing hell upon the world as the only means of entering it.
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The Demon Abaddon is one of the most powerful of all Infernal Spirits, residing in The Hierarchy Of Gates (the highest Hierarchy of The Boullan Echelon), the Demon of the Sixth Gate of Hell.
Known as the Demon Lord of the Bottomless Pit, The Bringer of Misery, and the Prince of Death, Abaddon is an Infernal Spirit of immense force who brings death, misery, discord and devastation to the victim He is summoned against.
Abaddon is a Spirit of Unholy Darkness and only the experienced Satanist can truly work with him as an Ally, I have Invoked this Demon into myself in years past and allowed Him residence in my body for over three weeks, the intensity of His potent Infernal Current during emotive situations is intense - at times during this period when engaged in sexual intercourse and at another time during a potentially violent situation the Demon came through so strongly as to bring about changes to my face structure and eyes (witnessed by others) and a feeling of transition in my body which is virtually beyond explanation.
This Dark Being of the Demonic Echelon Governs the Spheres of Destruction, Death, Misery, Devastation, Loss, Perversion, Torture, Loss and Pain.
The depiction below is not of Abaddon but is very similar to the Demon’s usual appearance although he may also appear as a peripheral shadow or dark skinned Demon of terrifying image.
Copyright© John Wakewood July 2017
