#neshtèra

Had a bit of fun with a movie-ish sequence of the bonding moment between Senta and Neshtèra. Once in color and once in grayscale - both work well in their own ways.

Nesh is only inches away from piercing Senta and ending the story, but she hesitates when Senta just sighs and tells her, “Wait - I’ll show you”. Nesh is surprised to see mountain corio bite marks on her neck, and Senta says, “See, I know how it is. I don’t want to hurt you - but maybe I can help you hurt a little bit less.”

Loafed around after two intense weeks at work and felt like giving Photoshop a little spin. It’s Neshtèra, the same corioalar as on the last image. She sustains this injury in a fight with a pair of mountain corios who can be sometimes arsed to obey Senta’s foster-father, but they’re too opportunistic to turn down a fight against another corioalar.

From then on, Neshtèra’s flight is unstable and forbids her to return to the eastern lowlands for feeding. It’s either walking or dying up there, but Senta can’t live with the thought of losing a creature like her to her foster-father’s corio gang and tries to gain Neshtèra’s trust.

Alright, you guys XD Thanks for the encouragement. :)

This is something I have on hand right now, it’s a sketch from this morning’s meeting. Senta (the young woman) and the corioalarian Neshtèra shortly before they turn their backs on Aritha and leave for the region of Fyrr.

Senta was born in Fyrr but lived in an Arithan foster home until things took a turn. Among those events, she earned Neshtèra’s respect and the corioalarian female paid it forward by bringing Senta back to Fyrr after all bridges were burnt.