Character 'speedpaint' - Orion

took me 2 to 3 hours, that's a speedpaint for me! I am really... slooooww...

I want to shape the fantasy story and world that is stuck in my head a bit better, so other people might enjoy it as well. So lets start with some descriptions of important characters Orion however is such an important character that telling his background story will create a lot of spoilers. For the sake of keeping the story interesting (I am currently working on it), I will not tell you everything, sorry! This just means that he is a lot more interesting than he appears  


Name: Orion of Westende

Other names: Hunter.

Age: 76

length: 2.04 m

birthplace: some small, unknown village no one has ever heard of in the northern part of the northern continent.

race: human

known languages: common, but in a large variety of dialects, and a few words Southern speech. Common sounds like Dutch in the western part of this world, but in the middle and north, Orion's local dialect, it has more of an English sound to it.

Description: Tall; pale skin; white eyes with a dark rim around the iris; black hair, reaching down to his shoulder blades. He looks like he is 25-30 years old, which doesn't really match his real age. He wears dark clothing and a slightly ragged cape. He always walks around with his bow and a (huge!) longsword.

Religion: None. To put it in his own words: 'If there are any gods, they are obviously not interested in me. Therefore, I am not interested in them.' used to believe in Vaden, the one god, when he was a child though.

Profession:  at the moment he is a sorcerer in service of a local lord, who suffers from bad health. He has travelled and worked at various other places before this though. All sorcerers are also in service of the King, so Orion's aid is needed in other places as well sometimes if the King orders it.

Personality: Typical mysterious guy with a huge problem that he desperately wants to keep secret. This character is the one that faces difficult decisions most often, having to choose between two evils on a regular basis. He looks quite calm under it, but that's just a facade. There are not a lot of people who manage to break through that, and know who he really is. So not the happiest guy in the story, I am afraid. He sees the world as a rather grim, dark place. He has to put in a lot of effort to feel only a little bit of happiness. I guess it is some kind of depression, though for him it is not caused by something natural. I am not going to say anything about it
Some other important characteristics: THAT DREADFUL SMIRK. Seriously, before I started writing I never thought he would do that so often. There is no smirk in this drawing, which makes this rather special, haha! Proper smiles on the other hand just do not seem to exist for this guy. 
Despite being a tall, he is very good at keeping himself in the background and not getting noticed by someone. He is the kind of person that can suddenly stand behind you without you noticing. I don't think he would be able to do this without his magic though. He is calm, clever, and has gathered a lot of knowledge during his lifetime. This leads to funny situations sometimes, because he looks too young to know so many things. His nickname, Hunter, comes from the fact that he is a good tracker/stalker and was given to him by other sorcerers. He just doesn't hunt on animals though... At least, not when he got that nickname. 'Orion' is not his real name either; he has given it to himself. His surname changed a couple times, when he moved from one place to another to start a 'new' life, but he has always named himself Orion. That's a highly unusual name for a human, by the way. He never uses his original name any more. He doesn't like the memories that go with it. 

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Here is where I will dump more art involving my OCs:
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And here is the prologue of my story:
Prologue - a State of Equilibrium

And here is the guide to my world:
Guide to 'a State of Equilibrium'