Aspect of Valefor

Valefor (also at times referred to as Valefar, Malaphar, Malephar) is a Duke of Hell. Described as the 5th demon in the Lesser Key of Solomon. He is a fallen angel who fell from grace during Lucifer's rebellion. He commands ten legions of demons. He tempts people to steal, promotes good relations among thieves, but is known to abandon his followers at the gallows.

He often presents very different appearances to those who dare to summon him. Animalistic, parts lion and donkey, with multiple limbs and more than one gaping mouth. However he is also known to assume humanoid and even angelic form at times and may only be visible in a mirror.

While generaly considered a fickle patron, who ultimately betrays his followers and may lead them astray, Valefor has at times sent agents to protect or aid his chosen ones. It is not clear if these are entirely separate entities, or actual manifestations of the Duke himself. The image above represents one such manifestation, an aspect of Valefor.

Ink drawing, modified in Photoshop. I might work on this some more but other projects are cooking.

Tyrion Lannister Drawing from 2008

This is another throwback artwork from the archives...

The HBO series for Game of Thrones started showing in 2011 apparently. I actually read Game of Thrones book in 1996 shortly after it was released and to this day I still have PTSD from waiting on GRRM to release the next book in the series. I was at the University at the time, and remember getting a stomach bug, after puking my guts out for a few days I picked this book up from the Library, mostly because I thought the name "Game of Thrones" was kind of stupid and pretentious. It was on the shelf right next to a copy of a volume from Black Company! Should've went with Black Company! Great series, nothing to complain about there.

Despite my dislike of the title or the author of this series, I liked reading the books and especially enjoyed the characters. The fact that nobody was safe after the first book created an allure to this series. The dialogue was brilliant, and the political intrigue was incredible. I am so glad HBO picked up the series and did it justice, especially the parts for which there was written materials. There were a few things I did NOT like about the HBO series, but nothing is perfect...

One of the things I disliked the most about the HBO series was the casting of certain characters, chief of which was the choice for Peter Dinklage to portray the main character of the series. Don't take this the wrong way, I think Dinklage did a great job with his acting, but Tyrion is supposed to be ugly and disfigured. Dinklage is entirely too pretty for the role! In my humble opinion, Tyrion should actually look like GRRM himself, but younger, more out of shape, and also disfigured. There's even a incident in battle that results in him losing parts of his face and nose, but in the HBO series they kind of made him even prettier after that!

This here pencil drawing was made sometime in 2008 and portrayes Tyrion as I imagined him from reading the books, before the HBO series came out.

Now tell me, how much did you like the ending of the HBO series? I know you loved it!