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A quick piece I did for my world setting r/WorldsofIllyas to test out how I want deities and their emanations or devotees look, with the idea that in this setting intelligent beasts are so commonplace as to be unsurprising.

For the eel's form I was inspired by the legend of Nyami Nyami, a river God or river dragon of the Tonga people of Zimbabwe, shown as a serpent with a fish' head. In my world there are many such equivalents, and this is one of his children, gone to serve a deity as an apprentice to build its divine power. Or perhaps this is a minor deity's vessel to interact with the world.

A little late but I wanted to share!

In the realms of Consumption, some of the most powerful beings are those that take on the traits and nature of beasts but having accumulated great physical and spiritual mass then become a kind of divine being. A collective avatar for a specific species. These gods exist in the material, but at a distance, as though seen through a haze and carry out their divine lives like any normal creature, but with a supernatural aspect to them.

For my subreddit: r/WorldsofIllyas

Art by me!