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Sweet Dreams Queen Silth

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Contest entry for #RedwallTribute

I'm glad that there was a contest because it gave me the opportunity and motivation to create some more Redwall fanart.

This is a scene from Marlfox where the scheming Lantur scares her mother, Queen Silth, half to death in order to try and take over Castle Marl.

In the book, Lantur does this multiple times and pushes her mother to the brink of insanity before poisoning her. But, as all Redwall villains, Lantur gets what she deserves in the end.

The great thing about books is that you can visualize the characters how you want and most people won't see them the same way. The reason I gave Lantur so many piercings is because Queen Silth loves to surround herself with lots of beautiful things.

As humans, to make ourselves more beautiful, we get tattoos, piercings, wear makeup, diet, dye our hair etc. All for the sake of becoming more beautiful. For the story, I figured, the marlfoxes would be likely to do the same with piercings as a form of beautification encouraged by their mother. Basically, decorate your body with jewelry, bones or anything that you find interesting.

The facial modifications would also be another factor that would set them apart from other foxes in the region along with the silvery/brown of their coats. Being so proud, they would probably want to distinguish themselves from the rest and of their species and entourage.

I always imagined Lantur with the most facial piercings because she is always by Silth's side and therefore would be more encouraged by the Queen to become more "beautiful". Just my take on things I guess.

Used Photoshop 7.0
Took 10 hours ( I am slow lol)
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3000x3000px 6.22 MB
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I giggled when I got to this part of the story xD An amazing tribute. Don't find nearly enough good Redwall art on here. Kudos!