Winter
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Pycelle’s chambers were beneath the rookery, a spacious suite of rooms cluttered with racks of herbs and salves and potions and shelves jammed full of books and scrolls. Ser Kevan had always found them uncomfortably hot. Not tonight. Once past the chamber door, the chill was palpable. Black ash and dying embers were all that remained of the hearthfire. A few flickering candles cast pools of dim light here and there.The rest was shrouded in shadow… except beneath the open window, where a spray of ice crystals glittered in the moonlight, swirling in the wind. On the window seat a raven loitered, pale, huge, its feathers ruffled. It was the largest raven that Kevan Lannister had ever seen. Larger than any hunting hawk at Casterly Rock, larger than the largest owl. Blowing snow danced around it, and the moon painted it silver.Not silver. White. The bird is white.The white ravens of the Citadel did not carry messages, as their dark cousins did. When they went forth from Oldtown, it was for one purpose only: to herald a change of seasons.“Winter” said Ser Kevan. The word made a white mist in the air. He turned away from the window.
I finally finished it! Feels like I've been working on it for ages. I think its the longest time I've spent on a digital painting. There are definitely things I could improve if I did it again.. although I think I would have to do it all over again in order to do that. Maybe I will one day!
Until then its a step in the right direction :)
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