Death Tyrant

Acrylic on Masonite

11.5" x 8.5"

13" x 10" Framed

“We had been lost in this damnable Underdark for hours, but it felt like days. Fear has that effect I suppose. Still, the inky blackness beyond the circle of torch-light felt increasingly menacing, almost malevolent. Perhaps it’s for the best that we decided to turn back. The Underdark is no place for amateur treasure hunters. Gods! Every turn in this cave system looks the same, and we should have gotten to the cave entrance by now. Then…thank goodness! A faint, but perceptible shift in the darkness, just down the cavern. Odd that it has a reddish cast, but perhaps that was just the sunset, shining into the cave mouth? Has it truly been that long? All this trouble, and we never did find the path to the treasure. Ah well, could be worse…”