Morningstar

I was inspired to do this personal piece based on the character Morningstar while reading Mists of Everness by John C. Wright. Morningstar is a fallen archangel who now commands legions of dark forces and is lord of Acheron in the realm of the Dreaming.
I imagined that at the time of his fall his halo and wings turned black and the tears he wept at being banished from heaven were permanently stained into his porcelain skin which has also began to crack due to his inner corruption.

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