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Art and design of Fantom by . phantomdotexe.deviantart.com/g…

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This one is a quick illustration of Fantom all chained up and heavily bound. 

Make sure to check out the story accompanying this piece, available here!  Ending 10
"WHO DARES INTRUDE IN MY REALM?"
Fantom trembled slightly, though she'd never admit to it. She felt her heart beating quickly. Sweat pooled on her pale forehead. Escaping the town had been a thing of beauty, and had required countless hours of planning and crafting. She had always had a contingency plan, of course, should she be captured. One of her loyal servants had snuck into her prison and replaced Fantom with a fetch - a construct made of twigs and stone, given temporary life by Fantom's magic. She had slipped out of the town while everyone was busy parading around the captured trio and yelling about their new permanent warning to other rabble-rousers.
Of course, this had taken money - cold, hard specie - and lots of it. She had used up her entire fortune. Fantom didn't have two gold pieces to clink together.
And thus, she had decided to raid the realm of a dragon. Go big, she thought to herself, or go home.
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