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Sunflash the Mace

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Here’s the badger I decided to draw - Sunflash the Mace from Outcast of Redwall! I was tempted to color in his gold stripe, but since I didn’t color the markings of Swartt Sixclaw or Taggerung, I’ll keep it consistent with this too. Overall I’m really happy with this one, the pose especially. =D

I'll be posting the rat character I've done tomorrow. =)
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He's certainly got the warrior look down!
That reminds me — the Hindu warrior god Indra was said to have a mace (called a vajra). He's best known for killing a water serpent who had dammed up the holy rivers and was keeping hostage.
Interestingly enough, in the related mythology of the Hittites, the Thunder God fights a water serpent — and is bested and stripped of his eyes and heart. Thus mutilated, he casts off his godhood and marries a mortal woman (who turns out to be a mountain goddess, but that's neither here nor there), and the two of them have a son. That sun falls in love with a girl — the daughter of the sea-serpent. They marry. The ex-Thunder God asks his son to ask the serpent for the eyes and heart back; according to tradition, the new in-laws cannot say no to a request. The son does so. Upon receiving his eyes and heart back, the Thunder God becomes a deity again and beats the serpent down. Just as he's about to give the finishing blow, his son steps in between. "The serpent has acted as a good father-in-law and has welcomed me into his home. If you mean to kill him, you must kill me too." So the storm god, unhappily, kills both the sea-serpent and his own son.

It's neat seeing the parallels with "Outcast of Redwall". I won't spoil it for you, but when you re-read it, you might notice some of the parallels too!