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Character Profile: DEATH STARby *BrentJS

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DEATH STAR is one of my oldest characters, created waaaay back in...well, a long time ago during Thanksgiving at my aunt Margy's. I still have the original drawing of the character that I made when I was 7 years old.

Death Star will be appearing in the upcoming superhero role-playing game Capes, Cowls & Villains Foul from Spectrum Games and also appears on the cover:
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Guan Yu was a simple merchant living in Beijing during the latter days of the Qing Dynasty. When he refused to pay tribute to the local Triad, his business was set ablaze, resulting in the deaths of his wife and two young children. Blind with rage, Guan Yu confronted the leader of the Triad, but he was beaten mercilessly and left for dead. With his last breath, Guan Yu cursed the Triad, entreating Yan Wang, the god of death, to punish the murderers.

Yan Wang heard Guan Yu's pleas and sent an aspect of the demon Chu Jiang, king of the second level of hell and persecutor of thieves and murders, into Guan Yu's body at the moment of his death. Empowered by Chu Jiang, Guan Yu exacted revenge upon the Triad, slaughtering nearly 200 of its members before it was satisfied that its task was complete. But, once unleashed on the world of the living, Chu Jiang's aspect became an autonomous entity, separate from Chu Jiang, and refused to return to Di Yu (hell). Chu Jiang tried to retrieve his aspect, now calling itself Sha Xing, or Death Star, but Sha Xing had already made a deal with Yan Wang in which the god of death allowed Sha Xing to remain on Earth as long as he delivered a tribute of souls on a daily basis. Sha Xing has been roaming the world in search of souls ever since.

As a demonic entity, Sha Xing is immortal in the conventional sense of the word, but he is susceptible to magic and could effectively be terminated by being separated or exorcised from his host, Guan Yu. Sha Xing is impervious to material injury and possesses superhuman strength and reflexes. He wields three magical "dragon blades," which absorb and collect the souls of those he kills for transference as "spiritual currency" to his master, Yan Wang.

Sha Xing, aka Death Star © 2010-2011 Brent Sprecher

~IADM Jan 19, 2011 Professional General Artist

You were 7 when you created this? What was going on during that thanksgiving at aunt Margy`s man?

*BrentJS Jan 19, 2011 Professional Traditional Artist

Ha! I don't know, dude! I've always liked my villains...dark.

~IADM Jan 20, 2011 Professional General Artist

LOL!
Has the image arrived yet?

*BrentJS Jan 20, 2011 Professional Traditional Artist

Yeah, dude! I just got home and it was waiting for me; my wife picked it up at the post office for me! Awesome! Thank you so much!

~IADM Jan 21, 2011 Professional General Artist

Oh yeah!

Thank you Brent!

Send me a pic when you put it on the wall.

*johnsonverse Jan 19, 2011

Super cool!!! Great coloring and really cool design.

*BrentJS Jan 19, 2011 Professional Traditional Artist

Thanks, dude. I always appreciate your feedback!

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