Traversing from one star system to the next had been a fairly long and tedious ordeal up until Tera was able to employ faster means of travel with a more focused effort, leaving him with a significant amount of down time amidst travel. Or as he so aptly put it: 'hurry up and wait' periods.

Mercifully, the concerns of needing to bide his time and wait for him to arrive at his next destination were only a major problem for the first few thousand years of his otherwise expansive and frankly near endless journey. By his estimates, had he maintained that pitiful rate of travel, by the time he had finished traversing even the smallest fraction of the galaxy, any other galaxy would have traveled off much too far for him to even consider approaching. And that was without considering the lifespans of stars and wasted travel arriving at one that had long since burned out.

His his earlier means of travel and his first models of interstellar craft were ones most would consider 'functional' but not necessarily 'safe', leaving very few amenities and a very, very cramped space for an already exceedingly large and growing brute. Being put into a state of stasis, while being the objectively correct decision, ultimately resulted in an aching, awful stiffness that crept into musculature meant to flex and pump and grow and exert unreasonably large amounts of force upon reality.

It was the least favorite part of his earlier travels. And yet, paradoxically, it also resulted in the best moments of relief that came as a sort of payoff.

When he finally arrived upon a world he intended to visit, the first thing he did upon stirring awake and exiting his craft involved a highly practiced and devoted ritual that took several hours until he was satisfied. After all, there was a lot of him to wake up. A lot of him to show off.

And a lot to flex and show off for both his benefit and pleasure.

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And here we are, the first render of Tera Llorik in the model made for him by  BlazingIfrit . It was actually the completion of this model that prompted me to make this account in the first place and to be more open in general. Though I'm still relatively new at the creation and rendering 3d media, I'm anticipating to learn much more and explore different avenues of expression.

Ultimately it means more eye candy for those that appreciate the brungus and something interesting for those who like my weird lore dumps. Plenty more to be had as I post and make new stuff.

In the meanwhile, here's one of two biceptember pics for this year as well.

Render and posing by yours truly with the assistance of  Aranai

Model by  BlazingIfrit