Gasping for breath, the thin mountain-air working against him, Taj falls-down to his knees…

“… ghh “

Furious at his own moment of weakness, a faint snarl works its way out of him in frustration, thoughts of punching the ground and roaring in anger flood his mind. Tempted but controlled, he catches himself before giving-in to defeat, holding on to the flag and the reason why he’s here in the first-place, covered and chilled to the bone in the constantly blowing snow.

“I have to do this… I CAN do this.. I’ll prove to Othelo…” Taj’s eyes glance forward towards his goal. “That I.. AM-WORTH-TRAINING!!!”. He firmly plants a foot into the snow and swiftly pushes himself back up on his feet, the built-up snow blowing off with the strong winds pushing against him. “I must not stop now... I’ve come so far.”

Little did Taj know, His own pressures to excel himself would forge the Diamond of a Warrior he would become on his own...

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I've been wanting to release little 'stories' or 'clips' of text with some commissions, to hint-at and display "who" Taj really is as a character lately, since I kinda fail at finding time to put real effort into writing up parts of Taj's story, and wanted to give it a shot with my most recently received commission, before the work week comes back to wreck havoc in my life.

According to her submission -> http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8474709/
This was influenced/fueled by "Iron" by Woodkid

Perfect song for Taj ^_^



Art (C)
Character © Me