Kaltheos Acephalos

There are tales of entire villages, entire cities, absolutely wiped out. Every man, woman, and child. Dead. Headless. Even the statues, headless.

Millennia ago, the Hero chopped the Dark God's head from its shoulders. Ever since, it has been searching, and they say that if it ever finds its true head, our world will end.

Pray that the Hero returns before then.

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Pencil sketch on biggish paper. I darkened it quite a bit in Photoshop, only leaving light on the upper body. Digital manipulation is fun.
The head he's holding is the head of a Classic era Mesoamerican statue.
If you feel like it, I'd appreciate it if some of you tried coming up with a name for him. Something ominous and godlike, and at least loosely rooted in actual language.

Update: bensen-daniel [link] came up with the name I liked best, so it is now the title of this image.