dian, my love

Dian, My Love by ~myo-nk on deviantART



"Dian was cradled tight in her mother's arms, and I dropped my sword, tore the helmet from my head and fell to my knees beside them. 'Dian?' I whispered, 'my love?"...I waw the soul flicker in her eyes...She saw me, then she died, and i put my arms around her and around her mother and i cried like a child. For my little lovely Dian, I wept."


k, this is from an arthurian novel, Enemy of God, by Bernard Cornwell. i had to read this for my english class and felt that i was so lucky to have read such a book. it was full of emotions, battles, and just beauty of language, and i loved it so much!

in this part, a daughter of an arthur's warrior, who's the narrator in the novel, gets killed by bad guys (don't wanna give away too much!). but i remember screaming my head off, scaring my siblings, and just crying (not too hard tough). it was so sad! little dian died!

this book is definitely super-recommanded for those who love arthurian legend or any of those chivalry and romance stuff. i was so engrossed in the book that in my dream, merlyn came out and i had to protect excalibur and deliver it to arthur.

anyway this book is the second book of bernard cornwell's warlord trilogy, and i bought the third one! yeah! i can't keep my eyes off from the book!!!

i used painter ix, digital watercolor and oil, and then used photoshop vi for the effect.