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The next page is here: faile35.deviantart.com/art/Boo… . For more information on the entire series, read the "'Demon's Due' Defined" journal entry here faile35.deviantart.com/journal… or the "'Demon's Due' Plus" journal entry here faile35.deviantart.com/journal… .
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What Jervil discovered through his minions' searches into the city was that he and his "colony" of psychic fragments of the Demon were far from being the only Others in Dernhem. The alluring shadow of death and terror that he knew as the Dream Stalker was present within the city, called into the realm as an extension of the darkened soul of a young courtesan whose lavish home was not far from the Fair Harvest. It was a place Jervil knew from his earliest experiences in Anjerome Villios' body, but while that memory spoke of a woman's accidental death at the hands of the psychic fragment who was barely learning the tastes and hungers of humanity, the rat-man's minions found instead a creature with a cultivated taste for killing on a whim.
Not a gremlin nor jackrat survived the discovery, and more disturbing was the fact that, as the shade summoned by the whispering courtesan, the Dream Stalker had the ability to disrupt the Demon's psychic fragments, draining or obliterating them entirely. Jervil realized that this creature not only threatened the completion of the Bookbinding, but his continued existence as well. As a result, he dispatched Callista with the intention of drawing his own enemies to discover the deadly courtesan and deal with the Dream Stalker themselves.
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As always, Annalae was drawn using reference material provided by Lindsey. She gave me so much good material with some really creepy lighting and facial expressions. Thanks, Lindsey!
That knife is really in the photo I used and seemed fitting for someone who might think killing is the "next cool thing." 
Enjoy!
Note: Bookbinding and Demon's Due are a work of fantasy and fiction. The artist/creator in no way condones real mistreatment of this kind toward any woman or man, by living person, gremlin, plant, assassin, ratman, viscous fluid, programmed device, animated home furnishings, or otherworldly spiritual beings. Furthermore, the artist opposes the marginalizing and restriction of women in general by any institution, political and/or religious, including those which have individual women amongst their membership touting/promoting their own happiness within that institution as evidence that ALL women should feel the same way. This includes the religion I was raised in and which I have utterly discarded from my life over this and other issues.
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What Jervil discovered through his minions' searches into the city was that he and his "colony" of psychic fragments of the Demon were far from being the only Others in Dernhem. The alluring shadow of death and terror that he knew as the Dream Stalker was present within the city, called into the realm as an extension of the darkened soul of a young courtesan whose lavish home was not far from the Fair Harvest. It was a place Jervil knew from his earliest experiences in Anjerome Villios' body, but while that memory spoke of a woman's accidental death at the hands of the psychic fragment who was barely learning the tastes and hungers of humanity, the rat-man's minions found instead a creature with a cultivated taste for killing on a whim.
Not a gremlin nor jackrat survived the discovery, and more disturbing was the fact that, as the shade summoned by the whispering courtesan, the Dream Stalker had the ability to disrupt the Demon's psychic fragments, draining or obliterating them entirely. Jervil realized that this creature not only threatened the completion of the Bookbinding, but his continued existence as well. As a result, he dispatched Callista with the intention of drawing his own enemies to discover the deadly courtesan and deal with the Dream Stalker themselves.
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As always, Annalae was drawn using reference material provided by Lindsey. She gave me so much good material with some really creepy lighting and facial expressions. Thanks, Lindsey!
That knife is really in the photo I used and seemed fitting for someone who might think killing is the "next cool thing." Enjoy!
Note: Bookbinding and Demon's Due are a work of fantasy and fiction. The artist/creator in no way condones real mistreatment of this kind toward any woman or man, by living person, gremlin, plant, assassin, ratman, viscous fluid, programmed device, animated home furnishings, or otherworldly spiritual beings. Furthermore, the artist opposes the marginalizing and restriction of women in general by any institution, political and/or religious, including those which have individual women amongst their membership touting/promoting their own happiness within that institution as evidence that ALL women should feel the same way. This includes the religion I was raised in and which I have utterly discarded from my life over this and other issues.
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Just a little typo: "Jervil knew from his earliest experiences Anjerome Villios' body..." Looks like you're missing an "in" or something. Loving the story! Can't stop reading!