VDA - Velya the Flayer

Velya the Flayer is a character from White Wolf's Vampire the Masquerade. He is a Tzimisce lord, survivor, koldun and torturer that in canon was one of the leading figures of the Tzimisce Anarch revolt and later became a Sabbat Cardinal (and fleshcrafted his insane childe on his back so he avoids killing her). But that is all Modern Age Vampire. This is a depiction of his Dark Ages self, more specifically a Velya from the canon of Carpathia game I play and my own game that I lead. I focused on the fact that he is a childe of Triglav and that he is a seasoned older vampire. Dignity and not leaning too much into the gory macabre that a nickname as 'The Flayer' can bring, that said I still drew him as if he is moving towards a 'new project' be it ritual or torture, maybe both.