"The conflict did not remain one-sided for long, however. The humans ingenuity had allowed them to survive through dark millenia without the light of magic. It did not fail them when the magic returned." -The History of Aroth Volume VIII (The Draconic-Human War) "Their bones aren't hollow? But how do they fly..." -Research Notes The twenty-third image in my Aroth story arc (started with Desolation). Images to date: Desolation, Captive, Bait, Arcane Magic, Tragedy, Ambush, Departure, Underground, Observation, Nexrosis, Breakthrough, Encounter, Return, Council, Gathering Forces, Escape, Resurgence, Army of Darkness, Freedom, Inevitability, Commitment, War, and Research. Wow, over a year since my last post and almost two years since my last Aroth posting. I guess life's just been throwing me a few twists and turns lately. There's a couple things about this image that I'm not satisfied with. But most of them would have taken quite a bit of time to fix, and it's time to move on to the next image. Maybe someday I'll fix it up in the "Special Edition" ;) On a technical front, the figures were posed in Poser 4, while the environment was "modeled" in Bryce 6. Bryce 6 was also used to render the scene. I definitely still have a lot to learn about Bryce... Especially when it comes to making it play nicely with Poser-generated files. But I do enjoy the rendering engine, and the ability to create environments.