Heavily inspired by a Pathfinder piece of artwork featuring a dwarf with a shield and Mignola's art direction in Atlantis: Lost Empire, today's Inktober prompt was super fun to make a reality. As for the poem, I was influenced by the pain some people go through, and still endure. I am very proud of those people. Below is the transcription:
look at her shield
see the dents, how deep
they go; and the
scratches from daemons
she swore never to
tell you about.
no matter how beaten,
no matter how hurt
she got, she always
rose her shield.
i'm proud of her.
'Shield'