I finally decided to sketch my stellar dragon from the dragon game as an adult far down the line from the campaign.

Could have done something better in a profile view or something but...meh? It felt important somehow to give him a frontal view.

As the centuries passed Virtillax became a master of artifice, and his innate power to cross planes and flagrantly ignore the laws of space allowed him to bring back unique materials from distant places. This was integral to the construction of the Sanctuary and many of his marvels both as jewelry and as machina. At first, as he and his dear friends and mate fled from place to place, he loathed mortals. Angered that his collective kind suffered for the transgressions of one man that could have been stopped by mortal intervention, yet they chose not to and it fell to dragons- to he and the three others of the Tetrad- to make things right. It took a great deal of time and much love from his friends, mate, and children to soothe the darkness in his heart.

This would not stop him from ever warning the clan in their dealings with mortals. No matter how much care and love was shown there would never be a guarantee against betrayal. Indeed, in the beginning of the Sanctuary Virtillax was very involved with the many younglings- as much as he was involved in his acts of artifice. Though when his mate eventually passed he turned himself more and more toward perfecting the Eternal Guardian to the point of obsession. It was not until the god he followed came to him on his final day that he could finally accept it would never be perfect and that nothing could be forever; not even the Sanctuary.

As he aged his scales began to crack and fracture, creaking with power over time and space. He collected and created many powerful items he wore on himself, but none were so cherished as the glass locked attached to his collar. Within the locket lay preserved memories; loops of time captured that he may forever have the most precious moments of his life to look upon.

Virtillax of the Tetrad. Virtillax the Void Crucible. Virtillax of Bejeweled Artifice. Virtillax the Friend. Virtillax the Husband.