Another doodle of an upcoming elf character, this time of Fianue (pronounced fee-AH-noo-ay) or as his name translates, Falcon, who happens to have a companion gyrfalcon. It’s not a coincidence- when he was a newborn, he was nearly carried off by a griffin, but a neighbour saw it and sent his gyrfalcon friend to distract the griffin- and Fianue was rescued. Shortly after, he was given his name. Some years later, in a clutch of eggs the gyrfalcon laid, one chick was encouraged to bond with the young elf its mother once rescued. The two have been inseparable since. It is not a pet, but a wild bird- elves don’t understand ownership of other living things. They will befriend animals, but never own them.

Fun fact: in the Dark Wings universe, elves are something in-between mammal and bird. They have hollow bones and their ‘hair’ is actually very fine feathers. On some they are so fine they look almost exactly like hair, but on others they are fluffier and more traditionally feather-looking, like Fianue. Elves’ tails also have feathers along the end that can fan out, and it gives them amazing balance and agility- something that’s very helpful when you live inside giant trees.

When it comes to reproduction, that works just like a mammal, so no weird comments about egg-laying please. XD

Also, some really old, exceptionally crappy art of Fianue: