#agonistes

[neptuniite]

[silvermagpies]

THERMAE

Erres ek Englion/Ioannes - Erres, returning from a campaign, is coming back to a home for the first time. For @neptuniite

As he walks he pushes the thought of Ioannes from his mind - Ioannes framed in the light of the door, catching the warmth of the lamps in the wrinkles of his face. Perhaps returning to the barracks would’ve been easier, but his feet had taken him deep into the city, searching for the comfort he cannot bring himself to name. He had thought the dog would be distracted by the taverna they passed at the end of the street and the warm light and laughter spilling from inside. Certainly a quiet pup could find a scrap or two passed his way in there. But the dog had kept following him, cautiously at a distance like they did patrolling the camp’s perimeter. Ioannes comes to mind again, without invitation. He thinks surely Ioannes won’t let it inside, the filthy dust coated thing that it is. Pity it with a crust perhaps. The stale taste of it rises in the back of his mouth. 

His feet come to a halt before his eyes focus on the right door. It is already cracked open, and swings wide when the boy that had been peering out spies him with a yelp and scarpers. Then, like the dawn, Ioannes. 

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[lether]

[picopepin]

Since Ghost got it i can share this little Ago as the doll doodle I did with the inventory themed care package i sent ^^

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"THE SECRET FACE OF GENESIS" -- WHERE HE WALKS, AGONY FOLLOWS.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on promotional shots of Agonistes in massively detailed 12 inch scale, plus a shot of his six inch action figure, from Clive Barker's "Tortured Souls," released by McFarlane Toys in July 2001. 12 inch version released in October 2002.

BRAND: Clive Barker's Tortured Souls

GENRE: Horror & Fantasy

PRODUCT TYPE: Action Figure

SERIES: Clive Barker's Tortured Souls

MINI-BIO: "He is a transformer of human flesh; a creator of monsters. If a Supplicant comes to him with sufficient need, sufficient hunger for change - knowing how painful that will be - he will accommodate them. They become objects of perverse beauty beneath his hand; their bodies remade in fashions that they have no power to dictate. As written, The Book of Genesis is wrong in parts -- God did not rest on the seventh day, rather continuing to work to create creatures that did not walk the perfect Garden of Eden, rather ugly demons and destroyers, like that of Agonistes. As a surgeon, he is a monster that appears to those with the most desperate need to be altered, altered into creatures of only death - assassins who feel only pain. "

-- TORTURED SOULS FANDOM (Tortured Souls Wiki)

Source: https://mcfarlane.com/toys/agonistes & https://torturedsouls.fandom.com/wiki/Agonist.

[fancyfade]

“how could you see past my infallible disguise of a hat and conveniently placed shadows?”

[image: 3 comic panels from detective comics 405 taking place on a boat. Mr agonistes (a dude with a sailor’s hat and a black coat) is standing next to bettina smyth (a blond woman who looks younger than him). bruce wayne as batman, but in a disguise that is a trench coat and a hat over his batman costume (his face is covered in shadow) walks up to them. agonistes says “I advise you not to make any sudden moves my friend! my men are extremely nervous” Bruce says “tell them to hold hte fireworks, mr agonestes” and bettina says “if this fellow isn’t really jack -- who is he?” bruce takes off his hat and trenchcoat and says “some call me... the batman.” Agonistes says “ah... i’m honored! I had not imagined you were any more than a legend!” bettina smiles and says “he’s real, K.C. darling... and deliciously handsome!” Agonistes takes bettina’s hand and says “as long as introductions are in order, this is my fiancee, miss bettina smythe!” Bruce says “My pleasure... i’m very curious, Mr agonistes -- how did you know I was an imposter?” end image]

[toyboxobscura]

What do you get when you combine the highly detailed figures of McFarlane Toys and the twisted mind of horror writer Clive Barker?

Back in 2001 you got Tortured Souls, a set of original Cenobite-esque characters complete with their own story. From that set, this is Agonistes. Ain’t he pretty?

[neptuniite]