one of my monster corvo varients. basically expanding the metal skull motif of the mask into a full body thing. this version of the design is heavily based in tiger skeletons, but id probably pull it in some other directions if i go back into it. also the heart of a living thing resides in the debris of the rib cage and sorta powers him

story relevance is, in short, that the mark turned his bones to metal and after hes poisoned he sloughs his skin off and then like. kills everyone that betrayed him or whatever. yeah this is  specifically a high chaos au

+bonus earlier doodles of this specific design concept from *checks notes* early 2020 that never ended up here i dont think. i might try and reincorporate the more aggressive topheavyness of this version back in if i do more w this design