Ash’s Kin # 4 (illustrated by Max Rugers)

In “The Hunt”, Vassily tells his granddaughter Celeste a story of how he met his wife and her grandmother, although Celeste suspects this is just another fairy tale “from the old country.”

While on his journey he encounters a deer and chases it for many miles, enjoying the thrill of the hunt. Just as he was about to kill the deer, a young girl names Ash leapt on the deer and broke it’s neck.

Ash returned to her people, with Vassily, bring the fallen animal for their meal.

This man is one of the men in Ash’s tribe.

He appears in Sandman # 38, page 15, panel 1.

I really like this portrait from Max. He did this portrait entirely in pencil, which feels incredibly natural and works well with a man of the forest. I really like the pride that you can feel in this character due to his expression.