The King Of Pain

The King Of Pain, in life, was a liniment salesman, but he swallowed aconite (a poison known as the “queen of poisons") and killed himself over gambling debts.

In death, The King Of Pain works for Desire.

It was Desire’s agenda to corrupt Emperor Norton and she used The King Of Pain as her emissary. He offered Norton, what most people would dream of…a beautiful wife, a spectacular house, anything his heart desired, but Emperor Norton told him that he wanted nothing. He was the Emperor of The United States and there was nothing else he could ever desire.

The King of Pain returned to Desire in defeat.

Last year Scott shared a preliminary drawing of The King Of Pain with me. Scott has since redesigned the drawing and so here is both his original penciled preliminary image and the final painted version.