Akhenhotep, a priest from the riverside kingdom of Hekaptah, has hired the vagabond Amozean sellsword Ezegbe to retrieve an ancient mask with sorcerous power from some abandoned cliff dwellings out in the desert. Now that Ezegbe has brought the mask back to Akhenhotep within the ruins of a temple his ancestor had commissioned, the priests explains what he plans to do with his power…much to the warrior from Amozey’s horror.
This illustration is a follow-up to my earlier “Canyon Confrontation” piece. They both depict scenes from a short “sword & sorcery story” I have written called “Mask of the Cliff-Dwellers” (which awaits review and revision now).
