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Tileke's Eagle, 'A Bride's Story'
UPDATED: jULY 27, 2022
A single frame from Kaoru Mori's epic and visually stunning "A Bride's Story".
I highly recommend it!
Tileke is the youngest female member of the Eihon family - settled in a prosperous town in what is now modern Kazakhstan. She had become obsessed with tamed hunting eagles since she was tiny, and finally, in about Book 11, she is given the chance to begin to learn how to be a handler.
I'd been planning to colour this frame for the last three years. .. AND .. I FINALLY FIXED that quilted jacket! Nailed it!!