Before their exile "Orthrus" Magnus Vulpes was seen by the people as a sign of their rising empire's power. A painting was commissioned drawn from the fear that many a raider from savage land spoke of them as. They were the rider of a red horse wielding a flaming sword come to smite them. A beast of briar flesh and molten eyes staring out beneath a steel casket bolted to their body. To those that saw the blade swinging and survived its wrath they were a monster amongest men sent to wipe them all from the face of the earth.

To her own people however she was hope. When she was banished she left a mark that could not be removed on their hearts. Though Orthrus would never lay eyes upon it, a statue would later be made of a figure in snarling armor to match the painting.

Art by  ira-arn
Original painting upon which this is based is also of the same name is this, by George Frederic Watts.