Dragon Warrior monsters cross stitch 14: Warlock

I totally fell for this guy in 1989. I don’t mean to say I “fell in love” with him, though I suppose that case could be made at least in a certain sense of the word. I mean to say, this guy totally looked bad ass to me. I had been impressed by the dark threat of the hooded Magician. This guy looked just like the Magician, but he had a fucking staff. Staves meant power¹. Clearly, this guy could cast some serious shit². In fact, I based a Halloween costume loosely on the Warlock. My mother had sewn me a dark cloak from a pattern — likely the very same pattern I would use years later to dress as Final Fantasy‘s Black Mage — to which I added a glowing magic wand/staff built of a flashlight, a translucent rubber ball, and copious amounts of electrical tape.

¹ Would-be critical theorists would certainly find this statement loaded with symbolism. Well, just one symbol, I suppose.

² If Hurt and Sleep count as serious shit.

Colors used (DMC)

• 310 – Black
• 321 – Christmas Red
• 900 – Dark Burnt Orange
• 947 – Burnt Orange
• 3842 – Dark Wedgwood
• 3846 – Light Bright Turquoise
• BLANC – White