"I've seen too much. Too much of man, and his tendency to destroy. Whether by malice or folly, it invariably ends the same way. Today, it seems, is no different..."

It started out as a shaded pencil sketch, but I decided to scan it into the computer and add color. A happy accident led to the idea of the sparks and flames, which gave the old wizard a sort of sad but steely look in his eye...