A little AltairxMaria sketch I just finished. I was listening to Hans Zimmer’s “A small measure of peace” while drawing it. :)
From the next page, this comic is gonna become a little spoilerish. Maybe. I’m not really sure, because for now I didn’t read “The secret crusade” and I don’t know if the book is canon or not. Anyway, if you don’t want to risk, don’t read further. :)
Altair’s view of life becomes more and more pessimistic through the years, until the last page of the Codex, which is an example of pure universal pessimism. I think that the more he managed to know about the pieces of Eden and about Those who came before, the more his life continued through tragedies, the more he slipped deep into depression. Until the final conclusion that there is no redemption, no salvation, and that the cosmos cares nothing for human beings.
I see much of my own concept of life and death in his words. This is why I relate with him and I love him so much. :)