Dorno and the Beaked People

Dorno and the Beaked People by Bowen12a

Krokar (to Zandor):  So, now we have the son of the great Zandor.  We will keep him for a slave after you have been put into the river of the bottomless pit.

Dorno is the son of Zandor, leader of the Herculoids, and his wife Tara, a family of three humans and their five very powerful pet creatures defending their jungle planet.  The Herculoids were the subjects of an American animated television series, which debuted in 1967 and was revived in 1981 on CBS and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Due to his youth and his lack of special powers, Dorno is certainly one of the most vulnerable members of the Herculoids and is frequently a weak link which their opponents seek to target.  I imagined what might happen if the Herculoids had not rescued the boy in certain episodes.

The picture "Dorno and the Beaked People by Bowen12a" was one that I commissioned from an artist through DeviantART in 2014.  

This picture was inspired by the episode "The Beaked People".  While trying to track Zandor, who left a distress sign after being captured, Dorno is ambushed and captured by two hiding Beaked Men and taken to their leader Krokar, who plans to enslave the poor boy.

Imagining that the Heruloids' rescue attempt had failed, I pictured Krokar's daughter spotting the shirtless pretty boy and insisting upon having him as her pet.

From Dorno's perspective, this is preferable to his perishing in the mines or in the fields.  

This picture is fan art and intended to raise interest in the Herculoids and Dorno.  This is an original scene and did not appear in the series or in any other derivative media.

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