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Smug - by Cryptid-Creations
Under the Lonely Mountain
The views of Dhum Urnam, a dwarven city. It was known for working as a giantic machine, with every little bit working all together, and every citizen having their own place on these workings. It had achieved a level of progress other nations could only ever dream of, but it all came to an end when a much bigger nation disrupted said order by attacking the food suppliers. Now, the city has served as a hideout for the rebels who oppose the bigger nation, with one of the dwarves that originally lived in here as their leader
A speedpaint (2h?) of a location in my Dungeons and Dragons campaign. They finally arrived here last session. I wasn’t planning on actually doing a picture of this, but my sketching got out of hand and- Well, landscape!
I have a map version for this one, which I may post in a bit
Smaug - by Jenny Dolfen
“Smaug lay, with wings folded like an immeasurable bat, turned partly on one side, so that the hobbit could see his underparts and his long pale belly crusted with gems and fragments of gold from his long lying on his costly bed.”
Watercolour & gold leaf on Clairefontaine Etival cold-pressed paper, 29×40 cm.
HERLA and The Wild Hunt
Herla was out hunting in what is now the border lands between Wales and England when he came across another hunter in the same woods. He had a great red beard and hooves like a faun, but he said he was a king among the Dwarves. Herla told him he, too, was a king among the Britons who then inhabited that land. The two of them made a pact each to attend the wedding of the other.
When Herla was to be married the dwarf king came to the wedding feast with his company and many generous gifts from the dwarf halls, and more than this, they see to all the provisions for Herla’s wedding and the care of his guests. After the wedding, as the dwarves were departing, Herla was invited to the wedding of the dwarf king exactly one year later.
Herla and his retinue set out for the wedding laden with gifts and passed through a doorway in the mountain into the dwarf realm and along a passageway lit by lamps.
The wedding ceremony lasted for what seemed like three days and when it was over, Herla prepared to depart. He was given many gifts to take with him including a hunting dog but told that no man should get down from his horse before the dog leapt to the ground.
After they came out of the entrance to the mountain the doorway seemed to melt away behind them and was no longer visible. They hailed an old shepherd to ask for news. But the old man cannot understand the Brittonic tongue, for he is a Saxon and it was his people that now inhabited this land.
Herla could not understand how things could have changed in just three days. Some of his men got down from their horses to question the shepherd more closely but crumbled into dust as their feet touched the ground. Herla remembered the dwarf king’s words and warned his remaining companions to stay in their saddles until the dog jumped down, but he has not yet done so and Herla and his companions have wandered the land like ghostly hunters ever since, waiting for the dog to jump.
According to Walter Map, who told this story in the twelfth century, Herla's band are said to have plunged into the River Wye during the first year of the reign of King Henry II (the year 1133), though others report that the Wild Hunt still rides.
Diana what is dwarven/underground alcohol like? what's it made of? is there a mushroom alcohol drink? do dwarves have some specific underground drugs?
Diana
Breweries in the Kingdom use a lot a magic enchantments to brew, so they cast in a different way to alcohol up top. There’s also the fact that plants grown underground taste different, so I’m sure that has something to do with it.
Most dwarven beers do use mushrooms or cave roots. It makes the drink, I dunno, savory? Think that’s the best word for it. They have a rich, deep flavor, which typically results in higher alcohol content, but that could also be the magic runoff from the barrels. Either way, dwarves don’t typically get drunk off the stuff unlike other mortals.
As for the drugs, uh. Like, shrooms, I guess? Most drugs I know of use some kind of magic to intensify, which doesn’t do shit for dwarves. So, have to go with the plain herbal stuff for any effect, I guess. I don’t know. I don’t really mess with the stuff.
'Lord Of the Rings' Cast Invades 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' Teaser
‘Lord Of the Rings’ Cast Invades ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ Teaser
‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey‘ unveils a very long teaser trailer, and as we reported yesterday, it’s hit and man does it look amazing with lots of ‘Lord Of the Rings‘ characters.
What a week for trailers! Just yesterday we had ‘The Dark Knight Rises‘, a promo for the ‘Prometheus‘ trailer and now ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey‘. Oh yeah, and that ‘Wrath Of the Titans‘ trailer came…
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Entrance to the Mines of Moria
