#longship

[oldschoolfrp]

Dean Morrissey cover for Dragon 70, February 1983. That may be a full moon peeking out of the clouds, but this feels like a visual reference to the opening lines of Jethro Tull's "Broadsword":

I see a dark sail on the horizon, Set under a black cloud that hides the sun.

[illustratus]

Guests from Overseas by Nicholas Roerich

[oathtoblood]

The Landing of the Danes

— Henry Justice Ford (Illustration for ‘The History of England’ by Rudyard Kipling, 1911)

[pulpsandcomics2]

Raiders

[kameel-sm]

A glorious reunion.

Completed on 19th June 2025.

My interpretation: I was inspired by the fall of Ile-Rien trilogy by Martha Wells, but I wanted to depict a fan-fic scenario where the full cast of characters from the series are reunited post trilogy. The setting would be maybe 10 or 20 years later in the other world. The liner is based loosely off the Queen Mary and ss Normandie with my own imagination thrown in, too.

Decades after the war, Ile-Rien is back on its feet and beginning to thrive once more. The wizards of Lodun University and government have developed their spell spheres, making them into magical computers. Using these, they're able to take the newly refurbished Queen Ravenna back through a reconnected gateway into the other world. On arrival, the ship enters the calm summer waves and sounds its horn as it sails toward the coastline, where it is greeted by a native longship and the cheering crews and passengers of both vessels exchange pleasantries.

[theenlightenedoutlaw]

[vladsnake]

Floki’s quiet madness hits different. Lineart study I made from one of my favorite frames of Vikings (episode 7, season 3) — just ink, just lines, just rhythm. There’s something raw in drawing him like this: stillness, tools in hand, harbour behind him, and that haunted genius in his eyes.

Gustaf was one of the best things of this show. He made Floki so lovable.

[yeoldegodzilla]

These Viking longships with Godzilla carved into the prow have been restored and reside in the Godzilla in the Viking World museum in Uppsala.