Tatto For You

In an as usually belated response to a continuing question about the inhabitants of the Half-Continent and beyond I have put this map up again but now with all new NUMBERS! [TM] by which I intend to answer said query. So here ' tis : 1/ Southeastern tip of Nenin , in the continent known as the Occident = Oriental derived cultures; 2/ Western coast of Heil , called Tung and home to a peoples derived from Mongol/ central asian cultures; 3/ Heilgoland proper, an empire based somewhat on Russian/ central European cultures; 4/ I cannot remember what this area is called specifically but it is home to a wide group of wild folk; 5/ The somewhat mythic lands of Fiele , little is known of here but that perhaps its is a land of sedorners and many monsters; 6/ The (Greater) Derelands , original home of the Skylds (for those who recall the history of Ingebiarge ), origin of greater derehunds (most excellent tykehouds ) and home of the Hagenards and various other peoples based on Nor...

These are by a fellow MBT-er, Ryan Kjolberg , or Kjolbergart as he is known here. He is currently "studying to become a concept artist and wants to ultimately become a movie director" and has taken some time out to do us the honour of working up some bogles of his own. As I said to him in reply, they are "absolutely spot on, the combination of fur and fleshy, snaggle-tooth jaws, the intensity of the eyes; it reminds me of just how damn scary a place the Half-Continent could be to live in and how people's fear and prejudice against monsters is in some way well-founded and fair." Thank you so much for these Ryan. I hope you all like 'em too... (These images are of course (c) copyright Ryan Kjolberg, and are used by his pernission) Anyone else got things to share? Also, please consider 'signing' the online petition saying No Parallel Importation of Books into Australia , if you have not already - for those who want to know more about this issue here i...