Steen's home of the certainly strange
The long-awaited sequel to “Back Taxes” (http://www.certainly-strange.com/?p=1741)
Anyhow, there is much speculation as to how exactly Aryon procured his imprisoned Imperial soldier / museum display. I thought it would be funny if the Telvanni just kept tricking Imperial bureaucrats in the exact same way, and they just kept falling for it.
Since Aryon was himself a rogue Telvanni operating without charter, this scenario is not entirely far-fetched.
Combining the Tribunal Temple saints candles and Dagoth Ur mask I made with that painting I commissioned, the mantle place is now officially the Morrowind Mantle:
I commissioned Lukas Ketner to draw the scene of Steen and Aryon smoking and chilling and “researching spells,” and ho-lee crap he knocked it out of the park.
The style is fantastic. I absolutely love the old-school Dungeons & Dragons vibe, it brings me right back to my childhood when I would spend hours flipping through the AD&D Monster Manual. It perfectly suits eccentric wizards in their weird mushroom towers.
Each detail is more amazing than the last – I especially love how the hookah design echoes Telvanni architecture, that’s a nice touch.