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Åskland Longhouse A colourful and rather shoddily crafted acrylic painting of an Åskland longhouse for the Ninth Age fantasy world. Overt references to Dark Gods worship was kept out of this one, save for a skull trophy on top as a hint that all is not a summer idyll. The phallic plank jutting...

T9A has recently released the PDF file Epic of Kibotesh: A poem which is a parody of ancient Mesopotamian myths with lawyer humour as though out of a Donald Duck comic. It’s got some good story twists. The tone is inherently dry since it mimics ancient clay tablets, but don’t let that scare you...

Disciple of Lugar Relief "Risen In Flame. Denied His Ungodly Godliness. Purest of Heart. And Burning Spirit. Soul Cast On Pyre. Its Flesh Afire. Smoking Shadow. And Footsteps of Embers. Risen In Flame. Yet Fallen To Ash. The Curse Aglow. Burn Bright And Fast. It Cannot Last." -Inscription...

Dwarf of Nevaz Vanez The westmost of the three great Dwarven Holds in the White Mountains is Nevaz Vanez. This Dwarven powerhouse, along with its surrounding lesser daughter Holds, could be based on the ancient Celtic tribe of Helvetians, and by extension Switzerland. This proposal is borne out...

Tribal fight in the northwest Barren Mountains The Caucasus Mountains are famous for harbouring many different peoples since ancient times, with tribes barely being in contact with the others in the next valley. While the open steppes of Central Asia provided the perfect stomping grounds for...

Dwarven Hold of Nevaz Barim The central of the three great Dwarven Holds of Vetia's White Mountains, namely Nevaz Barim and her surrounding lesser daughter Holds, could be based on south Germanic tribes. Both Celtic and Germanic styles have always went along well with Dwarven designs, and the...

Khuralshki Dwarves Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to go weird! To the hilt. As you can see here, the first Chaos Dwarf concepts of the 1980s had a distinctly twisted bend, and this style has been followed up by many different miniature manufacturers who have all given their very own...

Infernal Dwarves of the Barren Mountains Ladies and gentlemen, can you sense the smell of the Inferno in the air? What weird, wonderful and horrible realms and peoples could be found in the benighted east? Enter, if you dare trek across the Barren Mountains on your way to reach the infamous...

Dwarven Holds of Aseadal Peaks As was discussed here, let's propose T9A to have both a fantasy Human Korea (quite much a given, to be expected) with a few Dwarven Holds in its numerous mountains (not a given). Let's pick Aseadal as a working name for this land, for the moment being; by taking...

Highborn Elf Concepts Great Eagle (2019) Eagleshaven Elven city map concept (2017) Elf Heavy Archer (2016) Face of a Killer (2016)

Dwarven Holds of the Sky Foothills Ladies and gentlemen, let us better not leave eastern Augea without some Dwarven presence: That would be all too predictable run-of-the-mill poor form for a fantasy setting. Although the equivalent of Korea could work well as a basis given their history of...

Veil of the Ages: The Breach (Kickstarter) Ladies and gentlemen, please look closer if you wish to see more fresh blood in our hobby! This initiative by Veil of the Ages for a low entry barrier should be of interest for all fantasy wargamers, regardless of what wargame they happen to play...

Dwarf of the Maidens The Maidens mountain range in Equitaine may be a reference to the Massif Central of France, moved up northwest and stretching into the equivalent of Brittany. At a guess, the Maidens from foothills to mountain tops may harbour settled Equitainians and human brigands alike...

Lost Islander Dwarf My colleague Tjub (of the Tjublings) wanted me to draw a south sea dwarf, and so here it is! The islands of the Pacific Ocean is not the first place one would think of Dwarves for, when converting real world history to fantasy, yet the famous Rapa Nui of Easter Island did...

Aotarakoa Saurian The Ninth Age (T9A) concept art for fantasy Indonesian Saurian armed with copper klewang, based upon Nias warrior garb. The Nias tribe were famous headhunters and warriors who carved wooden figures and small stone monuments for their houses. Saurian inspired by the sterling...

"My reverend lord, did you bring a straw? Or how on earth will you consume the blood with that nose ornament in the way?" "I'll drink to that!" Infernal Dwarves of the Torture Valleys Ladies and gentlemen, I invite you all to participate in a brainstorming for this new concept, courtesy of...

Virentian Dwarves of the Wrathful Mountains[/b]']Virentian Dwarves of the Wrathful Mountains Ladies and gentlemen, the historically based fantasy world of Warhammer, beyond naval expeditions, found one way of pitting Dwarfs against Lizardmen. This was by the means of the lost hold of Karak Zorn...

Koghi Empire of Gold There has been a lot of brainstorming and homebrew development for the Ninth Age's version of the rich empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhai in West Africa, all ruled from the saddle by mighty warriors and slavers. This is one example of something that might have chafed for a...

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Frost Elves: Northern Sylvan Elves Based on Finnic Tribes Ladies and gentlemen, it is time to go full circle where the Aurora Borealis dances across the sky. JRR Tolkien, the inventor of the classic historically-based fantasy genre (that Warhammer Fantasy and the Ninth Age are both part of)...