Storms and Troopers

The party left Cordal on a ship destined for Espoir, a fiefdom in the Western Lands. They were told the trip would take nearly two weeks, during which they would be sailing along the Northern Coast, past the small town Pelor’s Hope. Here the beacon of the lighthouse signified the end of what is known as the Civilized Lands, and it was only shortly thereafter that the wind began to pick up.

Soon, the winds turned into an all out storm at sea, and by helping the crew, the heroes managed to save the ship from crashing against the rocky shore, but during the ordeal, Melisandra the wizard was washed overboard by one of the massive waves crashing against the hull. Had it not been for the swift actions of her traveling companions, the wizard would have surely perished in the angry sea.
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The Man of Steel

This is about the absolutely greatest influence on my life, as a person and an artist. Though we do completely different things, this guy taught me many of the fundamentals of what it means to live for your art. For good and bad. The man I’m talking about is my father.

Gert Rasmussen is his name, and these days he works mainly as a blacksmith, using his long time artist name Grasart. It’s a return to the roots for him. As a teenager, he was a blacksmith’s apprentice for a while, before being lured away by working with glass, painting, sculpting with clay and porcelain and working with precious stones and metals. You might say he has come full circle. You might say he has come home. Continue reading