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Vekh, of the Pictish Mockingbird Tribe 🪶
#characterdesign #conanexiles @ConanExiles
Was looking at this old drawing of mine of two Mermen inspired by this Pictish cross from Saint Andrews
Fun Fact.
Napier and Pitcairn are mutants, but their mutant classification is Chimera. As Napier's a Pictish Beast and Pitcairn's a Kraken.
They however prefer wearing their armour to assist them in combat, but hide themselves as many people fear and are against Chimeras.
@Aonghous_Mac @JewelKnightJess But Thames is pre-Celtic the equivalent of pre-Pictish. You could just take the point it’s really old…
Carved in Stone is a game-ready setting guide to Scotland’s Pictish peoples, for players, historians and enthusiasts of all ages! We’re pushing for exciting stretch goals you won’t want to miss out on - go to https://t.co/xUQnxhrty1 to find out more!
The Cimmerian #1: Beyond The Black River
In the dense jungle of The Picte country, Conan saves Balthus, a young Aquilonian volunteer, from Pictish warriors. Writer Robert E. Howard, adapted by Mathieu Gabella, Artist Anthony Jean: Howard’s odd western-like fantasy; well-done. 4/5
With a head & neck of a horse, tail of a fish & webbed paws as front hooves; the Hippocampus is the offical chariot-puller of Poseidon. With the ability to gallop on water, this Greco hybrid creature is shared by Phoenician, Etruscan, Pictish, & Roman #mythology.
#MythologyMonday
Serpent-like symbols on Pictish stones (like this Highland example, now in @NtlMuseumsScot) have fuelled the Loch Ness monster legend for centuries 🐍
Over 1,200 years after it was carved, the story continued when the first reported photo of the beast was published #OTD in 1934.
A Pictish minotaur for Ryse:Son of Rome. The idea was that, like in the 13th warrior, in the imagination of the Roman soldier the Picts appear as actual monsters, but when they're killed you realize they're humans in suits with skulls on their heads.
#conceptart #creaturedesign
@ABeaumontWriter Since the Scots all famously descend from the Egyptian princess Scota, that's, of course, the Set animal Sha she brought with her and mightly impressed her new Pictish neighbours.
Reconstruction of the probably Pictish outpost of Dundurn, Perthshire, by Peter Dennis, and the site today. Perhaps a key stronghold of the Pictish kingdom of Atholl, it was torched in 682. #HillfortsWednesday
“Bloody battles, Roman legions, Pictish armies, supernatural entities and the mist covered hills of my homeland... how could I fail to be charmed? Fans of David Gemmell will lap up this earthy, brutal fantasy.” – William Meikle
https://t.co/UMQ4iYlm1V
Genetic analysis has found that a Pictish man who was killed and buried in a cave in the Highlands 1,400 years ago had links to #Orkney 🧬
Known as “Rosemarkie Man”, his genetics were found to be most similar to other Iron Age individuals from Westray: https://t.co/t16UNEwxeH
Historical fashion Days 5 - 8!
5. Pictish Warrior🏴
6. 17th CE Age of Sail - Pirate, obviously🏴☠️
7. Neolithic Age🦴
8. 1813 Terror Age of Sail - based on Dr. Goodsir 🥶
Dr Thomas Wise collected everything from Egyptian amulets to Irish copper axes and wrote treatise on subjects as varied as the Hindu system of medicine and Buddhist imagery on Pictish stones.
Explore his "cabinet of curiosities" at our Wise Ways exhibition, open until 25 August.
A Pictish man who had a "brutal death" about 1,400 years ago could have been royalty 👑
In 2016, “Rosemarkie Man” was found in a cave in the Black Isle in the #Highlands.
The man enjoyed a high-protein diet, suggesting he was a high-status individual: https://t.co/FDXPeFoy8h
Reconstruction of the probably Pictish outpost of Dundurn, Perthshire, by Peter Dennis, and the site today. Perhaps a key stronghold of the Pictish kingdom of Atholl, it was torched in 682. #HillfortsWednesday