Launch of a river boat at Rhigos. Sketch by Mark Smylie. The bridge in the background, having the form of a Stasis Rune, was built by the dwarves during the centuries of Rhigos' wealth when the Manirian Road was in full flow. #Glorantha

Funeral procession in Rhigos. Sketch by @marksmylie.bsky.social #Glorantha

Thank you to everyone who purchased a copy of my charity booklets at Dragonmeet this weekend. £98 donated to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. #Glorantha

Booklet on sale at Dragonmeet. A bit conflicted by the new venue: closer but very impersonal. #Glorantha

Booklets ready for Dragonmeet.... Will probably bring five of Kulyanan's Tale, and ten of The Storyteller Speaks (a collection of myths). Covers by Mark Smylie, interior art by Katrin Dirim  and Agathe Pitié . Profits to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. #Glorantha

Latest sketch from @marksmylie.bsky.social. #Glorantha

A trip to Mars this morning. Art installation at the cathedral.

Test print of this year's Dragonmeet booklet. Cover by @marksmylie.bsky.social, interior art by @katrindirim.bsky.social and Agathe Pitié. #Glorantha

Just ordered a test print. The test print lets me read through look for typos and formatting errors. #Glorantha

Beautiful French supplement. #Glorantha

As a special addition to the RuneQuest Adventure Tokens, @katrindirim.bsky.social has kindly drawn a Moon Cat! Feel free to use this feline in your games. #Glorantha

A piece of WW2 anti-fascist folk art. My grandfather brought this back after serving in North Africa and the Levant. I assume it was made by one of his comrades from a bit of spare wood.

Draft by @marksmylie.bsky.social In the reed beds near Rhigos, a giant crane surprises a group of newtlings gathering papyrus. #Glorantha

I've been studying the Oxford Cognitive Screen (OCS) tests I did on Thursday. I am obviously very lucky as I only made one or two small errors. The tests are a disturbing, fascinating, and frightening insight into what a stroke can damage.

It is a mark of our time, when Disney and Star Wars become the guardians of truth. The monsters are here. They are massing under a cloak of patriotism here, and already in power elsewhere. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYnE...

That's my Covid vacinnation booked. Next week, a trip by bus and train to.... Colchester. Convenient in a way, as I still won't be allowed to drive, so it will be a day out.

It's been a long weird week. This time last week I was wondering what was happening. Today: legs almost normal; left arm still heavy and hand stiff. Odd having a pain in the hand when there's nothing physically wrong with it. I feel a little 'odd' in myself. All things considered I've been lucky.

Esrolian village by Simon Bray. The village sits on a mound; the site has been occupied for at least a thousand years. It is protected by a ditch and thorn hedge, and the houses form a protective wall. This is a small village, with maybe 200 inhabitants who work the surrounding fields. #Glorantha

I realised that was the wrong title, so Mark has kindly reworked the lettering. It's not a story about the storyteller, but mostly consists of myths and legends he tells. Believe I have a good excuse for being befuddled this week. #Glorantha

As some of you know, I have had a medical adventure this week. I hope to create the booklet towards the end of the month but will have to carefully work out how many copies I can bring to Dragonmeet. Here is the finished cover by Mark Smylie. #Glorantha

Very tired, and oddly emotionally distanced. May be the tablets or the effects of this week. Typing is still difficult so I won't be writing long replies. My left leg is 95% there but my left arm is at 80% and my hand still feels as though it isn't mine, and I am very left handed.

An update: I'm home. About 80% functionality restored in my arm and leg - stroke deep in the brain. I've been lucky - no apparent speech, memory, or personality damage. I was the only one walking up and down the Ward corridor - exercise is a way of rewiring the brain to restore control of a limb.

Magnificent draft arrives from @marksmylie.bsky.social . This will be the cover of my charity booklet this year. #Glorantha

Court picture of the Queen of Rhigos by Agathe Pitié, depicted as the Goddess-on-Earth, holding a tambourine, maze, poppy, and serpent. #Glorantha

Updated Esrolian ballgame by @marksmylie.bsky.social . The safer seats are in an upper tier.... #Glorantha

A draft by @marksmylie.bsky.social - captures the atmosphere and culture of this Esrolian city. It really pleases me to a ridiculous degree that I can point to this place on the map and identify many of the people. I intend to use this as the cover of this year's Dragonmeet booklet.

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Orana and her husbands by @katrindirim.bsky.social . Again her husbands are smaller. I would have liked there to be more husbands (Orana has many many husbands in my Rhigos) but my art budget has flown far far away!

It's too hot to do much, so I am playing at the positioning of some of @katrindirim.bsky.social pieces in the Myths booklet. For fun I decided to make the husbands smaller than the Earth Goddesses. So, Ernalda.....

A friend won a lot of Angus McBride paintings and didn't want the books. Obviously a publisher's marked-up set.

Delaina by @katrindirim.bsky.social 𝐷𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑥𝑡ℎ 𝑑𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑤𝑖𝑛 𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑛 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝑈𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑑, 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝐴𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑟ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑠 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛 𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑒.

The Goddess Dela by @katrindirim.bsky.social 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑓𝑡ℎ 𝑑𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝐷𝑒𝑙𝑎, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑦, 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑒, 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑘, 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑦 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝐻𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦.

The Scots love him. www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/trum...

From July 21, 1969. Powerful image. Ghost Astronauts.

Sketching the layout of a large Esrolian village or town, set upon a 'tell' surrounded by fields, a grove, and an urnfield. Only recently fortified with a ditch and thorn bushes.

What is fascinating is that the Vance novella is illustrated with a map and pictures of all the different 'dragons'.

What happens when you start drilling down into detail..... Top: Argan Argar Atlas by Greg Stafford, Jeff Richard, Sandy Petersen, and Colin Paul Driver. Bottom: map by Simon Bray based on my sketch maps. My map is wild speculation.

This is composed of three pieces by @katrindirim.bsky.social . The format isn't final. 𝑂𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑖𝑥 𝐷𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑂𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑎 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑉𝑒𝑠𝑘𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑙𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑠, ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑚𝑜𝑘𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑠ℎ.

So hot today, my cat melted.

The Husbands - by @katrindirim.bsky.social Some wonderful images to go with the enthroned goddesses or used separately. There's a slight intentional 'Egyptian' feel for these, given Greg's use of Pharoah for God-King in old material - thus the animal headed gods.

Esrola by @katrindirim.bsky.social.

Maran by @katrindirim.bsky.social. Please do not repost.

Ernalda by @katrindirim.bsky.social

Meanwhile in the USSA.

@marksmylie.bsky.social's art on display at ChaosiumCon UK. The easels were fiddly.

Still quite shy, but coming regularly for food.

Framed and ready for the wall.

@marksmylie.bsky.social's Book of Dooms just arrived. I wonder if this is one of the first in the wild?