Fall of Gods by MOOD - A fully illustrated book about the warrior Vali and his adventures. A tale that brings the Norse mythology to life.

[pbpoovanna]

Fall of Gods by MOOD - A fully illustrated book about the warrior Vali and his adventures. A tale that brings the Norse mythology to life.

For those of you who enjoyed Alan Lee and John Howe's artwork based on Tolkien's universe then you should look into this!! Tolkien loved Norse tales!! I do too!!

Fall of Gods by MOOD - A fully illustrated book about the warrior Vali and his adventures. A tale that brings the Norse mythology to life.
Back the project 4 days left - 1 $ or 15$ for digital version (i purchased this)...45 $ hardcover (add 45$ for overseas shipping - cannot afford right now)

kickstarter page https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/120302834/fall-of-gods

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What is Fall of Gods?

Fall of Gods is an illustrated book inspired by Norse mythology, following Vali, a warrior haunted by his past, but who has found peace in the arms of a woman. For years he has lived far from society, tending to his farm and trying to forget the battles he fought…and the crimes he committed. But one day his love disappears, and he must set out to find her. He will once again have to face the creatures of Jotunheim and the powerful Aesir. Suddenly, the man he thought he had buried deep down inside has risen to the surface once more...and he comes seeking vengeance.
Fall of Gods is all about love for Norse heritage. It’s made with a desire to reinvent the mythology and come up with a new and exiting story that captures the essence of the brutal world within the old north. It unfolds in a fantastic universe inspired by Scandinavian nature, with an epic scale and inherent drama. The book will be anchored by detailed illustrations like the ones you see on this page.

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What is the final product?

Our goal with this project is to create the first volume of the adventures of Vali. It will be a hardcover book of approximately 80 pages. Below you can see an example of the layout. Each page will consist of a full color illustration as well as a chapter of the story. There will also be extra illustrations covering the world of Fall of Gods. To me it is important that everything is beautifully presented and of a high quality. To do this, your help is extremely valuable. By becoming a backer, you will get a beautifully illustrated story book, and can even pave the way to ensuring more stories in this epic Norse universe continue. I see this as the beginning for a very cool series about the life of Vali. With your help I will be able to take the needed time to write the story with Michael Vogt, make the full color illustrations, hire help to lay out the book, and ensure high quality print for final deliver.

personal opinion --- someone show this to CDProjekt Red and make this a gritty RPG !!

 

[Lieste]

Just a note: The shipping is only $20 within the EU, Canada, Denmark, and Norway. The wording is a little waffly ~ suggesting $45 outside of the US - then adding these tiers as alternatives.

 

[Unkindled]

Cooool. I've been reblogging these from Tumblr for a while now, wondering what it's from. This art is awesome.

 

[Blothulfur]

Hmmm not sure what to make of this, too often i've seen something supposedly inspired by the ancient Norse culture, but upon inspection it's been the retards version of vikings. Horned helmets, fur clothing, tattoos, two handed swords and hammers etcetera. I'd love to see an actual piece of artwork inspired by the works of Snorri Sturlusson and his forebears, rather than the popular shit, with kenning poetry quoted by the world shaker, cunning use of the Allfathers runes, exploring the symbolism of the Aesir's adventures, with the fantastic artwork and distinctive crafting that the Norse practised, their strange fatalism as demonstrated by Gunnar in Brennu Njal's Saga, the sayings of the High One that they lived by like a bible and the dynamic wanderlust and curiosity that drove them across the world.

Been burned by cultureless pretend Vikings too often however i'm afraid, will wait for a review from trusted sources when it's published.

Edit: Don't like fact that they've got some kind of winged volcanic Dragon in one of them shots, if its Norse then it should be a great wingless Linnorm. Fafnir or Glaurung for example.

 

[Alan989]

Well, at least they've got Fenrir appearing as he should. At least I assume that top picture is Fenrir. It also looks like they have Thor appearing in the fourth picture, though it's difficult to tell.

 

[Blothulfur]

Kind of depends, though Fenris wolf was supposed to be Loki's monstrous child and its own creature, it was also symbolically Allfather Odins greed and lust for wisdom and power. Thus why it easily consumes him in one gulp at Ragnarok, Odin most cunning and powerful of all the Aesir has only one enemy he can't overcome, his own desires. This is why I love the Norse mythos, layer upon layer of meaning and subtlety that actually challenges the listener like a good kenning.

 

[Alan989]

Kind of depends, though Fenris wolf was supposed to be Loki's monstrous child and its own creature, it was also symbolically Allfather Odins greed and lust for wisdom and power. Thus why it easily consumes him in one gulp at Ragnarok, Odin most cunning and powerful of all the Aesir has only one enemy he can't overcome, his own desires. This is why I love the Norse mythos, layer upon layer of meaning and subtlety that actually challenges the listener like a good kenning.

Well he's the only giant wolf that I know of, and that picture looks like a giant wolf. Is the fifth from bottom picture supposed to be Asgard or Valhalla or something? I've never read any of the myths so i don't know much.

 

[Blothulfur]

Not sure really, if it is the walls should be higher as Odin tricked a Jotun into building them. The picture above is obviously Thor's fishing trip though, where he uses a great whale as bait to lure out Jormungandr. An Orm that encircles the world, southerners call it Ourobouros and it's a symbol for time everlasting, That Thor wants to kill.

 

[Alan989]

Otherwise known as the Midgard Serpent right?

 

[Blothulfur]

Yep, another one of Loki's children.

 

[Alan989]

Yep, another one of Loki's children.

What the hell was he screwing? :rofl:

 

[Blothulfur]

A Giantess if I remember correctly, or was it the time where he transformed into a mare and got inseminated by a Giant then gave birth himself, can't quite remember. His third child was Hel, the ruler of the Underworld, half of whose body was that of a beautiful young maiden, the other half a corpse. The Norse were a but weird.

 

[Alan989]

A Giantess if I remember correctly, or was it the time where he transformed into a mare and got inseminated by a Giant then gave birth himself, can't quite remember. His third child was Hel, the ruler of the Underworld, half of whose body was that of a beautiful young maiden, the other half a corpse. The Norse were a but weird.

Fuck, Loki gets really busy, doesn't he? :lol: There was me thinking that Zeus/Jupiter was crazy!

 

[Blothulfur]

Interestingly one of his sons by a woman was called Vali, protagonist of this book. But yeah Loki's a crazy fucker, has a real character arc throughout the mythos, his Flyting is fucking great. It's a poem where Loki takes his time and insults every last god and goddess of Asgard in explicit detail, even fucking Thor and his missus.

 

[volsung]

I agree with Bloth, this seems like yet another disappointment where Norse elements are but an excuse for a fantasy power trip.

What's the obsession with giants? Just like Marvel... Some actual confrontations between Aesir and Jotuns involve lore stand offs between Odin and some primeval giant like Ymer, or the game contest at Uthgarda-Loki's castle. For the heroes refer to, for instance, the Saga of the Volsungs.

What I get from the Eddas and the Sagas is the symbolism and the references to nature. In other words, wisdom. Many of these elements are part of the overall Indo-European view of the world, such as fate (norns, moirae) and predestination (Voluspa, the reincarnations of Helgi Hundingsbane/Hjorvardsson). In derived works such as the Nibelungenlied attitudes such as deceit and revenge are presented in a different light than, say, the Judeo-Christian tradition.

I also want a "norse" work actually based on the Eddas and the Sagas. I've had enough of the rest.

The art is great though.

 

[Alan989]

What's the obsession with giants? Just like Marvel... Some actual confrontations between Aesir and Jotuns involve lore stand offs between Odin and some primeval giant like Ymer, or the game contest at Uthgarda-Loki's castle. For the heroes refer to, for instance, the Saga of the Volsungs.

Ah, so that's where you got your name from! I knew it was Northern European, but I wasn't sure where it was from.

 

[pbpoovanna]

wow...deep discussions on Norse mythos here !!! can someone recommend good books that will tell these tales in vivid detail

 

[volsung]

wow...deep discussions on Norse mythos here !!! can someone recommend good books that will tell these tales in vivid detail

They were already mentioned.

- Snorri Sturluson. "Prose Edda"
- Jesse L. Byock (tr). "The Saga of the Volsungs".
- Ben Waggoner (tr.) "The Sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok"

and of course the quintessential viking "bible":

- Lee Hollander (tr). "The Poetic Edda"
or alternatively what some people find more accessible:
- Carolyne Larrington (tr). "The Poetic Edda".


Be warned. This is old wisdom and not easily approachable. Think of it more like a study than light reading. It will be full of symbolism and in the case of the Edda, somewhat complicated poetic form.

 

[Blothulfur]

The individual sagas are worth reading too, they're usually by Snorri, but some of them the author is unknown, so you'll only have the title.

Egil's Saga.
Njal's Saga.
The Orkneyinga Saga, etcetera.

I'd also recommend the works of Professor Gwyn Jones, a giant in the Celtic and Norse fields of study. I'd also pursue a copy of Tolkien's translation of Beowulf, it really is the definitive one in my eye.