Playing Faust and Luce

“Floating islands are common in Minnesota; it’s the size of this one that’s causing all the fuss. Sue Galatowitsch, a wetland ecologist at the University of Minnesota, says the island likely weighs at least 1,000 tons and could extend 30 feet below the water. Technically, it’s a floating bog. A natural assemblage of peat moss festooned with cattails and tamarack trees, the bog is more than four acres across—that’s about 64 tennis courts. ‘A bog that size,’ Galatowitsch says, “can kind of do whatever it wants.“

The Crow King

Meera Reed

tried my hand at illustrating the prophecies dany gets at the house of the undying… not claiming these are the most correct, i was just having fun exploring possibilities (upcoming episode might disprove all of it). Explanations under the cut:

I don’t know whether I’d call it “pet ownership” necessarily. Both hawking and hunting with hounds suggest more of a “working animal” relationship, as does the practical necessity of riding horses to get from A. to B.