#kernun

Kernūn, Lord of the Wood

I’m back from my art hiatus, with some Witcher content! Leshens are so cool, expect some more . . . I recently completed the Lord of the Wood quest in Velen and thought I’d base a fancy-looking leshen off of Kernun, who Geralt encounters in the forest. More art coming soon! ;D

Oh hey, not dead. Here is a small sketch thing that went nicely. 

Oh, no worries; this isn’t the weirdest thing people have asked me. Hmmm, I could do a set of OCs who actually have physically manifested psychic realms (which neatly coincides with my most recent painting of one of them!).

The Fauns of Thormundar are semi-divine beings, being the children of Oghamos, the God of Nature, and are able to travel between the material and immaterial realms. The most notable of them, the four seasonal siblings of Kormun, have created pocket realms in the conceptual void that are each based on their psyche.

Kernun’s realm, the Circle, is simply a recreation of the Utangard Forest, which borders the lands of Kormun, except that the forest stretches to all corners of the realm. It is a place of eternal green, with verdant swathes of growth and trees that tower over others.

Herneus’ realm, the Glade, is largely similar to the Circle, except it is a realm in perpetual autumn. Vegetation grows unchecked, forming a myriad of snaking passages that spell trouble for those targeted by the God of the Hunt. There is only a single structure in the realm, which also serves as Herneus’ home: a towering home built into a giant oak tree, its facade a gigantic deer’s skull with twin antlers made of the oak’s branches growing through the skull. 

Gwynnad’s realm, the Rime, is a frozen and wintry forest, a fitting realm of the God of Death. The trees are bare, with snow weighing on the boughs and icicles hanging from branches as though they were the teeth of demons. great shards of ice jut from the snowy ground, and a pervasive fog hangs around the air, freezing flesh and chilling bones. Stone ruins, crumbled by time, dot the landscape, although in the centre of Gywnnad’s realm lies a great longhouse of wood, stone, and ice, where he makes his home.