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Johan Nohr

@nohr.se

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Visual artist and graphic designer. MÖRK BORG, CY_BORG, Barkhäxan, Into the Odd Remastered, Electric State, Alien and a bunch of zines, doodles and illegible metal logos. Swedish dork with opinions on typography. He/him.

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 22h

#MÖRKTOBER day 12: Binding

"The giants may be gone but the peak remains, as do the old rituals. How to measure the solstices and the equinoxes when there is no sun in the sky and time itself has grown slippery? None but Randlef knows ..."

Words by @loottheroom.bsky.social, art by me

MÖRKTOBER day 12: Binding
Randlef's Peak

What sort of tribute is a goat to one the size of a giant? A snack. A morsel. An apéritif. And yet in days gone, this is what they offered, to keep the great slow ones from crushing all they had built and gnawing on their bones.
The giants may be gone but the peak remains, as do the old rituals. How to measure the solstices and the equinoxes when there is no sun in the sky and time itself has grown slippery? None but Randlef knows, and she keeps her methods secret.
If the sacrifices are not offered, the Miseries will come.

Randlef, the Vessel
Time flies through her veins. It has nowhere else to go. It churns in her guts, spills from her mouth when she speaks. She grows from young to old to young again over hours. She offers her sacrifices to bleed off excess time, drowning in moments that pile up inside her, keeping the giants buried deeply in the past where they belong.
HP 12 Unarmoured Morale – Attack DR10. No damage, Temporal Bleed.
Temporal Bleed: Test Presence DR12 or age d6 years
(−1 to a random Ability). She heals d4 HP each time this occurs.

Illustration of a tall, sharp-peaked cliff with stairs spiraling from the ground to the top. The stairs are lined with tall torches. A lone goat stands tied on the top of the cliff, as a sacrificial offering.

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 23h

Lizard I drew on the train.

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 1d

I held a riveting and very emotional, tear-jerking speech with a travel story involving me and the birthday boy (a 100% fabricated story made up 20 minutes earlier), but my glory was stolen when, seconds after I left the stage, a guy streaked across the venue.

Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 1d

Devil tier Sunday though, as expected

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 1d

Was at a friend’s birthday party yesterday and let me tell you, having a drag show, half a dozen confetti cannons, a Super Bomberman 2 tournament and the roller derby team human pyramid all happen before dinner is a good indication that the night is gonna be long and a fucking blast.

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 1d

Stone face

Chris Bissette 🐻🌈 @loottheroom.bsky.social · 2d

#MÖRKTOBER DAY 11: SCALES

"The giants who drained Glopstepalof’s swamp kingdoms and erected the great bridges over the Múr left just one other relic behind, a colossal stone head half-buried in the earth where the river bends to the south."

Words by me, art by @nohr.se

The giants who drained Glopstepalof’s swamp kingdoms and erected the great bridges over the Múr left just one other relic behind, a colossal stone head half-buried in the earth where the river bends to the south.

The scales that hang within the gaping mouth weigh flesh against sin. Criminals are brought here to be judged. If the scales tip towards guilt, the chains release and they plunge into the crushing gullet, swallowed down into the depths of the earth.

THE JUDGE
Ancient, skin resembling the stone of the head. Collects a fee of 50s per judgement rendered. He maintains an archive of previous cases on clay tablets stacked in teetering piles within the head’s nasal cavity.

His scales can’t be fooled by lies, but they can be weighted with coin.

HP 7 Armour -d2 (stone skin) Morale 9
Mace d6

Keeper’s Bell: Rings the bell hanging in the giant’s ear. All within the mouth must Test Presence DR12 or feel compelled to confess their worst crimes.

Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 2d

Finished piece. Slowly getting the hang of this Procreate/ipad thing.

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 2d

Winter hunt

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 2d

This goes on the next book cover I assume

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 2d

Love to see it!

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 3d

ONWARD AND UPWARD
(from hell)

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 3d

There’s a reason you’re the one writing

Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 3d

One of my favorites

Chris Bissette 🐻🌈 @loottheroom.bsky.social · 3d

#MÖRKTOBER DAY 10: BEETLE

"Out of the bottomless Múr they come, crawling and scuttling on thrice-kneed legs. When giants roamed the land and everything was bigger they were little more than lice, but the giants have gone and all but the beetles have shrunk."

Words by me. Art by @nohr.se

BEETLE
Album: Vile Creature - Cast of Static & Smoke (2018)

Out of the bottomless Múr they come, crawling and scuttling on thrice-kneed legs. When giants roamed the land and everything was bigger they were little more than lice, but the giants have gone and all but the beetles have shrunk.

Their carapaces are thick as castle walls, thick veins of amber in the black still pulsing with slow, cold giant blood. They drag themselves up from the deep places, mandibles clacking, searching for the warmth of the giants. Finding only men, they settle for crushing us instead.

They nest in the ruins of giant-works - old bridges, fallen towers, the hollow skulls of colossi. The sound of their approach is that of an avalanche learning to walk.

Múr Beetle
HP 24 Armor -d8 (chitinous shell) Morale -
Mandibles d10
Defense DR 8 (slow and ponderous)

Giant Blood: When the beetle takes 6+ damage in a single blow, ichor sprays from their husk. Test Agility DR 12 or be coated in the caustic fluid (d4 damage per round until scraped off).

Any attempt to move a dead beetle requires a dozen strong men or a team of oxen. Their shells can be carved into shields or sold for 600s to armourers.

Beneath Their Shells (d6)
A clutch of eggs the size of a human head
A dessicated giant’s finger wearing a silver ring worth 500s
A colony of smaller beetles (d100, HP 2 each, d2 damage)
The wet echo of something vast and dreaming
Enough blood to fill three barrels (50s each to an alchemist)
Scroll lodged in the carapace written in the language of the giants

An illustration to the right of the page shows a massive horrible beetle.

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 3d

The sign says caution but the vibe says awesome!

Did you see this amazing thing?

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 3d

I don’t have the patience for sketching I guess haha

Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 3d

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 3d

lizard

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 4d

YES

Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 4d

#MÖRKTOBER day 9: THORN

"A year ago Franglein planted roses at the base of Melvung’s monolith. They soak up the blood and the star stuff, and they sprout thorns as thick and black as a broken thumb. Once a week Franglein comes to harvest them."

Writing by @loottheroom.bsky.social
Art by me

MÖRKTOBER day 9: Thorn

THE HARVESTER
The stars fall, and Melvung swallows them, and as the dawn breaks he bleeds onto the ground.
A year ago Franglein planted roses at the base of Melvung’s monolith. They soak up the blood and the star stuff, and they sprout thorns as thick and black as a broken thumb. Once a week Franglein comes to harvest them.
She wears gloves lined with lead and wool. Even still, the thorns whisper to her in languages that predate the world. She sells them to anyone willing to pay; merceneries seeking weapons that wound the soul, occultists who grind them into powder, the dying who hope to draw one more breath before the void takes them.
She knows where three other wizards are bound, and will tell you their locations for 500 silver each.

Starblood thorn
d4 damage. On a hit, Test Presence DR14 or hear the voices from beyond the stars and become distracted (−2 to all rolls) for d6 rounds.
When ground and consumed, restores d6 HP but permanently reduces Strength by 1. The user’s blood glows faintly in darkness.

Franglein the Harvester
HP 7 Leather −2
Morale 8 Pruning blade d6

art: Illustration of a crooked and toothless hag creature wearing only a cloak and gloves. She smiles eerily and holds a small scythe in one hand an a wicker basket with roses in the other.
Carries 2d6 thorns at any given time.

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 4d

Knee-deep in paper stock and book cover samples again. Wish I could be here forever.

Reposted by Johan Nohr

Chaoclypse (Brandon Yu) @chaoclypse.bsky.social · 4d

THE BEASTMEN BRAY.

Illustration for MONSTER CONDO by @tidalwavegames.com!

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 4d

Damn!

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 4d

Small clarification: everybody is having a bad time.

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 4d

This wizard is having a bad time

Chris Bissette 🐻🌈 @loottheroom.bsky.social · 4d

#MÖRKTOBER DAY 8: WIZARD

"His distended body bulges with swallowed starlight. He has not spoken in over a year. When he opens his mouth it is blinding. He could leave if he wanted to. He doesn’t want to."

Words by me. Art by @nohr.se

WIZARD
Album: Troye Sivan - Something To Give Each Other (2023)

MELVUNG THE STARVED has been bound to the monolith for three years. The runes carved into the stone mirror the scars he carved into his own flesh in younger, more lucid days.

Every night the stars fall. He catches them in his mouth, swallows them, lets them burn channels through his organs. Each contains a fragment of something vast that would force its way into the world. Each one he consumes is one less breach in the fragile flesh of reality.

His distended body bulges with swallowed starlight. He has not spoken in over a year. When he opens his mouth it is blinding.

He could leave if he wanted to. He doesn’t want to.

If freed against his will he screams silently, and the stars begin to fall faster.

MELVUNG THE STARVED
HP 14 No Armour
Defence DR 16 (reality bends around him)
Cannot attack while his hands are bound.
Once per day: Vomit starlight in a 20’ cone (ignores armour, d10 damage, Test Presence DR14 or become obsessed with the voices behind the falling stars)

Art shows an illustration of a wizard bound to a monolith as stars fall around him.

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 5d

I just backed Duginthroat Divided! Check it out if you like things that are cool as fuck.

Duginthroat Divided

Weird fiction meets fairytale whimsy in this dungeon on your doorstep! For Old School Essentials and other roleplaying games.

www.kickstarter.com

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