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Prince With The Turquoise Headby ~Keithwormwood

Traditional Art / Mixed Media / Fantasy

The man, dressed as royalty, arrived by sea on a trading ship. He soon became popular among the elite and wealthy circles in the city for the outlandish tales of his homeland, and his cryptic but surely sage advice. Beguiled delight was always found at the turquoise mask he was never seen without.

An illness took hold in the city upon the prince's arrival; one that loosened skin to grotesque proportion. The people implored the visiting noble for his wisdom.

"Remember, I come from Mu." he said as though that answered it all. Taking it much to heart, the city's people began fervent and depraved worship of this unknown land in hopes it would cure the sickness that afflicted them and their families. Trade with other cities soured, and the country's clergy denounced the new worshipping. The lord of the land, needing some way to keep his newly hired mercenaries busy until he had more important uses for them, took it upon himself to siege the town, raze it to the ground and appease the complaints coming from his other subjects. The sick people of the city saw the soldiers at the walls and cried to the stranger for more aid.

"Remember, I come from Mu." was all he said. Dumbfounded by such wisdom, all among them slopped to their knees, worshipping the wise prince as their city burned.

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*Shadowpsycho Apr 27, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

I think the prince's message, "I come from Mu," is a reference to the fact that the illness the townspeople have contracted may be a rather common illness or pathogen in his country. So much so, that the Prince might have actually believed that his country might be known for it and so wasn't surprised to see it spread here. Given the state of the prince himself, this seems like a logical conclusion.

If the prince was a carrier of this disease, he may have already been in or through the recovering stages of it and his skin tightened back up, discolored and disfigured because of illness. The two figures next to him might either be Gods who were infected by the plague Themselves, babies born to the infected townsfolk who were born deformed by illness, or even the originators of the plague.

The symbol in the prince's lap seems significant, given how defined it is compared to the rest of the picture, but I don't know what it might be. It could be the royal insignia of Mu, because of the similar image behind the prince. It could be a charm given to protect against further infection or revisit. It could be a symbol of Mu's religion. It could even be a sign indicating that the carrier was once or is currently infected (just like how the Star of David was used to recognize Jews in pre-WWII Germany) and should not be approached.

~Keithwormwood Apr 28, 2013 Professional

Love reading all the theories, thanks!

*Shadowpsycho Apr 28, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Your artwork is interesting and thought provoking. It's fun to create theories about.

~Bloodstaine420 Mar 17, 2013

Pure bad assery

~jankisminimus Jan 23, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Lovecraft would be proud. I would like to see your interpretation of Ib or Sarnath and the doom that befell it. A towered city of unknown mineral falling by the vengeance of the blob like civilization. All shall fall for disgracing Bokrug.

~Keithwormwood Jan 28, 2013 Professional

Hopefully a publisher will ask me to do an illustrated collection some time.

~jankisminimus Jan 29, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

I await eagerly.

~Sipahi-Commando Nov 19, 2012

There are two ways I can take the Princes's homeland as being Mu:

The first one is a mythical continent invented by 19th century Occultists in the Pacific Ocean that ws the mother of all civilisation. From this. it's possible that the Prince, who spreads death and disease wherever he goes, could be a reference to to the Great Old One Cthulhu from HP Lovecraft's pulp horror stories, as his sunken adobe in R'yleh is also described as being an unbelievably ancient city located in the Pacific Ocean.

Alternatively, "Mu" means "nothing in Japanese and Korean.

Remember, I come from nothing.

~Lisi4ka Nov 26, 2012

i love your ideas. i read it in a much more simple way: "Remember, I come from Mu." would be "Remember, I come from(M)You." in my head; from you, from within... and in this line of thought there could be a number of interpretations to the true nature of the prince.

=Ysvyri Apr 30, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

I thought this too.

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