Posted on September 16, 2009 - by craggles

The Pillar of the Gods

This scene looks like a small island with a tall black pillar reaching into the sky, far beyond the clouds.

There’s a reason for that – and it’s a simple reason: It’s because it IS a large pillar towering above the clouds.

(Software – Vue Pro Studio 7)

This a location in the Shadow World which is a campaign setting produced by ICE for their Rolemaster rule-set (for both Rolemaster Classic [RMC] and Rolemaster Fantasy Roleplaying [RMFRP] which is my favourite) that’s known as The Pillar of the Gods.

Millions of years ago, a singularity passed through the core of the planet; the pillar standing here was the molten core sucked out as the singularity exited the planet and cooling in the atmosphere.

I just liked the idea of that and needed to create an image of the pillar disappearing through the clouds. I’m trying out variations of this as we speak and I’ll upload these as well once I’m happy.

The Shadow World was the idea of Terry Kevin Amthor who must be an amazing genius to come up with a whole planet, weaving intricate and detailed backgrounds for all the peoples. I thoroughly recommend the Shadow World setting to anyone who loves to roleplay. There’s plenty of information provided so you can create adventures and fortunately for me, who’s not so good in the story creation, there’s a large amount of pre-made adventures.

I have no doubt that my inspiration in the future will be owed to the Shadow World series which means more images from me.

As always, click that image for a larger version.

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