The Clan Virtual Museum will be a permanent online collection of objects from the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series. Just like a real museum, you'll be able to wander through the exhibits... reading about them and generally being amazed!
The difference is... in The Clan Virtual Museum, you are responsible for creating all the exhibits! So... what could you create? Well, anything - that's the whole point! Any object that you can paint, draw, video, photograph, animate... or whatever... it's entirely up to you! The object itself must exist somewhere within the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness universe, and you must be able to write a little bit about it.
So you could make Renn's quiver from Wolf Brother, a part of the Nanuak, or perhaps you could make a piece of one of the Raven Clan's clothing!
To kick things, off we've asked Michelle herself to show us some of the wonderful treasures she's collected over the past five years. Here they are:
Reindeer-hide mittens: made in the traditional way by the Inuit of Arctic Canada, and collected by Michelle on her SOUL EATER research trip to see polar bears. These are EXACTLY the kind of mittens that Torak and Renn wear in the winter.
Reindeer-antler knife: the hilt is bound with pine-root to give a steady grip. The blade is engraved with the Sami sun symbol. Made by the Sami of Arctic Norway, and collected by Michelle on her SPIRIT WALKER research trip.
Red flint axe head: from Torak's time (ie dated to between 4-8000 years old). According to the clans' way of fitting the axe to its user (ie the length of the axe head should be from the heel of your hand to the tip of your middle finger), this axe head would be just the right size for Torak at the start of WOLF BROTHER.
Slate knife: hand-made, with considerable skill, by a Clanner, and given to Michelle at a signing a few years ago.
Torak's medicine horn: - or what gave Michelle the idea for it! This was sent to her 40 years ago by her eccentric South African aunt, who got it from a witch-doctor. When she was writing OATH BREAKER, Michelle sent a sketch of the horn to the artist Geoff Taylor, who used it to create the picture of Torak's medicine horn at Chapter 38 of OATH BREAKER.
Earthblood: that is, powdered red ochre. This is contained in Torak's medicine horn, above.
To enter this fabulous contest, click here to go to the Virtual Museum forums inside The Clan.
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