#fomorian

[oldschoolfrp]

Fomorian giants appear to be walking collections of almost randomly mismatched body parts (Looks like a Jeff Easley, AD&D module S4: The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, by Gary Gygax, TSR, 1982)

#D&D #Dungeons & Dragons #Jeff Easley #fomorian giant #fomorian giants #The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth #giants #giant #fomorian #fomorians #dungeon #cave #cavern #adventuring party #torch #dnd #Dungeons and Dragons #TSR

[coffeegremlynn]

Fomorian illustration! Practicing some creature design and cloud painting in this one. I love drawing goat people, 10/10

#concept art #digital illustration #illustration #drawing #artwork #digital art #creature design #creature art #mythical creatures #celtic mythology #irish mythology #fomorian #goat man #digital painting #small artist

[shabosher]

Fomorians, a race of dark demons that came from the sea. Many descriptions of this race have been circulated throughout history, Christian authors state that they were the human survivors of the great flood, while traditional Irish stories state that they had the heads of beasts and dealt with death and plague. They consistently menaced humanity and the Tuatha dé, enslaving them both during their reign. In the beginning, when the Dagda had accidentally slayed his father Donn, his mother Danu wept a great amount of tears in her grief washing away their children: the Tuatha dé dannan. Her tears became the mighty ocean while Donn’s body became the land. Within the depths of the ocean Danu’s grief and rage coalesced to form the Formorians, the disasters and strife that plague the earth given form. From the earth of the mighty Donn rose a mighty tree whose fruit was the human race.

The origin myth above is my own interpretation of the reconstructed cosmogony of the pagan Irish religion. It’s gathered from the origin of humanity, of which the Irish state to be descended from the death god Donn, I interpreted the fomorians as Danu’s own race descended from her, as the fomorians are repeatedly said to be the children of Domnu a god also associated with the sea along with similar etymologies to Danu. (this is just my interpretation and I encourage those interested to do their own research). The Fomorians themselves weren’t all considered to be evil as some of them married and were apart of the Tuatha dé, such is the case for Lugh who was half Fomorian. The Fomorians were depicted as raiders due to the recent Viking attacks on Ireland. In modern scholarship the Fomorians are compared to the Nordic Vanir as races who once battled the gods.

#fomorian #art #character design #mythology #demon #race #irish mythology #ireland #celtic mythology #celtic #pagan #evil

[redrabbitkreations]

#fomorian #irish mythology #ai generated #ai art #ai art generation #ai artist #ai illustration #stable diffusion #ai art gallery #ai image #ai artwork #celtic mythology

[thecrowinggriffon]

BFG

#Fomorian #giant #BFG #pixie #sprite #fairy #fey #wood elves #asrai #sylvaneth #feywild #warhammer #warhammer fantasy #the old world #age of sigmar #aos #the ninth age #the 9th age #dungeons and dragons #d&d #pathfinder #Westfalia miniatures #tabletop #wargaming #minipainting #miniature

[cu-riogach]

The Cursing of Balór

Balór Ó Néit is a warrior of the Fomorian race and lord of Toraigh. It is said that his one eye was so baleful that any who looked upon it died from its glaring venom. According to legend, Balór gained this venomous eye as a youth, when he happened upon druids brewing a potent spell. Such was fate that he bent down to peak at the spell at the very moment a druid lifted the lid, and all the black magic of the brew lept into poor Balór's eye, and foreverafter he was cursed with an evil-eye. 

#balor #irish mythology #fomorian

[tuatha-de-danann-blog]

Issue with the portrayal of the Fomorians

I wish primary sources on the Fomorians were more available.

According to the internet and some books...😅... they are said to dwell under the sea, come from under the earth, be giants or monsters, and are compared to the Titans/purposed to be the gods before the Tuatha. They're called sea raiders or pirates.

But in the LGE, First Battle of Moytura, and Cath Maige Tuired they seem like regular people like the Tuatha de Danann.

Where did all these ideas of their nature and appearance come from?

They just seem like a regular tribe living on Islands off the coast of Ireland.

Not to mention, in the LGE, they are portrayed as having the same ancestors as the Tuatha de Danann.

Image credit: "The Fomors (or The Power of Evil Abroad in the World)” by John Duncan

#irish mythology #tuatha de danann #pagan #irish myth #irish lore #mythology #paganism #celtic myth #fomorian #fomorians

[sillylilfairy]

Re-dsesigned Balor back in 20222 to look more like a god of death, winter and the harvest and it's much closer to his current and final design. (Still tweaking his outfit). But I took away the horns because it's not in the myths and detracted from his cursed eye and the rest of his design. The skull torc also felt like a bit too much and was tedious to draw. I feel like he'll at least be consistently recognizable design wise now :3

#gt ocs #giant/tiny #irish mythology #gt #irish folklore #fomorian #folklore inspired #old art #digital art #dark fantasy #balor of the evil eye #myart

[idgaf-what-you-call-me]

Ari: DESTROY THE FOMORIANS! Avery: lol, no. (+1)

#rp #rp shitpost #Fomorian #gods #lol no #Halaenoor #Lexibear #Eula

[spidermilkshake]

The Fomorian, Fiends Plaguing Ancardia

"No. Not a Giant. The Faytun normally look, well," he paused, licking dry lips, "of this world.

"This is worse."

The dwarf embodied caution as she peeked once more, moving millimeter by millimeter cat-like around the stone arch. It was certainly giant, in size at least. It seemed to have temporarily forgotten the reason it had crashed through the door and sent splinters pirouetting around the stalagmites and black-leaved nettles, and now shambled awkwardly to the center. Air hissed through its exposed, brick-like teeth, yellowed like a pipe-smoker of venerable years, long and sickle-shaped and protruding from a mouth that had only the rough idea of a mouth, with the toothy details jammed in at the last minute. Pale lamp eyes scanned the open regions, and in slightly opposing directions. The ground rattled as it rounded a stand of vegetation on feet that could not quite decide if they wanted to be primate or pachyderm, and on legs that had very much decided to be treetrunks built out of dull, silvery sinew, raw flesh, and a thin layer of stretched pallid, spongey skin. Veins laced across it; these were the only sure, consistent details of the thing.

"It's one of those," Jassol whispered. His fingers danced over the grip on his falchion, sizing it up. "Just bigger. You back me up with some kind of fire, and I bet we can get past just this one..."

Aumora opened her mouth to protest, but then thought better of it. It seemed to her this fiend was particularly slow, and she'd seen nothing more appropriate so far that made her want to employ explosive combustion. Preferably, while she remained well out of its ghastly reach.

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Fomorians are LARGE stagnatic fiends in the Ancardian Homebrew, and one of the serious early-ADOM creatures that can shatter doors. I looked up the Irish mythology and it seemed apt to make these a class of messed-up fiend, since they largely seem to either be malicious earth and water spirits, or some mythological projection of Viking raiders.

#fiend #fomorian #homebrew #ink #monster #ancardia #colored pencils #Fomorian Giant #with story #Gray Crossing tidbit #Ancardian Homebrew #Stagnatic Fiend

[fernrisulfr]

Branded by Giants

Ivor Stormbrand - Duergar - Rune Knight - Giant Founding/Rune Carver (If either is allowed) - Chaotic/Good?

Was a Fomorian Slave alongside some other dwarves. Fomorians named them after stone, and they turned that into names for themselves. Had no clan so they formed their own. Escaped with two other dwarves. One was recaptured, got separated from the second. Jumped off a cliff into a river to evade pursuit. Broke his legs but washed up on shore. Probably cared for in a small village? Someone saved his stupid ass. Name ideas: Basalt = Sal or Saul. Granite = Grant. Giant's Might + Enlarge stacks. Order of operations important. Giant's Might changes your size to Large, then Enlarge which increases your size one category.

There were other dwarves there, but they were probably too old, too young, or too cowed to escape? He's out in the world searching both for the dwarf he was separated from, and help to free the rest of the clan. Not many people want to fight Fomorians.

Runebrand Clan. They're all named after a type of Giant + Brand. Each of them is actually branded with a rune. Hill runes are for labourers and the Fomorians use it to claim a slave is too stupid for anything but simple jobs. Fire is for the cooks, hearth tenders, etc. Cloud runes are how they brand "liars", and Storm is for "troublemakers".

#personal #dnd #dungeons and dragons #d&d #fomorian #giant 5e #rune knight #Ivor Stormbrand #Giant Foundling #Rune Carver #Duergar #dwarf #fighter #fighter 5e #Enlarge/Reduce 5e #Giant's Might 5e #Runebrand #character concept

[heretakesomecandy]

Hi ladies,

I‘m fomorian. I love wandering through dungeons, play hide and seek with adventurers and cooking my famous stew a la surprise.

#massive darkness #miniature #miniaturepainting #boardgames #minis #massive darkness minis #board gaming #boardgame #the army painter #painted miniatures #fomorian #citadel paints

[kroashent]

Kroashent Character Spotlight: Afrik Ironbringer

For August/September, I'm taking on a little side project, cleaning up and finishing some of the placeholder characters on the Kroashent WorldAnvil. Oftentimes, inspiration strikes suddenly, leaving me with a lot of unfinished concepts that don't quite fit cleanly into the mix. I'll be returning to answering Q+As soon (questions are always open and welcome) and writing the next chapters of the book. In the meantime, working on a lot of commission work, so this is something of a side project when the tablet is charging.

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Val's Notes: Afrik Ironbringer is one of those characters who appeared fairly well formed in my mind, part of a distant part of Alvez, the Fomorian stronghold of Tevenn Du. I've always wanted to keep the focus of Kroashent on the Breton inspired region of Letha, but oftentimes, the interconnectedness of both history and Celtic mythology, and the gaps present in the latter relating to the Continental Celts. Early on, I would often "plug" these gaps with things drawn from other regions, most commonly Britain and Ireland. Afrik is one of the results of these flights of fancy. I'm not sure how she'll work her way into the larger narrative, but she is a feature in the world itself, and tied to the pasts of both Gwae and Azelma.

#kroashent #Character Biography #Fantasy #fantasy character #world anvil #Fomorian #Afrik Ironbringer #Ork

[stevielore]

#unnamed chara #fomorian

[thecrowinggriffon]

On the painting desk... feels like I'm not making any progress. But I'm also busy doing another non minipainting related project. Perhaps I should post some of that too.

#kingdom death #twilight knight #fomorian #giant #pixie #sprite #fey #hag #witch #warhammer #warhamer fantasy #the old world #age of sigmar #aos #the ninth age #the 9th age #dungeons and dragons #d&d #dnd #pathfinder #tabletop #wargaming #miniatures #minipainting

[reubenyeoart]

Doodled a Bio Element-Aligned Fomorian as a follow up to my Ko-F1 article about a scrapped project of mine!

"Bio Element wielders are masters of the magic of flesh and blood. Those who wield it heal others by manipulating biological processes, injure enemies by disrupting bodily functions, and even warp flesh into new forms and shapes."

Don't like the watermark? Drop me a few coins at my K0-Fi to see the full-res with no overlays! https://ko-fi.com/i/IO5O2EUYEI 

If you'd like to read about the project that inspired this character: https://ko-fi.com/post/Supporters-FOMORIAN--Scrapped-Project-N4N4EJ6N7

#digital art #character art #character design #ko-fi #Thormundar #Fomorian #selkie #armour #war hammer #sci-fi