Pen & Ink
Vyla is a patron saint of Karlionne. She wears a peasant dress, no jewelry, has dark hair, and she is barefoot. She stands in front of knight’s pavilion. 12x18” pen and ink by Scott Story, 2026
Halsjar is an ancient Draas god, a genii loci for the Halsjar Mountains themselves. He appears as a giant goat that fills the sky, part of the clouds. The Draas are ancient, so Halsjar is a shamanic spirit. This picture includes calligraphy, a Pictish frame, and two of the mysteriaus Pictish Beasts framing the title.12x18” Pen and ink by Scott Story 2026.
This portly dwarf king stands in his subterrainean kingdom, imperiously point something out. His ceremonial armor is etched with acanthus filigree, and his beard is knotted and woven into an overlapping pattern.Behind him stands the dwarf kings daughter, born of a human mother and human sized and proportioned. He clothing is rich, embroidered, bejeweled, and very fine, She hold her hands in a prayerful posisition. A dwarf guard precedes them, and he is finely armored and carries a face shield, that is a shield made to look like a three-dimensional face. The palace walls and steps are decorated in different styles of encaustic tile. 12x18” Pen and ink, Scott Story 2026.
Bloodwrath the dragon lost an eye battling the Martins of Hempton of Aorlis, and this monster holds a grudge. He lives in the Dithmurge swamp and dreams of revenge. 12x16" pen and ink by Scott A. Story 2026 with calligraphy and a decorative dragon frame.
In Arthurian Literature, dwarves bear only a passing resemblance to J.R.R. Tolkien's dwarves. In the King Arthur mythos, dwarves have different roles, including the court dwarf, who acts as a guide, sounding board, and attendant to knights and nobles. This jovial dwarf, Albert, wears courtly clothing, has a short beard, bears a hunting sword and an ivory hunting horn, and is pictured alongside a wolfhound. Behind him is a period correct hunting lodge. 12x16" pen and ink art by Scott A. Story 2026.
This is a plein air pen-and-ink piece I did at Conner Prairie in Noblesville, Indiana. 11x14" pen-and-ink by Scott Story, 2026
The old god of the Alusian Isles, Alud is an old one, vomited up by an alien Telfarri. He is a chthonic chaos god, and like the Old Ones he cares nothing for humankind. They are ants to him. He is asymmetrically deformed, with five uneven eyes, five and a half arms, five goat-like horns, and no sexual organs. Each hand has two fingers and a thumb, and two huge rubbery wings are mounted on his shoulders, but it is unknown if he uses them for flight. He has a bizarre, prehensile tongue and fang-like protrusions on his skull. He has not been seen in hundreds of years. Pen-and-ink art, 14"x16" by Scott A. Story 2026.
Niallus Martin, aka Malefactor, is one the main characters in my novel The Name of the Shadow. He appears as a gaunt figure, the lower half of his face covered in old burn scard. A raven familiar flies in to join him. More of an antihero than pure villain, Niallus played a long game of revenge and won. He has lanky, black hair, a hawk nose, and commoner clothing. He could dress well if he wished, but he sees no need. He is a powerful necromancer. Pen-and-ink, 14x16" by Scott A. Story.
In the forest, this shows an attractive young woman (Emaline), a wizard with a carved wooden staff, and a preteen boy (Kegin) who is holding up his gauntleted hand for a sparrowhawk to land on. Emaline's walking stick is heavily carved. They both wear medieval clothing, and the background includes gnarled trees (oaks), mushrooms, small flowers, etc. 14x16" pen and ink and brush and ink with calligraphy and filigree art by Scott Story 2026
Called the Mad Composer, Mayfor Panloon appears as a noble troubadour holding a lute and an upraised paintbrush. He is well-dressed, with a bag hat, fine sword, solar and lunar collar, and rich chain of rank. He has long, blond hair, a curl-tipped mustache, and a curled pointy beard. He represents a certain type of unhinged creativity. 14x16 pen and ink and brush and ink, with filigree and calligraphy, by Scott Story 2026
The Wild Huntsman appears as a heavily muscled old man with a long white beard, black eyes, and antlers on his head. He wears a kilt, and he is heavily tattooed with Celtic patterns. He bears a Celtic spear and an ornate hunting horn. He rides a giant stag. Pen and ink with brush and ink and calligraphy, 14x16" by Scott Story 2026
Medieval Street Scene 22” x 17” by Scott A. Story
An urban medieval street scene 22” x 17” pen and ink by Scott S Story. Scene includes eleven people, a pig, cat, and some doves.
11” x 17” Line & Wash, Pen & Ink with Watercolor
Medieval Changeling. 11” x 17” Line & Wash, Pen & Ink with Watercolor on Watercolor Paper, 2025, by Scott A. Story
Medieval Succubus and Incubus by Scott A. Story
Medieval Succubus and Incubus 11” x 17” Line and wash on cold-press watercolor paper, 2025 by Scott A. Story
Defiant Knight of Kelthan by Scott A. Story
Defiant Knight of Kelthan by Scott A. Story 11” 17” line and wash on cold-pressed watercolor paper 2025
Ink & Wash
11” x 17” Line & Wash, Pen & Ink with Watercolor
Medieval Changeling. 11” x 17” Line & Wash, Pen & Ink with Watercolor on Watercolor Paper, 2025, by Scott A. Story
Medieval Succubus and Incubus by Scott A. Story
Medieval Succubus and Incubus 11” x 17” Line and wash on cold-press watercolor paper, 2025 by Scott A. Story
Defiant Knight of Kelthan by Scott A. Story
Defiant Knight of Kelthan by Scott A. Story 11” 17” line and wash on cold-pressed watercolor paper 2025
Ink & Colored Pencil
Seraphaena is the Goddess of Celerliasse, Queen of Aerishe Beasts, and Mother to Moths and Butterflies. She appears as a nude faerie woman amid swirling mists, and even her hair appears tornado-like. She is part of the Realms of Aorlis Fantasy Setting.14x16” brush and ink.Art by Scott Story, 2026.
Melora Amaranth is the daughter of Matilda Ameranth, and immortal sorceress in Thalium. She wears rich, red clothing with cloth-of-gold hems and inset gems, and she also wears fine jewelry. She has a vixen physique. She is a talented sorceress in her own right. Art by Scott Story 14x16" Brush and ink, Derwent water soluble pencils, Prismacolor colored pencils, acrylic markers
Maedwin the Queen of Tears is the goddess of the subterrainian Verdanne people. Here she lounges nude and with green skin on a throne formed in a cave, with various cave creatures crawling around. She wears a golden mask with tears etched into it, but nothing else. She holds a goblet etched with Celtic imagery. She is part of the Realms of Aorlis Fantasy Setting. Art by Scott Story, 14”x16” brush and ink and pen and ink, 2026.
Aubronne of Durlin is the son of Aubrette, a Lady of the Lake, and he is both beautiful and the perfect knight. He wears fine clothes emblazoned with the Lady's swans, and his gauntlets sport the silver dragon of his natural father, Eldred McKolthen. Art by Scott Story 14x16" Brush and ink, pen and ink, and gold leaf.
Matilda is a vindictive and ancient sorceress from Thalium who has not been seen for a generation. She is wicked, for sure. She wears a deep red gown with lace fringes, and a full panoply of jewelry. She appears to be in her late twenties and presents herself as beautiful. She is posed with one hand to her head and the other to her hip. 14x16" art by Scott Story 2026.
Sir Kynrick was an oathbreaker and villain in his first life, so after he died he became an enforcer in Hell. Time and again he has returned to Aorlis to bedevil the living, and there seems to be no end to him. He appears as an arrogant knight with long hair and disdainful eyes wearing a brigandine. His time in Hell have given him many infernal powers and allies to call upon. 14x16 brush and ink, pen and ink, and Prismacolor pencils by Scott Story 2026.
Emerald is the magister in who runs Kegin's School of Mystery. She appears as an attractive woman, about 40-years-old, in the clothing and jewelry of a gentlewoman. She has a knowing look and dark hair. Her hair is arranged in elaborate braids with a ribbon of pearls. 14x16" brush and ink with Inktense pencils, calligraphy, filigree, and copper gilding by Scott A. Story 2026.
Telfarri as titanically huge chthonic chaos gods, part of the alien Great Old Ones that once invaded the planet.He appears with a tadpole-shaped body, but with multifaceted fly-like eyes. He is gold and green, and he lays on the banks of a massive underground sea. Before him and dwarfed by him stand three tiny cultists hoping to ceremonially catch his favor.Despite being in a deep cave, the telfarri’s consciousness extends out, into the cosmos from he came. 12x18” Prismacolor Graphitent Pencils and acrylic paint by Scott Story, 2025 and 2026.
Bontarris is an arch alchemist. Despite appearances, he is not some sort of gnome or dwarf. He is human little person.He has a fur-lined military cap, and decent but unadorned clothing.He has a poignard rondel armor and a polished wooden staff that would be a walking stick in the hands of another.His border is composed of alchemical symbols and tools. 12x18” brush and ink and Graphitent colored pencils, Scott Story 2026
Vyla is a patron saint of Karlionne. She wears a peasant dress, no jewelry, has dark hair, and she is barefoot. She is hand spinning on a spindle-whorl. She is supported below by a sampling of knight’s pavilion. 12x18” pen and ink, Graphitint colored pencils, gold gilding, and calligraphy by Scott Story, 2026
Watercolor
Aubrette is a Lady of the Lake in Noelred, Aorlis, and as such she is a powerful Fae sorceress. She appears floating above the waters of Durlin Lake, and she has beautiful red hair, a rich green gown, and she wears a labradorite, the gem associated with Faerie. Her dress is emblazoned with swans. She is a watercolor, plus some gold leaf, 14x18" art by Scott Story
The Blue Man of Taeglos is a mythological figure in Thalium. He is not a Fay, giant, or elemental, but a primal river god. He appears as a massive, obese man, easily 30' tall, with blue skin and hair. The man who has approached him in the drawing is a young Gregor of Thalium, who has come to ask for (and receive) the strength he needs to battle Jotun invaders. The border is decorated in complex floral patterns. Brush and Ink with filigree and calligraphy 14x16" by Scott Story 2026.
Colored Pencils
Full of intense attitude and, Meloidyn appears here in a fine, silk doublet. His hair is slicked back, his gaze is burning, and he wears very opulent clothing. Before him, on the polished wood table, there is an ancient iron gladius sword, and a more modern rondel poignard is stuck into the table top.12x18” Derwent aqua color pencils, acrylic pain, gold leaf calligraphy, by Scott Story 2026.
Acrylic
This home is on the historic registry, and was a place I visited often as a kid. 11” x 14” acrylic painting on art board.
This home is on the historic registry, and was a place I visited often as a kid. 11” x 14” acrylic painting on art board by Scott A. Story, 2024.
The Brotherhood of Broken Men Acrylic Painting
18” x 24” Acrylic Painting, 2025 on watercolor paper, by Scott A. Story of a medieval warlord charging into battle on his horse by Scott A. Story
Graphite
Mythological Dwarf Smith in Graphite & Charcoal by Scott A. Story
Mythological Dwarf Smith in Graphite & Charcoal 12” x 14” Shaded Pencil and Charcoal on Hotpress Bristol, 2025 by Scott A. Story
17” x 11” Shaded Pencil and Charcoal by Scott A. Story
Medieval Tarrasque from French Folklore 17” x 11” Shaded Pencil and Charcoal on Hot-pressed Bristol, 2025 by Scott A. Story
11” x 17” Shaded Pencil and Charcoal by Scott A. Stort
Medieval Unicorn 11” x 17” Shaded Pencil and Charcoal on Hotpress Bristol, 2025, by Scott A. Story
This is an experienced and powerful late medieval knight in jousting armor astride his horse. The knight is overweight and bald, but still a force to contend with. Joust knight is a 14x16" shaded pencil/graphite drawing by Scott Story 2026.
The Blue Man of Taeglos is a mythological figure in Thalium. He is not a Fay, giant, or elemental, but a primal river god. He appears as a massive, obese man, easily 30' tall, with blue skin and hair. The man who has approached him in the drawing is a young Gregor of Thalium, who has come to ask for (and receive) the strength he needs to battle Jotun invaders. The border is decorated in complex floral patterns. Shaded Pencils, 14x16" by Scott Story 2026.
Brush Inked
Celestinia Mistress of Vampires is nearly two millennia old, and she is very flirtatious. She is equally as cruel. Here she appears with one finger in her fanged mouth, the other hand beckoning, with her cleavage exposed. She wears beautiful jewelry, and her hair is piled high. 14”x16” Brush and India Ink. Art by Scott Story, 2026.
Arnot Olyndros claims to be king of the vampires, and he is among the oldest of kind in existence. Here, wearing amazing finery, he sits in a power pose upon his throne. He seems vaguely bored and very self-assured. From the Realms of Aorlis Fantasy Setting, 14x15” brush and pen and inked. Artist Scott Story.2026.
Peridwin is a paladin and vampire, and his mission is destroying other vampires. He won't feed on humans, but feeding on vampires he has destroyed has given him great power. He wields a modified medieval longsword specialized for half swording, and spring-operated triple dagger. 14"x16" Brush Ink Art by Scott Story, 2026.
Quinal Silvervale is Gruagach of the Blackvale Forest. This means that he's a top-tier Faerie lord, a mythical being thought to control the entire Blackvale Forest. Like most Faeries he is insanely beautiful, and as terrestrial elf he dresses in great opulence. He is leaning back and assessing the viewer across steepled fingers. Art by Scott Story, 14"x16", Brush and Ink.
Diamondbark is the avatar or the Eofwin forest's old grown oaks. He is a mythical being, persisting through folk stories. He appears as an ancient oak tree, but with double trunks for legs, a beard of oak leaves, and burls at his knees and many joints. A human maid gasps in astonishment to encounter him. Art by Scott Story 14x16" brush and ink
Scowling in permanent anger and simmering intensity as he has done for more two centuries in Aorlis, the immortal general Meloidyn Kamith glares at you. On the desk before him is an antique gladius sword and a rondel dagger. He wears rich, medieval or Renaissance finery, and his black hair is swept back. He wears a heavy, gold chain of office mounted with a black mirror. Art by Scott Story 14x16" brush and ink.
Gaurant Beryl III is the ruler of Kaldur, which commands great wealth and many ships. He is also very short, a fact that troubles him deeply. He is dressed in outlandish medieval clothing (14th century), and he is accompanied her by his Dowager Mother, Marina. Gaurant is armed with a rondel and a kilij. Marina's supertunic is emblazoned with golden scrollwork, and she is leaving through her book of common prayers. Pen-and-ink and brush-and-ink, 14x16" art by Scott Story, 2026.
The Knight in Green is a giant knight, very robust, who wears all green armor. As long as he is attending to his purpose, testing the bravery and worthiness of mortal knight, he is unkillable, and may even reattach his head or limbs. He wears a coat of plates, over a mail hauberk, over a stuffed aketon, and his giant, two-handed axe is unique. He is Saturnian and august, but boisterous, loud, and full of humor too.
Great horned owls smoking a hookah, standing on old books, with reading spectacles on. Brush and ink art with calligraphy by Scott Story 2026 10x10"
The Blue Man of Taeglos is a mythological figure in Thalium. He is not a Fay, giant, or elemental, but a primal river god. He appears as a massive, obese man, easily 30' tall, with blue skin and hair. The man who has approached him in the drawing is a young Gregor of Thalium, who has come to ask for (and receive) the strength he needs to battle Jotun invaders. The border is decorated in complex floral patterns. Brush and Ink with filigree and calligraphy 14x16" by Scott Story 2026.
The Sagani are the elemental spirits described by Paracelsus, being Salamandri, Sylphs, Gnomi, and Undines. 14x16" art by Scott Story 2026.
Para Sagani are quasi elements, representing not air, earth, fire, and water, but steam, smoke, mud, and magma. 14x16" Brush and ink art by Scott Story 2026.
Creosis appears as a middle-aged Karmithian Pontifex, wearing a toga, with a large nose. He is enraptured by his spatha sword which has an addictive element worked into its magic. The sword is called Ferric Maxoanal, and it channels undead energy. 14x16” brush and ink by Scott Story 2026
The Erlquen appears as a beautiful, young Faerie maid with long blonde hair, Celtic face paint, and Celtic-styled bracelets, torc, and a chain with an oak-leaf pendant.
Greygath is a demigod of smiths, and during the mythological reign of King Kelthan he forged that hero's weapons. He appears as a handsome, muscular smith in humble clothing with long blond hair, a curling mustache, and a pointed beard. He smiles with amusement, as humor is a cornerstone of his personality. He holds medieval style blacksmith hammers in each hand. He has Celtic tattoos, and the border of this picture features Celtic knotwork. Brush-and-ink 14x16" by Scott Story 2026.
Historical Recreations
