· "The Chronicles of Gryningen" ·

An Extraordinary Illustrated Book of Adult Fantasy Stories, 

from a collective of dedicated and imaginative artists and writers,

guided and inspired by the work of artist, Patti Vaz Días.

Below you will find some images, notes, and others experiences,

to help you upon your journey through Gryningen.

A long time ago, in Markham, capital of the Marquisate of Beswick, all things stood still for a long time. Flora ruled and fauna was still and waited . . .

Occasionally little reminders, relics and warnings emerged from people's attics or cellars.

In the stately home of the Dillinghans, a small painting still hangs in a dark corner of the salon.

No one dares to remove it, even touch it . . . it seems alive somehow . . .

"Whenever I visit I pretend it is not there . . . but I feel its presence when I pass by the alcove, like a dark wooden finger briefly caressing my spine, like 'un avertissement grimpante', a warning, slowly climbing, clinging, suffocating if I stand still too long . . ."

· "Urchins" · 12483 the year of Kāā.

The night of the "Ting Teding Gol" or in human language, "The Urchin Harvest!" This occurs when the "Elven Moon" is very close and casting her silvery light upon the land. 

In several places around Gryningen, the ripe Urchins will un-pod and be harvested then homed.

There will of course be outrageous frolicking and feasting! 

The Urchin Harvest Festival!

· "Unicorns" · 

Unicorns are beings that travel between dimensions at will. 

They are made of the same energy that interdimensional portals are created from.

Thus only have they to think of their destination and they are there.

Those around them at the time, depending on their density of course, 

will be transported with them, in that very same instance.

Unicorns are always accompanied by Fæ, wherever they travel.

They have the power to move whole armies from one dimension to another.

You may even encounter one of their portals of energy. Near trees, where water can be heard.

"I have felt the dizziness and disorientation when near these places, between an awe of the beauty in that which is the forest, and the fear of losing myself within its unknown depths." 

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· The Map of Gryningen ·

· GALLERY of pen and ink drawings by Patti Vaz Días ·