All cover designs are by Dusk Peterson. Uncredited banner designs are by a friend to whom I am greatly indebted.
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The Three Lands banner art: Details from Sir Galahad (1865-70), by Arthur Hughes. In the painting, a medieval warrior clutches his spear as he rides his horse through a dark and sinister landscape. Intent upon his hunt, the warrior fails to notice a divine presence hovering above him.
Law Links cover art: Detail from Fallen Knight and Squire, by C. H. Temple. A young man in medieval clothing holds a wounded soldier.
Blood Vow cover art: Detail from The Roman Wine Tasters (1861), by Lawrence Alma-Tadema. A dark-skinned man ladles wine for a seated light-skinned man against the background of a clay-red tile roof and a statue of a roaring lion.
Re-creation cover art: Detail from Oszkár Glatz's Boys Wrestling (1901). A dark-skinned boy and a light-skinned boy wrap their arms around one another.
Law of Vengeance cover art: Detail from Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema. A young man in classical clothing places his hand on the shoulder of an older man.
Breached Boundaries covert art: Detail from Princess Tarakanova, in the Peter and Paul Fortress at the Time of the Flood (1864), by Konstantin Flavitsky. A young woman leans back against a wall, her eyes closed.
Bard of Pain cover art: Detail from The Savoyard Boy (1853), by Eastman Johnson. A street youth stands against a wall.
Mystery cover art: Detail from Evening (The Fall of Day) (1869-70), by William Rimmer. A male figure shades his eyes, while light shines in the black background.
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New Darkling Plain banner art: On the left, a detail from The Garden of Adonis: Amoretta and Time (1887), by John D. Batten. On the right, a detail from The Lament (1866), by Edward Burne-Jones. Banner design by Dusk Peterson.
Old Darkling Plain banner typeface: Galliard. Banner design by William S. Peterson.
Right or Right cover art: Detail from A Huguenot on St Bartolomew's Day, Refusing to Shield Himself from Danger by Wearing the Roman Catholic Badge (1852), by John Everett Millais. A woman looks up with concern at a man as she tries to tie a white cloth around his arm. The man tenderly embraces her while resisting her effort to protect him.
Crossing the Cliff cover art: Detail from The Prodigal's Return (1869), by Edward John Poynter. An older man gently holds a young man, who has turned his face away in shame.
Night Shadow cover art: Detail from St. Sebastian Healed by St. Irene, by Trophîme Bigot (1579-1646). Half-masked by darkness, a man turns his face away.
Princeling banner art: Detail from an illustration for John Milton's Paradise Lost and detail from an illustration for Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furioso, both by Gustave Dore. A man gives a smoldering look as a young woman looks in his direction. Banner design by Dusk Peterson.
Noble cover art: Detail from "Louis VII," from Crusades, by Gustave Dore. A royal figure, armed for battle and darkly outlined against a tree, seeks escape from a melee of fighting around him.
Rebirth cover art: Death Awakening Sleep (1896), by Simeon Solomon. A hooded man looks coldly at a youth.
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