THE WORLD / ORIGINAL CONCEPT ART
Beyond the fjord.
A world of crossings, harbours, firelit halls and mythic horizons, drawn before a frame of the film was finished.
Places with a story.
Selected original environment paintings from the project archive, presented as concept work rather than finished film stills.
Fjordby
Cold mountain water and a settlement held between steep slopes.
Wollin
A fortified harbour and one of the farthest reaches of Astrid’s journey.
The crossing
A precarious bridge carries travellers over a river and into dense forest.
Kaupang
A harbour imagined as a crossroads of longships, people and stories.
The fortress
Stone, timber and torchlight give the antagonist’s world its silhouette.
Valhall
A solemn, cloud-wrapped vision of the old Norse afterlife.
The warmth within
the wilderness.
Timber, smoke and pools of light give the film’s interiors a human scale.
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