Kjartan/Eyolf and the witch, a 9-year apprenticeship that meant so much to him: giving up illegal and (self)destructive activities, learning a respectable profession and becoming a physician and mystic, feeling appreciated and knowing what it's like to have a family.
1 & 2. Meeting the witch (older illustration, I hadn't decided on his hair length yet). 3. Being accepted as apprentice. 4. Her funeral.
When the dark secrets of his past threaten to be exposed, Eyolf Sólhrafn - Norway's most famous mystic of the late 10th century - fears the end of his prosperous career, so he has no choice but to rely on the flimsy relationship with his new ally, the austere Yngvar Eindride. Though different like sun and moon, Eyolf and Yngvar start out as business partners, struggle with their clashing ideologies, political rivals and Eyolf's past mistakes and misfortunes, in the process building a stronger connection between them...
This is the EXTRAS section for the novella "Lucky Wolf", whose text you can read on Tapas: https://tapas.io/series/Lucky-Wolf
Here I publish one or more illustrations for each new chapter, along with sketches of the characters and scenes in the story!
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