People and Places

Character and locational concept art from Across Thin Ice, first of the Nordguard books. Check out the blog for more studies and miscellaneous art!

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THE NORDGUARD

Some of the original Nordguard character concept artwork. Find out more about the characters under Cast of Characters.
                                                     

 

The Town of Frontier

The town of Frontier is one of the larger settlements in the mainland of the Northern Territory, eclipsed only by Fort Dauntless on the coast. Frontier began as a Company town, more a staging point for miners or surveyors than as an actual town. For the longest time, it’s population was transient, coming and going as the Company sent them, and for many months of the year, the settlement was little more than abandoned. In the last two decades, however, people have flooded north to find their fortunes, and Frontier has grown to accommodate. It now boasts a hotel, a hardware store, a grocer, a bar and distillery, several company stores, warehouses and several dozen permanent residents. A railway now connects Frontier to Kuuvik to the south, making Frontier the furthest point north reachable by train. Frontier is also home to one of the central Nordguard stations.
 

  

                 

 

The Whitelands

The Whitelands is all the uncharted or unclaimed lands north of Frontier. It is home to the native tribes of the Northern Territory, such as the Tukluk (caribou) or the Tikaani (the wolves.)
                                           

                 

 

The Maguruk

The word “Maguruq” means “call of the dog,” and they are so named for the warning cry that arises when they near.The Maguruq are strays, animals driven out by their tribes, or southerners who loose themselves to the arctic’s madness. They raid, hunt and feed on the flesh of other animals.
         

 

Tartok

Tartok is one of the northern most mining operations in the Northern Territories, owned and operated by the Jackelope Co.
 

 

Miscellaneous Studies

Here’s a little bit of the miscellaneous studies/art for the comic. You can find a ton more in the blog.