Testament
Part One Heusos
I am known as Kask suhnu Rikardnu,
Suhnu Henree, suhnu Yan, suhnu Nod.
This is my testament. Things I hath seen.
The words I hath heard. The horror and hope.
Hate me and judge me for what lies within.
I ask no pardon nor mercy, nor pass.
Just know that things hath not always been thus.
Thus begins Testament, The Epic Journey of Yggdrasil, a story of gods and demons, frustration, fear, and defiance. Kask testifies to us a fable that is both a fantastical mythology and an author’s struggle with the uncertainties of our own time. Broken into five parts, Heusos is the first step into an unknown future.
Each hand written and painted page is herein faithfully reproduced in full color at the dimensions it was created.
A Handmade Story
An Epic Prose Poem
Testament is a five part epic poem that wrestles the challenges of now through the lens of a mythology of a world that will never be. Within its pages you will angst and fear, gods and heroes, triumphs and defeats. You will also find an author wrestling with the existential fear of annihilation.
Each page of Testament was block printed, hand painted, and handwritten. Those pages were then faithfully reproduced.
Part One of Testament, Heusos, mediates on the origins of things. It is a book of new beginnings built upon the ending of old worlds and old ideas. The themes that permeate all the pages that come afterwards have their genesis within the pages of the poetic narrative.