From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
Oh god I love this one!
ReplyDeleteFortunately, the guy from the other session had already triggered the poison needle trap.
ReplyDeleteThat's the iconic one for me.
ReplyDeleteI use this one for campaign posts where I award gold and xp.
ReplyDeleteThat is my favorite D&D illustration, bar none.
ReplyDeleteI like how the adventurers all look like they might reasonably have lice or scabies.
And they're greedy as fuck, right? Particularly the guy on the right. That's some portrayal of the Seven Deadly Sins stuff right there.
ReplyDeleteAwesome facial expressions, for sure.
ReplyDeleteMurder ain't the only reason we hobo.
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