Fafhrd & Grey Mouser

Fafhrd and the Gray Mouse are two seminal sword-and-sorcery heroes created by Fritz Leiber (1910–1992) and loosely modelled upon himself and his friend Harry Otto Fischer (1910–1986). They are the protagonists of what are probably Leiber's best-known stories.

One of Leiber's original motives was to have a couple of fantasy heroes closer to true human stature than the likes of Howard's Conan the Barbarian or Burroughs's Tarzan. Fafhrd is a tall (seven feet) northern barbarian; Mouser is a small, mercurial thief, once known as Mouse and a former wizard's apprentice. Both are rogues, existing within a decadent world where to be so is a requirement of survival. They spend a lot of time drinking, feasting, wenching, brawling, stealing, and gambling, and are seldom fussy about who hires their swords. But they are humane and—most of all—relish true adventure.

I met these uncommon Duo when reading A text of the fantasy writer Michael Moorcock, later i get the PDF of the first book : Swords & Deviltry

And then , why the hell not create an illustration cover for these two ? Great names of Fantasy romance , extremely overrated nowadays (specially here in Brazil ! )

Here it is : the two most skilled and troubled rogues of Lankhmar , looking over your cosmopolitan and smokey city!


Photoshop , 2 weeks