The Faceless Terror - Myth III Fan Art

A fun fact about me is that I sometimes create unofficial translations for games. If a Brazilian played Diablo II in Portuguese before the recent remake, it was the result of months of work by nerdy teenager Victor. I also created a more complete translation of Diablo 1 in 2018, which helped translators for other languages. It’s the kind of thing I still use my coding skills for, and I’m here to say that I did it again.

1997 was one of the most stellar years in gaming history, with titles like Age of Empires 1, Fallout 1, FF7, and many others that have now made history. The winner of multiple Game of the Year awards in 97, however, is a name now known by few. I’m talking about Bungie’s Myth: Fallen Lords.

Before I put a single foot on the Shire, Tristram or Whiterun, I was at the town of Crow’s Bridge, on my way to Madrigal. Before I even knew their names or names like Frazetta and Buscema, artists such as John Bolton, Juan B. Ramirez and Mark Bernal were exploding my eyes and mind.

And the more I think about it, the more Myth looks like a cornerstone of my artistic aspirations, and a direction where to evolve my work towards, even in other areas like writing.

With this in mind, Myth II’s 25th anniversary this year, and the hope it might inspire some company to create a licensed book/board game/animation since a sequel is unlikely for now, I started planning tons of Myth fan art.

While doing that, I ended up getting the itch to create a translation for Myth III: The Wolf Age (2001), which I finished and can be found here: maristane.com/myth3br. There will be resources for other translators there soon, too.

To promote it, I created this piece of fan art, ”The Faceless Terror”, in which I tried to emulate a bit of the process and style used by John Bolton in his covers for Myth I and II. An artist so legendary that Neil Gaiman directed a short film about him. I think Bolton would have created something much more impactful, and with fewer characters and brushstrokes. But, well, part of why I’m doing this is to learn more, so it’s good to see I still have a lot to learn.

I’ll run a final review of my translation by playing the entire game, you can watch it and collaborate at twitch.tv/victormaristane on July 8th. It’s the third game, but it can be a great entry point for new players, since it’s a prequel to Myth I, and the graphics might look less dated to some people.

May the Fallen Lords walk the world again.