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"The Black Death was a deadly disease that ravaged humankind in the AD 1300s. In Norway, the pandemic came like a firestorm in the year 1349. In a matter of months, as much as 60 per cent of the Norwegian population died. The disease was a disaster of biblical proportions, and it is almost impossible to understand the full scale of the suffering.

The old Norwegian storytellers depicted the plague in the shape of an old woman. Her name was Pesta, a Norwegian word for the pandemic itself. Pesta dressed in a red or blue skirt and brought terror to all who saw her. The dreaded creature travelled from community to community, with a broomstick and a rake.
If you came upon Pesta with her rake, then you knew that she would spare some of your people. But when Pesta started sweeping with her broomstick, then there was no point in running, because no soul would be alive by the time she had finished." (Text from THE EVERGREEN POST: evergreenpost.eu/norwegian-fol… )
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I wanted to create my own version of Pesta, just completely ignoring the whole concept of the old woman, and I had a lot of fun with this one. This character is the bringer of plague and death, killing everything she touches.
Pest, Pesta, Plague. The Black Death has always fascinated me. And I am a sucker for Norse Mythology and folk tales!

Character and Art belong to Me.
STOP. You are not allowed to use this artwork in any way without my written permission.

Description
"The Black Death was a deadly disease that ravaged humankind in the AD 1300s. In Norway, the pandemic came like a firestorm in the year 1349. In a matter of months, as much as 60 per cent of the Norwegian population died. The disease was a disaster of biblical proportions, and it is almost impossible to understand the full scale of the suffering.

The old Norwegian storytellers depicted the plague in the shape of an old woman. Her name was Pesta, a Norwegian word for the pandemic itself. Pesta dressed in a red or blue skirt and brought terror to all who saw her. The dreaded creature travelled from community to community, with a broomstick and a rake.
If you came upon Pesta with her rake, then you knew that she would spare some of your people. But when Pesta started sweeping with her broomstick, then there was no point in running, because no soul would be alive by the time she had finished." (Text from THE EVERGREEN POST: evergreenpost.eu/norwegian-fol… )
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I wanted to create my own version of Pesta, just completely ignoring the whole concept of the old woman, and I had a lot of fun with this one. This character is the bringer of plague and death, killing everything she touches.
Pest, Pesta, Plague. The Black Death has always fascinated me. And I am a sucker for Norse Mythology and folk tales!

Character and Art belong to Me.
STOP. You are not allowed to use this artwork in any way without my written permission.