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Bloodborne meets Bronze Age

Entry for Vaatividyas Art Challenge "Bloodborne 2"
I chose the setting of the european bronze age for the following reasons: 1. While there is a good amount of archeological findings of weapons and cult objects, nobody knows for sure, in what gods, spirits or beings those people believed in. So it leaves plenty of room for some magic.
But even cooler: the bronze weapons and the huge amounts of golden objects from this age rhyme perfectly with H.P. Lovecrafts concept of the Deep Ones who also gave gold to the humans and bound them and eventually turned them into fishmen themselves.

So the concept goes like this:
On the misty shores of the North Sea they found the Old Rock. An ancient place, once under the sea and built by the Deep Ones in forgotten times, long before men have walked the earth.
And after a while the humans found a way to call them. They came and brought with them golden treasures, mighty weapons and powerful knowledge. And so the people from the Rock ruled the lands in the North. Proud warriors marched into battle, led by the mighty Druids who kept the knowledge of the Deep Ones. Dark rituals they performed to please their horrible gods.
But the knowledge and power of the Old (Deep) Ones have their price. For they came from the Deep and to the Deep they shall return and with them all those who dared to possess them.

So basically there are those bronze age warriors and druids. And with increasing insight their true form is revealed. I tried to "translate" every bronze/gold feature into a fishy thing :D