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Continue ShoppingThe Faces of Beardsgaard • Hearthstone
Beardsgaard may be a barbershop in Batavia here in the mortal plane, but it is also a fantasy world. In that world is an apothecary, River Peak Apothecary, that makes magic potions scented by the seasons, their scents evoking the places you will find all over the Realm. Here in Batavia, the people behind both brands are one and the same.
From our autumntime beard line, we bring you Hearthstone, set deep in the wilds of Svartalfheim, where the Night Elves dwell.
Read all about the lore of the Hearthstone Ruins on the Beardsgaard World Anvil, and scroll on to see the rocky falling forests on doomed Human Haeredion Pathfinder's quest to find his missing father come to life.
This was our very first of these shoots, before we went for full fantasy costumery, but boy did we start strong on locations and beards.
Fall into the magic of Hearthstone with us.
Explore the magic potions that summon this place and its scents at will. Of course, if you wish to join us on adventures through the Realm of Beardsgaard, tune into our in-Realm D&D games on the Beardsgaard YouTube channel.
COSTUMING:
This was the first of our photo shoots, when the idea was to make our models real world versions of the mythological ones. Immediately after this, we began veering into full on fantasy garb, because it's just so much fun.
Countless thanks to Una Mae's in Chicago for lending us the wardrobe for this shoot, which matched the setting so well it still gives us goosebumps, especially when we put these pants on again. They were so nice we just bought them.
LOCATION: STARVED ROCK STATE PARK • OGLESBY, ILLINOIS / GUNNAR ANDERSON FOREST PRESERVE • GENEVA, ILLINOIS
MODEL: Beardsgaard client Dan Sines
