The Octopus Box #413, sketch on wooden table

The Octopus Box #413

charcoal, chalk and paper sketch on wooden table

c.1677

Fluvio Nortnoodle's endless obsession with finding the Octopus Box, the mythical container from which he believed "all the little bastards were crawling out of...", led him to wander aimless for years on the southern shore in vain. At Sanddog's, a small cafe in Flender he created this sketch on a table while waiting on a cod filét. It is important to notice the ghostly specter rising above the escaping crowd. This has generally been accepted to be the ghost of his dream of ever finding a real octopus box, though he would continue searching for three more years before finally returning to Guilden and his lifelong love, Vespa.