FZD/prop - Divina Commedia: Virgil

This is a prop from my take on the Divina Commedia book, by Dante Alighieri if it was a game.

In the poem, Dante goes around with Virgil (a fellow poet) who appears in Canto I of Hell, leading him on a journey through two of the three kingdoms of the Underworld (Hell and Purgatory).

Following the same concept, Dante founds an half-dead Virgil and manages to bound his soul on the disk using Necromancy and manages to build the whole instrument inside his skull, putting seals in the eyes as an additional measure of safety. Even if played, not always Virgil reacts positively, and only helps the player in specific places while mocks him the most of the time.

Instead of traveling around with the poet, Dante uses Virgilio to move around hell, literally by "playing" his head to make him speak

Instead of traveling around with the poet, Dante uses Virgilio to move around hell, literally by "playing" his head to make him speak

Initial sketches and studies

Initial sketches and studies