RobSoundtrack's 12-hole ocarina with a Nordic twist!

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I loved RobSoundtrack's 12-hole Ocarina, and it plays really well! But due to my Nordic heritage, I thought it needed some decorating :D So I traced the actual artwork from The Jelling Stones(Jellingestenene) and used that to make carvings into the Ocarina. I used visual elements from both of the Jelling stones. Quick history of the Jelling Stones: The Jelling Stones are runic gravestones located in Jelling(a city in Denmark). The large one with the stone carvings and runes that I used on the front of the ocarina is believed to have been raised by Harald Blåtand(Harald Bluetooth. Yes. The guy that your phone gadgets are named after) in memory of his parents as well as boasting his own deeds, and the graphics I used is actually depicing Jesus Christ as this was at the time where Denmark was transitioning to Christianity. The runes from the smaller of the Jelling stones are an inscription roughly translating to "King Gorm made these memorials after Thyra his wife, Denmark's beauty" Worth noting is that the actual history of the Jelling Stones(and whether or not the inscriptions are actually the truth) is subject to debate, but the above is what's generally considered to be the most likely truth.