DreamGhost
Wikipedia has this to say about The Hermit and the wasteland around him (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hermit):
"Shows an old man carrying a staff in one hand and a lit lantern in the other. In the background is a wasteland. Just beyond the wasteland is a mountain range."
For some reason, I always considered The Hermit as walking a slope on a mountain, or at the very least ON TOP of a mountain somewhere. Looking at the image provided in Wikipedia, I think I do actually see where the mountains in the background come from now, but they are quite very small. Hence, why I would see him as being at a high point in some mountains somewhere.
Where does the wasteland come into play, or is it the featurelessness of the background that means wasteland? Is that fog I see around The Hermit?
"Shows an old man carrying a staff in one hand and a lit lantern in the other. In the background is a wasteland. Just beyond the wasteland is a mountain range."
For some reason, I always considered The Hermit as walking a slope on a mountain, or at the very least ON TOP of a mountain somewhere. Looking at the image provided in Wikipedia, I think I do actually see where the mountains in the background come from now, but they are quite very small. Hence, why I would see him as being at a high point in some mountains somewhere.
Where does the wasteland come into play, or is it the featurelessness of the background that means wasteland? Is that fog I see around The Hermit?