The year is 2013, and Mikkel Mainz graduates from The Animation Workshop and sets out on his epic journey into the world of moving drawings.

In the company of close friends, the beginning of the Tales of Alethrion universe, The Reward, is released and goes viral. Mikkel and his pals goes on to found the animation studio, Sun Creature.

In 2015, the first proper episode of Tales of Alethrion, “The First Hero”, is released on YouTube, together with a Kickstarter for Season 1.

The community and backers show their support and the crowdfunding campaign is a huge success; the episode wins awards; and the series goes viral again.

Long time friends Thorbjørn Røjne, serial entrepreneur, and Christen Søndergaard, former agency director and creative director, get together and found the entertainment studio, Freeborn.

They dream developing and producing entertainment for the next generation of consumers - with stories for and about the future of humanity. Their animation journey begins with the original feature The Floating World, and with the help from Sun Creature the project goes into development.

With a the focus shifting to solely client work, Mikkel leaves Sun Creature in 2019 and starts Skjald.

Spirit Seeker and Smash! join Tales of Alethrion in the portfolio of Skjald originals. The ToA YouTube channel grows to 175,000+ subscribers.

While 2020 brought the world to its knees - the team at Skjald got to work full-time on Tales of Alethrion.

The universe expands through a successful Kickstarter campaign, leading to a season 2, epic merch, a board game… and even a record label!

Coming from the agency world with 10+ years of experience in working with marketing, communication strategies and branding campaigns, Edith Marie Nielsen joins Freeborn Studios to help manage and further develop The Floating World in collaboration with Sun Creature.

Meanwhile teh team at Skjald wrap storyboarding and compositing on 20 episodes of JaFilm’s TV series: Monster Loving Maniacs.

It's 2023 and Mikkel is directing his first TV series for DR -and at Freeborn they’re working on creating a community campaign for The Floating World.

The stars align and through long talks, laughs, meetings, late calls and an epic summer party - the trio, Edith, Mikkel and Thorbjørn make the decision to join forces.

Skjaldborn emerged with
a bold vision: to create original and immersive worlds that inspire audiences and thrive across platforms through timeless creativity and meaningful connections.

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The first full year of Skjaldborn
gets into swing and is packed full of adventure starting with the release of Høj Season 1 on DR.

Skjaldborn is brought in to help with VFX, press kits, storyboarding direction, animation and compositing for for two feature films as well as for popular Danish kids TV show Børste.

The ToA Season 3 Kickstarter campaign raises $86,400 USD, making a total of $670,000 raised by the community since the series’ inception.