Month: May 2021

Dinosaur Hunting at Khol Dracys

Hunting huge reptiles is a tricky business. Some of them are slow and easily escaped from, others will outpace you in seconds. They also have rather tough hides that are definitely more like armour than skin. So you need a strategy, you need somewhere you can get close enough that you can almost look into their eyes,since that’s where you’ve gotta get your arrow. Then somewhere you can retreat to immediately so that any others in the area can’t chase you. So this particular foray is extremely risky, I’m likely to be exposed for longer than I’d like and the entrance to the Scrimshaw Warrens caves behind me is futher then I’d like as well.

Credits:

  • Sandals:(*<*) 1313 Sharla Sandals – Worn Hide – 1313
  • Dress:  .Viki. Amnerys – Wolf – Del-ka Aedilis
  • Bow&Quiver: CKF RavenSoul_Plain Bow – CKif Falconry (no longer availalbe)
  • Body: Maitreya 5.3
  • Head: Genus Project– Strong Face
  • Skin: Anjelica – Natural (Alabaster by -{The Attic}-
  • Hair: Montana-Reds by Truth

Location: Khol Dracys

Personally I think the best arrival point though is approaching from the Scrimshaw Warrens, where you are greeted by the native animesh inhabitants.

The Magicians of A’dracunas

A year has passed since the spectacular explosion among the stars that was the self destruction of our sister planet, Cassiopeia (a Faire Folk story I wrote last year) by its remaining inhabitants. We mourn their loss but they had let the memories of our origins be forgotten. They had stopped performing the rituals that kept the subterranean beasts of our twin planets where they belonged, underground.

They had become shallow lip service festivals instead of a nescesity for survival. These rituals reinforced the spells of magical confinement enforced on the reptilian beasts that would consume us all.

The responsibility for this fell to the descendants of the original spell casters, that were marked by brightly coloured patches on their skin. It was a pale remnant of ancestors whose bodies were covered in such and could weave great magic. Strangely this didn’t always follow in families, sometimes an unrelated child may be born with the marks, the dormant powers floating around in the population gene pool to surface randomly. Some saw it as blessing others as a curse, but regardless, all knew the child would have to seek us out and be trained for the sake of our races survival.

Most of the time we wore long hooded robes and kept to ourselves, some among the population resented the power we could wield, even if it was much diminished from our ancestors. But twice a year at the Solsices we emerge and perform the required ritual to reinforce the magical barriers that keep us all safe.

Image from Gyazo

Location: A’Dracunas

Credits:

  • Skirt: ::GB:: koshikimono (F) / – Gabriel
  • Gauntlets: ::GB:: Cross obi tops & Gauntlets / Black – Gabriel
  • Bra: ::GB:: Katahaori 2020 (F) / – Gabriel
  • Skin: :[P]: & TRAP – Kalari Vors Skin [F] – Verrys
  • Tattoos: [ET]: Rainbow Cursed – Stage 1 – Arms (System/BoM)
  • Tattoo: :[ET]: Rainbow Cursed – Stage 3 – Torso (System/BoM)
  • Eyes: 1. **CC** – Arcane Chill Eyes & FX – Coles Corner
  • Halo effect: **CC** – Arcane Chill Halo – Coles Corner
  • Hand effect: 4. **CC** – Arcane Chill Hand FX – Coles Corner
  • Lip Gloss: TREND – Maleficient Lips – Fatpack
  • Animations via “FAC Pagan Alter” from Fairy Angel Creations

Valhallah – The Ritual

 

Ava reaches the valley of Valhalla weary but energised by the sight of the great waterfalls and towering statues, she is home.

Rounding the bend in the path she sees the waterfall in it’s full glory and the platform at that top which is her destination.

Her destination awaits
Glad to be home

She scales the mighty steps for the first time in a long time and enters one of the great halls.

She takes a moment to refresh herself and change out of her travelling clothes before taking a seat in the hall.

She doesn’t intend to spend long there, she knows she has a ritual to prepare for! Once she feels rested somewhat she leaves the hall and makes her way to high platform of the tree.

On her way down she pauses to admire the valley in all it’s glory.

Credits:

Travelling clothes:

  • Outfit and face tattoo: :SF: Tove – Scarlet Fey
  • Necklace: VENGE ‘Mjolnir’ Necklace – Venge
  • Backpack: Girls Backpack from Meli Imako
  • Hair: Raven Bell – Luxe -Raven Bell

Ritual Outfit:

  • Dress: *PSS* Elfen Song – PSS
  • Earrings: Bliensen + MaiTai – Fisk – earring – Silver
  • Hair: Raven Bell & !R! – Percival Hair & Ryme Circlet -Raven Bell

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