When a selkie spends too long in his beast form, changing back can be... challenging. Rafe found his love for the seas as a child, many years ago, and spent most of his life as a seal-like creature, diving and darting through glorious summer days, as well as days of storms and ice. We’ve spent … Continue reading Retirement
What? What are you all gasping about? The bubbles? They’re delicious, you should try some! Pretty sure it’s apple flavour, but there’s something else, too... Spots? No, you must be mistaken, I’m not a spotted breed. I’m a Dwarven Flopphund. Very rare. Very lovely. Will you stop moving around so much, you’re making me dizzy! … Continue reading Bubbles
Sometimes, spirits resemble their origins more clearly than others. The dogwood spirit of Huttontop Woods is a gentle, shy thing that keeps to itself and sings softly on bright nights. They say a walker and his faithful dog often rested in Huttontop after long jaunts. When the time came, the hound was laid to rest … Continue reading Dogwood
Where stone battles stone, deep underground, the world above can grow. The rock will arch in great ridges like the back of an ancient dragon, or lava will creep its way through cracks in the earth, breathing fire high into the air with each ashen cough. But here... something else happened here. The high arching … Continue reading High Lands
You’ll play with me? Yaaay, yaaaay! You wait here, I’ll go hide. If you find me before the bell rings at noon, I’ll tell you about the shortcut to the garrison. Nobody EVER plays with me around here. It’s all march, march, march up to the garrison. Maybe warriors have a different kind of fun, … Continue reading Playtime
Big eyes, kind smiles, the Selkies are a mellow people. What anger could ever lie in the hearts of the sea folk, when all their days are spent roaming wild under sun and stars on wide, changing seas? They craft love into their work, be it metalwork, sculpture, even their world famous knitwear. That mellow … Continue reading Calm Seas, Calm Hearts
There was a time before ours, long ago. No-one knows much about it, but hints of it can be found here and there throughout the wilderness. It’s believed to be a time before familiars, before the choosing of mages and Nature’s gifting of magic. Dragons and gryphons are often depicted as wild or even as … Continue reading Lost to Time
The spirit of Whittenwood is... unusual. Large, shapeless, accompanied by its apparent offspring... It’s quite a sight. Many think it cute, others think it sinister. The tales regarding it are mixed. Some speak of great kindness and sympathy, while others speak of trickery and cruelty. Which is true? One, the other, neither, both? Nature and … Continue reading Whittenwood
The flame of Pendal Drakes burns as hot as a true dragon’s breath. It is thought the drake’s fire shifted to their backs as a form of language across dark caverns, leaving their mouths free to vocalise. They have little control over their flame, however. It is constant, feeding on an oil secreted from glands … Continue reading Pendal Drakes
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