From Tried's Mouth to the mysterious Tower, the waters around Scalvoris and the island itself hold a vast array of secrets, just ripe for discovery. Here are landmarks, jungles, mountains, forests and islands of note.
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/gallery/image.php?album_id=143&image_id=4097 The PSF
New Subforums
So, one of the things that has changed in the new site is that the new PSF is visible to everyone. This provides us an opportunity and so, this morning I've created some subforums in there - for completed / approved threads....
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Stalemate; a state in which two parties are unable to move forward without putting themselves at the mercy of each other. It was a term common in games such as chess, but not all that often found in real life,...
83rd Zi'da 717:
Early breaks of the morning. Vega couldn't sleep.
It wasn't that she wasn't tired, or had too much energy. Far from it. She was tired and she wanted to sleep, but she just couldn't get there. So, she'd laid there quietly and listened to Arlo's breathing, feeling his chest rise and...
At fifteen arcs of age Sephira Blackwood had been initiated into magehood. It had happened only a few trials ago and it had been the weirdest experience of her young life. Like flying through a night sky set aflame. It had been both terrifying and wondrous...
Max stepped onto the docks of the small, windy island with her cloak wrapped tightly about her body. Her eyes scanned the snow-dusted, scraggly path ahead with an expression of undeniable reluctancy. The few other that had made the short trip by sea piled out...
Qit'ria held her hand up before her eyes, staring lovingly at her totem. It was an extension of her, quite literally. But it was time to make it who she is. She closed her eyes, and felt the connection to her totem. It was there,...
89th Zi'da, Arc 717
The scent of the ocean was always a reminder of her childhood on Faldrass. There on that small island, the sea was always in sight and the waves could always be heard no matter where you were. Of course the ocean always made its presence known even in the darkest alleyways...
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Zi'da 74, 717 immediately following this thread
Qit'ria slapped the tops of her thighs, and stood up. Kashehino mewed, I miss hunting. You've barely taken me out to hunt since I found you. And killing this mouse hardly counts darling. Qit'ria ignored...
/gallery/image.php?album_id=189&image_id=12781 79th Trial of Zi'da,
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Arlo! Vega was usually quite pleased to see him when he got back to camp from being somewhere on his own. So, too, when she got back from the same, she was happy at the sight of him. However it was...
/gallery/image.php?album_id=189&image_id=11416 75th Zi'da, 717
A'right, so there's some things that I need to show you, Vega, it turned out, became quite serious when sailing and they hadn't left the dock yet. She'd pulled her hair back into a ponytail and was concentrating in a way that she...
/gallery/image.php?album_id=189&image_id=8018 35th Trial of Zi'da during Arc 717 Soon, they were going to be giving each other gifts - three of them according to Scalvoris tradition, each trial a different type or theme ~ and Vega had a very clear idea of what she was going to give Arlo for the...
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Zi'da 74, 717
Qit'ria awoke with a snort, cutting off the snoring that had been filling the air in her tent. Kashehino looked over at her lazily, Well its about time you woke up darling. Been sleeping all day love. Qit'ria rolled right over through...
/gallery/image.php?album_id=195&image_id=11362 Zi'da 40th, 717
So, apparently, she said, poking her head out slightly from under the blanket, but really not much, this isn't unusual for this place. Outside of their tent, there was a hailstorm happening which had to be seen to be believed. She'd...
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Zi'da 93rd, 717 - 7th Break immediately following their departure from The Derby
Singhar was stoic as he watched the crowd disperse, his mouth a tight line of displeasure. Politics. Money. He had no stomach for such things. But he'd learned...
They awoke in a place that no one would ever want to be.
As they came to, the first thing they heard was the sound of a distant waterfall. It was like quiet thunder on the horizon, a low rumble that never seemed to crash, just the...
U'frek's shoes, Bert, it's cold innit? Vega spoke in a calm and friendly tone to the small stuffed bear she had with her. She was laying on the hand-crafted bench in their camp, looking up at the sky. She had a thick wool blanket...
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Qit looked all about her through the darkened forest that is the Sweetwine Woods. It was dusk, one of the most dangerous times to be out and about, and she was far from her camp. She'd been on the...
120th of Vhalar, Arc 717
From Victor Amielle’s diary:
Scalvoris is one of the most amazing places that I have ever visited. Never have I seen such an abundance of unusual plants and animals. I have seen flying felines and flying bunnies and...
/gallery/image.php?album_id=189&image_id=11342 74th Trial of Zi'da during Arc 717
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The trial before, Vega had been to see her father and had spoken with him. When she'd got back to the camp they shared, she had told Arlo about the whole thing. So, they were waiting for Joq'an and...
/gallery/image.php?album_id=189&image_id=6419 7th Trial of Zi'da during Arc 717
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It would be fair to say that Vega was not in the best of moods. When they'd got back to their camp the night before, she'd bathed, changed her clothes and then paced. Her temper, always bubbling just...
Dark hands rolled into fists rubbed at the tired, baggy eyes, big and brown, as a yawn echoed through the tent. Despite being morning, which was hard to tell during Saun since there always seemed to be a sun in the sky, it was terribly warm. Qit'ria didn't mind the warmth,...
He had to fight himself, force himself, drag himself another step forward. Behind him a long, continuous, trail in the snow showed where he'd come from. He barely managed to lift his foot enough to drag it through the snow and put it down again. His...
68th of Zi'da, Arc 717
Immortal's Tongue
Late Morning
When one asked for a way to get closer to the immortals, Scalvoris seemed to have only a singular answer, ready on every local's lips. Immortals' Tongue was an island off the coast of Scalvoris, not too far by boat from the town of Scalvoris....
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