#Coatal

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Brunch at the Abby by Shawn Colborn Via Flickr: shared with pixbuf.com

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To my followers (23 porn bots), something that isn't getting enough media

[beaverbean]

Everyone meet Gemwish!

Gemwish is a Coatal who studies gems and any kind of interesting looking rocks and if she deems them safe enough she'll either sell them or make jewellery out of them!

The goggles are to keep her eyes safe

(Note I never add jewellery to my ocs so she's outside my comfort zone)

[faradaysketches]

View during Breakfast on the Pembrokeshire Coatal Path. Wales. September 2024 There were more dramatic views but this one had a bench.

[sisinasawa]

Side/main character additions for my book Anastasius!

Hello everyone! I’m running something for my book that I’m sure you’ll enjoy! I’m writing a book titled Anastasius which is Greek for Renewal. But I was thinking of a fun way to raise money for the book and a fun way to interact with potential readers! So I was thinking, if I give the characters who will be in my book, perhaps there could be a fundraiser for this! It will be $10 USD per character and there is no limit to how many characters you’d like! I’ll post the sheet for each character and you can pick and choose which tribe you’d like create your own character! If you have anymore questions I’ll be happy to answer! I take payments through PayPal as it’s the only thing I understand how to use!

Creatures of Renewal:

As written by Wyvern Scholars

Amphiptere:

Amphipteres generally were said to have light-colored feathers like a sunrise, a serpentine body, bat-like wings with feathers covering most of the forearm and often greenish in coloration, and a long tail much like a wyvern's tail. Others are described as covered in feathers with a spiked tail, bird-like wings, and a beak-like snout.

These small dragons are known to go after smaller prey like rodents and birds, as their habitatsavanna's heat, leavingrests. However, large colonies have been known to live in constructed settlements. Still, any knowledge of a leader has yet to be discovered. It has been rumored that the Amphiptere changes leaders when either the current one dies or willingly gives up the position of tribal leader.

Habitat: Forests, Jungles, or the forested remnants of human cities.

Arctic Dragon:

These giant, wooly dragons stand five feet taller than the most significant polar bears; their powerful muscles and jet-black skin under their blueish-white fur dominate most northern regions. Human settlements are where they prowl, waiting for humans hidden in these desolate territories for the perfect time to strike. These areas are far too cold for most dragons. Still, the Arctic dragon has adapted to survive in these brutal conditions. However, females only move southwards when their young are ready to be born. Once the younglings are old enough to walk short distances independently, the mother and cub begin trekking back toward the tundra.

Diet: These dragons hunt down various arctic prey, ranging from the smallest Arctic hares to the giant whales. Anything these dragons can get their talons on is food to them. Although young Arctic dragons do not have the speed or endurance their parents have, they rely on their parents to bring them back something they can eat.

Coatyl:

The most noticeable feature of Coatyls is the feathered wings. These wings comprise a humerus connected to a radius and an ulna connected to metacarpals. The wings of a Coatyl allow it to fly, which is the primary method of locomotion. In unbonded Coatyls, the scapulars and front feathers are dark green, the covert feathers are light yellow or tan, and the primary and secondary flight feathers are red.

Coatyls have pressurized sacs in the back of the mouth of a highly volatile and slightly acidic chemical known as coatalic acid. When threatened, muscles surrounding these sacs contract, pushing the coatalic acid out of small holes in the mouth and spraying it. When it comes into contact with air, coatalic acid undergoes a chemical reaction that causes it to ignite and become highly adhesive, sticking to whatever it lands on.

Diet: Coatyls primarily prey on small rodents like mice or rats. Coatyls cannot bite or tear their food to pieces, so they instead swallow their prey whole. They can do this as the upper and lower jaws of a Coatyl are not rigidly attached and have multiple joints, allowing them to open their mouths wide enough to swallow prey whole. While digesting food, Coatyls will typically avoid trying to fly and will instead travel along the ground.

Habitat: These dragons are usually found in the same territories as the Amphiptere. However, these Coatyls have been seen further south in the rainforests due to being more of a tropical species. Their size makes them easy prey for larger animals if they are not careful.

Dragon:

The Western European kind, with four legs, two wings, and (usually) fiery breath. Depending on how the work classifies things, these may be the only ones called "dragons." Otherwise, they're typically called authentic, Western, or European dragons. The Western dragon tends to be massive and heavy, with sharp claws and bat-like wings. They are usually with reptile features but may also have fur or feathers. Sometimes dark colored but always shiny. Some have forked tongues, others crests, fringes, or some other adornment. It always has the ability to spew forth blazing fire and fumes.

In the West, dragons live in caves or mountain dwellers and predators. Cave dweller dragons stay in the coldness of the dark most of the time. The caves, filled with fire and water, are easily guarded and located close to towns, where food is convenient. Mountain predators live in cave-riddled mountains that provide an invincible tower and protection.

Diet: Western dragons tend to be considered carnivores. They like meat, flesh, and blood as their primary food source and are too fussy about the source. Sheep, cows, oxen, lions, elephants, or even humans, anything of a reasonable size and with warm blood and flesh to feast on, are their primary food sources. However, dragons haven’t shown a preference for the age or gender of humans. One interesting thing to note is that although they eat the flesh, they have a particular taste for blood. Sometimes, when in need of a quick burst of energy, they will only drink the blood of their prey and leave the flesh. This is seen as barbaric by most other species of dragons. Still, with western dragons being the second largest species, we tend not to mess with them and their dietary habits.

Drake: The drake is a dragon with four limbs, much like a lizard, although usually far more significant in size than the average lizard. A potent example of a drake in the natural world is the Komodo Dragon, a large species of minotaur lizard in Indonesia. These creatures have low-slung bodies, like crocodiles and alligators, with bellies across the ground. However, due to their natural habitat and human greed, wild drakes have been increasingly difficult to get notes from and other scholars to talk with. Drakes who are found are highly hostile and not open much to talking, but with enough food and gold, these dragons could easily talk your ear off.

Diet: These family-oriented dragons hunt together in packs; their size and numbers are easily strong enough to take down small herds of water buffalo, wildebeests, elk, and moose.

Feydragons: These dragons are about the size of a cat, each having an iridescent coat of scales that reflected all colors of the rainbow, predominantly reflecting one particular color, which changed with age. They had a long, prehensile tail and platinum-colored, butterfly-like wings.

Like true dragons, faerie dragons grew stronger with age but matured much more quickly and lived shorter lives. Because their predominant scale hue ran the colors of the rainbow over their lifetime, their color directly indicated their age and power. The scales of a young hatchling were almost always red, and those of a fully mature dragon (over 50 years old) were violet. Most dragons leave these small ones alone because it is not worth expending calories to catch these little critters. But these small dragons are known across the globe for their beautiful woven tapestries and the symphonies they create with their wings.

Diet: Their diet mainly consists of small bugs caught in the air, from trees and bushes, and off the ground. They also fed on fruits, berries, nectar, and butterflies, which they ate to get the color and look of their wings.

Sea Orc: A Sea Orc has no arms or legs. It sports fins on the top portion and every few meters across its body, including one long fin that runs from the bottom of its head to its tail. A Sea Orc has little in the way of bones; it slithers through the waters like a snake. This assists the Sea Orc in attacking its prey.

Sea Orc eggs cannot be fertilized in deep water, and smaller Sea Orcs cannot survive the pressure. Adult Sea Orcs have to head to shallower waters to mate. It is believed that the Sea Orc typically goes to warmer climates for mating.

Female Sea Orcs lay their eggs at the shoreline, close enough to the surface to be safe from the environmental killers but far enough from the water line that the parents can still protect their offspring. The eggs will grow for several months and will be born after size months.

Diet: These massive beasts eat mostly fish and aquatic life, anything they can catch; on rare occasions, they will eat a dragon, but that only happens when a rowdy juvenile dragon decides to go after a Sea Orcs calf.

Wyvern: The Wyvern is about the same size as the Arctic dragon, though in weight, they are closer to their brother, the Drake. The Wyvern is a two-legged dragon with two wings. They are believed to be faster than the more enormous Dragon. Their head is large and round, and they have a more petite mouth than most dragons. The body is thick but with a soft underbelly. The tail of the Wyvern is the most deadly. It is long serpentlike with a large mass at the end. They can also have a load of spikes within the ball or a significant spike at the top. The Wyvern uses this ball as its primary weapon, capable of smashing through most creatures, including other dragon's scales.

For its size, the Wyvern holds a large amount of weight. Most of this weight is within its thick scales. Anyone who has fought a Wyvern will inform you that getting through their body is next to impossible. The scales overlap several times, and underneath them is a thin net of tissue that absorbs impact and is resistant to being cut.

Diet: Moose, Elk, and Caribou are everyday staples of a wyvern diet, although anything that moves fits the wyvern needs as they have to eat at least 400 pounds of food every three days.

Humans: Not much is left from humans after they destroyed themselves; greed took out most of them, and the explosions hurt the rest. Humans have flocked to their caves deep in the ground. Most dragons leave humans alone, but humans have tried to take back their world a few times, but us dragons have quickly stamped out those little uprisings. Although some dragons keep humans as pets, their crafty little grabbers are relatively good at crafting the little things they need. Some dragons keep them for wealth status, and others just eat them for a rare treat.

Prey animals: Not much needs to be said here; anything a dragon can catch and eat is a prey animal.

[nadimefe]

BASICS

FULL NAME: NADIM EFE

» MEANING: Nadim [ The Arabic name Nadim (نديم) means "friend," "confidant," "companion," or "drinking companion," and is a masculine name used across various communities in the Middle East, Balkans, and South Asia. ]; Efe [ The name "Efe" can have different meanings depending on its origin: in Turkish, it can mean "older brother" or "master," while in Nigerian culture, it's a shortened form of "Efetobore," meaning "wealth has now been achieved," or "wealth" in Urhobo. ]

VERSE:  404 Error

NICKNAME(S): Nadim

AGE: 33-years old.

DATE OF BIRTH: 1992 April 8th, Wednesday.

PLACE OF BIRTH: İnebolu, Kastamonu, Türkiye.

OCCUPATION: Businessman; Mechanical Engineer.

POWERS: Possess the traits, attributes and/or abilities of, transform into, or be/is a werewolf. Healing, slow aging, super-strength.

PERSONALITY

STRENGTHS: Courageous, Determined, Confident, Enthusiastic, Honest, Passionate.

WEAKNESSES: Impatient, Moody, Short-Tempered, Impulsive, Aggressive.

APPEARANCE

FACE CLAIM: Can Yaman.

HEIGHT: 6′2 ft. [188 cm.]

WEIGHT: 165 lbs. [75 kg.]

BUILD: Muscular.

GAIT: Relaxed.

HAIR COLOR: Brown.

EYE COLOR: Brown.

BIRTHMARK: TBA.

OVERVIEW: » SCARS: Some minor ones. » TATTOOS: Yes. TBA.

BACKGROUND

HOMETOWN: İnebolu, Kastamonu, Türkiye.

RESIDENCES: İnebolu, Kastamonu, Türkiye; Istanbul, Turkey. He travels to Europe and has a flat in London.

NATIONALITY: Turkish-British.

ETHNICITY: Albanian/Turkish.

FINANCIAL STATUS: Upper class. Nadim rebuilt his late father's once successful construction business. It went bankcrupt when the older Efe passed away. Nadim was able to bring it back from the bottom up through hardwork and his mother's savings and available government fundings.

EDUCATION LEVEL: University graduate.

DEGREES: Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

SPOKEN LANGUAGES: Nadim is fluent in Turkish, some Arabic. He speaks English as well as he also lived in England for a few years growing up.

RELATIONSHIPS

PARENTS: Elira [m.]; Agron [f., deceased]

SIBLINGS: Young siblings. Details to be added.

CHILDREN: None.

PETS: None.

SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIPS: » Nadim is married to Zeynep.

FAMILY HISTORY: Nadim was born in a small coatal village by the Black Sea in Turkey. He grew up with younger siblings and both parents in the picture. However, his father died when he was very young, sending their family in deep grief. It became too hard for Elira to raise the family in the small village and eventually, she moved the famly to Istanbul for a better future. Once in Istanbul, Elira worked hard through the help of relatives to support her children. Nadim finished university and then found worked as well, saving every penny until he was ready to start finding funds for his business, his father's construction company that once was very successful in the city.

After a few years, Nadim was able to bring back the family business and little by little, it grew and gained popularity and loyal clients. During this time, Nadim sent his young wife to the UK to continue her university studies...

ROMANTIC HISTORY: Nadim attended high school in their small village where he became very close with a young woman that evntually agreed to go out with him secretly. The young woman's family was financially challeged and conforming to society's norm, ended up marrying their daughters including Nadim's girlfriend at a very young age. He always cared for her that when she called one day asking to save her 15-year old sister, Zeynep from the same fate, Nadim responded and married the younger sister but only paper. Nadim promised to give Zeynep education and a better future. During this time, Zeynep's brother-in-law, her elder siseter's husband passed away suddenly. Nadim remained supporting his former high school girlfriend and her young children...

PLATONIC RELATIONSHIPS: To be added.

THOUGHTS ON LOVE: “...”

HEALTH

PHOBIA(S): None.

HANDICAP(S): None.

MENTAL DISEASE(S): None.

PHYSICAL DISEASE(S): None.

PREDISPOSITION(S): Alcoholism.

[castleinthemist]

in the alternate world where live a live was the hot import game and not c.trigger....well we'd probably be getting way more complicated games and much more anthology type shit for sure

of course i have no nostalgia to tie to c.trigger (shit didn't even release here until the ds!!) but from what i recall of watching a playthrough of it, and from the perspective of from outside looking in, seems most stuff that tries to ride it's coatales goes for far too complicated story when trigger feels really simple in its execution...like that plot is straightforward as fuuuuck even the twist keeps it simple.

[cupozo]

Dreegons

[bitsandpiecesfromaroundtheworld]

Palm tree silhouette

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Custom Decorative Wall Art - I found this collection by James Turnvull of nice wall art over on Zazzle.  There are a number of pieces in it that are very appropriate for a nautical or coastal decor... Thought maybe someone else might enjoy seeing it, too.  

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i bought stardew valley a couple days ago and ugh i’m in love

[rapidteszt]

Mark Ruffalo 'saddened' by John Horgan's response to anti-Coastal GasLink campaign

Mark Ruffalo ‘saddened’ by John Horgan’s response to anti-Coastal GasLink campaign

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[bratzboykai]

If you sit there and get on your fucking high horse about how "leftist" you are as a white or non black person of color (which I am, and many of you are) and you think ignoring racism and especially antiblackness as a system of opression in your leftism, you're a fucking moron and you're frankly a racist. Like you'd be incredibly stupid to ignore what racism and antiblackness has done to this world as a whole even within leftist communities (because antiblackness IS literally global, looking at fucking you Latine leftist who love ignoring antiblackness in our communities, I saw that prominent Latin leftist reblog that shit uncontested too) and even stupider to ignore that so many leftist we owe so much to were and continue to be Black revolutionaries.

If you want to continue to play willfully obtuse and ignorant (despite all the supposed theory you read, convenient that most of it is centered on white/nb voices, huh?) about the way so many leftist have themselves been guilty of coataling off Black movements and Black activism and that leftism itself isnt immune to antiblackness so be it, but don't turn around and make yourself a victim or an intellectual superior to absolve yourself when you rightfully get labeled as antiblack.

[ratflavoredpopsicle]

I've been thinking about how reverse mermaids don't have a name of their own and have a suggestion

So a mermaid is half girl half fish yes with the top half being girl and the bottom being fish. Mer being a descriptor of maid aka "fish girl" you percieve the creature to be girl first and then fish making girl the noun and fish the adjective.

So with this logic we can assume that "maidmer" would be a creature with the top half of a fish and the bottom half of a human with the first percieved attribute being fish "mer-" and the second being human "maid" thus making "mer" or fish the noun and "maid or girl the adjective or descriptor.

So "maidmer" or "girl fish" but that doesn't exactly role off the tongue and mer is usually a beginner not and ender. Substituting the prefix mer- meaning marine with a word like Mariner and add the descriptor maid to the front we'd get "maidmariner" removing repeat letters would leave us with "maridner". For the sake of easing speach I'm removing the harsh "r" and "d" because they make the word clunky and hard to say.

This leaves us with "Mainer". And as you may know Maine is a coatal state in the northeast of the U.S.

In this essay I will -

[mm8-guide]

The Main Quest Part 1: Deliver Dadeross’ Letter to Fellmoon

I’m painting in broad strokes here, the key to this game is to explore and inquire on your own!

1. In the Clan Leader’s Hall, accept the quest to deliver Dadeross’ letter to Fellmoon in Ravenshore. From Brekish Onefang, accept the quest regarding the PORTALS OF STONE to receive a purple crystal.

2. Recruit Fredrick Talimere (Cleric) to your party.

3. Visit the Adventurer’s Inn. Recruit Elzbeth Lamentia (Vampire) and Devlon Arcanus (Necromancer) to your party.

4. Travel southwest, keeping the ocean on your right side, across the island. Dodge pirates as need be. ** Tip: Be careful of the black craters on the ground. Periodically fire will rain down on them and cause significant damage to you if you’re in the area.

5. You will come across a village of 3 huts. At the edge of the village, turn south and you will see something peeking out from behind the hills. Approach the stone platform.

6. Step on the platform to be transported to a nearby island. Travel north to find another platform on the opposite end of that island. Stand on it to be transported to the Temple of the Snake.

7. Enter the temple, and fight your way through to the other side. There are 3 trick rooms to navigate::

Room 1: Jump across the stones to reach the far side. If you fall the walls will drop and release 8-12 coatals. Kill them and look inside the rooms that were exposed. Each has a button inside. Click the buttons in a certain order to raise steps on the far side of the room. If you get one wrong it doesn’t re-set, just keep clicking around.

Room 2: You may or may not see a river of red running along the floor. If you don’t see it, look up and it is reflected on the roof. Walk from one end of the room to the other staying on top of or beneath that red ribbon. If you step off the path, you will fall through the floor and have to fight several coatals.

Room 3: This appears to be a boring square room with nothing in it. Clicking the door on the far side will seal you in the room and the floor will begin withdrawing. Run around the edge of the room, in every corner will be 2 snake panels on the walls with glowing red eyes. Click each once to turn the eyes off. Once all 8 panels in the room are dark, the floor will stop moving and the doors will open.

8. On the far side of the temple you will exit to the boat docks, but hold on a second! First, follow the shoreline to the right and you will find another of the stone platforms around the corner. Step on it to activate the bridge between the Clan Leader’s Hut and the boat docks.

9. Board the ship for Ravenshore.

10. In Ravenshore, visit the Merchant House near the docks (the one with the fountain in front of it) and deliver Dadeross’ letter.