#Floe Evergreen

[cicadaking]

Fourth and final set! Winter themed, obviously. I will also be completing small sketchpages [3-4 sketches] for each design as they're sold.

FC;FS Paypal invoice only Buyer gets transparent file[s] + alt versions [if applicable] Reply or DM to claim

1. ICE FLOE - SOLD 2. SNOWBALL - SOLD 3. POLARIS - SOLD 4. EVERGREEN INFERNO - SOLD

[ggggglggggg]

My Girl Gretch

Great state of icy sweetness,

Summer swims too far into the Lake,

Ices floes down the river,

Less and less each year,

Evergreen, birch, and oak,

Wolverine, wolf, bear, moose extinct,

Big Water,

Faygo on road-trips round the U.P.,

Ancient coral stones and

The rare geode in the second sandbar,

Dear liquid and frozen State,

Inland sea and peninsula,

Be the Water of the World.

[lost-garden-cafe]

[ Mod ]: Since I drew a bust of Sidus, why not one of Floe as well! The two main boys that have been introduced! Been really soothing to draw them again, to be honest.

[lost-garden-cafe]

Hhhhh I LOVE THIS PICTURE SO MUCH, THEY’RE ADORABLE

Like seriously, I love your style to bits and you captured these two dorks so well xD My babs

Thank you for drawing them <3

Happy late birthday to my dearest friend, Dawn!

Sidus and Floe are from her blog @lost-garden-cafe ! ♡

[liapher]

DTA illustrations, continued: three chapter openers and one regular ol’ illustration.

Map of the World, ch. 10

Panicked, Dean realizes he doesn’t have a weapon and how the fuck had that even happened? Not that it would matter, he thinks in groggy horror as Castiel comes closer; he still has no idea how to kill a god. … When Dean looks up, there are two of him—Christ, he thinks, two—and he’s so still that Dean can almost hear the wind outside.

Map of the World, ch. 11

“All you have to do,” Cas says softly, “is remember how to stand up.”

The Game of God, ch. 14

“I’m good,” he answers, smiling at her and then looking at Vera. “Got some sheep to count.”

The Game of God, ch. 25

Her hands suddenly tighten around his, skin like warm sand and running water, calluses like stones, and the too-vivid memories of burial in solid earth and being unable to breathe fade, replaced with the thin, cold air at the peak of a mountain, surrounded by open sky; that’s the earth, too. He’s standing up to his ankles in a bubbling brook, breathing evergreens in a quiet forest; the scorching heat of the open desert closes around him, the heat of the sun beating on the back of his neck; there’s miles of ice around him, cold air filling his lungs with every breath as polar bears swimming among ice floes nearby; crouching on the edge of Varkala Cliff in southern India with the taste of salt in his mouth, the Arabian Sea spread out before him; South Padre at night, the beach brilliant with lights from the hundreds of houses and hotels lining the shores of the Gulf of Mexico; he’s in Constanza’s garden with a dozen kids ten and under, playing tag under the early morning sun; and finally, he’s in the familiar warmth of late spring in Kansas, fields of corn that spread out forever.

[flashtheponyofwind]

Here’s the BIG post of all the attacks I’ve drawn for Art Fight

I will provide links to all the respectful owners of these lovely OCs. It was a very fun challenge ^^

-----------Not in order of appearance-----------

Stitch belongs to https://twitter.com/EscapadePink

Sky Warden belongs to @kazzmcsass

Sullen belongs to @torvicmod

Melon Grumps belongs to @allyooops

Nestle belongs to https://twitter.com/IRUSU_kun

Timer Whooves belongs to @sugar0612

and finally

Fluorescence "Floe" Evergreen and  Elijah both belong to @dawn-at-midnight

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

Frank I'm working on a world building project, would you mind helping me create some plants for the fantasy world? Either naming them or drawing them would be great!

Fantasy Plants I love writing in a fantasy setting, and while I've tried to draw a few plant concepts before, I haven't yet managed to capture the beauty of the plants of real life (which are of course fantastical in nature!). I figured some plants from real life would be great as inspiration for fantasy plants. The world I've written most about is a pre-industrial setting in the Northern Hemisphere, specifically a land with cold winters where a great many plants are frost tolerant, and warm summers where a great many plants are temperate. I'd like to have a good selection of all those and some additional plants in a fantasy setting.

I will say that I am not well-versed in plant biology, so I'm open to hearing suggestions for improvements on the list below. For each plant, I provide an image from my Google search, and the name of the plant as well. Feel free to use these images as a reference for your own world building projects, with credit as always.

1. Arctic plants and other cold-loving plants

Name: arctic plants

Image: Ice floe

Plant type: a sub-branch of the conifer family Pinaceae, the true trees of arctic regions, where they are dominant plants in some areas, like Canada

Name: mosses

Image: arctic moss

Plant type: non-flowering plants, often in tufts, with thick, often dark, dark green and often waxy-looking blades

Name: lichen

Image: white spots of lichen

Plant type: an association between a fungus and a bacteria, often with green patches where the fungus has taken hold

Name: northern grassland wildflower

Image: flower of goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea)

Plant type: flowering perennials in the aster family

Name: Arctic heath

Image: flower spikes of mountain aven (Avenella corundens)

Plant type: perennial plants often growing in heaths and grasslands

Name: polar bear hair moss

Image: a moss in the genus Scleropodium, growing in rocky areas

Plant type: moss

Name: Arctic dwarf shrubs

Image: flowering dwarf shrubs in the buckthorn family

Plant type: flowering perennial shrubs in the dogbane family, often of low stature and with yellow flowers

Name: mosses

Image: arctic moss

Plant type: non-flowering plants, often in patches

Name: mountain aven

Image: flower spikes of mountain aven

Plant type: perennial plants often growing in heaths and grasslands

Name: willow

Image: flowering dwarf shrub in the flowering pellitory family

Plant type: flowering perennial dwarf shrubs in the rose family

Name: cinquefoil

Image: a plant in the quillweed family, growing in grassy meadows

Plant type: a perennial plant in the sunflower family

Name: sphagnum moss

Image: patches of sphagnum moss, a perennial herb

Plant type: a grass that does not have leaves

Name: reindeer moss

Image: white patches on a rock

Plant type: a moss with thick, stiff, white blades

2. Temperate and tropical plants

Name: conifers

Image: Douglas fir

Plant type: tree, pine and spruce conifer in the family Pinaceae

Name: broadleaved deciduous trees

Image: a deciduous tree in the oak family

Plant type: an evergreen tree in the oak family

Name: elm

Image: flower of the elm

Plant type: tree with evergreen leaves

Name: grassland plants

Image: flowering perennials in the daisy family

Plant type: flowering perennial grasses in the grass family

Name: juniper

Image: fruit of the juniper tree in the cypress family

Plant type: flowering tree in the cypress family

Name: dogwood

Image: fruit of the dogwood tree in the mountain laurel family

Plant type: flowering tree in the aster family

Name: wildflower

Image: yellow flowers of mountain asters

Plant type: a species of aster

Name: flowering dwarf shrub

Image: purple-fruited flowering shrubs in the heather family

Plant type: flowering species in the rose family

Name: flowering plants

Image: yellow flowers of flowering plants

Plant type: flowering plants

Name: grasses

Image: golden grasses

Plant type: grasses without leaves

Name: mountain aven

Image: flower spikes of mountain aven

Plant type: flowering perennial dwarf shrubs in the dogbane family

4, Insects, nematodes, and other forms

Name: flower crab crab

Image: yellow crab flowers

Type: plant associated with a crab, typically with a green stem and dark green to blackish-fruited leaves

Name: flowering crab

Image: yellow crabflower

Plant Type: flowering crab

Name: flowering crab

Image: flower of the crab plant

Plant Type: flowering crab

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[icybreaths]

|| Sensory Descriptions || x ||

👁️: See: Imagery - Color schemes, insignia, designs, etc. | Juichibantai insignia | sprawling mountainous snowscapes with hidden caves | pink winter sunrises | cotton candy hues with a touch of violet and royal blue | foggy breaths slipping through shark teeth | rhombus shapes | geometric ice sculptures | snowflakes and blizzards | glaciers and icebergs | a treehouse among the evergreens and mossy rocks | wild eyes |

👂 Hear: Sounds - Music, background noise, frequencies, voices, etc. | Howling polar winds, war drums, and deep hums | layered whispers | a throaty growl | sharp clicks of cleated footwear | metal piercing flesh | crackling campfires | ice floes | footfalls within foliage, gaining speed (perhaps to a cliff to dive into water) | winding streams and waterfall roars | the static of thunderless rain | the jingle of a necklace with many trinkets |

👃 Smell: Scents - Floral/Food aromas, pollution, perfume, etc. | Wet grass and dirt | strong mint carried through windswept hair | hot rosemary and mint oil baths | the warm essence of cinnamon | heated citrus | meat cooking over a fire | sautéed vegetables | fresh blood | fir needles | frankincense | palo santo | 

👅 Taste: Flavors - Salty/sweet/savory/sour, specific meals, blood, etc. | Fresh blood | salty sweat | meaty stews or steaks | grilled kebabs or fish | sweet plums | hexagon honey cakes | blueberry and matcha | blue raspberry slushies | mixed berry smoothies | the metaphorical taste of a victory | the velvet lips of a lover | 

✋Touch: Textures, temperatures, pain/pleasure, etc. | Emanating pure cold | smooth metal | a hot battle battered body | hot water easing bruised flesh | crushed velvet | fluffy animal furs | bare feet on grass, sand, or rock | the rough gridding of tree bark | frosted windows | warming ones hands by the glow of a fire | carefully mapping a lover's body with ones fingers |

[fantasynamesbymeforyou]

Winter Names

Hi guys! I have a short collection of winter names here for you. Next I'll be making Lush Names, then requests will be back open :-)

----------GENDER NEUTRAL NAMES--too cold for gender----------

December - m/f (English) the first month of winter

Bai - m/f (Mandarin Chinese) cypress tree, cedar, evergreen tree

January - m/f (English) the second month of winter

Leslie - m/f (English) garden of holly. Also: Lesly, Lesleigh, Lessie, Les

Magseránguak - m/f (Greenlandic) flower which is raised up by the heat of the sun, whilst small pieces of ice are still above it / sweet little healed one

Moeroa - m/f (Cook Islands Maori) long sleep

Solstice - m/f (English) in winter, the Solstice is the longest night of the year

Tahoma - m/f (Salishan) snow covered mountain. The name of a famous volcano.

Tulga - m/f (Mongolian) fireplace, hearth

Wintra - m/f (Old English) winter. Given to a person with a cold or gloomy temperament

---------------------------FEMININE NAMES---------------------------

Amihan - f (Tagalog) north wind, winter storm

Ârkat - f (Greenlandic) mitten, glove

Borime - f (Albanian) powdery snow

Camellia - f (English) a beautiful flowering shrub that blooms in the winter. Also: Camélia, Camelia

Cemre - f (Turkish) From a term used in Turkish folklore referring to the warming of temperature at the end of winter, thought to occur in three stages affecting air, water, then earth.

Eyzyural - f (Mordvin) icicle

Himani - f (Sanskrit) glacier, avalanche, collection of snow. An epithet of the Hindu goddess Parvati.

Kassoq - f (Greenlandic) a bluish piece of ice

Konga - f (Mari) sauna, stove

Syvne - f (Nenets) winter woman. Traditionally given to girls born in the winter

-------------------------MASCULINE NAMES--------------------------

Alluaq - m (Greenlandic) hole in the ice for fishing

Fannar - m (Icelandic) snow drift

Himadri - m (Hindi) mountaintop of snow, referring to the Himalaya

Himesh - m (Sanskrit) lord of winter, lord of snow

Jaki - m (Icelandic) floating piece of ice, ice floe, iceberg

Mano - m (Greenlandic) frost crystals formed from breath / under chin

Ovlur - m (Chechen) lamb born in the winter, first born lamb

Thoinon - m (Ancient Greek) meal, feast, banquet

To'qson - m (Uzbek) the ninety days of winter

Vetle - m (Norwegian) winter traveler / bear cub

[mellifera38]

Mel’s Big Fantasy Place-Name Reference

So I’ve been doing lots of D&D world-building lately and I’ve kind of been putting together lists of words to help inspire new fantasy place names. I figured I’d share. These are helpful for naming towns, regions, landforms, roads, shops, and they’re also probably useful for coming up with surnames. This is LONG. There’s plenty more under the cut including a huge list of “fantasy sounding” word-parts. Enjoy!

Towns & Kingdoms

town, borough, city, hamlet, parish, township, village, villa, domain

kingdom, empire, nation, country, county, city-state, state, province, dominion

Town Name End Words (English flavored)

-ton, -ston, -caster, -dale, -den, -field, -gate, -glen, -ham, -holm, -hurst, -bar, -boro, -by, -cross, -kirk, -meade, -moore, -ville, -wich, -bee, -burg, -cester, -don, -lea, -mer, -rose, -wall, -worth, -berg, -burgh, -chase, -ly, -lin, -mor, -mere, -pool. -port, -stead, -stow, -strath, -side, -way, -berry, -bury, -chester, -haven, -mar, -mont, -ton, -wick, -meet, -heim, -hold, -hall, -point

Buildings & Places

castle, fort, palace, fortress, garrison, lodge, estate, hold, stronghold, tower, watchtower, palace, spire, citadel, bastion, court, manor, house

altar, chapel, abbey, shrine, temple, monastery, cathedral, sanctum, crypt, catacomb, tomb

orchard, arbor, vineyard, farm, farmstead, shire, garden, ranch

plaza, district, quarter, market, courtyard, inn, stables, tavern, blacksmith, forge, mine, mill, quarry, gallows, apothecary, college, bakery, clothier, library, guild house, bath house, pleasure house, brothel, jail, prison, dungeon, cellar, basement, attic, sewer, cistern

lookout, post, tradepost, camp, outpost, hovel, hideaway, lair, nook, watch, roost, respite, retreat, hostel, holdout, redoubt, perch, refuge, haven, alcove, haunt, knell, enclave, station, caravan, exchange, conclave

port, bridge, ferry, harbor, landing, jetty, wharf, berth, footbridge, dam, beacon, lighthouse, marina, dockyard, shipyard

road, street, way, row, lane, trail, corner, crossing, gate, junction, waygate, end, wall, crossroads,  barrier, bulwark, blockade, pavilion, avenue, promenade, alley, fork, route

Time & Direction

North, South, East, West, up, down, side, rise, fall, over, under

Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn, solstice, equanox, vernal, ever, never

dusk, dawn, dawnrise, morning, night, nightfall, evening, sundown, sunbreak, sunset

lunar, solar, sun, moon, star, eclipse

Geographical Terms

Cave, cavern, cenote, precipice, crevasse, crater, maar, chasm, ravine, trench, rift, pit

Cliff, bluff, crag, scarp, outcrop, stack, tor, falls, run, eyrie, aerie

Hill, mountain, volcano, knoll, hillock, downs, barrow, plateau, mesa, butte, pike, peak, mount, summit, horn, knob, pass, ridge, terrace, gap, point, rise, rim, range, view, vista, canyon, hogback, ledge, stair, descent

Valley, gulch, gully, vale, dale, dell, glen, hollow, grotto, gorge, bottoms, basin, knoll, combe

Meadow, grassland, field, pasture, steppe, veld, sward, lea, mead, fell, moor, moorland, heath, croft, paddock, boondock, prairie, acre, strath, heights, mount, belt

Woodlands, woods, forest, bush, bower, arbor, grove, weald, timberland, thicket, bosk, copse, coppice, underbrush, hinterland, park, jungle, rainforest, wilds, frontier, outskirts

Desert, dunes, playa, arroyo, chaparral, karst, salt flats, salt pan, oasis, spring, seep, tar pit, hot springs, fissure, steam vent, geyser, waste, wasteland, badland, brushland, dustbowl, scrubland

Ocean, sea, lake, pond, spring, tarn, mere, sluice, pool, coast, gulf, bay

Lagoon, cay, key, reef, atoll, shoal, tideland, tide flat, swale, cove, sandspit, strand, beach

Snowdrift, snowbank, permafrost, floe, hoar, rime, tundra, fjord, glacier, iceberg

River, stream, creek, brook, tributary, watersmeet, headwater, ford, levee, delta, estuary, firth, strait, narrows, channel, eddy, inlet, rapids, mouth, falls

Wetland, marsh, bog, fen, moor, bayou, glade, swamp, banks, span, wash, march, shallows, mire, morass, quag, quagmire, everglade, slough, lowland, sump, reach

Island, isle, peninsula, isthmus, bight, headland, promontory, cape, pointe, cape

More under the cut including: Color words, Animal/Monster related words, Rocks/Metals/Gems list, Foliage, People groups/types, Weather/Environment/ Elemental words, Man-made Items, Body Parts, Mechanical sounding words, a huge list of both pleasant and unpleasant Atmospheric Descriptors, and a huge list of Fantasy Word-parts.

Color Descriptions

Warm: red, scarlet, crimson, rusty, cerise, carmine, cinnabar, orange, vermillion, ochre, peach, salmon, saffron, yellow, gold, lemon, amber, pink, magenta, maroon, brown, sepia, burgundy, beige, tan, fuchsia, taupe

Cool: green, beryl, jade, evergreen, chartreuse, olive, viridian, celadon, blue, azure, navy, cerulean, turquoise, teal, cyan, cobalt, periwinkle, beryl, purple, violet, indigo, mauve, plum

Neutral: gray, silver, ashy, charcoal, slate, white, pearly, alabaster, ivory, black, ebony, jet

dark, dusky, pale, bleached, blotchy, bold, dappled, lustrous, faded, drab, milky, mottled, opaque, pastel, stained, subtle, ruddy, waxen, tinted, tinged, painted

Animal / Monster-Related Words

Bear, eagle, wolf, serpent, hawk, horse, goat, sheep, bull, raven, crow, dog, stag, rat, boar, lion, hare, owl, crane, goose, swan, otter, frog, toad, moth, bee, wasp, beetle, spider, slug, snail, leech, dragonfly, fish, trout, salmon, bass, crab, shell, dolphin, whale, eel, cod, haddock

Dragon, goblin, giant, wyvern, ghast, siren, lich, hag, ogre, wyrm, kraken

Talon, scale, tusk, hoof, mane, horn, fur, feather, fang, wing, whisker, bristle, paw, tail, beak, claw, web, quill, paw, maw, pelt, haunch, gill, fin,

Hive, honey, nest, burrow, den, hole, wallow

Rocks / Metals / Minerals

Gold, silver, brass, bronze, copper, platinum, iron, steel, tin, mithril, electrum, adamantite, quicksilver, fool’s gold, titanium

Diamond, ruby, emerald, sapphire, topaz, opal, pearl, jade, jasper, onyx, citrine, aquamarine, turquoise, lapiz lazuli, amethyst, quartz, crystal, amber, jewel

Granite, shale, marble, limestone, sandstone, slate, diorite, basalt, rhyolite, obsidian, glass

Earth, stone, clay, sand, silt, salt, mote, lode, vein, ore, ingot, coal, boulder, bedrock, crust, rubble, pebble, gravel, cobble, dust, clod, peat, muck mud, slip, loam, dirt, grit, scree, shard, flint, stalactite/mite

Trees / Plants / Flowers

Tree, ash, aspen, pine, birch, alder, willow, dogwood, oak, maple, walnut,  chestnut, cedar, mahogany, palm, beech, hickory, hemlock, cottonwood, hawthorn, sycamore, poplar, cypress, mangrove, elm, fir, spruce, yew

Branch, bough, bramble, gnarl, burr, tangle, thistle, briar, thorn, moss, bark, shrub, undergrowth, overgrowth, root, vine, bracken, reed, driftwood, coral, fern, berry, bamboo, nectar, petal, leaf, seed, clover, grass, grain, trunk, twig, canopy, cactus, weed, mushroom, fungus

Apple, olive, apricot, elderberry, coconut, sugar, rice, wheat, cotton, flax, barley, hops, onion, carrot, turnip, cabbage, squash, pumpkin, pepper

Flower, rose, lavender, lilac, jasmine, jonquil, marigold, carnelian, carnation, goldenrod, sage, wisteria, dahlia, nightshade, lily, daisy, daffodil, columbine, amaranth, crocus, buttercup, foxglove, iris, holly, hydrangea, orchid, snowdrop, hyacinth, tulip, yarrow, magnolia, honeysuckle, belladonna, lily pad, magnolia

People

Settler, Pilgrim, Pioneer, Merchant, Prospector, Maker, Surveyor, Mason, Overseer, Apprentice, Widow, Sailor, Miner, Blacksmith, Butcher, Baker, Brewer, Barkeep, Ferryman, Hangman, Gambler, Fisherman, Adventurer, Hero, Seeker, Hiker, Traveler, Crone

Mage, Magician, Summoner, Sorcerer, Wizard, Conjurer, Necromancer, 

King, Queen, Lord, Count, Baron, Guard, Soldier, Knight, Vindicator, Merchant, Crusader, Imperator, Syndicate, Vanguard, Champion, Warden, Victor, Legionnaire, Master, Archer, Footman, Gladiator, Barbarian, Captain, Commodore, 

Beggar, Hunter, Ranger, Deadman, Smuggler, Robber, Swindler, Rebel, Bootlegger, Outlaw, Pirate, Brigand, Ruffian, Highwayman, Cutpurse, Thief, Assassin

God, Goddess, Exarch, Angel, Devil, Demon, Cultist, Prophet, Hermit, Seer

council, clergy, guild, militia, choir 

Climate, Environment, & The Elements

Cold, cool, brisk, frosty, chilly, icy, freezing, frozen, frigid, glacial, bitter, biting, bleak, arctic, polar, boreal, wintry, snowy, snow, blizzarding, blizzard, sleeting, sleet, chill, frost, ice, icebound, ice cap, floe, snowblind, frostbite, coldsnap, avalanche, snowflake

Hot, sunny, humid, sweltering, steaming, boiling, sizzling, blistering, scalding, smoking, caldescent, dry, parched, arid, fallow, thirsty, melting, molten, fiery, blazing, burning, charring, glowing, searing, scorching, blasted, sun, fire, heat, flame, wildfire, bonfire, inferno, coal, ash, cinder, ember, flare, pyre, tinder, kindling, aflame, alight, ablaze, lava, magma, slag,

Wet, damp, dank, soggy, sodden, soaked, drenched, dripping, sopping, briny, murky, rain, storm, hail, drizzle, sprinkle, downpour, deluge, squall, water, cloud, fog, mist, dew, puddle, pool, current, whirlpool, deep, depths, tide, waves, whitewater, waterfall, tidal wave, flow, flood, leak, drain

Wind, breeze, gust, billow, gail, draft, waft, zephyr, still, airy, clear, smokey, tempest, tempestuous, windswept, aerial, lofty, torrid, turbulent, nebulous, tradewind, thunder, lightning, spark, cyclone, tornado, whirlwind, hurricane, typhoon

Man-made Item Words

Furnace, forge, anvil, vault, strap, strip, whetstone, brick, sword, blade, axe, dagger, shield, buckler, morningstar, bow, quiver, arrow, polearm, flail, staff, stave, sheath, hilt, hammer, knife, helm, mantle, banner, pauldron, chainmail, mace, dart, cutlass, canon, needle, cowl, belt, ��buckle, bandana, goggles, hood, boot, heel, spindle, spool, thread, sweater, skirt, bonnet, apron, leather, hide, plate, tunic, vest, satin, silk, wool, velvet, lace, corset, stocking, binding

Plow, scythe, (wheel) barrow, saddle, harrow, brand, collar, whip, leash, lead, bridle, stirrup, wheel, straw, stall, barn, hay, bale, pitchfork, well, log, saw, lumber, sod, thatch, mortar, brick, cement, concrete, pitch, pillar, window, fountain, door, cage, spoke, pole, table, bench, plank, board

Candle, torch, cradle, broom, lamp, lantern, clock, bell, lock, hook, trunk, looking glass, spyglass, bottle, vase, locket, locker, key, handle, rope, knot, sack, pocket, pouch, manacle, chain, stake, coffin, fan. cauldron, kettle, pot, bowl, pestle, oven, ladle, spoon, font, wand, potion, elixir, draught, portal, book, tome, scroll, word, manuscript, letter, message, grimoire, map, ink, quill, pen, cards, dice

Coin, coronet, crown, circlet, scepter, treasure, riches, scales, pie, tart, loaf, biscuit, custard, caramel, pudding, porridge, stew, bread, tea, gravy, gristle, spice, lute, lyre, harp, drum, rouge, powder, perfume, brush

bilge, stern, pier, sail, anchor, mast, dock, deck, flag, ship, boat, canoe, barge, wagon, sled, carriage, buggy, cart

Wine, brandy, whiskey, ale, moonshine, gin, cider, rum, grog, beer, brew, goblet, flagon, flask, cask, tankard, stein, mug, barrel, stock, wort, malt

Body Parts

Head, throat, finger, foot, hand, neck, shoulder, rib, jaw, eye, lips, bosom

Skull, spine, bone, tooth, heart, blood, tears, gut, beard

Mechanical-Sounding Words

cog, fuse, sprocket, wrench, screw, nail, bolt, lever, pulley, spanner, gear, spring, shaft, switch, button, cast, pipe, plug, dial, meter, nozzle, cord, brake, gauge, coil, oil, signal, wire, fluke, staple, clamp, bolt, nut, bulb, patch, pump, cable, socket

torque, force, sonic, spark, fizzle, thermal, beam, laser, steam, buzz, mega, mecha, electro, telsa, power, flicker, charge, current, flow, tinker

Atmospheric Words

Unpleasant, Dangerous, Threatening

(nouns) death, fury, battle, scar, shadow, razor, nightmare, wrath, bone, splinter, peril, war, riptide, strife, reckoning, sorrow, terror, deadwood, nether, venom, grime, rage, void, conquest, pain, folly, revenge, horrid, mirk, shear, fathom, frenzy, corpselight/marshlight, reaper, gloom, doom, torment, torture, spite, grizzled, sludge, refuse, spore, carrion, fear, pyre, funeral, shade, beast, witch, grip, legion, downfall, ruin, plague, woe, bane, horde, acid, fell, grief, corpse, mildew, mold, miter, dirge

(adjectives) dead, jagged, decrepit, fallen, darkened, blackened, dire, grim, feral, wild, broken, desolate, mad, lost, under, stagnant, blistered, derelict, forlorn, unbound, sunken, fallow, shriveled, wayward, bleak, low, weathered, fungal, last, brittle, sleepy, -strewn, dusky, deserted, empty, barren, vacant, forsaken, bare, bereft, stranded, solitary, abandoned, discarded, forgotten, deep, abysmal, bottomless, buried, fathomless,unfathomable, diseased, plagued, virulent, noxious, venomous, toxic, fetid, revolting, putrid, rancid, foul, squalid, sullied, vile, blighted, vicious, ferocious, dangerous, savage, cavernous, vast, yawning, chasmal, echoing, dim, dingy, gloomy, inky, lurid, shaded, shadowy, somber, sunless, tenebrous, unlit, veiled, hellish, accursed, sulfurous, damned, infernal, condemned, doomed, wicked, sinister, dread, unending, spectral, ghostly, haunted, eldritch, unknown, weary, silent, hungry, cloven, acidic

(verb/adverbs): wither (withering / withered), skulk (skulking), whisper, skitter, chitter, sting, slither, writhe, gape, screech, scream, howl, lurk, roil, twist, shift, swarm, spawn, fester, bleed, howl, shudder, shrivel, devour, swirl, maul, trip, smother, weep, shatter, ruin, curse, ravage, hush, rot, drown, sunder, blister, warp, fracture, die, shroud, fall, surge, shiver, roar, thunder, smolder, break, silt, slide, lash, mourn, crush, wail, decay, crumble, erode, decline, reek, lament, taint, corrupt, defile, poison, infect, shun, sigh, sever, crawl, starve, grind, cut, wound, bruise, maim, stab, bludgeon, rust, mutilate, tremble, stumble, fumble, clank, clang

Pleasant, Safe, Neutral

(nouns) spirit, luck, soul, oracle, song, sky, smile, rune, obelisk, cloud, timber, valor, triumph, rest, dream, thrall, might, valiance, glory, mirror, life, hope, oath, serenity, sojourn, god, hearth, crown, throne, crest, guard, rise, ascent, circle, ring, twin, vigil, breath, new, whistle, grasp, snap, fringe, threshold, arch, cleft, bend, home, fruit, wilds, echo, moonlight, sunlight, starlight, splendor, vigilance, honor, memory, fortune, aurora, paradise, caress

(adjectives) gentle, pleasant, prosperous, peaceful, sweet, good, great, mild, grand, topic, lush, wild, abundant, verdant, sylvan, vital, florid, bosky, callow, verdurous, lucious, fertile, spellbound, captivating, mystical, hidden, arcane, clandestine, esoteric, covert, cryptic, runic, otherworldly, touched, still, fair, deep, quiet, bright, sheer, tranquil, ancient, light, far, -wrought, tidal, royal, shaded, swift, true, free, high, vibrant, pure, argent, hibernal, ascendant, halcyon, silken, bountiful, gilded, colossal, massive, stout, elder, -bourne, furrowed, happy, merry, -bound, loud, lit, silk, quiet, bright, luminous, shining, burnished, glossy, brilliant, lambent, lucent, lustrous, radiant, resplendent, vivid, vibrant, illuminated, silvery, limpid, sunlit, divine, sacred, holy, eternal, celestial, spiritual, almighty, anointed, consecrated, exalted, hallowed, sanctified, ambrosial, beatific, blissful, demure, naked, bare, ample, coy,  deific, godly, omnipotent, omnipresent, rapturous, sacramental, sacrosanct, blessed, majestic, iridescent, glowing, overgrown, dense, hard, timeless, sly, scatter, everlasting, full, half, first, last

(verb/adverbs) arch (arching / arched), wink (winking), sing, nestle, graze, stroll, roll, flourish, bloom, bud, burgeon, live, dawn, hide, dawn, run, pray, wake, laugh, wake, glimmer, glitter, drift, sleep, tumble, bind, arch, blush, grin, glister, beam, meander, wind, widen, charm, bewitch, enthrall, entrance, enchant, allure, beguile, glitter, shimmer, sparkle twinkle, crest, quiver, slumber, herald, shelter, leap, click, climb, scuttle, dig, barter, chant, hum, chime, kiss, flirt, tempt, tease, play, seduce

Generic “Fantasy-Sounding” Word Parts

A - D

aaz, ada, adaer, adal, adar, adbar, adir, ae, ael, aer, aern, aeron, aeryeon, agar, agis, aglar, agron, ahar, akan, akyl, al, alam, alan, alaor, ald, alea, ali, alir, allyn, alm, alon, alor, altar, altum, aluar, alys, amar, amaz, ame, ammen, amir, amol, amn, amus, anar, andor, ang, ankh, ar, ara, aram, arc, arg, arian, arkh, arla, arlith, arn, arond, arthus, arum, arvien, ary, asha, ashyr, ask, assur, aster, astra, ath, athor, athra, athryn, atol, au, auga, aum, auroch, aven, az, azar, baal, bae, bael, bak, bal, balor, ban, bar, bara, barr, batol, batar, basir, basha, batyr, bel, belph, belu, ben, beo, bere, berren, berun, besil, bezan, bhaer, bhal, blask, blis, blod, bor, boraz, bos, bran, brath, braun, breon, bri, bry, bul, bur, byl, caer, cal, calan, cara, cassa, cath, cela, cen, cenar, cerul, chalar, cham, chion, cimar, clo, coram, corel, corman, crim, crom, daar, dach, dae, dago, dagol, dahar, dala, dalar, dalin, dam, danas, daneth, dannar, dar, darian,  darath, darm, darma, darro, das, dasa, dasha, dath, del, delia, delimm, dellyn, delmar, delo, den, dess, dever, dhaer, dhas, dhaz, dhed, dhin, din, dine, diar, dien, div, djer, dlyn, dol, dolan, doon, dora, doril, doun, dral, dranor, drasil, dren, drian, drien, drin, drov, druar, drud, duald, duatha, duir, dul, dulth, dun, durth, dyra, dyver,

E - H

ea, eber, eden, edluk, egan, eiel, eilean, ejen, elath, eld, eldor, eldra, elith emar, ellesar, eltar, eltaran, elth, eltur, elyth, emen, empra, emril, emvor, ena, endra, enthor, erad, erai, ere, eriel, erith, erl, eron, erre, eryn, esk, esmel, espar, estria, eta, ethel, eval, ezro, ezan, ezune, ezil, fael, faelar, faern, falk, falak, farak, faril, farla, fel, fen, fenris, fer, fet, fin, finar, forel, folgun, ful, fulk, fur, fyra, fallon, gael, gach, gabir, gadath, gal, galar, gana, gar, garth, garon, garok, garne, gath, geir, gelden, geren,  geron, ghal, ghallar, ghast, ghel, ghom, ghon, gith, glae, glander, glar, glym, gol, goll, gollo, goloth, gorot, gost, goth, graeve, gran, grimm, grist, grom, grosh, grun, grym, gual, guil, guir, gulth, gulur, gur, gurnth, gwaer, haa, hael, haer, hadar, hadel, hakla, hala, hald, halana, halid, hallar, halon, halrua, halus, halvan, hamar, hanar, hanyl, haor, hara, haren, haresk, harmun, harrokh, harrow, haspur, haza, hazuth, heber,  hela, helve, hem, hen, herath, hesper, heth, hethar, hind, hisari, hjaa, hlath, hlond, hluth, hoarth, holtar, horo, hotun, hrag, hrakh, hroth, hull, hyak, hyrza

I - M

iibra, ilth, ilus, ilira, iman, imar, imas, imb, imir, immer, immil, imne, impil, ingdal, innar, ir, iriae, iril, irith, irk, irul, isha, istis, isil, itala, ith, ithal, itka, jada, jae, jaeda, jahaka, jala, jarra, jaro, jath, jenda, jhaamm, jhothm, jinn, jinth, jyn, kado, kah, kal, kalif, kam, kana, kara, karg, kars, karth, kasp, katla, kaul, kazar, kazr, kela, kelem, kerym, keth, keva, kez, kezan, khaer, khal, khama, khaz, khara, khed, khel, khol, khur, kil, kor, korvan, koll, kos, kir, kra, kul, kulda, kund, kyne, lae, laen, lag, lan, lann, lanar, lantar, lapal, lar, laran, lareth, lark, lath, lauth, lav, lavur, lazar, leih, leshyr, leth, lhaza, lhuven, liad, liam, liard, lim, lin, lirn, lisk, listra, lith, liya, llair, llor, lok, lolth, loran, lorkh, lorn, loth, lothen, luen, luir, luk, lund, lur, luth, lyndus, lyra, lyth, maal, madrasm maera, maer, maerim, maes, mag, magra, mahand, mal, malar, mald, maldo, mar, mara, mark, marl, maru, maruk, meir, melish, memnon, mer, metar, methi, mhil, mina, mir, miram, mirk, mista, mith, moander, mok, modir, modan, mon, monn, mor, more, morel, moril, morn, moro, morrow, morth, mort, morum, morven, muar, mul, mydra, myr, myra, myst

N - S

naar, nadyra, naedyr, naga, najar, nal, naal, nalir, nar, naruk, narbond, narlith, narzul, nasaq, nashkel, natar, nath, natha, neir, neth, nether, nhall, nikh, nil, nilith, noan, nolvurm nonthal, norda, noro, novul, nul, nur, nus, nyan, nyth, ober, odra, oghr, okoth, olleth, olodel, omgar, ondath, onthril, ordul, orish, oroch, orgra, orlim, ormath, ornar, orntath, oroch, orth, orva, oryn, orzo, ostel, ostor, ostrav, othea, ovar, ozod, ozul, palan, palad, pae, peldan, pern, perris, perim, pele, pen, phail, phanda, phara, phen, phendra, pila, pinn, pora, puril, pur, pyra, qadim, quar, quel, ques, quil, raah, rael, ran, ranna, rassil, rak, rald, rassa, reddan, reith, relur, ren, rendril, resil, reska, reth, reven, revar, rhy, rhynn, ria, rian, rin, ris, rissian, rona, roch, rorn, rora, rotha, rual, ruar, ruhal, ruil, ruk, runn, rusk, ryn, saa, saar, saal, sabal, samar, samrin, sankh, sar, sarg, sarguth, sarin, sarlan, sel, seld, sember, semkh, sen, sendrin, septa, senta, seros, shaar, shad, shadra, shae, shaen, shaera, shak, shalan, sham, shamath, shan, shana, sharan, shayl, shemar, shere, shor, shul, shyll, shyr, sidur, sil, silvan, sim, sintar, sirem, skar, skell, skur, skyr, sokol, solan, sola, somra, sor, ssin, stel, strill, suldan, sulk, sunda, sur, surkh, suth, syl, sylph, sylune, syndra, syth

T - Z

taak, taar, taer, tah, tak, tala, talag, talar, talas, talath, tammar, tanar, tanil, tar, tara, taran, tarl, tarn, tasha, tath, tavil, telar, teld, telf, telos, tempe, tethy, tezir, thaar, thaer, thal, thalag, thalas, thalan, thalar, thamor, thander, thangol, thar, thay, thazal, theer, theim, thelon, thera, thendi, theril, thiir, thil, thild, thimir, thommar, thon, thoon, thor, thran, thrann, threl, thril, thrul, thryn, thuk, thultan, thume, thun, thy, thyn, thyr, tir, tiras, tirum, tohre, tol, tolar, tolir,  tolzrin, tor, tormel, tormir, traal, triel, trith, tsath, tsur, tul, tur, turiver, turth, tymor, tyr, uder, udar, ugoth, uhr, ukh, ukir, uker, usten, ulgarth, ulgoth, ultir, ulur, umar, umath, umber, unara, undro, undu, untha, upir, ur, ursa, ursol, uron, uth, uthen, uz, van, vaar, vaelan, vaer, vaern, val valan, valash, vali, valt, vandan, vanede, vanrak, var, varyth, vassa, vastar, vaunt, vay, vel, velar, velen, velius, vell, velta, ven, veren, vern, vesper, vilar, vilhon, vintor, vir, vira, virdin, volo, volun, von, voon, vor, voro, vos, vosir, vosal, vund, war, wara, whel, wol, wynn, wyr, wyrm, xer, xul, xen, xian, yad, yag, yal, yar, yath, yeon, yhal, yir, yirar, yuir, yul, yur, zail, zala, zalhar, zan, zanda, zar, zalar, zarach, zaru, zash, zashu, zemur, zhent, zim, ziram, zindala, zindar, zoun, zul, zurr, zuth, zuu, zym

A lot of places are named after historical events, battles, and people, so keep that in mind. God/Goddess names tied to your world also work well. Places are also often named after things that the area is known for, like Georgia being known for its peaches.

My brain was fried by the end of this so feel free to add more!

I hope you find this reference helpful and good luck world-building!

-Mel

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How to: Fresh Salmon Processing

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How to: Fresh Salmon Processing

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How to process fresh salmon

Processing your fresh salmon at the end of the day can be a daunting task, especially if you have a lot of other things to do. However, it is probably the single, most-important thing you can do to ensure quality. A few things need to happen on the river and at home to ensure your catch is preserved and ready for the freezer.

One thing I have noticed from my many years of guiding for salmon is how important it is to take care of your fish once you have landed them. Gilling your fish immediately and letting the salmon bleed out ensures that the meat will not be bloody when filleting them at the end of the day. I like to land the salmon in a net, then bonk them.  You don’t want them flopping around while trying to use a knife to gill them. Personally, I like to use a pair of heavy-duty scissors and cut both sides of the gills.

Once you’ve dispatched and bled the fish, keeping your catch cold throughout the day is very important. If I am on the shore fishing, I will keep my fish on a stringer in the river, and if I am fishing in a boat then my catch is in a fish box so I can dump fresh water from the river over them ever hour. Whatever your method, keeping the salmon cold makes the meat stay firm and helps prevent spoilage; the other benefit is your fish will be easier to fillet.

Before filleting your salmon at the end of the day you, should be really meticulous. I will wash all the blood off the outside side of the fish, try to wipe most of the fish slime off and then fillet the fish on a clean surface. Once I fillet one side, the fillet immediately goes in a bag and does not touch any water or debris. Washing your salmon fillet off in the river is a bad idea; it can wash some of the oils out of the meat and could potentially add bacteria onto your fresh salmon. If you get blood on the meat when you are filleting, just wipe it off with your hand or a towel. The next step is to get your fresh-filleted salmon on ice until you can process it. Keeping fish cold is very important so it doesn’t spoil. I generally throw some ice in a cooler in the morning and when I get back it will be nice and cold for your catch.

Once you’re home, the real work begins. The sooner you can process your salmon and get them in the freezer, the better. I usually have a large, clean table; a vacuum sealer and quart-sized vacuum sealer bags that I use to package the fish. If you can have an assembly line of people to help it speeds the process and gets your fish in the freezer faster.

First, I cut my fillets into meal-sized portions. I like to pat the fillet dry before putting it in the vacuum seal bag. I center the fillet in the bag before vacuum sealing because that ensures it gets vacuumed all the way around and seals correctly. After the salmon fillets are sealed in individual bags, I inspect each bag to make sure it is holding a good seal. Once you have done your inspection it is important to lay all packaged fish flat, in a single layer if possible, so it freezes quickly. The faster it freezes, the better the quality.  Laying the fish flat will help ensure that it stays vacuum-sealed. A single layer will also freeze faster than if you have several layers of fish on the rack.

This is only one way to preserve your fresh salmon, but it has been very effective for me. Following this process will cut down on the amount of spoiled or freezer-burned fish you might otherwise have. It seems like a long process, but when you go to open a package of fish to cook in the winter, you will thank me.

  Nigel Fox has been partners with Jeremy Anderson and Nick Ohlrich at Alaska Drift Away Fishing for over a decade. He is a lifelong Alaskan and has been fishing on the Kenai River since he was a young boy, and each year he learns more about the intricate world of catching trophy fish on the Kenai and Kasilof rivers. 

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Tongass National Forest. The Tongass is the largest national forest within the United States. It obtained its name from the Tongass Clan of the Tlingit native people and goes back to 1902 when President Theodore Roosevelt established the Alexander Archipelago Forest Reserve. In 1908 the forest had been re-named and expanded and today the 16.9 million-acre Tongass National Forest runs from the Pacific to the vast inland ice fields that edge British Columbia and from the southern tip of Prince of Wales Island to Malaspina Glacier five hundred miles to the north. Approximately 80 % of Southeast Alaska is in Tongass and with it’s thousands of islands, fjords and bays the national forest has 11,000 miles of shoreline. Tongass’ huge coastal rain forest includes towering hemlock, spruce and red and yellow cedar. The undergrowth underneath themassive conifers is composed of young evergreens and shrubs including devil’s club, blueberry and huckleberry. Moss and ferns cover the ground, and lichens adorn numerous trees and rocks.

Wildlife is plentiful all through Tongass. Sitka blacktail deer and it’s 2 main predators, wolf and brown bear, are located here. Black bear are common as well as mountain goats and some moose. Marine mammals seen along the coast line consist of Dall and harbor porpoises, seals and humpback, minke and orca whales and an increasing population of sea otters. The water teem with fish such as halibut and all five species of Pacific salmon. More bald eagles live in this area than in any other place in the world. Though home to the world’s largest temperate rain forest, nearly half of Tongass is covered by ice, water, wetlands and rock. It’s most well-known ice floe is the Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska’s “Drive-in glacier” since it is just thirteen miles from down-town Juneau along a paved road. A boat trip from Petersburg or Wrangell can bring people near the face of LeConte Glacier, the southernmost tidewater glacier on the continent. Just thirty miles north of Yakutat is Hubbard Glacier, the longest tidewater glacier in the world and very easily Alaska’s most energetic. The 76-mile-long glacier has crossed Russell Fjord several times, lately in 2008. The rip tides and currents that flow in front of the 8-mile-wide glacier are so powerful they lead to Hubbard to calve almost continuously. The Tongass includes nineteen wilderness areas, including the 545-sq-mile Russell Fjord Wilderness, as well as Admiralty Island National Monument and Misty Fiords National Monument. Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve and the general area surrounding Haines and Skagway aren’t part of the national forest.

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Updated references for Floe and Sidus!

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[Mod]: Because I have no restraint, have some doodles of the four main bois of the blog. (4/9...). Work in progress so far! I’ll post those again later when they’re all done~

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Asker: @askgrittyblossom

Characters: Sidus, Floe, Kankaal

[ Kankaal is now open for Asks! ]

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[Mod]: LOOK WHO’S ALIVE, and coming back with a boom xD This took some time to draw and I swear, got that into it that I didn’t go to sleep before like 7 AM... Sleeping schedule is messed up to say the least.

I decided to sorta start on a new leaf rather than continue where I was going before (This is not a reboot, just see this as a small timeskip instead.)

Therefore Lavy will be unable to receive asks as he has left the café to go back where he came from. However, Floe, Sidus and Alcatel are still askable, and now including Kankaal, another member of the main group!

This event will follow the tag “Gift of the Krampus”.

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Asker: Anonymous

Characters: P!Floe, N!Floe

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Asker: Anonymous

Characters: Floe, Alcatel, Lavy

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[Note]: As the blog progress you will meet both new main characters, but also side characters. Other main characters are characters who’ll most of the time be open for asks.

However, side characters will only temporarily be open for asks! Once they leave, they’ll be unable to receive any more asks for the time being. But don’t fret, they might show up in the future again!

Depending on you askers however, story arcs with the main focus on a side character might appear. Then said character will be askable during the entire arc!

[Mod]: Sorry for the major delay on this update, just had some stuff going on! Hopefully I should be back now and at least not go as long without an update.