#evergreen’s leit

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Tail: share a fluffy or cozy snippet.

Walking through the village, a couple of young Centaurian children without spirit animals run towards Oki and Tali. They run around their legs, laughing and playing, one even looking up at Tali and Aki.

Child #1: Tøra-bara* Aki, Tøra-bara Taliriktug! Where are you going?

Child #2: Why doesn’t Tøra-bara Taliriktug talk anymore?

Child #3: Are you going hunting?

Child #4: Can we come?

Aki: (laughing) Yes, we’re going hunting, and no you can’t come, we aren't your parents.

Tali places a hand on one of the children’s heads, and smiles down at them, ruffling their hair in the process. They giggle, trying to push him off of them.

Child #1: Tøra-bara! Sto-op! (giggle)

Tali chuckles, removing his hand from the child’s head, as they continue running around both his, and Aki’s legs, both Tali and Aki’s spirit animals chase the children around.

*Tøra-bara (teu-rah-bah-rah): a term used when talking to an older male who is unrelated to you. The literal translation is "unrelated older brother"

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The Reaper's Rose (Faux) Cover Art

Mochi Turtle now has a new name! And an actual plot that I'm working on (ish, I still plan on finishing Garden of Sandstorms and Evergreen's Leit before I get to this one). So I decided to make a fake noir/pulp book cover for it. Cause it fits the aesthetic quite a bit.

Summery on the back of the book:

"Detective Amelija Hunthrak* finally got the gig of a lifetime, when a rich and powerful Harpy stepped into her office for a proposal. 'Find out what my husband has been doing, and if you can; save him'. While on the job, she meets quite the oddity, a Dwarvish Assassin named Jakzün Adüm*. Or so he says.

Is he friend? Or Foe? Or... more?"

*ah-meh-lee-yah hoon-thrahk

*yahk-zuhn ah-duhm

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Garden of Sandstorms, Evergreen's Leit, The Reaper's Rose, and Blood of the Halfbreed...

Oh, thank fucking God. Here I thought I was being too edgy

when im in charge these words will be banned for any new fantasy book titles:

court

ash

bone

mist

these will be on probation and with discretionary use only:

song

ice

fire

ruin

fury

the format of “a [blank] of [blank] and [blank]” will be punishable by death

(I am accepting other suggestions as well at this time.)

[honeybadger-hibachi]

2, 17, 31?

2. Do you have a personal favourite among your OCs?

Yes and no. Most of the time I just get really excited over specific stories and characters at different times. Right now it's Evergreen's Leit's characters (Tali, Merya, Aki, etc.) but earlier this month it was Garden of Sandstorms (Üktanno, Dirai'ni, etc.).

17. Any OC OTPs?

Merya and Taliriktug (or just Tali) be the closest thing I got to an OTP.

31. Pick one OC of yours and explain what their tumblr blog would be like (what they reblog, layout, anything really)

Merya would totally have a Tumblr blog. She'd post mostly audio clips of her singing and talking about just random shit she enjoys.

Would absolutely be a bit of a troll, too.

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Welcome to my silly ass game idea: Left Hand Gun Club an otome game (that I'll probably never make cause I can't code), about these 4 boys, and how you win your way into their hearts. And I will fully admit: this is entirely self indulgent lol. Where I take a few of my own original main characters, and make them dateable.

It's unabashedly Christian, and (unsurprisingly) pro-gun. The name literally just comes from the fact that I somehow chose all my male characters that are specifically left-handed.

Ignore the fact that none of them are using their left hands in this picture lol

So lets meet the Boys!

Aharen Jacison

This Orc is the leader of both the Men's Bible Study, and the Gun Club. He's the eldest, and probably the most responsible, which isn't all that surprising, considering he's the only one with children. He's a single father who's been raising both his son and daughter alone for their entire lives. It would be nice if they had a mother to add to their family.

Brosmýr

Can you be both a jester and emo? Brosmýr seemed to have found a way. The poor man is exhausted 24/7, mostly due to his late night job. He is constantly drinking energy drink to the point your pretty sure his heart rate is at a constant 200 bpm. He's a bit of a shit-stirrer, and loves to make fun of Jekzün in particular, but there is something there that you just can't quite place. A sadness lurking in the back of his mind... And Brosmýr's not the type to kiss and tell.

Jekzün Ademz

The Dwarf with Napoleon syndrome. The man who thinks that the world is forever against him, so he bites back, hard. Don't let that cactus exterior fool you, though. Behind all the posturing and bravado is a genuinely good man, with a kind heart, it's just been hurt quite a bit.

Taliriktug

The youngest, and tallest of the group, Tali is a very quiet and gentle soul. The literal personification of the "Gentle Giant". To the point, he actually rarely speaks, usually only speaking in sign, or through the whiteboard he always carries with him. He would consider himself quite the simple Centaur, enjoying the modest things in life. He's a hopeless romantic through and through, and would love to one day settle down and have a family. However, there are a lot of problems he feels he needs to fix before even thinking about that.

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I have been neglecting so many of my babies

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(For Evergreen’s Leit)

Meara: gut feeling all the way. Her gut has rarely failed her, which makes her prone to be a little reckless. The few time it has failed her, has made her question her recklessness… but a day later, she’s back to her shenanigans

Taliriktug: depends on the situation. If he has time, he weighs out the pros and cons, and if he can’t decide, he asks help from the people who are close to him. If he doesn’t have time, however, he still weighs the pros and cons, but tends to just go with the simplest option.

What is your OC’s decision making process? Do they seek advice? Go with their gut instinct? List out pros and cons?

[emerald-dragonflame]

Longing

It’s been a minute since I’ve drawn Tali and Merya, especially after I’ve basically finalized their designs. So, here they are… longing…

[emerald-dragonflame]

✅—Which character/plot point/etc would be your favorite to see on screen?

:]

Let’s see:

Garden of Sandstorms: Ironically enough, probably the scenes with Üktanno and the Emperor Hanztero. Just because of the fearful tension between the two. One side trying to figure the other out in a duel of wits. It is a romance at the end of the day, so I expect the tension between Dirai’ni and Üktanno to be juicy, that’s required, but the battle of wits, now that’s something that would be fun to see.

Evergreen’s Leit: This is a bit spoiler-y, so I’ll try to keep it as obtuse as possible. Let’s just say that Taliriktug and Merya’s pasts and characters would be so fun to see on a screen.

The Reaper’s Rose: Again, spoiler-y, but I think the main mystery (along with the romantic tension, because I am a hopeless romantic at the end of the day) would be awesome. Also the way I’m trying to figure out how the weapons work, the animation on those things would be fucking awesome!

Blood of the Halfbreed: The magical girl transformation and the weapon animations, hands down. But that’s also because I’m still working out the plot kinks.

Fanta-sci-fi story: The character interactions, and the voice acting, assuming that my writing is good enough that I can make really good dialogue, the thought that I can hear this found family interact as a family just makes me all happy and giddy inside.

WIP ask game

[emerald-dragonflame]

The poll isn't done, but most of you seem to want to see my version of an Otome "game" (as in, I have no idea how to code, but I thought it would be fun to draw the dateables). That being said, the boyos that are gonna be in this "game" are:

Brosmýr the Raven (Journey of the Flying Serpent)

Aharen Jacison (Stardust Nibiru)

Taliriktug (Evergreen's Leit)

and

Jekzün Adems (The Reaper's Rose)

See you in a couple of days

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Welcome to my Art Blog, Where I draw everything from fan art to (fan)OCs to my own original stories. While I'm in many fandoms that span many different genres, all my original works are (romantic) fantasy, with lots of worldbuilding involved

I have 2 other worldbuilding blogs for my original works if you wish to only see that:

@lost-locket-antiques - A completely original fantasy universe that ranges from ancient fantasy to sci-fi fantasy. With fantasy races and even original alien species

@the-flying-serpent - An alternate history story set on the Mediterranean Sea during the 1100s. Where magik, Mages, and monsters are very real, and very, very dangerous.

@fort-new-dawn - An original fantasy based off of My Little Pony, with a little bit more of an edge to it. Think the Secret of NIMH, but with speculative fantasy horses and based of the colonization of the Americas.

My Tags:

#my art - art tag

#heckin great art - other people's art that I like

#fan art - self explanatory

#fort new dawn - speculative fantasy with horses (a new continent has been discovered and it's up to six equines to explore this strange new world)

#journey of the flying serpent - alternate history adventure fantasy (a priestess, a knight, and a merchant set sail towards Greece to help the priestess become more powerful)

#stardust nibiru - adventure sci-fi fantasy (the adventures of a band of space bounty hunters)

#stardust nibiru 2 - early stage sequel of stardust nibiru (the story of one of the bounty hunter's kids become a space archeologist)

#garden of sandstorms - ancient fantasy (an Orc soldier and a Gnome gardener fall in love during very turbulent times)

#evergreen's leit - romantic fantasy (a Mermaid stumbles into a very small Centaurian village located in the middle of nowhere. The Mermaid seems to be hiding more than she lets on)

#the reaper's rose - noir fantasy (an Orc detective and a Dwarf assassin pretend to be married to solve a case)

#blood of the halfbreed - urban fantasy (a group of collage aged band members gain the powers of magical girls)

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Ok... so... All my WIPs in (in-universe) chronological order are:

An ancient fantasy story about a soldier falling in love with a gardener and wondering if what he is fighting for is truly worth it, and the gardener wondering if this is all her life amounts to (Garden of Sandstorms)

A basic fantasy about two very broken people coming together after trying desperately (and failing) to run away from their pasts. Only to grow and learn to deal with their BS together (Evergreen's Leit)

An epic fantasy about self worth, identity, and what truly makes a human (Blood of the Halfbreed)

A 1920s fantasy about a private eye and an assassin taking out a major government conspiracy (The Reaper's Rose)

And a sci-fi fantasy about a rag-tag group of either gun-smugglers or space explorers that just takes characters that I had for Star Trek and rehashing them for my own world... (Currently Unnamed)

...

How the fuck I'm I gonna write all these in one lifetime? I ain't Brandon Sanderson

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Did both a Tali and Merya drawing in my comic style. Though, this is more of the "it's a really pivotal scene, so it's gotta look good" style. Now, I can really start working on backgrounds and things like that, which I think I'm gonna make them watercolor, as a nice contrast.

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Merya Sorotov (+ Rogatsu Yeba)

Finally finished my girl, Merya Sorotov (Mer-yah Sow-row-towv), formally Meara O'Sullivan, who's probably the one character in Evergreen's Leit that has changed the most. And in a weird way, we've kinda come full circle, but since that'll take way too long to explain, I'm just gonna leave it at that.

Merya is a Mermaid, which in this story means she can both walk on land and swim in the sea, and Merfolk do this the same way Selkie do. By using a second skin based off the animal they semi-transform into, Merya's being the ferocious rogatsu yeba (row-gah-tsoo yeh-bah). Which literally means "Horned Shark". Her second skin being the... Shal? around her shoulders.

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4. How does someone propose marriage in your culture(s)? How long do they stay engaged, and what marks the marriage?

So, I'll go chronologically with the stories since there were no specific area you asked for >:3

(also these may be subject to change, just simply because I haven't thought about this as much sorry in advance)

(A/N) This, ah, was a lot longer than I thought it was gonna be, so... be warned after you decide to open this up, it's gonna be a wall of text...

Garden of Sandstorms

The Age of Wars, year 83 - Loro'Dahinja

For most couples who live in the equivalent of poor and middle class families, the man is the one to propose. After the woman accepts the wedding plans start, and they have only a few months to plan.

It is most proper to have a huge wedding planned by the bride's family, because it's suppose to be a celebration of a new life between two lovers, and a celebration of the God of the Sun and Husbands, Heliwo and the Goddess of the Moon and Wives, Lariza. So many sun and moon motifs.

The groom's family is the one to give a dowry to the newlywedded couple, to help them start out, and the dowry could be anything from money to start out, a new house to live in, or even just a kepi-kepi as a valiant stead for the couple. It just needs to be useful.

The upper class is a little different, as most marriages are arranged from birth. There are rarely any dowries simply because marrying your children off to other households is dowry enough. the weddings are still huge, and tend to be celebrated throughout the entire town they live in, but most of the time, it's for political gain.

How to tell a couple is married (and this goes for most Human countries) is a specific earring they wear, it usually has a crest of the more powerful family etched on it (for the rich) or the husband's family crest.

Evergreen's Leit

The Age of Songs, year 219 - Enatu Islands/The Southern Centaurian Tribes

Enatu Islands

The Enatu Islands is at the heart of Merfolk culture, it's where the King of Merfolk reside and where most of there children dream of living, so most of their marriage customs stem from here.

Men and women usually have no problem bringing up the idea of marriage to their partner, usually by writing and singing a song in a confession of love. In fact, almost all legally and socially binding contracts are in song, all must be written down and sung to the other party and, at least one witness. It is also possible to have a prewritten proposal either passed down through generations or bought at specific stores.

How the other party agrees to the contract is by singing the chorus of the song with the proposing party. After which, the two set off to compose their Wedding Song. And however long it takes is how long they stay engaged.

The actual date of the wedding isn't important, nor really is the party, what matters is the song, and the witnesses. The Wedding Song must be compose by the couple, and must have a priest and at least one witness (again) to attest that it happened. Once the song is complete, the couple is considered married, and what ever happens after is just extra.

A shell necklace is usually a sign that someone is married.

But that's only between two Merfolk!

Trolls and Merfolk have been allies since basically the day they were created, due to their magics being so similar (Merfolk's songs and the Troll's instruments). So marriages between these two races are pretty common as well.

They mix and match between their two cultures to make something a little unique.

The music is still there, the only difference is that the Merman(maid) sings while the Troll(ette) plays. If the Troll is to propose, they'll give a piece of jewelry that is perfectly symmetrical, usually something to do with a circle "For they have no beginning and no end, just like our love". The Merfolk accepts the proposal by accepting the jewelry.

The marriage is usually a bigger deal, with parties and drinking for several days before and after the Wedding Song.

If a Merfolk has a symmetrical piece of jewelry and a Troll a shell necklace, it's usually pretty clear who their hearts belong to.

Southern Centaurian Tribes

Compared to what you just read, these people tend to enjoy the simpler things. Hunting and gathering is a big staple to Centaurs, so the best way to show that you're willing to be someone's marriage partner, you better be good at one of these things.

Women are usually the ones to propose in this culture, only because they outnumber the men about 3-to-1, and they do it by either hunting an extremely hard animal to kill, foraging a rare plant, or giving the man a gift that they made from their "job" (cook, shaman, artist, etc.). The men usually prove themselves through battle (usually just shows of aggression in competitions), showing that they are strong enough to protect the family.

If the man accepts the woman's gift, there's two ways it can go.

1) they go straight to the shaman to declare themselves married. Or

2) they have a week long party to plan out in a few weeks time. Then get married by the shaman.

The two Centaurs then are given tattoos on their cheeks, to signify that they are married.

Blood of the Halfbreed

Age of Songs, year 239 - Lorocoda

The men propose here, with the second closest equivalent to our traditions that we have.

The men would bow at the woman's feet, reciting poetry (his own, or something well known) about how he adores her, and places a small box at her feet with wedding rings (almost always earrings) placed inside. If the woman accepts, she places her hands under his chin, and gently pulled him up, usually saying something like "For a man to grovel at my feet, he must truly love me. But how are you to lead my home, if you do not stand beside me?" So they stand together, and take the wedding rings.

They then plan the wedding, usually for about a year, and have it at the Temple of the Sun and Moon, the God Heliwo and Goddess Lariza's temple.

The wedding rings (for both the men and women) are what signifies a married couple.

Mochi Turtle

Age of the Steam Engine, year 56 - Lorocoda

This is the closest equivalent to our traditions.

The man is still the one to propose, and buy an engagement ring (Now just a single earring) and bow at the woman's feet. Poetry has gone out of fashion, and the man just simply askes "Will you marry me?" and the woman would answers "Yes" or "No".

This time the whole family is involved, and through the entire engagement, there's really no set time limit, both the bride and groom's family compete to make the biggest shindig the community has ever seen. It's a total competition.

The ceremony is done, again, in the Temple of the Sun and Moon.

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The absolute audacity of this woman saying something like this, while being held.

I think I finally got an idea for Tali's clothing, though it might be a bit too bright, but the vibes are there. And if you're wondering, yes, this is Merya and Tali's entire dynamic.

I also think this is gonna be what the comic looks like.