#lidian

[seven07graces]

[alhilton]

That's probably how I should say it. "Larger than Ohio." 😃 It's about the size of New Mexico.

That makes it a big island. In the neighborhood of 125,000 square miles, although Chelby Lake takes a bite out of the middle (it's basically a caldera).

This makes Lidian bigger than Tasmania, but smaller than Madagascar or Greenland. It's bigger than the United Kingdom, but smaller than Texas.

Leeshwood is roughly a hundred miles per side, so around 10,000 sq miles. Assuming dens need 50-100 sq miles to support adequate game, there are probably 100-200 total dens at any given time.

How big is Lidian island?

Not trying to be mean, but...the map in every book does have a key! This will not only allow you to see that it's about 400 miles across, but also estimate the carrying capacity of areas like Leeshwood. If you want to read me really getting into the weeds about how many creasia Leeshwood would support, you can pick up my lion essays - https://shop.abigailhilton.com/b/1HLeF

[bookshelfpassageway]

In an ideal world I would have posted this with much more heads-up, but today I was suddenly seized with the vision of making an October art challenge for the indie xenofiction book series Hunters Unlucky, and I'd been looking for a good prompt set for myself anyway.

As with all October art challenges, all mediums and interpretations of the prompts are valid, and the outline is really more of a suggestion than anything. Do as much or as little as you please, and rearrange to your heart's content.

Credit to user ibenkrutt for giving me some of the prompts here.

[reviews-sky-1]

New book review!

Lullaby and Other Stories From Lidian by Abigail Hilton

[monstersofsilence]

it's judgement time: the (clumsy) novice mage

it has been a while since I have done a proper one of these and lately her muse has been calling to me

let her judge your peeps! (1 character please. multiple reblogs are okay, too!) she is a tad bit gullible and naive but she got the spirit!

judgebacks are also welcomed if you want to :>

[i-eat-apple-people]

Lid [lidian] I-eat-apple-people

ur internet name is [first name] + “[discord name]” + [tumblr url]

i’m seth “glass” glassandeyes

[michaelsoftbinbows97]

la realidad es que todavía soy muy débil para soportar todos los momentos de humillación pública y de exposición que son parte de las interacciones sociales se que si sos callada y recluída te van a criticar igual por eso, pero a veces es mejor que te vean así, y no que te animes a hablar e interactuar y que te ganes el rol de la boludita/lerda del grupo creo que tengo un ego demasiado masivo y cualquier noción no-positiva que la gente tenga de mí, me hace mierda en un nivel esquizofrénicamente alto entiendo que es de re pelotuda porque siempre a alguien le vas a caer mal porque sí, siempre van a tener cosas por las cuales criticarte, siempre alguien se va a cagar en vos, etc, pero es tan doloroso que no se si vale la pena obligarme a tolerar eso creo que nunca socialicé y me expuse lo suficiente para curtirme y que me deje de importar la opinión ajena además con cuanta más gente socializás, más chance hay de que alguna te re mil odie, y para eso prefiero tener 2 amigas cercanas en las que confío de verdad y ahorrarme el sufrimiento al pedo no se si vale la pena pasarla tan como el orto por un cachito de potencial de pegar alta onda con alguna

[nelove22]

The players of the matches from matchday 5 of Liga BPI 2023/24!

[ikrutt]

Highland and Lowland Curbs, 2023

Some information on the marsupial sophonts of Lidian. Curbs show up in Hunters Unlucky by @alhilton, a xenofiction novel with several sapient species.

Buy the books directly from the author here or download a free 4.5 hour sample of the audiobook here.

[sichylili]

quiero verlo hacer un berrinche y ver como sus padres lidian con eso cada uno a su manera, a quien se le saldra de las manos primero?

Español

bueno..

A Catnap realmente no le importaría mucho solo lo pondría irritado por sus llantos.

English with the translator

Well..

Catnap wouldn't really care much it would just make him irritated by her crying.

Español

Ordenándole a la "señorita" Miss Delight que lo eduque,

oh algo parecido.

English with the translator

Ordering "miss" Miss Delight to educate him,

oh something like that.

Español

A Dogday se le haría un poquito complicado, al solo tener la opción de hablar con el pequeño.

English with the translator

It would be a little complicated for Dogday, only having the option of talking to the little one.

Español

Teniendo pequeñas conversación con el, aunque para Dogday eran cortas o algo inútiles, para poder calmarlo.

English with the translator

Having small conversations with him, although for Dogday they were short or somewhat useless, to calm him down.

Español

Pero para el pequeño, era suficiente.

English with the translator

But for the little one, it was enough.

[seven07graces]

[meichan801]

Queria dibujar mi version de Michael. Tiene ojos azules profundos similares al mar, cabellos dorados un poco mas claros, y alto, apariencia sencilla pero elegante. Le gusta la musica y las artes humanas (aun que no es muy bueno cantando ya que de hecho su ''habilidad'' es el ''poder'' no las artes). Trabaja demasiado(workholic), excesivamente 24/7, es de esas personas que odian y aman su trabajo y lidian sus traumas de esa manera, lo veo con poca habilidad con las nuevas tecnologias humanas y no gusta mucho del picante)?? tiene buena relacion con sus otros 5 hermanos expetuando lucifer :s por obvias razones, es aun un tema delicado para el tocar, queria mucho a lucifer y fue el mas afectado al respecto.

Su personalidad es seria mayorparte del tiempo, es el pilar principal del cielo, es bastante severo especialmente si se tratan de las reglas y la proteccion del cielo.

En mi AU seria pareja de adam pero necesito todo un post respecto a su relacion XD.

[bookshelfpassageway]

the eternal push and pull between "i think i would talk to people in the Hunters Unlucky fandom more if there was a community discord" vs "i don't want to be a moderator i can't handle that kind of responsibility" (<- said with the gravity of a chosen one pleading that he doesn't want to be king)

[alhilton]

Is calico a possible Creasia coat color?

Ah, such a simple question, but so complicated to answer! Is it possible? Maybe. Likely to be expressed? No. You probably know how calicos are produced and anyone who doesn't can google that. Short review: you need at least one of the color alleles (in the case of the domestic cat, the black/red) located on the X chromosome. So males are always homozygous, but females can be heterozygous. Then you need the thing where neither color is dominant. Instead, females express both colors. This event alone will produce a tortie, not a calico. To get calico, you need one more thing: the piebald gene, which is present in many animals. It produces random colorless white patches, interspersed with the underlying color(s). Finally, in order to get a classic calico, you need the female zygote to have discarded her extra Xs (turned them into bar bodies) early enough to produce solid patches instead of a more blended coat. NOW you have a classic mi-ke calico. She will almost always be female, but can be male XXY or male chimera (having absorbed his twin!) or possibly an even rarer genetic event. On the flip side, solid red or black cats are male something like 75% of the time. Female solids would be homozygous for the trait, which is rarer. There are other genes that effect cat coat color and pattern, and of course there can always be new mutations, but those are the basics. Question: is color a sex-linked gene in other species of cats? Big cats have many things in common with domestic cats. Is this one of them? I could not find an answer to this. Probably no. But... I did have Caraca say at one point when she and Halvery were trying to reproduce Roup's color, "Solids are more likely to be male." This strongly suggests that some aspect of creasia color is on the X. So even if this is unlikely for big cats in our world, I have sort of committed to it on Lidian. But... Is the piebald gene present in other cats besides domestic cats? Again, no answer. The closest I could find was the white band gene that produces golden tabby tigers. It is not actually piebald, though. It's a completely different gene. If you read the wikipedia article about golden tabby tigers, you will notice a lot of inbreeding. This is how most usual colors in domestic (and semi-domestic) animals get a foothold. People notice a single unique mutation, decide they love it, and do some aggressive inbreeding to produce homozygous individuals. Many domestic animals have very shallow gene pools. Obviously, most of them handle it just fine. Wild animals avoid inbreeding. Nature tends towards outbreeding. Maximizing genetic diversity is a survival strategy, so animals evolve various barriers to inbreeding. There ARE more color variations in big cats that live in jungles/forests vs open plains. Tigers and leopards have more color variations than African lions. It doesn't seem to affect their odds of survival as much. Creasia live in dense forest, so it makes sense that they have some color variation. Rare mutations would pop up, but they would quickly disappear unless the creasia started selecting for them. So if they decided that piebald was fabulously beautiful and everyone wanted to have babies with those cats, they might quickly develop a piebald trait that is regularly expressed. But they tend to like colors that are "good for hunting," and those are browns/grays/black. They are starting to value other traits and expand their tastes, though. Anyway - the potential for something like a calico is probably in there somewhere. To specifically get calico, I think you'd see piebald popping up first.

[monstersofsilence]

The Novice

"Oh no! Oh no! I'm late!" Lidian kept saying to herself, running through the city to get to her destination. Wanting to become the best upcoming mage as can be though, unfortunately, she tends to wake up late. Sometimes happens for her but she is determined. Maneuvering through crowds of people to get where she needs to be. She may sometimes be late, it doesn't stop her from wanting to learn.

She finally makes it to her destination, opening the door but noticed the lights have not turned on. "Uh... hello!" She called out. "Teach? Mister Grelotta?" Lidian walked around and noticed that it felt empty. Almost as if the person packed everything and left in a hurry. She remembered coming across the dusty knick knacks that would cause her to sneeze but her teacher insisting that they are magically imbued and not to touch them. She eventually sees a piece of paper taped onto the wall. She went to it, grabbing it off the wall and read it aloud.

"I know that you will come here and see this place is empty. Just coming out to say that I have scammed you along with countless others. However much money you gave me is long gone for I have skipped town. You idiots were easy to fool believing that magic is real..." The last sentence hurt Lidian to the core. "So... he was a fake?"

Tears were forming but she took in a deep breath and exhaled slowly. "N-No... No crying!" She says to herself. Lidian used the tape left on the wall, hanging the paper for whoever else comes by to see it and marched out of the building. "I am not giving up that easily! Magic is real... I just know it is! And I won't stop until I learn whatever I need to learn to make my ancestor proud!"

Lidian walked aimlessly through the city, lost in thought but more so speaking outloud, getting a few stares and raised eyebrows overhearing a girl talking to herself. "Okay... the guy turned out to be a fraud. Meaning all the money I gave him every week was... kinda my fault. That is okay. So if he is fraud, doesn't mean what he said about magic could be the truth. Right? Magic is definitely real! My ancestor was titled The Arch-Mage for a reason! Judt have to... start all over again finding another, and legit, teacher... And possibly convince them with however much sum of money to teach me... but... where can I find that kind of person..."

She stopped her self rambling and halted her aimless walk to see she had come across a cafe. Lidian had never been in one of these before. "Mystikal Cafe... huh. I guess I can try it out." Walking inside, she sees the lively scene of people talking amongst each other at their respective tables. The wallpaper colors of bright blues snd pinks made the place pop, feels welcoming.

The place seems to be mostly an all-female staff with waitresses garnering a maid outfit with one standing out to being more "out of uniform" with theirs not fully proper and gliding around on rollerblades. Lidian walks to one of the empty tables, taking a seat as the one waitress that stuck out like a sore thumb glided to her table. "Well, haaaaaylooo!" She says with a cheery voice. Up close she can see her hair blocking her left eye and notices some orange dye streaks on it which makes a lot of sense to her sticking out more. Possibly more of a punk style troll. "Welcome to the Mystikal Cafe and I will be your lovely waitress for today. Name's Anyssa Hanell and what might ya be getting today, missy? Might I recommend an espresso shot along with a velvet cake slice topped with some strawberry frostinng."

"U-Um... oh wow..." Lidian didn't expect to be put on the spot. She doesn't even know what wants nor what they have. What if she says a certain item and they don't actually have it? "Uh... d...- Um... Donut!" She finally made her decision.

"Just a donut?" Anyssa raised a brow, taking her notepad out and pen. "What kind? And do you want a drink? Latte? Hot coffee? Cappuccino?"

"Um... u-uh..." This girl is trying to test her. Lidian feels like she might explode. What kind of donuts do they have? This Anyssa girl didn't list them. Do they have chocolate? Powdered? Plain? They gotta have plain, right? A place that have donuts should always have plain donuts. " P... P-Plain! And just regular coffee!"

Anyssa raised s brow but eventually smiled. She can see that might've almost given the girl a panic attack by putting them on the spot. "Gotcha. Plain donut and a regular coffee coming right up." She wrote down the items along with the table number and was about glide to the front counter until she heard the girl to not go yet.

"Wait, please! I... wanted to ask some questions."

Anyssa stood where she was and slowly glided back to the their table. "Something wrong?"

"Well... okay... I am trying to learn magic. I went to a peraon that, who I thought, knew magic but uh... I just found out that he conned me... along with my money that I gave him... and I am looking for anyone... SOMEONE! I know it sounds crazy and stupid that magic might not be real or whatever but... I think it's real. My ancestor was a mage and I want to make her proud to be the best there is just like her. So... do you know anyone or have some leads that I can search out for?"

Anyssa carefully listened and smiled. "Pretty determined to wanting to learn this whole magic thing, huh? I'll be right back."

Lidian watches the girl glide away and see them talking to one of the other girls behind the counter, handing them her order and then seeing her going in the back. From there she merely looks down at the table, tapping her finger on it until she heard someone clearing their throat. Looking up, she sees a girl wearing the same maid uniform and having a side haircut. She was smiling at them. "I heard you are searching for teacher of magic?" She says. "Name's Merlee. Merlee Zodius."

[voltaire92]

Que ganas de hablar con alguien....entiendo que todos tienen sus problemas y lidian con sus cosas....pero solo me gustaría poder hablar con alguien....y no sentir que molesto o sentirme culpable por hacerlo...