#snowy lore

[wishmaker-astra]

How did you meet snowy?

I found her egg abandoned on the slopes of Mt. Lanakila, and confirmed that with a trail cam. I hatched the egg and have had her since birth, and she has been a very good girl the entire time, even if she has been difficult to raise properly at times.

[witch-of-snow-and-stars]

Snowy’s Spooky Life: The Lost Angelite Incident and How It Came Back

So after talking to @augustdementhe and a few other people a long time ago about the weird (and possible paranormal) things that have happened to me, I thought it might be a good idea to write some down and post them! This is one of the more lowkey stories that I have, but I still have no explanations for it. I hope you like it!

So I'm think that this story is a good one to lead with because it's just one of those events in my life that's just really fucking Weird. It's not scary or anything, but it is one of the oddest stories I have and it happened when I was older (I want to say I was 16 or 17, but I'm leaning towards 17).

To set the stage: I have 2 little pieces of angelite and one I got as a replacement for the other (the original is circled in red in the pic for everyone's convenience) and they look different from the other blue stones I have. High school was a rough time for me, so I was using whatever witchy or mundane thing I could to cope (which usually looked like me carrying about a half-pound of rocks in my bag for fidgets and worry rocks). By the time this happened, I was used to something that wasn't me/my parents moving some of my things and had had a lot of other weird things pop up, so I wasn't easily spooked by weird/unexplainable things happening. Lastly, my high school had about a quarter of our teachers teaching out of trailers due to student population size, and each teacher had been in their individual trailers either since they started at the school or when the trailers had been placed around 15 years prior (ah the wonders of the American public school system).

So on the fateful day in question I bring my angelite with some other rocks to school. I had been fiddling with the angelite throughout the day, and by the time I lost it I had known where I dropped it. I was in my favorite teacher's trailer and I had been taking classes with him for a few years by then and at that point I knew that his trailer was where lost things went to disappear for good. So I had been fiddling with it, put it in my hoodie pocket, and as I'm leaving I realize it is not there and I barely have enough time to run back, look for it, not find it, and get to my next class. It is gone, and I'm probably never going to get it back. I'm bummed out, but I go home on the bus and get the replacement within a week because that classroom is a black hole of lost things never to be recovered and it has firmly crossed the event horizon.

Cut to about a week or a week-and-a-half later, I have the other piece of angelite (pictured above, and at the time chilling on one of my altars) and have just run back into my room to do a quick once-over and grab something before leaving to catch my bus to school. And while glancing over my bed what do I see? My missing angelite is chilling on my bed. I don't have time to freak out about the-rock-that-is-in-my-room-and-shouldn't-be because school, so I just chalk it up to Something coming in clutch for me and quietly say thank you for returning it, grab the newly-returned angelite, and leave for school. Later I asked my parents if they knew anything about it or had found it and put it in my room (they had no idea what I was talking about) and, lacking any other real option and not seeing anything harmful coming from keeping it, I carry on as normal and both pieces have been with me for going on 5 years. I still don't really have an explanation for it though...

[cloud-ya]

pretty old OCs brought back, I think Nycta was my first human(oid) OC even. finally something for artfight people who dont draw furry lolol

Nycta got refreshed while Neb was finally drawn after existing for years only inside my head. it's been so long since I first came up with her character that I only remembered her nickname, dark skin, short black hair and shapeshifter gimmick

these are my only OCs which are actually meant to exist in the same world/setting. them and my less humanoid boi Averyll (which now out of the trio is the only one without a ref with description aww)

[mh777p]

COMMISSION FOR THE BEST AND INCREDIBLE SNOWYSOONG🔥🔥🔥

[rinisdrawing]

wip! ❄️ ☕️

(quick message from me below!)

hi hello!! it’s been a while, i hope you guys are doing well! 🫶

i’ve just finished my first few months of college! needless to say, i’ve been extremely busy with midterms and projects and finals, hence the lack of presence… i do apologize, thank you all for your patience!

i’m currently on break, so i’m planning to get back on track with my wips and share some art with y’all! here’s a very rough wip of cass and greg, i missed drawing them </3 my plans are to finish some royal au stuff and a 3 star family piece!! (also i miiiiight start posting mario art as well…. maybe maybe!)

also, happy 2 year anniversary, sb!! thank you for changing the trajectory of my life and art journey i owe it to you 🤝

[snowysoong]

ITS A VERY SPECIAL SOMEONES BIRTHDAY (and datalore anniversary) HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY LOVE ^_^

[l3irdl3rain]

This is my pubby btw

[the-jordas-trials]

this is why i never have oc and canon interactions. Ty is simply Too Big and starts boss music wherever she goes. yes Pebbles lobbed the spear at her yes Pebbles ceased to exist not long after

[thesockwhisperer]

Village girl

I think I'll name her Winvy or Alcha. She lives in the mountains surrounding the capital city of Solsta. She appears to be a simple Village elf... but her halo indicates otherwise 👁👁

Also im stupid so half the animals in this world are literally just four legged birds 💀. I have that one quadruple eared cat creature and then a bunch of funky cat birds. I really need to work on my creature design😭😭😭

[jay-junebug]

“I want to be soil

I want to be sound

I want to hold secrets

That’ll never be found”

Soil by Cosmo Sheldrake

[tarnishedinquirer]

The Snow Witch's Story

She appeared before me, Renna the Snow Witch. All I could see were her folded hands, but who else has skin of cracked blue porcelain?

"It happened an age ago. But when I recall, I see it true."

I hadn't even recovered from my first vision yet, so I wanted to tell her "No thanks, I've had enough." But ti didn't seem like I had a choice in the matter. I don't even know if she was really here or not, or this was some preprogrammed message, possibly stored in Torrent's ring whistle.

I was thrust into a forest, watching cloaked figures on horseback. I could feel the chill on my skin.

"On a night of wintry fog, the rune of death was stolen."

Were these the Black Knives? I thought them the Night's Cavalry at first, but it was just similar steeds. What forest could they be riding through?

Everything went dark. A horrible, flesh-rending slice rang through the night. I now saw Godwyn the Golden lying dead on the ground, rune carved into his back. A shadow fell over him and his flesh began to writhe, like worms were crawling under his skin.

"And the demigods began to fall, starting with Godwyn the Golden."

I didn't think it happened that fast. Mere minutes after his death and he's already turning into something else?

A closeup of his closed eye. It writhes, and snaps open. Tears pour out, tainted black and filled with tiny worms.

"Queen Marika was driven to the brink."

Something is wrong with his pupil but I can't quite put my finger on it.

Everything goes dark. When I can see again, there's a large, gnarled, hairy hand, gently placing a crown on a throne.

"The Shattering ensued; a war that wrought only darkness."

I don't recognize the crown, but that was definitely the same sort of throne as used by Godfrey and the Two Fingers. This doesn't seem to be the same place, though. Far too brightly lit for Roundtable Hold or Stormveil.

As if to answer my observation, I now see a wider view. There are many thrones, all at the foot of a broken door. The golden light tells me this is in Leyndell, and this must be the very foot of the Erdtree. A large, robed figure is seen walking away from the central throne, bearing a weapon at his side.

"The Elden Ring was broken, but by whom? And why?

I recognize the outline of the giant, gnarled figure. That's Margit! What is Margit doing in the capital, with a throne and crown? Maybe there's more to the Fell Omen than I thought.

My perspective swept out from the great walls of Leyndell to a siege in progress. Soldiers by the thousands marching upon the walls. Trolls tower above and march with them. Siege towers lumber towards the whiles while catapults launch flaming projectiles. From the walls of the city come ballista bolts of titanic size with something like an incense censer at the back, spewing toxic fumes.

"What could the demigods hope to gain by warring?"

The Tree and Beast symbol is prominent among the soldiers. Their helmets match those I've seen on Godrick soldiers. I don't think Godrick would ever lead a siege on Leyndell, so perhaps this was his predecessor at Stormveil?

A ballista bolt landed so close to me I could feel the grit in the air. When the dust cleared, I was somewhere else. I was on a battlefield, surrounded by the corpses of the dead. Their weapons forming a forest around me. This seemed to pick up right where the other vision had left off, with the scarlet Valkyrie reattaching her arm. She's facing the burning giant, and from his back emerge a multitude of spears just like the one I saw the knight wielding. With his power, the giant man pulls two swords out of the ground, causing chunks of the earth to float up with them. His swords spark with the purple of gravity magic.

"The Conqueror of the Stars, General Radahn

In a completely incongruous detail, the giant man appears to be riding a tiny horse. Also, what does "Conqueror of the Stars" mean?

The Valkyrie readies her sword, the prosthetic so advanced she can almost use it like a regular arm. She rushes forward, meeting him blade for blade.

"And the Blade of Miquella, Malenia the Severed"

I find myself instinctively rooting for Malenia. She seems to be the clear underdog in this fight, even if I know she must be his equal for this battle to even occur.

He knocks off her arm again, but she grasps the blade with her other hand and continue her assault. With lightning agility, she jumps on his back, driving the blade into his shoulder and also into herself. She locks eyes with him as her blood runs down the blade...

"...these two were the mightiest to remain, and locked horns in combat."

It appears that Malenia is saying something to him, but I can't read her lips. Is this how the Scarlet Rot was spread throughout Caelid? Is she the source?

Glowing petals appear on her back, spreading and unfolding like a lotus flower. The petals burst wide, looking as much like hair as flower petals. Glowing pollen spreads from the flower, covering the land.

"But there would be no victor..."

This must've been fatal to them both, or near enough to it. But from what Gideon said, Radahn at least survived, far worse for wear. It's interesting that the sky over Caelid was already red.

Darkness again. Renna slowly fades into view. I can see her lovely doll's face clearly for the first time, as she looks me directly in my mind's eye, without the brim of her hat in the way. Her eyes are glittering blue, not unlike my own, and it seems a mark similar to Melina's anchors her ghost to the doll.

"And so, we inhabit a fractured world. Awaiting the arrival of the Elden Lord. Unless of course, thou shouldst take the crown?"

There is an almost seductive quality to her voice, but it can be hard to tell sometimes. Attractive women are often just nice to me for no reason, and I try not to read too much into it.

And with that I return to my senses. My consciousness is my own again.

Renna is gone, if she was ever actually here. For the first time, I feel like I have more answers than questions, though I have no shortage of those either. I'm going to have to think about these visions, and maybe write down more coherent thoughts later, in context of a Limgrave wrap-up.

[crow0king]

some more sketches just exploring Opal and her interests, like her playing her fiddle.

also, some body studies (y'know just actual studies but I used my character) of her just being her best self.

Opal is also the best partner and wife for comfort when her dearest husband is in distress and/or pain.

another favorite activity of hers is to dance along to folk melodies, especially during the town festivals and seasonal events.

when Opal had transitioned and accepted that she was trans, Opal would do a lot of poses and some fashion work for dragon born's because she was able to travel for a while and explore her real self without the constraints of her clan/family.

it was during these times is when she would meet the awkward Johnny Ballard who only recently was able to leave (or rather briefly escape) the iron grip of his family (which is the whole family, extended and all.) and see the world before he had to return. (this was when Johnny was just realizing that he was trans)

when they met, they both quickly became friends and Opal's fascination with Johnny only grew the longer they hung out and talked. she knew there was something about Johnny that was just like her (it was the trans thing!) and she just needed to know more about Johnny.

Opal had also never really met a wood-elf before and only mountain, high, or snowy elf's when they came by for trade or diplomatic talk. She lived in a snowy mountainous region of the world (along the northern hemisphere), while Johnny lived in one of the tall tree regions (along the southern hemisphere).

when Johnny had to return home, Opal had made sure that they would still have communication with each other (via letters) and would meet again; so, they came up with the next time they'll meet and where.

[witch-of-snow-and-stars]

Recently I watched a ~2 hour magcon retrospective (which was funny and fascinating in it's own right) but it's really interesting to learn about a phenomenon that you *technically* lived through but happened with almost zero connection to you.

Like I knew about some of it through normal teen girl cultural osmosis- enough to the point that I had almost phantom (???) flashbacks- but I most definitely was not in that fandom and didn't even know about 95% of it

[stardatez3ro]

so glad i live in times where i get to behold things like a lore soong 360 charli xcx edit w my own eyes .truly i am blessed to be alive

[mariocki]

Evil Dead II (Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn, 1987)

"Honey... you're holding my hand too tight."

"Baby, I ain't holding your hand."

[gifti3]

is asmo the only person in the game with skin issues??

is he just unlucky or is everyone else in the game not as obsessed over super clear skin and dont worry too much when acne happens?