Creative Corner

[center][img]http://orig04.deviantart.net/8ec7/f/2017/082/b/7/scroll_by_qhostship-db399k6.png[/img][/center] [columns] [img]http://orig13.deviantart.net/86db/f/2017/082/c/2/left_side_by_qhostship-db39a0g.png[/img] [img]http://orig13.deviantart.net/86db/f/2017/082/c/2/left_side_by_qhostship-db39a0g.png[/img] [img]http://orig13.deviantart.net/86db/f/2017/082/c/2/left_side_by_qhostship-db39a0g.png[/img] [img]http://orig13.deviantart.net/86db/f/2017/082/c/2/left_side_by_qhostship-db39a0g.png[/img] [img]http://orig13.deviantart.net/86db/f/2017/082/c/2/left_side_by_qhostship-db39a0g.png[/img] [img]http://orig13.deviantart.net/86db/f/2017/082/c/2/left_side_by_qhostship-db39a0g.png[/img] [img]http://orig13.deviantart.net/86db/f/2017/082/c/2/left_side_by_qhostship-db39a0g.png[/img] [img]http://orig13.deviantart.net/86db/f/2017/082/c/2/left_side_by_qhostship-db39a0g.png[/img] [nextcol] [color=chocolate][font=Georgia][size=5]Dear Diary,[/size] ____________ [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=lair&id=78103&tab=dragon&did=3884496][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/38845/3884496.png[/img][/url] [columns][color=chocolate][font=Georgia]I'm coming home. I can't stand the Scarred Wasteland anymore. I've never even left the Wyrmwound, but my heart and soul are reaching out to the Ashfall Waste. I don't belong in this clan. I belong by myself with warm air blowing all around me followed by the smell of charred wood and metal being wafted into my face. I don't know how long it'll take. But if I can live right beside a cauldron of disease, I can make it anywhere. I'm headed south, I think. May Flamecaller guide me home.[nextcol][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/1875081][img]http://orig03.deviantart.net/5cc3/f/2016/175/6/3/item_tiny_feathers_by_dogi_crimson-da7g5dn.gif[/img][/url][/columns] [color=chocolate][font=Georgia][size=4][b]Dear Diary,[/b][/size] [columns][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/1875081][img]http://orig04.deviantart.net/f2b5/f/2017/194/c/e/food_winterbelle_by_dogi_crimson-dbg5uvc.gif[/img][/url][nextcol][color=chocolate][font=Georgia]It's been a few weeks worth of endless wandering. I just barely survived a Serthis attack. Thankfully, a Dunhoof herd found me, fended off the Serthis, and tended to my wounds. Even though they told me that I should wait until my wounds heal, my desire to come back home is stronger than my patience. I'm leaving the Starwood Strand. May Flamecaller guide me home.[/columns] [color=chocolate][font=Georgia][size=4][b]Dear Diary,[/b][/size] [columns][color=chocolate][font=Georgia]I've made it to the Windswept Plateau. It's hard trying to walk with enormous wings catching the breezes blowing around me. Though I don't want to, I'll maybe try gliding until I get home. At least my legs can rest that way. May Flamecaller guide me home.[nextcol][img]http://orig12.deviantart.net/6a70/f/2016/267/e/c/fc_messengers_scroll_by_dogi_crimson-daiq5ls.gif[/img][/columns] [color=chocolate][font=Georgia][size=4][b]Dear Diary,[/b][/size] [columns][img]https://orig00.deviantart.net/1ca0/f/2017/335/7/8/item_tattered_canvas_scrap_by_dogi_crimson-dbvf4cn.gif[/img][nextcol][color=chocolate][font=Georgia]I know, another entry within the span of a few days. Very unusual. But I have to add something important. I met this Tundra on my way home. Poor man couldn't even remember his name or where he was going. I know Tundras are weird with their horrible memory, but he was a special case. I'm guessing his clan was moving to the Windswept Plateau and the wind started blowing the scent of his clan everywhere, which made it difficult for him to navigate. He was probably starving, too, explaining his confusion towards generally everything I asked him. I felt bad for him and told him he could come with me, since I wanted to go back home so badly. He agreed. I can see The Great Furnace in the horizon. May Flamecaller guide me home.[/columns] [color=chocolate][font=Georgia][size=4][b]Dear Diary,[/b][/size] [columns][color=chocolate][font=Georgia][b]I'm home! I'm finally home![/b] It's everything I ever dreamed of! It's perfect! I found this nice, flat plane of land where we could settle, far from everyone else. Yes, I said we. [i]We[/i] as in me and Icefur. That's the name I ended up deciding for him. I gotta write it down somewhere so neither of us forget his name. We've decided that we're going to start this clan with just the two of us. I may forget about you, Diary, but at least you would have known about my travels through the west coast of Sornieth.[nextcol][img]http://orig14.deviantart.net/3138/f/2016/192/9/a/food_fire_flower_by_dogi_crimson-da9nthf.gif[/img][/columns] [color=chocolate][font=Georgia][size=4][b][u]Praise Flamecaller, for guiding me home safely![/u][/b] [nextcol] [img]http://orig07.deviantart.net/8a70/f/2017/082/0/8/right_side_by_qhostship-db399x4.png[/img] [img]http://orig07.deviantart.net/8a70/f/2017/082/0/8/right_side_by_qhostship-db399x4.png[/img] [img]http://orig07.deviantart.net/8a70/f/2017/082/0/8/right_side_by_qhostship-db399x4.png[/img] [img]http://orig07.deviantart.net/8a70/f/2017/082/0/8/right_side_by_qhostship-db399x4.png[/img] [img]http://orig07.deviantart.net/8a70/f/2017/082/0/8/right_side_by_qhostship-db399x4.png[/img] [img]http://orig07.deviantart.net/8a70/f/2017/082/0/8/right_side_by_qhostship-db399x4.png[/img] [img]http://orig07.deviantart.net/8a70/f/2017/082/0/8/right_side_by_qhostship-db399x4.png[/img] [img]http://orig07.deviantart.net/8a70/f/2017/082/0/8/right_side_by_qhostship-db399x4.png[/img] [/columns] [center][img]http://orig01.deviantart.net/e340/f/2017/082/e/b/scroll2_by_qhostship-db39ahh.png[/img][/center]

[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/5RD1uKA.png[/img] [color=chocolate][font=Lucida Console][size=6]The Previous Clan[/size][/center] [color=chocolate][font=Lucida Console]/* This is a list of members of the clan that settled in this area before the Pagfenx. It's thought that these correspond to most, if not all of the Doengoshe'e. Not much is known about the day-to-day life of the clan. However, the following is a brief synopsis of the events that lead to the clan falling apart. */ ----- [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=43575591][img]https://i.imgur.com/g8IMfD7.png[/img][/url] [color=chocolate][font=Lucida Console][u]LAMONT[/u] was the first death, having ingested lethal poison. It's unknown who poisoned him. The most plausible theory is that an outsider had poisoned him. [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=43656832][img]https://i.imgur.com/NlXhM4r.png[/img][/url] [u]ETNA[/u] had followed next. It was thought that she poisoned Lamont, since she often cooked for the clan. After over a month of debating and trials, she was put into a small prison and was left there with nothing to drink. She died a few days later. [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=42872644][img]https://i.imgur.com/29VCIEV.png[/img][/url] One day, [u]PADRIG[/u] had, out of nowhere, began to cough up blood. His frail rib cage had been crushed. By the time he was getting treated, it was already too late and his bright color had nearly completely drained from his face. No one knows who crushed him, although clan members had their suspicions... [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=43574388][img]https://i.imgur.com/IATblDN.png[/img][/url] [u]DANTE[/u] was the next victim to the endless stream of deaths. Only a few days after Padrig had died, Dante experienced similar trauma, except it was to her head. It was determined that her cause of death was severe brain damage caused by blunt force trauma. [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=43512544][img]https://i.imgur.com/Ne7Ty0C.png[/img][/url] [u]EURFYL[/u] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=43557906][img]https://i.imgur.com/n3DIBMd.png[/img][/url] [u]FURTA[/u] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=43343377][img]https://i.imgur.com/FZM1H64.png[/img][/url] [u]VONNA[/u] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=43496936][img]https://i.imgur.com/cKkJhVP.png[/img][/url] [u]GONDOR[/u] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=43125070][img]https://i.imgur.com/HAl1Rd1.png[/img][/url] [u]SEREZHA[/u] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=43577896][img]https://i.imgur.com/Yp1e2ol.png[/img][/url] [u]WYN[/u] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=43522505][img]https://i.imgur.com/ccMVKrg.png[/img][/url] [u]ARIA[/u] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=43711060][img]https://i.imgur.com/oSC9hah.png[/img][/url] [u]JADEN[/u] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=43646660][img]https://i.imgur.com/LyQdaHJ.png[/img][/url] [u]GLASNANT[/u] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=42837080][img]https://i.imgur.com/yrxqTZa.png[/img][/url] [u]APIRA[/u] ----- [center][color=transparent]xxxxx[/color] [color=chocolate][font=Lucida Console][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2543484#post_2543484][img]https://i.imgur.com/hU2P866.png[/img][/url] [color=transparent]xxxxx[/color] [img]https://i.imgur.com/RTVoYMO.png[/img][/center]

[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/5RD1uKA.png[/img] [color=chocolate][font=Lucida Console][size=6]Culture[/size][/center] [color=chocolate][font=Lucida Console][size=5][u]Languages[/u][/size] [size=4]>>Ohagisha[/size] /* Ohagisha is a language developed within the Pagfenx. Many names are written in this language, including the Pagfenx itself (Pagfenx: Citadel). Only select members were fluent in the language including the Ohinage, Ohinanato, [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=15036715]one Skydancer[/url] in the Ohiawenx, and [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=4282524]one Ridgeback[/url] in the Ohifera. This language had a simplistic script to go along with it. Becoming fluent in this language was a challenge, as fluency was limited to only these dragons. Some individuals would learn simple phrases and words to get a general idea about what these individuals with power were talking about. This language was primarily reserved for those with some sort of authority over the Pagfenx in order to keep plans secret. */ [size=4]>>Common Draconic[/size] /* Common Draconic is spoken by nearly every member in the Citadel, including Coatls. */ [size=4]>>Coatl[/size] /* Coatl is spoken mostly by other Coatls. Some individuals (including one Fae, somehow) have learned how to speak Coatl, as the common tongue can be difficult for Coatls to pronounce. */ [size=5][u]Holidays[/u][/size] [size=4]>>Nawdanita[/size] /* "Day of Fire" is celebrated twice a year when The Great Furnace explosively erupts. Everyone would spend the day outside to watch the eruption, eat, sing, and dance until the sun rose the next morning. This festival celebrates the might of the Flamecaller, although this meaning is more subtle than it has been in the past. */ [size=5][u]Taboos[/u][/size] [size=4]>>Sickness[/size] /* This taboo originates from the Tension era. If you or someone you know is sick, you are to not mention it in conversation. If someone is sick, a black banner is put over the entrance to that dragon's lair, silently notifying dragons not in Ohishuka to not enter without special permissions. */ [color=chocolate][font=Lucida Console][size=5][u]Government[/u][/size] [size=4]>>Laws[/size] > { Crimes held within the PAGFENX will be punished eye for an eye. } > { If an individual was found out to be lying about another committing a crime, the punishment is pushed onto the liar as well as up to life in prison, depending on the severity of the crime. } > { Suspects are innocent until proven guilty, regardless of the supposed crime. } > { Every drake has the right to defend themselves in court. } > { If tax is not paid for for one month, you are responsible for paying 2.5x the amount the next month. Failure to pay will result in expulsion from the PAGFENX the next day. } [size=4]>>Economy[/size] /* The economy in the Pagfenx was a Laissez-faire system, with the clan leaders having little to no interference in the economy. For the most part, every dragon fended for themselves. Residents had to pay a tax once a month as long as they lived in the Pagfenx, which would go into the clan budget (managed by Kritota). Businesses that were set up in the Pagfenx were trusted with providing goods and services that were of the highest quality that they could produce/manage and not harmful to the customer. Bartering was very common among dragons with a low income, although tax could not be bartered. */ [size=4]>>Exaltation[/size] /* Exaltation ceremonies were held almost exclusively with dragons who were born into the clan. Oftentimes, this ceremony would take place with multiple exaltees at once. Clan members were encouraged to sit and watch their young blood leave to serve the Flamecaller, but not forced. At midday, matriarch Waratah would sit before the lava pool in the main chamber. There, she would recite a short, poem-like prayer wishing the adolescents good luck on their journey to the Great Furnace--first in Ohagisha, then in Common. The exalted (all of which were the lava-resistant Fireborn) would then approach the lava pool in the center and "cleanse" themselves with the lava in this order: tip of the tail, dominant paw, non-dominant paw, then scoop onto the face. The act of cleansing was symbolic of those who helped to shape the dragon's life. The tail represented their ancestors and parents, their dominant paw was the hard working exalted, their non-dominant paw was their friendships, and the face was the dragon themselves--their own decisions. Immediately after cleansing, the dragon would use the lava pool as a thermal to soar upwards towards the Great Furnace to serve the Flamecaller. The prayer Waratah would recite goes as follows: */ [columns][color=chocolate][font=Lucida Console](Ohagisha) > { Uf hage ui shöbek ferone ub } > { Wa wol'stun ob bületo peloy } > { Bai shuka ab nohu'e pagfen'sten gIki } > { LI ni-ojo'st gakenbanä fetu } > { Kop O ab buto do ki gawofoka noko } > { Wi so du fefji fen wi han göbIta } > { Lejukenoy kinsha lä shuti } > { Lewofoka lI ha'i wi leshuneti oyle } [nextcol][font=Lucida Console][color=transparent]xxxxxxxxxx [nextcol] [nextcol][color=chocolate][font=Lucida Console](Common) > { I bring these children here today } > { Because their path will turn away } > { From the common life within our clan } > { To the Flamecaller's ancient plan } > { May She assist you in effortless flight } > { And should you work hard and show off our might } > { Remember the place from where you were born } > { Take off to the skies to a life reborn } [/columns] ----- [center][color=transparent]xxxxx[/color] [color=chocolate][font=Lucida Console][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2543484#post_2543484][img]https://i.imgur.com/hU2P866.png[/img][/url] [color=transparent]xxxxx[/color] [img]https://i.imgur.com/RTVoYMO.png[/img][/center]

[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/5RD1uKA.png[/img] [color=chocolate][font=Lucida Console][size=6]Theories[/size][/center] [color=chocolate][font=Lucida Console]/* I feel as though I have enough evidence to share various theories as to why the Pagfenx had mysteriously disappeared. The theories will be listed here. */ [size=5][u]Natural Causes (Environmental)[/u][/size] [size=4]>>Disease[/size] /* While sickness and diseases are considered taboo in the Pagfenx, and an outdated theory as to why dragons were attacking each other, disease may have played a role in the clan's disappearance. Unfortunately, no bodies have been found to support this theory. */ [size=4]>>Natural Disaster, Drought[/size] /* The Ashfall Waste is not known for consistent rainfall, and droughts are not an uncommon occurrence. The Pagfenx may have gone through a drought and decided to leave on a whim, as a drought was occurring when they had mysteriously disappeared. However, this does not explain why the clan garden continues to flourish with minimal plant death. */ [size=5][u]Unnatural Causes (Non-environmental)[/u][/size] [size=4]>>Deal with the Shade[/size] /* Icefur, patriarch of the Pagfenx Nongoshe, is most likely the main cause as to why the Pagfenx had fallen apart. Although he had not told anyone, one of his journals recounts the time he gave up his olfactory memory in exchange for being able to speak to shade-touched spirits and demons. This could explain the large amount of ghosts wandering the halls of the Pagfenx, even long after their "master's" disappearance. He had also written that he planned to take the Pagfenx all to himself. Whether or not he forgot about this entry is uncertain. If Icefur stayed true to his word, he may have gathered the most powerful dragons, possessed them, and killed off the entire citadel. However, there are no bodies to prove that this happened. */ [size=4]>>Rebellion[/size] /* With the recent surge in elemental magic all across Sornieth, many clans in the Ashfall Waste have begun to rebel against the Grand Circle of Forgemasters. It's possible that even the most reserved clans such as the Pagfenx have been affected by protests. It may be possible that these dragons have left in a hurry and moved elsewhere, but I have three sources that point to this as false. I kept in contact with two dragons from the Pagfenx willing to keep my existence a secret and neither of them mentioned moving elsewhere. In fact, they claimed that this was the perfect area to live. While they could be lying, an ancient dragon had surfaced from the lava pool in the center of the citadel some time after the clan disappeared. She states her unspecified "incarnation" had disappeared. I'm still unsure as to what she means by "disappeared." */ [size=4]>>Unknown Substance / Alchemy[/size] /* I have discovered an unknown substance while investigating one of the lairs of a more peculiar member of the Pagfenx, Ivils. It's stored in a bottle similar to an inkwell, but this substance is anything but ink. It may look and function like ink, but when a small amount is spilled on a piece of parchment and left to sit for a few hours, the blob of ink begins to move around like a creature, even coming off of the page. Leaving out the entire inkwell will not cause something to form. It requires a medium that can be drawn on such as canvas or paper. It's extremely difficult to get a chemical makeup of this substance, but it's possible that it is made up of mostly carbon to be able to create life. A substance such as this may have links as to why the Pagfenx has disappeared. For now, it's considered suspicious. */ ----- [center][color=transparent]xxxxx[/color] [color=chocolate][font=Lucida Console][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2543484#post_2543484][img]https://i.imgur.com/hU2P866.png[/img][/url] [color=transparent]xxxxx[/color] [img]https://i.imgur.com/RTVoYMO.png[/img][/center]