Creative Corner

[center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_2738858][img]https://i.imgur.com/jIFKkbk.png[/img][/url][/center] ----- [color=#D951FF][size=4][i]“When night approached, Ammi managed to get away; for not even friendship could make him stay in that spot when the faint glow of the vegetation began and the trees may or may not have swayed without wind."[/i][/size][/color] [center][i][color=#4967D5]The Colour out of Space[/color][/i][/center] ----- [columns][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/1471920/1] [img]https://i.imgur.com/oC5paJL.gif[/img][/url][nextcol] [center][font=book antiqua][size=7][color=#4967D5]COLOUR OUT OF SPACE[/color][/center] ----- [color=black][size=4]On the borders of the Viridian Labyrinth, a meteor from outer space crash landed and unleashed a parasitic lifeform. While the impact itself did not harm the creature, it was clearly in a weakened state when it arrived on Sornieth (some speculate this reason caused the thing to crash in the first place). The creature quickly assimilated into one of the water sources of the Nature territories and began to consume the energy from the abundant greenery. Impacted plants would grow in unnatural size and color before crumbling into ash. Larger living things, such as trees or dragons, often glowed faintly for months before perishing. After a year of gathering strength, the creature was able to propel itself back into space, leaving a blighted area in its wake. In appearance, this creature was most referred to by its [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dressing/outfit/1448803][color=#D951FF]"strange colors"[/color][/url] beyond the spectrum of normally visible light. It has no physical body on our dimension, so its shape was compared to smoke or "globules" by the few who saw it. ----- [font=book antiqua][size=4][i]Suggested Readings:[/color][url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cs.aspx][color=#D951FF]The Colour out of Space[/color][/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/fb.aspx][color=#D951FF]From Beyond[/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dwh.aspx][color=#D951FF]The Dreams in the Witch House[/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dh.aspx][color=#D951FF]The Dunwich Horror[/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/u.aspx][color=#D951FF]The Unnamable[/url][/i][/size][/font][/columns] ----- [columns][url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=63879828][img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/638799/63879828.png[/img][/url][nextcol][outfit=1448803][nextcol][url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=63186526][img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/631866/63186526.png[/img][/url][/columns] ----- [code][center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_2738858][img]https://i.imgur.com/jIFKkbk.png[/img][/url][/center] ----- [color=#D951FF][size=4][i]“When night approached, Ammi managed to get away; for not even friendship could make him stay in that spot when the faint glow of the vegetation began and the trees may or may not have swayed without wind."[/i][/size][/color] [center][i][color=#4967D5]The Colour out of Space[/color][/i][/center] ----- [columns][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/1471920/1] [img]https://i.imgur.com/oC5paJL.gif[/img][/url][nextcol] [center][font=book antiqua][size=7][color=#4967D5]COLOUR OUT OF SPACE[/color][/center] ----- [color=black][size=4]On the borders of the Viridian Labyrinth, a meteor from outer space crash landed and unleashed a parasitic lifeform. While the impact itself did not harm the creature, it was clearly in a weakened state when it arrived on Sornieth (some speculate this reason caused the thing to crash in the first place). The creature quickly assimilated into one of the water sources of the Nature territories and began to consume the energy from the abundant greenery. Impacted plants would grow in unnatural size and color before crumbling into ash. Larger living things, such as trees or dragons, often glowed faintly for months before perishing. After a year of gathering strength, the creature was able to propel itself back into space, leaving a blighted area in its wake. In appearance, this creature was most referred to by its [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dressing/outfit/1448803][color=#D951FF]"strange colors"[/color][/url] beyond the spectrum of normally visible light. It has no physical body on our dimension, so its shape was compared to smoke or "globules" by the few who saw it. ----- [font=book antiqua][size=4][i]Suggested Readings:[/color][url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cs.aspx][color=#D951FF]The Colour out of Space[/color][/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/fb.aspx][color=#D951FF]From Beyond[/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dwh.aspx][color=#D951FF]The Dreams in the Witch House[/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dh.aspx][color=#D951FF]The Dunwich Horror[/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/u.aspx][color=#D951FF]The Unnamable[/url][/i][/size][/font][/columns][/code] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/BTnfJ1Z.png[/img][/url][/center] [code][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/BTnfJ1Z.png[/img][/url][/center][/code] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/HWtwtfk.png[/img][/url][/center] [code][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/HWtwtfk.png[/img][/url][/center][/code] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/tbg6lXu.png[/img][/url][/center] [code][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/tbg6lXu.png[/img][/url][/center][/code]

[center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_2738858][img]https://i.imgur.com/H1zVz9x.png[/img][/url][/center] ----- [color=#567D34][size=4][i]“The Thing of the idols, the green, sticky spawn of the stars, had awaked to claim his own. The stars were right again, and what an age-old cult had failed to do by design, a band of innocent sailors had done by accident. After vigintillions of years great Cthulhu was loose again, and ravening for delight." [/i][/size][/color] [center][i][color=#1E361A]The Call of Cthulhu[/color][/i][/center] ----- [columns][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/1471920/1] [img]https://i.imgur.com/CFKb4Ct.gif[/img][/url][nextcol] [center][font=book antiqua][size=7][color=#1E361A]CTHULHU[/color][/center] ----- [color=black][size=4] While Cthulhu is the most common spelling, his name is unpronounceable by dragonkind, leaving many to simply call him "The Dreamer." He communicates through telepathy, and he can reach introspective dragons through their dreams. While he looks more draconic than most Great Old Ones, he is almost as large as a mountain. He has leathery wings, a scaly body, and a slimy head with tentacles like an octopus or squid. His green skin is appears to be rubbery, and he has massive claws on his paws. Cthulhu became stranded in Sornieth when it moved too far away for him to reach other galaxies. He and [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3206098/5#post_53287710][color=#567D34]his spawn[/color][/url] fought against the resident Other Gods and Elder Things, regenerating too quickly to be killed. However, the war was ended when [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3206098/4#post_53287557][color=#567D34]R'lyeh[/color][/url] sank beneath the ocean. Cthulhu bides his time in his sunken temple, waiting for the stars to realign so he can escape. ----- [font=book antiqua][size=4][i]Suggested Readings:[/color] [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/d.aspx][color=#567D34]Dagon[/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/og.aspx][color=#567D34]The Other Gods[/url],[url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx][color=#567D34]The Call of Cthulhu[/url][/i][/size][/font] [/columns] ----- [columns][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=84264135][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/842642/84264135.png[/img][/url][nextcol][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/SLlKu56.png[/img] [color=transparent]..................................................[/center][nextcol][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=76499027][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/764991/76499027.png[/img][/url][/columns] ----- [code][center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_2738858][img]https://i.imgur.com/H1zVz9x.png[/img][/url][/center] ----- [color=#567D34][size=4][i]“The Thing of the idols, the green, sticky spawn of the stars, had awaked to claim his own. The stars were right again, and what an age-old cult had failed to do by design, a band of innocent sailors had done by accident. After vigintillions of years great Cthulhu was loose again, and ravening for delight." [/i][/size][/color] [center][i][color=#1E361A]The Call of Cthulhu[/color][/i][/center] ----- [columns][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/1471920/1] [img]https://i.imgur.com/CFKb4Ct.gif[/img][/url][nextcol] [center][font=book antiqua][size=7][color=#1E361A]CTHULHU[/color][/center] ----- [color=black][size=4] While Cthulhu is the most common spelling, his name is unpronounceable by dragonkind, leaving many to simply call him "The Dreamer." He communicates through telepathy, and he can reach introspective dragons through their dreams. While he looks more draconic than most Great Old Ones, he is almost as large as a mountain. He has leathery wings, a scaly body, and a slimy head with tentacles like an octopus or squid. His green skin is appears to be rubbery, and he has massive claws on his paws. Cthulhu became stranded in Sornieth when it moved too far away for him to reach other galaxies. He and [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3206098/5#post_53287710][color=#567D34]his spawn[/color][/url] fought against the resident Other Gods and Elder Things, regenerating too quickly to be killed. However, the war was ended when [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3206098/4#post_53287557][color=#567D34]R'lyeh[/color][/url] sank beneath the ocean. Cthulhu bides his time in his sunken temple, waiting for the stars to realign so he can escape. ----- [font=book antiqua][size=4][i]Suggested Readings:[/color] [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/d.aspx][color=#567D34]Dagon[/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/og.aspx][color=#567D34]The Other Gods[/url],[url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx][color=#567D34]The Call of Cthulhu[/url][/i][/size][/font] [/columns][/code] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/8tP15ff.png[/img][/url][/center] [code][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/8tP15ff.png[/img][/url][/center][/code] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/DQbMBXz.png[/img][/url][/center] [code][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/DQbMBXz.png[/img][/url][/center][/code] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/fw6G8Fh.png[/img][/url][/center] [code][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/fw6G8Fh.png[/img][/url][/center][/code]

[center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_2738858][img]https://i.imgur.com/u2XOfe7.png[/img][/url][/center] ----- [color=#856981][size=4][i]“What I learned and saw in those hours of impious exploration can never be told... They were sensations, yet within them lay unbelievable elements of time and space—things which at bottom possess no distinct and definite existence." [/i][/size][/color] [center][i][color=#d8c1a5]Hypnos[/color][/i][/center] ----- [columns][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/1471920/1] [img]https://imgur.com/ejmi0PU.gif[/img][/url][nextcol] [center][font=book antiqua][size=7][color=#d8c1a5]DREAMERS[/color][/center] ----- [color=black][size=4]For dragons that seek knowledge [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3206098/2#post_53287325][color=#856981]from beyond[/color][/url] without suffering madness (or [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3206098/3#post_53287426][color=#856981]learning geometry[/color][/url]), the safest starting point is the well-documented dimension parallel to Sornieth. This place is known as "Dreamland," since some dragons are born with the innate ability to reach it in their sleep. These "dreamers" can enhance their skill through practice or sleeping potions. In contrast, they can also repress this talent if they do not exercise it often enough. Dreamland contains many places that used to exist in Sornieth but somehow slipped through to this other dimension. [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dressing/outfit/2490492][color=#856981]Dreamers seeking weirder mysteries[/url] can find the "gates" in Dreamland that open to further dimensions. To move to the next dimension, the dragon must discover the correct "key," which is usually mental but can sometimes have physical manifestations. Because of the ever-increasing complexity and danger of these dimensions, almost all dragons who attempt this process will go mad or die long before they can find the [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3206098/5#post_53287700][color=#856981]Yog-Sothoth[/color][/url] and the final gate. ----- [font=book antiqua][size=4][i]Suggested Readings:[/color] [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/hy.aspx][color=#856981]Hypnos[/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx][color=#d8c1a5]The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath[/color][/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dwh.aspx][color=#856981]Dreams in the Witch House[/color][/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/tgsk.aspx][color=#d8c1a5]Through the Gates of the Silver Key[/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/bws.aspx][color=#856981]Beyond the Wall of Sleep[/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/eo.aspx][color=#d8c1a5]Ex Oblivione[/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/c.aspx][color=#856981]Celephaïs[/url][/i][/size][/font][/columns] ----- [columns][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=88817832][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/888179/88817832.png[/img][/url][nextcol][center][outfit=2490492][/center][nextcol][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=92086443][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/920865/92086443.png[/img][/url][/columns] ----- [code][center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_2738858][img]https://i.imgur.com/u2XOfe7.png[/img][/url][/center] ----- [color=#856981][size=4][i]“What I learned and saw in those hours of impious exploration can never be told... They were sensations, yet within them lay unbelievable elements of time and space—things which at bottom possess no distinct and definite existence." [/i][/size][/color] [center][i][color=#d8c1a5]Hypnos[/color][/i][/center] ----- [columns][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/1471920/1] [img]https://imgur.com/ejmi0PU.gif[/img][/url][nextcol] [center][font=book antiqua][size=7][color=#d8c1a5]DREAMERS[/color][/center] ----- [color=black][size=4]For dragons that seek knowledge [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3206098/2#post_53287325][color=#856981]from beyond[/color][/url] without suffering madness (or [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3206098/3#post_53287426][color=#856981]learning geometry[/color][/url]), the safest starting point is the well-documented dimension parallel to Sornieth. This place is known as "Dreamland," since some dragons are born with the innate ability to reach it in their sleep. These "dreamers" can enhance their skill through practice or sleeping potions. In contrast, they can also repress this talent if they do not exercise it often enough. Dreamland contains many places that used to exist in Sornieth but somehow slipped through to this other dimension. [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dressing/outfit/2490492][color=#856981]Dreamers seeking weirder mysteries[/url] can find the "gates" in Dreamland that open to further dimensions. To move to the next dimension, the dragon must discover the correct "key," which is usually mental but can sometimes have physical manifestations. Because of the ever-increasing complexity and danger of these dimensions, almost all dragons who attempt this process will go mad or die long before they can find the [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3206098/5#post_53287700][color=#856981]Yog-Sothoth[/color][/url] and the final gate. ----- [font=book antiqua][size=4][i]Suggested Readings:[/color] [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/hy.aspx][color=#856981]Hypnos[/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx][color=#d8c1a5]The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath[/color][/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dwh.aspx][color=#856981]Dreams in the Witch House[/color][/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/tgsk.aspx][color=#d8c1a5]Through the Gates of the Silver Key[/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/bws.aspx][color=#856981]Beyond the Wall of Sleep[/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/eo.aspx][color=#d8c1a5]Ex Oblivione[/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/c.aspx][color=#856981]Celephaïs[/url][/i][/size][/font][/columns][/code] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/w5HeX5o.png[/img][/center] [code][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/w5HeX5o.png[/img][/center][/code] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/EgYDANj.png[/img][/center] [code][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/EgYDANj.png[/img][/center][/code]

[center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_2738858][img]https://i.imgur.com/fRikFlC.png[/img][/url][/center] ----- [color=#158E67][size=4][i]“So one day the young warriors, the slingers and the spearmen and the bowmen, marched against Ib and slew all the inhabitants thereof... And before he died, Taran-Ish had scrawled upon the altar of chrysolite with coarse shaky strokes the sign of DOOM." [/i][/size][/color] [center][i][color=#2F4557]The Doom that Came to Sarnath[/color][/i][/center] ----- [columns][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/1471920/1] [img]https://i.imgur.com/AHXUQvp.gif[/img][/url][nextcol] [center][font=book antiqua][size=7][color=#158E67]DOOM[/color][/center] ----- [color=black][size=4]When dragons first arrived at the Sea of a Thousand Currents, the area was occupied by a race of green amphibious beastclan. Although mute, these creatures attempted to communicate that they were peaceful and were willing to share the Sea with dragonkind. However, dragons were repulsed by their [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dressing/outfit/1732045][color=#158E67]flabby bodies[/color][/url] and their heretical worship of Bokrug (a "false" water-lizard diety). Dragons hunted these creatures to extinction and looted their possessions. Only one dragon in the entire settlement seemed to have protested this genocide, and he prophesied about the downfall of the murderers. Dragons ignored this warning and quickly became rich off of the bountiful land. However, on the anniversary of the slaughter, a mist rose up from the Sea and changed the murderers into the very creatures that they had murdered. New dragons refused to settle the region for many years afterwards. While it is commonly believed that the Tidelord punished his people for refusing to hear his follower's prophecy, dragons are still careful to show respect to any statues of Bokrug when they find them. ----- [font=book antiqua][size=4][i]Suggested Readings:[/color][url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/ds.aspx][color=#158E67]The Doom that Came to Sarnath[/color][/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx][color=#158E67]The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath[/color][/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cu.aspx][color=#158E67]The Cats of Ulthar[/color][/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/og.aspx][color=#158E67]The Other Gods[/color][/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/p.aspx][color=#158E67]Polaris[/color][/url] [/i][/size][/font][/columns] ----- [columns][url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=68504516][img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/685046/68504516.png[/img][/url][nextcol][outfit=1732045][nextcol][url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=70953275][img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/709533/70953275.png[/img][/url][/columns] ----- [code][center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_2738858][img]https://i.imgur.com/fRikFlC.png[/img][/url][/center] ----- [color=#158E67][size=4][i]“So one day the young warriors, the slingers and the spearmen and the bowmen, marched against Ib and slew all the inhabitants thereof... And before he died, Taran-Ish had scrawled upon the altar of chrysolite with coarse shaky strokes the sign of DOOM." [/i][/size][/color] [center][i][color=#2F4557]The Doom that Came to Sarnath[/color][/i][/center] ----- [columns][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/1471920/1] [img]https://i.imgur.com/AHXUQvp.gif[/img][/url][nextcol] [center][font=book antiqua][size=7][color=#158E67]DOOM[/color][/center] ----- [color=black][size=4]When dragons first arrived at the Sea of a Thousand Currents, the area was occupied by a race of green amphibious beastclan. Although mute, these creatures attempted to communicate that they were peaceful and were willing to share the Sea with dragonkind. However, dragons were repulsed by their [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dressing/outfit/1732045][color=#158E67]flabby bodies[/color][/url] and their heretical worship of Bokrug (a "false" water-lizard diety). Dragons hunted these creatures to extinction and looted their possessions. Only one dragon in the entire settlement seemed to have protested this genocide, and he prophesied about the downfall of the murderers. Dragons ignored this warning and quickly became rich off of the bountiful land. However, on the anniversary of the slaughter, a mist rose up from the Sea and changed the murderers into the very creatures that they had murdered. New dragons refused to settle the region for many years afterwards. While it is commonly believed that the Tidelord punished his people for refusing to hear his follower's prophecy, dragons are still careful to show respect to any statues of Bokrug when they find them. ----- [font=book antiqua][size=4][i]Suggested Readings:[/color][url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/ds.aspx][color=#158E67]The Doom that Came to Sarnath[/color][/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx][color=#158E67]The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath[/color][/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cu.aspx][color=#158E67]The Cats of Ulthar[/color][/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/og.aspx][color=#158E67]The Other Gods[/color][/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/p.aspx][color=#158E67]Polaris[/color][/url] [/i][/size][/font][/columns][/code] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/tMsvkLV.png[/img][/url][/center] [code][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/tMsvkLV.png[/img][/url][/center][/code] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/O684kvZ.png[/img][/url][/center] [code][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/O684kvZ.png[/img][/url][/center][/code] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/wcJKU50.png[/img][/url][/center] [code][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/wcJKU50.png[/img][/url][/center][/code]

[center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_2738858][img]https://i.imgur.com/0hvqYn6.png[/img][/url][/center] ----- [color=#850012][size=4][i]“ As I told you longe ago, do not calle up That which you can not put downe; either from dead Saltes or out of ye Spheres beyond. Have ye Wordes for laying at all times readie, and stopp not to be sure when there is any Doubte of Whom you have. Stones are all chang’d now in Nine groundes out of 10. You are never sure till you question.”[/i][/size][/color] [center][i][color=#4D0F29]The Case of Charles Dexter Ward[/color][/i][/center] ----- [columns][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/1471920/1] [img]https://i.imgur.com/HR70lpH.gif[/img][/url][nextcol] [center][font=book antiqua][size=7][color=#4D0F29]ESSENTIAL SALTES[/color][/size][/center] ----- [color=black][size=4]Rest assured that essential salts are much more nefarious than essential oils. This substance is made out of ashes and grave dust, distilled by alchemy into its most "essential" bits. While not technically "necromancy," anything summoned by this dust will come back to some form of life. Unfortunately, it takes even the most careful practitioner years to summon a recognizable creature. However, these salts are convenient to summoners with strong stomachs who do not mind appearances. Even [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dressing/outfit/1020881][color=#850012]pulpy abominations[/color][/url] still retain all memory of their past life, which is key to rediscovering secrets. Essential salts are best kept in neatly labeled, clear glass jars. Use with extreme caution; while not harmful in itself, summoning the wrong dragon or beastclan could prove lethal if not well prepared. For the same reasons, it is best to hide the necessary spells in a separate place, or else an unassuming clan mate might accidentally bring back something that ought to stay dead. ----- [font=book antiqua][size=4][i]Suggested Readings:[url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cdw.aspx][color=#850012]The Case of Charles Dexter Ward[/color][/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/tgsk.aspx][color=#850012]Through the Gates of the Silver Key[/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dh.aspx][color=#850012]The Dunwich Horror[/url][/columns] ----- [columns][url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=54904687][img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/549047/54904687.png[/img][/url][nextcol][outfit=1020881][nextcol][url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=55820560][img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/558206/55820560.png[/img][/url][/columns] ----- [code][center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_2738858][img]https://i.imgur.com/0hvqYn6.png[/img][/url][/center] ----- [color=#850012][size=4][i]“ As I told you longe ago, do not calle up That which you can not put downe; either from dead Saltes or out of ye Spheres beyond. Have ye Wordes for laying at all times readie, and stopp not to be sure when there is any Doubte of Whom you have. Stones are all chang’d now in Nine groundes out of 10. You are never sure till you question.”[/i][/size][/color] [center][i][color=#4D0F29]The Case of Charles Dexter Ward[/color][/i][/center] ----- [columns][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/1471920/1] [img]https://i.imgur.com/HR70lpH.gif[/img][/url][nextcol] [center][font=book antiqua][size=7][color=#4D0F29]ESSENTIAL SALTES[/color][/size][/center] ----- [color=black][size=4]Rest assured that essential salts are much more nefarious than essential oils. This substance is made out of ashes and grave dust, distilled by alchemy into its most "essential" bits. While not technically "necromancy," anything summoned by this dust will come back to some form of life. Unfortunately, it takes even the most careful practitioner years to summon a recognizable creature. However, these salts are convenient to summoners with strong stomachs who do not mind appearances. Even [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dressing/outfit/1020881][color=#850012]pulpy abominations[/color][/url] still retain all memory of their past life, which is key to rediscovering secrets. Essential salts are best kept in neatly labeled, clear glass jars. Use with extreme caution; while not harmful in itself, summoning the wrong dragon or beastclan could prove lethal if not well prepared. For the same reasons, it is best to hide the necessary spells in a separate place, or else an unassuming clan mate might accidentally bring back something that ought to stay dead. ----- [font=book antiqua][size=4][i]Suggested Readings:[url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cdw.aspx][color=#850012]The Case of Charles Dexter Ward[/color][/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/tgsk.aspx][color=#850012]Through the Gates of the Silver Key[/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dh.aspx][color=#850012]The Dunwich Horror[/url][/columns][/code] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/2neRSr4.png[/img][/center] [code][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/2neRSr4.png[/img][/url][/center][/code] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/uVLCGaM.png[/img][/center] [code][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/uVLCGaM.png[/img][/url][/center][/code] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/EiF54G8.png[/img][/center] [code][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/EiF54G8.png[/img][/url][/center][/code]

[center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_2738858][img]https://i.imgur.com/Mv5HSqR.png[/img][/url][/center] ----- [color=#F6BF6B][size=4][i]“Out of the fungus-ridden earth steamed up a vaporous corpse-light, yellow and diseased, which bubbled and lapped to a gigantic height in vague outlines half-human and half-monstrous, through which I could see the chimney and fireplace beyond.”[/i][/size][/color] [center][i][color=#8B272D]The Shunned House[/color][/i][/center] ----- [columns][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/1471920/1] [img]https://i.imgur.com/D01BhMr.gif[/url][nextcol] [center][font=book antiqua][size=7][color=#8B272D]ETIENNE ROULET[/color][/size][/center] ----- [color=black][size=4]While the Hewn City fascinates Light dragons, there is one lair that is always avoided. It is not feared for its darkness; instead, it houses a monster alternately described as "vampire," a "werewolf," or a "ghost." Etienne Roulet and his family fled after his father was arrested for murders committed while seemingly wearing a Wolf Cape. Seeking anonymity, the Roulets tried to live a normal life in the Hewn City, but they seemed odd enough that they had trouble being accepted into anyone's lair. One day, their terrified neighbors revolted, and the family was never seen again. However, their legacy lived on, even after their lair was destroyed and built over. Etienne had secretly continued his father's dark studies, allowing his son Paul to merge a monster from beyond. After their deaths, its spirit was free to siphon away the life of any foolish enough to enter. This bodiless creature is tethered to the family's grave, marked by a patch of yellow mold in the shape of a dragon, found deep in their lair. ----- [font=book antiqua][size=4][i]Suggested Readings: [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sh.aspx][color=#F6BF6B]The Shunned House[/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cs.aspx][color=#F6BF6B]The Color Out of Space[/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/rw.aspx][color=#F6BF6B]The Rats in the Wall[/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/h.aspx][color=#F6BF6B]The Hound[/url][/i][/size][/font][/columns] ----- [columns][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=75143024][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/751431/75143024.png[/img][/url][nextcol][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/SLlKu56.png[/img] [color=transparent]..................................................[/center][nextcol][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=79197595][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/791976/79197595.png[/img][/url][/columns] ----- [code][center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_2738858][img]https://i.imgur.com/Mv5HSqR.png[/img][/url][/center] ----- [color=#F6BF6B][size=4][i]“Out of the fungus-ridden earth steamed up a vaporous corpse-light, yellow and diseased, which bubbled and lapped to a gigantic height in vague outlines half-human and half-monstrous, through which I could see the chimney and fireplace beyond.”[/i][/size][/color] [center][i][color=#8B272D]The Shunned House[/color][/i][/center] ----- [columns][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/1471920/1] [img]https://i.imgur.com/D01BhMr.gif[/url][nextcol] [center][font=book antiqua][size=7][color=#8B272D]ETIENNE ROULET[/color][/size][/center] ----- [color=black][size=4]While the Hewn City fascinates Light dragons, there is one lair that is always avoided. It is not feared for its darkness; instead, it houses a monster alternately described as "vampire," a "werewolf," or a "ghost." Etienne Roulet and his family fled after his father was arrested for murders committed while seemingly wearing a Wolf Cape. Seeking anonymity, the Roulets tried to live a normal life in the Hewn City, but they seemed odd enough that they had trouble being accepted into anyone's lair. One day, their terrified neighbors revolted, and the family was never seen again. However, their legacy lived on, even after their lair was destroyed and built over. Etienne had secretly continued his father's dark studies, allowing his son Paul to merge a monster from beyond. After their deaths, its spirit was free to siphon away the life of any foolish enough to enter. This bodiless creature is tethered to the family's grave, marked by a patch of yellow mold in the shape of a dragon, found deep in their lair. ----- [font=book antiqua][size=4][i]Suggested Readings: [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sh.aspx][color=#F6BF6B]The Shunned House[/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cs.aspx][color=#F6BF6B]The Color Out of Space[/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/rw.aspx][color=#F6BF6B]The Rats in the Wall[/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/h.aspx][color=#F6BF6B]The Hound[/url][/i][/size][/font][/columns][/code] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/lwMvjcz.png[/img][/url][/center] [code][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/lwMvjcz.png[/img][/url][/center][/code] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/rbyB0mi.png[/img][/url][/center] [code][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/rbyB0mi.png[/img][/url][/center][/code] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/fD89Irm.png[/img][/url][/center] [code][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/fD89Irm.png[/img][/url][/center][/code]

[center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_2738858][img]https://i.imgur.com/AveLJZI.png[/img][/url][/center] ----- [color=#9DA932][size=4][i]“Meanwhile his evenings were spent beside the tomb of his friend, where a young olive tree had sprung up near the sleeper’s head. So swift was the growth of this tree, and so strange was its form, that all who beheld it exclaimed in surprise; and Musides seemed at once fascinated and repelled.” [/i][/size][/color] [center][i][color=#776359]The Tree[/color][/i][/center] ----- [columns][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/1471920/1] [img]https://i.imgur.com/SDLZveX.gif[/img][/url][nextcol] [center][font=book antiqua][size=7][color=#776359]THE FATE OF KALOS[/color][/center] ----- [color=black][size=4]Hidden among the other ancient structures of the Sunbeam Ruins, there is a lone tomb surrounded by an olive grove. Local residents avoid the area because of a dragon-shaped tree, although very few know the sad story of jealousy and revenge. Once, there were unlikely best friends: Musides the friendly Plague dragon, and Kalos the quiet Nature dragon. Together, they were the most famous sculptors in Sornieth, and they often helped each other with their work. However, things slowly soured between them during a competition against each other. When Kalos realized his friend was poisoning him to sabotage his sculpture, Kalos asked an Other God to help him fake his own death and transfer his soul [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dressing/outfit/1126648][color=#9DA932]into a tree[/url]. Filled with regret, Musides took care of the tree that would be his own doom. Kalos refused to forgive Musides. Instead, he waited for a storm to disguise his revenge: he smashed their old lair to bits, killing his friend and destroying all of their sculptures. As punishment, the Gladeskeeper refused to change Kalos back. ----- [font=book antiqua][size=4][i]Suggested Readings:[/color] [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/tr.aspx][color=#9DA932]The Tree[/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/ds.aspx][color=#9DA932]The Doom that Came to Sarnath[/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/o.aspx][color=#9DA932]The Outsider[/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/hy.aspx][color=#9DA932]Hypnos[/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/p.aspx][color=#9DA932]Polaris[/url][/columns] ----- [columns][img]https://i.imgur.com/5ueM0Ue.png[/img][nextcol][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/SLlKu56.png[/img] [color=transparent]......................................................[/color][/center][nextcol][img]https://i.imgur.com/A8EcsV7.png[/img][/columns] ----- [code][center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_2738858][img]https://i.imgur.com/AveLJZI.png[/img][/url][/center] ----- [color=#9DA932][size=4][i]“Meanwhile his evenings were spent beside the tomb of his friend, where a young olive tree had sprung up near the sleeper’s head. So swift was the growth of this tree, and so strange was its form, that all who beheld it exclaimed in surprise; and Musides seemed at once fascinated and repelled.” [/i][/size][/color] [center][i][color=#776359]The Tree[/color][/i][/center] ----- [columns][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/1471920/1] [img]https://i.imgur.com/SDLZveX.gif[/img][/url][nextcol] [center][font=book antiqua][size=7][color=#776359]THE FATE OF KALOS[/color][/center] ----- [color=black][size=4]Hidden among the other ancient structures of the Sunbeam Ruins, there is a lone tomb surrounded by an olive grove. Local residents avoid the area because of a dragon-shaped tree, although very few know the sad story of jealousy and revenge. Once, there were unlikely best friends: Musides the friendly Plague dragon, and Kalos the quiet Nature dragon. Together, they were the most famous sculptors in Sornieth, and they often helped each other with their work. However, things slowly soured between them during a competition against each other. When Kalos realized his friend was poisoning him to sabotage his sculpture, Kalos asked an Other God to help him fake his own death and transfer his soul [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dressing/outfit/1126648][color=#9DA932]into a tree[/url]. Filled with regret, Musides took care of the tree that would be his own doom. Kalos refused to forgive Musides. Instead, he waited for a storm to disguise his revenge: he smashed their old lair to bits, killing his friend and destroying all of their sculptures. As punishment, the Gladeskeeper refused to change Kalos back. ----- [font=book antiqua][size=4][i]Suggested Readings:[/color] [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/tr.aspx][color=#9DA932]The Tree[/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/ds.aspx][color=#9DA932]The Doom that Came to Sarnath[/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/o.aspx][color=#9DA932]The Outsider[/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/hy.aspx][color=#9DA932]Hypnos[/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/p.aspx][color=#9DA932]Polaris[/url][/columns][/code] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/dUnqRuj.png[/img][/url][/center] [code][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/dUnqRuj.png[/img][/url][/center][/code] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/4gaLXtO.png[/img][/url][/center] [code][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/4gaLXtO.png[/img][/url][/center][/code] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/lqZDswn.png[/img][/url][/center] [code][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/lqZDswn.png[/img][/url][/center][/code]

[center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_2738858][img]https://i.imgur.com/y2AP6Zt.png[/img][/url][/center] ----- [color=#863290][size=4][i]“Do you know what that is?” he whispered. “That is ultra-violet.” He chuckled oddly at my surprise. “You thought ultra-violet was invisible, and so it is - but you can see that and many other invisible things now… I mean get most of the evidence from beyond.”[/i][/size][/color] [center][i][color=#1F4739]From Beyond[/color][/i][/center] ----- [columns][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/1471920/1] [img]https://i.imgur.com/SJvO3iz.gif[/img][/url][nextcol] [center][font=book antiqua][size=7][color=#1F4739]FROM BEYOND[/color][/size][/center] ----- [color=black][size=4]There are other dimensions than what Sornieth's inhabitants can normally see. Dragons who are inclined to be deep thinkers have a chance at viewing these other realities. [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3206098/3#post_53287399][color=#863290]Dreamers[/color][/url], [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3206098/3#post_53287426][color=#863290]mathematicians[/color][/url], and [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3206098/1#post_53286555][color=#863290]antiquarians[/color][/url] have all successfully peered beyond the normal limits of dragon experience. These glimpses into the other, however, permanently change them. They are faced with the fact that dragons are only a small, insignificant portion of a vast universe. This fact might not have been so overwhelming if the discoverers were not thrown into the paths of the [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/dressing/outfit/907109][color=#863290]horrible, powerful creatures[/color][/url] that live in the other dimensions. If the dragons are brave enough, there are several ways of seeing things from beyond. One dragon built a [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/dressing/outfit/907136][color=#863290]machine[/color][/url] that could unlock a part of the viewer's brain, although this machine was destroyed. Sight might be granted by one of the Other Gods, or it might be revealed by physically travelling to another plane. ----- [font=book antiqua][size=4][i]Suggested Readings: [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/fb.aspx][color=#863290]From Beyond[/color][/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sh.aspx][color=#863290]The Shunned House[/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/hy.aspx][color=#863290]Hypnos[/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dwh.aspx][color=#863290]Dreams in the Witch House[/color][/url][/i][/size][/font] [/columns] ----- [columns][url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=51276250][img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/512763/51276250.png[/img][/url][nextcol][outfit=907109] [outfit=907136][nextcol][url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=49246269][img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/492463/49246269.png[/img][/url][/columns] ----- [code][center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_2738858][img]https://i.imgur.com/y2AP6Zt.png[/img][/url][/center] ----- [color=#863290][size=4][i]“Do you know what that is?” he whispered. “That is ultra-violet.” He chuckled oddly at my surprise. “You thought ultra-violet was invisible, and so it is - but you can see that and many other invisible things now… I mean get most of the evidence from beyond.”[/i][/size][/color] [center][i][color=#1F4739]From Beyond[/color][/i][/center] ----- [columns][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/1471920/1] [img]https://i.imgur.com/SJvO3iz.gif[/img][/url][nextcol] [center][font=book antiqua][size=7][color=#1F4739]FROM BEYOND[/color][/size][/center] ----- [color=black][size=4]There are other dimensions than what Sornieth's inhabitants can normally see. Dragons who are inclined to be deep thinkers have a chance at viewing these other realities. [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3206098/3#post_53287399][color=#863290]Dreamers[/color][/url], [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3206098/3#post_53287426][color=#863290]mathematicians[/color][/url], and [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3206098/1#post_53286555][color=#863290]antiquarians[/color][/url] have all successfully peered beyond the normal limits of dragon experience. These glimpses into the other, however, permanently change them. They are faced with the fact that dragons are only a small, insignificant portion of a vast universe. This fact might not have been so overwhelming if the discoverers were not thrown into the paths of the [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/dressing/outfit/907109][color=#863290]horrible, powerful creatures[/color][/url] that live in the other dimensions. If the dragons are brave enough, there are several ways of seeing things from beyond. One dragon built a [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/dressing/outfit/907136][color=#863290]machine[/color][/url] that could unlock a part of the viewer's brain, although this machine was destroyed. Sight might be granted by one of the Other Gods, or it might be revealed by physically travelling to another plane. ----- [font=book antiqua][size=4][i]Suggested Readings: [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/fb.aspx][color=#863290]From Beyond[/color][/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sh.aspx][color=#863290]The Shunned House[/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/hy.aspx][color=#863290]Hypnos[/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dwh.aspx][color=#863290]Dreams in the Witch House[/color][/url][/i][/size][/font] [/columns][/code] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/O0aJeqP.png[/img][/url][/center] [code][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/O0aJeqP.png[/img][/url][/center][/code] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/sP1Ez1G.png[/img][/url][/center] [code][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/sP1Ez1G.png[/img][/url][/center][/code] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/DjzWEdL.png[/img][/url][/center] [code][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/DjzWEdL.png[/img][/url][/center][/code]

[center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_2738858][img]https://i.imgur.com/zr6xm8v.png[/img][/url][/center] ----- [color=#292B38][size=4][i]“I hate the moon—I am afraid of it—for when it shines on certain scenes familiar and loved it sometimes makes them unfamiliar and hideous... I saw that the garden had no end under that moon; for where by day the walls were, there stretched now only new vistas of trees and paths..." [/i][/size][/color] [center][i][color=#808080]What the Moon Brings[/color][/i][/center] ----- [columns][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/1471920/1] [img]https://i.imgur.com/Oytm1KC.gif[/img][/url][nextcol] [center][font=book antiqua][size=7][color=#808080]GIBBOUS[/color][/center] ----- [color=black][size=4]Cosmic alignments play an important part in the rituals and travels of the worlds Beyond. Those new to esoterica should study the localized importance of lunar phases. The full moon can reveal secrets and lost histories, but faint moonlight allows beings and things to pass as "normal" when they would normally be shunned as [i]other[/i]. Unease felt during a [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dressing/outfit/1774180][color=#808080]waning gibbous moon[/color][/url] is often a sign that something evil was preparing itself for the new moon, when most documented rituals are set. The moon is heavily associated with Dreamland (both because the same moon seems to be present in both Sornieth and Dreamland, and also because the moon is synonymous to nighttime and sleep). The [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3206098/1#post_53286829][color=#808080]Cats of Ulthar[/color][/url] have reluctantly admitted that they play on the moon at night; they have often met [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3206098/4#post_53287504][color=#808080]Nyarlatotep's[/color][/url] minions who use the shadowed side of the moon as a trade outpost. ----- [font=book antiqua][size=4][i]Suggested Readings:[/color] [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/og.aspx][color=#808080]What the Moon Brings[/color][/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx][color=#808080]The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath[/color][/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mb.aspx][color=#808080]The Moon-Bog[/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/d.aspx][color=#808080]Dagon[/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx][color=#808080]The Call of Cthulhu[/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/ds.aspx][color=#808080]The Doom that Came to Sarnath[/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/ws.aspx][color=#808080]The White Ship[/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/tm.aspx][color=#808080]The Thing in the Moonlight[/url][/i][/size][/font][/columns] ----- [columns][url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=67744240][img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/677443/67744240.png[/img][/url][nextcol][outfit=1774180][nextcol][url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=71460175][img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/714602/71460175.png[/img][/url][/columns] ----- [code][center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_2738858][img]https://i.imgur.com/zr6xm8v.png[/img][/url][/center] ----- [color=#292B38][size=4][i]“I hate the moon—I am afraid of it—for when it shines on certain scenes familiar and loved it sometimes makes them unfamiliar and hideous... I saw that the garden had no end under that moon; for where by day the walls were, there stretched now only new vistas of trees and paths..." [/i][/size][/color] [center][i][color=#808080]What the Moon Brings[/color][/i][/center] ----- [columns][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/1471920/1] [img]https://i.imgur.com/Oytm1KC.gif[/img][/url][nextcol] [center][font=book antiqua][size=7][color=#808080]GIBBOUS[/color][/center] ----- [color=black][size=4]Cosmic alignments play an important part in the rituals and travels of the worlds Beyond. Those new to esoterica should study the localized importance of lunar phases. The full moon can reveal secrets and lost histories, but faint moonlight allows beings and things to pass as "normal" when they would normally be shunned as [i]other[/i]. Unease felt during a [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dressing/outfit/1774180][color=#808080]waning gibbous moon[/color][/url] is often a sign that something evil was preparing itself for the new moon, when most documented rituals are set. The moon is heavily associated with Dreamland (both because the same moon seems to be present in both Sornieth and Dreamland, and also because the moon is synonymous to nighttime and sleep). The [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3206098/1#post_53286829][color=#808080]Cats of Ulthar[/color][/url] have reluctantly admitted that they play on the moon at night; they have often met [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3206098/4#post_53287504][color=#808080]Nyarlatotep's[/color][/url] minions who use the shadowed side of the moon as a trade outpost. ----- [font=book antiqua][size=4][i]Suggested Readings:[/color] [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/og.aspx][color=#808080]What the Moon Brings[/color][/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx][color=#808080]The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath[/color][/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mb.aspx][color=#808080]The Moon-Bog[/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/d.aspx][color=#808080]Dagon[/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx][color=#808080]The Call of Cthulhu[/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/ds.aspx][color=#808080]The Doom that Came to Sarnath[/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/ws.aspx][color=#808080]The White Ship[/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/tm.aspx][color=#808080]The Thing in the Moonlight[/url][/i][/size][/font][/columns][/code] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/ckOLhQZ.png[/img][/url][/center] [code][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/ckOLhQZ.png[/img][/url][/center][/code] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/hNA0oLt.png[/img][/url][/center] [code][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/hNA0oLt.png[/img][/url][/center][/code] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/f6OUgkc.png[/img][/center] [code][img]https://i.imgur.com/f6OUgkc.png[/img][/code]

[center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_2738858][img]https://i.imgur.com/Fo5PAS0.png[/img][/url][/center] ----- [color=#77493F][size=4][i]“Now I ride with the mocking and friendly ghouls on the night-wind... I know that light is not for me, save that of the moon over the rock tombs of Neb, nor any gaiety save the unnamed feasts of Nitokris beneath the Great Pyramid..." [/i][/size][/color] [center][i][color=#425035]The Outsider[/color][/i][/center] ----- [columns][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/1471920/1] [img]https://i.imgur.com/VDiDxBR.gif[/img][/url][nextcol] [center][font=book antiqua][size=7][color=#425035]GHOULS[/color][/center] ----- [color=black][size=4]Ghouls are nocturnal creatures with rubbery skin and hunched gaits. Their vaguely draconic anatomy is not coincidental; a well-documented case in recent years suggests that a local artist in the Hewn City has "transformed" into a ghoul. At this time, it is unclear whether a ritual was involved, or whether all ghouls began their lives in forms identical to dragonkind. This association is disturbing, as ghouls are best known for [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dressing/outfit/1933087][color=77493F]desecrating graveyards[/color][/url] to consume the corpses of fallen dragons. They will only eat decomposing meat. If trapped in a confrontation, they will wield any nearby item as a weapon (usually tombstones). However, they prefer to avoid detection or to escape Sornieth through their tunnels into Dreamland. Their language has been described as "meeping" or "glibbering." They seem incapable of making the same sounds as dragons, although they may try to communicate through grunts or gestures. ----- [font=book antiqua][size=4][i]Suggested Readings:[/color][url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/o.aspx][color=#425035]The Outsider[/color][/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/pm.aspx][color=#425035]Pickman's Model[/color][/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx][color=#425035]The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath[/color][/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/lf.aspx][color=#425035]The Lurking Fear[/color][/url][/i][/size][/font][/columns] ----- [columns][url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=72146989][img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/721470/72146989.png[/img][/url][nextcol][outfit=1933087][nextcol][url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=70176275][img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/701763/70176275.png[/img][/url][/columns] ----- [code][center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_2738858][img]https://i.imgur.com/Fo5PAS0.png[/img][/url][/center] ----- [color=#77493F][size=4][i]“Now I ride with the mocking and friendly ghouls on the night-wind... I know that light is not for me, save that of the moon over the rock tombs of Neb, nor any gaiety save the unnamed feasts of Nitokris beneath the Great Pyramid..." [/i][/size][/color] [center][i][color=#425035]The Outsider[/color][/i][/center] ----- [columns][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/adopt/1471920/1] [img]https://i.imgur.com/VDiDxBR.gif[/img][/url][nextcol] [center][font=book antiqua][size=7][color=#425035]GHOULS[/color][/center] ----- [color=black][size=4]Ghouls are nocturnal creatures with rubbery skin and hunched gaits. Their vaguely draconic anatomy is not coincidental; a well-documented case in recent years suggests that a local artist in the Hewn City has "transformed" into a ghoul. At this time, it is unclear whether a ritual was involved, or whether all ghouls began their lives in forms identical to dragonkind. This association is disturbing, as ghouls are best known for [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dressing/outfit/1933087][color=77493F]desecrating graveyards[/color][/url] to consume the corpses of fallen dragons. They will only eat decomposing meat. If trapped in a confrontation, they will wield any nearby item as a weapon (usually tombstones). However, they prefer to avoid detection or to escape Sornieth through their tunnels into Dreamland. Their language has been described as "meeping" or "glibbering." They seem incapable of making the same sounds as dragons, although they may try to communicate through grunts or gestures. ----- [font=book antiqua][size=4][i]Suggested Readings:[/color][url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/o.aspx][color=#425035]The Outsider[/color][/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/pm.aspx][color=#425035]Pickman's Model[/color][/url], [url=http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx][color=#425035]The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath[/color][/url], [url=https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/lf.aspx][color=#425035]The Lurking Fear[/color][/url][/i][/size][/font][/columns][/code] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/vgXImi7.png[/img][/url][/center] [code][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/vgXImi7.png[/img][/url][/center][/code] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/JiqvO9z.png[/img][/url][/center] [code][center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/2738858#post_40284194][img]https://i.imgur.com/JiqvO9z.png[/img][/url][/center][/code] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/aHPpw2M.png[/img][/center] [code][img]https://i.imgur.com/aHPpw2M.png[/img][/code]