Crackéd Smile | Winter

Iaurdagnire's picture
For those who didn't take part: this is my Stag Iaurdagnire's encounter with the spirit of Winter (the day it snowed before the Abio) and reveals what his name means as well as some hints as to his purpose in the forest. The ending poems were written as a direct result of what the other players were doing (I have starred the parts that mention a particular player).

The other seasons will be introduced in the future and will involve the community once again in different ways, so if you missed out this time, there will always be another! 50 players were involved in this one, and for that I thank you =)

Archive of awesome:
Seed's Poetry Corner: 'He Who Slumbers in Winter'
Pegasicorn's screen-shots: '"Saving" Iaurdagnire'



Iaurdagnire, Iaurdagnire,
The snow brigade has come.
Iaurdagnire, Iaurdagnire,
You'd be wise to run.


Iaurdagnire, Iaurdagnire,
The one who must forget.
Iaurdagnire, Iaurdagnire,
Can you hear us yet?


Iaurdagnire, Iaurdagnire,
Run faster than before,
But Iaurdagnire, mark my words:


In the end, you will fall.




Iaurdagnire, Iaurdagnire,
Why are you not awake!
Iaurdagnire, Iaurdagnire,
Your memory is at stake!


Iaurdagnire, Iaurdagnire,
Care not for who you see.
Iaurdagnire, Iaurdagnire,
Keep running away from me.


Iaurdagnire, Iaurdagnire,
My siblings hear your calls,
Iaurdagnire, Iaurdagnire,
I'll hide you with my snowfall!


Iaurdagnire, Iaurdagnire,
Run faster than your friends,
Because for you, Iaurdagnire,


There never is an end.



Iaurdagnire, Iaurdagnire,
Here I am on tree and rock.

"Show yourself, wolf of the mind,
Let this insanity stop!"

Iaurdagnire, Iaurdagnire,
Surely you can see?

"I see white and bitter cold,
What do you want from me!"

I want your ancient knowledge,
Morning noon and night.
Iaurdagnire, you are done,
Time to end your useless fight.


"I still don't understand,
What do I have to give?
I know so many faces now,
Leave me be, let me live!"

Iaurdagnire, Iaurdagnire,
Why, that is all you do!
When you die,
You are reborn,


There's naught you hath lived though.



"I believe in no such Gods,
In no voice such as you,
I believe in friendship, love, and careful steps;
There is nothing you can do."

Iaurdagnire, Iaurdagnire,
My siblings, they draw near!
Of Autumn Spring and Summer;
It is they who you should fear!


Your service is to live,
To endure, succeed and fail.
But to learn and be the wiser,
It is in death you must prevail.


"Winter, you wish my knowledge,
But my prongs deny your ways.
Desist my running, desist my rut,
Let me live out my own days."

Iaurdagnire, Iaurdagnire,
Look how your blood flows red.
Iaurdagnire, Iaurdagnire,
No, they can see where you have fled!


"Winter, I am tired of your games!
I grow tired of your storm!
While my body aches,
They rejoice in your beauty,

Deception in purest form."



Iaurdagnire, Iaurdagnire,
Why strike the rock again?
As you say, flesh and bone are close at hand,
Their life they will defend.


Iaurdagnire, Iaurdagnire,
Surrender, be at peace.
For you will always live again,
Let your wisdom be released.


"My bows are for the tender,
The mighty and the young.
Steer me not towards these creatures;
It is towards you that I run."

"Now I see your form, dear Winter,
I am not afraid.
I will run away no longer,
My intention is to stay."

"Dear Winter, you are cold!
Love thyself, thyself alone,
But I hear warmth in this blizzard,
A warmth that is my own."

"Her call is soft and gentle,
Yet a dagger through your storm.
Do you know such warmth, dear Winter?
In your cold and icy form?"

Iaurdagnire, Iaurdagnire,
Seasons have no such things.
A game our my true calling,
One your life will bring.


Iaurdagnire, Iaurdagnire,
It is time to prove your worth!
Show me this warmth,
Show me these friends,


Or your past I will unearth.

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Endless Forest, Endless Forest,
'Dagnire sings a love-filled song.
But I see foul-play and jealousy,

Will you prove me wrong?

Endless Forest, Endless Forest,
My charge I've cast in snow.
Is there warmth in every Deer,

To melt my icy throws?

Endless Forest, Endless Forest,
Prove your Endless Love!
Prove you can sit with your enemies,

Prove what you can rise above.

Endless Forest, Endless Forest,
Sit at his side and call.
Sit alone, or in numbers,

For I will watch and count you all.

But heed my warning, Endless Forest,
For if too little come,
His life I take before my siblings,

And a new Fawn he becomes.

"To forget" is the meaning of his name,
A tool he is; destroyed, renewed.
And once he is reborn again,

He will not remember you.


---- I ----

Endless Forest, Endless Forest,
Why are you so brave!
First of Peacock*, then of Fawn,
But he is not yet saved!


Endless Forest, Endless Forest,
You sit, converse, cast spells
Why are you not mournful?
Why do your eyes not well?


"Winter, dear Winter,
I will tell you why I love this tree:
Its cover and ample ferns,
Keep many safe around me."

"Winter, dear Winter,
Hear the spells they cast!
For my home offers fungus, pine,
So that their fun can ever last."

Endless Forest, Endless Forest,
You will never stay,
You are all too quick to run;
All alone he will eventually lay!


"Hah, Winter, dear Winter,
You in turn have been deceived.
From casting spells and being at play,
They'll know a new face before they leave."

---- II ----

Endless Forest, Endless Forest
Your numbers fade away,
Iaurdagnire, you luck has run,
It is the end of your Stag days.


"Winter, dear old Winter,
One Does* love is that of ten,
And our nature is to gather;
On that I will depend."

"And look, the one who's butterfly'd*,
Teasing at your gate!
Even I feel her watchful eye,
In my cold and frozen state."

---- III ----

Endless Forest, Endless Forest,
You dance and sing in rain!
My Winter shroud is fading now,
But what have you to gain?


"Oh Winter my dear Winter!
You are a wretched season!
To frolic with your fellow Deer,
There need not be a reason."

"Even if I wake a Fawn
And forget all that I became,
Tonight built many friendships, and
Endless they will reign!"

---- IV ----

Endless Forest! Endless Forest!
Skulled one*, you shatter my frost!
Now another has joined, a Doe* no less,
No, my steady hoof is lost!


"Winter fading Winter!
My freedom is close at hand!
You mark my words, cold hearted friend,
I will again run through this land!"

Endless Forest, Endless Forest!
Tenacious, joyous fools!
I can chill you to the brink of death,
But your hearts I cannot get through!


---- V ----

"Winter my dear Winter,
Why are you so shy?
The thundering hooves, they drum me awake;
So it is the dancing you cannot abide!

Endless Forest! Endless Forest!
The ground around him quakes!
Your singing and your laughing calls
... But I will not let him wake!


"Endless Forest! Endless Forest!
Throw up your mighty voice!
Show Winter we are not alone,
That every day we rejoice!"

---- VI ----

Endless Forest... Endless Forest...
This stag, he knows you well.
He is safe from me on this dark night,
But my Siblings...
Well, time will tell.


Time is precious, Endless Forest.
May this night be an example to all;
In the deepest, darkest of hours,
Endless Love will conquer all.




*Character references in order:
Quince, Oceaan, Laurette, Unknown Skulled Stag, Maia

I'll try and sit with him at

I'll try and sit with him at somepoint n.n

-- Dannii <3
Aegle's picture

Laying by him NOW. :3

Laying by him NOW. :3

-kicks Martisol in- Go sit

-kicks Martisol in- Go sit with him NOW missy

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Seed's picture

Seed had decided to join in

Seed had decided to join in the sitting. Perhaps he shall compose a poem of his own on the subject ^^

Edit: and so he has! a series of haiku!

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Hook came over for an hour

Hook came over for an hour or so, and sat in the ferns by his side Smiling

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Verycrazygirl's picture

I'll try to sit by him when

I'll try to sit by him when the pictos spread!

Iaurdagnire's picture

I am overwhelmed by the

I am overwhelmed by the number of deer who have spent time sitting, or just running by from time to time. Don't feel you need to sit for hours on end (I admire those of you who have)! Do play around him with those who don't know what's going on, or if you're bored =)
Firefli's picture

Oseaan's sitting near <3 But

Oseaan's sitting near <3
But my computer keeps shutting off, again and again. So if you see her leave randomly, its because of that. I don't know if its just me, though, but each time I leave something weird happens 8| Some players show up later then others (when everything loads), and random deer pop up then leave (some with my pictogram). So if I'm sitting on someone, well I don't actually know it and I'll move once I see them XD
Right now there's a fawn with my pictogram sitting by me o_o
Iaurdagnire's picture

8D... I cannot see the fawn.

8D... I cannot see the fawn. You have a ghost picto-twin! Haha <3
But it's alright, I'm not expecting everyone so sit there or ages. I think I'll say that Iaurdagnire will wake up at a certain time so anyone can come back and see the result then if they wish to do something else =)
Aegle's picture

I've been laying by him for

I've been laying by him for about 3 hours and 46 minutes :3 <3
Iaurdagnire's picture

Oh my goodness... I'm

Oh my goodness... I'm guessing you're the one who has the striped pelt? ;D
Aegle's picture

Nope the doe without a pelt

Nope the doe without a pelt x) I'm hiding behind the tree now

I've had Quince sitting

I've had Quince sitting there for quite awhile. She first showed up as a peacock but now has a striped pelt. Smiling
Iaurdagnire's picture

Aegle -> Oh that's you! I

Aegle -> Oh that's you! I thought you were a glitch x) You don't appear all the time at my end for some reason - the only one I see behind the tree at the moment is a fawn.

shimmy -> You were the first, so that means you've stayed the longest =D
Aegle's picture

O.o That is very odd...

O.o That is very odd... Hmrph....
Seed's picture

Seed's back after going to

Seed's back after going to play with his friend Terrant for a while.
(all this rain...Seed's probably going to end up sick XD)
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Iaurdagnire's picture

Ah so that is Seed! I like

Ah so that is Seed! I like his set very much =)

It's not all over yet folks! I've decided that he will wake between 10-11pm UK time... I don't know what that is everywhere else though so you'll have to forgive me x) basically 2-3 hours from now. Will be the same, or will Winter not be satisfied?

This might be taken the

This might be taken the wrong way, but do I have to sit by him for like hours? 8D;;; JustbecauseI'llgetboreddjghejghetj. D|
Also, I live in the UK so |D +1!

-- Dannii <3
Seed's picture

Thank you ^^ I'll probably

Thank you ^^
I'll probably still be around *checks time clock thingee* yeah, I think so.
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Iaurdagnire's picture

Dannii -> Of course you

Dannii -> Of course you don't XD which is why I'm so surprized people have stuck around for so long <3

Edit: 8D After what... 5+ hours? My PC finally crashed. He'll be right back! |D'''
Seed's picture

The rain-frolickers had a

The rain-frolickers had a good reason: Lemon finally came back! And there's joy, and joyness from it ^^
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Firefli's picture

Lemon's back <3 And sorry

Lemon's back <3 And sorry about the spell-spam on you, Oseaan accidentally casted a pelt spell and so she decided to try and get yours back |D
Your still writing wonderful pieces, and I love how there getting so much happier C:
Apparanza's picture

Apparanza will painfully

Apparanza will painfully make her way over to sit by Dag when I'm able to get on the TEF computer again {the owner of the comp is using at the moment x.x}.

-x-

{||:.+Apparanza~Plague+.:||}

By Leuvr
Pegasicorn's picture

Don't mind if Toukan sits

Don't mind if Toukan sits instead of still dancing. His leg couldn't take anymore. Laughing out loud

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The Dragonfly Deer's Biography
Pega's Forest Philosophy: "Look for Friends. Let Love find you."
"If you don't like something, tolerate it."
Iaurdagnire's picture

Whatever's happened to Dag's

Whatever's happened to Dag's Little Ranza? (She will always be little to him you know). If she can join in it would be wonderful, but he wouldn't want to wish her any pain in doing so =) it will all end within the hour.

So his name is Toukan! I'm so happy to have seen so many deer through this ('3
Apparanza's picture

Bah, she would ignore the

Bah, she would ignore the pain in order to help save Dag <33 Aww, it's adorable how she'll always be little to him~! 8DD She'll always see him as a wise adult and one to look to for guidance :3

This is what happened D:

-x-

{||:.+Apparanza~Plague+.:||}

By Leuvr
Iaurdagnire's picture

And it's all over! I never

And it's all over! I never imagined so many people would take part, and I deleted his biography because I really did think he would end up being a Fawn, but you guys changed that!

Expect a reward for all your efforts tomorrow =D
Apparanza's picture

I feel horrible that I

I feel horrible that I wasn't able to get there with Ranza ;___;

-x-

{||:.+Apparanza~Plague+.:||}

By Leuvr
Iaurdagnire's picture

Don't feel horrible <3 I

Don't feel horrible <3 I couldn't leave the result any longer I'm afraid!
Seed's picture

Awww ^^ ---

Firefli's picture

I love the happy ending <3,

I love the happy ending <3, and you left space for a "sequel" XD

Yey! 8D Nüwa would like to

Yey! 8D

Nüwa would like to say she's glad Dag is still...Dag X"D She's the doe with peacock feathers, kabuki mask, silver pelt. c|

-- Dannii <3

Yay! ^^ I'm so happy Dag's

Yay! ^^ I'm so happy Dag's not a fawn! Laughing out loud It was such a clever story.
Seed's picture

Considering all the fun of

Considering all the fun of this, I wonder if Seed should have a crisis one day...
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Pegasicorn's picture

I had to take Toukan out. I

I had to take Toukan out. I had the Forest open for so long. |D

@Seed: I'm not sure if Scape would even allow Seed to have a crisis. |D But if he does, it won't just be Scape "pouncing" on him.

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The Dragonfly Deer's Biography
Pega's Forest Philosophy: "Look for Friends. Let Love find you."
"If you don't like something, tolerate it."
Iaurdagnire's picture

I'm glad everyone had fun at

I'm glad everyone had fun at the end! I was hoping everyone would dance, hence why I wrote part 4 X3 I had endless forest open for about 10 hours total I think minus the time it crashed in between!
Seed's picture

@Scape: I suddenly imagine

@Scape: I suddenly imagine Scape going "No crisis for you!"
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Pegasicorn's picture

@Iaurdagnire: It's why

@Iaurdagnire: It's why Toukan started roaring more. =]

@Seed: ....OMG, the mental image I just got, cuz....Scape would be half-German (as a human at least). |D

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The Dragonfly Deer's Biography
Pega's Forest Philosophy: "Look for Friends. Let Love find you."
"If you don't like something, tolerate it."