I had an idea for a new character, who will be the son or daughter of Blixt. This character has survived on their own in the wild, as part of their body is covered in moss and fungus so they are able to photosynthesize to produce food. This also has helped them camouflage their body when danger was close by.

Here's the look for them:



The green scales is really moss and leaves that grow on the body, and the face is covered with a fungus.

They will be part Eld's Deer, which is Blixt's species, but I don't know what species the mother was.

Anyway, I need help deciding on a name, and maybe a personality. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated :3

I think I've decided it's going to be either dual-gendered or non-gendered

I decided on Bodhi for the name. Thanks for all the name suggestions, everyone


Also...



Thanks to Haru for this song! It is Bodhi's theme.




Thanks to Anjali for the lovely drawing!




And thanks to Ryff for this one!




And thanks to Nirwana for this one!

Under the cut...

He sits on his pillar at the Ruins, relaxed, with steady breaths. His eyes are closed and his mind is clear.

The blue wolf seems out of place in this Forest. He opens his eyes and notices you there, a gentle smile appears on his face as his brown eyes meet yours.

"Oh hello there. I didn't hear you approach. I understand you're here to ask me something. Please go right ahead, I'm listening. Don't expect me to know all the answers, for I do not have them. I simply have the wolf's insight."

"What would you like to ask me?"

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Just another idea I had similar to Hex's Fortunetelling Blog...

Quad Wolf is a part of me representing my spiritual side. Despite his appearance, he is much like the fat blackbuck antelope you would know Quad to normally be. Quad Wolf is calmer and more serious than as an antelope, and he finds enjoyment in meditating as well as questioning things and considering the answers. Here's your chance to ask him anything you'd like - about himself, about life, about nature, about philosophy, whatever.

How it works ~

- Simply ask a question, or if you prefer, write your character approaching Quad Wolf and ask him.
- I'll give the best answer I can.

A few rules ~

- You can ask as many questions as you'd like, but you may or may not like the answer. Ask at your own risk.
- Please don't take this seriously. Just like Hex's fortunetelling, this is simply for fun. I'm no guru or genius, and besides, the answers will come from Quad Wolf's heart

And just a note - Quad Wolf's answers will be heavily influenced by both Zen and Buddhism as well as Native American spirituality.

Ask away X3

Has anyone else been having this glitch? This deer named ShakiraCatGirl appears on my screen as a nameless that keeps doing the 'smelling' action. It's really odd because they appear on the map with the pictogram but on my screen they don't have a pictogram and I can't cast anything on them.

I know that they're not just a nameless doing the sniffing action over and over because they sniffed a tree, sniffed the air, and then cast an antler spell on me.

Anyway, I hope they don't think I was being rude, but I simply didn't understand what they were saying because all I saw was sniffing.

I want to wait until The Great Wolf RP is finished before I start this one, but here's the synopsis:

Trunks is the guide for lost souls, those who are stuck in 'limbo' so to speak. the thought i had was maybe while collecting souls to guide, a few deer ask to see where he takes them. So he guides them to a completely different realm, showing them the way leading to the other side, but something goes wrong...

Anyone interested?


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"The candle is lit..looks like the path is ready to go.", Trunks smiled. The beautiful flickering of the stone pagoda he had placed illuminated the trees and casted eerie shadows in the night. He raised his head, and looking around, he waited for the wisps to come.

It was his job to guide them to the next life. He was appointed by the Twin Gods themselves to lead those lost between this life and the next. He enjoyed the task, since he barely had a life of his own to live. He had five years to do this for his gods, before they allowed him to cross over as well.

The time was passing rather quickly for him. Already it had been more than two years. He let out a sigh, but as he did, he noticed a wisp approaching his light. His frown turned into a gentle smile and he approached the deceased, "Hello there, it's time for you to move on from this life."

Other wisps were floating by, attracted to the beautiful little stone building, and there Trunks bowed to each of them and began to speak more about the plan for the night...

Click here.

A friend of mine shared this with me, it's a 1922 book she knew about a heroic deer. She said it is similar to "Winnie the Pooh" in style.

I now have in my possession a jar full of black river stones. The stones are all of various shapes and sizes, and alone are nothing more than simple stones, but collectively within the jar, they are heavy. It is a burden to carry the jar with these stones.

The stones will represent different aspects of me - negativity, guilt, grief, burden, hatred, anger, sorrow...

My journey over the summer will be to relieve these stones from the jar. Taking them with me as well as my camera, I will find a place to meditate, leaving one or a few stones there. The stones left will be a removal of these dark feelings I've had, and step by step I will empty out the suffering I have been causing to myself and to all of you. Where I go, I will bring along my mala (Buddhist prayer beads) and my camera, where I will take a picture of the place I have left the stone only as a memory of the journey. By the end of this project, I will have collected a gallery of various places where I have left my suffering and gained more peace.

The places are seemingly endless. I have a few thoughts so far, and will list them here:

- The Botanical Gardens
- Chickasabough Park in Prichard, AL
- Blakely State Park in Baldwin County (Civil War battlefield)
- The Cathedral
- The boardwalk near Spanish Fort, AL
- The nature trail at my college
- Bayfront Park on the way to Dauphin Island
- Dauphin Island beach
- Mobile Zoo or Gulf Coast Zoo
- Indian Shell Mound Park
- 5 Rivers Center
- Environmental Studies Center
- A place to have a cup of tea with Mom
- Various places I remember Dad or my cousin at.

Below I will post pictures from each place.

This will be an ongoing project in response to the Why it is OK to attack Namelesses and Fawns.

Current totals -

16 Good Encounters
0 Bad Encounters
1 Neutral Encounters

Last updated - 5/30/11


Records -

5/30/11 - 7 Good, 0 Bad, 1 Neutral
5/28/11 - 9 Good, 0 Bad, 0 Neutral

The other day I went to my local grocery store and had to pick up some deli meat. I approached the counter and asked for a pound of ham and a pound of turkey.

While I waited, I looked at all the different kinds of meat there. Turkey, chicken, beef, pork, salami, and so on.

It took me a moment to understand what I was actually looking at. Animals. I'm so used to looking at the meat in the deli and meat departments as nothing more than globs of protein that I often forget what these sources of food truly are. The same can be said any time I eat chicken nuggets or pizza with pepperoni on it.

It isn't my intention to be impolite to these creatures. I just forget. We all sometimes forget.

It simply takes a strong heart to remember.

I may never know what it is like to be an animal. I dream of it as many do, wondering what it would be like to live in an open plain where I could live off of grass and enjoy the gentle breeze. I dream of looking to the sky and wondering what clouds are, and having a moment of triumph protecting myself from a predator such as a wolf or a coyote.

I dream of life as simple, not so complex as I understand it now. I know that to some, that would be an odd request - to refuse wanting to learn vast amounts of knowledge rather than wanting to understand anything and everything. I'd rather be able to live off of instinct than knowledge.

I begin to realize how many chickens, turkeys, cows, and pigs lose their lives to feed our country. I think about all of the grocery stores, fast-food chains, and restaurants there are in America. It's impossible to even imagine.

My order of ham and turkey meat is handed to me. And as I place them in my shopping cart, I look back at the packaged globs of protein behind the glass there. I simply forgot what you were.

I may never know what it is like to be an animal, but I do think that those behind the case would prefer their bodies be used and eaten than go to waste.