Creative Corner

[center][url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?p=lair&tab=userpage&id=175188][img]https://i.ibb.co/6yGbM3T/Overture-Clan-Emblem.png[/img][/url] [color=black][size=4]{[/size] [font=javanese text regular]autumnus aeterna[/font] [size=4]}[/size] [color=transparent][size=1].[/size][/color] [font=javanese text regular][color=#5e5b52][size=2]"blessed be the land of lady carpho" [color=transparent][size=1].[/size][/color] [s]abt[/s] // [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2637509#post_37857045]aes[/url] // [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2637509#post_39037654]gods[/url] // [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2637509#post_40053385]landmarks[/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2637509#post_41942726]tales[/url] [url=https://www.pinterest.com/overtyre/autumnus-aeterna/]aesthetic board[/url] // [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3078861]the whispers of the isles[/url][/size][/color] [emoji=autumn tree size=1] [columns][color=transparent]xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx[nextcol][color=#5e5b52][font=sylfaen]The kingdom of winter's edge, the kingdom stuck in an eternal state of autumn, ruled by a vampire King. [color=transparent][size=1].[/size][/color] There is an ever-present chill on the breeze, as if this kingdom is stuck in the final moments before winter yet having all of the bright leaves of early autumn. It's enchanting, and with all of its secrets Autumnus Aeterna is hauntingly ethereal. [color=transparent][size=1].[/size][/color] But yet, it is so mortal and filled with life despite the state of death. [color=transparent][size=1].[/size][/color] [u]notes[/u]: >> don't post please! comment on my profile / pm me! [color=transparent][size=1][size=1].[/size][/size][/color] >> i don't include dragon blurbs in here cause most of em already have bios and such attached to them. check out the dragons if you want info :0 [color=transparent][size=1][size=1].[/size][/size][/color] >> all images link to their original creators. the clan crest you see at the top was commissioned and is not available for free use. :)[nextcol][color=transparent]xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx[/columns]

[center][item=vista: stagcrest] [color=black][size=4]{[/size] [font=javanese text regular]aesthetic[/font] [size=4]}[/size] [font=javanese text regular][color=#5e5b52][size=2]falling leaves and breeze.[/size][/color] [emoji=wing size=1] [center] [item=autumn breeze] [item=desert diadem] [item=sublime peacock] [item=brilliant length] [item=red maple leaf] [item=antique oil lamp] [item=jasper] [item=intricate weaving] [item=fishscale basket] [item=hainu's eye] [item=fir logs] [item=horn of plenty] [columns][color=transparent]xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx[nextcol][color=#5e5b52][font=sylfaen]faint breezes. // the distant chill of winter. // crunching leaves. // the hopefulness in the air. // warm knitted scarves. // the feeling of a hot cocoa cup in your hands. // the murmuring of a forest. // [nextcol][color=transparent]xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx[/columns]

[center][item=aviar cave painting] [color=black][size=4]{[/size] [font=javanese text regular]the gods[/font] [size=4]}[/size] [font=javanese text regular][color=#5e5b52][size=2]this land did not come to be by mere accident.[/size][/color] [emoji=firework size=1] [columns][color=transparent]xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx[nextcol] [url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?p=lair&id=344551&tab=dragon&did=60922621][img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/609227/60922621.png[/img][/url] [color=#5e5b52][font=sylfaen][b]TYR[/b] - the god which created the seasons and thus provided order in these lands. offerings mainly consist of dried tea and amber fragments (meant to resemble the comet they are often depicted holding). [color=transparent][size=1].[/size][/color] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/62860834][img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/628609/62860834.png[/img][/url] [b]CARPHO[/b] - the patron goddess of autumnus aeterna, who created life forms that could live beyond death perfectly suited to live in the realm of autumn. tributes consist of cornucopias laden with food and bouquets of wheat stalks and fallen leaves. [color=transparent][size=1].[/size][/color] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/72581287][img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/725813/72581287.png[/img][/url] [b]KHIONE[/b] - the patron goddess of hieme perpetua. she gifted the magics of ice, and through that her descendants became resistant to the biting winter. tributes consist of crystals such as quartz resembling the glaciers and ice of the land. [color=transparent][size=1].[/size][/color] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/74049902][img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/740500/74049902.png[/img][/url] [b]THALATTE[/b] - the patron goddess of the vernal state. as a goddess of life, she gave the dragons the gift of nature magics, leading to the flourishing of the kingdom both physically and environmentally. tributes typically consist of flower seeds and petals. [color=transparent][size=1].[/size][/color] [url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?p=lair&id=344551&tab=dragon&did=58104334][img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/581044/58104334.png[/img][/url] [b]AUXESIA[/b] - the patron goddess of the summer sovereign. she granted the ability to breathe underwater, and thus created mer-dragons with vibrant scales and shining blue eyes. often offered seashells and brightly colored shed scales as tributes. [color=transparent][size=1].[/size][/color] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/76014172][img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/760142/76014172.png[/img][/url] [b]APOPHIS[/b] - the demonic god of celestial bodies--the stars, moons, and sun. the youngest of tyr's godly children, who created a lineage of demons. tributes consist of crystals of any kind, especially moonstones. [nextcol][color=transparent]xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx[/columns]

[center][item=andesine] [color=black][size=4]{[/size] [font=javanese text regular]landmarks[/font] [size=4]}[/size] [font=javanese text regular][color=#5e5b52][size=2]the heart of the kingdom is beautiful.[/size][/color] [emoji=red gem size=1] [columns][color=transparent]xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx[nextcol][color=#5e5b52][font=sylfaen][b]the ruby palace[/b] - the palace in which the king and his empress rule from. it is beautiful, made out of soaring spires of white granite and with autumnal banners flying high. [color=transparent][size=1].[/size][/color] [b]the amber processional[/b] - the castle in which much of the government work is performed, and also where formal events are held. the castle is decorated with amber and gilded with gold, and is almost as breathtaking as the ruby palace. [color=transparent][size=1].[/size][/color] [b]the proscenium[/b] - the underground tunnel system in which the underworld [i]thrives[/i]. magic and the fae run amok here, and you must be careful of your name being said. it extends across kingdom lines, to the underwater caverns of the summer sovereign. [color=transparent][size=1].[/size][/color] [b]akkala citadel[/b] - a central citadel in the capital surrounded by the bright reds and oranges of autumn. surrounding it is the evryn market. [color=transparent][size=1].[/size][/color] [b]ellesmere fields[/b] - the golden fields that surround the capital and the timberland, full of ranchers and small farms that provide the kingdom with it's needs. [color=transparent][size=1].[/size][/color] [b]the barrens[/b] - a desert north of the ellesmere fields & capital, the original heart of autumnus aeterna before the climate shifted and it became uninhabitable. history makes its home here, and there are ruins aplenty for the aspiring archaeologist. [color=transparent][size=1].[/size][/color] [b]the timberland[/b] - the thick forest just south of the capital, with leaves bursting in all of the colors of autumn. magic leaks from the underground cave systems, making the forest come alive with creatures and lights. [color=transparent][size=1].[/size][/color] [b]porto di sale[/b] - a tiny port town on the north side of the autumn isle, sandwiched between the barrens and the ocean. the air is tinged with salt, and it’s hot springs are well known throughout the land.[/color][/font][nextcol][color=transparent]xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx[/columns]

[center][item=weathered grimoire] [color=black][size=4]{[/size] [font=javanese text regular]tales[/font] [size=4]}[/size] [font=javanese text regular][color=#5e5b52][size=2]these are not in chronological order, and tell of small tales around the kingdom.[/size][/color] [emoji=maple leaf size=1] [columns][color=transparent]xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx[nextcol][color=#5e5b52][font=sylfaen][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2637509/1#post_42811181][b]an educational experience[/b][/url] - ceres gets a new batch of trainees. [color=transparent][size=1].[/size][/color] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2637509/1#post_43000450][b]an aria in turquoise[/b][/url] - a beautiful new voice is discovered, and a spectre is reborn. [color=transparent][size=1].[/size][/color] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2637509/1#post_43347981][b]it's treason then[/b][/url] - sometimes you dig up the bones of an old king and have to roll with the treason charges. [color=transparent][size=1].[/size][/color] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2637509#post_43494580][b]awakenings[/b][/url] - sometimes the people you stick the closest to and adore don't always have the best impressions. [color=transparent][size=1].[/size][/color] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2637509/2#post_43494585][b]silent princess[/b][/url] - a princess disappears, and a kingdom mourns. [color=transparent][size=1].[/size][/color] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2637509/2#post_43506700][b]a meeting over tea[/b][/url] - cousins chat over tea, but a somber mood permeates the little meeting.[nextcol][color=transparent]xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx[/columns]

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[columns][img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/185217/18521626.png[/img][nextcol][color=transparent]xx[nextcol][size=5][font=javanese text regular]an educational experience[/font][/size] [size=3][font=sylfaen]a vignette on the gold veil guard.[/columns] [center][emoji=light rune size=1][/center] [font=sylfaen][color=transparent]_____[/color][color=black]Her eyes wandered over the new guards before her that were soon to be inducted into the Gold Veil Guard, the elite group assigned to protect the royals in the Ruby Palace. It was a prestigious event for all of these dragons, and it would gain them renown among the social circles of the kingdom. [color=transparent]_____[/color][color=black]But first, they had to prove themselves to her, the head of the Guard. The tests were rigorous, and she expected as close to perfection in their performance as they could get. The King expected nothing less of her, and by extension those under her command. [color=transparent]_____[/color][color=black]The first test was a stealth mission, one into the Proscenium to receive a valuable object from the elusive fey Hastur. (They were always informed beforehand, but oh how she loved watching the inductees frustrate themselves looking for them.) The Proscenium, being the place it was, did not encourage visits from anyone associated with the royals, especially the guards, so getting in was one of the harder parts of the trial, but locating the fey had to be the singular hardest part. Hastur was certainly skilled in hiding, and their magical objects they gave to the guards always had a way of finding its way back to them. [color=transparent]_____[/color][color=black]As she dictated this to them, their eyes grew wider. Some of them nervously shifted, but it was a barely visible shift. They didn't want to give away more than they already had. [color=transparent]_____[/color][color=black]It was hilarious watching them squirm, but Ceres could not let them know that. [color=transparent]_____[/color][color=black]She gave them a single nod, and all of them scrambled off towards the exits. Ceres could practically hear the collective groans of the Evryn Market and the Proscenium, and Hastur's long aggravated sigh as a new round of the Gold Veil Games (as they dubbed them) began again.

[columns][url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=53519914][img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/535200/53519914.png[/img][/url] [size=1][size=1][size=1][color=transparent].[/size][/size][/size] [url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=54867159][img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/548672/54867159.png[/img][/url][nextcol][color=transparent]xx[nextcol][size=5][font=javanese text regular]an aria in turquoise[/font][/size] [size=3][font=sylfaen]a beautiful new voice is discovered, and at the behest of the opera ghost she is trained. but is this what the costumer really wants? and yet, the offer of tutelage from the famous phantom is oddly alluring...[/columns] [center][emoji=music note size=1][/center] [font=sylfaen][color=transparent]_____[/color][color=black]Estella takes a stretch, bones cracking as she takes a brief break from the costume she was working on. It was for the soprano lead, a beautiful accentuated gown covered in jewels and fine details. It was featured in the very [i]important[/i] aria, the one that highlighted her character growth and the turmoil of emotions within. Truly a pivotal moment for the lead. [color=transparent]_____[/color][color=black]A dragon (...was that Marinette?) that worked under her entered her private little corner of work, and she glared at her until she left. This was the one costume that she absolutely could not afford anything happening to it, no matter how much she trusted her underlings. [color=transparent]_____[/color]The silence of the room is broken by Estella singing the lead's aria. Her voice is in no way perfect, but it had had promise, once upon a time. When she was younger. [color=transparent]_____[/color]She finds it a little indulgence she can partake in once in a while, when she's alone. Estella doesn't want to detract from anyone else's moment of fame, considering she's the one who looks all drab in her work-dress and they're wearing the finest costumes she can offer. It's the least she can do. [color=transparent]_____[/color]She finishes her little singing, and turns to a few other songs she's heard on the streets, and lullabies she uses to comfort hatchlings she sees sometimes. [color=transparent]_____[/color]What she doesn't realize is that there's someone listening to her gentle voice, and a new idea being taking root in a mysterious phantom's mind. [color=transparent]_____[/color][color=black]Her singing is interrupted as yet another attendant comes in, bearing news from the Manager in the form of a small note. Estella's eyes widen when she sees the note sealed in red wax, and takes it quickly. The attendant gets the memo and bundles out and shuts the door. [color=transparent]_____[/color]She shakes as she reads the letter. [color=transparent]_____[/color]She needs to find Endymion. Endymion knows about the past of the Manager. He'll know how to protect her. Her brother will keep her safe. [color=transparent]_____[/color]Estella rushes out of the costume room. [center][emoji=music note size=1][/center] [font=sylfaen][color=transparent]_____[/color][color=black]Endymion is looking over the score for the next production in his office, making careful notes while the orchestra is warming up in the room outside. He's meticulous while going over it, every melody and moment of emphasis noted. [color=transparent]_____[/color]Everything was expected and noted. [color=transparent]_____[/color]What wasn't was Estella bursting through his door, clutching a note and shaking fearfully. [color=transparent]_____[/color]He opens his arms wide, and Estella falls into them and trembles. His worry for his sister increases exponentially as she hands him the note she received. [color=transparent]_____[/color]He unfolds the note, and his eyes widen. [color=transparent]_____[/color]"We're going home, Estella." He calls out to the orchestra for individual practice, and they bundle out of the opera house towards the Dumont household at the fringes of the Timberlands.

[columns][url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=44606474][img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/446065/44606474.png[/img] [/url][nextcol][color=transparent]xx[nextcol][size=5][font=javanese text regular]it's treason then.[/font][/size] [size=3][font=sylfaen]sometimes you dig up the bones of an old king and have to roll with the treason charges.[/columns] [center][emoji=deer skull size=1][/center] [font=sylfaen][color=transparent]_____[/color][color=black]The sun was beating down on her back, trails of sweat zipping through the dust and dirt on her face. Even though the lands of Autumnus Aeterna were typically chilly with the threat of winter that never came, out here in the Barrens was a different story. Some of the soul of the Earthshaker was left here, a testament to Dragonhome and the dusty cracked ground. Yet out here was where the kingdom first was born, as this was formerly like the heart of the kingdom. The magics and climate shifted, and it was now an abandoned area, dragons clinging to the heart and the Ellesmere Fields. Only loners and wackos really came out here because of the heat. Raodra was the latter, subset "archaeologist". [color=transparent]_____[/color]Despite the heat, Raodra was looking for the history behind the first inhabitants of the Autumn Isle, where the monarchy first started and Autumnus Aeterna evolved from. The island was originally named Windfall, but since the blessing of one of the retreated goddesses Carpho gifted the land with it's eternal state, the name shifted into different names until the Autumn Isle was agreed upon. [color=transparent]_____[/color]History aside, she had found the remains of one of the first inhabited areas and she was having a [i]field day[/i]. The ancient magic and history here was begging to be recorded, and she was furiously scribbling in a journal to describe her finds. Only 3 feet down and she's already found the roofs of buildings beautifully preserved. [color=transparent]_____[/color][i]This is where the fun begins,[/i] Raodra thinks to herself. [center][emoji=ceramic jar size=1][/center] [font=sylfaen][color=black][color=transparent]_____[/color]Months of excavation eventually led to her finding the catacombs beneath the ancient castle. The air was still, cold, and musty down here, yet Raodra didn't mind. She was still on the exploration high after all. As she held the softly glowing orb higher, she saw what could only be the Crypt of Kings. [color=transparent]_____[/color]The Crypt of Kings, whispered about briefly in the annals of history, was where the first few kings were buried before finding a new grave site that had been lost to history. And to be one of the first ones to find it! Raodra was losing her marbles a lot more than usual, considering the posse she was a member of. [color=transparent]_____[/color]The door opened with a little nudge from Raodra's earth magic. [color=transparent]_____[/color]When the wave of air hit her, she sniffed and gagged slightly. It was a lot more stale than the air out here. The smell of old lavender and thyme ([i]Was that lilies???[/i]) didn't help either. [color=transparent]_____[/color]The sight of a skeleton with arms crossed over its chest, holding a sickle and a staff, made all of this worth it. [center][emoji=deer skull size=1][/center] [font=sylfaen][color=black][color=transparent]_____[/color]Kenneth usually knew better than to talk to the ghosts of kings past that lingered in the Ruby Palace. Most of the time, they were there out of spite, and honestly made being king a Lot harder than it had to be. He listened to one or two on occasion, and especially ignored his father when he criticized his choice in everything (especially rulership and his choice in a wife—Kenneth could tell where Felix got his ire from). [color=transparent]_____[/color]But one of the strangest ghosts he'd seen yet had come wailing into the throne room when Kenneth was just trying to have a calm day. The ghost was taller than Kenneth, shimmering a faint gold and waving what looked to be a silver sickle in the air. [color=transparent]_____[/color]"SOMEONE'S DISTURBED MY BONES!" He wailed, zipping around Kenneth. [color=transparent]_____[/color]Kenneth's eyes widened as he tried and failed to follow the ghost with them. [color=transparent]_____[/color]"Listen, I know you're an ancient king because you couldn't be here otherwise, but who, what, when, where, and why?" [color=transparent]_____[/color]The ghost wailed again, and Kenneth only managed to get the location out of it. [color=transparent]_____[/color]"Wait, the Palace of the Horae?" The ghost nodded, before continuing to zip around the throne room. [color=transparent]_____[/color]The press was going to go crazy regardless of whether or not this was true. [color=transparent]_____[/color]The King only sighed and flopped on the ground, cause today was not the day he was going to deal with this.

[columns][url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=38282170][img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/382822/38282170.png[/img][/url] [size=1][size=1][size=1][color=transparent].[/size][/size][/size] [url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=41910660][img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/419107/41910660.png[/img][/url][nextcol][color=transparent]xx[nextcol][size=5][font=javanese text regular]awakenings.[/font][/size] [size=3][font=sylfaen]sometimes the people you stick the closest to and adore don't always have the best impressions. (set years ago, years before being head of the royal guard even crosses across ruby's radar.)[/columns] [center][emoji=firework size=1][/center] [font=sylfaen][color=transparent]_____[/color][color=black]Ruby shifted nervously in her dress, watching as her friends tittered around her about her hot date. This was the one thing she was willing to do outside of her strict schedule as a palace guard, because she really had been feeling really lonely as of late. Not because of her job of course. [color=transparent]_____[/color]Her friends insisted on this particular date, and she wasn't entirely sure why they were pulling this now, but they placated her with words of "you'll love this lady!" and "the stuff she planned is really fun!!". Great. [color=transparent]_____[/color]She shooed them out of her bedroom. It was a matter of time before they came back in. [color=transparent]_____[/color]Ruby took one long look at herself. Months worth of deliberation rested upon the dragon who was taking her on this date. Months of asking herself "is this the right time?", "is this what I even want?", and just what ifs that had been holding down her soul. [color=transparent]_____[/color]One of her friends poked their head in the door. [color=transparent]_____[/color]"She's here, y'know, so I suggest scooting your booty out of this room and meeting her." [center][emoji=firework size=1][/center] [font=sylfaen][color=transparent]_____[/color][color=black]Ruby hadn't been expecting a dragon dressed in a leather jacket to be leaning against the door frame, laughing along with some of her friends. Her tail was swishing lightly against the floor, arms crossed as her raspy laughter filled the room. [color=transparent]_____[/color]She turned to the friend that shooed her out of her room, trying to convey [i]YOU THOUGHT MY TYPE WAS BADBOY AESTHETIC????[/i]. Sadly, said friend took it as a "Oh So Now You Know My Type You'll Humiliate Me, Huh????" betrayed kind of look and grinned. [color=transparent]_____[/color]Not to say.. the dragon wasn't hot. Just not what she was expecting. [color=transparent]_____[/color]The dragon finally looked up at Ruby and let out a low whistle. She flushed immediately, bustling out of the door while her friends hooted. [color=transparent]_____[/color]Ruby started down the stairs while the dragoness followed her, not a word in between them. Yet. [color=transparent]_____[/color]"Hey, I'm sorry for whistling at you, you just look really pretty in that scarlet dress." Ruby looked back up at the dragoness following her a few steps behind. "I shouldn't have 'cause that's just rude and inconsiderate of me." [color=transparent]_____[/color]The guardian sped up and started walking beside her, and she tried to hide what little blush was on her cheeks. [color=transparent]_____[/color]"I'm Hestia, by the way." Ruby finally turns to look at Hestia, and Hestia is looking at her. Taking in all of her features. Maybe... she can afford to melt a little because Hestia is drop dead gorgeous. [color=transparent]_____[/color]"Thanks for the apology. I'm Ruby." Hestia grins, and offers her arm for Ruby to hold. [color=transparent]_____[/color]"Why don't we get out of here?"