Poeta

When tender sleep had taken me

To far away, the place of dreams

The slender Muses came to me

And pulled my mind away from home

On grassy mountains put me down

With rocks and boulders as my seat

The place where poetry is born

Where Muses gives their verse to us

Though words of lies they know as well

On there they spoke the words of truth:

“Oh, Poet, Writer, Author, you

Who puts down words on paper, that

Had only just existed there

Within your mind and in your heart

A journey here will start for you

A story, new, to now complete

Without begin, without an end

Just tales as beads are on a string

The song of birds and rustling leaves

Will guide when you are writing songs

But well-worn paths should not be feared

When writing stories readers love

A spring is pure with water clean

When minds can think of tales anew

No, small and big are neither wrong

And you are versed as well with both

Whatever story suits your needs

We always love to hear it told

Oh, Poet, Writer, Author, you

Will tell us tales of days long past

Of teenage lies and magic gifts

Of dragons, monsters, gods and ducks

Of conversations, friendly talk

Of love, and hate, and flames, and cake

So go, and give to us your tales

We wait to see what you will do”

Then I awoke from tender sleep

With pressure building in my mind

To put to paper tales with words

As Muses had instructed me

So here is it, my newest work

A work for which no one has asked

Not big, not small, but right in size

With pumice polished smooth to shine

The thoughts of me, presented here

My mind laid bare for all to see

But not yet ready, loading…

OCs as NPCs

Thank you for the tag @leahnardo-da-veggie! I will use my main trio, Faelin, Leo and Cas, from my WIP Mind & Matter for this!

The rules are simple: Imagine your OCs as NPCs in an RPG game.

Cas would be simple: imagine you've been summoned by the Queen to get a quest, and while she is explaining the details of your upcoming adventure to you, there's a random teenager hanging around in the corner of the throne room - you're not sure if he's even supposed to be there - occasionally giving commentary or making jokes. After getting interrupted a few times, the Queen says: "I apologise for my son, just ignore him", and gives the boy a scolding look, after which he will shut up, but he stays in corner with a pouty look on his face. You can heed the Queen's advice and ignore him, but if you do choose to talk to him, he will cheer up and happily tell you all about everything he can think of, mostly useless information, but after going through all the other dialogue options, he will give you some crucial information about your quest that will come in handy later.

Leo (before the start of Mind & Matter) would be one of the child soldiers in the Final Boss' army, just one of many way too young faces that you need to get through in other to slay the boss. He will go down easy, almost without a fight, and when you kill him, you will look in his eyes and think: 'Is this all worth it?'

Leo (after Mind & Matter) would be found be found in the library when you're exploring the castle. When you try to talk to him, you will politely but firmly ask you to leave him alone, as he is reading. You have no choice but to leave him be.

Faelin (before the start of Mind & Matter) would be another one of the Final Boss' child soldiers, but he would put up a little bit more of a fight. He would lead the charge against you, rallying his fellow soldiers behind him, but in-game he would be the last one of the children you fight. He is tougher than he looks, acting as a mini-boss before the real fight. You don't feel as bad when you've killed him, as he managed to injure you pretty badly as well. You didn't expect that from a teenager.

Faelin (after Mind & Matter) would be someone you meet when going shopping in a peaceful village. He would strike a conversation with you when you're looking at different healing herbs, and gives you advice on the best ones for different situations. When you ask if he's a healer, he laughs and says no, but he doesn't elaborate. While he gives you some tips on treating wounds, which people to avoid in town, and how to deal with magic (even though you don't think you will ever encounter magic), you notice that his arms are covered in scars, but his demeanor is too friendly to match his appearance. After your conversation, he will give you some usefull herbs that are apparently not found anywhere else in the world, and then he walks away without saying another word. When you ask the lady at the stall about him, she will chuckle and say: "Oh, that's just Fae." You will never see him again.

(Don't worry, all the 'after' scenario's are (mostly) spoiler free)

This was fun! Tagging: @thomasdimensor, @seekerknight557, and... uhh... can't think of anyone else. Open tagssss!!

Good questions! There are actually no magical creatures within the world (not yet at least, I will admit that this project is still very much just starting and there's a lot that could still change), but I do have some non-magical animals for you!

The Elven people of the nothern tribe live in houses build high up in the trees of the forest, hidden away from any human who might dare to venture into the domain of dangerous animals. Elven people don't have to be afraid of these animals, though: throughout the decades they have build up a bond of mutual trust with the deer, the wolves, the swines, the birds. The animals let them into their territory, and in return, the Elven people leave them alone, not hunting them, sometimes even helping them when a bird has broken it's wing, or when a wolf got stuck in a ditch. Some adventurous animals even seek out the company of Elven hunters. They will show them where to find the first berries of spring, or let them use animals who died of natural causes for meat and clothing. These animals are not domesticated in the way that they are kept in pens as livestock or in houses as pets, but they roam free, with every freedom they had before the Elven moved into their forest, and they help them out of free will. Both know this bond is precious: as long as they keep being respectful to each other and helping each other when necessary, neither of them will try to kill the other.

This bond gives an unexpected advantage to one of the main characters, who, although he had never even been to the nothern forest, was saved by a curious deer and brought to the Elven tribe, after the deer recognised him as one of them. This was quite the experience for him, as not only had he never in his life seen a deer up close before, this happened right after he had been both stabbed and poisened, so he wasn't really thinking clearly at that moment. Seeing a deer beckon him to follow easily convinced him that he was either dead or dreaming, but luckily for him it was just an helpful deer who wanted to get him to safety.