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[vellatra]

Drawing for my OCtober prompt #4 - "Action Shot", featuring Ryan and Trajeda (Tannufia's husband and their daughter, respectively). This one filled me with warm fuzzies while I was drawing it... mostly because I got to imagine Lumber Jack and Vellatra Jr. doing the same thing someday soon! :)

[thethiefinwhite]

Happy Mother's Day!

This is a picture of Vellatra's OCs! Happy mother's day, dear!

[christian-oc-tournament]

Round One Schedule

may 27 (group 1 left side)

Joy O'Connor vs A'den

Adelle vs Adrian Alyward

Ahleri vs Aithus

Aleksander Thunderblade vs Alice Liddell

Amelia vs Amaranth

Andre Caron vs Anwedd

Anise vs Lt. Strike

Aqua vs Ariella

may 28 (group 1 right side)

Adrian Mori vs Alexander

Andris Harkin vs Ashley Bethaz

Arkyn Thornburn vs Athaliah Taveet

Aris vs Atlas Fletcher

Arryn va Azarias

Barir Stelmer vs Beck Valentine

Bela Balogh vs Betani D'Agia

Billie Way vs Black

may 29 (group 2 left side)

Betty vs Bob Guppington the 1st

Blodeuwedd vs Brat

Burr vs Caldren

Cpt. Ambivalent vs Casey Dickenson

Caroline Schaeffer vs Cedric Blackwell

Cassidia Reynolds vs Christopher

Celeste vs Cluinn

Bobbert Guppington the 2nd vs Clair

may 30 (group 2 right side)

Bobby Guppington the 3rd vs Chris Carnovo

Conas vs Crispin

Copper vs Cusick

Connell vs Cymin

Dae vs Dallow

Daniel Grace vs Daven

DeathScreen vs Derik

Doc vs Domitius

may 31 (group 3 left side)

Dr. Victor P. Henly vs Dhrake

Dorothy Gale vs Dr. Elliott Sinclair

Eabennor vs Edith Wickham

Ellie vs Edlyn

Elysia vs Elwin

Emma Gardner vs Erin

Ephesia vs Eniss

Epic Palustre vs Eriol

june 1 (group 3 right side)

Dr. Riku Honda vs Edmund

Ethylene Petra vs Eva Blythe

Faraena vs Farold

Evelyn Vordur vs Felix Rodzic

Feire vs Gail Goffrey

Gerdie vs Ferir

Ghost Lad vs Gigi

Evangelinne vs grandma Maudie

june 2 (group 4 left side)

Haru vs Heather

Henry Pebbleton vs Hibiscus

Hiromi vs Hope Espy Chase

Hugo Mallory vs Ilumi

Ilias vs James Zauberen

Ilya Severin vs Impossible

Jacer vs Jack Archer

James (Loriair) vs Isidore Kavi

june 3 (group 4 right side)

James (Eyurenia) vs Isabel

Jarryd vs Jasper

Jett vs Joden

James Bracegirdle vs Julia Cook

Kabos vs Kate Riley

Kathryn vs Keres Blake

Keyto vs Kimera

Kodi Archer vs James Mulligan

june 4 (group 5 left side)

Korosa vs Kylin

Laughing Hare vs Leeli

Kurtis vs Kyra

Len vs Licia

Leo King vs Lt. Matthew

Lina Lane vs Loch

Logis vs Lucas Greydawn

Lt. Madeline vs Logolas

june 5 (group 5 right side)

Kyr vs Laurentiu

Maddox Darling vs Luria

Kestler vs Matthew Johnson

Marin of Yuneth vs Meridian

Mathilda Talbot vs Mina

Mihalis vs Max Way

Mip vs Milton

Misty Way vs Maristella

june 6 (group 6 left side)

Miranda Hayes vs Nikki Way

Mochrar vs Myra

Mr. Guardian vs Nabikio

Naru vs Ms Hallifax

Nimble vs Nevin Imre

Orchid Finch vs Prince Adar Griffith

Nokh vs Obsidious

Onne vs Peter Pensworth

june 7 (group 6 right side)

Mr. G vs Ourem

Pandora vs Owen

Oriana vs Peg

Peter Dragonsbane vs Percy

Pietro vs Princess Torva

Peter Bethaz vs Prince Adric

Princess Rovyna vs Prometheus

Protagonist vs Naphtali

june 8 (group 7 left side)

Puddles vs Queen Alyth of Avena

Quinn vs Ragunoe

Ramona vs Rannis

Relaner vs Rhyin

Ril'siya vs Ripple Fisher

Riema vs Riser Way

Rocoroi Markus Mikko vs Rosemarie

Ryphl vs Santeri

june 9 (group 7 right side)

Saskia vs Senaka

Sh'zkai vs Shleaema

Shiido vs Skylar

Sonrisa Firiel vs Syx

Sly Bastion vs Stelemi

Spike vs Sz'nami

Tad vs Tamaki

Teasel vs Tannufia

june 10 (group 8 left side)

Tehvlar vs Thaendric

the Enemy vs the Mailman

the Poppy Queen vs the Runaway Prince

Theo Gray vs Tiger

Thomas Hargrove vs Tiny

Thessaly vs Tsuname

TJ Valentine vs Toka

Trajeda vs Val (Keepers)

june 11 (group 8 right side)

Veelia vs Trevin

Verity vs Vokku

Vellatra vs Waizu

Valentina vs Wendy

Wryden vs Yasmin

Wisteria vs Zac O'Connor

Yuro vs Zaire

Zhahara vs Ziph

[ld-kash7w7]

Cuál es el por qué de la separación de Floppy y Clock? :c

Fue un mal entendido que termino en trajeda drama y bla bla bla

[vellatra]

Puddles!

[vellatra]

Cozytober, Day 1: Borrowing a sweater

[vellatra]

"Fireflies" by Owl City (because it's in my head) and Silen Fah!

The house was dark and quiet. Tannufia lay snugly against me, one arm draped across my chest, snoring softly. Everything was cozy and perfect... why had I woken up?

A faint noise caught my attention and I strained my ears. Was that... sniffling?

I carefully lifted Tannufia's arm, rolled out of bed, and moved quietly out to the living room, pulling my nightshirt on as I did. There was no mistaking the noise now. I walked into the girls' bedroom.

Maddie was sprawled on her belly, drooling on her pillow. She wasn't having trouble. But Trajeda was curled up in a trembling little ball, with the sheets over her head, crying softly.

"What's wrong, Blueberry?" I asked, pulling the sheets back a little. She sat up, leaky eyes shut tight, and held her little arms out. "Come 'ere, honey." I scooped my daughter up, holding her close and rocking back and forth a little, like Tannufia and I had done many times before. "S'okay. You just had a bad dream. It's over now. You'll be alright...."

"Daddy!" she sobbed, rubbing her face in my shoulder. "Daddy...." and that was all I could get out of her.

So I thought for a bit. "Hey Blueberry," I said, carrying her out of the room so we wouldn't wake Maddie. "You wanna see somethin'?"

"...H-huh?" she said, lifting her head a little and wiping her eyes.

"I'm gonna show you what nighttime looks like on Earth," I said, grabbing a thick throw off the couch and wrapping it around us.

"Really?" she said, perking up, tears almost forgotten.

"Yeah really. But get yer hat - it's cold out there." I held her up to the hat hooks so she could reach. She put hers on, then grabbed mine and stuffed it on me. It was a little off-kilter, but it'd do its job so I didn't care. I stepped into my boots and carried her out on the porch.

"Whoaaaaa," said Trajeda, staring wide-eyed at the sky. She wasn't allowed outside past her bedtime, and - since she was young and her bedtime was early - she might never have seen the stars before, I wasn't sure.

"Them's the stars, " I said. "They're always there, but the suns are so bright, you only get to see 'em in the winter, and at night."

"They PRETTY," Trajeda breathed, still staring.

"They sure are pretty, Pumpkin."

"Earth got stars too?"

"Sure does," I said. "But Earth's only got one sun, and it's like Peta, it goes down every night. So on Earth you get to see the stars all year long, after bedtime."

"I wanna see Earth," said Trajeda, still dazzled. "The sky so... sparkly!"

"And that ain't the only thing sparkly," I said, stepping off the porch and heading down the street. Hopefully the buuds would be out tonight.... I took the stairs by the gate and came up at the top of the town wall, squinting into the woods. "Hey look," I said, pointing.

"Oooh," said Trajeda.

"Them's the buuds," I said. "They're always glowin' but you only see that in the dark."

"Mama showed me buuds up close once," she said. "They cute!"

"You bet, honey."

"Earth got buuds?"

"Naw," I said. "But it's got fireflies."

"Fireflies?"

"Yes ma'am," I said. "They're bugs that come out at night and light up, kinda like that. Except fireflies turn on and off, so you get a nice field full of 'em and there's all these twinklin' lights in the grass. S'real pretty."

"Lucky," said Trajeda, with a little pout in her lips.

"Hey now, Silen Fah's real pretty too," I said. "Earth don't got buuds, or two suns! An' all the tree trunks are brown."

"All of 'em?"

"Well, there's a few kinds that're white but yeah, pretty much. And Earth don't got farshanthis plants neither," I said, heading back down the stairs and stopping at one of the neighbor's porches, where several were potted. "Also, you don't get people with colorful hair neither," I said. "All the Earth people got is black, brown, red, and yellow. And white if yer old. You don't get nobody like you or yer mama."

Trajeda leaned her head back on my shoulder, with a shy little smile. "Okay, Daddy. Silen Fah pretty too." She fought back a yawn. "Thanks fer showin' me stars."

"Anytime, Blueberry. Let's get you back to bed," I said, turning from the neighbor's porch and going up the street again. Trajeda nestled into the crook of my arm, and by the time I got home, she was peacefully sleeping again. I tucked her carefully in - leaving the warm quilt wrapped around her - and went to curl up with Tannufia again.

[christian-oc-tournament]

Please vote based on the picture AND the description!

Trajeda tis Ryan [Silen Fah @vellatra]

A bubbly little girl with the curse of foresight

Val [Keepers @masterfuldoodler]

Val is a ghost in an android body, she's lived centuries alone and finally found purpose only for a universal war to break out. She is haunted by loneliness, and driving need to help people! Joined a group of soldiers to (babysit them) help them save the world.

[vellatra]

Hi one thing I noticed about your OCs is that many have a tis or tiz in their surname. What's the significance of it?

Ooh I was curious if anyone was wondering! :D

"Tiz" is a word in Flunibu, my made-up language for the Silen Fah story. (Still a work in progress!) It just translates to "of", but in the context of a name, it's understood to mean "son of..." or "daughter of..." and the "last name" is simply the name of the character's father. Unlike on earth, entire families do not match, for example Lucard tiz Aludin and his wife, Vellatra tiz Drackio - but siblings do! (See Nabikio, Aileev, and Veelia, who are all "...tiz Lucard".)

And then there are two major countries in the story - Silen Fah ("tree place"), and the Merfaen tiz Ornaru ("cliffs of darkness") - each of which has a bit of a different accent, or a different way of pronouncing certain letters. It's kind of like how English and German don't agree on how to pronounce a "w". "S" and "z" happen to be one of the points of disagreement. So, while the Merfaturen ("cliff people") say "tiz", the people of Silen Fah say a softer "tis" (e.g. Trajeda tis Ryan).

Thank you for the good excuse to ramble about my story! :D

[christian-oc-tournament]

While I'm at it here's some propaganda for TRAJEDA!

Trajeda is the five-year-old daughter of Tannufia, a woman of Silen Fah, and Ryan, a cowboy from the 1800's. She's small, bubbly, and full of wonder and love of life. She loves nothing more than to run outside and play! Especially if her adopted sister Madeline, or her cat, plays too!

Madeline and Trajeda

Alas, while Trajeda is all sunshine and snuggles, her life... has a dark cloud over it. Humans, when they come to Silen Fah, develop various superpowers, and while she is a native to this world, she is half-human and has suffered the consequences. Most people get good abilities, but Trajeda got stuck with dreams that can see into the future. Or at least, potential futures. Her country is at war, so you can imagine the visions she's been stuck with.

But she doesn't let those bad dreams keep her down! Life will be good and she will make it so, doggone it! Now everybody please stop fighting and come and play with her!

Cosplaying as Fi from Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Halloween isn't a thing in her world either she's just really fun to draw okay?

As a baby, with her dad <3

A vote for Trajeda is a hug for her and she will love you!

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[vellatra]

For the writing challenge how about Slow Dancing by V and Radiant Dawn? :)

You know what? I like you, and you've also been very patient (thanks! sorry!). Why don't you have TWO snippets? ;)

First, Radiant Dawn: 🐦‍🔥

"What's that?" asked Elincia, trying to peek over her shoulder.

A gentleman am I, and so should not

Blame you for ev'ry fleeting wish and thought.

But prithee, why must you confuse me so?

Your eyes tell me to stay, your lips say "go".

I trust I have made my intentions clear,

And that you know I love you very dear.

I only wish that you would do the same

And not play, with my heart, your little game.

Perhaps it would be better to depart,

And thus, protect my poor, love-stricken heart.

Alas! It is too late, I'll ne'er be swayed.

All my affections remain yours, good maid.

"Nothing!" Lucia stammered, stuffing the love letter into her pocket. Count Bastian would be the death of her yet.

When Nen came out of the mess tent, Neta was setting and the sky was rapidly fading to the burnt orange of twilight. The tents and shanties' shadows were lengthening across the charred earth, leaving New Silcard looking a bit gloomy.

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And now, the Silen Fah one! ☀️

"Matches our moods," Nen thought sullenly, shuffling down a "street" toward the lean-to he'd been sharing with Fabian and four jelturen. He had to give everyone credit; they'd all really tried to bring each other's hope back. But their town was burnt down, and poor little Trajeda... he hated to even think about it, but she'd probably burnt down with it. Tannufia, especially, had been inconsolable, no matter what anybody did. There was nothing to be done now... but that didn't make things any easier to bear.

Then Nen saw something that did make him perk up a little. His eyes were sweeping the hastily-planted gardens on the outskirts of camp... and he noticed Vixie. He abruptly rotated in his walk and strolled in her direction. She had her back to him and was pulling out weeds - a bit more fiercely than was entirely necessary. Nen stepped over one row and settled down to help.

"Oh!" said Vixie, glancing nervously up at him.

"Didn't scare ya, did I?" said Nen.

"...No, no it's fine," said Vixie, her face softening. Then she frowned a little and looked back down at her work.

Nen grunted, and worked side by side with her in silence for awhile. But it didn't take long for him to get uncomfortable. Eventually he cleared his throat. "So... what's been eating you?"

"Eating?"

"You know. Bothering you. Upsetting you. Keeping you up at night."

"You don't know that," said Vixie.

"Everybody with eyes knows that," he said, gesturing up and down at her disheveled face. "You're sleeping less than your sister and that's saying something."

"Why should I tell you?" Vixie growled, struggling against something with a particularly deep root. "We don't even know who we can trust anymore."

"Hey now, that's hurtful," he said, trying - unsuccessfully - to catch her eye. "You know you can trust me. What reason could I have to sell out to the Mervaturen? All my friends are right here. You're right here. I'd have nothing at all to gain, and everything to lose. I'm not the spy and you know it."

Vixie suddenly met his gaze. She was hard to read - her brows were furrowed, her cheeks were flushed, and her eyes were full of tears. "Why can't you leave me alone?" she groaned.

"Wha-" Nen started, but stopped when Vixie started to cry. He climbed over the little plants and pulled her into a hug - which, surprisingly, she did not resist. Somehow, this silence wasn't so tense, and Nen was able to restrain himself for awhile. So there he sat, in the lengthening shadows, with Vixie weeping softly into his shoulder, for quite some time. But all the while, his mind was racing. She wants me to leave her alone? But why did she let me hug her? She's hugging me back? Is she mad? Just dealing with grief? Why accuse me of being the spy? I kind of understand the other humans, but why her? ...Maybe if I confide in her, she'll confide in me?

"Hey," he finally mumbled in her ear, when the crying jag seemed to be winding down. "Can you keep a secret?"

Vixie pushed away immediately and sat back on her heels, frowning at him again. "Don't tell me anything," she huffed, wiping her eyes.

"Eh? I thought we just had a moment-"

"No moments!" said Vixie, standing up quickly. The tears were coming hard and fast again. "This isn't the time or the place for a moment!" She turned and ran down the garden path.

"I don't get it," Nen called, hurrying after her. "You've got a thing for me, I can tell that. But you're always pushing me away as hard as you can. Help it make sense!"

"I can't do this right now," said Vixie, spinning around to confront him, and starting when she found her nose practically poking him in the chest.

"Listen," said Nen, "we're all pretty rattled right now, I get that. But pushing your friends away and always assuming the worst isn't doing you any favors. Romance or not, I want to help you. So I've got this thing I haven't told anybody yet, and I want you to let me trust you with it. Can you do that?"

Vixie started to say something, but whatever it was caught in her throat. Nen found himself holding her again, and this time, she'd initiated the embrace.

"Right," said Nen, swaying slightly between the rows of carrots. "So..." he took a deep breath. Now that he came to it, he didn't really want to give away his secret. But it was something to help distract Vixie from... whatever it was. So he forged ahead. "I figured out my power."

"W... what?" she said, puling her head away to look into his eyes.

"I haven't told anybody because I can't control it," said Nen. "It's not a blessing so much as a curse, really. Sometimes, when I get too excited or upset... I turn into a dragon."

"What??"

"I can't control when I change, or when I change back," Nen hurried on. "I can't even control my fire breath all that well. I do more damage by accident than anything else. And everyone else's powers have come so easily... I just don't think they'd understand why I can't control it. So I haven't said anything. But that's why I've been disappearing for days on end. I'm not a spy. I'm a dragon."

"Oh Nen..." Vixie leaned her head against him again. "Why would you tell me?"

"Well..." he thought for a minute. "Because I trust you."

[christian-oc-tournament]

Propaganda for the lovely lady Tannufia!

Tannufia tis Candin is a woman of Silen Fah - the other world that our heroes get "Narnia-ed" into. Her race, the Jelturen, are known for having any color imaginable on their heads, but she has been blessed with the unique trait of having all the colors at once, naturally. (And her name literally translates to "rainbow" because of this.) She is the younger daughter of a couple of unicorn hunters (not nearly as violent as it sounds), and so spent her childhood for the most part in the deep forest, living in a tent with her parents and her older sister, Vixie. She consequently has a lot of survival skills, and knowledge about the flora and fauna of her land - and, on more than one occasion, has even had the rare opportunity to see a cloud of fairies. (Or "ien" as they are called here.)

(Left-to-right: Vixie, Trajeda, and Tannufia)

When Tannufia was a young woman, the first known case of a human arrival occurred, and she met her future husband, Ryan. Ryan was a cowboy from the 1800s (time travel yayyy), rough around the edges, but very gentlemanly, and in spite of a language barrier, it didn't take much time for her to fall head over heels. She now lives as a happily married stay-at-home-wife... and mother, to their little daughter Trajeda (and Madeline, another human whom Ryan adopted). She spends most of her time tending to the girls, weeding the garden, looking for eggs, and cooking up wonderful meals for her family. Well, them, and the frequent and numerous guests that come to their home. When a new crew of humans show up at the beginning of Book One, she and Ryan take them in while they're getting their bearings in this new world. Ryan learned to speak her language, Flunibu, but he's also taught her a bit of English and she puts this to good use then! It's a little broken and she has a very thick southern accent (like Ryan), making her way of speaking the most unique out of the whole cast, probably - at least when she's using English. She may not be the main character, but she is a vital part of their team and gives them a peaceful place to regroup after their adventures.

Alternate Time Period drawing, putting them on Earth in the 1950s

Interacting with forest creatures is still a favorite pastime of hers!

I love her. If you could spare a vote for Rainbow Mom, I would be much obliged! :)

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[vellatra]

OC ASK! OC ASK! I select questions 1, 10, 21 & 22 ...for Tannufia & Nabikio!

Ahh thank you!

Let's see....

Do they have any motifs?

Tannufia's biggest motif is the rainbow hair. That's her thing she's known for, to us and to the other characters! But her thematic motif? Hmm. Comfort, I think. She's always trying to provide a place of peace and help, to her friends, her family, and anyone else who may be in need.

Nabikio's signature is... his dogged determination. Whether it's the armor that he won't let himself outgrow, the krahmen he refuses to stop harassing, or the home he won't give up looking for, when Nabikio makes his mind up about something, he never quits. His visual motif is definitely the color black - black hair, black clothing, heck, his name even translates to "black dragon"! XD

10. What kind of music do they enjoy?

Tannufia loves choral music. One of her favorite things to do in her free time is sing - and harmonize - with her sister Vixie. Trajeda is learning and loves to chime in too, much to everyone's delight!

Nabikio prefers instrumentals - especially upbeat or rousing tunes! His favorite instrument is the Ola - a giant woodwind that usually takes an entire team of people to play. (He's always wanted to learn that instrument, but never got the chance....)

21. Hobbies they enjoy?

Tannufia - gardening, sewing, knitting, styling hair, and going for walks in the woods

Nabikio - sparring, whittling, flying (just for fun, without a destination!), swimming, and doing group games like freeze tag or capture the flag

22. What is holding them back from achieving their goals?

Tannufia never quite has enough time in the day - a mother's work is never done, as the saying goes. Sure, she'd love to get better at speaking English, or visit her family more, or spend more time with Ryan, or dabble in unicorn hunting like her parents do, but all these things take time, and more than she has to spare. Maybe when Trajeda gets a little older... unless they decide to have more kids....

Nabikio cannot for the life of him find a way out of the underworld. That's because there is no way out - at least for the likes of him - but he doesn't realize that. If he could just track down that slave who's rumored to have earth shifting powers, maybe he'd finally get somewhere? But it might be just that - a rumor. So he keeps busy manually searching the tunnels, stealing food from the krahmen, and otherwise surviving....

[vellatra]

5, 8, and 13 for Madeline! :)

Ooh, don't do as much with her anymore! Thanks for the questions!

Q: Do you have any role models? Tell us a little bit about them.

A: "...Ryan is cool. He's not afraid of anything, and is always fighting to protect people. I want to be a brave hero, like him."

Q: What do you like to do for fun?

A: "Play with Trajeda. Most of the other kids in town don't want to play 'cause they think I'm weird, or that I'm going to cheat at their games 'cause I've got powers. But Trajeda likes me. So we do a lot together, play house, play hide and seek, play war - me and her and the cat. I also like to sneak out sometimes and play tricks on the Mervaturen. But you can't tell anybody! I'm not supposed to be doing that... might get in trouble."

Q: What's your favorite song?

A: "'The Starlit Unicorn'. It's a lullaby. Tannufia used to sing it all the time when Trajeda was a baby. It's really pretty, especially when Tannufia sings it. She's got a pretty voice."

(Author's notes: Madeline was adopted by Ryan. Ryan later married Tannufia and they had a baby, Trajeda. So everybody mentioned is Madeline's adopted family, but she doesn't use familial titles like "mom" and "dad". Sometime I'll have to do up a picture of the lot of them!)