#ice shaman

[shironezuninja]

Yeah, I should really get to bed now.

[river-taxbird]

Disability in the Ice Age

People usually talk about the dawn of civilization in occuring around the Neolithic, like 12000 years to 6000 years before present, but people have been experimenting with different ways of organising society well back into the late pleistocene, or ice age (30,000 to 12,000 years BP). In ice age Europe and Russia, people would build villages out of mammoth bone and skin, which they would inhabit for a season then break up into hunter gather bands for another season.

A particularly interesting part of ice age culture is their burials. They normally didn't bury their dead, but they did sometimes. The burials are marked as being very rich, with lots of grave goods, including weapons, tools, or intricately carved beads on their clothes. (Pictured: A burial called the Gravetian Prince). Interestingly, most of the burials from this time period have disabilities evident in their skeletons. This has led to the theory that in ice age culture, disabled people may have held a shamanic or ritual significance (as they do in some contemporary hunter gather societies). Non physically disabled ice age burials could have had some disability that is not evident in the skeleton, such as autism or epilepsy. This really goes against the stereotype that disabled people in prehistory would not have been cared for and died young.

Sources: The Dawn of Everything, by David Graeber and David Wengrow. Gobekli Tepe Ancient History Documentry, by History Time.

[tourneys-by-me]

Preliminaries Part 6 - Cryomancy

Top 1 gets in the tournament.

[ancientorigins]

The famous Siberian Ice Maiden was found in the Altai region of Russia in 1993. She had amazing tattoos, and we finally know just why she died so young.

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Bone Shaman

Rattle me bones as I cross the floor And the bones in your grave will rattle no more.

Artist: Anson Maddocks TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[featherchan]

Pushing her bike along the path. Kanako whispered every vivid, colorful profanity word to herself, feeling as if fate were mocking her at her expense. In preparation for a fencing tournament, the young raven had stayed at the school's gymnasium much longer than she had anticipated. Before realizing a little too late, that she only had about 10 minutes to get home. To add to her misery, her bike chain decides to snap and fall off. And when she tries to call her brother to lament her problems, her phone's battery decides to die on her too.

Already angry, frustrated, and physically and mentally exhausted, she dreaded the outcome of coming home late and having to suffer the joint reprimand from her brother and parents. She can only deal with so much, especially given how fragile her patience is these days. And so, the Lioness decided to ignore her late grandmother's warning by taking a shortcut route home, which she had always been forbidden to take. "Kanako-chan, I believe this is a dire idea…" D'eon, her late grandmother's gentle and overprotective spirit guardian, hovered over her. "I don't care! And I don't have the energy to debate with you or argue with my brother when we get home. I just want to get home in peace!" The young raven continued on with her grumbles. And the Lioness never understood why her grandmother always forbade them (her siblings and herself) from taking this route, since nothing ever happened, until now.

Abruptly halted, feeling a chill as the hair on her neck rose. Even on these warm nights, cold breaths escape through her pale pink lips, causing her body temperature to drop drastically. She shivered as the color from her face drained. This was bad. Being reminded of her grandmother's teachings, whenever they felt that way, it meant that a dangerous being that was bound to the living, an ill spirit chained by its own sins, was close by. And with her trembling breath and will, feeling its intense glare on her back, it almost felt like she was facing something deeply evil and menacing, like a demon.

The guardian desperately wanted to shield and guard her charge, yet the blonde female knight could only offer her advice. Whispering to her. "My lady, listen to me carefully. Drop your bike and run." D'eon stays close to her, painfully watching her shiver from the cold and fear. "On the count of 3…" As the knight slowly counts down. "3…" The Lioness quickly ditched her bike and tried to make a run for it, but the spirit was quick and blocked her path.

"Do not look into its eyes…" Did she mention how fate has a funny way of mocking her? Of course. She looks into its eyes, inadvertently giving it the power to control her. Paralyzed, she was unable to break away from its hold or even make a sound. And slowly, as it reached out to her, she felt like an eternity had passed as she pondered each mistake that had been made. Before shutting her eyes tight and awaiting her painful fate.

[ starter for @annienne ]

[jumpscaregoose]

ship bingo 4 steve x aja (i dare u to guess who this is :3)

hi monkey! staja... man I was NOT expecting toa asks but STAJA!!!!

yeah I uh. apparently don't have strong feelings about them. I love them though they are so silly. rise of the titans is not real and it can't hurt me

[abyssembraced]

They awoke to the cold yet comforting surface of the bench, having been defeated in battle once more.

...

...Was it okay for them to dislike someone just because of who their friends are?

[megahorous]

Yoh being hilarious

[shironezuninja]

Slept all morning and am still researching this unimpressive Sonic Boom show. My environment will take a while to get back to normal.

[dndcreaturesinfo]

Jötunn Troll Shaman

[tourneys-by-me]

Preliminaries Part 5 - Cryomancy 2/3

Top 4 gets into the final preliminary.

[riftofthestars]

Local Fae Shaman simply walking through the area, showering affection on all the local fauna, and leaving a large keg of Impossibrew as a peace offering.

Crouching down on all fours, Cetus scuttles over on his belly to the keg of Impossibrew left as a peace offering, wiggling all the way there. It circles it, sniffing it all around, almost wrapping around it with how big he was.

Soon enough though, he starts to drink it by lapping at it with his tongue as if he had nothing to drink the entire day. To keep the keg steady he grabs it with all of its legs and lays back much like a bear would as it drinks.

Then all of a sudden he stops. His head rises a little as he looks off in the distance. There is a low gurgle coming from his throat before-

-he burps out a stream of fire! With only some smoke left coming from his mouth, the creature scuffs before he returns to drinking the Impossibrew.

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Bone Shaman

Rattle me bones as I cross the floor And the bones in your grave will rattle no more.

Artist: Anson Maddocks TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[featherchan]

"I used to work part-time in a amusement park. If you want you can use these." Orihime bestows the other two tickets. (Kanako-chan!)

[ Inbox Suprise / @auburniivenus ]

[ P.S : Please do not turn this ask into a thread without asking first 😉 ] Kanako was having lunch with Orihime-san at an adorably cute cafe. Taking a bite of the delicately decorated pastry, she hummed blissfully as she felt a bite of happiness melt in her mouth. The Lioness has always dreamt of going on a cute girl's day out, just like any other normal girl her age. Since it was difficult to be different, especially when she could see and experience supernatural things that others couldn't. No one would be able to understand her if she were to share her thoughts with them. And she would only be called out as a freak by others if she did. This would lead her to often isolate herself from her peers (especially at school), where the loneliness could sometimes be so overwhelming for her.

So, it was a huge surprise when Kanako met others like her, besides her older siblings, Kanata and Noburu. Making her extremely excited to befriend them. And, she was also thankful that she had finally met someone who shared the same abilities as her, someone she could talk to and share her woes with.

Returning to the present, receiving the amusement park tickets from the ginger, the Lioness said, "Orihime-san! You shouldn't have." Words couldn't describe all the joy, happiness, and gratitude she felt if she tried to fit them into a thought. But soon, though, her blissful happy thoughts came to a halt when she realized she would have to pick between her two siblings. And loving both of them equally and with all her heart, there was no way the Lioness could pick just one person to go with.

So, instead. "Orihime-san, would it be alright if you went with me?" Hoping to deepen their friendship even more.

[maneshamane]

"I brought too much candy with me and now their about to go bad. You wouldn't happen to want some candy?"

A grown man carrying candy, most of the time it seems to be for himself but...

@electric-ecclectic