Such a pretty child, mild and wild, a desert blossom ! ( Suntop / Sunstream )

..is the son of Cutter and Leetah, twin brother to Ember.


He is from both desert and forest, far less adventurous than his sister, but far wiser and Two-Edge described him well..



And, unlike many elf-friends here, I think he is..


..a Wolfrider.


Suntop was a cool, mystic and mischievous child, a poet, a dreamer, a very sensitive one.


An "old gloomer", as his sister pointed, but extremely kind, and brave in his own way.


One gifted with the rarest magic consisting in FEELING magic around and able to "go out"..


..and to eventually develop a global mental LINK with each and every elf on the world of two moons and maybe beyond.


His fate was not easy to be determined..


..but he proved that he could "cut to the bone as cleverly as Savah could"



Trained by Savah to the knowledge and use of the old powers..


..he concluded the original Quest by being mentally possessed by Timmain herself..


..in order for her to try and explain to the Wolfriders what their origins were.
Because of this, as his sire put it : "He was the first of us to have the right to call the land his own."



In many, MANY ways, Suntop reminds me..


..of the child I was.



The scene with his father " It's hard to sleep at night ! " - " I know." is perhaps the most beautiful father - son scene that could ever exist..
..and the one that made me fall utterly in LOVE with Elfquest.






I figured he would prove to be a strong HOPE for a final and reasoned PEACE between elves and humans, but..
..it seems Wendy has other plans up the sleeve for him.
And I'm very much afraid I won't like what fate she reserved to this character.


But truly.. what could I tell about my favourite character..






In short, he evolved from the young Suntop..


to the mature Sunstream..


and he got recognized to a Wavedancer beauty ( Brill ) ..


and he is now the rightly proud father of a wonderful she-cub, named Korafay..


..and he has finally sent the global CALL for all elves..


..a magic call he was trained and destined to send.




What could I hope for him ?

I've truly loved how Sunstream has grown and changed and come into his own, though it did take some getting used to. I wonder where his life's journey will take him next.

Such a fantastic, loving and well-considered introduction, PCoquelin! I knew you would do it wonderfully. Reading this you simply must love this child - there's no choice.

For the fans of CLOUDHEAD (Sunstream/Suntop) ... this was Suntop's thread, opened by ChristinaRaibert, on the original Scroll of Colors. Follow old discussions and see fanart from earlier times.

Visit Sunstream's bio page on Elfquest.com. #09 found

Thanks for your appreciation, Embala dear, but...

Of course you are right, PC! The link was supposed to point to that thread ... a copy/paste fail.
Thank you for the correction. In case you find more of those mistakes in nearer future please point them out.

Years ago I've made a banner with Suntop (trying to stay on topic ^^):

Yes. I loved that banner. I only regretted it was so small.

Aww... I'm sorry, PC. It was made according to the banner directive on the Original Scroll and turned out very small indeed. Actually it was a try whether a banner would be possible at all. There is no bigger version of it.

But - I have the heart of the banner in decent size For you ... and young spirited Suntop.

My dear, DEAR thanks again, Embala !

Ah, aaah! I'll go only with the creator of this thread! Or Embala, if she'll guide me in.

'Character Bio':

Sunstream/Suntop (m)    

Alive (leaving) – immortal
*Klynn*
Son of Cutter and Leetah
Brother of Ember
Adoptive brother of Shuna
Grandson of Bearclaw, Joyleaf, Sun-Toucher, and Toorah
Recognized lifemate of Brill
Father of Korafay
Nephew of Shenshen
Adoptive uncle of Shukopek
Student of Savah and Timmain

Anyone else have the thought that nowadays "Cloudhead" is a really bad joke because within his head is indeed "the cloud" connecting the whole elfin race?

I got the notion that Suntop's big task was more like being a "catalyst". Necessary to initiate the call ...

... and then it was handed over to the Palace crystal structure. There was mentioned something along the lines in later FQ.

To keep up the picture: Sunstream programmed the big crystal computer to emit the call and and work as "the cloud" - and retired. His big task is done. In best case he's the specialist to be called if something must be readjusted. In worst case he's the backup system.

I know that. You get a much stronger signal out of a craftworld than one poor overloaded elf (see the whole Cry from Beyond thing as to how well being the backup system would go)

So this makes him the cloud programmer. Still explains everything. It was just a funny thought really

It is!

Here... I tried and envision other tasks, for my favourite Elfquest character.

So i got on the dreaded Facebook and posted last nights Elfquest shower thought:

"Suntop is a fae child even among the fae. Its so meta, you have to wonder if the timeloop created him."

from the responses:

"I think maybe he means Suntop was conceived at the halfway point of the Palace’s journey-crash backwards through time during the trolls’ revolt. As the surviving elves of the crash lived forward, the palace was still traveling backwards to the crash site and its energy was emanating as it traveled. Being in the presence of a relatively large number of magic users, Leetah, Rayek and Savah, may have drawn enough of the palace’s power to supercharge Sunstream’s soul at conception, perhaps directly from some of the High Ones as they tried to either escape or while trying to help stabilize the palace. Until end of Kings of the Broken wheel, the Palace was in two places physically, the past crashing through time and the present. After Kings it was only in the present, but had experienced 20,000 years of charging and was soon ready to rebuild the Star-home. Sunstream is the key."

and then... an actual ElfMom reply which speaks volumes....




PS. I got something wrong, and its hilarious because its the exact same whoopsie the Bene Gesserit made.

Pauls powers were actually meant for his son. Thats why the character acts like, well Cutter trying to get a handle on THAT.

The final evidence of course is.... the twins..... same naming convention as well:
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https://www.artstation.com/artwork/DxblJo

EQ:
Sun > burning remnant of campfire
Dune:
Royal name > spoil of war.

i swear this is some cosmic joke about attempting to print aqua green...

Sorandril wrote:

and then... an actual ElfMom reply which speaks volumes....

Sorry, I got a gray page with some writing on it and ads. What did I miss?

Wendy telling us to lay off the magic mushrooms.
Wendy is boring!

Tsk!

Elf-mom should know, by now, that we, elf-fans are..

Well, id say from this and other things that she doesnt know her actual fanbase.

Heck, i think shes lost sight of her own work/the pathway to its inspiration......

Part of what probably actually triggered that reply was when i full on broke out into discussing the characters -as their colors-.

Thought shed appreciate that lol. But it does sadly demonstrate my theory.

That's a good point, something I would not have thought of. So why was Sunstream not conceived as the child of Rayek and Leetah? Maybe Cutter had to be part of the equation.

On another subject, sometimes I wish I had Sunstream's stingy-fins...

Well yes, Spring Green + Yellow probably gets you another Yellow. Blue has to be involved.

Theres a whole pattern in the Scroll that leads to this, because normally as you can see Green and Blue just gets you Teal all day. Conditions have to be met. Obviously it isnt ordinary....

Great work, dear Prayer!

I've thought you would collect this gem, PC.

My pleasure! I'm glad you like how he turned out.