Waiting for Christmas

=D It's an interesting bauble! The dent/flat part looks like somebody punched it. XD Somewhat fitting for nasty old Stonethrower. 
The colour fits so well with the landscape.

AND DEAR RALIG!!! 8D I have to say his bauble looks very odd. Somewhat clunky?
Colour goes nicely with him and I love the little plant. =D

Advent Calendar 2016 - Dark Past ... She is the link!

Goodtree and her mates.

That dented looking bauble is cool.

Well... I mostly focus on the (new) calendar... but I'm glad I haven't gone completely crazy by twice mistaking some other poor soul* for Rellah.

Today's... hmm... is he a named person, or just someone representing that time?












*I don't like Rellah. She's a bitch!

Into the unknown... The title kinda fits! I love that you out the image above the bauble and not in the middle of the center. Even though, it actually is in the middle but, I think you get what I mean!

I like the different shape of Ralig his bauble! I also lke the plant stick planted on it! An very nice image of him too! I love the read te hidden years story of Ember back.

Goodtree, Lionleaper and Acorn! Beautiful golden baubles for each of them! I'm glad to see them in the calendar!

my goodness, I love these, especially the pink bauble with what's her name in it. I always thought she was pretty. Looking at these makes me want to reread all those comics that take place before EQ1. I've only read them once, except for the ones with Bearclaw, and that's only because I own a little collection of those stories.

I also really like Greymung and his hammer. It fits him.

Gah! I love it! I love it! I love it! Two Spear is sooooo awesome!

Uh-oh... Two-Spear has escaped from his bauble, and now it looks like he's waging war against it.

I love the new bauble of Two-Spear! I realy love how he's outside of his bauble! Instead of him, it's the moon! I really love how this one turned out! Very creative!

I can't tell which troll I'm seeing here... it might be Drub but, I doubt it. I like how this one turned out. I do get a christmas feeling from it!

Keep up the great work, Embala! You made amazing baubles this year!!

I'm pretty sure it is Drub. After all; the old calendar was for Chiefs* and Mates But Drub doesn't have a mate, so she's alone.

*Including those who use other titles.

A variation of one of the first 2016 special scenes ...


Throw-away Homes

... when I noticed that there are three "throw-away homes" on the cover of "Snowbeast" I wanted to show all of them. I love this variation for completation - but I'm happy that I didn't know of "No. 3" in the beginning. The first try with the shelter in the cave is more ... interesting.


Good to read that the "dented bauble" is appreciated so much. It is one of those "unusual ones" I never look for but always gather when they cross my way. Some day they will give something a special touch ...
And in this case the color was as tempting as the chance for a slightly different presentation. The stargate-like surface gives me the impression that Stonethrower is absorbed by the landscape. Your association is surprising, Shadowpath ... now the idea of Stonethrower having punched his way in makes me chuckle.
Your friendly Ralig happily moved into another unusual bauble. A probably very old one with a unique shape and patina. He had disliked normal spheres ... and definitely refused to inhabit the pink "pumpkin"-shaped bauble I've offered him at first. ^^

Goodtree had more than the average share of mates ^^ ... when you'll come back you'll see that other ones with a certain lack of mates level it out, G0lden.

No worries, you were right with Rellah this time. And you are right with Ralig again, Redhead - he's just an unnamed peaceful gardener in Skyfire's time. He caught Vojira's eyes back at the old Scroll ... and she called him 'random likeable guy' - Ralig, the name I'm going with now.
LOL ... "Two-Spear wagging war against a bauble" - he might be an elf to do so. And one of those who tries to escape a bauble prison ... and succeeds. ^^
And right with Queen Drub. I had briefly considered to pair her up with Flam ... but I didn't want to spread rumors. Instead she got a tough nut to crack. XD

I've asked Shadowpath to suggest titles for the special scenes - and I liked the  "into the unknown" one very much. I think I know what you mean about the pictue, Wolfie. It seems to hover just a bit above the bauble.
Ralig should be outstanding in a way ... not loud and shiny but a bit of an individualist.
You've captured my intention, Wolfie. That bauble shouldn't center on Two-Spear but on the spear tops ... and the moons. But Two-Spear's silhuette is the cherry on the cream.
And the Troll IS Drub ... how she was drawn in the SHARDS series. Changed quite a bit in FQ ...  
I'm glad to see how entertaining the calendars are for you. *huggles*

I see you still have fun here, Evie. The lady in pink you've pointed out is Rellah. Try to get the Blood of Ten Chiefs prose books if you are interested in the "early days". The comics are often a bit ... messy.
The hammer had to be in the picture ... sometimes my baublified folks likes to break the wall. And in this case I imagine Greymung hammering his own bell.
Sounds like a Two-Spear fan.

The Rootless Ones.
Well, the other Rootless Ones.

The first baubles of 2016 right?
Throw-away Homes... I still love these tree baubles very much!

I love the new gold bauble! I like the two stars placed on them. It's not an image that I thought would be here in this calendar but, this one really seems like a christmas bauble to me!

Mantricker!! I did not expect him here! I love that he's in this though! We never got to know his lifemate/lovemate was.. which I actually like for some reason. Maybe because I love his story with him and Demontricker so much! I like his bauble. I also like the little red bauble and the flower. Do they represent Brightwater and especially Tornflower?

Half of them are filled with beautiful baubles. Only half of them to go! Keep it up!

I'm back. Blasted update screwed up the computer. Had to do a partial recovery to fix the issue.

Love the new additions.

To me, besides family reunion, Christmas is the occasion to dig back into some childhood memories.

It often resembles this :

Hehehe, I love what you did with the Two-Spear scene. =D Having the Moon inside and Two-Spear outside gives the picture a whole new dimension to it.

I love the feeling in Yurek's bauble. The overpowering background colour and the stone carving gives it a very ancient feeling.

The Rootless Ones indeed, Redhead - a special one. But Yurek is not supposed to be recognized in this image. ^^
The other Rootless Ones ... well, I'd call the other 6 the "rooted ones".

"Throw-away-homes" was a variant suggestion for the "Campground" scene, Wolfie. I kinda liked it - reason enough to use it for the varaint version.
It was difficult to make a bauble for Yurek - both motive and ornament where hard to choose. Glad to know that it works well for you.
Of course Mantricker had to be in the Chiefs & Mates calendar. Showing his mate tho - challenging. No canon picture available. I decided to symbolize her by a thistle ... and when you want you can imagine the silhuette of an elf in the red sphere. ^^ You see you've guessed right.

It's good to see you back and well, G0lden! Better your comp has issues than you'd have.

I've guessed that you are not far away, PC. And you brought a beautiful gift - I love this violin pixie. *music as a soulname*

Originally I had planned to use only the spear tops ... and the moon. But with this flat bauble it was too tempting to add a "forth dimension". It worked!
Yurek gave me some headaches - you know it, Shadowpath. Thanks for the support while I was working out this solution. I'm finally content with this one. Ancient ... and ethereal - like a spirit prescence in the clouds.


Half of the calendar windows have opened  - but there are even more to come! The 12 Nights are closing in ... sooooon.

I'm glad I didn't recognized Yurek as well... that would've been kinda weird, considering I already recognized Tekshu...

Besides, then I'd be Savah, and I don't think I can claim to be that wise.
Or old...

AH! Fangslayer and Suretrail!
I like how much bigger Fangslayer's bauble is. XD

Blue mountain is cool.

The Shining


*chuckles* Your whimsical comments never fail to raise my mood, Redhead.
I've just realized that I must include the Savah icon in my Christmas routine - her icon is a perfect bauble!

Fangslayer obviously needed some more room, Shadowpath. ^^

I'm always puzzled why this ornament is shining through, G0lden ... before I realize for Xteenth time how perfectly the sky of the motive matches with the background sky. A case of self-surprise.

The shining .... It looks kinda scary! The situation is though ...
I remember this story all too well! I love that Two-Spears bauble is smaller and darker. As if an monster is about to hunt and kill you, which in this case is! I really lovce the effect on these baubles, nice done!

Fangslayer and Suretail! Didn't expect those two here! I love the shape of the bauble and the images. I love that the bauble of Fangslayer is bigger! It really shows his ego! XD I still love the story of Oakfoot.

Blue Mountain!!! I really love the cloud background and the clouds within the bauble! It looks lovely!

"Here's Two-Spear!" Hehehehe. I like that you chose the black and white version of this, colors would have been too distracting in that baubles.

I'm about to comment on all the images now, so get ready.

Okay, so one thing that always amazes me is how fitting the shapes are. The jagged cones and Timmorn vs Three-Toe, it empathizes their anger, how wolves react to each other in captivity.

One of Voll's gang! So I always wondered who that is, is it Tyldak I wonder?

Nightdancer looks good! That color suits her, though I still wonder how they managed to get that greenish blue on her clothes. Her face shines, it is so sharp but it reflects in the round end of the bell, it gives good contrast.

Rockarm, the curse-maker! That image is so dynamic.

I see Zarhan can escape the bauble, hehe! I like how he looks towards the next side, almost jealous, haha!

Alekah works hard I see! The Sun Symbol s really pretty.

Rahnee! Her hair looks almost silver here, as she is described in the novels.

Ah, Voll and Winnowill. I like how they are slightly apart from each other.

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Ah, well, umn. I'm sorry, that's all for now. I'll come to comment more later.