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Great build The colour of the castle works very nicely and I love how you did the gate with those spears.

Hi all, I have a question regarding the rivers flowing through the enchanted forest. I know the area isn't mountainous at all, but do the many rivers start there in hilly areas and flow out towards the sea?

Hi guys Once again, thank you for the warm welcome to Avalonia. If it's okay, I think I'm going to work on Task 3 first and hopefully have it ready to show you in a week or so. I can't wait to get building but most of my evenings seem swamped with work at the moment.

Fantastic job Your gatehouse really stands out and has a unique feel. Using those bley textured bricks like that in the wall is ace and I love teh wooden gatehouse design. The terrain looks very realistic and the tree is very clever.

Nice work. I really like all the detail you've put into it and how you split the space up. The walls are great and the ground appears full of texture.

Poor Edd! He's not looking too good! Great continuation to your story and a nice little build I like how you put the wooden arch on the angle and the moose head on it is clever as well.

This is just amazing work! I love every bit of it It looks like such a natural scene and the texture and colours are great.

Welcome to the Guilds, Sunder Remington looks like an interesting character.

It's a lovely presentation of all your troops and the bases are excellent. Am looking forward to seeing them in action

Thank you guys for the warm welcome I received a couple of weeks ago. I’ve spent some time reading over the past GOH history and lore and decided that Avalonia would best suit me. The lure of an enchanted forest was too much to ignore! So I would like to introduce my sig fig - Auriel to you all. Introducing Auriel NAME: Auriel of House Orthelon RACE: Half-elf. TITLES: None, because she was born of a human father. However her elven mother is of noble birth. WEAPON OF CHOICE: Her ironwood stave, passed on to her from her late father. Faer-o-dur Auriel is a young elf who was born deep within the enchanted forest of Avalonia. She lives within a region of it called Faer-o-dur, which is governed by the ancient elven House of Orthelon. The House’s main concern has always been to protect the land from dark forces which it has done by forming two elite orders. The first order, the ­­­­­Doriath, comprise of highly skilled warriors who excel in the use of archery and quick, agile close combat. The second order, the Ellodar, is dedicated to the study and use of the mysterious forest magic. Both orders and the rest of the elven people living in Faer-o-dur are ruled by Forest Lord Malthenhir Orthelion, whose ancestors were led to Historica by the great elf Dallaenus. During the peace that followed the early drow wars, Malthenhir led his people deeper into the forest. In this region, now known as Faer-o-dur, they discovered a land strangely and beautifully changed by the mysterious magical forces that seemed to govern it. The importance to settle there was decided upon the discovery of a rare, magical gem formed within the numerous underground caverns and an equally rare, magical water shard. Later, similar magical crystals were found in plants, the mists and even the lava pools in the deepest depths of the caverns. It was deemed essential that these artefacts of power were not to fall into the wrong hands. Generations have passed with the Ellodar studying how to use the crystals but even to this day they have only unlocked a fraction of their power. A small primitive hunter-gatherer tribe of humans have occupied some of the southern lands, as far back as anyone can remember. The forest is sacred to them so they endeavour to protect it. Other races of note to be found within Faer-o-dur are violent, blood thirsty orcs, greedy mischievous goblins and terrifying drow. All of which seek power and domination from the abuse of magic. After living in Faer-o-dur for a significant time and facing ever-growing dark threats, the spirit of the forest chose six elves of House Orthelon to become powerful guardians of differing magical aspects – plant, animal, earth, fire, water and air. Upon their death a new guardian is chosen by the forest’s magic. With their help, the forest was kept safe for generations but then evil returned to the land and it seemed all was lost. However it was at that time that the human Artorious Rex and the Flight of Dragons joined the fight and helped free the forest and indeed all the lands of Avalonia from those dark forces. Subsequently, the elves of Faer-o-dur started to work further with the Avalonian guild and agreed to a small Avalonian presence in their lands. This is based at the sole guild watchtower manned by a handful of soldiers. Although grateful for their aid, most elves here are reluctant and fearful to invite the new human people into their forest home and share the power that the forest holds. This has not proved much of a problem as most humans look upon this region as too wild to settle upon. After the tragedies of the Avalonian civil war, many dangerous outlaws started to plunder the forest for its valuable plants. With reduced forces in the Doriath and unable to defend from this new threat and existing ones, Lord Malthenhir and his council have agreed to the establishment of an Avalonian guild town at the site of the present watch tower. The Avalonian forces will help deal with any attacks or plunder from the region’s perimeter in exchange for trade access to some of the fruits of the forest. This will allow the Doriath to re-coup its losses and focus on any attacks from the numerous underground caverns. Thus from this day forth, House Orthelon of Faer-o-dur hereby swears it’s allegiance to the guild of Avalonia! Introducing Auriel

Awesome work, just beautiful

This looks fantastic The walls are very well done and I love the crack. The windows really stand out as do the detailing in the doors and thrones. I agree the dk green carpet would have looked slightly better if made with tiles.

Congrats SK on reaching 8000 posts! It's amazing to see how your work has developed. I've always found your builds very inspiring

Brilliant introduction for your sig figs, I'm looking forward to seeing how their story develops. You've created a great diverse band of gritty characters, I think the nephew should be worried their headed in his direction The brick built wagon is very good as well.

A well designed scene The barracks look great especially with the sand green roof. I like the posing of all the characters and am just wondering how that guy has got away with resting under the tree when he should be hard at training

Well done, it's magnificent It looks strong and very well-defended. I love the shaping and texturing of the walls and I think the tiny splashes of sand green and dk flesh work really well.

Wow, fantastic build The building and stables are just great especially the roof work and the tower top. Also loving all the little details like the buckets attached to the wall and the dark green decoration to the door. The only thing I was thinking is that it might be nice to develop the cobble stone path a bit further. It looks lovely but seems to cut off suddenly.

Hi, the rockwork on the quarry walls are very good and so is the vegetation growing over it. It's a nice busy scene with all your characters hard at work

Hi, that is a beautiful tree you've created I love the texture you've managed to create for the main trunk and I really enjoyed the story behind it's name. The leaf canopy has a wonderful shape to it as well.

Wow, this is just beautiful! The colours you've chosen together are quite different to anything I've seen and work really well together. Your stonework is great and you really get a sense of being within a ruin. All the details of the bandits camp are brilliant and the story was a great read. Especially liked the cook whipping up a bbq scorpion

Thank you, that helps a lot

I really enjoyed your story and description of this marshy landscape. I think the overall tan and lime colour scheme worked really well and the tree shape is very good as well.

These are fantastic!! You have totally caught their characters, gosh I loved the city watch books :)

It's a lovely natural setting and I like the curved log wall and the vegetation.

Wow, I just love your work