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Avalonia Task 1 - Laelarielian Army & Crest The Laelarielian army (or, rather, what's left of it) counts no less than one swordsman and two spearmen! The (self-proclaimed) shield-maiden Lola has lately joined the group, her fighting skills being better than the others', despite her young age. We see them here at the ruins of their former training site, which they still visit regularly. They briefly pay homage each time, quickly getting rid of some weeds and yet always making sure that the full Laelarielian banner is still standing and in good condition – they still proudly display the crest and colours of their city, together with those of their Guild. Hello everyone ^^ Those of you who follow the story will know that Laesonar has only just met Lola.. so I guess you can take it as a small flashforward One question: @Henjin_Quilones's post detailing Avalonian tasks is from 1st August. As I'm just back, I've been looking for posts by fellow Avalonians who completed the task, but couldn't find any - am I the 1st one completing it or has anyone else already? If so, could I please get linked to that/those post/s? Also, not sure if such vignettes can count as freebuild for the Guild? Hope you guys like it, C&C most welcome ^^

@The_Nev welcome ^ looking forward to your builds and even more to read more of your story - I find it most intriguing!

Right. It works pretty well on my phone.. Thanks HQ, glad you like story and build ^^ Good point about the second layer - I thought about it because of the arrow loops, but then I was just lazy By the way, as you can see I've taken the freedom of giving a name to that lake as I beleive it didn't have any till last year - Please correct me if I'm wrong and I'll change it. Thanks Grover, good to see you around! and hey, I prefer old brown too, but then again, having one more nuance available is also nice ^^

whoa really part-consuming? yet it looks so neat! I'm interested in the cobblestone as I've got a WIP where I'm looking for the same effect - does free floating mean they aren't attached? it'd definitely save some time when the tearing-apart time comes!

nice intro and sigfig. I wanna see/read more! it's nice to see you back and an honour to have you among the Dragons. can't Wait for your builds! hehe I've also had something to do with a couple of games over this year of almost no-building, I must confess show us your builds!

reading this now.. I love it! catfolk, a clan of those! nice figs and vignettes for each one, intriguing and well-written background stories. well done! now I wanna see Fel! (or have you already done that and I've missed it last months?)

thank you ^^ good point about the contered writing.. I thought it was cool, I'm gonna have to rethink that thanks de Gothia! I'm planning to use that blue a lot, so it's good to know fellows Avalonians like it ^^ Hello Exetrius, nice to see you're still around too! :) It has been a while indeed.. a crazy year.. :/ but I still appreciate all of your comments Glad you liked the story - I intend to have a few more episodes, hopefully I'll manage this time.. Interesting point about the brown bases, I hadn't realise.. thank you, Windusky ^^ Given your comments I guess you'll like my mod of my own build, which I'll post later on next year, I reckon <--- yes, that's a spoiler , but seriously, I'll make sure to tag you there so you'll tell me I see, it's a good point. Well, I do have a couple of WIPs back home (I'm currently at my parents) which... how should I put it? They explore blue a little more, shall I say After that, medium flesh does sound good.. or maybe lavender?

hahaha I really like the idea and the lore behind it as well as the build itself. I think you're depicting your city very well with your vignettes and small builds (did I say that before?). keep it up! ^^

hello Kai ^^ thanks. always good to hear from you! thank you, I'm planning to make it the main colour of the city, so I'm really glad you like it! :p thank you, it's all really nice to hear, especially that story and build fit well together thanks Bas (can I call you Bas, or is Colin better?) I'm really glad to hear you liked the story - I'm always afraid the episodes are too long.. Tell me more about the blue in the wall - you mean it doesn't make much sense for the house to be the same colour of the 'moss'? Or?

oh man I love that wall texture! also, nice start of the story, curious to see what's next

Man, the last episode really got me into the story! Don't stop!

Thanks Titus, good to see you around too! ^^ @Henjin_Quilones Does this pic do? As I mentioned, still the old one at the moment. Do you need it in any particular format/size?

Laelariel 2 / En_Zoo / Avalonia Laelarielian Army / en_zoo / Avalonia Laelariel City Hall / en_zoo / Avalonia Much Needed Water / en_zoo / Avalonia

Uhmm not totally sure I got what you meant there Should I be using this thread or you want a new one?

Ep. 6 Laesonar's Saga Episode 7 - Laelariel [Part 2] “My my! If that isn’t that ugly faun!” The little group had been descending the path along the empty lake while their noses were slowly getting used to the putrid stench coming out of it. Krisly reacted to Laesonar’s words: “Oh you mean Ogrik? Is he safe then?” “It surely looks that way. He even seems to have found a girlfriend.” “You mean a lady faun? That must be Marielle. What else can you see, Laesonar?” “I can spot an old man. He looks worried." "That must be Jeffrey." "The situation doesn’t look too good in town. They're discussing something with a couple of knights.” The word ‘knights’ awoke Armin’s interest: “Knights? Which colours do they wear? Do they have heraldry of any kind?” “They wear green and have a dragon on their shields.” “Avalonian soldiers? It must be something official then. Let’s hurry and get into town, this place is making me more and more curious!” The situation wasn’t good at all. They passed by dried up fields and abandoned fishing docks before getting into the once-was outer city, now just half-burnt ruins. Closer to the city walls one last house was still standing, right in front of the gateway to the inner city. Judging by its appearance, the city must have been a rich one, in a past not too far in time. The two fauns and the old man called Jeffrey spotted the little group approaching and after a few greetings and hugs, it was the time for introductions. Helga took the word. "Jeffrey, Marielle, please meet Laesonar half-elf and Armin Mainardus. They helped us to fight the bandits and together we managed to finally avenge my brother! And these are Marielle and..." "Jeffrey J. J. von Jeff! For centuries my family has had the honour of serving the Lords of Laelariel, one generation to the next, starting with my ancestor Geoffrey von Jeff, all the way to my father Geoff J. von Jeff! We heard of the defeat of the bandits and Digby the Lunatic's death - I'm glad to make your acquaintance. Please meet my nephew Stan and..." Laesonar, seemingly unaware of the conversation, was looking around. Noticing a dozen eyes staring at him, he turned around quickly. "It is my pleasure to meet you, Mr. von Jeff. I do have however a couple of questions about this place, if you don't mind." Everyone's face grew sad. Jeffrey glanced at the ruins and sighed. "I'll be glad to answer your questions, master half-elf." "So, what's with the blue moss?" Everyone was taken aback by such unexpected question, only Armin smiled. Jeffrey was initially hesitant, but then understood and played along. "It's called Agerat. It's typical of the whole area around Lake Laendir, it mainly grows on rocks and it's one of the symbols of the city of Laelariel. Despite being a moss, it doesn't suffer much from lack of water, as you can see. Some ascribe healing and even magical properties to the plant." "So how is the lake empty?" "There was a weird earthquake a while back. The earth moved only in a particular spot, North from here. A vast chasm opened up underneath the riverbed and the waters of the river now disappear into it before reaching the lake. Changing the course of the river would be very costly and we have barely had any resources ever since the disappearance of the Laendirians." "Laendirians?" "Laendirians are our fishes. Or at least they were. A particular type of fish which, not unlike other species, finds its way up river from the sea, finally stopping in the lake to reproduce. The latter was named after them. Fishing, salting, commerce - Laendirians are the reason why the city thrived in the first place. They mysteriously stopped coming and our explorers downriver never came back, so we do not know what happened. At that point the call to arms arrived, directly from Albion. The wars against the Drow as well as Raaavage took our warriors away, together with our Lord and his sons. They never made it back." He stopped and took a deep breath. "The city was attacked repeatedly, we managed to hold the inner part, the rest was destroyed. The earthquake did the rest, depriving our land of water. The survivors started leaving, now there isn't much left to fight for and..." His voice broke. "And yet, some of us are still here and will always be!" A high-pitched voice suddenly reached the group's ears. "Stop blaming it all on yourself, uncle Jeffrey! We'll never leave our city, even without water!" "Oh. Er... ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to introduce my niece..." "Lola. My name is Lola." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello everyone ^^ As I mentioned, I've been building very slowly. That wall was actually ready last summer (2017) and I was trying to follow up on the wall style of some Avalonian fellows (HQ, Titus, Maestro) who were then cooperating for the Summer Joust. As you can see, I turned the sand green to medium blue and decided to make it a staple feature of Laelariel by adding some lore in the story. I do like that wall, though I feel it's a bit overtextured, so I'll probably try and find some sort of compromise next time. Not much to say about the house, apart from mentioning @TitusV once again (remember? ) for his 'classic' tudor. Though, a fellow castle builder here in Berlin called it 'neo-classic style', which could open an interesting discussion, I reckon So yes, hope you like it. C&C most welcome as usual ^^ Edit: Ep. 8

Whoa, you actually did this! I'm impressed

*goes and checks white pieces* Uhhmm.. xD Thanks SK, nice to be reminded that my stories have a nice audience ^^ Also, always nice to know you're around and active!

Thanks HQ ^^ I do intend to keep on with Laesonar. Though I might not have an episode for every build, in the hope of building more, I'd like to get his story to a stable point first. I'll go find my old (still current) SigFig back and post it - I'm planning to modify it a bit as soon as I get my hands on a certain torso.. .. do I smell an invitation South? *goes and checks the amount of his tan slopes* Uhmm I'm afraid Kaliphin will have to wait xD Good to hear from you, LJ! ^^

Hello everyone ^^ What can I say? I remember mentioning to you guys that my life wasn't quite stable, but I never meant to disappear for so long.. I'm honestly sorry about that :( But hey I've been building a little bit, just need to edit the pics, I've even got a mini-build which could perfectly fit Avalonian Task 1 (given that I missed Challenge 1 big time, looks like..). By the way, awesome to see Book III starting with some new faces as well as old ones all together! So yes, I'd like to give it another shot and take back my spot amongst the Avalonian Dragons.. only if you guys want me back, that is :D

wowow awesome job here, SK! the texture turned out fantastic and so did the round tower also really that type of detailing underneath the battlment - I'd never seen it before. finally, LJ's arches are super cool! oh wait, and the small bear in the interior lol xD

It does make me feel beeter, HQ - thanks I actually had in mind to add the figs and yet I discarded the idea for some reasons... Thanks Titus. Glad you like the clouds, it was the part I anjoyed the most myself ^^ Thanks Maestro, it's a relief to read your words good that you're intrigued, I do have plans.. Really glad to hear, SK ^^ And yes, I've found out the hard way how tricky they are

my my.. this is beautiful! there's nothing I don't like about it, yet the stairs steal the scene - impressive newbie question: tho others have mentioned 'non-square' elements - what are they referring to exactly? as for the colours, I se that your experiment with dark blue + white turned out wonderfully! speaking of which, see my comment in your Katoren Monastery post? scratch that. here I have my lesson on dark blue: I need to use more of it

hey I've somehow missed this, Umbra. Feel free to go for Laesonar, if you like ^ here:

as you said, it's simple, yet I find that it works very well to set up your story, which in turn starts with being pretty intriguing. I second Titus about the bookshelves

really nice, Garm. awesome water and funny story