Ben S

It's very lively with the elves, flora, fauna and small details! I love the tower; as others have pointed out, it looks great. Those arches from the WIP look great too

After seeing your latest progress, I must say wow! That is definitely ambitious! It looks amazing so far, and I hope to see it finished!

Looks great! Even if the base build hasn't changed a lot since the WIP, all the details you have added give it a lot of life. You have done a great job achieving that construction site feeling.

@Kai NRG @SimWies Glad you liked it! Thank you! It would have been fun to have more people in this category lol. Next time!

Thanks Grover, I can't wait to receive the feedback! I didn't expect to be the only entry lol

Glad you liked it!

I love the top of the tower, and the curves as well! Impressive tower!

Thanks Grover, glad you liked it!

Thanks!

@Henjin_Quilones thanks for clarifying it! Unfortunately, an Algus stole the only copy we had in our small Mitgardian town, so I never got to read it during my student days... Jokes aside, wow! Thank you so much, I really enjoyed your answer! As @The Stad says, Tolkienian is a perfect word to describe it!

Here is my entry for Category B

"I come from a very distant land, a place with no hope, no opportunities, full of war and desolation. So I decided to leave in search of a better future. I left behind my friends and family, and sold all my belongings to buy a passage on a ship which promised to carry us to Historica — a land which had struggled with war in the past but was now enjoying peace, full of opportunities and hope. I was not the only one who made this choice; the ship was dangerously crowded. A few days into the journey, a fierce storm struck and the ship was wrecked. It was pure chaos. Screams and crashing waves filled the darkness. Lit only by the occasional flash of lightning, I could see people drowning, desperately trying to stay afloat. The sea was so violent that I couldn't help anyone; it took all my strength just to keep from drowning myself. All I could do was cling to a piece of broken wood and try to stay on the surface. I remained adrift for a long time. I don't know if it was days or weeks. The only reason I survived was that piece of wood. I was starving and thirsty, and I had almost no strength left to hold on. Then, another huge storm hit, and I truly thought it was the end; I could not survive another one. It was pitch black again and I couldn't see a thing as the waves tossed me around. But then, I saw something on the horizon. I saw land. The promised land of Historica. I was so filled with joy that I found a sudden burst of strength and swam to the shore. I will always remember the happiness I felt when I finally touched Historican soil. I never saw any of the boat passengers again. I don't know whether they survived. But I know how fortunate I am to have made it here. I try to honor my homeland and maintain our values; it makes me feel closer to the home I left behind. That is why I offered you a meal when I saw you were hungry and in need. Once in a while, when my travels as a merchant bring me back to the Avalonian beaches where I first landed, I like to dive into the waves with a wooden board to remember how I arrived that day. Seeing me do this, the locals grew curious, and I have discovered that they have begun to practise the activity themselves. They call it surfing." — Zîrân, the mysterious merchant, speaking to Queen Ylspeth. More insight into the techniques: By the way, @Grover, is it Zîrân or Zîrâd? I noticed that in the prelude he's named Zîrân, but in the challenge text it says Zîrâd.

Really impressive build! It’s hard to pull off at microscale, but you’ve really captured a great sense of atmosphere. It reminds me of the elven architecture in Rivendell or The Witcher.

Thanks! I’d like to at least build the tower. I’ve been working on it for more than two years... Development is slow and it's starting to feel like torture, lol.

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