Rogue Angel

Great build! I like the use of the plant guardians - it almost looks like the plant is growing in the last scene to fill the room. Very good story with well done characters. The snot floors are great too! Excellent entry as usual deGothia!

This is a stunning entry Z, as every one of yours have been. The wolfpack tower is very well done. I really like the use of color, the bridge, the river, the first floor brickwork, and the second story walls - in short, everything is very well done. The church is fantastic! I know the exact FF7 scene that S/C is referring to. The roofing is great, especially the collapsed portions. I love the circular work over the entrance, and the vulture as well. The eaves, the stained glass windows and the floor of the crypt are also excellent. I love the well too. Z, you do not disappoint! Superb entry!

Wow, that mine entrance is superb! I love the innovative techniques you use with your builds.

That statue is just amazing! The sheer of the enormity is stunning, and you've done a wonderful job on the head and the sword - simply amazing! The trees look great, and the whole layout is well done. As Angeli said, fantastic!

RPG means more story driven, more plot, more "role-playing." Hack and Slash means " I just want to kill monsters and get experience and treasure. I don't care if your father was killed by the dragon, or how it came to live here, and I REALLY don't care if there is a way to convince it to leave peacefully because then I wouldn't get it's treasure, I would get less experience and I wouldn't be able to claim that I am a DRAGON SLAYER. At least that's the gist of it.

Thanks for the comments! I created a lesser version of the final chamber for what I mistakenly thought was the deadline (Apr 15th) and then decided to revamp it when I saw my mistake. I wanted to create a dragon-type creature, and the head worked out pretty well, but the serpentine body just came to me when I was looking at all my round bricks. The guardian worked out better than I expected - I will have to work on creating an actual dragon one of these days though. I tried some new lighting techniques, and they worked out so-so. I really liked the one shot of the crystal, the campfire and the stained glass window, but the rest ended up just being standard. I intended to spend the entire day Saturday writing out the story, but ended up spending most of the day in a hospital with a loved one (nothing life threatening, thank goodness) and just threw the story together at the end. I did already have the general storyline laid out though for the scenes, so at least I had that to work with. I was looking for trans-green pieces to place some small crystal deposits in the cavern until I saw my trans-dark blue windshield pieces, and realized I could fit characters inside for petrified victims. I had 6 different victims, but I built the entire cavern walls and ceiling, and severely limited my camera angles. I really wanted a good shot of the Brynn with his spear through the Cockatrice skeleton, but I could not get the angle - you can't even really tell it's him! Ah well, it still worked out.

I like the mountain and the North wind - very creative guardian! It's a good thing your hero was well insulated (eskimo hood )

This is a really nice build. I really like your fleet of ships, nice variety and they all match in style and theme. I also really like the tropical island and the stone stairs. The plants really make the scene pop. Great job!

This entry is fantastic! It is unbelievable how many amazing builds you have in this story. AND the story is great too! It is very original, very engaging, it's wonderful. I really like the new building style, it gives a very nice weathered, somewhat rundown look. You've used a lot of great techniques, and I really like how complete your scenes look without having to actually create the tops of the walls and ceilings. The Dragon is great, as is your small army of minions, and I too love your mushrooms. Fantastic entry - I will think this will be hard to beat!

Nice job with this entry. I really like the ravine with the river below. It definitely makes your entry stand out. I also like how you used multiple different scenes and continued telling the tale after the crystal was found. I also feel that the eskimo guardians were a nice touch. Good work!

I too like the axe you've created. You've also created a very intriguing back story for the guardian. Good job!

Great work on this story! I LOVE it! The dialogue is a great way to tell the story, and the interaction between the characters is great. I love the use of different scenes. The dragon is cool and I too like the footsteps in the snow. Very nice job!

Long have legends of the fable elemental Crystals passed through the Lands of Historica, be it by tale or verse or page. Long have these priceless gems captured the interest of treasure hunters and lore masters. This is the tale of the Earth Crystal, and of Allora Thellas. Our tale begins with the birth of Allora Thellas. Allora's birth coincided with the departure of her grand father - Brynn Thellas. Brynn was a renowned soldier, whose exploits had earned him fame and wealth. But he was also a collector of arcane and mystic artifacts. Long had he studied the earth crystal, and this day he was departing to seek it out and add it to his collection. His long time companion, Orgnas, accompanied Brynn on his journey. Neither Brynn nor Orgnas ever returned. Allora's mother was familiar with the all the legends of the Earth Crystal that Brynn had taught her, including the Earthen Chant: So you seek the Earth Crystal of yore, of which you have heard so much lore. Where druids once ruled in the north, from their hall you must venture forth. Where the red god doth gather his flock, the door shall be hewn out of rock. Of the crystal's defender beware, for intruders it never shall spare. The Earth gem has power incarnate, with which one may alter their own fate. But if all four crystals are sought, thy actions will lead but to naught. For the elements joined will then sunder, the world with both lightning and thunder. As Allora grew, her interest in the Earth Crystal grew as well. When Allora was old enough, her parents sent her to the Cathedral in Albion, so that she could study at the University. By this time, Allora was completely obsessed with the crystal and devoted all of her time searching for tomes and scrolls that might contain ancient elemental lore. She pored over religious devotions and psalms, and learned of the Dovrak, the Red God of Rage, Lust and Greed. The first mention of Dovrak was of a cult that sprung up among a splinter sect of the ancient Druids of the Mystic Isles. Allora sought out the red priests of Dovrak, and even feigned allegiance to the God to learn all that she could of this red God of the Underworld. Allora continued to pursue all sources of lore and legend regarding the Earth Crystal, and stumbled upon a gypsy who knew of an additional verse to the Earthen Chant that she had never heard before. The guardian of earth's only bane, is wrought of a similar vein. Having acquired this new insight, she sought to make a weapon that wielded the power of the Earth, so as to defeat the guardian she knew she must face. She sought the rare and precious mineral Vematite in the small remote streams of the Enchanted Forest. She then took this metal to the Master Smith Heaphus, who forged it into a spearhead which he mounted on an oaken shaft. Armed with the great spear, Allora set out for the Mystic Isles to find the Earth Crystal. She searched the isles for two years before she found the ore deposits that the Ancient Druids had worshiped as the "Hand of God." Behind the hand, she found an entrance to a cave. In the back of the cave, she found a roughly hewn tunnel leading back into the hill side. She had traveled for a couple of hours when the floor suddenly collapsed beneath her. She managed to wedge her spear into a crack in the wall, and pull herself to the safety. She could see from the bones below that many had not been as lucky - including her grandfather's friend Orgnas, whose armored rusted in the pit below. Despite the skeletons, Allora was heartened, for she knew she was on the right track. Walking through the tunnel, Allora lost track of time and direction, but eventually she could make about a bluish glow coming from a cavern ahead. As she approached, Allora could see great blue crystals. As she entered the cavern, she could see that each of the great crystals contained some unlucky warrior or scout. Allora had heard rumors of a beast that could petrify unwary travelers, and sure enough, she saw the skeleton of the monster. The monster was a cockatrice and it had died on the lance of it's last victim. When she looked closer, she saw that it was her Grandfather - Brynn - who had slayed the beast, and died in the process. Byrnn thanked her grandfather for sparing her the same fate, and glanced around the cavern. She spotted a Knight Protector of the Mystic Isles, An elf who had been frozen in mid leap, and even a Drow! The corridor beyond the cavern was much larger, and made of polished stone. Some 10 minutes later, the corridor opened onto a great chamber, with great obelisks surrounding a large pit belching smoke. Between the obelisks were great symbols that Allora recognized from her studies. These runes of the ancient druids represented the 11 ancient races. And there, at the back of the Chamber, was the EARTH CRYSTAL! Her prize was so close, yet she knew that the Cockatrice had not been the true Crystal Guadian, and she must be wary. As she circled the pit, a great shape rose from the billowing smoke of the pit - one of the fabled Wurms of Legend. This was the guardian she must face! The wurm towered over Allora, and spoke raspy words in a grating tongue that sounded like no language she had ever heard. As Allora looked upon the great creature, she knew what she must do, that her time of destiny was upon her! She took her great spear - imbued itself with the power of the Earth - and threw like a javelin at the Wurm's glowing green eye. Her spear hit it's mark, and pierced the creature's high. Blood sprayed from the Wurm, and it's terrible shrieking echoed through the chamber as it thrashed in it's death throes, and then collapsed back into the pit from whence it came. The guardian defeated, Allora approached the altar and lifted the Earth Crystal high in the air. She could feel the power coursing though it! She had found the crystal and her grandfather, and could return home triumphant!

Yeah, I'm pretty sure we still have 26ish hours left (otherwise I'm screwed!) I think Beerbeard is just messing around.

Must...not...look at other challenge entries...until...posted..own entry.

I considering ordering online for this May the 4th, but I have had issues in the past with the poster giveaway (they ended up sending me 2 posters instead of 1, but..) and I didn't want to take a risk. Besides, the Endor BP was on backorder - and these were going to account for half of my purchase. I was a little wary about stopping in late on the 4th and my Lego store, but they still had them in. Only 3 Endor BPs left though, whew!

That is simply stunning Lisqr! And you are right - we Elves would not want to be on Nocturnus, but any excuse to fight the Drow, I mean protect the innoc..... Ummm.. Yeah. We just want to kill all the Drow.

I forgot about my Star Wars sets. I keep all of my star wars sets together unless a better version comes out, or I just bought them for the figs or they were on clearance.

Siercon/Coral, that is INCREDIBLE that you keep your builds together. I would run out of pieces SO quickly. I will keep my favorite builds together as long as possible, but I will eventually start scavenging pieces until I break down and disassemble it. That is in fact what often keeps me from building new MOCs- the thought that I have to disassemble and organize all the pieces from my last MOCs. If I'm building a city or something I will keep builds together but I have a limited number of black and gray pieces which usually form the base for any of my MOCs. Also, I've started using some specific pieces in most of my MOCs (1x1 bricks w stud, tiles, cheese slopes etc.)

Amazing as usual Gabe!

Not if we Elves invade Nocturnus to "Protect" her from the Drow!

Awesome! I am so jealous that you have all of our sigfigs. Great work Z!

Yeah, I have to get on that soon myself. Did you run into many identical heads? Meph - nice choice on yours sigfig. I had just been thinking about how I need to use the gladiator head for a fig.

Finished taking photos tonight for Challenge 3, still may want to add one thing yet, but the hard part is done. Whew!

Don't remind me. I don't think I'll be able to pass up any of the LOTR sets if they're there.