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TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 0: Heading Home CHAPTER 1: Priestess of the Oasis CHAPTER 2 Memories Past The Maebad Alqamar, or the Temple of the Moon, was the largest building in Wahat Alqamar. It's great golden dome marked the center of the village and many came from far away to seek healing from the priestesses who worshipped here. The gift was found only here, in this remote part of the Siccus Badlands, and only among the girls. No boys were ever chosen, and of the girls no pattern was ever discerned as to who would receive it. Once a local girl experienced her first blood cycle, she was brought to the temple where a kahinat waha would oversee her care during the ritual. Once she was bathed and the rites were performed, the girl would be denied water for two days. Then, once her thirst had set in, the kahinat waha would place 20 closed vessels around the girl and she would have to choose the one which contained water. If she failed to sense water and chose an empty vessel, she would be allowed to drink and then she would be sent home, knowing that she was not chosen for the gift. If she correctly chose the vessel containing water, she would be allowed to drink, and the ritual would repeat. If the girl correctly chose the vessel containing water three times, she would be acknowledged as having the gift and become an initiate priestess. Nolana smiled as she remembered when she became an initiate under Ferenice. These were happy memories. She helped maintain the temple and assisted Ferenice in her healing duties. The power to heal flowed through water and each kahinat waha was capable of light healing through simply touching the injured or diseased person, as the body is made up of mostly water. For more serious injuries or illnesses, however, the person seeking healing would be immersed in the temple bath, to amplify the power of the gift. When not in use by the priestesses, the bath was available for the public to use to maintain cleanliness in the village, though many locals would bathe in it due to superstitious beliefs that somehow the temple bath was special and would help heal minor aches and pains. Shortly after Nolana became an acolyte, Ferenice's brother, Daegal, transferred back from the capital city of Petraea to serve as faris almaebad, or temple knight, under the venerable Captain Horace, in order to be close to his sister. The services of the kahinat waha of Wahat Alqamar were highly sought after by those in power in Petraea with priestesses having left the village to serve in the capital, and Petraea made sure to protect the source of the gift with the elite faris almaebad. Nolana smiled again. She and Daegal had immediately taken a liking to each other. There were no rules against the kahinat waha from having relationships, since the gift was never known to have faded from any priestess, even from those who married and had children. In fact, local customs particularly celebrated the descendants of priestesses who themselves became priestesses, believing these girls to be particularly blessed with gift. Even so, the village was a conservative place, and Nolana and Daegal had moved their budding romance slowly, much to Ferenice's impatience. During that time, Nolana was truly happy, serving under Ferenice as an acolyte priestess and being with Daegal every day. In the meantime, Nolana's younger sister, Soniya, the second of the three sisters, had failed to receive the gift. Soon after, however, Esther, the youngest sister received the gift and became an initiate priestess. Unfortunately for Nolana, it was right at that time when her happy life was torn apart. Raiders from Nocturnus had come into Kaliphlin looking for targets of opportunity and had found Wahat Alqamar. Though they were no match for the faris almaebad, Daegal was mortally wounded by a lucky strike. Ferenice and Nolana had tried desperately to save his life. Ferenice's screams, "Hold him still! Hold him still!" still haunted Nolana's nightmares. It was out of shear desperation that Ferenice, right then, did the unthinkable and used a rite she had learned from the Kitab Mamnue. The Forbidden Book. After the rite was complete, there was a pause, and Ferenice uttered the words that Nolana would never forget: "Something's not right." Fear became panic as they realized what was happening. Daegal was becoming...undead. Necromancy was the art of raising the dead as soulless abominations, golems of flesh and bone created to serve their masters every whim. What Ferenice and Nolana did was far worse. They had turned Daegal into an undead without first killing him. They had trapped his soul in an undying soulless body, a prisoner of his own flesh forever. Their panic was now full blown, and all Nolana could do was to help Ferenice carry her brother's body out of the temple. And they had been on the run and hiding ever since. It was night by the time Nolana and Korbin had made their way to the village. Nolana couldn't help but be drawn to the Maebad Alqamar. Captain Horace spotted her and immediately readied his scimitar. "You have a lot of nerve coming back here, heretic!" He shouted, preparing to strike her down. Nolana searched for words, any words, but could only stammer, "I...I...I...." "Stand down, Captain!" came from a voice inside the temple. It was Esther. Nolana felt her heart jump at the sight of her sister. "How dare you raise your scimitar at a kahinat waha!" Esther continued. Horace was silent. "Nolana," Esther said as she turned to her sister. "I need your help."
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I finally completed this Figure of Goblin Slayer & Priestess form the Goblin Slayer Manga/Anime Series. Obviously I used some alternative bricks that are not offered by LEGO, but there is no way I am building armor in anything but flat silver. The figure itself has been completed for a few months now, but I couldn't find anyone who would print on a 10x10 dish for the shield, so in the end I had to do it myself with spraypaint. This caused me problems since I had never spraypainted anything in more than a single color, but after a few tries and a few ruined pieces I got a decent result. The original idea was to make a half-circle base and place the two figures side by side. But as it turned out Goblin Slayer was way too heavy, and a support was needed to keep the figure from tipping over. In the end I placed the 2 figures back and connected them at the back to back so they can support each other. as you can see there is a support running from the Priestess back to her hair, and the Hair is connected to Goblin Slayers belt. To make both characters visible I placed the whole Base on a turntable so it can be freely rotated. it has little rubber track inserts at the bottom to stand secure. I originally wanted to place a motor inside (not from LEGO, too loud and power hungry) to slowly spin the MOC, but I haven't figured this out as I have no experience the electronics. Here are two more pictures of the base details: Overall I am quite happy with how this Project turned out, even if there were some unusually big annoyances along the way. I hope you like my MOC :) Greetings Gray Gear
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She strides through the great Urtican temples and out across the wastelands, through settlements near and far spreading the Ulrican dogma. She speads word of the great awakening and sings the songs of the defeat of the Mighty Black beast Orcinius. all the while lamenting the great cost to the phocites and the Ultricans. Now and since the threat of man had loomed large, casting a shadow across the lands and peoples of the North, and yet a greater threat has risen. The Elken are an even more dangerous foe as unlike the puny but numerous humans, they have no fear of winters icy embrace.. -------------- Atiqtalik is an ultrican priestess, she carries a blade forged from the tears of Narwhal sea witches. Her shield is the spell screamer which swallows spells up whole and then spit them back out with even greater venom back at the caster.
