A Lashunta Psionic Dread magically enhancing a summoned nightmare horror inside a magical temple.

Having some fun with VDB's, graphics card wasn't too happy though 😂. My #pathfinder #oc Meialas, a lashunta Psionic Dread. She will let you pet the nightmare horror 😁.
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Art by Gustave Dore: Apollo Vanquishing Python

Castrovel Weekend Inspiration, Part ~Zhoa~
Gustave Dore

With a few tweaks, this could be a classic scene from #Lashunta Mythology: Burning Mother taming the World Serpent, after which She set him underground to guard the World-Soul.

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Art by Kinuko Y. Craft - an angel stands within a cosmic star scape, the earth at her feet, stars, moons, and galaxies overheard. On the left dryads grow from a tree trunk, below which a nixie comforts a child. On the right a wolf uses a mask to shift shape, while at her feet a gossamer-wing pixie sleeps.

Castrovel Inspirational Pic of the Week
Kinuko Y. Craft

#Lashunta theology is more complex than the handful of gods I've detailed. Along with the gods (~noa~), there are varieties & hosts of spiritual beings...

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A lashunta envoy/space pirate head shot illustration for Starfinder 2E

I did a piece for my Lashunta Envoy/Space Pirate

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Lashunta Word of the Week Kami (/ka:mi./; spiritual): time, specifically as a natural force; the passage or flow of time; age, in the sense of a place or person. This word factors into today’s Chapter 33 of a _A Castrovel Adventure: Part 6_, when Lady Vaeol’s mother says: ~Kami shimi lathya-shyeldi,~ - “Time has proven [our] foe.” The Lashunta phrase equivalent to “How old are you?” is ~Kami-sti siyae?~ - “What time/age has you?” Related Terms: Kamassi: to take time; pass time Shiqamassi: to time; measure time Shiqamazo (neuter): a clock; watch Kamathi (spiritual): a while; indefinite period of time Kamatha (common): a historical age; a defined period of time Kamae (s): the past Kanzhaue (s): the future Kanmi (s): the present Kanvaea (c): lifetime Kalino (n): a clock-subdivision of a Lashunta belltide, roughly equivalent to a minute; more precisely, about 27 seconds

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A Castrovel Adventure: Part 6, Chapter 33 In which Lady Vaeol confronts prophecy and must deal with its opposition.

NEW CHAPTER! A Castrovel Adventure: Part 6, Chapter 33
In which Lady Vaeol confronts prophecy and must deal with its opposition.

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The Evolution of Lashunta Science

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The Evolution of Lashunta Science

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Art by Hubert Rober, the Bathing Pool - ruined round column pavilion stands upon a stepped landing, surrounded by trees and overgrowth. A goddess's idol still stands in its midst. Upon its steps and in the water below, women bathe.

Lashunta Inspirational Memory - 4 years ago
Hubert Robert

Aside from Really Old Stuff, all elements I love for the #Lashunta and #Castrovel - this painting illustrates the great 'traditional' artist were already doing...

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Edward Robert Hughes (1851 - 1914): Valkyrie's Vigil - woman wearing a simple gown sits upon a rampart merlon, overlooking a mountainous landscape. While her right arm stretches contemplatively, her left arm holds a winged helm and a sword.

Lashunta Inspirational Memory - 3 years ago
Edward Robert Hughes

This pic's title is _Valkyrie's Vigil_. While it doesn't look terribly vigilant, it got me thinking about how Lashunta Outriders...

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...Right now, I'm leaning toward alien creepiness factors, like these double-jawed, giant lampreys, the kinds of things that gave HP Lovecraft and RE Howard inspiration, and create the impression that #Lashunta (or Humans) are not quite so dominant on their planet as they would like to believe.

Artist is Ahmed Teilab - a giant, segment worm-like monster coils and rears beside the deck of a ship, where sailors and warriors gather. Above, the monster's lamprey-like head open four fanged jaws.

Castrovel Inspirational Memory - 5 years ago
Ahmed Teilab

This pic is less about #Lashunta and more about their nightmares. Lady Vaeol is writing her daylog entries on a ship northbound along the Shattersea Coast...

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The thriae’s gemlike eyes swerve upon me, and their antennae. I also witted more coming from inside. Yet the two nearest bee-wives strode near with a wariness that betold them as warriors. I reckoned the others warriors as well, all but the one sitting under the eave, who held a worksomely wrought wand. Against their eldritch mindfulness I fought shyness. Then I left Aeosel with Remaue and Kaure, squeezed my wifemate’s hands, and strode forth. With a bow I clasped bosom. ~O’omoni-Sonni heshya-ruelve,~ - “For Son’s sake I would serve,” and forespoke that under our truce I would forsake all feuds. Anon a buzz, and yet more manifold as if it might be a word, rang from the shape under the eave. In answer, the gainstanding warrior-thriae loosened and withdrew. The sitting bee-wife raised her wand and a free hand (leaving two still). Then she highly said: ~Romi o lashunte soarye,~ - “Let the lashunta near.” I strode up the eavestair and stood sharp before the lady-seer, who looked rather like the warrior bee-wives, but for the wand, and maybe her antennae slightly longer. Yet I took hap to get my first near look. Her stinger-bulb oddly made a backpillow, propping her upright. I witted her fingers and feet were more clawlike, afitting bug-kind. Yet her hide, even of underlocking shelldishes, looked soft, which I would reckfully touch. Anon, a drive to kiss her soft lips elvenwise took me, though I shamefully withheld and bowed neck. Then her mind spoke straight to mine: “You are the warrior who saved the lorewarden whomwith we already spoke,” she outthought (which words were not rightly Lashunta or anything else, but whose meaningfulness sprang into my brain). I touched bosom and answered: ~O’yaoma-mi vei,~ - “Along with my flag.” Whether the thriae heeded my word I know not, for her thought akept: “And you will go to the far world.” Her word befuddled me, forwhy I wondered whether Lady Eieshiel or Lady-Captain had already told the farfetch...

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Photo by David Ryo - three women surround a crouching man. The women have headdresses like flower blossoms.

Guess What Day It Is?
Lashunta Not-So-Sari Tuesday!
Photo by David Ryo

This level of attention from females under the Damaya Matriarchy - Good thing or a bad thing?

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Art by Ramazan Kazaliev (ramazan221 on artstation) - a rider sits on an up built staddle aback large lizardlize beast, perched together atop a peak sillhouetted against the sky. Under the steed lizard's forclaw a winged shape is trapped.

~Zheieve~ - the Knightly Outriders whose order originated in Qabarat and organizational backbone of Lashunta armies. I have to admit it's one of my favorite words within my Lashunta Conlang. First detail in this pic: something recently died, as evidenced by the wings under the steed's claws. Maybe prey from a hunt, or maybe a monster threat this Outrider was sent to neutralize. More interestingly, how did they take out an aerial foe? This steed-beast looks a little large to be a Shotalashu, which I've envisioned to be roughly horse size ( a little shorter, but also a little longer). Could it be something else? A sauroid version of a heavey battle tank, compared to the Shotalashu's lighter cavalry? The saddle is a curious design, almost like an elongated seat to prop the legs while leaning into a chairback. Built to take naps in mid-travel?? I like the fact that she's not dressed in Barsoomian bangles. Her upper body bears the impression of serious, professional armor, although I wouldn't mind seeing more on her legs, since it's the most likely target for a foe standing on the ground.

Lashunta Inspirational Memory - 2 years ago
Artist: Ramazan Kazaliev

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Art by Jason H. Abbott: 'Lost Goddess of Mu' - amid a cities ruins waits a statue of a kneeling humanoid female figure, who head seems oddly elongated. From the foreground walks a human female figure gazing upward at the statue.

Lashunta Inspirational Memory - 3 years ago
Artist: Jason H. Abbott

Who is this goddess, and why was she forgotten?

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...Could this be the basis for #Lashunta science, instead of hard physics or abstract mathematics? How would that change the basis for their understanding of the world and universe?

Art by Amenorium (DeviantArt) - a woman sits in a tree's crotch, reclining against a bought while she reads a book while butterflies glow in the air. Her gossamer gown streams down the trunk. Curiously, flowering vines grow up on her gown.

Lashunta Inspirational Memory - 4 years ago
Amenorium

There's a feature of #Lashunta culture that presents as an apparent dichotomy in Euro-Western Human society. Education & intellect in harmony with nature...

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Art by Hubert Robert - an ancient arched colonnade with the roof infallen. Workers gather around a pit in the colonnade's middle, where they examine artifacts.

Lashunta Architectural Inspiration
Hubert Robert

With #Castrovel 's constant rain, #lashunta cities may find colonnaded attractive for markets & shopping districts. Ruins such as this may be commonplace in cities so ancient as Son or Qabarat.

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...Do #Lashunta have to do with 'literary Shota', in the same way humans deal with cats trying to hog the attention from the book?

Art by Gilead Artist - a woman wearing a short sundress supported by a heavy golden collar sits on a floor, arm propped up on a pedestal. A book likes open at her hip. Resting upon her upraised knee crouches a large lizard like beast with long tail.

Lashunta Inspirational Memory - 2 years ago
Gilead Artist @gileadart.bsky.social

Could almost be a Damaya scholar, and a pet baby shotalashu?

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...An intellligent, carnivorous plant capable of mimicking and luring its prey, and exercising enough power to challenge the psychically endowed #lashunta? I can't resist!

Art by Carolina Eade - an Alraune. Thorny vines grow curling about themselves. From one hands a large flower, mouth downward. From the flower's center emerges a female body hanging upside down. Sparkles glow in mid-air around her and the plant.

Castrovel Inspirational Memory - 4 years ago
Carolina Eade - To the best of my research, this pic comes from Paizo's Pathfinder Bestiary 3 (1E).

Confession: I am dying to populate Alraune on #Castrovel...

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Thoughts on Part 5: Chapter 57 - Normalizing the Sensational in Fantasy

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Art by Hoang Lap - a woman with an elaborate transverse crown and a wrapped Sari stands within a basket of lotuses, floating on a lake of giant flower petals. She outstretched her hand, from which magic light streams.

Lashunta Inspirational Memory - 4 years ago
Hoang Lap - one of my favorites.

This would be a great look for a Lashunta matron. The lotus symbols would be significantly symbolic of something. Any thoughts?

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A prelude to next weekend's Chapter 33: ~Kami Shimi Lathya-Shyeldi.~ - "Time has proven our foe."

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Art by Frank Frazetta: cover for Death Dealer Tooth and Claw - an armored man bearing a bearded greataxe stands amid a swamp. In the foreground to his right, a body floats in the water. To his left under a dead, moss-covered tree, a crocodile crouches threateningly.

Lashunta Inspirational Pic of the Week
Frank Frazetta

A dire situation, or just a typical Treesong morning, maybe checking the pollywog traps before the dance-rite starts?

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Lashunta Inspirational Memory - 4 years ago
Gold and Garnet Snake Bracelet with Heracles Knot, 4th Century BC - 1st Century AD

I have no excuse. I just like snakes.

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Art by Franz Xaver Winterhalter - Florinda: a group of women sit talking by a bathing pool.

Lashunta Inspirational Memory -2 years ago
Franz Xaver Winterhalter

A group of Damaya females engaged in polite society. What are they involved in? What could go wrong?

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Lashunta Word of the Week Thali (/θaːli./; spiritual): fate, doom; cosmic balance Lashunta have a relatively karmic perception of fate. It is not absolute or fully preordained. Yet one’s deeds, whether good or bad, come back, either directly to the doer or to their kin and household. They believe this holds true not only on a social level, but spiritually as well. Right and good deeds not only improve one’s reputation while benefiting house, city, and society, but also draw goodwill from the gods (Noa), and beneficial spirits like the ~Samaea~ (Graces) and the ~Yezaea~ (Muses). Very much ‘As ye sow, so shall ye reap.’ outlook. This word factored in today’s Chapter 27 within a fairly common phrase: ~Yei o’thali-shei,~ - “As/thus under fate/doom,” within the Upper-Yaro dialect used by Lady Vaeol our narrator, who utters it to accept Captain Dosuaesh’s new mission to ~Qolaryon~ - Golarion. Kaure also uses a related word when she says: ~Aethaldi,~ - “It was ere fated.” ~Thali~ is an archaic word from the Age of the Sage-Queens, preserved via academics. Yaro-Shattersea Lashunta preserves a more colloquial form as a doublet: ~Thaul~ - meaning an omen, harbinger, or foreshadowing.

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A Castrovel Adventure: Part 6, Chapter 32

NEW CHAPTER! A Castrovel Adventure: Part 6 Chapter 32
In which Lady Vaeol, amid celebration, beholds doom.

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