In Search of Qutheiu: the Castrovellian World-Serpent

ARTICLE! In Search of Qutheiu: the Castrovellian World-Serpent

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Castrovel Inspirational Memory - 3 years ago
Ivan 小红花

~Eazue~ - #Castrovel 's Megadendron Milktree - is a living manifestation of Mahaere -Greenmother. Psychically sympathetic, it can pick up memories of its #Lashunta inhabitants.

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Castrovel Inspirational Memory - 4 years ago
Artist is Goran Josic - www.artstation.com/gjosic

With trees like this, who needs skyscrapers?

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Lashunta and Symbiosis

ARTICLE: Lashunta and Symbiosis

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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

New Article!
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...

As a teaser for Saturday, here's a snippet from Chapter 33, in which Lady Vaeol meets the Thriae delegation that has arrived in Son...

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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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