Unfortunately we've been having a persistent issue with new user signups this year, with new registrations getting an "undefined constant error" when they try to submit their information. I've been in contact with Wyrd, one of our back-end admins, to try and resolve this issue, but it seems to be a tricky one so far and not much progress has been made. I'm afraid I've neglected to publically post about it until now, which was inadvisable on my part as I think it has caused a bit of confusion.

I'll be sure to let everyone know when it is fixed, and I'm very sorry if you're a new user reading this and are currently unable to sign up to the forum.

Grey, based on the photo, I´m pretty sure the statue is made of metal.
I´ll admit I didn´t manage to completely match the color. ^^'

Jitter, three prompts in one! I wonder what Reynir finds down there.

I´m glad you all like the mouse-market, I love drawing picture puzzles!

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16: Merchant´s Store

This year´s first (perhaps only, we´ll see) witch-character! Complete with her flying store selling potions and poison (and all that Jazz ).
I´m not super-sure where the theme-combination 1920s and axolotls came from in my head...

(rules I set myself for these mini-character-challenges are as follows: I must design an original character with a witch hat and a staff, and only color it with 3 markers, 1-2 additional effect-markers are okay too. If I´ve used the exact marker-combination before for a witch-character, it´s off-limits.)

Here my inspiration for the dress and the car.

Reynir checked his gear. Warm clothing, paint, lantern, rope, food and water. All set. Now there was only one obstacle.

“Seriously, Onni, I have to go. Why are you so worried?”

Onni was anxiously hovering at the cave entrance.

“Well, it is a lava tube. I don’t know much about your volcanoes, but I do know lava is dangerous! You can’t go into a lava tube!”

“Itäs an ancient lava tube! It hasn’t been even warm for a thousand years!”

“But you said yourself, there is no way to know for sure that a volcano doesn’t wake up at any given moment! What if…”

“Why must you worry so much? Nothing’s going to happen to me! And in any case, I am a mage! Don’t be afraid.”

“I am NOT afraid, but someone might mistake you for my student! And a student is the responsibility of the teacher. So, I must make sure you don’t endanger yourself.”

“Mistake? How do you mean? You promised to be my teacher!”

“I have promised no such thing!”

“Are you going back on your word? Just because you are afraid of an old lava tube?”

“You are not my student. I merely promised to help you learn.”

“Wouldn’t that make… never mind. I’m going in now.”

“Why do you have to go anyways? What are you expecting to find? Lost treasure? Buried statues? Old World supplies?”

“On the contrary! In there the earth is young, and when I go deep enough, it will be a place no human has ever seen. Nature untouched!”

“A cave of nothing but rock and ice is hardly nature!”

“You told me yourself that the spirits of each land are particular to that land. This is Iceland, the land of ice and fire. Lava and ice are very much nature here. You know that.”

“Stupid Iceland… don’t you dare fall, I won’t come to get you if you get stuck or hurt!”

“Don’t worry! I’m sure Lalli will! Bye now!” With that, Reynir jumped into the circular cave, leaving Onni huffing and puffing and not worrying at all.

These are a delight!

Thanks Jitter! I must find those Doggerland stories!

Mickelson lives in the fourth century post-Rash, and is Mikkel's descendant  (so, in my own canon, Sigrun's descendant too  ).
I have a few ideas for stories with this "indiana Jones" of mine... And yes, that's why he has the hat 

Here's my take on day 3 - Ancient Tree, this time with a (sort of) short story...







I was inspired by Dmeck's story, and decided to play with the idea. The tree base is the hill called "Devil's Tower", in Wyoming, USA, famously featured on Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind". The picture I used is a still from the movie. Here's a picture for those that don't know it: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1c80b7x/devils_tower_in_wyoming_usa/

The tree trunk is from wikipedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acero_%28Acer_Platanoides%29_visto_dal_basso,_Milano_Italia_scuola_Manara.jpg

So I just had to put them together, add a few clouds and Mickelson's hat