Eastern Domain

Rayne nuzzled him goodbye, with Astryne trotting to and fro when he left towards his next destination. Careful hooves took him over the grass and past trees, then to the bare rocks and stone around his next training ground. Magic suffused his steps, and he could tell he was getting ever closer to the possibility at the edge of their collective understanding of magic. It was an exciting idea, if a bit frightening at the same time. It sort of felt like his head was buzzing out of his ears....

Astrelli had gained such wonder from the many places he had wandered that coming home to the Eastern Domain for his next two teachers filled him with immense appreciation. Familiar grass beneath one’s feet was so much sweeter when one had the experience of wandering and yearning for home. The great Buckh Mountains rose like comforting guardians, and well-trodden paths sung to him like old friends greeting a long-gone traveler.   ...

Rainsong Bay was a beautiful place. Astrelli had seen many places in his wanderings around Silkkassa and Miatias, but the beauty of the local environment never ceased to be a source of wonder. Since the Corruption, it had become more commonplace for elkh to step foot around the human places, if only to check in on Aiti’s other creatures and how they were getting along. He was no different in that respect, though he ...

He could feel the footsteps before he heard the human, a steady, plodding, two-footed gait that was nothing like the rhythm of an elkh’s steps. He had learned after a while how to differentiate between the different motions of the natural world. Shroomkin, squirrels, rabbits, bears, elkh… How a river sounded versus a rockslide, and how the rumble of a cart betrayed a traveler long before the sound. He had been lay...

“Papa? Papa?”   Minos groaned but woke up, his vision still blurry as he focused on Calix. The fawn was standing over him, sounding a little spook. “Calix, why aren't you asleep? The sun won't rise for a few more hours.” Minos muttered, trying to get more alert as he slowly woke up from a wonderful dream. His real fawn needed him as Echo had decided to go with Ginkgo for training in the way of Aiti for a bit. Leaving Calix missing his sister and sleep buddy. “I can't ...

Cicadles were trying to eat the crumbling buildings of the Old Capital that Minos called home, some of the giant bugs were being flung away with his thaumaturgy then being zapped with lighting bolts to stun them. He had almost stomped on a few of them, only for them to scuttle away before he could finish them. He was thankful Gingko had taken the fawns with him for some Aitielkh training or whatever he called it. He thought about sending a message telepathically to the other elkh when a scree...