Journey

Malakyte looked out at the vast land below her. It had been a week since her departure from Sylvhara, a departure she regretted for she missed her friends. But the disappearance of her beloved land of Anar drove her on. Surely a whole forest could not simply up and vanish like that. Beyond the obvious upset with the event there was the fact that such was her connection to it that she felt a part of herself missing.

Long nights had she spent there, gazing to the north, yet communing with the land itself. It was there that her first communion with the elements, the air, water, and land had happened. It was there she first had words with the birds, animals and trees.

What magic had taken the mountains, the glacier and forest, as well as the druid stones and simply vanished them? She had been very troubled by the occurrence. The Fae lands magical appearance in its place only cemented the fact that the land was gone.. perhaps forever.

In those last days she had explored the lands thoroughly, seeking a clue to the vanished forest. But there had been none save a single stone that somehow had fallen from that land into the waters of Elen. She had taken this, the very last connection to the land and placed it in her pouch, keeping it with her day and night.

One morning she awoke from a dream, one that showed her on a journey, seeking the forest of Anar and with that dream came the driving urge to find it once more.

So after a conversation with her Second, Powers, giving him authority to rule the dragons in her stead until her return, she had departed, not knowing when she might return. She thought it might be a short journey, but it had lasted for over a week and she had no further clue as to the solution of this puzzle except for what she felt from the stone, a feeling that it was not in dissolution but that it still existed, somewhere.

And so she traveled on, from the North West edge of the world, exploring all the lands that fell below her wings.

Update at long last

I must apologize for my lack of posts here and that this is not in character. I had lost the correct name and password for this account and only just now figured it out.

A lot has happened since my last entry. Unfortunately a lot has happened in real life and i may not be on second life for much longer. I may not have internet for much longer as i have been out of work for over a year and my unemployment benefits are gone now. Our very house may be lost, unless i can get a job very soon.

I need to start looking at finishing things up in second life. As dragon regent i have just named an Elder Sun Dragon who will act as my second to the Dragons of Sylvhara and in worse case, he may succeed me as Dragon Regent if we do loose internet.

It is my hope that things will work out. But it is a great relief that someone else has stepped forward and is willing to take the responsibility if the worst happens.

Found it!

Hurro'nora

From the war torn land of Krynn i fly
Abandoning dark armies lest i die
Passed through gate and mists of time
I come seeking wealth and power for mine

Glittering scales blue as the saphire sea
All who see will fear me
My eyes the color of glacial ice
Ivory talons stronger than any vice

Dark are my wings as the midnight sky
There will be a great outcry
As swift i dive into the night
destroying all who worship light

Deadly lightening is my breath
To my enemies it is death
Elven called storm wind my fame
Hurro'nora is my name

Lost again!!!

I feel so frustrated, like such an idiot. My mind must be going at long last.

*sighs*

I have done one single poem i can be proud of in my whole life.. and the last time i was at the bard circle i decided to find it.. and after a long exhaustive search i did find it.

I remember making a seperate document of it and saving it so i could find it again.

But now several weeks later i can't remember where it is!!!

*GROWLS IN FRUSTRATION!*

So i spent most of the time during the bards circle searching my computer and notecards for the poem all with no result.

Thoughts on creativity

Much has happened in the realm of Sylvhara, yet i have a feeling of frustration. I have been honored as a knight of the realm but still the quests are on hold. I also feel my character has stagnated a bit. Nothing is happening except reactions and there is nothing new or exciting about the dragons or my character. Perhaps that is why i continue to loose members.

I have remembered something that i have known in the past. Too much of one thing leads to stagnation. I "hang around" too much. I come online to get things done yet get caught into conversations that detour my train of thought. And then at the end of the day i hang out again, hoping for more interaction, cutting into my sleep. And so passes another day with nothing much accomplished and a bit deprived of the one thing that would help my creativity, my sleep.

For my real life as well as my second life, i need to spend less time there. If i go for a walk, do my art, do other things i will get ideas that i can apply there. I need not be there to get those ideas, in fact being away helps the ideas mature. I can even put them down on paper and think about them again and again, refining them.

Yes there are times when i need to be in world but not 24/7. It is better for my health, my real life as well as my second life that i break this habit.