Tehanay

First of all, he's not a dragon. He's a wyvern. His name is Tehanay, if you remember him from earlier posts. And the girl is Lenara. These are the main characters of the wyvern prequal, "Flight of Wyverns."
The dress is actually one mom was going to get me. We saw it in a shop, but it was too long, and it would have been too difficult to hem it due to the ruffly nature of the hem of the dress. I usually don't wear dresses, but it was a possibility for the senior prom (which was way overrated. I hate dances. The music sucks, and it's too crowded, hot, and noisy). But the dress was nice anyway, so I gave it to Lenara.
Yeah. I got a little lazy on the background. It took forever to get Lenara and Tehanay right, and I got tired, so I made them standing in a vast green wasteland. Oh well.
Hey Ellen, the picture doesn't show up on my computer. Does it work on your computer, or did something just go wrong with the downloading?

Dragons

So this is Tara's dragon...I can't remember the name right now...too much Calculus homework...

Animals

So, I don't know about you, but I like to include animals in my stories. And it's helpful to have a list of a variety of animals so you can pick out the perfect species to fit in with what you have planned. So, for the reader's benefit, I'll create a list of animals that you may want to add to stories, or games, or anything else you do. Some of the animals you may have never heard of. I'm kind of an expert on animals, so I know what these are. If you don't know, look them up. Some of them are really interesting. And some of them are very vague. For example, there are several species of ducks, so I'm not going to list all of them. I'll try to arrange them in some sort of order. And if you have any to add, tell me and I'll add them. Now, if I have a crow on the list, for example, don't suggest a raven. They're just too similar. Only if the animal is significantly diferent than the ones on the list, please. Or just really cool and unique!


Mammals

Ungulates

Horse

Pony

Zebra

Quagga

Kiang

Somali wild ass

Goat

Cow

Ankole cow

Miniature Zebu

Longhorn

Sheep

Mountain Goat
Bison
Musk ox
Golden takin
Big horn sheep

Aoudad
Argali sheep
Stone sheep
Armenian sheep
Chamois
Chiru
Saola
Wildebeest

Markhor

Chinese goral

Pronghorn antelope
Water buffalo
Dama gazelle
Eland
Addax
Gerenuk
Black lechwe
Waterbuck
Tahr

Takin
Serow
Black buck antelope
Nyala
Bontebok
Dikdik
Blue duiker
Nilgai
Bongo
Banteng
Jackson's Hartebeest
Scemitar Oryx

 
Mule Deer
Sitka Deer
Spotted deer
Sambar deer
Red deer
Caribou

Elk
Moose

 

Giraffe
Okapi
Camel
Llama

 

Tapir

Rhino
Elephant
Hippo

Pig
Bushpig
Red river hog
Warthog
Peccary

Marsupials
Kangaroo
Yellow-footed rock wallaby
Wallaroo
Quokka
Koala
Wombat
Tree kangaroo
Tasmanian devil
Sugar glider
Tasmanian tiger
Opossum
Numbat
Spotted cuscus
Greater glider
Colugo
Bilby
Quoll

Carnivores
Cat
Lion
Tiger
Jaguar
Leopard
Snow leopard
Clouded leopard
Cheetah
Mountain lion
Black panther
Bobcat
Lynx
Serval
Caracal cat
Ocelot
Margay
Oncilla
Iriomote cat
Marbled cat
Black-footed cat
Asian Golden Cat
Borneo bay cat
Andean cat
Fishing cat
Pampas cat
Pallas cat
European Wildcat
Jaguarundi

Dog
Fennec fox
Coyote
Wolf
Mexican Gray Wolf
Japanese wolf
Arab wolf
Indian wolf
Maned wolf
African wild dog
Dingo
Jackal
Bush Dog
Tanuki

Hyena

Panda
Polar Bear
Black bear
Sun bear
Moon bear
Grizzly bear
Sloth bear
Spectacled bear

River otter

Sea otter

Ferret

Wolverine

Ferret-badger

Badger

Honey Badger

Grison

 

Red panda

Raccoon

Coati

Skunk

Fossa

Genet

Yellow mongoose

Ringtail

Olingo

Kinkajou

Binturong

Stink badger

Otter civet

Ring-tailed vontsira

Grandidier's Vontsira

Eastern falanouc

Primates

Ring-tailed lemur

Black and white ruffed lemur

Red ruffed lemur

Blue eyed black lemur

Crowned lemur

Red bellied lemur

Red fronted brown lemur

Mouse lemur

Reed lemur

Mongoose lemur

Aye aye

Sifaca

Diademed sifaka

Indri

Loris

Orangutan
Gorilla
Chimpanzee
Bonobo
Siamang
White-handed gibbon

Squirrel monkey

Patas monkey

Colobus monkey

Japanese Macaque

Pygmy marmoset

Golden headed tamarin

Tarsier

Titi monkey

Golden lion marmoset

Francois langur

Red-shanked douc

Baboon

Mandrill

Gelada

 

Rodents

Capybara

Cavy

Beaver

Mouse

Painted tree rat

Malagasy giant rat

Maned rat

Gerbil

Degu

Chipmunk

Spring hare

Pygmy jerboa

Hopping mouse

Guinea Pig

Hamster

Golden hamster

Squirrel

Porcupine

Viscacha

Springhaas

Chinchilla

Ili pika

Prarie Dog

Silky anteater
Three-toed Sloth
Two-toed sloth
Armadillo
Pink hairy armadillo

Aardvark
Pangolin


Rabbit

Golden mole
Shrew
Giant otter shrew
Tenrek
Desman
Hedgehog
Moonrat

Little brown bat

Pallid bat
Flying fox
Bamboo bat
Yellow-winged bat
Painted bat
Smoky bat

Harbor seal

Sea lion

Walrus

Manatee

Dugong

 

Spotted dolphin

Narwhal
Vaquita

Orca
Humpback whale

Gray whale

Echidna
Platypus

Birds

Mockingbird

Owl Finch

Gouldian finch

Northern flicker

Shima enaga

Rosy starling

Golden-breasted starling

Western bluebird

Robin

Towhee

Grosbeak

Cedar waxwing

Spotted towhee

Speckled mousebird

Swift
Barn swallow

Violet-green swallow
Fairy bluebird
Blue-bellied roller
Kagu

D'Arnaud's barbet 

Great eared nightjar

 

Racket tailed hummingbird

Tourmaline sunangel hummingbird
Gould's violetear

Blue-necked tanager 

Blue-winged leafbird

Blue dacnis

Dove

Nicobar pigeon

Blue crowned pigeon

Chicken

Peacock

Golden pheasant

 Lady Amherst pheasant

Argus pheasant

Blood pheasant

Ptarmigan

Malayan peacock pheasant

Great Curassow

 

Duck

Mandarin duck

African whistling duck

Torrent duck

Goose

Swan

Black swan

 

Night heron

Boat-billed heron

Purple Heron

Cattle Egret

Sunbittern

Sandhill crane

Demoiselle crane

Sarus crane
White stork

Painted stork 

Hamerkop

Sacred ibis

Scarlet ibis

 

Seagull

Pelican

Purple swamphen

Thick-billed murre

 

Red tailed Hawk

Red shouldered hawk

White tailed kite

Secretary bird

Kestral

Aplomado falcon

Javan hawk-eagle

Ornate hawk eagle

Bald Eagle

Golden eagle

Harpy eagle 

Steller's sea eagle 

White bellied fish eagle

Crested caracara

 

Burrowing owl

Barn owl

Eagle owl

Saw-whet owl

Snowy owl

Great horned owl

Siberian eagle-owl

White-faced owl
Griffon vulture

 

Crow

Raven

Great-tailed grackle

Azure-winged magpie 

Javan green magpie

Stellars jay

Bali Mynah

 

White cheeked turaco 

Quetzal

Trogon

Belted kingfisher
Laughing kookaburra

Penguin
Hoopoe
Tawny Frogmouth

Flamingo

Roadrunner

Crested coua

Red-legged seriema

Ostrich
Emu
Rhea
Cassowary
Kiwi

Keel-billed toucan

Plate-billed mountain toucan

Emerald toucanette 

Guianan toucanette

Curl-crested aracari

Chestnut eared aracari

Red-billed hornbill

 

Hyacinth macaw

Green winged macaw

Peach-faced lovebird

Fischer's lovebird

Black capped parakeet

Hawk-headed parrot 

White bellied parrot

Kakapo

Cockatiel

Palm cockatoo

Red tailed black cockatoo

Galah cockatoo

Reptiles
Crocodile
Alligator
Gharial

Tortoise

Sea Turtle

Leatherback turtle

Western pond turtle

Spotted turtle

Yellow blotched map turtle

Alligator snapping turtle

Diamondback terrapin

Painted river terrapin

Chameleon

Madagascar day gecko

Common flat-tailed gecko 

Fantastic leaf tailed gecko

Ornate day gecko

Tokay gecko 

Turquoise dwarf gecko

Red-eyed crocodile skink

Armadillo lizard

Mexican alligator lizard

Chinese crocodile lizard

Mexican mole lizard

Blue iguana

Plumed basilisk

Caiman lizard

Perente

Komodo dragon

Tuatara

California red-sided garter snake

Cobra

Southwest speckled rattlesnake

Red diamond rattlesnake

Bush viper

European nose horn viper

Gaboon viper 

Mangshan pitviper

West African green mamba 

Ethiopian mountain adder

Ball python

Burmese python

Blood python

Angolan python

Emerald tree boa

Red tailed green rat snake

Green vine snake

Gray-banded kingsnake

Amphibians

Red eyed tree frog

Fringed leaf frog 

Vietnamese mossy frog

Amazon milk frog

Sambava tomato frog

Glass frog

Riggenbach's reed frog

Plue poison frog

Blessed poison frog

Strawberry poison frog

Phantasmal dart frog

Iranian harlequin newt
Giant Salamander
Axolotl

"Fish"

Karp

Koi

Salmon

Trout

Goldfish

Peppermint angelfish

Bandit angelfish

Purplemask angelfish

French angelfish

Queen angelfish

Multicolor angelfish

Comet

Orange shoulder surgeonfish

Tinker's butterflyfish

Marquesas butterflyfish 

Copperband butterflyfish

Unicornfish

Archerfish

Lionfish

Blue gularis

Bluebanded goby

Orange-finned danio

Zebra pleco

Silver spotted sculpin

Possum wrasse

Mosshead warbonnet

Vermilion rockfish

Glass cat fish

Armored catfish

Redtail catfish

Upside-down catfish

Mickey mouse platy

Clown loach

Hairy Frogfish

Warty frogfish

Puffer fish

Pea puffer

Reticulate boxfish

Angler fish

Splitfin flashlight fish

Lumpsucker 

Weedy scorpionfish

Leaf scorpionfish 

Short dragonfish

 

Arowana

Alligator gar

Swordfish

Sun fish

 

Seahorse

Leafy seadragon

Weedy seadragon

Scribbled pipefish

 

Snowflake eel

Dragon moray eel

Bat ray

Blue spotted stingray

Polka dot stingray

Ocellate River stingray 

Ribbontail stingray

Honeycomb stingray

Manta ray

 

Whale Shark

Leopard shark

Epaulette shark

Zebra shark

Zebra bullhead shark

Necklace carpetshark

Puffadder shyshark

Honeycomb izak catshark

Chain catshark

Pocket shark

Sawshark 

Angelshark

Tasseled wobbegong

Thresher shark

Pyjama shark

Hammerhead shark

Crawdad
Tropical rock lobster

Reef lobster
Hermit crab
Decorator crab

Pompom crab

Japanese spider crab

Japanese porcupine crab
Pistol shrimp

Zebra mantis shrimp 

Harlequin shrimp

 

Nautilus
Octopus

Striped pajama squid

Clam
Starfish
Feather star

 

Fire urchin

Hair-spine urchin

Pencil urchin

 

Moon jelly

Egg yolk jelly

Upside down jelly

Blueberry sea fan

Pom-pom anemone

Bubble coral

"Bugs"

Monarch butterfly

Variable checkerspot butterfly

Callicore butterfly

Blue morpho butterfly

Pearl morpho

Morpho rhetenor helena

Swallowtail butterfly

Pipevine swallowtail butterfly

Purple spotted swallowtail butterfly

Mourning cloak butterfly

Hamadryas butterfly

Peacock butterfly

Jewelled nawab butterfly

Hypolimnas butterfly

89 butterfly

Salamis butterfly

Buckeye butterfly

Bluebottle butterfly

Necyria butterfly

Ancyluris butterfly

Rhetus butterfly

Jungle glory butterfly

Green birdwing butterfly

Paradise birdwing butterfly

Starry night cracker

Processionary caterpillars

 

Cream-spotted tigerwing (cocoon)

Sphinx caricae caterpillar

Saturniidae caterpillar

Oak slug caterpillar

Hawk moth

Sphinx moth

Tussock moth

Luna moth

Bella moth

Atlas moth

Sunset moth

Green banded urania moth

Episteme moth

Giant peacock moth

Ermine moth

Imperial moth

Southern flannel moth caterpillar

 

Fly

Ladybug

Darkling beetle

Golden Tortoise Beetle

Yellow-bellied flower beetle 

Harlequin beetle

Atlas beetle

Peanut head lantern fly

Ant mantis

Spiny flower mantis

Devil's flower mantis

Orchid mantis

Dead leaf mantis

 

Lichen morph walking stick

Black Beauty stick insect

Giant Australian stick insect

Leaf insect

 

Bumblebee

Leaf cutter ant

Water skipper

Giraffe necked weevil

Domino roach 

Cicada

Mayfly

Dragonfly

Flower-spike bugs

 

Elegant grasshopper

Cricket

Hedgehog katydid

Red-banded leafhopper

Pill millipede

Dragon millipede
Centipede
Peripatus

Mexican red knee tarantula

Fire Snail

Dinosaurs/Extinct
Parasaurolophus
Ankylosaurus
Corythosaurus
Elasmasaurus
Pteranadon
Triceratops
Styracosaurus
Pachycephalosaurus

Mosasaurus
Ambulocetus
Giant ground sloth
Woolly rhinoceros
Woolly mammoth
Saber-toothed cat
Sea Scorpion

Sorrel

Yep. This is Sorrel. Thanks for experimenting with pictures, Ellen. I'll try to put the new black wyvern up on the blog. I already tried moving your picture directly there, but it didn't work. I'll try from the desktop, but those are the sorts of pictures my computer is too slow to load. But I'll give it a shot.
So, Sorrel. As I mentioned earlier, she's Ginger's familiar. She's an ice/frost dragon. She breathes ice, and lives in the snow. I'm not sure whether to call it an ice or frost dragon. The original ice dragon was named Narsay. He was one of my dragons from the original dragon story I had started. I'll probably use him again eventually since that first story turned out to be a dud. He was mostly white with a horse-like opal-hued mane. He seemed more ice like, but he had the same shape as Sorrel. I was doodling him during class, but I didn't feel like drawing in the fancy mane, so I made it curly instead. And Sorrel sort of evolved from that little doodle, because for some reason that dragon felt like it should be brown. So Sorrel is a brown frost dragon with a curly, springy mane. She's sort of a wolf with a REALLY long body, and a horseish mane and tail. There you go.

Dragons

Tara here's your wyvern facing down. You can copy and paste it for the little side thing, or save it to your computer on your desktop or something.

This is Sorrel, a hybrid wolf horse dragon thing...ask Tara for details, she made it up and drew it, I just upload.

Criticism and Current Works

Response to Stephanie's previus comment.
Don't worry. I pretend to be offended, but I know I need criticism. I was just being dramatic. I guess I didn't do a good enough job... But either way, where would "artists" be if they didn't get criticism? That's what helps you to improve. And I admit that I do need to work on character development and variety. But just because I know I need criticism doesn't mean I can't complain about it! Wheee!
By the way, I added another element to the side of the page. It's a list of the stories I"m currently working on. so, let me write the code.
"Typing" means I've finished the story, but have to type it into the computer.
If there's a name next to the story, it's one I'm writing with someone else.
"Fanfic" means it's something I'm working on for fan fiction.
"Hold" means I haven't worked on it in a really long time.

By the way, I don't think I wrote about Banana Notebook yet. Let me explain. I found a rack of notebooks at a store, but they were made out of banana pulp instead of paper. I bought one, and started writing in it. I haven't really gotten very far, but each section is a very vivid description of some impact humans are having on the environment.
I think I've written about most of the other stories already, even if I have yet to elaborate on some of them. I'll get to it eventually.
By the way, this list is dedicated to Stephanie. I saw something similar to this on her blog, and decided that this would be a good place to list the stories I'm working on. Thanks Stephanie!

Personalities

I'm working on my personalities! And there is some variety! Jeez! Arith's really shy. So why is that normal? And Will is serious, And Marcus is a real jerk, but he gets a little better later. You don't know Marcus yet. He's in the "Lullaby of Awakening" sequal (still titleless). Just because my characters aren't REALLY weird doesn't mean there isn't variety! Blah.
So, you said you were going to explain something, but you didn't really. You said that you won't tell us where you got Nex's name, and you told us that "Zuben" is a good name for Zuben because of womething you're planning. Are you trying to be mysterious? And Arith and Shalia had spoken before she hatched, so it's not just like "love at first sight." They chose each other, from the beginning, so they were bound to get along decently. So there. I'm rebutting everything you say. Haha. Take that!
Now I get to add my own element of mystery! I'm going to add a couple characters in an upcoming chapter, whenever it seems to fit. The girl's name is Ginger, and she has an ice dragon named Sorrel. And Ginger has some interesting connections, but I won't tell you what they are! Oh, but I do have a couple ideas for the story.
So, we have the dragons' sky city, right? But the only way to get there is to fly. And they can't do that until Zuben and Shalia grow up. So, once we make that happen somehow, I know how we can get them to visit the sky city. Tell me what you think of my idea. Here we go:
So, Arith, Saleera, and co. are flying somewhere when they're attacked by people from Tarule. They barely manage to escape by flying.....up... and they accidentally run into the sky city.
So, some time after that, they run into "bad people" from Tarule again. And they get captured somehow. This part is where Ginger and Sorrel prove their worth. I have a picture of Sorrel that I'll give to you eventually to put on the blog.
Oh, and one more thing, for the wyvern prequal "Flight of Wyverns," I had an idea. I want Lenara to visit Draykia just a little while after our story ends so some of our characters will still be around. I might end up changing this depending on how things work out. But I was working on "Flight" last night, and I just thought of that.
And even if you sedn me another black wyvern, I can't put it on the blog on my computer. I guess we can fix it next time I come to your house.

Zuben and Nexsidus

Well since Tara posted on our story, and I just read it I figured "Eh what the heck I'll write one too!" So as you may have gleaned from Tara's blurb, Zuben has some...issues. When Shalia hatched she and Arith got a long great, you know the typical "OMG I found my familiar life partner animal thing!" So naturally being as weird and unconventional as I am I decided to make Zuben not hatch right away. And as the story goes along he's got one bad attitude. Eventually he hatches cause he's hungry, but even then he doesnt want to be Saleera's familiar. Strangely enough, Saleera doesnt mind Zuben's...mean attitude. Eh. Going to the name.

Tara makes most of the names up, gives me a list of potential names, and I pick one. Well it just so happens that I picked Zuben (go figure right?) but then I found out what the name meant! And it fit perfectly with what I was going to do for a bit of the story! (For all you destiny-lovers one point) So right now I'm about to explain what's going on with that.

Now Tara has a bit of a habit, I'm not saying it's a bad habit, but for writing stories you need characters with...odd personalities. (No offense Tara! ^^) A lot of her characters have enough sadness in their past, (who doesnt right?) but some of them are just too...normal...they're too "oh ok then" happy...yeah...hard to explain. So to balance out the angst meter my character had to have had a really really really really REALLLLLLLLLLLY bad past. And going with my strangeness and after Shalia and Arith's "instant friendly connection" I just couldnt stick with the norm!

So in the end, I introduce a new character Nexsidus. Now Nexsidus' name (which I made up! Yay me!) is Latin...for what I wont tell you ^^. Anyway he's blind, and he's got bandages over his eyes and stuff, but for some strange reason...he can see! Yes it's a bit cliche, but it'll get better, I promise! I cant tell you now, but maybe when I write it I'll post it. No there is no gap in the bandages over his eyes or anything. Anyway Nexsidus is a blind blacksmith who lives in Yiddin, a small village not far from Shalen (where Arith lived). But he's a little...odd too...I guess...I'll post the information trade between Nexsidus and Saleera when I get home. Yeah, that's pretty much it for these two.

Wyverns

Oops...well I'll send you a rotated version later today of the Black Wyvern pic. That way it'll be right-side up...or will it? ^^

100!!!!!!

Wow! We have 100 posts! Let's celebrate! I'll celebrate by trying to put up a photo of a bunch of puppies that fell asleep on my lap. You'll know if it works if you see a really cute picture under this. And no, the puppies aren't mine, sadly. But I want them! We'll see if I can use facebook photos on my blog...
Damn. It doesn't work. Stupid pictures.

wyvern pictures

So, as you probably noticed, at the side and bottom of the page, I added a couple wyvern pictures. I thought I'd try somethng new and draw them with all straight lines. Ellen, of course, helped me put them up. But the black onbe is upside down. It's supposed to be diving downwards, not up... How do we fix that?

Shalia, Arith, and Saleera

Yep, so this is Shalia. As a baby, anyway. She's quite a bit longer and thinner as an adult. You see her pouncing here. There's one scene where she decides to leap onto Arith's head, just to bug him, so you can pretend that's where this sketch came from-when she's preparing to pounce. Eventually I'll try to put up my picture of her as an adult, whenever I can use someone else's computer (like Ellen's).
I can't wait to see your maps, Ellen! Saturday, maybe? You don't have to worry too much about Wiverna's shape, since it is landlocked. But I bet it'll look great anyway. And I wanna see what you made the new continents look like!
I'm trying to remember if I put up a summary of the story Ellen and I are writing together... I don't think I did, so I'll do that. It doesn't have a title yet. We'll have to think of one eventually.
So, my character is a boy named Arith (you may have gathered that from earlier posts) and Ellen's is a girl called Saleera (again, mentioned in earlier posts). They live on the planet Soreina. On this planet, most people are able to read the thoughts of animals using the language of thoughts. So they can communicate with any animal without using words. I like making people understand animals. It's sort of a recurring theme in some of my stories. I've used it before, and I know I'll use it again. Either way, Arith and Saleera's country is Draykia. Hopefully Ellen will put up her beautiful map of Draykia. She does maps, I make up names (I made up most of them in this book. But Ellen made up Milon and Nexsidus. Any more?) In this country, the right of passage into adulthood is for a boy or girl, usually about 16 years old, to bond with an animal, which is known as their familiar. People of the lower classes generally only get normal creatures like cats or ferrets. People of the middle class get magical creatures like hippogriffs or phoenixes. And those in the highest rank of society get dragons. There are a few exceptions. For example, if a low-class boy or girl goes out into the wild and gets a dragon egg, they can have a dragon as their familiar.
Arith and Saleera come from different villages. Arith, who lives in Shalen, is overshadowed by his older brother, Bram, who seems to be better at everything than Arith. Arith loves his brother, but wants to show his father that he's just as good as Bram, so he decides to get ahold of a dragon egg (I stole the name Bram from a book called Modoc. It's the most fantastic true story I've ever read, and I highly recommend it. I'll have to start book reviews eventually...). Saleera, who comes from the desert town Garayt, is considered the village freak. And she too wants to prove herself by getting a dragon. But they don't want just any dragon. They want an imperial dragon-the dragons with the strongest psychic talent apart from sun dragons. But there's so few of them left on Soreina that their entire population is in the palace of Tarule. And even the eggs are locked safely away in a chamber. They set out to get their eggs, and bump into each other. Realizing they have the same goal, they team up. Arith has his mother's hippogriff, Syrinx, and she carries them on their way. A syrinx is actually an ancient kind of flute, (pronounced Seer-inx) and it's the name of a song that is quite popular among flutists, but I haven't played it yet. I'll have to ask for a copy of the music from my flute teacher... But that's where Syrinx got her name. And Saleera has a pet (not a familiar, just a pet) ferret named Kailo. He's pretty funny.
So, they break into the palace and manage to steal two imperial dragon eggs. They barely escape, but when they head back to their homes, they find that King and Queen Raeton, of Tarule, have sent their armies out to get rid of the towns that oppose them-which includes both Arith and Saleera's homes. So they both find themselves homeless with their dragon eggs, a hippogriff, and a ferret who's always hungry. No one they know is alive anymore.
Then Arith's egg hatches. Inside is a little sky blue dragon with patches of white. She looks quite like the sky. Her name is Shalia. It took me forever to find a good name for her. I really liked Kaila, but that was way to close to Kailo, the ferret. But now we have a lot of characters beginning with the letter "s"-Saleera, Syrinx, and Shalia.
Arith, Saleera, Syrinx, Kailo, and Shalia meet up with a caravan of survivors from the king and queen's attacks on towns. They join up with the caravan of refugees, and start to travel around to look for other survivors. That same day, Saleera's egg hatches into a little dragon. His name is Zuben. He has a bit of an attitude, unlike the exuberant Shalia. Zuben actually means "claw." I was looking for good names for him, and since he's black with white speckles (like the night sky) I started looking for astranomy terms. I found Zuben. In the constellation scorpio, Zuben was used in the phrase "the upper claw of the scorpion," or something like that. Now you know.
So right now, that's about as far as we are. THe caravan is currently stopped at a surviving town. We still don't know exactly where we're headed with this, but once we get a little more done, I'll update again.

Shalia and Maps

Ugh...more maps to draw...right now the three countries I've got are thumbtacked to my bulletin board on various bits of paper. It's a pain in the butt to make Wiverna land locked, if I havent mentioned it before ^_^ I should be adding two more countries, so there's like five on this specific continent. Oh and here's that photos Tara was talking about.

This is Shalia, Arith's dragon. Tara drew and colored it, I'm just the uploader.

Kriayshun and Haminal

Hah! Now all my countries don't end in "a." And by the way, my wyvern country is Wiverna, not Wyverna. So, as you know, it's on the same continent as Draykia. Along with all those other dragon/griffin/phoenix animals. So any countries on that continent should hold similar creatures. I can't wait to see you map of it! Put it on the blog when you're finished. And I have another picture I'd like you to put up for me. Thanks again. I have a few more I want you to load, I admit. But most of them I can't give you to scan for me, unfortunately. I'll have to find another place to do that. Maybe I can do it on saturday?
Haminal is the name of the continent with all the human/animal hybride. Notice the title is a hybrid of the words "human" and "animal."
And Kriayshun is the continent with creatures we make up ourselves. It's pronounced like the word "creation" for obvious reasons.

Soreina response

You'll be proud to know I've added more to the Soreina map! A whole nother country to be exact! But trying to make Wyverna a land-locked country is a pain in the butt. I've also noticed...all your country/planet names...they all end with "a"....yeah just so you know. Anyway, just give me a list of all the places you want added and I'll make up maps and stuff. So far, it seems good.

Soreina, Magic-Earth, and Earth

So, for my stories, so far I have three main worlds I work off of. The first one is obviously Earth. It is exactly like it is today (usually). But I also work on futuristic Earth, or other planets in the Milky way. But they're all at least from this dimension.
Next there is Magic-Earth. Which, if you have read "Lullaby of Awakening," you will know about. It's an alternate Earth. Here's the deal. When humans first began evolving on Earth, Earth split into two. One Earth chose to give humans the power of technology which became our home. The other Earth gave humans magic. And that is the world where Brenor and Briena come from. They have the same geography as us. But small changes in evolutiono gave Magic-Earth slightly different species of plants, animals, and humans. They are still recognizable as relatives of animals from Technology-Earth, but there are subtle differences. And of course, Magic-Earth has magic instead of electricity and other sorts of technology like cars. People have magic, as do most plants and animals. And there's one country where time is distorted, so there exists many of the creatures that used to live on Earth before humans. That means dinosaurs and other prehistoric mammals. I like dinosaurs!
So, Soreina is another planet. That is, it has different geography from Earth and Magic-Earth. But it has humans and all of Earth's animals. It also has many other creatures that do not exist on Earth. Namely, dragons. But also wyverns ("On Wings of Wyverns" takes place on Soreina, as does the story Ellen and I are writing together), griffins, hippogriffs, phoenixes, winged horses, kirins, unicorns, and all those sorts of creatures. So, Ellen still has to tell me what she thinks of this because we're kinda sharing this world now, but I have a bunch of ideas for this world. I literally have a whole list of stories that I'm planning to set on Soreina. But I think one continent could hold all the sorts of creatures mentioned above. One smaller continent could host all human-animal hybrids such as centaurs, harpies, sphinxes, fauns, ex. And a third continent could be home to creatures that we make up all on out own. I have abunch of animals I made up, and I want to give them homes. I should put up pictures of them eventually.
And what I want to do is to have people from Magic-Earth find a way to breach the gap between themselves and Soreina. Some of them have already found ways to visit Technology-Earth, as dicussed in "Lullaby of Awakening." It would be really cool to link all my three favorite worlds somehow. And that way on Magic-Earth there could be the occasional dragon or centaur or something.
So, Ellen, if you're reading this, what do you think? Just post it on the blog, or something.