Welcome!
Love is in the air and two bucks are about to figure out where they stand with each other!
THIS EVENT IS OPEN UNTIL March 9th, Midnight EST!
Welcome to this year’s Valentines Lore Event!
During the last Seasonal Adventure of 2024, “Tips for a God“, you guys already helped Enlil, God of Earth and Plants, to get some ideas on how to woo a certain Lyti: Ceryn. If you are interested in the entire story including the happenings before the mentioned Seasonal Adventure, have a look at the Seasonal Adventure “Inside Enlil’s Forest” and our Birthday Lore Event 2024!
Back to topic – what time would be any more perfect to tell your crush about your feelings than Valentine’s Day? You are right, none of course!
After thinking thoroughly about every idea and tip he was able to gather while talking with other inhabitants of Prehistoria, Enlil decided on inviting Ceryn to a small walk through his forest. What Ceryn does not know yet: there is a small (or big?) surprise waiting for him at the end.
How does this involve you, you ask? Well, while this Lore Event is not centered around your beast and not everything happens around them like it usually does, there is still an interactive part you can partake in.
The walk Enlil invites Ceryn to will be split into three small story sections. In each section we will be able to watch both of them from afar and see how their first date goes. The important part here: from afar. Your beast(s) will never interact with our two lovebirds. Why they watch them is up to you. Maybe your beast is jealous, maybe they want to make sure Enlil and Ceryn are undisturbed. Just being nosy and wanting to see what happens is fine as well. Watching them to find a (new) weakness of Enlil because your beast is on Larkka’s and Assur’s side is a valid reason too!
Concerning the “watching” part: while we are mainly talking about watching, showing your beast to actually prevent something from happening is fine as well. Again, as long as it stays unnoticed by both Enlil and Ceryn and there is no interaction, you are good to go!
In order to make this possible we changed our rule concerning visibility in images and reduced the usual %. However, Enlil and Ceryn must be visible as well! More details can be found below under Rules.
None of the story parts will give HP, but there will be a reward at the end of each one you may claim once per part per player!
To give everyone enough time this event will last three weeks and end on March 9th, Midnight EST.
Enlil’s and Ceryn’s walk:
You can find all three parts of the story beneath the rules section. Each part will contain the story itself, as well as the reward you get by finishing it. All rewards will be posted into the tracker you have to add in your description.
Please do not forget to submit any entry in our “Valentines” gallery folder on Deviant Art.
To make it easier to depict Ceryn and Enlil, here are their imports:
Required form in your entries’ description:
Import:
Tracker:
Basic rules and requirements:
- Each reward may only be claimed once per player / account.
- Up to three (3) beasts allowed. Only one of them will get the reward though!
- Beast must be focusing on the story.
- These entries will not count for HP.
- The entries may not be used for anything else (you cannot have it rolled as discovery activity for example)
- All parts must be submitted to the “Valentines” gallery folder on Deviant Art.
Rules / requirements specifically for art:
- The beasts must be recognizable and display all their markings, even minimally.
- Must show at least 30% of your beast (Activity Ranges).
- Must show at least 50% of Enlil and Ceryn each (Activity Ranges).
- Visual works must be at least 500 x 500 pixels, or an equal dimension (exp: 400 x 600).
- At least a semi-complex background (Image complexity).
- Must be colored. Shading is optional.
Rules / requirements specifically for literature:
- Must be at least 900 words.
- Beast must be mentioned frequently throughout (every 100-200 words).
- If collaborating, each person must write at least 500 words each.
For all three parts: depict or illustrate your beast watching Ceryn and Enlil from affar to make sure everything goes well and nothing spoils their date!
An invitation:
Ceryn just came back from a small visit at the Elloulk Tribe and has entered Enlil’s Forest some while ago. Wandering a bit aimlessly he thought about what else he could do today. Maybe he could check on some flowers near a river close by? They looked a bit sad the last time he went passed them. Knowing the forest in and out, the Lyti barely paid attention on where he is going and suddenly bumped into a furry shoulder.
Apologizing he looked up and saw himself standing across a slightly smiling Enlil. “There you are, I was searching for you”, the large buck greeted him. “Is something the matter?”, Ceryn asked anxiously. Surely there must be something serious happening if Enlil is looking for him.
Steeling himself Enlil took a deep breath before asking the Lyti if he would like to take a walk with him. Even though Ceryn was rather confused, he agreed and looked towards the God to lead the way.
Reward: 10x Sunstone
The walk:
At first it seemed like Enlil had no certain direction in mind. They were just walking together, looking at and talking about some plants here and there. Every now and then he would also throw in a personal question or two about Ceryn. How are you doing for example. Or how he fared while Enlil was gone, if he had a lot of trouble and if he managed to find some friends to spend time with. Ceryn noted quickly that, curiously, the god seemed to be quite nervous asking all those questions. A thought which made the Lyti smile a bit. After all, when has anybody ever seen the big and mighty Enlil nervous?
With time both of them warmed up to each other. Ceryn got less and less anxious, showing more positive reactions like little smiles or laughs, while Enlil got braver and bolder with his actions, nudging the Lyti from time to time or give him compliments which made the smaller buck look away bashfully.
Slowly, as if the god has been checking whether or not he gets positive reactions for his advances, the directions they took looked more intentional, leading to a certain place.
Reward: 1x Enlil’s Forest Import BG
Surprise!:
By now Ceryn already figured out where they were heading: the giant weeping willow he loves to visit when he has some spare time to spend. He is not entirely sure why Enlil led him there. To indulge in some old memories on how they met? Again a bit anxious but also curious he kept following the god.
Arriving at the large tree the Lyti is surprised with an abundance of his favourite fruits as well as others alongside. Here and there he also noticed some flowers peeking out between all the fruits. Confused he looked up to Enlil, who just blurted “I love you!” all of a sudden. Realizing what he just said the brown buck started to stammer and avoid Ceryn’s gaze. “Wait, that’s not how I wanted… I mean… I…”. Sighing in defeat the god visibly deflated, murmuring something along the lines of “Great job you big idiot, that’s one way to ruin it”.
Despite his heart still racing and not being able to believe what he just heard Ceryn took some pity. Smiling he tried to catch the big oafs gaze and thanked him for the gifts.
Reward: 1x Uncommon Semi-Custom with Beach Morning Mutation
Restrictions:
- Any species except for Ancient Sabers
- Common Base Coat (Snow, Night, Ochre, Earth or Fawn)
- Up to 4 common genes
- Up to 2 uncommon genes
Unhappy about the ending? Why just a “thanks”? You expected more? Well, who said this is the end of the story? c;