Quests & Challenges

[img]https://i.imgur.com/cgWkck1.png[/img] This is a two-fold but very casual challenge to combine getting a variety of coli loot when I don't have the brain for anything else, and doing something lore-wise with the frankly unreasonably amount of dragons I own. [br] [center]Without further ado [size=5]the [b]Rules[/b]:[/size][/center] [list] [*]I'm not seeing the [b]Coliseum Big Drop Challenge[/b] around much right now? But this is that. I will start in the Training Fields and grind there until I get a Big Drop (listed below), at which point I can move to the next venue and repeat. [*]Big Drops: [list][*]Eggs [*]Eliminate [*]Boss Familiars [*]Genes/Breed changes - may disqualify ancient gene scrolls if they prove to be too plentiful, we'll have to see[/list] [*][b]New![/b] A scene needs to drop first before a Big Drop can enable moving on to the next venue. (Implemented because I got a gene 10 minutes into Scorched Forest, and dang it, I want to get scenes along the way.) [*]I am not locked into only using one venue at a time, but if I choose to go elsewhere for any reason, that will not count towards this challenge [*]I will not log the exact amount of time spent/battles fought but I will log the start and end date for each venue [*]I will log other notable drops (familiars, apparel, miscellaneous speciality items, skins, etc) [*][b]The non-coli part[/b] of this challenge is that with every venue, I will write lore somehow inspired by that venue! This can be a short story, a dragon bio, a general description of a location/event/relationship, it just has to be Some Sort Of Lore [*]There is a chance I will make a doodle instead here and there, but it is a slim chance [*][b]If you want to attempt this same twist on this challenge, you are very allowed and encouraged to do so![/b] Good luck, have fun, and enjoy the fruits of your grind and writing! [/list] [br] [center][size=5]The Team for Low Levels[/size][/center] [center][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=45817452][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/458175/45817452.png[/img][/url] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=55592281][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/555923/55592281.png[/img][/url][/center] [br] [center][pinglist=43412][/center] [b]Pings when:[/b] a venue is completed, a lore piece is posted [b]Does NOT ping when:[/b] I post the spoils of a day's grind in this thread without having gotten a Big Drop [br] [img]https://i.imgur.com/16Dullf.png[/img] [br] [center][size=5]Directory[/size][/center] [center][emoji=butterfly 2 size=1][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3390511/1#post_58232555]Training Fields[/url] | [emoji=flowering tree size=1][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3390511/1#post_58232561]Woodland Path[/url] | [emoji=torch size=1][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3390511/1#post_58262284]Scorched Forest[/url] | Boneyard | Sandswept Delta | Silk-strewn Wreckage | Blooming Grove | Forgotten Caves | Bamboo Falls | Thunderhead Savannah | Redrock Cove | Waterway | Arena | Volcanic Vents | Rainsong Jungle | Boreal Wood | Crystal Pools | Harpy's Roost | Ghostlight Ruins | Mire | Kelp Beds | Golem Workshop | Forbidden Portal[/center] [br] [code] [img]IMAGE[/img] [center][size=5]Venue[/size] date | date[/center] [br] [center][b]Familiars[/b][/center] [br] [center][b]Apparel[/b][/center] [br] [center][b]Other[/b][/center] [br] [img]IMAGE[/img] [br] [center][size=5]Lore[/size][/center] [br] [img]IMAGE[/img] [center]Dividers by Vertigris ([url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/2669851]thread[/url]) and Ezevic ([url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/3269012]thread[/url])[/center][/code] [br] [img]https://i.imgur.com/Mrbfuzm.png[/img] [center]Dividers by Vertigris ([url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/2669851]thread[/url]) and Ezevic ([url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/3269012]thread[/url])[/center]

[img]https://i.imgur.com/nXzCm1w.png[/img] [center][size=5]Training Fields[/size] 2025 January 10 | 2025 January 14 [Item=ancient gene parchment: diamond][/center] [br] [center][b]Familiars[/b][/center] [br] [Item=chipskink] x2 [item=death's-head stag] [item=emerald webwing] [br] [center][b]Apparel[/b][/center] [br] [Item=green lace wristlet] [br] [center][b]Other[/b][/center] [br] [item=broken flower pot] x12 [item=leafy pack] x5 [item=shock] [item=scene: training fields] x2 [item=sap] [item=pestilent slash] [item=flame bolt] [item=diseased might fragment] [item=acuity fragment] [item=might fragment] [item=dark acuity fragment] [br] [img]https://i.imgur.com/GbsnLo0.png[/img] [br] [center][size=5]Lore[/size][/center] [br] The stream of dragons training for exaltation through the Chattering Tower is a variable trickle at best. The Tower doesn't offer much outstanding in terms of training, and most local trainers consider this avenue a side job. The trainees usually come in small flocks, a handful of them passing through, sweeping through the shops and market stalls with coins loose in their pockets before moving on to their loftier goals elsewhere. That last part is what draws their scant numbers here and what makes the local merchants perk up at seeing unfamiliar faces. Where they are going, they won't need money anymore and what little possessions they won't take with have already been turned to coin rather than remain as hard-to-barter second-hand items. Most trainees are very happy to spend indeed. Treats, trinkets to send back home to a proud family or leave with a friend are popular, or small personal items to bring with as a memory of this time. Even more common is good food for the training and the road, a bed a bit more luxurious than they would normally afford just for a night, one last performance to enjoy from the local theatre troupe. Small pleasures to enjoy in the moment without adding extra weight to their already slim luggage. The Chattering Tower is a mish-mash of flight cultures and dragon origins. There is no exclusive loyalty to the Arcanist oozing from every stone here. Prospective exalts can seek out local diplomants for advice on where to continue with their journey regardless of what deity they aim to serve. As is common elsewhere too amongst dragonkind, there is a general respect towards those who dedicate themselves to training and study this way (because oh, yes, becoming an exalt of a deity isn't all about one's body while neglecting the mind), even outside of them forming an important, if relatively small, niche in the local economy. [center][emoji=butterfly 2 size=1][/center] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/51305435]Milo[/url] is regrettably fond of the occasional flocks of future exalts passing through. They're a hopeless romantic, dreaming of grand gestures and a new crush every other week. And the tragic romance of a handsome stranger just passing through, headed for a noble fate they cannot return from? Oh, it tugs on their heart every time. A brush of claws while exchanging glass trinket for gold, a searching gaze that lingers just a little bit too long, and [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/47896614]Hellasa[/url] knows Milo is going to be doing little else but sighing with bittersweet dreaminess for the next week. [br] [img]https://i.imgur.com/FAnbZ9b.png[/img] [center]Dividers by Vertigris ([url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/2669851]thread[/url]) and Ezevic ([url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/3269012]thread[/url])[/center]

[img]https://i.imgur.com/LaDAj03.png[/img] [center][size=5]Woodland Path[/size] 2025 January 10 | 2025 January 14 Note: Started early while trying to figure out whether the scene I got from Training Fields should count as a Big Drop (decided against it) [Item=ancient gene parchment: papillon][/center] [br] [center][b]Familiars[/b][/center] [br] [Item=trumpet porcupine] [item=flying fawn] [item=greenroot janustrap] x3 [item=scarlet-crested woodoon] [item=autumn dryad] [item=dryad] [br] [center][b]Apparel[/b][/center] [br] [center][b]Other[/b][/center] [br] [item=leafy pack] x9 [item=dark might fragment] [item=pestilent slash] [item=fiery acuity fragment] [item=acuity fragment] [item=scene: woodland path] x2 [item=gust slash] [item=shining acuity fragment] [br] [img]https://i.imgur.com/4c6PutS.png[/img] [br] [center][size=5]Lore[/size][/center] [br] "It shouldn't be this easy," [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/71710719]Timián[/url] muses to himself, trudging along the hunting path in the woods, "for someone like [i]this[/i] to hunt." "Someone" being [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/45130449]Aelroth[/url], his gigantic, silkshine body slinking between the trees without as much as making a sound. [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/84898287]BCKBRNR[/url]* sits perched on his shoulders, dwarfed by Aelroth's [i]everything[/i], the spines on its back twitching as it searches for the heartbeat of prey. The pair's vibrant purples and oranges fade easily into the deep greens of the forest, too easily, leaving the mind searching fruitlessly for the movement it knows should be there. Only BCKBRNR stands out every once and again before fading back into the background, knowing well enough to keep hidden in the shelter of Aelroth's folded wings. It's not right. The first time Timián saw Aelroth hunt he had all his questions answered about just how in Arcanist's name someone so large and brightly-coloured and obnoxious can bring home bounties of meat. But that doesn't mean his mind has accepted seeing it happen just yet. Maybe he's a bit grumpy today, too. The dense forest means none of his birds of prey can help him with much of anything on this trip. Timián himself is an adept hunter, swift on the pounce and good with his claws and meticulous about field dressing. But he doesn't feel complete without his birds to send on smaller prey. All at once, Aelroth freezes, Timián feels it more than sees. The three of them search for what had set off...Aelroth? BCKBRNR? There. The bright head of a clown charger before it slides behind a bush again to graze. The pale fins on its back laid flat. Not alarmed. Faint shuffling from that way, suggesting a small herd. Aelroth flicks only his ear in command, and Timián is already stalking through the underbrush to circle around. First, surround the herd, get on the opposite side of them from Aelroth and BCKBRNR. Then, [i]drive[/i]. Chase them with primal joy towards the beast they cannot imagine waiting for them, a maw almost larger than they are, a body too much to dodge around, the swift needle teeth of the moth-thing that'll descent on whichever charger makes a break for it anyway, fast to find the throat. [center][emoji=eliminate size=1][/center] Field dressing is not pretty business. Timián had shaved up the fur on his arms for it, leaving the rest of him comfortably shaggy, and over time has paid for the loss of padding with a few new scars. His priorities remain the same no less: clean meat for the clan, and an offering for the scavengers. A definite bonus of hunting with the confusing duo of Aelroth and BCKBRNR is this: Aelroth carries their bounty for being so dang large, and BCKBRNR doesn't complain. [br] ----- [br] [size=3][i]*Pronounced "Backburner"[/i][/size] [br] [img]https://i.imgur.com/Lp9KgXW.png[/img] [center]Dividers by Vertigris ([url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/2669851]thread[/url]) and Ezevic ([url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/3269012]thread[/url])[/center]

[img]https://i.imgur.com/jADlNaL.png[/img] [center][size=5]Scorched Forest[/size] 2025 January 14 | 2025 January 14 How did this take literally under 10 minutes and thus force a rule change [Item=primary gene: python] [item=ancient gene parchment: batty] x2[/center] [br] [center][b]Familiars[/b][/center] [br] [item=crowned bonepriest] [item=zeeba] x5 [item=centaur archer] x4 [item=moss-covered golem] x4 [item=wintermane spearman] [item=wintermane bowman] [item=augite protector] [item=rambra] [item=smoke gyre] x2 [br] [center][b]Apparel[/b][/center] [Br] [Item=tigerlily wing garland] [item=friend iguana] [item=teardrop citrine necklace] [item=nebula starsilk tailwrap] [br] [center][b]Other[/b][/center] [br] [item=acuity fragment] x3 [item=zephyr might fragment] [item=rock slash] [item=might fragment] [item=banded owlcat crate] x2 [item=congeal] [item=enamor] [item=natural might fragment] [item=painted crate] x2 [item=vial of hypnotic sight] [item=fiery might fragment] x2 [item=thunder slash] [item=earthen acuity fragment] [item=charged acuity fragment] [item=frozen acuity fragment] [item=dark bolt] [item=earthen might fragment] [br] [img]https://i.imgur.com/3RcEsju.png[/img] [br] [center][size=5]Lore[/size][/center] [br] [img]https://i.imgur.com/OeUqX3f.png[/img] [center]Dividers by Vertigris ([url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/2669851]thread[/url]) and Ezevic ([url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/3269012]thread[/url])[/center]