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Absolutely wrong. I wouldn't have come up with my Lingering Smoke essence if I hadn't been looking at all existing essences all the time. It was Lazarus's Eternal Flames that finally gave me the idea for the smoke.

It's not just looking at existing ones either, it's looking at the ones other questers are coming up with too. It helps stimulate your mind and help it to truly understand what it is that makes a fel essence a good fel essence. Herb is right in saying that it is typically easier to take something simple and make it contradict itself. Most of the existing essences are just that. Smoke that never dissipates, fire that never burns out, shadows that cast themselves and the list goes on.

There is a second type of essence that is a bit harder since it's a play on metaphors. Ekundayo's essence is the best example for this, Cloud of Despair. In reality there is no such thing as an actual cloud that lingers over people to rain on them constantly and make them utterly depressed. In the Lab, because of the storm, one such cloud was able to come into existence.

Your essences (the ones that have a description anyway) are close, but still lacking something that would truly make them a fel essence. It's hard for me to picture what sort of powers your Raevan would have from any of them. You don't have to state them in your description, you just need to keep them in mind when creating the essence. More often than not a Raevan's ability comes from their essence rather than their soul, though this all depends on the Raevan of course. Most people try to have a good balance of both.

As for your crying stone statue, that's one you'd have to run by Kyou once you've got it solidified. Yes it's true that the stone is not man-made, but a statue is, thus it all depends on what Kyou says in the end.

Update::

I really want to pick this back up, but I'm just at a loss for Fel Essences. If I could just find something easy and pretend to like it, maybe it wouldn't be so difficult. |3

-So happy she got a reply- XD I feel so awkward sometimes.

I just came up with an idea, which I'd like to share. <3 There may be one more coming.

Hey Pidgeon > w<

As much as I love drinkable rainbow, I personally feel like you're right in being hesitant about using it because of Sa'ida. However, there are multiple flame/fire based essences in the Lab and Sa'ida has been inactive for a long time. I think, if you're really passionate about doing something with rainbows, you should just contact a member of staff and ask them how they feel about the similarity. It may not be a problem at all, but I'd hate for you to put time and effort into developing something and then be unable to move forward with it in the end.

As for the stump, why is it only a stump? How come the tree was able to be removed/cut down but not the stump itself? Does it have something to do with the roots? The ground?

You can message either Chrystali or Ravina Loki about it > w< They will both be happy to help you I'm sure!

Mmm, I understand about what the stump looks like, but it doesn't really answer why the stump itself is special as opposed to the whole tree. How come you could cut the tree down if this is supposed to be a strong/unbreakable item? The chemical make-up only goes so far up? Or was the tree cut down before the storm?

Yea, I would do so > w< Don't be afraid to be descriptive and tell the story of an essence, even if it's 'obvious' - Liquid Aurora Borealis doesn't really even need a description, but it's nice to show people what I imagine when I see my essence in my head.

What a pretty story * U*<333

Now my question is - if it was impossible to get out of the ground, how did Kyou get it into an essence vial/bottle? > A>