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Thanks Shushi. Lol, I still find it funny though that everyone is liking my Bottled Thoughts one though. As like I said, I'm not particularly fond of myself. But I am loving the Lingering Mist one very much. And yes, I know the description needs a little something more to make it interesting. I was thinking it would be interesting to say it's the smoke from the Eternal Flame essence, that instead of having discovered one essence, Kyou actually had discovered two!

I really like the idea of a predetorial plant for a soul. I still remember seeing the Venus Fly Traps in biology class.

Of the essences, I like the Cursed Vanity best. However, you've described its physical features: obsidian, natural, but non-reflective. But what impact will it have upon the VFT Soul? How is the non-reflective rock related to the name the essence has been given? Does it make others more vain in appearance? Does it make people feel someone else is acting vain? Does their vanity boil over like molten lava or cause their tempers to fume over like a volcano on the verge of erruption? Essentially, what does your fel essence do, aside from not reflect things (and possibly absorb stuff)?

There are other black rocks that are fel essences: Rivener's Nocturne Rock, and Zul's Lava Ice (though it hasn't been formally defined by Kyou).

No worries at all, Ebony. wink I blame my jetlag for not noticing it sooner.



If you are going to use mist, then your essence would be water based, unless its a special sort of fire water. What you are describing could be exhaust (like from a car) or smog (smoke + fog [water]).

The djinn (genies) were known to emanate from a "fireless smoke", and that seems more like what you are describing. I think you might want to refrain from mentioning other fel essences within your own essence description, and think about a different location, so as to make your essence unique from Lazzie's. It's a good question to ask if essences can spawn others but I don't know if it makes your idea stand out. It somewhat seems that you are leaning heavily upon Lazzie's essence to carry your own.

What will this essence do? Will it cause fire without a flame? Will it allow your raevan to produce smoke screens? If its stems from a poisonous gas, it could cause your predetorial plant to be able to heal instead of poison people. Maybe the VFT's bite is a healing one or can remove toxins (for example if Rivener manages to poison someone). Think of how it will impact your raevan, and how it would turn around and affect others.

That's right! Brand new! New Fel Essence in my consideration list. Though under consideration doesn't exempt it from critique so have at it everyone.

Also, check out my Alternative Souls list. I think you'll agree with me that the first alter is rather interesting. mrgreen

Oh and on a side note, new graphics will be coming since my quest has evolved much.

I'm strangely drawn to the Lingering Smoke concept for some reason, it could be taken in a lot of different directions since smoke and vapor can be associated with quite a few things. XD Hallucinations and drugs come to mind at first, admittedly, but there's also smoke signals and things like that.

Thinking back on the Summer Fest, the fel essences that made the finals had a little story behind them, so I recommend thinking on that a bit for your ideas in general. For example, since the Yggdrasill tree and the rest of the world was destroyed in a chaotic storm, things probably got struck by lightning and caught fire; maybe the smoke drifted off from there? What might have happened to make the Empathic Bloom able to read emotions? (there's a small story why the Cloud of Despair has the power to cause negative emotions, but it's something that I've yet to bring up in my future Raevan's story. I think Aph's Nocturne Rock has a bit of a backstory, too.)

...and hey, if you like seahorses, why not check out leafy sea dragons? C8 I'm drawn to the dragonfly soul, but that's mainly because I love insects more than a person should. XD; God of Insects is a good place to go if you want more bug soul-ideas -- I HIGHLY recommend looking at lanternflies (under 'Other Insects') if you want something pretty. They're my favorite insect, and I'd probably be getting one a' those if I weren't netting an eagle.

All righty ya'll! I've picked, I've plucked, I've vamped and revamped more times than I care to count on this quest. Yet, I've finally decided that I will be going with my Lingering Smoke essence and the Venus Flytrap as the soul. (Yeah it made it through! heart Lol)

Annnnnd, let's not forget the brand new banners and sig I've got to go with it. I know they seem sort of simple compared to the previous ones, but...sometimes simple is best. Besides, I think they look quite good and appropriate for the quest. NOW, how's about we get more crits and whatnot for me. mrgreen

I voted the last option of "A little bit of both" since like Mouse said up there, smoke can be of help yet when one see smoke, it is usually from fire and can choke a person to death. So I think that a little bit of both, to me is appropriate =D

As much as I would have loved an evil Raevan...I had to carefully look at what this Raevan was made of and how I've started to see her. So I've chosen to go with everyone else and make her Chaotic Good. Not bad, but not entirely good either. Be sure to check out the Raevan portion of this quest because I've made some changes other than just picking an alignment. And I would still greatly appreciate any crits and comments.

I kinda see what she might look like in my head and although I still want the artist to retain most of the creative flexibilty, I would like her to have like hair made of smoke and her wings to have flytrap heads on them. I think it'd look interesting. I might make a quick sketch of it. Nothing elaborate, just something to go by. Anywho, that's it. Let me know what you all think.