Welcome to Gaia! ::

Quest ver2.0!

Su has evolved into Adahy, the Uktena!

Welcome to my Fa'e Quest. I've been lurking around the Fa'e thread, and even posting sometimes since a bit before Anen was re-born. I first noticed the community when I stumbled upon the breedables forum over two years ago. At that time I was repulsed at the idea of humanoid pets, of course since then I've come to realize they aren't pets but children. I was mostly persauded to begin my lurking after seeing the adorable art in David and Syrenrei's sigs when both their Fa'e were babies and toddlers but it was the first writing contest that really caught my attention and I've been working on Su ever since.

Reasons For Wanting a Fa'e Child:

Well to make a long story short I've been lurking and wanting to join the ranks of Fa'e gaurdians for about two years now. I adore the art but more than anything I love the people. Those that frequent the thread are all kind and friendly, not to mention some of the best writers i've ever met. I'd give just about anything to be a bigger part of that community.

Second Gen/Not Lost Child Fa'e Information
Lost Child Information
Same for both

[.::.Important Disclaimer.::.]

Although I do have a native background only a small portion of it is Cherokee, all information used here is knowledge given to me by someone who is qualified to do so. In saying that it also means that such things about certain ceremonies are priveledged information and I have not earned the right to be told, nor to tell others if I did earn it.

So any speculations I do make are completely based off of fact but they will not be explored in depth at the risk of offending/ crossing important boundries.

Before I get asked about this I might as well add that although I refuse to write about tabboo information in an inappropriate way, it doesn't mean I will be ignoring culture things entirely. An example would be if Adahy ever built a sweat lodge. I could describe what a sweat lodge is, what it looks like but I could not write about the actual assembly of the lodge. The same can be said of ceremonies. It could be written that there were songs and prayers to the creator but the words would have to be left out.

[.::.Sources.::.]

James Mooney- Myths of the Cherokee written in 1897

http://www.ewebtribe.com/NACulture/articles/Uktena/ - the info is taken directly from James Mooney's book, I have a copy and I have checked ^-^

http://www.powersource.com/cocinc/articles/tlanuhwa.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horned_Serpent

[.::.The Guardian.::.]

I have two different guardians depending on the circumstances that Dotsuwa is reborn should that ever occur.

Name: Eamane Telquessar
Race: Elf
Age: 200
Gender: Female
Occupation: Agent
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Name: Grandfather Oak
Race: tree spirit
Age: old...no one would cut him down to count the rings
Gender: both, appears masculine
Occupation: being a tree, taking care of Little Bird
Oak is a tree, an oak tree to be exact. He is charged with protecting Oceim and the pixies that make it their home. When Su fell from the sky he adopted her and gave her the name Little Bird. He had the pixies care for her and when the time came he began to communicate with the child through her thoughts. He found the girl to be intelligent and lively and the two soon developed a deep bond. Su does not call Oak father but grandfather in a term of deep respect.
Oak is extremely wise and patient. He tends to speak rarely and when he does it is often to give advice, usually in a round about fashion or through a story. He is normally rather standoffish but is extremely loving and gentle towards his young charge. He is protective by nature and would do anything to make sure the world he cares for stays safe which is why he agrees to follows Airi to Gaia.
When he takes on a humanoid form to accompany Little Bird to Gaia Oak stands quite a bit taller than average at about 6'7''. His skin is a deep brown and has the texture of bark. His hair and long beard are made of thin branches that change colour or lose leaves depending on the season. His bright green eyes are small and almond shaped.

[.::. Art .::.]

I need arts!!!

[.::.Quest Ideas.::.]

At some point I would like to have Adahy retrieve his diamond back. He wouldn't be reborn with it as it is still supposably in existance

Hm... a couple things that definitely need to be cleared up before approval can be made.

1.) Fa'e already has a bird Native American/"Tribal" Fa'e, Taima. This Fa'e also has feathers on her arms and golden/amber eyes, and even a very similar skin tone. You may need to alter your character design so as to distinguish Dotsuwa from Taima. Also, be careful about all the glowy bits as well. Vashtya's completed quest is for the Russian Firebird, and a lot of those traits are specifically going to be used for her Suraj.

2.) There needs to be more elaboration on how the Sun's daughter exists in such a way to justify her coming back. Right now, the only "Fa'e"-ness that is in her myth is the fact that she turned into a bird after her death, and that's hard to even attribute entirely to her and not the mythos. A myth base needs to be special in and of itself in order to be reborn; otherwise, what we end up with is a character with a lot of tacked-on, indistinct abilities that don't easily define it as a Fa'e. I can see that you're leaning heavily on the bird concept in terms of her appearance, so clarify that in your retelling of the story. Make sure that you're very careful on this part, though. Some of your sources suggest that the only reason for the bird transformation was to get her back to the ghost world; you have to find a way to counter that in your retelling, or there isn't much reason for Airi to have her to be reborn as a Fa'e. Undead creatures like ghosts are not eligible to be reborn as Fa'e, and so if you are going to equate her bird-form with her being a ghost or spirit (which is what I got out of the myth, honestly), you may be headed into territory where this myth might just not be appropriate for the Fa'e setup. I'd suggest that you try and find more sources on the bit about humanity "losing all hope of immortality" due to her escape, and see if that it something that can be better tied in.

3.) The "Open the Door" trait doesn't make sense with the sources you used for your myth. Where does this have an actual basis in myth? The Sun stopped by the daughter's house in order to join her for dinner; how does this translate into a responsibility as you're portraying it, integral to the Sun's workings in some manner, such that it may carry over into her second life? Keep in mind that there's a period in which the Sun's daughter has been dead, and that the Sun was able to continue on despite that- or else it didn't, and the Sun in the myth is differentiated from the sun that lights the world in some manner.

You've made enough comments about Yani in your quest to make it clear you know, there's some definite room for toe-stepping when you get into this kind of mythology. It seems like your quest character is probably distinct enough from that mythbase that you ought to be safe; however, dropping Jade a line just to make sure she approves of the shamanistic ability you did give Dotsuwa would be best, because it would really kind of suck if I gave you an approval sticker, and then she had to veto it anyway.



I think that's everything I caught on this pass. Once this has been addressed, you can post again for an approval. I'll be trying to work through the backlog and all that, but I'll try and take new requests first (since some of the backlog is REALLY backlogged), so it shouldn't take too long to get addressed!