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B-day Gift : Scarf of the Gods

“There are tales of a mighty dragon who braved the nest of the Yehkshir. With his majestic scarf, it is said that he swooned the evil Goddesses from causing him harm. Many have tried this feat but have failed, ‘twas only the impeccable charm of this hero and his trusty scarf that has ever walked away from the nest lavished in dark kisses.”

Birthday gift for @thornacious featuring Inbarrnán (Yehkshir believed to be responsible for giving Kuros the water ability), Yahvii (Feuriah’s mommah) and some random normal Yehkshir! 

Hope you had a wonderful birthday you buttfart!

~Weird Hyenas, Mod

Lost Queen : If it does, nobody knows for sure. There are many legends and tales about Bhailiu, some say it has no bones, that it is just darkness taking the owl gryphon’s form. While others say that it’s true form has black bones, like it’s talons and beak.

One legend tells of a very stubborn King who refused to accept his death. When Bhailiu came for his soul, he stood up to it and challenged it for the right to live again. Bhailiu then changed it’s form; sprouting dozens of long, spider like arms, it’s head twisted upside down while it’s jaws opened all the way along the neck, and rows of black, glistening teeth grew within the abyss of it’s mouth. It lunged and swallowed the stubborn King up, shifted back to normal, and flew back to the Veil.

Personally, I’ve never seen Bhailiu do this, and the most I saw this awe striking God do was shift sizes and sing. It is also said to speak in both a male and female voice, but again, I’ve never seen it.

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Can Yehkshire control what element their young get, or influence it? Because Feuriah’s element seems VERY different from that of her immediate family, so I was wondering if it came from the influence of her mother?

OOC : Not really, there’s a handful of Yehkshire for every element. The abilities OF the element can change, like how a fire elemental can breathe lava or fire, what color fire, etc. That tends to depend on the type of male they pick to breed with. The male doesn’t have to be the same type, they simply look for strong/powerful males to prey on.

There are more elemental Yehkshire than the Skylander elements, as there’s few Yehkshire for Ice, Water, Wind, etc. Pretty much following Legend elements. Though there’s no Yehkshire for Dark since… well, they’re all dark versions OF the elements xD

As for Feuriah’s mommy, there’s two possibilities. I may or may not reveal much about her, like Acerbus being her father it wasn’t something I ever really planned on revealing. But I may 8D

Lost Queen : I remember the day he came from the Veil. He was massive, larger than any normal dragon, giving him the appearance of over a thousand years old, and the strength to prove it. He filled the city with the greatness of his power, his aura, stunning all that gazed upon him. He held himself in an unbridled confidence, like he truly believed he was what our people had been waiting for. A God. A new God to lead the remnants of our people to salvation and greatness. 

When I first saw him, I was intimidated, but not for a single second did I believe he was what this prophecy claimed. He was no God, I saw it in his eyes. He cared not for our people, we were tools to him. Blind, worshipping tools he could bend to his will. He was a powerful dragon, but that was all; just, a dragon.

Lost Queen : Oh yes, the Brokt has the most Gods actually, but then again, Brokt were VERY common Kuros. There were the Guardian Gods, then the Blacksmithing God who is also Brokt. Not every breed has their own major God, I’ve only spoken about a handful but we do have plenty of other lessor deities (sort of like Bhailiu is to the Yinvaht). But let’s see… there was another Goddess that I always found incredibly fascinating, yet one of the most terrifying of the Gods.

Adanbarinthen, also called “Araudan”, is a deep sea Goddess that lives in every form of water among the Kurosian mountains. She keeps to the deepest, blackest waters more so than commune with the people. Sort of like Breithonakt, who kept to himself and his duties. And, like Breithonakt, there are very few depictions of Araudan since she can change her form, but she’s rumored to look similar to some deep sea creatures with mossy, underwater tree branches along her body. She has, like most of our gods, multiple arms that are long and spindly ,with two of the longest and biggest arms being near her head.

To all but the Kuros, she can be the very embodiment of water fears, as she loved to torment her victims by tickling their legs while they swam. Then, when they were scared enough, she’d pull them under to the blackest parts of the waters only to drown as she forced them to stare into her apparently hideous face, with only the luminescence of her skin and teeth lighting it up.

Her tale is that when Skylands began to form seas and lakes, those of Light and good would hide in the watery depths from evil. Mahoura saw the need to fix this imbalance, and with the aide of her children (the other Gods), she created Adanbarinthen to bring darkness to the water. Araudan started as a tiny sea dragon, but as she learned the fears of others, evolved her body to bring the most terror. She can travel to any body of water not purified by Light, but is known to stay among the Kurosian mountains the most.

After her creation, Adanbarinthen laid a single egg. That egg hatched into Inbarrnán, the blue and black Yehshire believed to be the one to give Kuros the water ability.

Kuros with water abilities often worshiped Adanbarinthen so they could master the evils of water like she. She’s over-eager to do so to not just the Kurosian people, but any being of evil and darkness. However, she won’t reach out on her own. Kuros with water abilities had to study in colleges and cities built around large bodies of water that held special temples to contact her. Within Kurosia, there was a single college with a temple within it as a last resort when less and less cities survived. 

Araudan was often rumored to be very mischievous and playful in her own sick way. Taunting her victims, and even playfully scaring her own worshipers. She has been known to giggle, though it’s no pleasing sound. She can mimic other underwater creatures, as well as people. 

I’ve never met Araudan, but she was one of the most interesting goddesses. I loved studying her and reading all the stories about her. I still have a lot of them in my personal library, if I’m seen reading a book, it’s usually about her. 

OOC : This is actually a god I’ve been dying to make, because I AM VERY MUCH AFRAID OF SWIMMING IN LAKE WATER. This god, I knew from the start, was going to embody that fear of mine. It all stemmed from when I was a kid swimming in a lake, saw a tree in the middle of the lake, swam up to it only to look down and realize the tree was upside down in the water so far I couldn’t see it’s top. It’s limbs were covered in algae and looked more like shriveled corpse arms reach up to me. Sufficed to say, I was scarred for life x,D Ever since, I imagined lakes were infested with dead bodies. I wouldn’t say I have a phobia, but lakes make me nervous and I will avoid swimming in them.

I was very uncomfortable the ENTIRE time I drew this thing, and that’s exactly what I wanted. I kept myself on edge the whole time, not too much to cause any severe anxiety, but enough so I translated that uncomfortable feeling to 

Araudan. I had tons of pictures of Dragon Fish, which were the main inspiration, and lots of other deep sea creatures. I also listened to creepy underwater noises, and an hour long video of whale calls. I find deep sea creatures fascinating and I looooove reading and watching videos about them, even if it scares me. 

So, ENJOY! 😀

weirdhyenas:

WIP Mahoura – Dragon Goddess of Love

((Maa-aura)) is the Goddess of Love. It was once thought to be very strange for the Kurosian people to have such a Goddess, but the term ‘love’ isn’t quite the same. Mahoura represents the love of thy own people, the tie that bonds the Kuros together. She is thought of to be the first Yehkshir, therefor the mother of the species as a whole. She is the smallest of the Gods, often portrayed as an eastern styled dragon with countless arms along her body. Her head, although small and slender, is crowned with a triceratops like frill with complex holes carved in peaceful designs with blood gems scattered along them and her body. Her main statue, which is held in a large temple in the middle of the city (or the heart), is also adored with a flowing mane. She is said to be present in every Kurosian when they feel connected to their people, the feeling of pride and love is her. 

OOC : Um, I don’t think I ever shared this here. O-oops o-o’’’

This originally was my first go at Mahoura. I’m still not happy with how she looks, even though it was never finished. I’ll go back to it one day, drawing Mahoura is quite the feat and since she’s pretty much the ultimate God of the Kurosian people, I want to be more satisfied with her appearance.

But it’s worth sharing! I can’t believe I forgot to share ;n;

Breithonakt is a god living in the Veil of Darkness and he guards Kurosia from those that don´t have darkness in them. He was never seen but he is watching you while you are passing the Veil. He can be recognized by the sound of rattling bones which cover his whole body. I don´t know about you but I would feel VERY uncomfortable if I knew he is watching me from the distance XD

OOC : I’ll have you know I was attempting to sip on coffee while i was reading this. It was a horrible mistake. I don’t know what noise I made but there is now coffee on my lap. 

*cackles* THIS IS AWESOME X,D SO WORTH THE COFFEE IN MY LAP

Miss…what happened to the gods? Why they keep silence? After the fall of Kurosia?

Lost Queen : I don’t know. I’ve done my best to attempt to contact them from the castle, and the few attempts I’ve sent gargoyles to the temples nothing happened. They all fell silent the day I snuck out to contact the Skylanders and Malefor attacked. Breithonackt is the only God that I’m aware of that’s still awake.

Are there any wingless Kuros or sea dragons that are Kuros, you know, water dragons like Zap and Echo, except they’re sea Kurosian dragons?

Lost Queen : Oh yes, not all Kuros had wings. As long as they had black main scales and Kuronium, they’re Kuros. Our sea/water god Adanbarinthen (Who I will explain further eventually) was wingless.

Lost Queen : Benach’Seir~

It doesn’t look like much, just a wall of black, churning clouds. It’s quiet, but if you listen carefully, even from the castle you can hear the dull clicking noises of Breithonakt’s bones as he moves through the Veil.

It isn’t all that clear just what the Veil is, exactly. It surrounds the peak of the mountain, all around the city, whilst inside we simply see the Veil just beyond the guardian statues. Some believed that it was a portal of sorts that took you to Breithonakt’s realm when entered, and only he could decide if you were worthy enough to pass through. Bhailiu however also comes in and out of the Veil, but it’s assumed that the owl god takes souls to a different realm than Breithonakt’s. Or, the spirits become one with the Veil, and provide Skylands with the evil it needs. It depends on a Kuros’ personal belief on that, I view it as a dimension full of doors, in a sense. Doors to other realms like Breithonakt, or wherever Bhailiu goes. 

I could tell Voteil was a Seuth because of his powers. Seuth’s are strange in that way, they can look like the other breeds, but their powers label them a different breed all together. They have a different blood type completely unique to them, but there have been so little of them they are very hard to study.