[SilverSamurai]

two day warning!

[SilverSamurai]

As there are no complete forms that meet the requirements, I am extending this for a week;
this will now end August 21st at 1pm est

[dzo]

Username;; ~Prophecy~
Name;; Avalil, Voice Of Renewal
Gender;; Female
Gif;;
Favorite part of nature;;
Over anything she could pick, Avalil's favorite was the silence.
The occasional rustle of leaves, a branch shaking or a strong gust of wind.
That was music to her ears.
She could go to bed hearing nothing, silence.
Clear of thoughts, peace.
Listening to the trees.
It was always peaceful living in the quiet forest she called home.

Avalil built a magnificent treehouse with her own two paws.
High enough to not disturb nature,
Low enough to safely get down and to not be a hassle to the birds.
Big enough to be comfortable in,
Small enough to be held in only a few trees with only minor tree casualties.

It was wonderful.
The entire forest was wonderful.
The silence was wonderful.
Especially at night.

Of course, it is hard to enjoy the peace when you only hear one thing when trying to sleep.
And that one thing isn't silence.
It is screaming.
Screaming coming from all directions.
From animals.
From other viscets.
The crackling of burning leaves.
The thump of branches and entire trees.
Falling down.

Burning.

The hardest one.
The most vivid one...
Had to have been not even 30 feet away.
First it was a crack of a branch.
Then the rustle and crunch of hooves stumbling through burning leaves.
Then a snap.
And a whoosh.
And a scream from a young buck.
A scream that echoed.
And still echoes in her mind.
That one was the worst to hear.
Especially since she knew him.

It wasn't really her fault.
She did start the fire.
It was only a small bonfire.
She didn't realize how dry it really was.
How windy it really was.
But it was quickly out of her control.

She puts the lives of many forest animals on her.
She says she is a killer.
Best to stay away.
She lives in a cave.
Where she can't do any harm.
Avalil says she should have been one of the fatalities
But instead she came out unscathed.

Silence is rare for her.
All she can hear is the screams
And the burning.

So when she gets it, silence is her still her favorite, even though she knows she doesn't deserve it.

Personality;;
Burning down an entire forest -burning down hundred of animal's homes- has had a major impact on Avalil's personality. Before the fire, she was extremely social and did so much to help everyone. She loved helping and showing kindness. She loves to have fun and explore and try new things. She has become a lot more reserved and quiet out of shame, though most who live near know thing about her starting the fire. Avalil still lives helping others and doing good, but she is too shy and cautious to let herself do so. She doesn't want to hurt anyone else. Have any more harm done because of her. She went from being carefree and estatic to becoming overly cautious, anxious and fearful, watching every move of others and taking to much time to do things because she needs to know every factor and outcome.

[Abraxis]

Username;; Abraxis
Name;; Seibeman
Gender;; Male

Gif;;


Favorite part of nature;;
Seibeman's loves nature, and all of its beauty for that is his favorite part of nature, sure at times can be rather destructive, dangerous. But with the way he is, his connection to nature, the powers he's acquired like creating life out of thin air, making tree's appear from the earth quickly. Healing any wound rather easily, quickly no matter how severe maybe, being able to command any animal with them following his command willingly since he is natures one true guardian.

Never underestimate nature fire can appear out of nowhere and burn the grasslands, or a prairie, but that will not stop trees, grass, all the other plant life from re-growing. When the plant life begins to regrow, the animals shall begin to return as well. All the schedules nature has for those areas will return to normal. Seibeman loves searching for waterfalls, with a lake or some body of water at the bottom of the waterfall deep enough for him to swim around in, searching for caves behind waterfalls and exploring them.

Whether he's using his powers to scan the entire area, including hidden caves, there's nothing he cant find if its connected to the ground, in the cave, or on a tree, he can also see what the animals see, hear, smell, sense, and can also sense the vibrations in the ground, air. So there's very little that can get past his wide range of connection to nature

He loves how the animals call out to each other to warn of danger, call for aid, and tell the others when its time to move to a new area. How they follow there instincts. His favorite animal is by far the Tiger. He loves the pattern the tiger has, its raw power, combined with its beauty. A force that is best not messed with. For when you mess with a tiger, you seal your fate. Become prey to the true king of the jungle.

extra;; Pocahontas - Colors of the Wind
You think I'm an ignorant savage
And you've been so many places
I guess it must be so
But still I cannot see
If the savage one is me
How can there be so much that you don't know?
You don't know ...

You think you own whatever land you land on
The Earth is just a dead thing you can claim
But I know every rock and tree and creature
Has a life, has a spirit, has a name

You think the only people who are people
Are the people who look and think like you
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
You'll learn things you never knew you never knew

Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned?
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?

Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest
Come taste the sunsweet berries of the Earth
Come roll in all the riches all around you
And for once, never wonder what they're worth

The rainstorm and the river are my brothers
The heron and the otter are my friends
And we are all connected to each other
In a circle, in a hoop that never ends

How high does the sycamore grow?
If you cut it down, then you'll never know
And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon

For whether we are white or copper skinned
We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains
We need to paint with all the colors of the wind

You can own the Earth and still
All you'll own is Earth until
You can paint with all the colors of the wind

Extra 2: The tiger is generally seen as a symbol of power and strength, but also of destruction and violence. The tiger can be a symbol of both life and death, evil and evil's senseless or destructive power. In China, tiger images are used as charms to ward off evil.
With a poem
THE TIGER
by: William Blake (1757-1827)

TIGER, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
 
In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?
 
And what shoulder and what art
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And, when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand and what dread feet?
 
What the hammer? What the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? What dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
 
When the stars threw down their spears,
And water'd heaven with their tears,
Did He smile His work to see?
Did He who made the lamb make thee?
 
Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

[SilverSamurai]

Alright, this one was a bit crazy. A few forms had fancy gifs and text, but little context, and others had a basic gif and copy/pasted info. One of the biggest forms and the clear winner did not have a gif in the form, at least one I could see. When consulting the staff, the gif was missing and broken for many others as well, but two of them took a screen shot of the gif, showing that there was indeed a gif, which had ruled it out during judging. We still can not figure out why its a broken image, and have tried a few things to get it to show (with luck for some, not so much for others). This is a sort of weird situation, and I'm sorry this confusion and wait came up. We have decided a fair action in this situation;

Congrats, sschw, as the official winner. You are the clear winner in this contest, with 2k+ of original writing, but the las of gif showing (on both of my computers, as well as several artists) caused a but of confusion if you even had a gif in your form, but with proof became clear.

In return, Abraxis I will be awarding you an RU for the confusion. While I never said what the extras had to be specifically, note for future competitions that copy/pasted stories, songs, poems, exc. are not original and should be avoided in bulk, or whenever possible. That being said, PM me a color if you are interested in the ru.


Again, I am sorry for the confusion and I consulted staff and let it sit for a few days before posting the final decision.

[Corvuss]

Thank you so much!!
Sorry about the confusion over the gif, it's working on my PC but it could be a problem with where its hosted~
Also congrats on the RU Abraxis!

[Abraxis]

Likewise, congrats with winning Ragor.

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