[Cinnamon Heart]

username and ID; Cinnamon Heart 814593
name of kel; Drift
link to event MYO; here
answer to prompt;

Drift gazed out how bedroom window. It had started snowing a few hours ago, and now that the sun had set, he could begin his mission. He opened his cupboard, and pulled out his santa-themed jacket. He has sewn it himself a few weeks prior, taking care to add a hood with synthetic white fluff around the edges. He then put on a Christmas hat, a fake beard, opened his window, and flew out. The local supermarkets would all regret not hiring him to play Santa.

This year, Drift had decided to start a personal tradition of flying around, yelling "Ho ho ho" into people's chimneys, dressed up as father Christmas. He's sure that children love it, although he has doubts about how their parents feel about a stranger landing on their roof. Maybe when they actually accept his application to play Santa at the mall, he'll finally stop doing it.

[InuImori]

username and ID;
InuImori | 309045
name of kel;
Alabaster
link to event MYO;
Here
answer to prompt;

Christmas is about giving, love, kindness, and spirit. For many, they eat festive dinners and open up gifts that Santa had brought to them. Alabaster, however, spends his reflecting on what he is thankful for and on the life that he has lived. Has his life been a meaningful one? Is he taking advantage of the roof that’s over his head, or the warm clothes that he wears on his back? Or having enough money to get food and occasionally splurge on an item or 2 that caught his eye. 



For Alabaster, Christmas is a bittersweet time for him. He is very thankful for all that he has and for the person that is he today. However, he does feel very much like the Grinch. His hooves and useless wings that are placed near his lower back make him stand out amongst the other Keldines. He’s constantly asked about his hooves and always feels a pair of eyes staring at him, judging him and his actions. Alabaster has learned to ignore these stares, but Christmas is especially a sensitive time for him, for his people, a sub-type of Keldine that all used to possess hooves, had vanished. They were once a unique ancestry of Keldine who lived in harmony and peace until one day they went mostly extinct. Alabaster was one of the few Keldines currently left who possessed his ancestors’ hooves and so when Christmas always creeps up, he feels a large amount of loneliness and sadness for his lost people. He craves someone who understands him and his struggles.

That is why on Christmas Day, Alabaster spends his time in the graveyard. He always brings flowers and little trinkets for those who have been forgotten.

[imperials]

username and ID; imperials 644509
name of kel; Rueben
link to event MYO; kayne
answer to prompt;
Reuben spends his Christmas unlike any other. Since he comes from a family whose lived in the high mountains his whole life, they spend their Christmases always going out hunting for game. Whoever catches the biggest prey gets to cook it and have the honor of serving Christmas dinner to their very large family! Though nothing truly gets wasted and they use as much as they can to respect each animal. Pelts turn into clothing, bones turn into sculpted toys, etc. His hooves also give him the advantage of being able to climb on mountains and rocks better than his family. Reuben gets very competitive and into it, especially since he’s won for 3 years in a row. It brings him great joy and now feels like it is his duty to win every year.

[Darkanra]

Closed for judging, thanks for entering everyone~!

[Darkanra]

WHOOoo this was a super hard decision. This kid got so many amazing entries and I'm so so glad y'all liked him, even if some of you were just here for the scales haha. Well, ask and you shall receive! Anyways, onto the good stuff~

Winner
Ok, so, Keldine #525 will be going to Westsparrow!
Dude, this art was really nicely composed, especially the first piece. I loved the flow of it, you did an amazing job on it, and thank you sm for entering!

Honourable mentions earning 5x scales:

► MeepMorpLazuli - this was such a nice piece my dude, my jaw literally dropped
► Lucikan - I loved the perspective for this piece, great job~
► Kitsyn - This was a lot of fun to read, I really enjoyed all the little details about the cooking!
► d o e - The forward perspective on this piece is really nice and I love the detail in the background!
► emgeal - This was a really interesting read, I really enjoyed the different views on tradition expressed in this!
► Akkiod - These pieces were truly stunning! The composition and the colours worked really well together. Really amazing work ^^
► fisht3a - I actually laughed, so thank you for this masterpiece XD
► MistCat - This piece was gorgeous, I loved the lighting and the moon in the background was so pretty. The expressions were a nice touch too ^^
► Saturn V - The expression in this was sooo nice and I loved the light-hearted feel of it~
► father - Although unfinished, this comic looked super cool and I loved the idea behind it!
► ScourgeBane - This was so much writing haha, took me a while to read through it, but well worth it! Loved the idea~
► dwarjam - Really, really nice omg I love the way you paint
► Lepidopterologist - Really nicely written, was a very fun read ^^

Thanks for entering, everyone and I hope you had an amazing holiday!
Sorry again for the delay OTL

[West]

AAAAAA?? Absolutely in disbelief right now I can't believe I actually won??
This was such a fun competition to participate in and everyone who entered was so talented!! All the art and writing was so wonderful to look at and read ;0;
I'm always trying to make my art more dynamic so this really makes me happy to hear as well, thank you so much!!
Thank you SO so much oh my god. Julian will be given lots of love <3