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Draw or write about your elnin helping an elder spirit with the resurfacing of an old tradition! — Show details for more info on what specific tradition must be depicted.
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!!! NOTE: Elnin pomus are no longer in a state of hibernation please resume your normal pomu pal activities !!!
This is a Seasonal prompt that will recur some years between April through June! This prompt may also vary slightly per year!
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This seasonal prompt's "Quick Rules":
- Entry Window: 04/01 - 06/30 11:59pm PST.
- To Enter: Use the "Submit" button for this prompt!
- Completion Reward: 6EC
- Bonuses:
- One of the following:
[For written entries] Word count reaches 900: 2EC
[For drawn entries] Including a second elnin/kittom (or other CS): 2EC - Plus:
- [Including a Pomu (or Miju if you own one)] You're able to acquire an additional 1 EC for this prompt by including a fullbody drawing of your elnin's pomu (for drawn entries) or by including 1 paragraph of your elnin interacting with their pomu (for written entries). Standard pomu guidelines must be followed, unless your elnin's masterlist entry has an indication your pomu is not a standard variant!
- A miju can be depicted (drawn or written) instead of a pomu for this bonus if you have a miju in your account's inventory. Miju have similar intelligence to pomu, but with more slow methodical mannerisms compared to pomus more chaotic ones. Miju can speak in single words, but don't generally string many together.
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- [Regional Affinity] You're able to acquire 1 AP for this prompt if the background drawn fits the region! Please remember to make it visually distinct to the region, not a random wall, table, grass, tree, etc. You can have a background not themed towards a specific region, but it will not count for this bonus. (See the [Regional Affinity Guide] to learn more about this bonus. For specific guidelines on qualifying for AP for a region you will want to reference the Regional Affinity Guide and the background resources on the page of the region you want to earn AP for!)
Qualifying for AP: In order to verify that your piece qualifies for an Affinity Point (AP), please add the following information to your prompt submission comment text:- Regional Affinity: [ Eyre Region name (e.g. Ahza, Bellmoril, Ealei, Enmir, Faerindell, Kyendi, Palu'au Islands, Silveil, Strynhalde, Zevija ) ]
- Elnin: [ Link to masterlist entry or their ELN# from the masterlist ]
- [Including a Pomu (or Miju if you own one)] You're able to acquire an additional 1 EC for this prompt by including a fullbody drawing of your elnin's pomu (for drawn entries) or by including 1 paragraph of your elnin interacting with their pomu (for written entries). Standard pomu guidelines must be followed, unless your elnin's masterlist entry has an indication your pomu is not a standard variant!
- One of the following:
- Maximum Entries: [1]
- (There are multiple "prompts" for this seasonal tradition. You can only submit 1 prompt overall, so pick between the options. You cannot do both.)
- Other:
- All entries must include a background.
- Please only submit newly created art. Please do not submit commissioned works or previously-created art or art done on reused bases.
- As always, non-owners are more than welcome to enter!
- Shading is no longer being required for prompts but flat colors are still required.
- Collab pieces are not allowed for prompt submissions.
- All submissions must be your own work. Works produced through the use of artificial intelligence are not accepted in this group.
- Please include the masterlist number of all elnin present in your prompt submission! Thank you!
Art by Manaberri
"Spirits Stirring"
Draw or write about your elnin helping an elder spirit with the resurfacing of an old tradition! Read on to find out what specific tradition must be depicted!
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Every so often elder spirits stir within Eyre. At times, their surfacing or actions cause some unusual effects on the lands. Other times, their very presence indicates changes are occurring in Eyre itself. What changes are occurring tend to vary but it's not uncommon for old traditions to be brought back or new ones to form in response to the movements of these impressive spirits. Eyre has become quite boisterous in the months leading up to summer this year.
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This year Azha's elder spirit, Weaver, is stirring within the desert region's vast and shifting landscape. In response, Azha's eldertree is in bloom with large white iridescent flowers allowing Eyre's residents to partake in a unique tradition spurred by the spirit's activity.
Near Azha's capital, Bejali, rests a massive towering banyan-like tree that anchors the region with roots that coil around the skeletal remains of an ancient colossal dragon. This particular elder tree is known for seldom blooming, perhaps indicating something fickle about what conditions may need to be met in tandem with the region's elder spirit stirring. With the rare blooms abundant for the first time in a while, locals can finally use the flowers from the elder tree to craft a very special kind of paint. This paint is often referred to as "snaring paint" because it allows elnin to harvest an elusive fruit called "Weaver's Bite" from a very common Azha plant. Locals often call the fruiting version of this plant by its proper name, wanderweave, as the non-fruiting plant is now more commonly called wanderweed due to its lack of fruit.
Local azhanese folk say the common plant has some quirky qualities to it, specifying that when the plant fruits it will cast a mirage of itself elsewhere with its fruit present all while the original wanderweed plant appears fruitless. Elnin meandering through Azha are likely familiar with what wanderweed looks like due to how common it is, but if they want to see a plant bearing fruit they will find it quite difficult. The delicious fruity morsels are impossible to see or harvest without applying some snaring paint in swirls on their face and arms. The snaring paint on their face keeps their gaze sharp while seeking out the mirages.
While Azha tends to have the most mirage sightings, probably the most unusual aspect of the mirages is that they are not necessarily bound to the region of Azha. The source plants, wanderweed, all reside within the Azha region's bounds but their mirages, the wanderweave plants, can be cast far and wide across Eyre when the elder tree is in bloom. No one is entirely sure why the plants scatter their fruiting visages so far, but some elnin suspect it may be in response to the elder spirit in Azha's fondness for the fruits.
Snaring paint is crafted near the flowering elder tree in Azha but with the mirages scattered far and wide the paint itself is transported all across Eyre, so the weaver's bite fruits can be freshly harvested and delivered. Once elnin have collected a fruit, the tasty offering can be delivered to any major shrine found in a region. As a respectful gesture towards Azha's elder spirit, most major shrines will leave out glass jars and bowls filled with sand brought from the desert region to invite the spirit beyond Azha's boundaries so it can enjoy the offerings. While this tradition comes from Azha, it is a tradition that can be celebrated across Eyre, much like other known traditions related to elder spirits.
(Depict your elnin or kittom helping with this old tradition or the steps leading up to it! Keep in mind to acquire and handle a fruit an elnin's arms are covered in snaring paint. To see the fruiting plant elnin must have it applied to their face near their eyes as well. Elnin can be depicted taking on any part of the gathering process. For those elnin or kittoms ambling closer to home, perhaps they are helping apply snaring paint to adventuring elnin so they can go out to retrieve fruit or applying snaring paint to themselves to assist in handling fruits in town.
Snaring paint can be any color after being processed from the white iridescent blooms, and usually applied as swirls on the arms and face of an elnin. Some elnin stylize the paint a bit more but any more coverage than on the arms and face is optional. By ahzanese tradition, more paint generally means an elnin is more serious about fruit gathering. Elnin must still be identifiable even with the paint applied. While the elder tree blooms the flowers are abundant so using a little more paint isn't seen as a wasteful practice while the tree blooms. The paint itself is not shelf stable without undergoing an extremely expensive enchantment process so it is not often seen out of the blooming season.
Art by ManaberriThe fruits found on the wanderweave plant are rainbow and striped in color while the leaves of the plant are green and vivid. Weaver's bite fruits themselves are known for being sweet and spicy.)
Art by ManaberriIn past years, Ealei's elder spirit stirred within the Manawell that circles around the base of Ealei's eldertree, Yggdrasil. In response, Ealei's eldertree would bloom even more grandly with its bright golden blooms, and petals could be found adrift on the water's surface below.
It is said that the Ancient Spirit that lives within the Manawell can be seen from time to time in the summer months. When it is awake, it comes close to the surface. To outsiders, it can be an alarming sight, as this Spirit takes the form of a massive white serpent. The locals know that it harms no living creature, and can be observed swimming in playful arcs beneath any boats brave enough to venture out over the deep waters of its domain. In addition, while the Ancient Spirit is visible, fishing in the Manawell can be a lucrative venture. The Ancient seems to scare up a lot of fish with its antics and would appear to enjoy helping the locals feed themselves, but be warned that any fishernin that takes more than they should may find their boat overturned by a rolling serpent's coil as punishment for their greed.
Something is amiss in the sea waters though as the fish appear to be sparser there. As a result, it seems as though the elder spirit in Ealei has been herding fish out of the depths of the well into the sea. They could use some help though!
Eyre's outer endless oceans are most often referred to as "the boundless", although the term can also be used to refer to the inner waters as part of the whole too. In the olden days there was a tradition to help fill the boundless sea with life, and this year it appears to be coming back! Is there something in the deeper boundless waters that's affecting sea life? Is the boundless expanding? Residents aren't quite sure. There's only one problem...not all fish can acclimate to the boundless with ease. Stories inscribed in history speak of glowing fish appearing in small pools and shallow rivers across Eyre. Some older locals say those fish must have received some kind of blessing but how has remained an unrecorded mystery. Until this year there was no record of how these little fish were being blessed with their luminous bodies, but elnin think they may have partially figured it out.
The light showers across Eyre were first documented a few years back and later on observed to have odd effects on elnin's shadows. In a recent, particularly strong, light storm some Eyre residents have witnessed fish being struck by the light showers too and surprisingly these fish are now aglow. Quick! There's no time to waste! Grab a bowl, or a jar, or a vase and scoop up these glowing fish. This has to be a sign right? Though it's unclear exactly which spirit may be blessing the fish, the one in Ealei seems to be stirring the waters up a bit in excitement.
Elnin must help escort these tiny luminous fish to the boundless. Of course, elnin aren't particularly strong swimmers, at least not like their undine relatives, and they certainly aren't expected to ferry a bunch of loose fish all the way to the deep oceans. Instead, elnin can simply deliver one of the blessed critters into any body of open seawater. This can be done by just releasing the fish from the vessel they were carried in (be it bowl, vase, etc), or an elnin can use a more traditional festival method if they'd like to add a bit of ceremony to the event. A few of the traditional methods of releasing these glowing fish back into the water include crafting paper boats or lanterns that the fish seem to float around or within as they're carried out into deeper waters. Another traditional vessel has resurfaced too, where fish are placed into special bubbles designed to float on the water and sent drifting into the sea. Paper and bubble traditional release methods tend to sink or melt into the water, though occasionally the bubble vessels can pop prematurely.
(Depict your elnin or kittom helping with this old tradition or the steps leading up to it! Keep in mind there should always be a glowing fish somewhere in the setting. There won't be any deep water diving but elnin might be depicted catching a glowing fish from the shallows of a small lake, pool, or stream inland. Alternatively, elnin might be found carrying all sorts of small vessels, like bowls or vases among other things, and transporting the glowing fish through Eyre's regions. For elnin or kittoms ambling closer to town, perhaps they're busy crafting paper boats or lanterns with the glowing fish within eyeshot to get the boat's proportions right? There may even be some elnin who have reached the beaches or shorelines touching Eyre's seas and are releasing their glowing fish from vessels or watching the small glowing fish friends drift off on tiny boats, lanterns, or in bubbles to their final destination.
Feel free to show how your elnin is reacting to this widespread effort! Transporting these glowing fish across the lands might be an exhausting effort for some, while others may feel like it's a walk in the park. Are they perhaps a bit emotional seeing these little fish off? Bittersweet feelings might bubble up or perhaps feelings of excitement and joy at a job well done. One thing is for sure though, Ealei's spirit will surely be happy to see more fish filling the boundless.)
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- FAQs -
A: Yes! For this prompt they are!
A: Yes! If you were looking to get an older spirits stirring stamp for a specific elnin, you can opt to do a historical prompt like the one for Ealei to get that older stamp. Keep in mind you can still only submit 1 submission for this prompt a year, so if you opt to do the historical version of this prompt you cannot do the current one.
A: In future years this might change, but at least for this year, since Ealei has been featured two years in a row and we're doubled up on seasonal prompts for 2026, we've decided to keep the submission cap at 1 submission total. Eventually there will be more options under this prompt that we'll likely relax the submission limit, just not this year.
Rewards
| Reward | Amount |
|---|---|
| Elecite Coins | 6 |