CW: discussion of animal cruelty and abuse in a historical context
Tag: bird
Rip and tear?
Let’s talk about anthropomorphic animal combat. Societies tend to place a pretty strong emphasis on preventing people from murdering each other, or doing other things that strike at the very social cohesion that keeps a city working. We have, of course, created lots of ways to bypass this as a species, and just as many […]
Faenya Lore start
Just a quick blurb about Faenya in my “Wings and Prayers” setting. Writing it down here to build off of later. Faenya is NOT a primary mover and shaker in the greyhawk theme, she’s a elven god of avariel in core canon. And given the Thorsari OBVIOUSLY got suboptimal land placement, here’s my pitch. THe […]
“Term”-inal velocity
So back when I was much younger, before the first Protogen was activated, and the first Dutch Angel Dragon had manifested, Anthrocon had not yet broken 2500 attendees, and Uncle Kage had a full head of hair, I joined a D&D campaign played online over Avians.net IRC. Started in 2004, and played over OpenRPG and […]
And I thought the hawk shoots were bad.
Content warning: Animal cruelty.
The bird in the glass
So a bit ago I discussed how I came by the “Arrow” name, and how I feel it defines me more. But a name is…well, just a word without an association. When you think your best friend’s name, you see their face, or perhaps a memory of them. And for most people, that’s fine. But […]
“Who Am I?”, or, What’s In A Name?
I had a different post I wanted to write today but I am entirely not in the mood for it, so let’s talk about something different: self-definition. So obviously I have a name in meatspace. And there’s plenty of people who use that for me. But for years now, I’ve felt as if “Arrow” is […]
More Bird Rites
After the last post, my friend ircnetsplit (go check out his books!) mentioned a potential myth for Thordani feather imping. “I’m seeing a (possibly embelished, possibly not) story of a group that got mauled pretty badly by something (combat, accidents, etc) and they pool their feathers to one person who goes for help or to […]
Bird rites
One thing I like exploring in some of my art commissions and stories are how cultures might have different developments, based on various factors. With the Thordani, a race of eagle people, there’s been a bit of ink spilled over this. Particularly their religious stuff. They’re from a Greyhawk-inspired D&Dish world originally, and while I […]
Finding Aikine
My first OC that got any serious play that wasn’t a sort of furry wish-fulfillment kind was Kawheek. In 2004, on Avians.net IRC, one channel member wanted to start a D&D campaign. We got four people together, and everyone wanted to play birds. Instead of using the aarakocra, which at the time were wing-arm birds, […]