#monglia

[kamadramallama]

Another Mongol boy. With his sucker’s prayer.

[crossoverworldtree]

Bong (13 Point Quality)

A supernatural species from Mongolian steppes, this occurs when a nature spirit goes into the body of a recently deceased woman, grating them a new life.  This new being retains some of the memories of who they once were, but they are a different person underneath it all.  As well as overtly, as the process creates a physical third eye in their forehead.  They are considered living beings by and large, the spirit being able to experience mortal life for themselves, but the spirit itself can do this to multiple host bodies over time.  

A Bong starts with the Zombie Quality (See: Monster Smackdown) and recovers their Constitution in life points every hour.  They are also innately magical, being a mixture of spirit and flesh.  They gain Attractiveness +2, but have a Third Eye in the center of their forehead, though this can be hidden rather easily with bangs, a headband, or a hat.  This Third Eye grants Acute Sight as well as Greater Sensing. Because of the nature of the spirit, they may gain levels of the Age quality.  When a Bong is killed, they can reincarnate into a new host body.  A new host body can rework the attributes of the Bong’s body.  Each new host has 12 +1d10 Attribute points. 

To destroy one permanently, they have to be burned or the spirit must be torn apart.  In a host body, they take extra damage (+1 to the modifier) from Decapitation attempts.  And while they have their Third Eye covered or blocked, they cannot use Acute Sight or Greater Sensing.  They also have Adversary (3) as various curses brought about by the Bong for past wrongs has given them a very bad reputation among humans (In one case, they are blamed for the existence of Tobacco).  

[photovsky]

Nomadic

After heavy raining, they suddenly appeared.

[caitlinyardley]

Offroading in Mongolia

May 2017

[kamadramallama]

My favorite brothers. Nostalgic this morning.

[photovsky]

あー解放感！ と、海外へ行っていつも、感じる瞬間は、バイクに乗ってる時。

今回は、それは、夕暮れ時におとずれた。 ゲルから出てきたお父さんが、一日放牧していた馬、山羊、羊、ヤク、牛達を家に帰らす時間。 馬に乗って遠く離れたところで草を食む動物たちを迎えにいくんだ、と思いきや、そこは、現代。バイクに飛び乗る。で、私に向かって、ニコっと笑顔。クイクイとあごを後ろの席に動かす。 きゃーー！乗っていいの？！と飛び乗って、お父さんと動物追いに出発。

夕日の中広大な草原を走る走る。季節は夏の終わり。ちょっと肌寒い。「帰るでーー」と私も馬達に声をかける。ヤクの長い毛皮が夕日を浴びてきらきら、さわさわと揺れる。牛はゆっくり、馬は早足。中には、なかなか帰らないやんちゃなヤツもいててこずるが、1匹残らず連れて帰ると、それで今日の仕事は終わり。

ほんのちょっと歩くのより速い、生身の体に風を受ける、いつもより少し早く変わる目の前の風景。 あー、旅が始まった！さてー、明日は何をしようかな。

[coloursnlines]

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Satellite image of the Mongolian salt lake Uvs Nuur. As you can see, the lake is at the bottom of a bowl-shaped section of desert surrounded by mountains, so no rivers flow out of it. Water can only escape by evaporation, leaving salt behind, so the water is pretty salty - about half as salty as the ocean.

There are fish in the lake, but I have no idea how they got there, since it isn’t connected to any other water in the world.