These dusty feet have wandered from the Frozen Wilds to the Burning Shores, but the lands of Tumblr are still uncharted wilderness to me.
Hi, I'm new!
I'm Kathleen Rowan – known as GentlyRowan here and on AO3 (where I write Horizon fic, to no one's surprise).
My husband and I explore the real landscapes that the team at Guerilla Games brought to life in Horizon, and capture the adventure as best we can photographically. I'm the one behind the camera for the landscape photos (unless otherwise noted), and he takes those featuring a mysterious woman in Nora-inspired attire.
Have you spotted this stray Nora wandering the wilds, and wondered what she's doing all the way out here?
A Wanderer's Work
That's just me, a harmless eccentric
adventurer, photographer, lore-gatherer, tale-crafter, and your travel guide to the lands from the Frozen Wilds to the Burning Shores!
As your volunteer Horizon tour guide, I've been pondering some possibilities for the future.
Should I keep working by theme, or post more surprises?
themes
surprises
Voting ended onAug 30, 2024
Some Theme Ideas
Sacred Land Summer (already underway)
Sundom September
Oseram October
Nora November
Daunt December
Jewel January
Frozen Wilds February
March of the Ten
Armor April
Machine May
Dune June (deserts)
Sky July (mountains)
Forest August (woods)
... Utaru Who? Quen When? (I'll figure it out!)
Not a finalized schedule: Life will inevitably happen, and other ideas may overtake these. Maybe better ones!
When I'm not exploring the landscapes of the Horizon games with my husband (credit: all the photos I'm in), you can find me on BlueSky @rowanauthor.bsky.social and peddling Horizon fanfic on AO3 as GentlyRowan.
ALT TEXT BELOW COLLAGE & CUT · ALL PHOTOS BY US
TOP ROW
A green slope rising up to a rounded, bare rock mountaintop; a clear, round pool of clear, vibrant, cyan blue water in a landscape of pines; a human hand stretched out for comparison with a fossil replica of a dinosaur claw
MIDDLE ROW
A wandering Nora (me) treading a snowy path in a canyon of orange hoodoos; a long view down a deep, wide canyon from above through a barren branch bent downward
BOTTOM ROW
The base of a massive sequoia, with more sequoias behind it; the aforementioned Nora passing through a doorway in a gray stone ruin; a white archery bow (decorated in brown, red, and blue with wire, beads, and feathers) hanging from a gnarled tree high above an orange stone canyon
I plan to round it out with reblogs of my Old Ones Guides* to various locales within Aloy's homeland, as well as reblogging more of you all's on-theme virtual photography, fan art, and more. Come September, I'll finally be moving on to highlighting other lands in the world of Horizon.
I'd love to do more collaborations like I did with @robo-dino-puppy, so let me know if you'd be interested in teaming up!
I expect I'm going to be quite busy in the coming months, but rest assured, I have many adventures in store for you down the road!
Your friendly neighborhood
Horizon travel guide,
GentlyRowan
*You and I are the Old Ones ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Unless otherwise noted, all the photos I post are mine (the ones I'm not in) or my husband's (the ones I am in)!
