#setting scenes

[dmed-expedition]

*They reach the peak.*

@bathe-in-dragons-light @professor-azran @the-moist-samurai @shepherd-to-the-flock @splintered-faith

The heat is thick in the air, almost visible. The view would be gorgeous if they could see it, but the light from the tear in the sky is so bright raising their gaze from the ground feels like pins in their eyes and leaves them blinking away spots with tears that dry in seconds.

As the path ends and opens onto flat ground and the light and heat radiates from before them rather than above them for the first time along this journey, they realise they have arrived at their goal.

[pretty-vizitor]

Does the absolute LYRICISM of an AM song just take u out all of a sudden? Like you've heard the song a hundred times and ur like yeah that's clever Alex is a clever clogs we know we KNOW but then you actually take a moment and hear something like this

and it's like oh

[valiisi]

any tips for creating scenery and stuff? also love u and hope u have a good day! ❤️

First I map it out !

AND THEN WHEN DONE, you color! Then you’re done! You can add figures, whatever- once you have it down, you have it down. :> 

[dmed-expedition]

*The expedition arrives at Sun’s Summit.*

@professor-azran @splintered-faith @the-moist-samurai @shepherd-to-the-flock @bathe-in-dragons-light

The very air is hot, its so hot you can taste it, drying out your mouth with each breath. Its so bright you can't look upwards without shielding your eyes, having to keep your gaze on the ground.

As they've gotten closer and closer the enviroment changed, the ground becoming sandier with smaller bushier plants, the trees thinning out until they started to become more numerous once more, but very different from the forest before. Becoming tall greyish trees that tower above the party, providing relief from the intense heat and light with the shade they provide.

More noticeable than even this change in enviroment however is the sight that becomes increasingly more visible in the sky above them. A great rift in the sky, from which inside can be seen pure heat and flames. Like a sea of fire.

The rift sits above the mountain that rises before them. The path they'd been climbing was itself bringing them upwards, but was far from as steep as the mountain ahead. This close to it and unable to truly look at the peak it seemed endlessly tall. Any glimpse of its top would be with tear filled squinting eyes and through that blur it almost looks like the peak reaches into the rift itself.

[dmed-expedition]

The gang’s nearing Sun’s summit if you wanna hop in the DM chair

Up ahead of the group, the horizon glows with a bright light the closer they get. At first it just looks like a glimmer of something red-orange as they crest a hill, and then lose sight of it again as they continue to travel.

Once the space opens up more and they can see what they are travelling towards they see it almost looks like a sunrise, despite the sun that sits in the sky above them being only an hour from noon. A flaming glow that turns the clouds around it pink, sending a glow fading out into the bright blue of an early afternoon sky.

[dmed-expedition]

As the sun begins to drift towards the horizon, the expedition find that the ground is flatter, and more even. As they walk, the ground below them is has a far thinner layer of leaf litter. Just the leaves that have been blown by the wind, rather than what has gathered and accumulated over time.

Just ahead they can see a narrow game path, seemingly not well travelled, but larger creatures have been here enough to wear a path into the ground below. It leads through the trees continuing in a similar direction to what which they have been travelling. Its not completely clear, parts of it are hidden and its narrow, but its some sign of life.

@the-moist-samurai, @splintered-faith, @professor-azran, @shepherd-to-the-flock & @bathe-in-dragons-light

[dmed-expedition]

There is no way forwards but through, to each side is the plants, forwards is the plants. They have to choices, turn back, and go to the village they left from, over a day's journey away to see if there is another route, or to go forwards, into the woods.

@splintered-faith, @the-moist-samurai, @shepherd-to-the-flock, @professor-azran & @bathe-in-dragons-light

(credit for the original map from this (just stole it from google images bc my usual map making stuff isn't working rn))

[dmed-expedition]

The road has been stretching on ahead of them for some time. Fields burnt and some still smoldering a bit, even hedges and any greenery has been burn. No plant life for what must have been about ten minutes of their walk.

They can make out distant patches of green like islands in a dark ocean. Not many of them, but most often around occasional buildings. Including one that appeared to be a farmstead, although quite a ways off the path. If someone was to stop and squint, they might make out a path leading from the farmstead away from them. Likely towards a town or more populated area.

Then here and there there are isolated fields of crops, and then an apple orchard. Its entirely surrounded by burnt land, but the orchard itself is unharmed. Then more fields, until there are regularly fields of crops and growing plants.

Ahead, a fork in the road. Where the road splits is a wall almost, but its short, maybe closer to a wide pedestal? As they approach it, it is more clearly a stone cairn, with runes carved into the masonry.

From the direction they are coming there is no signs but leaning against the cairn on the sides that would be seen if you were heading up the path to this joining point, are two wooden signs, borders painted in a bright colour to draw attention to them. You cannot see much else without stepping closer and moving around the side of the cairn.

@bathe-in-dragons-light, @professor-azran, @shepherd-to-the-flock, @splintered-faith & @the-moist-samurai