last stand

[kittensandsteam.livejournal.com]

The battle on the streets of Ghent is fierce, blood everywhere. The masquerade discarded. Prince Wolfe and Aelfric gone mental inside a building full of flats. One figure stands on top of it, seemingly unmoving and undisturbed by the movement below. Suddenly she looks up at the full moon, her hand stroking the dog sitting next to her.
Her eyes are clear, the knowledge of someone that knows they are going to die inside them.
"One last fight so others may live ..."
She knows they won't understand, Candice, Chris, Layne ...
The next GateKeeper has been appointed.
She breathes in deeply and closes her eyes, mentally going over her preparations and weaponry.
Looking at the moon one last time before she speaks for the first time in nights.
"I will see you soon Alexis ..."
She looks at the battlefield, becoming one with the shadows, using the power of her blood to fly down to a lower house before dropping her cloack and stepping into sight, repeating to herself silently "I am the GateKeeper to Golconda, I will die so others may live and pass through ... God have mercy on my soul ..."

Somewhat off-topic

[taimatsu]

Please let me know if this post is too far off-topic, and I'll delete it.

I wondered this evening, after completing an entire series of Changeling drawings, if anyone else makes Cam-related artwork. I know at least one talented person does - Raven, whose artwork has made the cover of IoD many times. But does anyone else? It doesn't matter how good you think it is, what medium you use, or anything else.

Would anyone be interested in posting to a shadow_artists community if I set one up? I can imagine people would be interested in reading it, but I don't know whether there's enough content out there. Please tell me your thoughts!

The only restriction I'm considering is the use of photographs - I suggest no photos unless they are both a) of people who've agreed to their use and publication and b) edited significantly to create a separate artwork. There are Cam-photo archives out there already, and the other works would be overwhelmed by photos if we included them.

What do you think?

Apocalyptic weather

[chrisvenus]

There's a huge thunderstorm here and it got me thinking...

( A glimpse of the end )

New community!

[taimatsu]

shadow_artists exists! Please check the userinfo before joining, as there are various issues a picture community has to address which a writing community doesn't!

Membership is moderated, but I'll be online frequently for the foreseeable future, so your access shouldn't be delayed too long.

Please get posting! I'll put some stuff up myself later, when I've fought with the family scanner.