Dragon's Dancer for Trish and Chasfh by brewgirlca
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For millennia there had been incessant war between humans and dragons. The humans had always strived for technological progress and growth. The dragons had resisted; they were determined to keep the old ways, to live with the land. Both sides had suffered terrible losses but neither was closer to victory than when they had first come to conflict. No common ground seemed possible for these perpetual foes. Then came Kailynne.
Kailynne was born to dance. She had devoted her entire life to ritual movement. As she grew older she came to know how dance became trance and trance would take you into the spirit world; to connect with the ancestors and your higher self. The secret was just to let go. To focus only on the movement until you broke the connection with your "self." Your mind became no mind which was the universal mind. It was during these times that Kailynne came to know that all beings on earth, yes, even dragons, must share the universal mind. So, to be at conflict with dragons was to be at conflict with yourself. And if you were at conflict with yourself, spiritual progress was not possible. No wonder the human spirit had stagnated during the Dragon Wars. It was at war with itself!
Kailynne began to slip into the woods to a sacred grove that the dragons used to honor their dead. There, hidden behind the mighty old growth oaks, she had watched entranced as these mighty beasts danced in frenzied harmony until as one they all collapsed on the ground, seemingly inert to the world. The transition to utter stillness and silence was deafening. Kailynne would find it hard even to breath, as her breath became the loudest noise in the woods. But the dragons would never stir; they were lost to this world.
As she became a skillful trance dancer herself, Kailynne often wondered: could the Dragon's dance be a religious ritual? And if it was, were they aware of the universal mind? Or were they simply mindless beasts, devoid of spirituality as the priests preached? But could these men of God have an interest in perpetuating the Dragon Wars? They had certainly grown rich from the peoples devotion during these centuries of strife. But what if humans were not so removed from dragons as everybody was taught? What if everyone shared the universal mind? Did humans and dragons really stand apart in God's creation? Once these thoughts were in her head she could not let them go.
So one evening Kailynne had returned to the sacred site to see if the dragons were still there. They were. As she hid behind the old oaks she felt a powerful energy radiating from the site. What was this? It did not feel of this earth and yet it was familiar. Where had she felt it before? Oh my.. it was trance energy! Then she heard the old dragon dance master call out "Let all those who know the dance of the dead step into my circle."
At that moment Kailynne's mind let go and she stepped forward into the master's circle. Taken by surprise, the incredulous dragons hesitated but they could not break their ritual circle. They had to let this strange woman in; they had to go with the flow.
Then Kailynne danced with the dragons. Though she had not danced the dance before, she never missed a step, she knew it as if she had been born to it. Having accepted her into their circle that night the dragons raised more energy than they ever had raised before. They all tranced together in perfect harmony and when they awoke everyone knew something amazing had happened. Humans and dragons shared the universal mind! Bt working together as one, they could raise more energy than they could ever do working apart. Further conflict was clearly senseless. The time had come to end the Dragon Wars.
Here Kailynne and the old dragon masters share a spirited night of dance after the declaration of a much needed peace treaty. But after 1000s of years of conflict with nature, will humans be able to keep the peace with the world's dragons? Or will selfish self interests sabotage the efforts to embrace the universal mind?
Comments (65)
This is for Trish (seven12342) and Chash (chashfh) who both gave me special gifts that brought this story to life. Trish gave me her beautiful new character Kailynne who we see here as 35% the Girl 4 and 65% V4. Kailynne is a very special girl and fits many roles but she seemed to be a trance dancer to me. The magical staff wielded by Kailynne is from a new set by my friend chasfh called Fantasy Dress which hopefully will soon come to RMP. Thank you both for these special gifts. Your really rock.
wonderful story and scene!!!
WOW! Fantastic image and wonderful story! While you say that Angel and Chash rock with their gifts to you (and they do rock) you rock even more by taking those gifts and working your magic with them to create a visual story and then you enhance that with your own wonderful imagination and story telling. This goes beyond fantastic!
Beautiful Roxy..... having lived with dragons in my house for years, I know how she must feel. smiles There is something in this story for everyone. I found the rat. heheheh
First class work my friend, perfect scene and great POV, love it! **********
love your story! and your scene is spectacular--so much going on in it...wonderful detail and render...
Beautiful work!! Excellent!!
WOW...you have really grown since our lat two renders. This one is excellent! Best depth of field yet. Love the itty bitty rat! Shadows are what make this render gorgeous cause it gives everything layers...so key to a good 3D render. C0lors are great, and the lighting you've used make the skin texture look super! Nice job Brewsi!
Excellent scene and story. Love the props especiallt the scarab. Big guy isn't it? Great job on the posing of the dance. Kailynne is beautiful in this scene. Good job on using your gifts from these 2 wonderful artists.
Oh how great this story is and a wonderful scene you have created in both 3d and in our minds of the dragon dance!
like it the way you explain how much % of what character.nice gesture. lovely and fantasti neat piece of artwork rox. in full view the viewer can see the amzing details and little addons. fine use of the abraxas set.
Wonderful picture with so many beautiful things. The force is powerful in this artist! The story however is too good to be true. Where is cynical vanity and all unjust unprovoked gratuitous maliciousness, capricious and wanton destruction that exists in the world? Without evil there can't be good..
Wonderful story. Great and excellent work.
Stunning work again Roxy, the details in placement of props and textures is great. The use of the beautifull gifts awesome and your fantastic story a pleasure to read
It is amazing thing, when "self" dissolves for a moment and you see everything as it actually is...not through your mind and thinking...she has discovered that :) Amazing render Roxy. Now you really nailed the 3D. There's good focal lenght, and camera is little bit at "bird position". These two simple tricks gives amazing depth. I think this is one of your best renders. And that volumetric light is like a crown. Fantastic!! :)
I agree with Kimmo its an incredible render in every way I just gasped its astounding the 3d depth the atmosphers everything is wow just amazing and the synchro in the narrastion is perfect just happy to hang on to your tail!!
Great story and fantastic work!
Wonderful story and fitting artwork :-)
great setting and scene, excellent detail and back story
Excellent work! Nice to see my staff being used in a scene like this, I fully intended to create a set of versatile parts. Great detail in this, and the character looks great! Thanks Roxy!
Dear friend Roxy; You excelled in this work, in my opinion is his most fantastic of the year! So many things to see ... I loved the textures of the Dragons, the lighting is incredible, all the textures worked really well and excellent pose! Great story!!! CONGRATULATIONS! Instant favorite! Bravo!
Wow, excellent work Roxy. Love her pose and outfit, wonderful pov too. The details in this image are fantastic. Thank you so much for such a wonderful dedi, love it!! Instant fav :-D
Awesome texturing and detailing
Very fantastic scene! Great setting and beautiful light!!
I think you said it best when you talked about bringing this to life as that is exactly what you did here Roxy. What a marvelous depiction of the story, this is simply breathtaking
roxy, your scene are always so filled with many beautiful props and character/s most excellent work my friend. love everything about this piece hon..
Leaps and bounds, that's how far you've come since last time I checked in. An amazing piece, incredible work! Very, very nice...
Wonderful composition!
WOWW Roxy you did one fabulous job here...amazing work on all the details..and what a stunning promo for Trish her character..i am sure she will be pleased with this Stunning scene...love this scene...very beautiful...and the staff from Chash is fantastic..he did a fantastic work on his new products fantasy dress...i just love that outfit he created and the props... High Quality work for sure... Hugs Valery
Wow what a great lookin scene love all the details and vivid colors!