Aging

Ceallach had been traveling for weeks, searching for a very certain type of home. He wanted to live where he had before, a place made of stone and giant towers of stone that gleamed strangely in the light.Sky scrappers, the pesky flying dinos called them. Ceallach had grown large over the past few months, now a fully grown adult, he strod...

Ceallach strode confidently through the undergrowth, shoving through branches as he ran full tilt after a deer, his chest heaving with pants, the juvenile acro had been on his own for over a month and this deer, injured. Bleeding. It was a chance at life he couldn’t turn down. So he ran as fast as his burning muscles would carry him.Lif...

Winter had well and truly arrived in the archipelago, bringing with it changes to the landscape and the lives of its inhabitants. The climate on the islands varied dramatically depending on the specific location, so the arrival of winter looked completely different in various parts of the islands - coniferous forests were covered with a thick layer of snow, mountain lakes froze to the bottom, and volcanic wastelands turned into glaciers sparkling with a frosty glow. However, some places, su...

A small, brightly coloured bird lowered its flight and landed on a branch. The thin, young branch bent slightly under its weight, moving like a spring. With a quick, almost automatic movement, the bird cleaned its feathers with its beak and then uttered a few melodious sounds. It had bright red feathers, which formed a characteristic crest around the top of its head, contrasting sharply with the blue-grey background of the winter forest. A male Red Cardinal.   Deadnet...