Seal of Nature 2020

Dys

Clues for the Trial in the order I had them:

1. A dank, torch-lit passage centred around a channeled flow of water. The walls are burnished orange and gold, the stone rippling and flowing like liquid as it progresses deeper among the foul refuse. Walls of flowstone - 25699 - Waste storage Facility

2. A stretch of golden sand broken by swirls of palest white. The warmth of the flats comes from above, rather than the dark and abandoned torches thrust into the ground.

Amid abandoned torches in the sand - 9257 - Toronada tidal flats 3. A spongy carpet of green underfoot, supporting tall, gnarled trees of unsettling origin that form a canopy overhead. The throne lies vacant, though its surroundings thrive with predatory intent.

A living alcove of fungus - 13555 - Hifarae Hills 4. A resplendent spray of lilies, roses, and floral trumpets strung across unkempt trellises. Graven cherubs cavort atop a fountain central to the flowers, a spray of water misting the environs.

At the centre of the gardens - 21255 - St. Gathlyn's Orphanage for the Dispossessed 5. A spacious closet, replete floor-to-ceiling with trinkets and fine dresses. Embellished robes mingle with the more daringly-cut clothing, the insignia of the Blessed Golden Bells visible upon each hem.

Inside an expansive closet - 9921 - Shallamurine Cathedral 6. A welcoming hall dotted with mis-matched furniture, ranging from antiqued, dusty upholstery to glistening crystal constructions. A sapphire tint briefly bleeds through the gem, colouring the hall  itself variegated shades of blue.

A reception hall to an art gallery - 50254 - Northern mountains 7. A spartan chamber, furnished with only the basest of necessities. A low bench bears silhouette after  silhouette of understated elegance and propriety, ready for the day's work, and the next, and the  next.

The butler's residence - 24895 - Feyranti Estate 8. The dying embers of a faded fire, its sole audience shivering, indistinct, in the distance. A small  outcrop forms a natural shelter nearby, though the chill wind at such an altitude pervades even this  small respite.

A small site outside Avechna's Teeth - 50756 - Southern mountains 9. A wending river through the subterranean darkness. The water is more earth than liquid, the tepid  slurry oozing along its chosen path at a cloying, sedate clip.

A large river of mud - 10687 - Muhanlesh Caverns 10. A stand of proud, venerable trees gilded in finery. Beneath the resplendent foliage, thieves move in  silence, features inscrutable behind dark masks.

Amidst towering golden trees - 20208 - Mornhai 11. A sandstone library, books dominating every inch of the visible space. The vision is dim, the cleverly-positioned mirrors only able to provide so much light to the enclosure in lieu of true flame.

Within the Administrator's office - 31289 - Xeeth Labs 12. A claustrophobic room hazed in sweetly-scented smoke. Overstuffed armchairs crowd about a small table laid with a crystal ball, creating reflections within the reflections as visions collide.

A cramped sitting room - 20284 - Meliashmora of Imperial Secrets 13. A stretch of blackened earth, untouched by the wild growth of nature. The monoliths, towering and impassive, observe as life flourishes without their vigil.

A circle of standing stone - 9166 - Verasavir Valley 14. A derelict stone structure, alive with the movement of countless insects. The nearby bulrushes offer no respite, rising still in the gloom and concealing the remainder of the wilderness from view.

Within a crumbling stone building - 7481 - Arysian Isles (Vesucia) 15. A dark chamber shot through with veins of rusted metal. The water beneath flows steadily beneath an iron lattice, rivulets of crimson tainting the crystalline runoff.

A series of showering facilities - 15727 - i'Xiia Asylum 16. A curtain of delicate ice. The branches of an enormous tree arch gracefully overhead, bowed by the weight of innumerable icicles creating a glistening array of frozen water barring all forward  progress.

Trapped beneath an icy veil - 44039 - Mount Krog 17. Shattered crystal, unmarred crystal, and shattered crystal once more. The emerald flares with sudden heat, and for an unsettling instant appears to be observing you every bit as intently as you are observing it.

The unstable Cave of Time - 22660 - Avechna's Peak 18. A stretch of sand, atop which a cluster of young gulls congregates. Briny seawater encroaches upon the  would-be sandbar against the fence, though no motion whatsoever disturbs its surface.

A seaside nursery - 21819 - Kiakodan Nature Reserve 19. A colony of plankton, clinging fitfully to the rising slab of coral, tenaciously determined to live despite the boiling temperature of their environs.

Beside a boiling buttress - 9777 - Carai Caroo 20. A place where Nature lies sundered, and only the perspective of wildlife from an outsider may hope to mend it. the Cave of Nature - 7334 - Avechna's Peak They were great clues. It took us ages to get the shattered crystal, unmarred crystal one, and the dark chamber shot through with veins of rusted metal. Lots of fun, thank you!

Gurashi

Thank you for sharing!!

Luce

The gull babies one took us much longer than it should have.