This quiz thingy dates from the 1860s and was written by Jenny Marx, Karl
Marx's
daughter. She sent it
to her exciting Communist pals to fill out, apparently for the sheer
fun of it. Here's the answers of a few of my Doll characters from Dun
Elisedd, if we assume/pretend we could get them to answer these.
Answers for Aiden Forrester, Volks Yukinojo/ Granado hybrid.
The quality you like best in a man:
Honesty.
The quality you like best in a woman:
Boldness.
Your chief characteristic:
People say I'm hot-tempered; it runs in our family.
Your idea of happiness:
Being out in the woods, in the fog as the sun rises and the light comes between the branches.
Your idea of misery:
Being caught in the web of lies and power games at home.
The vice you detest the most:
Greed.
The vice you excuse the most:
Giving in to temptations.
Your chief aversion:
Public appearances. I show up if I am summoned, and then get the h*ll out of it.
Your favourite literary or historical character:
I used to think my family's ancestors were great men. If they were like my father, I doubt it.
Your favourite occupation:
These days I prefer hunting.
Your favourite writer:
( He doesn't read much.)
Your favourite flower:
wood-roses
Your favourite colour:
Green.
Your favourite dish:
Fresh caught trout, roasted on an open fire, eaten by the stream side. You can catch trout without a line or net, if you have fast hands.
Your favourite motto:
I'll do Whatever I Must.
Answers for Aneirin, a fae creature, bond-slave to Tiarnach, Prince of the Wildwood (Dollshe Saint Hybrid/Mod)
The quality you like best in a man:
Sense to stay out of my woods.
The quality you like best in a woman:
A nice singing voice.
Your chief characteristic:
I am quite bloodthirsty, usually literally.
Your idea of happiness:
Being free, walking in the woods by moonlight, when the night flowers bloom and the moths dance...
Your idea of misery:
Being stuck on a leash, doing Tiarnach's dirty work.
The vice you detest the most:
Disrespect.
The vice you excuse the most:
Hunger.
Your chief aversion:
Daylight is glaring and blinding. Hiss.
Your favourite literary or historical character:
*shrug*
Your favourite occupation:
Tending my gardens- I have a few small patches of wildflowers I watch over when my Lord doesn't need me around. I like my flowers.
Your favourite writer:
( He doesn't read much.)
Your favourite flower:
Oh, wood rose, night lily, Young Maid's Fancy, thistle, pond lilies, crocuses, bluebells, Lady's Slipper, primrose, snowdrops, daffodils.. (he goes on... and on... )
Your favourite colour:
White, like the Moon.
Your favourite dish:
Fresh blood of a young rabbit, with perhaps some of the liver and heart... *slurp*
Your favourite motto:
Alone Is Best.
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Making Schatzi, part 1
Schatzi, a Dachshund BJD
I am still working on several other things in the Eternal Rotation, and they will make their blog appearances as I work on them,
but this is yet another project because I wanted to try making an animal BJD before I do more work on my humanoid BJD sculpting. BJDs need pets, and Schatzi here will be the size of a Miniature Dachshund to the 1/3 or SD dolls, and a Standard Dachshund to the 1/4 or MSD dolls. If he works out well, I want to try a Corgi, too. I don't know how long it will be before I am good enough at this to make a house cat, though, so don't hold your collective breaths for that development. :sweat
I started with a good plan, and some notes on joint types. A stubby wee dog will be basically ALL joints, with very few major straight parts like humans have with their long limbs. The hardest part will be the hind legs, because I want it to be able to sit properly.
I'm working on this one in polymer clay first, which has its pros and cons, but they're pros and cons I know well, since I've been working with the stuff for over a decade now. I sculpt, then bake lightly, then add more, then rebake. Eventually I'll do a home junk cast in resin and refine that rough cast with Apoxie Sculpt. The end goal here is to have something nice enough to cast multiples of in resin.
I made a body tube shape and then cut it into segments, and it looks pretty miserable for the first rough stages. My HS art teacher used to call this the Butt-Ugly Stage, and every project goes through it, so it doesn't make me panic.
I worked the body into socketing segments, and made a paw and some leg sections.
That one paw got duplicated by push-mold, saving me some work in making four different paws. I did have to refine all four paws, of course, but it was a good way to get them all the right size. I also made a headback, and that masky thing there is the rough base for a faceplate.
Neck with headback perched on it. I tried a segmented neck but it looked like a stubby diplodocus... so we're going with a mostly straight neck, with a cup base for mobility. This has been rough sanded for symmetry and shape so far.
The body wasn't long enough compared to the legs and neck, so I added another segment. I also added foreleg/shoulder holes, roughed in.
Progress pic- The body segments and neck, headback, leg and paw, just to check proportions. There's the rough faceplate too!
Without the eyes as more than big sockets, he looks like Zero from Nightmare Before Christmas. But he's coming along.
My sister's family has a Dachshund so I'm pretty familiar with their pointy wee faces and little arched noses.
Testing the shapes!
Sitting up. His legs didn't stay this long, because this test stringing showed me they weren't the right length compared to his body. Finally he begins to look like a dog! I tried a segmented tail, but stringing it turned out to be too fiddly, so this is the only pic it shows up in. Shame, because it was so nicely mobile.
Much refining later:
Dogbutt. Here's the one piece tail, and it rotates in its socket quite nicely so he can wag or slink, as the mood takes him.
This is a bad shot, sorry, but I've fixed his body joints to be much, MUCH smoother and closer fitted. Symmetry is the hardest part, I think, and he's almost at 50% done. He begins to show the shapes the final sculpt will have.
His little ears turn in their sockets too. The faceplate is nearly done, but I need to work out his eyes so they can stop being big old holes in his face.
More to come!
I am still working on several other things in the Eternal Rotation, and they will make their blog appearances as I work on them,
but this is yet another project because I wanted to try making an animal BJD before I do more work on my humanoid BJD sculpting. BJDs need pets, and Schatzi here will be the size of a Miniature Dachshund to the 1/3 or SD dolls, and a Standard Dachshund to the 1/4 or MSD dolls. If he works out well, I want to try a Corgi, too. I don't know how long it will be before I am good enough at this to make a house cat, though, so don't hold your collective breaths for that development. :sweat
I started with a good plan, and some notes on joint types. A stubby wee dog will be basically ALL joints, with very few major straight parts like humans have with their long limbs. The hardest part will be the hind legs, because I want it to be able to sit properly.
I'm working on this one in polymer clay first, which has its pros and cons, but they're pros and cons I know well, since I've been working with the stuff for over a decade now. I sculpt, then bake lightly, then add more, then rebake. Eventually I'll do a home junk cast in resin and refine that rough cast with Apoxie Sculpt. The end goal here is to have something nice enough to cast multiples of in resin.
I made a body tube shape and then cut it into segments, and it looks pretty miserable for the first rough stages. My HS art teacher used to call this the Butt-Ugly Stage, and every project goes through it, so it doesn't make me panic.
My sister's family has a Dachshund so I'm pretty familiar with their pointy wee faces and little arched noses.
Testing the shapes!
Much refining later:
His little ears turn in their sockets too. The faceplate is nearly done, but I need to work out his eyes so they can stop being big old holes in his face.
More to come!
Friday, February 15, 2013
Aneirin- Saint to Monster, Part II
This is Part II of an ongoing Mod Project.
See Part I
Update! 4/12
Had a stressful month so far, and having this project to work on is good therapy.
Here's an example of the progress on the ears. They start out rough (Left) but I can get them to look smoothly sculpted by sanding them (Right). Later they'll get smoothed even more.
To get the proportions I want, I am shortening the calf section of the legs by a considerable amount.
Each leg piece gets a section cut out of it in the middle.
I am saving the original socket so that it will still fit on top of the foot part. I've joined the pieces back together after taking that middle section out.
The joined sections have to be smoothed out inside so that stringing won't get caught on it.
Then the outside of the joined parts have to be smoothed over too.
I tinted some white Apoxie Sculpt with acrylic paint to get it roughly the shade of the grey resin. That'll make it much easier to blush over and smooth into a nice finish later. (The top one hasn't had Apoxie yet, the bottom one shown has) The Apoxie cements the joined bits and makes them look like they're supposed to be this shape and size. Once it cures, I'll be able to sand it so that it looks much better.
Work also progresses slowly on the knee joints, but there's nothing much worth photographing just yet.
More later!
Update, 2/13
Today I drilled the holes into the headback for magnets and glued them in. They may get a very thin layer of Apoxie and then paint over them.
I'm also still refining the ears, but they got drilled for magnets today too.
I've been sanding and cleaning up the reconstructed legs and still working on the knees. The thighs also need added bulk next.
Update 2/15
I did a test stringing today. It might be a while before I am able to work on him, or it might not, but before I get much further I needed to see how his weight sit on his joints.
Good thing I did, too, because he still can't stand by himself yet. I think some adjustments and tighter stringing will fix the problems easily though. He's starting to look like himself.
He can do the Soom Crouching Pose at least. He's a long way from done but he's showing promise at last.
More in Part III.
See Part I
Update! 4/12
Had a stressful month so far, and having this project to work on is good therapy.
Here's an example of the progress on the ears. They start out rough (Left) but I can get them to look smoothly sculpted by sanding them (Right). Later they'll get smoothed even more.
To get the proportions I want, I am shortening the calf section of the legs by a considerable amount.
Each leg piece gets a section cut out of it in the middle.
I am saving the original socket so that it will still fit on top of the foot part. I've joined the pieces back together after taking that middle section out.
The joined sections have to be smoothed out inside so that stringing won't get caught on it.
Then the outside of the joined parts have to be smoothed over too.
I tinted some white Apoxie Sculpt with acrylic paint to get it roughly the shade of the grey resin. That'll make it much easier to blush over and smooth into a nice finish later. (The top one hasn't had Apoxie yet, the bottom one shown has) The Apoxie cements the joined bits and makes them look like they're supposed to be this shape and size. Once it cures, I'll be able to sand it so that it looks much better.
Work also progresses slowly on the knee joints, but there's nothing much worth photographing just yet.
More later!
Update, 2/13
Today I drilled the holes into the headback for magnets and glued them in. They may get a very thin layer of Apoxie and then paint over them.
I'm also still refining the ears, but they got drilled for magnets today too.
I've been sanding and cleaning up the reconstructed legs and still working on the knees. The thighs also need added bulk next.
Update 2/15
I did a test stringing today. It might be a while before I am able to work on him, or it might not, but before I get much further I needed to see how his weight sit on his joints.
Good thing I did, too, because he still can't stand by himself yet. I think some adjustments and tighter stringing will fix the problems easily though. He's starting to look like himself.
He can do the Soom Crouching Pose at least. He's a long way from done but he's showing promise at last.
More in Part III.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Aneirin- Saint to Monster. Work in Progress
(Post contains Anatomically Correct Doll Nudity)
I finally got my Grail Dollshe Saint heads... and then had no idea what to do with them. No character concept I tried would fit, so I thought maybe I should Mod Them. I did a sketch of the head with big wide ears, and suddenly a concept and a character just sort of dropped on me, demanding to be shelled as a doll. So here he is, and boy, is this gonna take work.
(Yes, that's my actual handwriting. Yes, I am a grown woman. -_-;; This is why I type.)
I finally got my Grail Dollshe Saint heads... and then had no idea what to do with them. No character concept I tried would fit, so I thought maybe I should Mod Them. I did a sketch of the head with big wide ears, and suddenly a concept and a character just sort of dropped on me, demanding to be shelled as a doll. So here he is, and boy, is this gonna take work.
(Yes, that's my actual handwriting. Yes, I am a grown woman. -_-;; This is why I type.)
Aneirin is this monster critter who lurks through the forest by night and strangles his prey with his long strong fingers. He's kind of a bogeyman, frankly. He has pale skin, possibly matted dreds for hair, and wide faun-like ears, but no horns or tail. He's got big gargoyle feet.
I have seen one doll hybrid somewhere that was vaguely similar in shape to this, which is probably where my subconscious pulled the idea of the general silhouette, but this doll will look nothing like that one, trust me.
I'll be using a set of Saint heads, probably some Soom Monthly hands, and Soom Monzo feet. I'd always loved Monzo feet but never had an excuse to own any. I found a body- Little Monica Harmony A type, which has beautiful musculature and jointing that I like. I plan to make several changeable sets of magnetic ears for this guy so he can show his moods.
Steps:
Acquire parts- waiting for the hands
Body
-Sand all seams- Working on these as I go.
-Carve new knees to fit Soom Monzo Legs- partway done
-Alter wrists as needed to fit Soom hands- Not needed, got the right wrists.
-Mobility mods on LM body?
-Apoxie: Lengthen neck a smidgen.- Done
-Apoxie: Modify legs a bit- Done
-Apoxie: build up thighs to have more muscle and bulk
-Apoxie: possibly build up arms, etc for more muscle definition?- Nah.
Heads
- cut and sand off regular ears- Done!
-drill holes for rare earth magnets-Done!
- glue in magnets and cover them and smooth the area
-sculpt sets of monster ears - Partly Done
-drill ears to hold magnets, and glue magnets into ears so they work with head magnets- Done!
-cover and smooth magnet holes on the ears.
Aesthetics
-cover all mods, smoothing, sanding and painting.
-Sueding- always a Must. Wiring arms.
-body blushing, blending grey legs with pale body
- faceups
-make the wig
Update 1/11
I have finally combined the head with the body. It is a lovely sculpt. I think I'll be adding a bit of height to the neck just to give him a more inhuman and elegant shape. He is a bit on the bobblier side than what I prefer, but adding neck length will help that, and he's not human anyhow. Edit: I am getting different heads for this, in White Skin, but the same Saint.
Testing out the fibers I will be making his wig from- I like the greens and blues against his copper eyes.
Update, 1/16
Got the legs! Here they are, and I will be getting fancy on the knees here to make this combo work.
As you can see, the LM body has knees designed almost exactly opposite to the Soom grey legs I want to use, so I'll be more or less making entirely new knees. The angle will need to be set carefully so that the doll maintains a good center of balance over these digitigrade feet, but I think it can be done. I'll be cutting the LM leg a little higher up, where the width of the LM thigh matches the Soom leg better.
I am altering my mod list of steps up there at the top of this first post accordingly as I figure out each of the steps this project will take. Stay tuned!
Update 1/21
I have figured out a few things, so for the next while I'll be working on the body until I get the rest sorted, and believe me it will take some work!
Here's a ridiculous but useful shot of how the torso looked before I started to do anything to it.
Then today I worked on defining the muscle a little bit more, particularly underneath the pecs.
Those of you who are shy of body parts, avert your eyes please...
The Little Monica body is nicely sculpted, but it had a pitiful representation of what ought to have been anatomical bits, so I am attempting to give him a bit more dignity and realism. I've never understood why a sculptor can include the nuances of musculature, and then stick on an oval dot and call it genitals. I don't care what size they make them but the attempt should be made to get them to resemble actual parts.
I carved the knees away from the thighs to give them the right proportion of length to the grey lower legs, but as I compare them to the lower legs, I think I am going to use Apoxie Sculpt to form the new joints. Then I'll be adding bulk to the thighs, in the style of Soom's Chalco legs.
More to come, of course. When, I am not sure.
Update February 8th.
This is the neutral-pose set of ears, made out of Sculpey polymer clay. They need refining and sanding of course, but this is the rough shape. Eventually they'll be much smoother and sleeker.
Updates continue in Part II!
Saturday, October 20, 2012
About Tiarnach
Tiarnach
Click on the "About" Label for more of my characters and info about the dolls that portray them!
Tiarnach is one of my Court of Dun Elisedd group, but he's an unfinished doll currently in need of a better version of his faceup.
Company and sculpt: SOOM Chrom head/ Granado Nuevo NS body
Height: 65 cm?
Resin colour: NS
Modifications: Hybrid.
Faceup: Me
Eyes: Custom by Shelley
Wig: Mohair shown, made by me.
Name (and nicknames): Tiarnach, Prince of the Wildwood, Lord of Shadows, The Blood-Drinker.
Age: ancient.
Birthday: unknown
Family and/or relationships: He is madly, obsessively in love with Siofra. He only wants her, she wants whoever she fancies today. This causes him no end of angst and frustration.
Occupation: Dark ruler of the night? Harassing these upstart Men and their petty Kings and Lords who think to tame the land, etc.
Pets: A young monster he keeps collared by magic.
Personality: Vindictive, jealous, clever, possessive, malicious, passionate, poetic, observant.
Hobbies: Frightening Men, drinking blood, working dark magic, lurking through the night looking for fools who don't have the sense to stay by a fire and bar their doors.
Likes: Other people's fear, old forests, dark places, windy nights, etc.
Dislikes: Cold iron and steel, whoever Siofra is flirting with, people who show him no respect, the New Religions brought here by men that teach them not to be afraid and not to pay worship to the dark.
Other/misc. Tiarnach is one of the fae, Prince of the Wildwood, and means to make sure these mortals know it. He wants a return to the days of fear in the dark.
Click on the "About" Label for more of my characters and info about the dolls that portray them!
Company and sculpt: SOOM Chrom head/ Granado Nuevo NS body
Height: 65 cm?
Resin colour: NS
Modifications: Hybrid.
Faceup: Me
Eyes: Custom by Shelley
Wig: Mohair shown, made by me.
Name (and nicknames): Tiarnach, Prince of the Wildwood, Lord of Shadows, The Blood-Drinker.
Age: ancient.
Birthday: unknown
Family and/or relationships: He is madly, obsessively in love with Siofra. He only wants her, she wants whoever she fancies today. This causes him no end of angst and frustration.
Occupation: Dark ruler of the night? Harassing these upstart Men and their petty Kings and Lords who think to tame the land, etc.
Pets: A young monster he keeps collared by magic.
Personality: Vindictive, jealous, clever, possessive, malicious, passionate, poetic, observant.
Hobbies: Frightening Men, drinking blood, working dark magic, lurking through the night looking for fools who don't have the sense to stay by a fire and bar their doors.
Likes: Other people's fear, old forests, dark places, windy nights, etc.
Dislikes: Cold iron and steel, whoever Siofra is flirting with, people who show him no respect, the New Religions brought here by men that teach them not to be afraid and not to pay worship to the dark.
Other/misc. Tiarnach is one of the fae, Prince of the Wildwood, and means to make sure these mortals know it. He wants a return to the days of fear in the dark.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Naming a Tiny People
Brownie brings the association of chores done for a saucer of milk. These guys don't DO chores.
Gnome is taken, as seen above.
Hob has possibilities, although traditionally they were household helpers too.
Pixie makes people think of sparkly flittery things with bug wings and giggles. These are Not that kind of fairy.
Same with Sprite, although these days more children and adults think of that as a syrupy soda drink from a vending machine, not a mythic creature.
Monday, June 4, 2012
Meme- Jenny Marx's Survey
This thingy dates from the 1860s and was written by Jenny Marx, Karl Marx's
daughter. She sent it
to her exciting communist pals to fill out, apparently for the sheer
fun of it.Here's the answers of a few of my Doll characters from Dun Elisedd, if we assume/pretend we could get them to answer these.
Answers for Kevya, my IH Barron hybrid.
The quality you like best in a man:
Integrity. Honesty, character and keeping his word.
The quality you like best in a woman:
Kindness.
Your chief characteristic:
People say I'm dangerous.
Your idea of happiness:
A hillside by the sea, a flock to watch after, and no wolves coming. Either that, or a windy afternoon out in the forest with Lir, hunting.
Your idea of misery:
The cell on the island of Rilvomar where I spent so many years chained and treated like an animal.
The vice you detest the most:
Sadism.
The vice you excuse the most:
Cowardice. Some things are too much to ask anyone to face.
Your chief aversion:
I don't like chains, or being tied up.
Your favourite literary or historical character:
Athero made the peace with Elisedd, the first King.
Your favourite occupation:
Being Lir's Guard.
Your favourite writer:
Ian has been writing down some old Verdani stories.
Your favourite flower:
Crocus. It blooms in the snow.
Your favourite colour:
Blue
Your favourite dish:
Lamb stew and Verdani flat bread
Your favourite motto:
Serve
Answers for Prince Lir, my Soom Lupin
The quality you like best in a man:
Honesty. The air is so thick with ulterior motives around here I could cut it with a knife.
The quality you like best in a woman:
Patience, and a tolerance for my idiosyncracies.
Your chief characteristic:
I like to hope I am thoughtful.
Your idea of happiness:
An evening by the fire with a good book or a fine story, good music, and close friends around.
Your idea of misery:
I felt rather sorry for myself when I came home to find my family gone and our homeland so ravaged, but I've also seen the state of things further south, like on Rilvomar, and the condition of rampant crime and slavery there was horrifying.
The vice you detest the most:
A hunger for power over other men. The man who wants power is the man who least deserves to have it. Heh, I guess that bodes well for my own reign.
The vice you excuse the most:
Cowardice. I agree with Kevya- Some things are just horrible, and you can't fault a man for simply not being able to face them.
Your chief aversion:
Seeing others in pain or in trouble. I have to help as much as I can, I can't leave them like that.
Your favourite literary or historical character:
Elisedd, my famous ancestor and the founder of my Royal Lineage. He built this castle I call home.
Your favourite occupation:
Learning. I love to read.
Your favourite writer:
Cadogan the Chronicler wrote some of our better histories.
Your favourite flower:
My mother had a rose garden, and even after she was gone the servants kept it up. It made Father happy to see her roses bloom every year.
Your favourite colour:
Green
Your favourite dish:
Almond pudding
Your favourite motto:
Knowledge is the key to the world.
Answers for Davan, My Iplehouse Taregan
The quality you like best in a man:
Strength, and the sense to obey
The quality you like best in a woman:
A buxom figure and a certain something when seduced.
Your chief characteristic:
I am rather clever, I do admit. I enjoy thinking.
Your idea of happiness:
My little empire expanding, my servants carrying out my orders, fine parties, a woman on my arm and in my bed, and a good vintage of wine.
Your idea of misery:
Being a penniless filthy peasant.
The vice you detest the most:
Incompetence. I have no use for useless people.
The vice you excuse the most:
Hedonism is merely what the repressed envy and the honest enjoy.
Your chief aversion:
I do not enjoy being dirty. I prefer to be well groomed and clean.
Your favourite literary or historical character:
Me. I am making history.
Your favourite occupation:
Merchant Lord. It's a lucrative position, and I rule my island like a king.
Your favourite writer:
Teris Shan wrote a beautiful collection of poems, as well as a definitive work on the effects of various methods of torture.
Your favourite flower:
River Lilies, or perhaps jasmine.
Your favourite colour:
Red, or gold.
Your favourite dish:
Young quail in spiced wine and orange sauce.
Answers for Kevya, my IH Barron hybrid.
The quality you like best in a man:
Integrity. Honesty, character and keeping his word.
The quality you like best in a woman:
Kindness.
Your chief characteristic:
People say I'm dangerous.
Your idea of happiness:
A hillside by the sea, a flock to watch after, and no wolves coming. Either that, or a windy afternoon out in the forest with Lir, hunting.
Your idea of misery:
The cell on the island of Rilvomar where I spent so many years chained and treated like an animal.
The vice you detest the most:
Sadism.
The vice you excuse the most:
Cowardice. Some things are too much to ask anyone to face.
Your chief aversion:
I don't like chains, or being tied up.
Your favourite literary or historical character:
Athero made the peace with Elisedd, the first King.
Your favourite occupation:
Being Lir's Guard.
Your favourite writer:
Ian has been writing down some old Verdani stories.
Your favourite flower:
Crocus. It blooms in the snow.
Your favourite colour:
Blue
Your favourite dish:
Lamb stew and Verdani flat bread
Your favourite motto:
Serve
Answers for Prince Lir, my Soom Lupin
The quality you like best in a man:
Honesty. The air is so thick with ulterior motives around here I could cut it with a knife.
The quality you like best in a woman:
Patience, and a tolerance for my idiosyncracies.
Your chief characteristic:
I like to hope I am thoughtful.
Your idea of happiness:
An evening by the fire with a good book or a fine story, good music, and close friends around.
Your idea of misery:
I felt rather sorry for myself when I came home to find my family gone and our homeland so ravaged, but I've also seen the state of things further south, like on Rilvomar, and the condition of rampant crime and slavery there was horrifying.
The vice you detest the most:
A hunger for power over other men. The man who wants power is the man who least deserves to have it. Heh, I guess that bodes well for my own reign.
The vice you excuse the most:
Cowardice. I agree with Kevya- Some things are just horrible, and you can't fault a man for simply not being able to face them.
Your chief aversion:
Seeing others in pain or in trouble. I have to help as much as I can, I can't leave them like that.
Your favourite literary or historical character:
Elisedd, my famous ancestor and the founder of my Royal Lineage. He built this castle I call home.
Your favourite occupation:
Learning. I love to read.
Your favourite writer:
Cadogan the Chronicler wrote some of our better histories.
Your favourite flower:
My mother had a rose garden, and even after she was gone the servants kept it up. It made Father happy to see her roses bloom every year.
Your favourite colour:
Green
Your favourite dish:
Almond pudding
Your favourite motto:
Knowledge is the key to the world.
Answers for Davan, My Iplehouse Taregan
The quality you like best in a man:
Strength, and the sense to obey
The quality you like best in a woman:
A buxom figure and a certain something when seduced.
Your chief characteristic:
I am rather clever, I do admit. I enjoy thinking.
Your idea of happiness:
My little empire expanding, my servants carrying out my orders, fine parties, a woman on my arm and in my bed, and a good vintage of wine.
Your idea of misery:
Being a penniless filthy peasant.
The vice you detest the most:
Incompetence. I have no use for useless people.
The vice you excuse the most:
Hedonism is merely what the repressed envy and the honest enjoy.
Your chief aversion:
I do not enjoy being dirty. I prefer to be well groomed and clean.
Your favourite literary or historical character:
Me. I am making history.
Your favourite occupation:
Merchant Lord. It's a lucrative position, and I rule my island like a king.
Your favourite writer:
Teris Shan wrote a beautiful collection of poems, as well as a definitive work on the effects of various methods of torture.
Your favourite flower:
River Lilies, or perhaps jasmine.
Your favourite colour:
Red, or gold.
Your favourite dish:
Young quail in spiced wine and orange sauce.
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