#red echoes

the beginning

red echoes

sweet dreams and nice creams

extra dark chocolate

¡eclipse total! / dance dance education

the most fabulous place on earth

drop down town

(some updates from the end of drop down town into the beginning of silver hearts aren't marked as being part of either arc - these updates go from page 75 through page 78 of the #askfriskandcompanyupdate tag sorted chronologically)

silver hearts

STERLING-MALKEET / RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATER

➶ Photo by David Amirault from Wikimedia Commons

➶ Vantage Point VP by @robo-dino-puppy

Source: Denver.org

The giant sandstone outcroppings that form the walls of Red Rocks Amphitheatre are higher than Niagara Falls and are part of the geological Fountain Formation, deposited approximately 280 million years ago. Believe it or not, the Rolling Stones weren't around yet, and, in fact, Red Rocks didn't get its start as a music venue until the early 1900s, when Renaissance man John Brisben Walker set up a makeshift stage among the rocks. A famous opera singer came to perform and declared it “acoustically perfect,” and it’s been revered by musicians ever since.

HORIZON WIKI: RED ECHOES

NORA SACRED LAND

RED ECHOES aka STERLING-MALKEET AMPITHEATER (NEAR DEVIL'S GRIEF)

RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATER (NEAR DENVER) COLORADO, USA

Post 4 of 5 from Red Rocks

Get to know Creation Rock, Ship Rock, and Stage Rock in Post 3

In the time of living gods, when blood poured like wine over the earth and stars fell as petals from the heavens – When corpses rose in unburnt pyramids as dread miracles swept the world plaguelike...

So dawns the history of the world called Tei Ura, where the air seethes with spirits; where the Seven Courts rule from their pillars; and where executions are at once sacred rite and a cornerstone of the entertainment industry. At the center of this world lies the Opaline City, home to the seven spears who dispense mortal justice and the only place on Tei Ura where the executioner's red art is performed.

First among the seven spears of the Opaline City is Virenina II Tauhrelil. World-famous, idolized by millions, descended from two ruling bloodlines, Virenina burns bright even in the Opaline City's garden of stars – the better to blind people to the blood-drenched secret that she shares with her paired spirit, Ai Naa, which even now eats away at her very humanity and leaves something shining and terrible in its place. Virenina has kept that secret for nearly twenty years...but between a mother who scents weaknesses like blood on the water, a father in search of empty revenge, and adoring fans who would do anything to get close, it may not remain secret much longer.

If the story described above interests you, good news – you can read what exists so far on this blog for free! I try to update as often as I can, which is usually about every 1-2 months. List of existing updates under the cut!

A friendly tool for navigation because the blog is huge and while they organized it chronologically, tumblr makes it hard to work on mobile. they used to have other links on their header but i think tumblr broke them. and scrolling either from the beginning or the latest to any point in the middle is a lot of work! (wip because this blog is very long!) CatBird (CB) and Miamouse (mm) dubs included!

The Beginning 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 IT STARTS (CB), You Started an Ask Blog (mm), 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, THE TALK (CB), 15, 16, Beware the Man Behind the Couch (mm), 17, 18, 19, FRISKY MONSTERS (CB), 20, 21, Love Trouble (mm), 22, MASTER OF ROMANCE (CB),  23, 24, OMG YOU’RE LIKE TOTALLY OUR OPT (CB), Return of the Flirt Master (mm),  

Red Echoes 25, 26, RETURN OF THE FALLEN (CB), 27, 28, Your Very Best Enemy (mm)  29, 30, END OF DETERMINATION (CB),  31, 32, Myths and Mystery (mm),  33, ONE JOB (CB), 34, 35, 36,  37, CHARA STRIKES(CB), 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, Hostile Takeover (mm), 43, MK HAS ACQUIRED A BEA(CB), 44, 45, 46, LAMENTATIONS (CB), 47, 48, 49, Dodging Fate (mm), 50, 51, THE TRUTH IS REVEALED (CB),  52, 53, Not Easy to Kill (mm), HARD TO KILL (CB), 54, 55, HOW TORIEL GOT HER GROOVE BACK (CB FIRST PART IS DUB ONLY), 56, 57, 58, SINS OF THE FATHER (CB), 59,  Gaster’s Darkness (mm),  60,  61, SWAN DIVE! (CB),  62, 63, Frisk’s Confession (mm),  64, DON’T GIVE UP(CB), 65 [Meme Lord!], 66, 67, 68, 69, IF YOU MEME IT, HE WILL COME (CB), Rise of the Meme Lord (mm), 70, 71, A PAINFUL METAPHORE (CB), 72, 73, 74, Self-Sustaining Tornado of Feels (mm), NEVER AGAIN (CB),  75, 76, ORANGE SCENTED ERRORS (CB),  77, 78, 79, 80, 81, AN ENDING? (CB),  Soul Searching (mm)

THE MULTI-VERSE (CB) 

Man Who Speaks in Hands Guide

Just before the crossover: M138, M139, M140, M141, M142, M143, M144, M145, M146, M147, M148, 

Sweet Dreams and Nicecreams 82, 83, M150 M151,M152, M153, M154, M155, M156, 84, 85, 86, SEXY BURGER DREAMS (CB), 87, M157, M158, 88, M159, 89, SPONTANIOUS NICECREAM (CB), 90, Sweet Dreams and Nicecreams (mm), 91, 92, 93, 94, 95,  MEETING THEIR MATCH (CB),  96, 97, M160, M161, M162, M163, M164, M165, Dark, Darker, Yet Darker (mm), SECRETS SPAGHETTI & SHORTCUTS (CB), M166 98, 99, 100, 101, A FISH WEARS A BRA (CB),  102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, BURGERS AND NICECREAM (CB), 108, M166 Forget Me Not (mm), NOT AGAIN! (CB),   109, 110, 111, 112, M168, M169, M170,  M171, M172, M173, M174, M175, M176, M177, M178, M179, M180, M181, M182, 113, I FEEL ANGRY! (CB),  Gilded Tears (mm),  M183, M184,  114,  M185, 115, M186, M187  116, 117,  HERMANN’S NEW HIT SINGLE (CB), Un Gooping the Goopster (mm)  M188,  M189, M190, M191, M192, M193, M194, 118, 119, 120, DON’T DO THE THING! (CB),  121, 122, 123, 124,  125, 126, All’s Fab in Love and Science (mm),  SUCH SWEETHEARTS (CB),   127, 128,  M196,  129, 130, TEXTING TROUBLES (CB),  131, 132, 133, 134, 135, SHE’S AWAKE (CB),  136,  M197,   M201,  137, 138, M 203,  Never Gonna Give You Up! (mm),  139, M 204, M 205,  140, 141, 142, GOTTA MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND (CB),  143, M198, M199, M200,   144, 145, 146, THE MOTHER REMEMBERS(CB), 147, Some Complex feelings (mm), 148, 149, 150, 151, M 202, M 206,  M 207  CHOCOLATE HEALS ALL (CB), A Nicecream Miracle (mm),  M208, M209, M210, M211, 152, 153,  154,  M212  155,  BACK WHERE THEY BELONG (CB), Goatally Grounded (mm),  156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, Sibling Rivalry (mm), 168, 169, TACTICLE SANS INCOMING (CB), 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, PORCELAIN PIGGIES (CB), 180, 181, 182, 183, AN IRREDEEMALE WORLD (CB),  Don’t hurt de Pokemans (mm)

Red Echoes

Since my studies were somewhat interrupted by world events and a partly understandable, partly frustrating lack of flexibility on the part of uni, I busied myself with a job in a place that required me to move back with my mother for a bit. Naturally, I brought my PS4 with me so I could take my mind off work easily during what little free time I had left, so she sometimes saw me play HZD.

Now, my mother doesn’t know the first thing about games, and pretty much spent my entire childhood arguing that video games were bad, and I should rather pursue other hobbies. Which I did, for a time, and later, as a teen, decided that they were simply too interesting to pass up on. It took a couple of years to get herself somewhat comfortable with the idea I enjoyed “extremely violent pasttimes that will infringe on one’s creativity”, as she put it, but recently she’s expressed genuine interest as to why a game might be enjoyable to me, and even watching me play (as long, of course, it isn’t “creepy”. What is creepy to her and to me are two vastly different things, so it takes a bit of work to accomodate for her needs). 

One of the first things I remember pointing her out while glancing at the TV for a second as I was looking not to get roasted by one of the numerous Bellowbacks patrolling the rocks of Red Echoes, was that the entire game looked rusty. It is something I hadn’t noticed up until that point, and an interesting observation: indeed there seem to be “rusty” overtones in the game’s lighting for most areas, if not all (except maybe up north in the Longroam, Pitchcliff and near Maker’s End, as the lighting there is predominantly a harsh white), and around Red Echoes especially, it gives the area an autumn feel. Which prompted my mother to ask about the time of year the game is set in, and me to be at a loss of words because again, this wasn’t something I had thought about before. 

HZD doesn’t really have seasons. There are biomes, with their respective climate and the resulting weather changes, but otherwise they are timeless. The passage of time isn’t acknowledged at all, not by nature nor by NPCs or Aloy herself. How much time passes between the Proving and the battle on the Alight? Weeks? Months? How long does it take to travel from Mother’s Watch to Meridian? Since most of these locations are somewhat cramped together to keep the map reasonably sized, real-world distances and travelling times wouldn’t apply. And beyond that, how long did Aloy spend taking detours to decimate the Sundom’s machine population? Did she turn 19 in the meantime?

I suppose it doesn’t matter in the end, as it rarely does with video games. It’s just the kind of thing you’re struggling to explain to someone who insists that a fairly realistic looking game has to be realistic down to minor details like time passage. 

➶ View OF Red Echoes ➴ View FROM Red Echoes

Photography: View of Red Rocks Amphitheater from Dinosaur Ridge by @gentlyrowan

Virtual Photography: View of Red Echoes' amphitheater interior from one of its flanking cliffs, with Devil's Grief visible in the distance, by @robo-dino-puppy

RED ECHOES

HORIZON WIKI: RED ECHOES

NORA SACRED LAND

RED ECHOES aka STERLING-MALKEET AMPITHEATER (NEAR DEVIL'S GRIEF)

RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATER (NEAR DENVER) COLORADO, USA

Post 5 of 5 from Red Rocks

Learn about this Natural Wonder of the World's history in Post 4

Thanks for graciously collaborating, @robo-dino-puppy!

Where are we heading next?

aerial VP by @robo-dino-puppy ↴

Creation Rock! @robo-dino-puppy again! ⤴

Creation Rock to the north, Ship Rock to the south, and Stage Rock

These three iconic sandstone formations comprise RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATER

1966 aerial photo Robert J. Boser ↴

Source: Colorado Music Hall of Fame

The Folsom people are believed to be the first to discover the geologic marvel, which was a subsequent gathering place for the Ute, Southern Cheyenne and Southern Arapaho tribes. In the years since, Red Rocks has hosted the biggest names in music while gaining fame in its own right as one of the Natural Wonders of the World. A pair of 300-foot monoliths, known as Ship Rock (stage right) and Creation Rock (stage left), help produce the site’s pristine sound.

RED ECHOES

NORA SACRED LAND

HORIZON WIKI: RED ECHOES

RED ECHOES aka STERLING-MALKEET AMPITHEATER (NEAR DEVIL'S GRIEF)

RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATER (NEAR DENVER) COLORADO, USA

Thanks for graciously collaborating, @robo-dino-puppy!

Post 3 of 5 from Red Rocks

WAR-CHIEF SONA

Red Rocks Amphitheater viewed from Dinosaur Ridge

RED ECHOES

We spied these iconic monoliths from 3.5 miles / 5.633 km away when we explored Dinosaur Ridge! We had no idea what they were yet, in either real world or Horizon Zero Dawn significance, but we know a Cool Rock when we see one.

I'm happy I have any photos at all to show you, but I'll have to get some help to give you the full experience.

Stick around for more Red Echoes, featuring virtual photography from @robo-dino-puppy !

NORA SACRED LAND

HORIZON WIKI: RED ECHOES

RED ECHOES aka STERLING-MALKEET AMPITHEATER (NEAR DEVIL'S GRIEF)

RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATER (NEAR DENVER) COLORADO, USA

Learn more about the prehistoric legacy of this landscape in these posts about nearby Dinosaur Ridge:

➵ 3 Minute Video ➵ Dino Tracks Post

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