#rhona

🛰️💧Льодовик Рона у Швейцарії, один із найвідоміших у Європі, за останні десятиліття скоротився настільки, що це стало помітно навіть із космосу. Порівняння знімків Landsat за 2001 і 2024 роки демонструє, як синьо-білі крижані масиви поступилися місцем скелям і рослинності. Вчені зазначають, що з 1973 року площа швейцарських льодовиків зменшилася на 350 км², що еквівалентно втраті 27% їхнього обсягу.

Але танення льодовиків – це не лише екологічна проблема. Вододільні лінії, які визначають кордони між Італією, Швейцарією та Австрією, зміщуються разом із крижаними шапками, що зникають. Наприклад, у 2024 році танення льодовика Маттерхорн призвело до того, що найвища точка гори зрушила у бік Італії, що автоматично змінило кордон на користь Швейцарії. Такі зміни вимагають перегляду міжнародних угод, як це вже сталося між Італією та Австрією у 2006 році. Однак головна загроза криється в іншому: льодовики Альп живлять найбільші річки Європи, такі як Рона та Рейн, і їхнє зникнення може порушити водопостачання мільйонів людей.

A couple of acknowledgements - thanks to both @graycedelfin and @stealingmyplaceinthesun, who helped me with betareading. Thanks also to the @inklings-challenge; I wouldn't have written this story without the Christmas challenge it's for.

I love this story so much, and I'm delighted to share it with y'all, even though it's far from its best, having had perhaps not enough time to marinate before I shared it. I hope to edit it in future.

Each chapter was set one day after the previous one. Don't squint too hard at the worldbuilding, either, because it was sort of set in the present time but also sort of not really.

Chapter one: Nativity was for Christmas day itself. Chapter two: Stephen introduced a character and plotline that featured heavily in the rest of the story. In chapter three: John, there was a somewhat difficult conversation, and a kind-of-sort-of cliffhanger. Chapter four: Innocents looked more at how the results of that conversation were going to affect Patience. Next up, chapter five: Shepherds brought a surprising situation into the mix. Chapter six: Joseph had a spot of conflict, as well as much-needed reassurance for Patience. Chapter seven: Magi brought more fluff, as well as a necessary conversation. Chapter eight: David showed one of Patience's favourite things, knitting for people. Chapter nine: Baptism was shorter than I would have liked, and I intend to revise to add another scene at a later date, but it's okay as it is. Chapter ten: James briefly brought back a character sidelined in an earlier chapter. In chapter eleven: Mysteries, her father returned to take care of Patience and try to clarify the situation she was in. Finally, the chapter that just released (chapter twelve: Epiphany) contained a hard conversation, surrounded by discussions of Bible verses and wordplay, and closed the story on a hopeful note.

Thanks for reading, and please reblog this post, and please tell me what you think of the story! Also see the most recent story on this post (or one of my most recent tumblr posts), for a short story from Rhona's POV during the events of Patience, Changing, "Patience in Recovery"!

Here is the redesign of my MLP, renamed Rhona instead of ShadowSilver, and couldn't name her Rose LaBelle, because there is another MLP canon character Rose as well, and I really don't want to have my OC having the same name as the canon has. It was difficult finding good names, so Rhona is the best choice right now ^^;

But here is her new (possibly changing it later in a new redraw ^^;) description!:

Name: Rhona

Other names: Rhone, Miss Rhona, Princess Rhona, princess, foolish girl, the Alicorn who is the last princess of Equestria, the long lost sister of Celestia and Luna, the sky princess, the Princess of Starlunaria

Gender: Female

Age: 18

Alignment: Good

Species: Alicorn

Appearance: slender, pink, red hair, magenta eyes, red rose flower crown, sleeves and cloak, wings and a rose cutie mark

Personality: kind-hearted, sweet, caring, supportive, sassy and stubborn (sometimes), timid (sometimes), emotional, brave and courageous

Birthplace: Equestria

Homeland: Starlunaria (formerly), Equestria

Relatives: Princess Celestia (oldest sister), Princess Luna (older sister), King Brunarr, (adoptive father), Queen of Starlunaria (unknown name and adoptive mother; deceased)

Friends: Celestia, Luna, Twilight Sparkle (close), Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity, Applebloom, Scootaloo, Sweetiebelle, Discord, Princess Candace, Spike, Tempest Shadow, Celaeno and her pirate crew, Capper, Queen Novo, Princess Skystar, and some OCs from Celestial-Rainstorm and PokemonTrainerMax via DeviantArt (too much to list ^^;)

Enemies: Princess Saiya, The Dark King of Antropas and the Dark Soldiers

Likes: her homeland Equestria, her sisters, her adoptive father, Starlunaria, her friends, learning magic and friendship, sweets, chicken tenders, potatoes, coffee, sunny weather, the Draconequus, children, dancing, singing, royalty, writing, reading, art, music, theaters and learning of her purpose

Dislikes: pickles, darkness, Saiya, the Dark Soldiers, Antropas, tea, the Dark King of Antropas, weakness, feeling underestimated, destruction, being kidnapped, losing her sisters and her adoptive father, giving up

Abilities: Rhona was born with the magic of beauty, love, and can create roses and floral objects to represent the beauty of the kingdom and represent the beings of each ponies, unicorns, etc. She can also using light and magic beauty spells to fight enemies by releasing lore spells to distract them before releasing her magic spells to defeat them.

Weakness: dark power from Saiya is her only weakness, and basically other dark magic from the kingdom of Antropas. Couldn't resist the smell of coffee, chicken tenders, and couldn't resist seeing sweets she loves.

Rhona is an OC character from My Little Pony and MLP: Next Gen I have created before changing the name to make it more fitting, and in a new design as an Alicorn like her two sisters.

Rhona is born in Equestria, after Celestia and Luna, and was to be the last sister to be taught royalty, magic and responsibilities before becoming the next Queen of Equestria. Since Celestia can bring sunshine to create day, and Luna bringing the moon to create night, Rhona has the magic to release beauty to all the land, bringing balance as well. Until one day, years before Luna’s outrage and before becoming Nightmare Moon, the Dark Soldiers invaded the castle. The Dark King (who is unnamed at this time) of the dark kingdom Antropas, which the kingdom was full of dark magic and thunder, who wanted to take the sister's magic to use it for himself and his daughter Saiya to recreate Antropas into a divine kingdom, as if it would destroy Equestria, although he may not know the power of friendship and balance of nature. Celestia, Luna, and Rhona refused to give their magic to him. The Dark King, in his anger, made a decision to kidnap Rhona and made haste to Antropas to force her to give her magic to him as he ordered his soldiers to execute Celestia and Luna. The sisters sended the royal guards to defeat the Dark Soldiers as they chased the king, who was holding Rhona hostage. Many brave guards had enough strengths to fight him in order to save the princess. To their success, the king fell out of failure and losses to fight, but took it at a fatal turn for him. After the Dark King’s death, the royal guards soon learn that Rhona was missing. At what they thought, they had feared and believed that she died as well after the fight, and failed to rescue her, although they didn't know that Rhona was still alive. Celestia and Luna were both overcome by grief and sadness over their sister's disappearance after they were told she was dead. But Rhona was still alive as she was lost in the fields, until one unusual guard of a different kingdom finds her. Rhona was brought home into the kingdom of Starlunaria, a peaceful land in the sky Brunarr, the king had decided to take Rhona as his daughter, as she became the princess of the kingdom she had starting to love. But as time went by, Rhona begins her journey to Equestria to find answers who she really is, although doesn't know that Saiya had plotted to take Rhona's magic, promising her vengeance after her father's death and promising him to make Antropas greater and destroy Equestria.

I know the background story isn't as easy to manage, but I think it's okay. ^^;

Starlunaria, Antropas, Brunarr and Saiya are my fanbase characters and locations, which I couldn't draw soon (especially redrawing Saiya since I didn't like how she looked and how her description is to begin with first lol). I was thinking either a MLP fanfic or a comic ^^;. I am still planning on a Final Fantasy VII fanfic, which I really need to be getting into soon unless other stuff happens, so a MLP comic could be sided to make ^^

What y'all think of her now? :)

Characters (mentioned) and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic ©Lauren Faust, Sarah Wall, and Hasbro Studios

Characters (mentioned) and My Little Pony: The Movie ©Jayson Thiessen, Brian Goldner, Allspark Pictures, DHX Media and Lionsgate

Rhona, Brunarr, Saiya, The Dark King of Antropas, Dark Soldiers, Antropas, Starlunaria and artwork ©RosePrincessArts

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