#whitevale

The Burrow

Plot Owner: Daniil Korolev

Danya’s home has been through a number of iterations, but before the shut down, I finally settled on this one. I wanted to go a bit more ‘minimal’ in terms of the landscape w/ a concentrated point. (And try my hand at a cabin.) He lived somewhere in the large expanses of Whitevale’s snowy fields, where pockets of forestry survived the region’s cold climate. 

His home served as a sort of safehouse for weary travelers that dared to tread through Whitevale’s occasional blizzards. (Moreso if you were Exile or CoGs, being straight up Dominion you’d be pretty much get a fight.) For the most part, it was Danya’s little farm, including a sheep pen, stables, a green house, a frozen pond behind his home. And most importantly the outhouse in the back. 

There’s more to his house in the bunker, with the stain glass window acting as a ‘portal’ to wherever this place is. Danya would be the only one to activate it so no worries about people breaking in lol. I’ll save that part of the home for another time. 

Well, this is it.

“Northern Sweet Coltsfoot”

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” ― Marcel Proust I found this interesting plant last year, growing in an isolated patch. There are no other instances of this plant in the area, so I’m wondering if it hitchhiked to its current location. It’s a beautiful but strange-looking plant. Like the common yellow coltsfoot which grows in the same…

“First Coltsfoot of the Season”

“When you know that something’s going to happen, you’ll start trying to see signs of its approach in just about everything. Always try to remember that most of the things that happen in this world aren’t signs. They happen because they happen, and their only real significance lies in normal cause and effect. You’ll drive yourself crazy if you start trying to pry the meaning out of every gust of…