There's a lot going on in this pic, so I understand if it's a bit too much to look at.

Anyway, this is my Halloween pic. Nope, nothing spooky or silly; just a collage of spooky stuff from the good ol' world of Russiac. Autumn is Gaia's favorite season. Not only is there a whole holiday worshiping her (Russiac's Thanksgiving), but many of her and her husband's holy underlings are the stars of Halloween, known in Russiac as Phantasmagoria. Such stars include Elgar Bellen (the god of fear), Felix (the god of ghosts), and Tethys (the minor god of bodies), though the latter isn't pictured here.

Not a lot of Trick-or-Treating goes on on Russiac (though Erar's Bayou does hold costume festivals). On Phantom's Night (which is what the night of Phantasmagoria is called), masked children will travel around their village or city in a sort of parade to see who's mask is the best. The prize is a trophy resembling a bell. Why a bell? Because the most infamous event on Phantom's Night is an event also known as Phantasmagoria.

Phantasmagoria is the anniversary of the Fall of Westvard, in which the entire Bovine race was massacred by Elgar Bellen, the bell of Westvard's Bell Tower. Every Phantom's Night, the five Terreris demons who guard the gateway to the underworld (known the Doldrums) leave their post and run rampant among the ruins of Westvard. This is called Phantasmagoria, and is the namesake of the holiday.

Every Phantasmagoria, Typhon and Gaia make guest appearances at a random village on Russiac. Their appearances are met with great celebration and festivities.

Alright, now for what's pictured here. First, the cliff scene. Up top is a Nimbo, which for those of you who are new to watching me is a living cumulonimbus cloud. Underneath it is a Tufanphon, a statue-like phantom that is only visible when lightning flashes. In front of the cliff scene are five heads. These are the heads of the Terreris demons. The maroon and white one is the Terreris Cannonoggin, the bomb-like one is the Terreris Raycastle, the cloud is the Terreris Cloudottus, the atom is the Terreris Teslatesla, and the grey one is the Terreris Phantasmagoria, the leader of the Terreris demons.

To the right of the Terreris demons are some thorned tentacle-like things and some spindly flowers. These are called Gaia Roots and Gaia Flowers respectively. They are the roots and flowers of Gaia, spread throughout her Doldrums, sometimes attached to Gaia and sometimes attached to Gaia Trees. The flowers wrap their petals around living visitors in the Doldrums and suck their souls out. You can probably guess what the roots do.

In front of the roots are some graves and Felix, the god of ghosts. On Russiac graves bear Gaia's symbol instead of RIP, in the hopes that the ghosts of the buried bodies will have a good afterlife.

Farther to the right is the Bell Tower of Westvard, with Elgar Bellen inside of it.

And then finally, in the background is the unsimplified symbol of Gaia (the simplified version is on the gravestones), while up front you may see the transparent face of our Major Goddess of Existence herself.

This was really fun to shade; I got to try out a whole bunch of stuff. Happy Halloween, peoples! X3 And enjoy autumn!

Everything in this picture (c) 2004-2008 Me