Here are the Elves (on the right) and their human students (at left). Artanaro Nar and Who's There work with two Hermits each. Hamfast started working with Frank first, but when Frank leaves in the second book, Hamfast ends up working with the newest Hermit, Sophie Lokisdottir. The rest of the Elves teach magic to…
The Guild’s Most Romantic Pairings
Oyster and Babe on a special day. Tomma and Parsifal. L: Oyster and Babe Bump: "It's complicated, but we wouldn't change a thing!" R: Tomma on Parsifal: "He really gets me!" Professor Almond and Loki Fantur Nen and Artanaro Nar L. The lucious Professor Almond with the utterly lucious Loki Laufeyjarson. R. Fantur Nen and…
Faces of Tomma
I've run the HeroForge.com portraits through a profile picture program. Really interesting results! Here are several ways of creating Tomma Bedlam's portrait. Tomma is non-binary, so to see zir feminized more in some renderings than others is really interesting. The above two sets show Tomma dressed in ritual clothing, Elf-style. This set shows Tomma in…
Life in Hermitville
What's it like to live in a quirky, funky, queer-abundant, intentional community in the middle of a lush, tangled jungle? Well, for the "Hermits" of Hermitville, life is usually pretty good--play music, garden, take care of the goats and chickens, play music, make jam, sell at the Maku'u Farmers Market, garden some more, cultivate a…
Life Among the “Punatics”
Context and history The original inhabitants of the islands of Hawai'i were and still are the Kanaka Maoli (also known as Kanaka ‘Ōiwi)--aboriginal people who are styled "Native Hawaiians" by the occupying U.S. "state" and federal governments. This term is also in common use, though not everyone understands its political and social implications (and I…
The Cosmic Soccer Mom, Mal-i-Bu Bar-Bee
In The Guild of Ornamental Hermits, the Elsewherian known only as The Lawyer™ is a secret devotee of "the Cosmic Soccer Mom," the dreaded (yet sometimes strangely merciful) multi-dimensional goddess, Mal-i-Bu Bar-Bee. The Lawyer™ is startled to find representations of his beloved goddess in toy store windows on Earth, and understands that these supposed children's…
The Incredible Unstrung Band
The Incredible Unstrung Band, Deep Pahoa Jungle Concert. L to R: Roz, Sybil, Jennifer, Maximus, Maxine, Oyster, & Frank. Depicted via HeroForge.com. Hermitville has its own community band, The Incredible Unstrung Band. The band usually consists of eight multi-instrumentalists, though sometimes additional musicians or dancers perform with them. The band's playlist is eclectic, consisting of…
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