Aelis

I was thinking about the relation between Mur,the Lands of the East and its unique features as a land and I found this "art imitates life" coincidence (tried to get the right angle as best as I could):


 
If you look at it from other perspectives, you can see that the details on the top of the columns and the triangular bit above the columns (I don't know how to name it) are very similar to the temple in our realm.
One last observation: pay attention to the heart-shaped thingy on the lower part of the rightmost gate. It reminds me of Marind Bell's gates, which feature a somewhat similar detail.

I wonder what else can one find given enough patience to (digitally) wander around these streets...

(I decided to try to write a story for fun, I will be releasing some short parts of it in irregular intervals. Maybe more  people will read it when it is not one long paragraph, hmm. The main idea of this story is to.. give certain areas in MD a bit of attention and life, I guess. I would be happy for any feedback. )
 
 
As a certain author once wrote:
 „Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one.
But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten. „
And so, a young knator ended up on a Gateway Island. It was unknown what took him away from the deep Loreroot forest, whether it was someone fooling around with spells or a hole in a reality.
But one thing was for sure. The knator did not have the slightest idea how to get back.
It was confused. And scared. It wanted to be home, in the forest, not.. whenever it currently was. 
Looking around, the knator found only an empty beach, a tall cliff, and an ocean. Above the ocean, there was a storm. It was not moving left nor right. As if it was just.. floating there. And getting larger. And larger.
The young knator realised that he needed to find a place to hide. And fast.
 
 
PS: I thought knators had tails, but now that I am looking, I can't find any in the pictures
 

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A couple days ago... give it a few more years for the 1,000,000!

AND THE WINNERS ARE:
 
Wishpoint for discovering interesting ways to manipulate the heatflow, and by that helping me better understand what possible uses this interface could have:
Ailith, Aelis, Aia, Iashtal, Kyphis, Sunfire
 
And the top score for the positive reactions to your creations posted here on the forum:
 
Aelis: 17
Ailith: 9
Aia: 9
Iashtal: 8
Kyphis: 7
Sunfire: 2
Ledah: 1
chriselnenepr: 1
 
The heat spell goes to Aelis!
I was not convinced by your GOTR coat of arms attempts, but some of you got 90% there. I will not give a reward for that yet, because i am sure someone some day, will create it better, and the reward for that would have been a 'joker card' for place in the ally... but next time.
 
Thank you all for participating, i will start dispatching the rewards in-game, and announce it.
 
 

Wings
I like the symmetry in this one. It's the best "circular frame" I got so far. To get this one, I pulled a continuous stream from the bottom and another from the top, with a slight difference in length on the latter. The trick is not to pull all the way to make the streams meet. I left some space between them to create the center shape.

Wings
I like the symmetry in this one. It's the best "circular frame" I got so far. To get this one, I pulled a continuous stream from the bottom and another from the top, with a slight difference in length on the latter. The trick is not to pull all the way to make the streams meet. I left some space between them to create the center shape.

Staring contest

On another attempt I got the left one to get a really nice "eye". Unfortunately the other side looked terrible, so I cut it out:

This is awesome! Here is my submission (for now):
The Heart-Seeking Wasp.

Instructions (I'd say reproduction is quite hard):
Position the mouse at the upper middle part of the screen (both outside and inside the particle region seem to work), then move it down quickly and then hold click (I think click -> release -> click again might also work) while moving faster enough so the screen "thinks" you hit two slightly separate regions (the lower one slightly stronger than the upper). Then you just have to let the particles flow. I tried to aim for horizontal symmetry, but I think the slightly asymmetry made the cool effect towards the bottom.
 
I think I got really lucky with the "sting" on the first drawing (lowest part of the screen ). I tried reproducing it today and the best attempt I got was this (I ended up "activating"/clicking three regions). One thing that helped slowing things down for more control was having another tab with google meet open and my camera turned on.
 

Menacing eyes
Reproduction instructions: don't remember exactly 😅. I think perpetual motion makes things harder. I remember starting from the top with a couple pulls towards the bottom, then two small upward pulls on the inner part of the "eyes". After that, I made a lot of little adjustments that I don't remember and let things flow from there.

Staring contest

On another attempt I got the left one to get a really nice "eye". Unfortunately the other side looked terrible, so I cut it out:

Exercises in symmetry, trying to obtain a Chewbecca-ish face:

Symmetry is somewhat possible, provided one follows the same direction as the existing flow. The above was drawn by merely drawing two (diagonal) figure 8's.


This is my attempt at laminar flow:


This was achieved by moving from the top to the bottom in parallel lines in one direction only. When there are small eddy currents, these can be laminarised by simply drawing over them - again, in the same direction.

Looks like the cat that stares into the camera

Menacing eyes
Reproduction instructions: don't remember exactly 😅. I think perpetual motion makes things harder. I remember starting from the top with a couple pulls towards the bottom, then two small upward pulls on the inner part of the "eyes". After that, I made a lot of little adjustments that I don't remember and let things flow from there.

Menacing eyes
Reproduction instructions: don't remember exactly 😅. I think perpetual motion makes things harder. I remember starting from the top with a couple pulls towards the bottom, then two small upward pulls on the inner part of the "eyes". After that, I made a lot of little adjustments that I don't remember and let things flow from there.

Please welcome the allmighty One-eyed Whatever!
 

This is awesome! Here is my submission (for now):
The Heart-Seeking Wasp.

This is awesome! Here is my submission (for now):
The Heart-Seeking Wasp.

This is awesome! Here is my submission (for now):
The Heart-Seeking Wasp.

This is awesome! Here is my submission (for now):
The Heart-Seeking Wasp.

Upon the boughs of Raven Hold, I have - with permission from Mur - created scene with the aid of the mind of artifice. With Mur's permission, it is eponymously named.
Following its creation, I did issue a challenge to overcome the enchantment placed upon its entry, and @death ray is the first - without administrative power - to visit Aia's Retreat, having done so within two weeks.
For this I have granted him a wishpoint. I also confirm that at the time of this declaration, the method that he had used were still available to any who wish to visit - although further visitors will not receive a wishpoint reward for this feat, I maintain that observation of the scenery were also a reward in itself.

That makes a lot of sense.
Years ago when I was discussing this with Azull he mentioned the square, but I probably didn't get what he meant back then. Now it seems clearer!
All good things come to an end... 🤪

Such an insightful response, lashtal, thanks!
This is so cool! I was familiar with the question, but it's really nice to see it in context  (it shows up in the AL but in a more "cryptic" way).
At first I thought of a mirror, as it reflects the symbol from a certain perspective. Now that I read of the double OR reverse, I can kinda interpret the mirror as also "generating" an image (another symbol), which could be the doubling part. I think it would depend on the symbol being "reversed". Also, the mirror would be an instance of a "reverser". There would probably be others. Having said that, I think the 0 you mentioned also works as an answer!
I wonder if the answer would be the same for (double AND reverse)  and (double OR reverse). If it's double AND reverse, I think raising to the power of 2 would provide a good solution:
A² = AA = -A-A = (-A)²
Symbolically, I think this would equate to raising (doubling?) a degree of complexity (for instance: l is a line, l² is  square, so on and so forth). This would also fit nicely with Mur's 8-fold balance: A -> AA (A²) -> A²A² (A⁴) -> A⁴A⁴ (A⁸) -> How to get the final 1 though? 😛
Maybe the above would also work for double OR reverse if we are able to pick parts of the operation, but I'm not so sure about that.
 
Just a quick pointer, the quote from the Angiens is indeed from Mur, you can find it here: https://md-archives.com/217/winds-game-meeting-full-discussion/
Yeah I get the feeling that the Angiens inside are the symbol for what the one outside was the actually doing "in reality". I totally agree that the opening one can be seen as you described 😄
 
Regarding the research clues and timeless aspect of the orb, I'll have to digest my thoughts I little bit more before I make any remark. 😅