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[seaboards]

WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS

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AHOY! HELP WANTED. THINK YOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES TO BE THE FACE OF ESCORDVI’S VERY FIRST ADVENT CALENDAR? POST YOUR GLAMOROUS PICTURES TODAY. POST THEM NOW!

A group of collaborators is looking to put together Escordvi’s very first annual advent calendar. For its inaugural year, they want to compile a collection of pictures of beautiful riftfarers to represent each month. These pictures can range anywhere from beauty shots, to thirsty body shots, to tasteful fashion poses. Anything goes!

Have your character post their own (or their friends, enemies, boyfriends, girlfriends, dogs) photos to this network post. NPCS can also be used to post photos. Then feel free to comment around on the photos with which month or season you think would suit them best. Or just comment about how much you like the photos. Who’s hot? Who’s not? Or about how horrified you are that someone posted yours! Any and all feedback is needed so they can create the best calendar ever!

At the end of the month, an advent calendar for 2025 will be created! If there are enough submissions, there will be multiple calendars so don't be shy or think you'll be left out! For ease of use, the calendar has been broken down into the four seasons so that multiple themed shots can be posted. Get posting!

PLEASE USE THE FORMATTING CODE PROVIDED IN EACH TOPLEVEL! Putting the character's name in the subject line is optional but helpful for quick reference. Any who don't follow instructions will have their comment screened so it can be edited. This is mostly to ensure images are not too large and stretching pages. Please try to crop images to best fit the code, especially long ones. The code will automatically resize images to a max width of 300px, so an image with a 3:4 or 3:5 ratio would be ideal.

QUICK LINKS: SPRING 🌻 SUMMER ☀️ AUTUMN 🍂 WINTER ❄️

Comments

SUMMER ☀️

[seaboards]

IMPORTANT: You MUST use the following form when commenting with images. We also STRONGLY ENCOURAGE that any very tall images be cropped so as not to stretch the page. Please only use one image.

USE THIS FORM:
<div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; max-width: 300px;"><img src="IMGURL" style="border: 15px solid #c5b45d; border-bottom: 1px solid #c5b45d;"> <div style="border: 15px solid #c5b45d; font-family: palatino, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: center; padding: 10px;"><b><i>CHARACTER NAME</i></b></div> </div>

Leona Kingscholar

[octoblot]

Leona Kingscholar

[phoenixdominant]

Quite the magical display. Or is it fire?

[bloodthirstydawn]

He looks smug and like he's a show off.

Kaveh | posted by an NPC

[empyrean_mirror]

Kaveh

There's this riftfarer who lives on Eltrut!

He looks like an actual ray of sunshine???

text, id: vulturvolans

[indispensable]

He's taken.

text | un: netherese

[netherese]

I believe it depends on the day.

text | un: astudyinviolet

[astudyinviolet]

A fair warning. It's generally recommended not to look at the sun for too long lest you be blinded.

[ By Alhaitham. ]

Submitted anonymously by a completely unknown source ;P

[catsgothistongue]

Ranma Saotome

[activatingcombatmode]

That's a huge melon!

Iron Thorns and Iron Bundle posted by Dojima

[detectiveforhierophant]

Iron Thorns and Iron Bundle

[catsgothistongue]

Is that a robot penguin?

[More importantly]

IS THAT A ROBOT DINOSAUR???

[holy fuck those are badass :o!!!!]

[tabiya]

[ ...so cool?? and cute??? ]

oh, what are these?

In Person

[fractales]

They really do enjoy playing on the beach together.

[Look, they were beside each other on the couch in their apartment. Taking it a little easy today.]

We should take Bundle out to see the snow sometime.

Cid Telamon; submitted anon-like

[makoglow]

Cid Telamon

Feels weird putting that last name on there.

KARLACH CLIFFGATE; posted by Gale Dekarios

[netherese]

Karlach Cliffgate

You'll never find a warmer or more generous heart than Karlach's, truly an ideal representative for summer!

Clive Rosfield

[tilfrosset]

Clive Rosfield

He may be a man of few words, but his warm heart burns like the summer sun.

Commander Jane Shepard

[thearchangel]

CMDR JANE SHEPARD

I could talk for days, which no one wants to hear. To put it simply, I think she deserves more recognition than just for how hard she can bludgeon. Which is pretty hard.

Nappa: Submitted by Nappa!

[minorinpain]

Nappa

That's right, chumps...drink it in. This is what a real warrior's physique looks like! You guys'd be even bigger morons than I thought if you don't want these guns in your little...whatever this is.

[Don't mind who took the picture, it definitely wasn't a Saibaman that's involved in some nefarious plans.]

Nimona

[makoglow]

Nimona

She might be a little gremlin, but she's not a bad kid. Not at all.

Garrus Vakarian

[onebullet]

GARRUS VAKARIAN

Sappy, smart-ass turian, who wouldn't get away with as much as he does if he wasn't so damn handsome. Have you seen his scars?

Additionally: the most loyal and dedicated soldier and partner a Commander could hope to have in any lifetime.

Gray Ghost, submitted by professional npc photographer

[lucky_e]

Mystery Ghostly Beauty

Here's one for you all from my portfolio (inserts business informarion here)! Ran into her over the summer, she only gave me the alias "Gray Ghost" but figured she screamed summer and would be a good additionto your calender thingie!

If anyone has more info on her let me know, I'd like to do another photoshoot with her!

Pumpkinpatch, posted by Zelda

[multidisciplinary]

PUMPKINPATCH

Summer is the perfect season for relaxing outside and sunbathing. Pumpkinpatch may be a warrior cat, but he still knows how to relax. He loves this little chair Darin built for him.

Shadowlily, posted by Kaveh

[empyrean_mirror]

Shadowlily

okay okay okay

we can all agree that my beautiful daughter deserves her flowers, can't we?

Valo (and Eustace, ssshh)

[starshower]

VALO

🐾 Valo loves treats and ear scratches and runs along the beach, great at fetch
🐾 He's super sweet and smart! And loyal, a fierce guard dog! 🐕
🐾 His name comes from "valor" because he's the bravest boy!
🐾 He's an excellent thief. He's stolen my heart plenty of times, and if you're not careful, he'll steal yours too!
🐾 How can you say no to that smile?
🐾 Helps that his owner loves him so much too ;) Two of the sweetest boys this side of Escordvi