The 2021 Ballatober Art Bang
Welcome to Ballatober! In lieu of our Monthly Quests during October, we’ll instead have a prompt-a-day series of quests. These prompts can be completed in any order; you can finish some, all, or none of them if you would like!
Members who complete all 31 prompts are in for some wicked prizes, courtesy of Lowlord Hannibal.
Ballatober Prompt Rules
- This Event will end at midnight EST on October 31st 2021. Images must be uploaded to dA before November 1st, in order to be eligible for prizes.
- We recommend and encourage members to create a tracker of their accepted prompts for ease of prize claiming.
- Many of the prompts below are open ended for fun interpretation! However, if a specific Lord, NPC, or Location is mentioned in the prompt, they must be depicted as well for the prompt to count.
- The prize you receive for each prompt is pictured on the corresponding day; prizes can only be redeemed once per prompt.
- Once your prompt is accepted into the group, please click on Claim Prize in any of the below squares to redeem your treat via the Denarii Hub.
- Each prompt must be worth a minimum of 4 stats from either writing, drawing, or a combination of both.
- Images should be partial (50%+) or full body (Chibis are allowed)
- Â Backgrounds are not required, but there must be something to capture the theme/spirit of the day.
- Prompts must be submitted to the “Group Events” folder in the group
- Prizes will only be given out after your entries are accepted into the group.
- Entries cannot be commissioned. You must complete all Ballatober entries for your own horses.
- Collaborations are also not allowed.
- Stat Grids are not permitted.
- All entries must be colored. No greyscale images will be accepted.
- Ballatober prompts can count towards Foal Prompts.
Prizes for Completing All 31 Prompts
The admin team has compiled a Spoopy Care Package for all members who have completed all 31 prompts! This package includes some old and new items. Each member that completes all 31 prompts will receive:
- A Dracula’s Cape, to be redeemed upon full Design Hub re-opening.
- A Month of Shadow’s Import Background, to be applied via the Design Hub. (If applied to an existing plaque, this can be considered a Design Update)
- A Caladrius Mythical Companion.
- A Cracked Pumpkin Bucket item.
Day 1
A Bunch of Hocus Pocus
Your Ballator has some witchcraft or wizardry powers! They better use them wisely!
Claim Book of Shadows
Day 2
Don't Fear the Reapers
Antares and Betelgeuse are following your Ballator just a little too closely...
Claim Bittersweet Ending
Day 3
Oozing Slime and Muck
Uh oh! Your Ballator is caught in tar and who knows what else within The Deadwoods.
Claim Tar Covered Bracers
Day 4
The Puck'in King
Puck has asked your Ballator to help them carve some pumpkins. It might be easier said than done when you have hooves.
Claim Puck-O'-Lantern
Day 5
Candy Gore and Pastel Goth
Sometimes being cute and being creepy is a very, very fine line.
Claim Bloodfire
Day 6
Mark of the Beast
Ares thinks your Ballator needs some help and has transformed them into the ultimate hunter! (Breed standards must still be shown)
Claim Ballator Fang
Day 7
You're Out of the World
Your Ballator finds themselves in the cold limbo of outer space where Aether watches all.
Claim Nebula Stone
Day 8
That's a Questionable Diet
Your Ballator either drinks the blood of or eats other Ballators! Gross!
Claim Zombie Brains
Day 9
Fog on the Moors
The night is dark and moonless and there's a deep fog rolling over Regale's Glade. Sure hope this place stays peaceful...
Claim Astrological Map
Day 10
Love Potion #9
Star offers your Ballator some help in making a love potion. Seems a bit dubious, but Star wouldn't do anything wrong...
Claim Lover's Heart
Day 11
On the Night of the Blood Moon
Wow, the moon sure is red tonight! Or... maybe that's a Red Star? It's hard to tell through all of this fog...
Claim Star Touched Potion
Day 12
The Devil's Little Darling
They say The Lowrealms are dark and cold... but at least Hannibal is here to keep your Ballator company!
Claim Ember of Orodrune
Day 13
Strange Cryptids and Weird Creatures
There's nothing like a good hunt in The Deadwoods!
Claim Red Eyed Owl
Day 14
Fortune Favors the Bold
Fortune telling is interested... does your Ballator fit any Tarot Card themes?
Claim Pumpkin P-eye
Day 15
Smoke, Fire, and Blood
Trapped! It doesn't matter if you're friend or foe, Apophis and a band of Hannibal's Legion have decided You Shall Not Pass.
Claim Apophis' Flame
Day 16
Enter the Crypts
Your Ballator is alone (maybe) in The Crypts with Tyndariai, the Deathlord.
Claim Duality Crown
Day 17
Come, Little Children
Owl seems to be luring Ballators to Orodrune with a sweet song and poor promises.
Claim Patchwork Cloth
Day 18
Oh My Ghost!
Your Ballator stumbles across someone's spirit while out on The Charred Plains.
Claim Glass Horseshoe
Day 19
Spooky Scary Skeletons
Your Ballator wonders what sort of creature left these bones behind...
Claim Large Skull
Day 20
Day 21
Pick Your Poison
They say it's a more humane way to help someone enter the Highlords' embrace, but that's only if you want it to be.
Claim Uvam Ros
Day 22
Your Worst Nightmare
Dreams can seem so real sometimes; even more so when they're a nightmare.
Claim Bat
Day 23
Day 24
20,000 Leagues Under the Shimmering Shore
Are those tentacles coming out of the water? Does Regale's Cove hold a sea monster??
Claim Tidal Horn Decor
Day 25
Oh Aether, It's a Bloodbath!
Your Ballator isn't sure how, but they're reliving some horrific events-- is this The Realmwars, or is it Red Star Rising all over again?
Claim Fang Goads
Day 26
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
What mysterious things lurk beyond the light of your Ballator's campfire?
Claim Luminiferous Lantern
Day 27
* For this day you must pick between the Small Trait Adder OR the Small Trait Remover
Night Mare on Elm Street
Trick or treat! Draw your Ballator in costume as a movie, show, or book character.
Claim Trait Adder OR Remover
Day 28
It's Alive!
Uh oh! Your Ballator is surrounded by ghouls! It's up to you to decide if they're corrupted or not!
Claim Red Star Pendant
Day 29
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
What does your Ballator see for themselves in the reflection of the Magic Mirror?
Claim Guardian's Gaze
Day 30
Grave Robbers
This fallen warrior doesn't need that Bone Crown anymore anyway... it can't help them where they're going...
Claim Bone Crown
Day 31
Charred Plains Trick-or-Treat
Depict your Ballator and one of their friends collecting some candy.
Claim Slightly Opened Candy