Summoning the Flounder
Once every generation, a pale-haired girl is born among the Sarlenei people. They call her The Pallora, meaning “light without fire.” Her one mission in life is to summon the Scarlet Flounder when the tribe’s pride burns too brightly, and they risk extinction by their warlike ways. Its levitation reminds the Sarlenei that even glory must occasionally rise, cool, and return to the depths before it consumes itself.
Image imagined in MidJourney AI and finished with Topaz Studio and Lightroom Classic.
Summoning the Flounder
Once every generation, a pale-haired girl is born among the Sarlenei people. They call her The Pallora, meaning “light without fire.” Her one mission in life is to summon the Scarlet Flounder when the tribe’s pride burns too brightly, and they risk extinction by their warlike ways. Its levitation reminds the Sarlenei that even glory must occasionally rise, cool, and return to the depths before it consumes itself.
Image imagined in MidJourney AI and finished with Topaz Studio and Lightroom Classic.