Lich Survivors, round 2: references

Generated by Astra (GPT image) from a brief: look targets for the lich, the snakes and the cave. Click an image to enlarge.

The lich: prismatic bone

Which reading of "prismatic" is closest to what you see? (number)

lich 01 — LICH 01 A complete floating ivory skeleton catches small diamond-like spectral glints along sunlit bone edges.

lich 02 — LICH 02 A complete floating skeleton of translucent quartz refracts the cave's sunlight into small internal rainbows.

lich 03 — LICH 03 A floating milky opal skeleton shows localized play-of-colour flashes where the warm sunlight strikes.

lich 04 — LICH 04 A floating pearly skeleton has a soft pink-green-blue nacre sheen on its sunlit bone surfaces.

lich 05 — LICH 05 A white floating skeleton reveals faint spectral colour inside thin ribs and fingers through transmitted sunlight.

lich 06 — LICH 06 A floating skeleton of subtly faceted pale gem bone catches distinct spectral flashes on small sun-facing facets.

lich 07 — LICH 07 A complete opal skeleton straddles the shaft of sunlight, with spectral flashes on its lit half and quiet pale bone in shadow.

lich 08 — LICH 08 A close photographic view of an opal skull and shoulders contrasts sunlit play-of-colour with dim pale bone.

The snakes: species

Which species (or which traits from several) should the snakes be?

snake 01 — SNAKE 01 A reticulated python emerges across rough cave stone, its complete patterned body trailing behind a slightly raised head.

snake 02 — SNAKE 02 A dark Burmese python approaches the light with its stout body and subdued brown saddle markings fully in frame.

snake 03 — SNAKE 03 A slender grey-olive black mamba raises its elongated head above the cave floor as its full body leaves shadow.

snake 04 — SNAKE 04 A king cobra approaches with its hood lowered, its dark subtly banded body visible from head to tail.

snake 05 — SNAKE 05 A heavy Gaboon viper with broad horned head and geometric leaf-litter pattern rests partly in the cave's sunlight.

snake 06 — SNAKE 06 An eastern diamondback rattlesnake crosses rough stone, showing cream-edged diamonds, a raised head and its complete rattle.

snake 07 — SNAKE 07 A black rat snake lifts its small head into warm sunlight while its long dark body remains partly in shadow.

snake 08 — SNAKE 08 A large dark boa constrictor approaches the sunlit floor with its complete saddle-marked body extending back into shadow.

The cave: light and formations

Targets for the cave: which of these feel right for the room?

cave 01 — CAVE 01 A dry cenote-like chamber receives one narrow shaft of sunlight across a rough rubble-strewn floor.

cave 02 — CAVE 02 A limestone cavern's stalagmites and uneven flowstone floor are revealed by a single sunlit pool and its soft bounce.

cave 03 — CAVE 03 One skylight sends warm sunlight into a dark basalt lava tube over rough collapsed rock.

cave 04 — CAVE 04 A shaft of sunlight grazes broken slabs and boulders in a chamber of dark fractured rock.

cave 05 — CAVE 05 A high oblique view looks about 60 degrees down into a limestone cavern at one sunlit pool among stalagmites.

cave 06 — CAVE 06 A close view reveals sparse dust in a warm sunlight shaft above sharply textured illuminated stone and grit.