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Dyan Super Moon – Summer Solstice – Super Survivor Of The Month Clues

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Wow is there a lot of supernatural survival cosmic awesomeness going on this weekend.

Not only is today the Summer Solstice (in the northern hemisphere*) which many in the modern world only think of as the longest day but in fact it’s also a big day for Witches! It’s probably one of the top 3 witchiest days in the whole calendar**. It is also a big deal for pagans as all solstice/equinoxy events are (as astutely pointed out by Survivor Archaea Venomtongue).

But it is also the Dyan Full Moon*** which also happens to be a Super Moon****! and not just a super moon but the biggest super moon of the year.

Super Lunar Lycanthropic Lunacy and Witchy Werewolfy wildness will likely ensue so beware while being were.

Clues for the Survivor Of The Month will be going up here over the next couple of days and the Survivor of the Month will be announced on Monday.

* For survivors in the southern hemisphere look back to this article and this article to see how to deal with the Winter Solstice.

** I sense that I will soon be writing a blog post about the top 3 witchiest days on the calendar…

*** For more info on what exactly a Dyan Moon is check out these articles from my wolfy pals over at YourLupineLife.com:

The Werewolf in the Mirror

Dyan Clan

**** What’s a Super Moon? That’s when the Moon is both Full AND at perigee (the closest part of its orbit to the Earth). The more they coincide the more super the Super Moon. To track when these are going to happen get the free Lupine Life app for iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.

SOTM clues to follow… soonish…

Hail Survivors,

My apologies for the delay in getting the Survivor of the month clues up. The super moon has caused some significant supernatural issues. Issues that have caused collateral damage sufficient to disrupt both the power systems and the network connection here at Survivor HQ.

Graham and I are just getting our systems back online so I hope things will be back to normal soon and I can finish updating the site.

Until then survivors keep on keeping on.

Seth

UPDATE – I managed to get things working well enough to be able to deal with a few replies to survivors but now I have to head out to deliver so pizza for the lunch rush so that hungry downtown office workers can survive until supper time. (just one of the many survival services I provide – I am putting in a few extra shifts to save up for a new camera) But I’ll be back later today to continue this article. – Seth

UPDATE #2 – I am back from the watery death pit and am FINALLY about to put up the survivor of the month announcement. Due to the delays caused by my incarceration in the belly of a giant lake monster we are going to skip the clues this month and go straight into the unveiling. That and my notes for the clues are extremely waterlogged and partially digested. Short version of the story I had to deliver some pizzas out near the lake and thought I would take a brief break before heading back to see if I could get a few pictures of lake monster that a some local residents claimed to have spotted.  I was able to get a few good ones including one particularly good closeup of the inside of its mouth before finding myself with a number of fish and a used tire in a dark damp room that I later determined to be the belly of the monster.  I guess I must have smelled like the shrimp and mushroom pizzas I had just delivered so if you are not into getting swallowed whole by giant lake monsters I suggest following the rules of waiting 60 minutes after eating (for the smell of food to dissipate) before swimming. It took me a while but I was eventually able to escape and make my way back to Survival HQ. Keep checking back for more details about my adventure. Unfortunately there won’t be any pictures as my iPhone is not functioning very well after spending a week in the belly of a lake monster. – Seth

SOS Hall of Fame: The Many ‘_’ of Stigma

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Dyan Moon Brings Survivors of the Month

How appropriate that THIS survivor should be our Dyan Moon Hall of Famer.

Let me explain. The Dyan Moon is all about things double. Twins and double lives. For instance, it’s said that werewolves turned under the Dyan Moon generally have two different wolf forms. Forms that really don’t like each other. This leads to all kinds of problems.

Also I’m going to guess this week’s epic transit of Venus has somehow affected the results. Because if there was a prize for strangest relationships on the site, I think this survivor would win.

Quote Clues: 

“Uhh seth is one of the symptoms hopping a fence into a football field and tacking the guy with the ball?”

“Forgive one’s enemies – but never forget their names.”

“May no axes split your skull.”

“Werry Wolfmas Everywun.”

And if you haven’t guessed it by now, or even if you have,  here it is…

Meet The Many ‘_’  of Stigma

Pre-chimera Stigma

Those who know Stigma now as a dangerous chimera dad at civil war with himself, would likely be surprised to recall the details of his survivor history.

He came here seeking advice about Regina, his WW gf, who had a nasty habit of wanting to make out in wolf form. Naturally Stigma was worried about the physiological consequences of her accidentally biting him.

We all warned him against it but well, love prevailed over wisdom and next thing we knew Stigma was undergoing his first WW transformation. However his transformation wasn’t exactly your typical 48-hour full moon fever.

Unfortunately, his reports came to the attention of a rogue A-51 agent and next thing you knew? THIS: My Day In a Nutshell by Stigma.

It was a good news-bad news fight. Although Stigma managed to rescue his sister, the rest of his family appeared to have died. But on the plus side, he was saved by his lifelong friend, a tyromorph from Pandora named Clara Kitty. She’s not the cutest pet you’ll ever have, and she’s bald in human form, but whenever Stigma is missing or needs help, Clara Kitty is there. Usually freaking out, but definitely there!

Stigma soon learned that his family were actually lycomorphs back to 1200 BC and in fact that his grandma bit his GF Regina’s grandpa, so in a way, they were actually related. This may have been one of the factors in their breakup. When he broke up with Regina, she took it, “pretty well.” 

It quickly became clear that Stigma was no ordinary lycomorph. In fact, his wolf form, had a wolf form. A shadow form. A double wolf, if you will. Stigma called this second wolf his “shadowing.” Is this what happens when a genetic wolf is bitten too? Or is it just the sign of a wolf turned under the Dyan Moon? It was unclear, until some time later. So read on!

The only thing really clear at the time, is Stigma’s shadow wolf had really bad spelling compared to the normally super-speller Stigma. And that his wolf selves did not get along with each other. And you were never sure if you were talking to Stigma or one of his wolves or if they were talking to each other. It turned out that one of them was a girl named Cinna.

On the bright side, Stigma also discovered his family wasn’t dead. They had faked their deaths and split up so they could come to his rescue later.

This seemed to bring a time of some peace. He still didn’t like transforming but his wolf self had cubs and he seemed to like hanging out with his wolf family. And Clara Kitty was not so secretly happy that Regina was now gone.

But then something weird happened again. Camping in the woods, Stigma met a WW with red eyes who told him he wasn’t actually a werewolf at all.

Stigma didn’t know what to think. If he wasn’t a werewolf, why was his mom doing this on his 13th birthday?

And why was his dad acting like this?

It turned out the same things were happening to Mr. Mutt. More about that later. But now Stigma was to learn the real story of his mom and dad’s relationship. How they went from mortal enemies to Stigma’s mom and dad. 

Thus began the angelic werepyre stage of Stigma’s life. Wings sprouted from his back and he made friends with white wolf named Cheyenne. Oh yah and there was that brief demonic possession stage, after Mr. Mutt invited him on a road trip through hell.

(What kind of a holiday is that Mutt? Really. And then put him to sleep? Was that necessary?)

Many of us remember what happened next. A strange new virus. Was it a case of supernatural food poisoning? I blame myself. No, not because I delivered a bad pizza. Because I wasn’t online to warn him. Next thing we know, Stigma woke up in a cave and  SOS would never be the same again…

(And nobody would ever eat chimichonga in quite the same way.)

Our story ends here because to describe Stigma the Were-chimera is virtually impossible. Which one would you describe? Read a summary of his current status here. 

Bonus question for anyone including Stigma here: Lychampirakyriasovameranthropic ???

Agharna Phellan: Survivor of the Month

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Well Graham and I finally finished counting and allotting “points” for helpful comment and rolled the dice – er, shook the phone – to reveal the Dyan Moon Survivor of the Month. Recognize this Survivor?

Fast Facts About Agharna Phellan

—> This survivor once posted a valuable and poetic lesson for werewolves about the importance of post-transformation oral hygiene.

—> Once found two A-51 agent suits and probably still has them.

—> USED TO HAVE A VERY GUILTY CONSCIENCE ABOUT A FEW THINGS …

—> In addition to A-51 this survivor has run ins with Dr. Crane and Van Helsing and his Monster Hunters.

—> He may have been raised by werewolves, but he doesn’t exactly like them!

—> What wears a dark suit, is completely evil, and is about to eat your souls? It’s:

Agharna Phellan: Shadowy Elemental Man of Mystery*

*Disclaimer: Please be advised that SOS does not endorse or embrace or otherwise celebrate all or even many of the actions and certainly not the legal advice of this survivor. But he won. So without further disclaimers…

*Disclaimer:  In fact, we did not count ANY of the posts in which AP directly or indirectly contributed to the non-survival of another. But despite this ample number of discarded posts, he did win. Luck’s like that some times. So without further disclaimer…

*Disclaimer: JOKE…no more disclaimers! Agharna Phellan is a valued contributer to survival, yours and mine. So without further disclaimer…

“JUST GET ME ANOTHER BLOODTINI.”

Agharna Phellan. His name means “moon” in Sanskrit but that’s not his werewolf name. His WW name is actually Cahin Loup.

So you might wonder, how does a soul-sucking, bass-playing draconian shadow elemental vampire end up with a werewolf name?

Good question. Because Agharna Phellan was raised by werewolves, that’s why.

In fact, he was trained to be a werewolf leader. We don’t know much about his family or why he was expected to lead the pack. He doesn’t talk about his WW family very much. Maybe because one day during a training exercise, 3 werelings under his care were killed during a giant demon wolf attack.

Did something happen to Agharna Phellan that day? We don’t know. Maybe AP himself doesn’t even remember. All we know is, following this incident, AP was being shunned by his village. Worse, they informed AP that he was no longer a werewolf.

As you might expect, being kicked out of your village, your family and even your species is very traumatic. I imagine it would feel like a human being demoted to a monkey. Something like that. Anyway, the point here is, if you wonder why AP has such a complicated relationship with werewolves, look no further than this incident.

Only one thing good came from the shunning. AP discovered his elemental powers. His burning shame. Well, it could really burn. In fact it burned his village to the ground. He couldn’t stop it until he broke a dam and stood under the water.

The water crashing down on him, put out the flames but the fire still smolders and flares up from time to time.

And in its absence he discovered darker elemental powers left by the demon wolf attack.  That’s right. Dark lawyering powers. I won’t describe the rest, but you can read about them here. Just hang onto your soul.

Apart from the occasional soul-sucking episode, Agharna Phellan’s a great contributer to survival. A loyal defender and eloquent communicator who plays in a band called the  Killosaurus Tonberries and riddles up the pages with advice, comments and poems.

So if you see Agharna Phellan don’t be afraid to say “HI!”*

*Unless you’re a werewolf. Or your soul isn’t properly secured. Or you’re highly flammable or…