Farandoll: Forest to World

Pepper

While the enchanted forest is the main sphere where the main characters evolve, the story actually starts with  the adventures of Pepper.

You can read more about it here:
http://farandolls.deviantart.com/#/d1xeipp

Pepper (Alice Cherry Blossom) is actually the reason why Farandoll came to existence. As mentionned in the previous post, Fauna, Flora and Minera were old characters of mine that I adapted to a specific setting, an enchanted forest. I've always wanted to do more with these characters but the idea was just like a seed, planted deeply in my head but it hadn't met the conditions for its growth until three years ago.

There was not much background story to the Guardians until the Alice CB entered my collection. She was my fourth doll purchase and a rather impulsive one. I didn't know why but I just felt the urge to get her. I admit I didn't really care about pigs but the Alice sculpt had a lot of charm.

Alice Cherry Blossom
(Image courtesy of Elfdoll)

And it took me a long time to figure out why I wanted her so much. She didn't really fit in the Forest at first, I tried to see her as a sidekick to Fauna but it just didn't work, she had her own style somehow. But one day it occurred to me that she was a foreigner that was travelling and discovered the Forest. Then it was no longer  possible to envision just a forest, there was obviously something outside of it, an entire world and finally the plot, while still missing many elements, became clearer. The seed finally had grown and became a sprout and hopefully, with time I am hoping it will turn into a big tree...