You'd finally found the fabled valley. It was said to hold whatever your heart truly desired. You'd searched these mountains for years and after finding a hidden pass amongst the snowy peaks had started to descend down. You wondered to yourself that if the legend of the valley was true, did that mean the legend of its protector was? A fearsome warrior was said to stop anyone from entering the valley and had stood undefeated for millennia.
You were half way down and were planning how you were going get across the land between the mountain you were descending and the opening to the valley when the ground began to shake. Suddenly, a giant woman came into view at the top of the valley and strutted down towards you. She was as tall as a mountain and had her own foothills on her chest. She obviously knew you were there as she stopped with her legs spanning the entrance to the valley and looked down on you.
"Halt!" she declared. Her voice echoed through the valley. "If you wish to enter the valley you must defeat me in combat!"
No wonder she stood undefeated, who could stand against such power, and such beauty?
"You really think me beautiful?" she suddenly asked with a smile creeping across her face.
Did she just read your thoughts you wondered.
"Yes, I can see inside the mind of all smaller beings, it is a gift of the valley."
Uh oh, if she could see in side your head then that meant...
"Oh yes, I can see all those wicked thoughts you are having about me, I feel quite exalted at how much you admire me - it is quite a change from all those who come here wishing to defeat me."
Her smile could not be wider as she brushed her hair away from her face.
"I see you no longer wish to travel into the valley?"
She was right, the valley was supposed to hold all you desired but everything you wanted was stood right in front you.
"All I want stands before me as well" she responded to your thought, "the valley works in mysterious ways."
Meta: A simple collage that uses shadow to imply the model's placement in the landscape rather than layering her behind foreground elements. I regret using the stupid lens flair effect though.
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