The Island

  • The Island 19

    Renate and David set out to explore the cave. They are solemn and reserved, both thinking about what unknown things they will face and hoping they have the courage and skill to see their way through this strange calling from the the monks at the Cathedral of the Order of the Rose.

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  • The Island 18

    Renate’s rose-vine tattoo continues to provide clues and intuition about the island. Renate and David decide to go back to the hut and rest before heading to the cave the following day.

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  • THE ISLAND 17

    Renate begins to sense the connection between the rose-vine tattoo and the island’s summons from the mysterious cave. She and David decide they must go to the cave to find out what is waiting for them in the cave.

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  • The Island 16

    Renate and David begin to glaze their pottery when they both notice Renate’s pattern looks like the carvings on the cave mouth and stele. The rose-vine tattoo fully awakens and they feel the pull of the cave.

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  • The Island 15

    Renate awakens to the call of the Rose-vine tattoo. Remembering the first encounter with the Monks in The Order of the Rose, she begins to feel the beckoning call of the cave.

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  • The Island 14

    Renate and David return to the hut, but both feel the irresistible pull of destiny on the island. They don’t know what it could be. Somehow, the island feels different.

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  • The Island 13

    Renate and David discover a strange cave entrance. Renate feels it is wrong to enter and they turn back to the waterfall. Soon, David notices Renate’s rose vine birthmark appears to reawaken after years of dormancy.

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  • The Island 12

    Renate and David begin the hunt for colored crystals to grind for pottery glaze. They find a waterfall in the forest upstream from the kiln, as they suspected.

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  • The Island 11

    Renate and David test their new kiln and a new way of self reliance is born. Not ones to live with mundanity, they conspire to make their pottery works of art.

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  • The Island 10

    Renate and David begin building. Kiln to make pottery ware for storage and eating. While looking for something to use as glaze in the cave, they find an ancient treasure cache.

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