Warrior, You Are Loved (WYAL)
Uncover your heart’s layers, ink its colors, and make them into fairytales
THE COTERIE
Our vision for peace became the right direction to form an inclusive coterie for community.
Its years of silence grew from an individual space to celebrating individual creatives as they are by encouraging freestyle expression through prompts, challenges, and the steady foundation to merge, hold three pathways, and solidify its reason for finally launching in 2026.
Even though it first began in 2013 through Candlebara, The Pickleton Universe in 2016, and now a community home called Fairytale Fireplace.
ABOUT
Warrior, You Are Loved (WYAL) uses the word coterie on purpose. A coterie usually means a small, tight, and exclusive circle that tries to create the semblance of being unique, but can only feel powerful when it leaves out others.
But at WYAL, the exclusivity isn’t about keeping people out; it’s about creating a world where everyone is invited in safely, where each person is seen, heard, and feels valued.
Think of it as an oxymoron that actually works: an exclusive circle that includes everyone who wants to be part of it. Here, we celebrate authenticity, laughter, creativity, and the simple reminder that you are loved—always.
MISSION
WYAL is quite determined that we remember what being a warrior on life’s battlefield also means:
• Finding humor during times when we don’t want to be serious.
• Taking disrespect seriously by withdrawing your energy and expanding where it is valued.
• Honoring the desire to be anonymous, hold pseudonyms, or even just disappear like Bilbo Baggins or a mermaid after a show of dragon fireworks.
Lighten your mind. Be goofy. Forget about perfection. Stay free, Ink Gladiators! And most importantly—uncover your heart’s layers, ink its colors, and make them into fairytales.