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quick abt:

Saint, they/them, adult. I interact from @vounoura.

Basic DNI criteria apply.

RP main: Svarror Frostveined / Svarror Breakwinter

Non-Canon main: Atitanan

tsarcasm.1508 @ NA. feel free to say hi if you see me in-game!

I block anything that looks like a bot on sight.

Other blogs: @vounoura (main), @tovaicas (FFXIV side), @mjahlar (gif-only archive.

hi I still love norn and yes jhavi is still my favourite character and bjora marches still my favourite mmo zone of all time

hi i'm saint. you may have used to know me as saern, as I was really active between 2022-2023 or so. my canon commander (who is 95% of the focus here) is Warmaster Svarror Frostveined (or Breakwinter, depending on plot location), the partially icebrooded, eternally grumpy norn necromancer. she is still forever telling all these short kids to get off her lawn. Svarror is shipped with Jhavi Jorasdottir. I have two main characters who I tend to split most of my time between - that being my RP main / canon commander in Svarror and my actual main, a condi Mesmer named Atitanan, who has nothing to do with gw2. whether I'm on Svarror or my 'real' main or an alt, feel free to say hi if you see me around in game!

catilinas

#oc: svarror #spoilers #major spoilers

a boneforged blade of consuming frost, torn free from the chest of everwinter defeated, reborn anew.

#saint plays gw2 #oc: svarror #voice of a guy covered head to toe in blood: I bought the sword #spending 2k gold was kind of extremely painful. the things I do for fashion.#anyways I ground money like a man possessed for like two weeks straight I should sleep lol #the leggy is tied to her lore as smth made from jor.mag's corpse post-DS and/or was what she used as an ice.brood

I have a raven gryphon skin…………what if norn could be more than werecreatures. travel form svarror go

#saint.txt #oc: svarror

bjoras

switched my post-saga svarror alt from power reaper to condi reaper on a whim bc normal svarror is condi and wuh oh. turns out this is where the frost-based necro spec has been hiding the entire time

bjoras

wuh oh. you switched both versions to condi reaper and had to reconsider your weapon skins on both bc you use ice-based skins bc RP and went hey! the jormag greatsword would be super thematic! bc even though you made frostfang years ago you SWITCHED HER TO CONDI so it doesn't fit the build anymore!

anyways guess which dumb bitch is grinding gold now

#saint plays gw2 #750 gold to go :pensive:#yes I know it would be cheaper to craft it. but I cannot be assed

switched my post-saga svarror alt from power reaper to condi reaper on a whim bc normal svarror is condi and wuh oh. turns out this is where the frost-based necro spec has been hiding the entire time

#saint plays gw2 #I can't. I can't grind grieving gear again. I'm not strong enough #I might enjoy this more than harbinger ngl.......................

ependasketchpad

Guild Wars 2 - Jhavi Jorasdottir While I love her newer outfit, her old vigil garb has some charm to it~

#jhavi tag

oh god how the fuck do I play mesmer

#saint.txt #I have much worse carpal tunnel than I used to :pensive:#why did I main axe/axe mirage. why would I do that to myself

hi! the great resurrection nobody expected. some of you might remember me, some of you might not as it's been a really long time, and I don't know how many people here are even still active.

I was active here a long time ago as a big norn fan - and though I dipped out of gw2 for actual years, I go through cycles of missing it even as I moved on to different MMOs.

svarror, my RP main, especially.

for those of you who remember me and why I dipped out of the game, that sentiment is still true, so while I can't call this a grand return to form bc I still feel really strongly abt the norn, I also....really miss svarror sometimes, and it would be a shame to leave her behind and lose all of her lore and such. she's a character that's kind of difficult to transplant outside of tyria, though trust me I've tried lol

I don't think this place will be as active as it used to be, more characterposting, gifs, screenshots, etc and such than like, really active lore engagement. but it would be really nice to post about her again, even if only occasionally.

if you remember me, then hello!!!! it's nice to see you again. if you don't or you don't know who I am, then hello it's nice to meet you!!

#saint.txt #I just really miss her chat.#I can't promise loreposting anymore. I still feel super strongly abt no.rn writing and it's still quite upsetting to me.#but I've missed svarror a lot over the years and it would be such a massive shame to leave her character behind #so I think this is mostly going to be a space for stuff like screenshots and gifs and whatnot. who knows.#like I said if you remember me hello again!! I haven't touched the game in actual years and it's kind of nice to come back to it.#if you don't then hi I'm saint and I still like no.rn. bjo.ra marches is still my favourite mmo zone of all time

I am once again asking for a chill/frost-based necro spec

#no spec really fits Svarror at any stage #rpr is closest but she’s a condi build bc dots are kinda her thing #if only vfx mods existed…..scourge w/ the sand effects/theming changed could be cool #saint.txt

mystery-salad

Hey anet? Hey, anet? Hey anet why the fuck is the artisan cape which also makes you bald 1000 gems when several capes that have more detail and more variations never passed a price tag of 600 gems? Why is this cape a ripoff?

hey what’s up

#sorry I'm still on my break but just so you know. Svarror hot #saint.txt

where-is-caithe

god this girl is taking over my brain. anyway i saw a few people post outfits and it was right about when I made her so. you know I went completely overboard immediately. most of these are based on game outfits and the other 4 are just cute outfits she would wear.

halondrus

if you guys play a game with a mount system (like WoW, FFXIV, etc) what button do you have your mounts on

halondrus

everyone tagging this with keys like R or F (keys that could better be used mapped out to attacks/abilities you use frequently in combat) is going to hell

#numpad for GW2 #default H for ESO #none for FFXIV I click the icon #every key close to WASD and my numpad is in use for FFXIV combat so.

commander-gloryforge

whats flight risinf

praise-joko

oh no. my other obsession

allow me to introduce you to my treasure trove of beautiful dragons that are mostly there to look pretty but that I also sometimes build characters for

#looks to the side #@Saern there. g1 lair mostly but semi-inactive atm

anyway I think MMOs are fascinating to break down writing wise bc of the inherent constraints that come with the genre, particularly in the approach to how a game handles the issue of the hyper-competent MMO protagonist

#from what I’ve seen there are two approaches to the MMO protagonist paradox #the ‘make it an inherent special part of the character’ approach #and the ‘you’re Just A Dude:tm: shit happens around’ approach #there are pros and cons to each - inherently special characters are more resistant to immersion breaks #but harder to self-insert into #Just A Dude characters are easier to SI but if the stakes (enemies) raise too high you risk shattering the suspension of disbelief #(WoW ran into this problem. ESO is too)#GW2 is a Just A Dude type btw. you’re just a dude with a day job you’ve been voted employee of the year for every year for ten years #saint.txt

My brain has been revolving around the intricacies of MMO design for hours now bc it’s a cool ass topic and. I can expand on this later but I think it’s not a coincidence that there is a significant overlap between (in my observation) people who really love GW2 over all other MMOs and people who really love sandbox games like Minecraft and the Sims

#bc GW2 is probably the most sandbox-adjacent of the big MMOs.#with its non-standard progression systems #(don’t get me wrong tho it’s still a theme park MMO)#I’ve been trying to figure out why my goopy goblin gamer brain only likes it in manic bursts before I’m just done with it #and I think it’s bc I have a brain disease that makes it difficult to self-direct for long-term goals because I get bored.#vs the more standard carrot on a stick type MMO incentivization #saint.txt

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