Daze

primarily cult of the lamb art and screenshots tiktok: dazeymode i use a translator to understand comments in different languages so if any of my responses are strange or off-topic, please blame the translator!!

[mocho3571]

It’s been a while since my last post!I’ve been playing Ship of Fools and slacking off on my drawing!

I don't really have a specific reason, but I drew a picture of the kallamar dressed as a pirate, so I'm posting it🦑

[dazeymaid]

kalllamar!!!!! :DDD so cute so cute this is amazing!!!! i love how all of the characters in the background are water based animals too :D

[dazeymaid]

(◞‸◟) the first time i tried using the flail's heavy attack, i was incredibly caught off-guard and ended up getting jumped by a ton of enemies at once because i had no idea what happened and didn't know where the lamb had gone.

i love the flail now and spam the heavy attack 24/7, but for a time i was so traumatized i considered any run where i began with a flail dead from the beginning.

i think its funny to imagine kallamar being used as a pseudo-confessional by the entire cult because he cant hear shit and cant judge them (as long as they arent face to face so he cant read their lips).

but i really really like the dynamic between kallamar and narinder. i like to consider their little elements pretty connected. yanno, death creates corpses, which rot and brings illness and pestilence, which spreads and infects and causes death, then repeats from the beginning. i know its just grasping at straws to make my favorite bishop kallamar relevant, but i cling to my faith!!!!! kallamar is important!!! i’ll make him important!!

corpses fill the ground with nutrients and helps crops grow, once all the soldiers have died the war and chaos comes to an end, but the illness festers and lingers in every body and corpse left.

if its not obvious, i LOVE talking about kallamar. such a painfully underappreciated character💔

i could probably turn baal into a nudist if i use the riverboy follower as the sacrifice and he could still be immortal, but then i wouldnt get an extra bishop like i did with aym… choices are difficult.

miku kallamar. couldnt resist(´∀｀=) two cute cyan-themed characters i love? it was only natural i’d give in and mash them together eventually.

the software i use recently improved the text feature so most of the drawings ive been making lately have just been messing around with it. still havent figured out how to change the font though.

[dazeymaid]

i will have art to show soon, but ive been completely obsessed with my new save and cant resist showing off the fruits of my labor, my decorations.

my little personal garden. i have all my bishops with me every night❤️❤️❤️i love them all, even narinder gets a spot, though he’s conveniently hidden behind my tent😊. none of them have their relics back yet, since ive been working on making them perfect and giving them all the right traits before the bishop trait takes up a spot.

if only they would add a proper trophy of the red crown to finish my collection. i used the disciple shrine to fill its place initially, but it just stood out too much.

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they’ve already got a model right here!!! I wish i could just drag it to my cult and use it as decoration

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my temple. im pretty dissatisfied with it though so im likely going to move it.

there are so many pretty things they could make into decoration that they completely missed out on!!!! everytime i go out on a crusade to any of the og biomes i die a little inside seeing all the gorgeous things that the devs totally missed out on making into decorations, especially the postgame additions!!!

look at these!!!! i get psychic damage everytime im in darkwood and see these flowers!!!!!!!!!! they’d make such good decorations, theres a total lack of bright things!!!!!

and the corals!!!!! the jellyfish!!!! the hanging corpses!!!!! they’re all so pretty i seethe in jealousy whenever im in anchordeep. even the rocks look cute covered in moss and starfish!!!! i love anchordeep, but why are all the decorations just crystals!!!!!?!?!?! even kallamar’s thoughts have him admiring the corals and colors!!!! why only purple!!!?!?!?! the crystals come in multiple colors!!!

and THESEEE!!!!!! i’d kill to have connected lights like this!!!! ohhhh its so painful!!!

the worst of it has to be in anura though💔 the shells, the carnivorous plants, the mushrooms are so cute!!!! i go crazy just taking screenshot after screenshot whenever i enter one of these rooms my storage is dying because of it.

if the developers released a dlc of decorations based on the stuff in the bishops’ biomes i’d buy it instantly!!!!

this was meant to show off my base, but i got distracted two seconds in and just began ranting about decorations. whoops! but im very passionate about decorating!!! i have 500 hours on cotl and most of it has been just experimenting with decorations or purgatory runs.

its criminal how little decorations the bishops have!!! its the first gripe i ever had with cult of the lamb!!! they. need. MORE!!

[dazeymaid]

its funny how despite the fact they used to be gods and stuff, the bishops get the randomized preset convert thoughts when you indoctrinate them. like, what do you mean heket is grateful i converted her? leshy is happy he’s here??? he sure doesn’t act like it!

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the rest of the bishops (+ narinder) were just about what i expected though. kallamar got used to his new life nearly immediately.

maid dress leshy. ✌︎('ω')✌︎

i was originally going to use it in an animation meme i was making for my tiktok, but i couldn’t figure out how to draw his minibosses… and i was planning to draw the other bishops’ minibosses too… maybe i’ll try it again l8r once im better at drawing

[dazeymaid]

realized that ive deprived my precious tumblr of anything for like a week… sorry if you’ve seen this already on my tiktok i havent worked on anything that im willing to show yet

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[mocho3571]

About the God and the Crown in COTL

I’ve interpreted it that way too 👋

Here are my thoughts after researching various perspectives

Since lambs and other animals with thick fur are resistant to the cold and can endure winter and blizzards, people began to worship winter in the hope that it would protect them from their enemies.By praying correctly, Ingya, the god of winter, becomes a pure and righteous mother who protects the lambs.

Despairing over their fate of destruction, the Lamb Clan cursed the world and prayed for its corruption.Was the crown possessed by Ingya’s Heart (the relic)? Since it had not lost its divine power, by absorbing the Lamb Clan’s potent curse, Ingya, the God of Winter, subsequently gained the power of evil corruption.Even a chosen god can fall into evil that threatens the world, depending on the nature of the faith received from their followers.It seems that being chosen does not necessarily make one a good god, nor does not being chosen make one an evil god.

If I had to name the opposite of Ingya, I’d say it’s the bishops.

The lands of the ancient faith were, with the exception of regions inhabited by the chosen gods, originally underdeveloped territories where creatures fought and vied for resources.These creatures came to worship the unchosen gods—who had emerged by chance—out of sheer greed.Driven by such evil and greedy worship, the unchosen gods were forced into ceaseless conflict.In the end, only the bishops of the ancient faith survived.

In the early days of the bishops’ rule, the creatures lacked resources and practiced their faith purely out of self-interest.I believe the bishops during this period were cold-hearted and lacked respect for others.

As the bishops gradually took control of the lands of the old faith over the years, those lands developed to some extent, and the bishops came to be worshipped as true deities.Perhaps, as a result, the bishops evolved into deities with a degree of human compassion, to the point where they fostered closer bonds among their followers.

I think Shamura, who loved Nari, was the one most influenced by faith.Shamura himself said that knowledge is fluid, and depending on how it is handled, it can be used for good or evil.Rather than believers who sought barbaric acts like plundering and fighting, he may have preferred and favored those who, in keeping with his true nature, used knowledge correctly for the sake of progress and development (AMA quote).Marcosias survived nearly unscathed, and I think he was pampered until Shamura sustained a head injury.While the original source might have been the god of war, I predict that just as Ingya acquired the power of rot later on, Shamura was retroactively given the title of “god of war.”

The Crown's Mental Domination

Shamura’s favorite songs are anti-war songs, so perhaps when the Crown’s influence is weak, they have a personality that dislikes conflict.

However, the owner of the crown is bound by faith; in other words, the wishes of the believers and the influence of the crown are so overwhelming that they seem unable to act of their own free will.Even if Shamura themself dislikes it, he cannot oppose the war.It is said in the AMA that the owner of the crown has no freedom.The reason Shamura appears to despise and treat his own believers harshly may be because he is well aware of the desires and ugliness of living beings.

Conclusion

The Crown’s owner is neither good nor evil; the worst culprits are the followers—such as the Lamb Clan, who are indifferent to the outside world as long as they themselves are happy—and the followers of the old faith, who are steeped in greed.It seems as though this game likens God to a nation and believers to citizens.

Until I arrived in Woolhaven, I had only ever encountered the barbaric followers of the Old Faith and the Lamb’s followers. The followers of Ingya were so refined that I was somewhat surprised to find such sensible and ethical believers in the world of COTL. Conversely, this means that Ingya was worshipped by such blessed followers. Given their high level of civility, they must have been more developed than the Bishop’s domain. The Lamb Clan was originally happier and wealthier than the poor followers of the Old Faith. However, the Lamb Clan sought only their own happiness and remained indifferent to the plight of the poor followers of the Old Faith, who were living in the aftermath of the War of the Gods.

Since I have a fondness for the bishops, I believe this analysis is overly biased in their defense. Because I don’t know how much influence the royal family holds, I cannot completely rule out the possibility that the bishops were actually a group of evil people masquerading as ordinary believers. However, there is not enough evidence to clearly classify the bishops as purely evil entities.

If you have an interpretation that differs from mine—something you’d like to share—I’d be interested to hear it.I think the fact that there are so many possible interpretations is what makes COTL so interesting.

I intend to incorporate this setting into the manga many times.

[dazeymaid]

!!!!! i love this so much!!!!!

[dazeymaid]

he was so meek when he appeared on the indoctrination altar, but he quickly got settled into his role as the cult’s resident prettyboy and MY WIFE ❤️

how lambtown became the cleanest place in the lands of the old faith. any excuse to get to see kallamar naked and covered in white stuff ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

pestilence appears on the white horse, of course…

HEKET! my moody and ill-tempered queen… i love siccing her on narinder because i hate him and so does she o(｀ω´ )o

i would love to see the bishops with their respective items instead of the basic leaf during rite of lusts… not sure what would be there for narinder though. maybe a skull or a berry? (^◇^;)

she loves her family… excluding a certain demon cat.

how time flies… from a screechy and bitey ground burrower to a screechy and bitey land walker <3

nothing really important down here. whaddya think of the new coloring style? i just completely skip the sketch portion of the drawing and get right to the colors!

heres some older art of kallamar. i think its from around january to december? woolhaven wasnt out yet is all i know.

you can tell i hadn’t yet been enlightened to the wonders of kallamar by how disinterested the lamb is depicted💔

[dazeymaid]

hearing but not listening.

kallamar has such a cute voice, doesnt he? narinder’s is so edgy, heket’s is… heket’s, leshy’s screechy and scratchy, and shamura’s is rather ominous. i love them all, but kallamar definitely has the nicest.

i love bothering him throughout the day just to hear him speak, and he’s always pegged me as a person who loves to talk about himself, so he must love it too. though, it probably gets annoying after the fiftieth time i interrupt his conversations.

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i unfortunately havent had much inspiration lately and havent drawn my glorious king kallamar as often, as well as being busy with other projects and animations ive been working on. ｡ﾟ(ﾟ´Д｀ﾟ)ﾟ｡

BUT! BUT! BUT! if all goes well, you will be getting an animation of kallamar and leshy within a week or two, so be prepared!!! it likely wont be great, but i like anything if it has kallamar in it and you should too!!! o(｀ω´ )

[dazeymaid]

permanently sacrificed yngya and ratau to the fox on my main savefile because i was curious... not worth it, but i can max out purgatory and all of the follower forms now.... the things i do for godhood....

and now im going to put myself through penitence mode as, yanno, my penitence.

i pray the developers never have the fox ask for any of the bishops... my curiosity would get the better of me...

[dazeymaid]

shouting and hissing to whoever will listen (no one) about how much he loathes his siblings and wishes nothing but the worst for them, then immediately beating up anybody who attempts to agree with him. only HE gets to hate them!!!!!

he reaches out his hand without thinking and promptly has his hand shredded off.

i hit the jackpot with my initial rolls for the bishops' traits and got the pettable trait on all of them but narinder (i gave it to him through the exorcism altar because i felt like it)

though i depict them with a positive relationship, narinder is actually enemies with most of the bishops. heket and shamura were natural, but i interfered with him and leshy because i was bored and wanted to see if i could force them to become enemies and i succeeded.

he's friends with kallamar though. i imagine he’s no help in mending narinder’s and the rest of his siblings’ relationships, my willfully ignorant king.

but, i still think the first drawing could still be possible in my savefile. while narinder is enemies with them, i noticed that the other enemies he has are also their enemies. webber (poor dude!), meranna, poyel... its funny. the enemy of his enemy is... also his enemy, apparently. (￣∇￣)

i was going to really ram in just how angrily emotional narinder is in the first drawing, snot and all, but he looked too much like that one image of chopper from op and that’s a much too positive association for him.

heres my obligate kallamb art... or would it be kallidas?? midar? kallamidas? whatever it is: I DO NOT APPROVE!!!

kallamar!!! just because he is another sea creature does it mean you need to kiss him up!!!! have standards my love!!!!! STANDARDS!!!!!!

do not be fooled by the crystal on his crown!! It is fake, i tell you!!!! It is fake!!! ｡ﾟ(ﾟ´Д｀ﾟ)ﾟ｡

I am not decieved, muck-eater.

[dazeymaid]

well. welcome to lambtown notaspy!

[dazeymaid]

a long, long day of thinking of kallamar. im sure he finds fault in the lamb’s every move, but they sure dont find any in his! (o^^o)

so cute! so cute!!! so cute!!!!!

ive been in a bit of an art slump lately. ive been wanting to make more drawings featuring the other characters, but ive kind of turned myself into a one trick pony and the only characters i can draw somewhat consistently are kallamar and the lamb now ｡ﾟ(ﾟ´Д｀ﾟ)ﾟ｡

i especially want to focus on figuring out how to draw heket! she’s got this intriguing love-hate relationship with one of the followers in my savefile that i’d love to share a couple of drawings of!

also, joona! joona doesnt actually exist on any of my savefiles on my steam. she was a follower on my xbox, and one of my very first ever! my first spouse and disciple, so i love her a lot! though, i definitely remember damning her more times than i can count on my finger…

ive learned from my mistakes and havent done the same with kallamar. turns out constantly choosing one follower over and over for the sin rituals isnt the act of love i thought it was. who knew?

though they’d definitely be enemies if they met (jealous spouse = kallamar, not-polyamorous = joona), i like to pretend that they’d get along.

[dazeymaid]

of course she thinks this is a nice day.

[dazeymaid]

am i going insane or does this guy look weird as hell

[suffuwu]

maid calamari.

i tried to draw a bishop version but that’s really weird so i gave up.

[dazeymaid]

completely thought this trait was exclusive to yngya lol had no idea it could be passed on

[dazeymaid]

finally got around to marrying kallamar after making him perfect and he immediately decides that im going to cheat on him.

what did i do kallamar??????? we JUST got married why are you distressed????? just because ive divorced all of my other spouses does NOT mean ill be divorcing you!! i was just doing it to unlock the wedding dress for you!!! i can be a GREAT spouse!