Time and space unfold...

the silly mustache guy (was previously @frippschamber until i realised that sounded like a euphamism for something rather frightful)

[jorvik-chronicles]

🔮 ⤷ Morning (a Star Stable Online short story)

It was rarely just a dream. But how could one tell? As the Soul Riders ride together on a week-long trudge back to Valedale through the Northern Mountain Range after a mission, Linda's mind feels like, for the first time in a long time, it is being invaded. Visions so strong and so hideously graphic that she feels herself crawling back toward that childhood terror she felt when she first established her connection with the moon. Little does she know that this time, there is a presence behind them, toying and rewiring her subconscious, pulling the strings of her dreams and forcing her to live through a series of the worst nights she has ever had.

Brief:

This short story explores the dark side of the Moon Circle, and the rarely spoken about trauma that it is sure to have put its Guardians through, generation after generation. Examining Linda especially, she must learn that she really cannot deal with these things on her own.

The original character mentioned is my inserted fifth Soul Rider, but they aren't the main focus in this short story. This is actually the first time I've ever published any work with him in, so, welcome to the world, Azariah!

The artwork of John MacDonald (see below) inspired a lot of the visual elements in my brain for this. Check out his gallery on the link provided in the image!

Table of contents w/ links below!

🔮 ⤷ Table of Contents:

Chapter One. Read on Tumblr | Read on Ao3 | Read on Wattpad

Chapter Two. Read on Tumblr | Read on Ao3 | Read on Wattpad

Chapter Three. Read on Tumblr | Read on Ao3 | Read on Wattpad

Chapter Four. Coming soon.

[toruq]

[drones-and-jorvikberries]

hello ssoblr pls don't be tired of me drawing one and the same character always

[drones-and-jorvikberries]

[intro to my blog] this is my Pookie.

[garnoksfury]

there's just something about those bright fields against the muted sky and forest

[jorvik-chronicles]

UGH I miss it

[garnoksfury]

alex by the river in starshine legacy for your personal relaxation

[im-kuku]

Catherine's Horse

I tried a few things here: I wanted to emulate the style Johan Egerkans used on the horses in the original star stable games - gave up on that; I wanted to give Catherine more hair - I don't really like how she came out; I think the proportions are not there. I'm still not set on what breed of horse Catherine would have (I'm not set on the horse's name either) but I like the idea of her having a friesian (in my mind the horse was really hard to train so nobody wanted it, also friesians have a tendency to be sickly so maybe she nursed it back to health). I need to workshop all that because I really want to make a little comic with Cathy and Elizabeth <33

Close up of Catherine without grain^

[im-kuku]

I drew how I kinda imagine Elizabeth meeting Catherine; probably in a crisis and a little awkward

I wanna draw Catherine as well; maybe them both... together... platonically (mostly)

[jorvik-chronicles]

OH MY GOD I LOVE THEM SO MUCH

I fucking love the generation of soul riders before the current ones they're SO FUCKING TRAGIC 🙏🙏

LOVE this drawing so much it encapsulates Elizabeth PERFECTLY

[absolute-lesbian-disaster]

nothing quite like looking back over your childhood favourite game, the game that had such rich lore and so many hints to the future that decoding it was like a murder mystery.

nothing quite like looking for the theorists you adored on youtube who played all of the company’s prior games and predicted story updates.

nothing quite like finding a game with no discernible story left, and a company intent on punishing their remaining old players.

nothing quite like realising your favourite theorist, the one so dedicated they hunted in the game files, has deleted all their videos with no explanation.

nothing quite like a game you loved for its rich story changing its canon every year.

nothing quite like the destruction of the children’s horse game you played so much it changed you. my cringe is dead. i miss her.

[literally-timeless]

I¨ve been feeling like I am trying to reinvent the wheel with what I've been Frankenstining Pandoria to. I never had a concrete idea per se, but I had something and now I don't know what I have because it changed like 6 times over the course of trying to put it into words.

Anyways, have some made up landscapes, presented to you by today's lovely assistants Evergray and Lawrence!

Most of them are at least loosely inspired by the in-game Pandoria and whatever that place with the shattered stone structures is, some I've just made up entirely (and may or may not be going to recycle for my other purposes)

Here they are a little more up close, (with an earlier concept of the Inkwell that's just a big ol' hole in the ground so I can divide them into twos but they're very small so - understand them for the feeling, not so much the quality ^^":

I've added some markers to each of them through which you can plausibly discern the proximity of these to one another, but Pandoria doesn't really follow the laws of space as we know it, or at least it shouldn't. The fact time doesn't exist there is something that's really hard to grapple with when imagining it. The phrase "everything is calm, always in motion" comes to mind, a realm that is stagnant, but remains unfamiliar. It never changes, yet to the human mind it never looks the same, is always novel and strange. The explorers mapping the realm can probably recognise it in some aspect, but it's impossible to ever pass the same tree or the same rock and know that they've seen it before - in fact passing the same place probably feels like déja vu rather than being able to comprehend it's somewhere you've already been... Are we following? ^^"

The truth lies in the eyes of the beholder. The double meaning is probably fitting for this place.

[limnologylover]

i love you jorvik wild horse

[sashabeeblanket]

damn they have some crazy tech there

[drones-and-jorvikberries]

while the new marchenghast questline/area seems really cool, it feels to me, idk, somehow disconnected from the game?? i can't explain why or how but it feels like something that doesn't fit the game's esque or perhaps it is in my brain. not saying it's not good, and i'm more than happy to be receiving more quests, but it just does not feel like star stable to me

[pandoricpies]

Ya know, I’ve had the same feeling.

I think the ‘physical’ separation in-game makes sense - and if it’s making us feel that way it did its job - seeing as it’s somewhat a world of its own where the passing of time has slowed tremendously.

I get what you’re saying however, it doesn’t feel like it belongs in the game in a sense. What made it feel different for me was the quest writing. I thought this was some of the best quest writing we’ve seen in a long time… like since Saving Anne 2018. I’m not sure if this is due to a combination of different writers or a different creative lead, but hats off to them. We finally got some of those ‘darker’ elements this game is capable of. The lead writer for these quests even went as far as to mention how much fun they all had exploring those more sinister storylines and how they hope to continue (PLEASE).

Honestly kinda reminded me of Helena Dahlgren’s writing style in the Soul Riders books; she was not afraid to go at least a little bit darker than what the game does and those were an excellent read.

[vilda-ravenhill]

I've been updating my Art Fight profile so here are the updated refs for Ve and Dragon lmao

[butterfly-headquarters]

Spent the weekend going through the first trilogy to make notes on all the magic/world lore to compare it to the starshine legacy games and then sso (thank the lord for playthroughs on yt) and man. I forgot how crazy those books get

[akiramona]

I am overjoyed to know that I have become a part of the problem (in a good way I hope)

Anyways, would you mind us to peek at your notes perchance? 👀

[butterfly-headquarters]

absolutely! and yes i will be sharing my notes (as soon as I have them in a coercive format and organized them bc currently they look like this

(I'm 20 pages into the second book)

[jorvik-chronicles]

RAHH I LOVE THIS

the books are actually my favourite thing ever omg

[vinellatermizt]

You know, I was just thinking, the premise of Star Stable is that you travel around an island, complete quests, and race. The plot revolves around the main character, the chosen one of a goddess who created the island and disappeared into it, helping her followers fight the followers of another god trapped between worlds and trying to devour them.

Sounds like some kind of epic, it's a shame the developers didn't target an older audience and make it epic like Genshin.

[starbornsoulrider]

extremely funny that the secret stone circle is RIGHT next to marchenghast like that. we’ve been having our little soul rider meetings and shit all this time while there was a Fucking War going on down the street. hey Fripp I know we’ve gotta kill Garnok or whatever but did you know there’s a unspeakably deadly plague infecting the forest right below your house

[brookevesky]

like aint know way the druids havent heard anything, theyre a stones throw away!

[frnchbgtt]

girls like girls

I really like the old Alex skin, so I drew a mix of different updates <3