#alyxian

[ludinusdaleth]

(prefacing this with "no c3 hate whatsoever will be tolerated on this post")

ive decided my main c3 critique isnt even about c3, it's about call of the netherdeep. but it isnt netherdeeps flaw either. it's a cyclical thing i don't have an answer to. making netherdeep a module for players set before c3's story was an amazing way to engage fans; even non fans thought it was really well written. but the vagueness of canon written by players means the most important ideas in netherdeep could not be shown in c3. not everyone has some of The Most Vital Context: more marquet immersion, a faction that is a pre-ruby vanguard introduction, and a story about ruidisborn, redemption, & rebirth centered on alyxian, who is so insanely and closely tied to imogen/liliana/otohan it's mind blowing. the only markedly huge change i would ever make to c3 is having alyxian loudly haunt the narrative. non netherdeep players/readers cant figure out that otohan made herself in his image. that he is a blueprint of what happens when ruidisborn and god interests combine (it ends..... very roughly). and that he is, in what is considered a good playthrough, the only beacon of hope for ruidisborn imogen would have.

[reduviidaegirl]

“Something Hurts Something Aches Something bends until it breaks.”

Guess who got their hands on Call of the Netherdeep.

(Song referenced: “Time will Change You” by the Crane Wives”)

(Pose by @adorkastock )

[ladygentlemanart]

🩸🌑 MYTHIC RESONANCE 🌑🩸

[imorphemi]

Blesties dragon AU

where alyxian is a caretaker of rare dragons what with sonya a cursed treasure dragon, phaerena a red moon dragon, lisaryn being a shadow wyrmling, and thujone a dragon of unknown kind with possible shapeshifting affinities

or the considerably funnier option of alyxian somehow wound up dragonsitting for corellon, avandra, and sehanine. lisaryn is also there

[immult]

which betrayer symbol (left) is this because it almost looked the same as alyxian's vestige (right). gave me hope thee ruidusborn of all time would be relevant, timeline and setting be damned!

[tabletoplife]

First run of the Apotheon minis.

The last one I have dropped so many times it's held together by glue and happy thoughts. I'm scared to even breathe next to it. Where's the bottom of his spear 🤷 it broke in battle okay he's on his third form and like the Apotheon I'm old and don't want to fight with it anymore. 💀

I'm gonna do more with the monstrous first form, something with the base and broken weapon pieces but I'll make a separate post for it.

[kind-of-genius]

oh fuck. in researching further, I found where this information came up

campaign 2, episode 135 - The Genesis Ward

Caleb investigates a room labeled Records 104 and uncovers documents. one such "document refers to the 'Factorum Malleus Project'" AKA hammer of creation

later in the episode, they repair Charlie the Aeormaton, who reintroduces himself as Devexian.

"Devexian at first doesn't remember what happened to the city, but then recalls the experiment that the gods must have deemed too dangerous: the Factorum Malleus. It doesn't translate to the 'Hammer of Creation.' It translates to the 'Creator Hammer'"

now, that document Caleb uncovered also references an individual at the head of this project "named 'Athodan', who made the inspired find of 'The Relic' and was working in rejuvenation"

it is my belief that this relic either is or is something similar to the ruins in the Hellcatch Valley and the wizard who uncovered them, working on rejuvenation, is Ludinus Da'leth

he is far older than an elf should be and talks about the Calamity as if he witnessed it. after surviving the Calamity, "the relic" so-called could have been lost.

remember, Marquet used to be a jungle continent where societies of orcs and elves flourished. Gruumsh was offended by this and tried to destroy all of Marquet. thanks to the Ruidus-born hero Alyxian, Marquet was simply turned into a desert instead of being wiped from the face of Exandria.

because of this, and the loss of Aeor and the power granted to him, Ludinus wouldn't have been able to access this relic until the dust settled, and he built up power and influence again. ergo, founding the Cerberus Assembly.

In summary: the machines are called malleus keys because they are from the original, pre-Calamity project Ludinus, then Athodan, was working on: the Factorum Malleus project.

the "creator hammer" is Predathos, and the goal was always to free it

[elderidgeart]

A thumbnail I created for a Call of the Netherdeep campaign :)