#delbin

[gamingcreatures]

gamingcreatures's year of the dragon:

The Dragons of Artisan Homeworld | Spyro the Dragon

[fantasyofthealps]

Please some Delbin headcanons

Ask and it shall be done!

- If you look up on the dictionary the definition of 'giant softie', you'll find a picture of Delbin. Which considering his profession as a painter, it's a requirement for him to be in tune with his sensitivities and let creativity guide him to decide what will be his next piece. He's not abstract and wild as Gildas nor is he precise and professional as Nevin, but he's a perfect middle between the two. He ever created a few styles of paintings himself. But just because he can be sensitive, that doesn't mean he's delicate, as his size and build is a testament of it. He wouldn't hurt a fly, but he can hold himself in a fight if you really push him too far.

- The only times this dragon has ever felt true misery is when experiencing art block. One time it got so bad, the Artisans had to send him to the Dream Weavers because he was that inconsolable. Nowadays, he has found way better outlets to deal with it than to wallow and cry in desperation, like doing scrapbooking or experiment with paints to create new hues by using natural ingredients.

- Dragonflies are his favorite thing in the world. Whenever he paints, he will always include one or two dragonflies in it, cleverly hidden to make a fun game for the others to try and spot them. It is almost like his signature. Other times, he will just make entire portraits dedicated to them, which he always keeps to hang up in his house. If one needs tips on how to take care of their dragonfly bug guardian, you can ask him and he will gladly infodump for hours.

- He's very ticklish. Like extremely so. Even one just brush under the chin will have him trembling and fall on his knees to try and suppress the urge to laugh. He will not hesitate to trash and yell if they keep tickling. He absolutely despises this fact, because he always worries he might overeact and accidentally punch someone in the face because of his tickle fits. It has in fact happened once, and he still feels so bad about it, even though he has already been forgiven.

[dernooks]

Bunch of the dragons friends from Spyro I drew over the years :)

[lunurivelvet]

Delbin at dusk

[lesserfandomappreciation]

Hey, I know this is probably late but I was wondering about maybe some headcanons or fluff about Bubba, Nestor, Delbin, Gavin and Gunnar with their Female Human S/O’s? I don’t really have a specific idea in mind so you can pretty much get creative.

You got it! Nestor and Bubba already got some human s/o's here, so I will focus on the rest here!

Delbin

Delbin is a sweetheart of a dragon. The emotional support unit of the Artisanal dragons is arguably the best supportive partner anyone could ask for - girlfriend really lucked out with him.

Unlike some of the more cautious dragons (Nestor) Delbin does not hold back when expressing affection or fascination with s/o's origins. A human? Really? Are all humans wingless? What is your world like? Let him hold you while you tell him all about it.

Delbin is very much an action-love-language but that's a trait most of the Artisanal dragons share in general. He's somehow always got a snack to give her if s/o is running low on energy. Anything out of her reach he'll gladly grab for her for the low, low price of a few kisses in return. He likes to spoil her with acts of service.

Of course, the artist in him may want to capture her image, inspired by her anatomy. He's never drawn or painted anyone with her particular anatomy before and it would be fun to try! There's several doodles of anatomy breakdowns in his journals.

Beware - anatomy practice may lead to a downtrodden Delbin being frustrated. Why is human anatomy so hard? And don't get him started on trying to paint hands!

Gavin

No judging taste - but I have to assume whoever likes him is the type of person to read a lot of coffee shop AUs. Or go to cafes/Starbucks, whichever is more available. Possibly both.

Gavin has accidental charm - he gives compliments and verbal validation freely, not realizing the effect this has on his girlfriend. Verbal love is his way of communicating love, but a lot of it is said so naturally, so matter-of-factly as if it were the most obvious thing, that Gavin may accidentally cause s/o to swoon with his words.

He is a very busy dragon, making sure all the dragons keep up their caffeine addictions. Little time is taken into self-care beyond keeping that mustache on point. Should his girlfriend decide to do any actions to help him out (be it as simple as bringing in the mail to having food) he will swoon. Hard. Considers proposing then and there, as any self-respecting himbo would.

As fascinated as he is with humans, Gavin is very... naive about them. Should s/o not want to die from a caffeine overdose they may want to explain to him that no, no human could survive the concentration in a dragon cup of coffee.

Gunnar

Oh no she's got no scales.

For weeks - nay, months - Gunnar is thoroughly convinced that the slightest touch or scrape will injure her. It doesn't matter what type of shape she's in, how much she can deadlift or not - she's got no scales, she's smaller than the average dragon, no flame, no wings and is so squishy. S/o got herself a bodyguard even after she's explained to him she's not going to keel over from him lightly grazing her when walking by.

Touch is important to this dragon. He's not great at always knowing what actions she needs done, and that lovey-dovey word stuff is more of the Artisanal dragons' thing. Soft touches, warm hand-holding and sweet kisses are always available with this dragon.

He can dish out the physical affection but he cannot take a single drop of verbal affection back. It's so far out of his experience that it hits him like a freight train every single time. Gunnar will actually beg, beg, his s/o to not do that in front of the other dragons. They haven't got any reason to see him turn into a pile of goo over a soft little compliment.

[trondopeacekeeper]

On these sleepless nights is when you found out there is a mod for Spyro Reignited Trilogy that includes the 1st game retro graphics. The fun fact is this mod adds to the Artisan dragons the same clothes, items and style from the Reignited Trilogy and...

Retro dads always in my heart 💎

You can find the mod here:

Artisans Acres mod for Spyro Reignited Trilogy

The first ever level expansion mod for Spyro Reignited Trilogy PC version is now complete! Features include: -retro graphics -new sections o

[timekeeperlindar]

Delbin: "There's a crowd coming over here!"

Nestor: "Perhaps visitors? Open the gate!"

Delbin: "They're gnorcs!"

Nestor: "Close the gate!"

Delbin: "That gnorc got his clothes stuck in the gate when we closed it!"

Nestor: "Open the gate a little!"

[artichokebean]

My takeaway from Spyro reignited