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"Mist Stranger Trahearne"

2025 practice paintover of my 2021 painting

Comparison with the original 2021 version is up now on my sketchblog - but you'll have to hunt for this yourself, as I'm sort of self-conscious about the older painting. And didn't want to post it here, lol.

Idea is inspired by a fun fan theory I saw at the time on reddit/tumblr, when they re-added the "Mist Stranger" NPC to Eye of the North.

The theory is that the Mist Stranger might be Trahearne, perhaps from an alternate timeline. I couldn't remember whether the theory originated from an individual, or collection of fans - I was curious and looked into it a bit, and it was mentioned by @brax-was-here and @knight-of-the-thorn (thanks to Brax for sharing this info with me!), and at least one user on the gw2 sub at the time.

This theory isn't part of my personal headcanon, but I enjoyed seeing the speculation. :)

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 @wintersdayzine and @landylachs the two arrived in Germany and they look greate :D

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Before I ramble, Chimes - @wintersdayzine, our 100-page fanzine for Guild Wars 2, is closing its preorders in TWO HOURS. Yes, two hours (or, alternatively, if I get caught in a living story episode, it’ll be when I finish it... this mod is just getting to the sparkly new content). We have FOURTEEN books left.

Order it here: gw2zine.bigcartel.com

That said, there are few things in life that can be compared to doing what you love, collaborating with so many talented individuals, and being allowed to give back to a community that has given so much to you. With @guildwars2, I managed to moderate this fanzine to accomplish all of these things; I was incredibly honored by the reception and warmth this project was met by with both the staff at ArenaNet and by the community -- this game has been a home, and a community I could never forget.

For this project, my individual piece was a collaboration with @landylachs, and I can’t speak more highly of working with her. From the little details (we spent a fair amount of time in the tiny facts you’ll never see) to the big picture, it was incredible to be bring this lovely illustrated short story to life with her. She’s both my friend and inspiration, and I hope you enjoy what we’ve put together. 

Again, the book closes its preorders in two hours! Please don’t miss out. <3

[landylachs]

Edit: The comic is now live! :D (Launched May 12, 2025)

READ HERE from Page 1

Original post below:

I'm very excited to announce The Harbinger's Path, a Trahearne and Malyck Guild Wars 2 fan comic!

I've made a little preview page with more info coming soon! The address is in the last image above.

The Harbinger’s Path is a completely fan-made project, unofficial, and not affiliated with ArenaNet – it’s a small passion-project I’ve decided to do while not part of the Creative Partnership, as I felt more comfortable working on something more personal to me on my own.

Especially as I’m not sure how much interest there might be in this project beyond my own specific tastes - though of course, I hope someone else might also enjoy it, too. ;)

Also, I've seen the recent tumblr posts - I'm hopeful this site will keep on kicking, but just in case: I plan to also post updates to bsky, and I even learned how to add an RSS feed for the website :O The link is on the preview page!

(If I had known how easy it was to create your own RSS feed, I would have done so years ago!)

[landylachs]

Practice drawing of Varré from Elden Ring

One thing I didn’t expect from working on comic pages is how it reminded me again how drawing with lineart is very fun. I've been playing Elden Ring lately, and Pip Torrens' line delivery is impeccable. And is largely what inspired me to try this drawing with his character. :)

It was probably inevitable he would become my favorite from this game the moment he calls you his "lambkin," intoning like he's both endeared to and about to murder you slowly, haha.

Also am I reaching or does his line delivery sort of sound like Trahearne/Matthew Brenher if he had become corrupted and malicious

[landylachs]

Varré from Elden Ring

Painted the drawing of him from last week. I drew it before seeing the Mohgwyn area, which is why he's holding a field surgeon's dagger instead of his signature weapon. ;)

Process post

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Harbinger Malyck | 2025 update (wip) of my 2018 card art of him

Finalizing chapter 1 for The Harbinger's Path made me reminisce about my earlier paintings of these two. But when I saw this one again yesterday, all I could see were the errors! Did a quick paintover for fun (and practice!) - I'll link below where you can compare it with the original, because I'm honestly a little embarrassed to show the original here now, haha.

Link to sketchblog post: https://landylachs.com/sketchblog/2025/05/harbinger-malyck-paintover-may-7-2025/

I should probably also mention here, that the first chapter for The Harbinger's Path Trahearne & Malyck fan comic will launch this upcoming Monday, May 12!

Yay! Excitement! I hope you will check it out and enjoy it! Or tell me how to make it better! Either way! :D I suspect all the random art I've made of these characters over the years was hemming and hawing for this story I really wanted to explore with them (or at least, attempt to explore).

The pages will be posted directly to my "Landy" site then, and I'll make a post here mentioning when they're up, as well.

Have a wonderful week in the meantime!

[landylachs]

Spellweaver Caydren

"The Dream is the lie."

Fairly rough practice paintover from earlier this week - my Nightmare Court "spellweaver" elementalist, Caydren.

Like Cadeyrn before him, he believes Nightmare is the "true nature of all sylvari."

Quote from the top of the post is from my "Nightmare's Embrace" sylvari oc comic, which is not released anywhere yet (it's a separate project from The Harbinger's Path ongoing Trahearne & Malyck webcomic).

If you'd like to learn more about him, keep an eye out here for "Nightmare's Embrace" when it's ready. :D

As with the "Mist Stranger Trahearne" paintover, this one also has a comparison with the original 2017 painting up on my sketchblog now - but again, you'll have to find this yourself if you're curious, as I didn't feel like posting the older art here.