#nathaniel black

[hard-times-paramore]

It was only a matter of time until I made fanart of Age of Empires 3. Decided to start by drawing the entire family tree of the game's protagonists.

Every named character - except for Phillip (he was only mentioned in the game's guide) - is playable in the game. You start with Morgan in mid-1500s and work your way generation after generation of the Black family until mid-1800s.

My favorite characters are definitely John and Chayton. John has one of the best lore and is in the Act with the best cast of characters, and Chayton is unhinged and a baddass.

Below the cut is my thought process for the drawing. Also, if anyone wants to see my Age of Empires posts, the tag on my blog is "aoeposting".

Starting with Morgan. According to the wiki and the game's guide, he had four children. Two we don't know the name of, John's father Phillip and John's uncle Stuart.

I assume, since Morgan is 200 years old by the time John is born, that neither Stuart nor Phillip were Elizabet's children. He probably had them way later, after getting married to a British woman. But since it's canon he and Lizzie had a situationship, I'm assuming those two unnamed kids are hers, and she took them and raised them as pirates.

I doubt Lizzie ever married Morgan. Though now I don't know what's funnier, them getting married or Morgan the Knight inventing friends with benefits in the 1500s and having children out of wedlock with a pirate.

Well, we don't have time to unpack all that.

So Morgan's British Wife is very posh, to explain why Stuart stands out so much when next to his woodsman nephew John. Both John's father and mother were inspired by the Settlers' design in-game.

I made John's mother be half-Mohawk, because a friend of mine pointed out John and Ká:nien are implied to have grown up together, as well as John having some beadwork in his coat.

I drew Nonahkee's new design, just gave her her old design's braids.

I made Nathaniel's wife white, blonde, and very similar to Amelia, because despite Amelia being half-Mohawk, she looks white, looks nothing like her dad, and is even asked at some point in the game if it's true her family is mixed.

For her husband, I looked up pictures of Lakota men from that time period, as well as some of the in-game Lakota exclusive units. He was particularly inspired on the Club Warrior.

And finally we get to Chayton, who is white, Mohawk and Lakota, with Brits and Scots in his family history. I did say this game was about a long string of biracial people.

He rides off into the sunset at the end of his story. We don't know if he had any children.

[avenger09]

Morgan Black and Elizabeth “Lizzy” Ramsey: A Knight of St John and a Pirate

John Black, Nonahkee, and Kanyen: The Frontiersmen, the women he loves and his best friend/brother in-law. 

Nathaniel Black, Amelia Black, Chayton Black: A patriot and his trailblazer daughter and her conflicted son. 

[geraldofallon]

lmao he really is just this

[opmultiverse]

A Flame Elemental and Nathaniel’s boyfriend, best friend to Anthony Michaels.

[opmultiverse]

Instagrams for the kids.

This is how I think the kids (Anthony, Robert, Josh, and Nathaniel) would handle their Instagram accounts and what would be included in them.

Robert: 

1. Robert loves video games so there would be a lot of pics and IGTV videos of him playing (and failing at) video games.

2. Robert loves horror movies, lots of horror movie memorabilia, funny short insta-videos with Robert impersonating horror villains (and doing it badly).

3. Robert loves Anthony completely so he’d totally have a lot of pics of the Shadow, including a few pics of them kissing.

4. Robert has a tickle fetish and he loves feet, Anthony’s especially so he’d definitely take pics of Anthony with his feet in full view. He’d also take pics of Anthony’s laughing face.

Anthony:

1. Anthony would be very artistic with his feed, artistic, cute, and more than a little girly. 

2. These pics would also be a bit emo with pictures including pale pink art.

3. Anthony would have pics of his favorite tv shows and/or the movie he was watching at the time.

4. His stories would be full of his funny interactions with Robert and the others, he would also do the “what Disney Prince are you” thing, he’d also do the “ask me questions” thing and just be a huge goof. 

5. In all or most of his pics, he’d tag dozens of others including Robert, Josh, and Nate and random followers.

Joshua:

1. Joshua would be the most artistic of all the kids and he’d have at least something yellow on it. Whether it’s the bio, a picture, something in his story, etc.

2. Joshua would only rarely show his face in his feed when taking his picture unless he’s taking a pic with his best friend Anthony, or is standing outside a movie theatre or a restaurant.

3. He’s a big Fantastic Four (specifically Human Torch) fan and he’d have posters all over his room.

4. He’s Nate’s bf and so he’d have tons of pics of the Earth Elemental, especially close up pics and pictures of Nate lounging with his feet up.

5. Josh would always have a few pics of Nate tickling him, or maybe a video of it. He’s a very happy kid and he loves his bf. Josh is VERY ticklish.

Nathaniel:

1. Nathaniel is an Earth Elemental and would have dozens of pics of forests, potted plants, cacti, mountains, waterfalls, hiking trails, etc.

2. Robert is Nate’s best friend and since Nate has a very dry sense of humor he’d have a lot of insta-videos with him trolling Robert and making the boy laugh, not necessarily pranks but he’d try to make the blond boy laugh while he’s drinking water from a water bottle or talking on his phone.

3. The Elemental has a very laid back attitude so he’d have a lot of pics of him in bed reading and/or listening to music with Josh of course.

4. Like Josh, Nathaniel would have at least one thing on his green account, whether it’s socks, a plant, a traffic light, an Xbox light or video game case, whatever. As long as it’s green.

[opmultiverse]

An Earth Elemental.