#vainglorious

[have-you-read-this-webcomic]

Have you read Vainglorious by Kelly?

Yes, completely!

Yes, partially

No

I've never heard of it

Voting ended onJun 14, 2025

Propaganda:

"A chaotic young dragon challenges the leader and gets banished in the body of a human to learn a lesson. Instead he just carries his chaos forward, making friends and ending up in situations along the way. So much fun!"

Read it here!

[turtleduckscribbles]

Vain(glorious)

~A deep dive into Warriors’s search for healing, and how Sky has something to do with it.

<< Prologue/Chapter 1 <<

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Chapter 5: "The Jungle"

The sun had finally emerged in all its glory, sailing high above the forest on its journey across the cloudless sky. Light split open the lattice of branches to uncover a resplendent world beneath. The woods teemed with life in every direction: the perfect conditions for dispelling darkness in all its forms.

Still, it did little to cut through the jungle inside Warriors’s head.

He plodded through the dense Faron Woods, keeping pace behind Sky and Zelda. The two Skyloftians walked abreast on the trail, following a route known only to them. They were gabbing away about a mishmash of topics, smiley and spirited and brimming with good humor. But Warriors couldn’t keep up with any of it. Arcs of fire kept shooting through his midsection, partially relieved by the ice rod strapped to his hip. With his friends paving the way to the spring, his mind was freed up to its own devices, sorting through the noxious weeds entangling his sensibilities.

Darkness must not taint these hallowed grounds.

The voice bounced around inside his skull until it became thoroughly lodged in the snarl of weeds. He turned it over, picked it apart, parsing its every word.

This was disturbing.

Read on AO3.

[kellysketches]

btw for those of you who've been asking about Vainglorious, I hope to make a specific post about it in the next week or so, so stay tuned for that too 🙏🐉💖

[vaingloriousworkshop]

[wordrummager]

following the fibers of forest and olive greens woven in chains and loops as if myths of a faraway land are my story now too thankful for a gift warm without thought patterned by the heart

[snakeoilsalesdepartment]

Aww do you guys remember when I used to slut it up here. Soon again ....

[seainthestars]

This is such a good cover. The pose, the overly elaborate clean parade(?) uniform, the clean & undamaged ornamented chainsword, the fancy boltpistol he gave to Amberley, the fucking jawline, and then by some miracle, a suspiciously neat & buttoned up Jurgen in the Valhallan Ice Warrior get up (rather than in his shirtlseeves & helmet because of the heat). Also minimal webbing & the coat actually seems to fit. And his melta seems to be shooting normal rounds for some reason.

You know sometimes I wonder what people who'd only seen Cain on these propaganda posters thought when running into him on missions.

Like yeah most people are aware these are propaganda to a certain degree but still. The actual Ciaphas Cain out & about, torn & filthy coat, covered in blood and/or ichor, dented carapace armor, utalitarian weapons scratched to hell & back, probably stinking to high hell at that point must be quite a brutal reality check for some.

[sodapopbuoy]

VAINGLORIOUS IS BACK LETS GOOOOOO places them on your counter