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Not today Justin
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Sweet Seals For You, Always
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YOU ARE THE REASON
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Love Begins
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noise dept.
$LAYYYTER
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he wasn't even looking at me and he found me
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@thaumanova
hello hello! i'm marrow. this is my gw2 side-blog where i'll be shoving character screencaps, writings and miscellaneous art and other content. nothing here ought to be nsfw, but will confront adult themes, and if you're a minor i'd suggest blocking my accounts and moving on.
my main blog can be found here. 18+ only. my character roster page, which as of writing this is VERY much a work in progress. best viewed on desktop.
Okay here's a question to chew on, what would your commander be doing if they had never become commander?
Wanted to create a little tribute piece after hearing about the passing of Jim Ward. The Order of Whispers was the first faction path I chose as a new player, and I adored Tybalt from the get go. His presence (and loss) in the story has fundamentally shaped how my commander has spent the last ten+ years in Tyria and the lands beyond.
Thank you for the life you breathed into Tybalt Leftpaw- Apple Seller, Mentor, Lightbringer, and Two Tibbs-a-Whisker. He will always be beloved by me. Rest easy 🤍.
I am sad to report that Jim Ward passed away. To us in the gw2 community he was our beloved Tybalt Leftpaw, our mentor for those that picked the Order of Whispers story line.
He died of complications of Alzheimer's.
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designed myself a charr to make a dedicated ritualist toon lol
saw ppl debating if asura are furries (my favorite silly gw2 argument) and i DO consider asura furries actually but in a really specific way. this is my vision:
this is kava. he may be a little undead, but no worries, he' gets's getting better every day!
i'm going to make dolls of a couple of my gw2 characters, and because kava is my main, as far as i even have a main, i started with him. i thought of making him more clothes/accessories, but i prefer him this way.
lil touchup edit on my new girl aphelion sunraze <3 she's a commander who's story follows the canon timeline until the end of eod, where the dragonvoid succeeds in destroying her reality. she wakes up in an alternative tyria at the start of the personal story, not knowing why she's alive.
she can't be the commander again; not after such a failure. but she will watch over the commander of this reality, and make sure whatever she did wrong doesn't happen again, no matter what.
Another piece to add to my endless WIP pile.
Had the rare itch to paint something and ended up going with a portrait of one of the newer fellas on my roster. Viator Goremuzzle: blood legion bruiser and all around menace. Tried to give his neck fur a matted look as I imagine living up to his namesake is nasty business.
I love Charr
unicharr hours!!!!!!!! what is my guy's deal? not sure but he's cute UuU
Updated Coronis' design to make her more distinct and unicorn-y
What do people like about the Inquest? I never really...got it?
I think it really depends on who you ask.
For me, the Inquest is fascinating because they're effectively a terrorist organization legitimized by the Arcane Council, but they didn't start that way. Word of God has indicated that they (may have) originated after the exodus from Quora Sum and the other lost underground cities, largely as a desire to protect the asuran people, as well as their culture and knowledge, from being lost at such a devastating scale as they experienced in that time.
And at some point, they just... lost their way.
The Inquest preys on people in the same way a lot of cults might. You'll see those (Plunka from the Transatmospheric Converter story step "Salt in the Wound" is a great example) that fell behind in asuran society promised the moon by those like Kudu, after which they're taken advantage of and tossed aside as soon as they overstep their usefulness.
And this in particular is a great way to dig into characters and their motivations! I have a few ex-Inquest characters (such as Vezz and Rhenn) who come at it from very different angles. They weren't bad people, but circumstances led them to where they were and how they departed in the end.
I also have some really dastardly evil characters who are strictly Inquest because they LIKE having no boundaries and the ability to use and abuse subordinates, other people, and other races (like Miyya, head of the Inquest Ethics Committee, or Prikk, my boy Rhenn's father/creator). These guys are just strictly nasty, mean people who revel in having no guardrails for ethical research.
And compared to the other "bad guy" orgs within the other playable races, they're distinctly unique BECAUSE there's actively a member of the Inquest on the Arcane Council and canon confirmation that the council lets the Inquest handle projects they don't want to bother with. They're basically considered a legitimate branch of asuran government to the point that they have a lab and recruitment area IN Rata Sum proper, even when the majority of asuran culture loathes them (a huge chunk of events and renown hearts in Metrica are about messing with the Inquest's operations!).
And yeah, folks like the Svanir have operations in their home city, but they're also derided and treated poorly by the people there. You're even warned before you enter those caves.
But bandits, NMC, Flame Legion? They're not legitimate in the eyes of their cultures as a whole.
In the end, it's largely what each person wants to explore. The nature of escaping a bad situation and forgiving yourself for your mistakes? Just being an absolute garbage rat who likes putting shock collars on people for fun? It's all an open book!
And when you're dealing with a group that can smugly respond "Well my boss works with Councilor Yahk so why don't you take it up with him" it really just leaves a lot of room for playing around.
Daily affirmations:
-I can make my OC a worse person
-I can make my OC more miserable
-I can make my OC more repressed
-I can give my OC more issues
-I can make my OC more self loathing
-I can give my OC new fears and insecurities
The Elder Dragon Google Drive
Welcome one and all to the Elder Dragon Google Drive. Artist? Writer? Just someone who wants to ogle at dragons? Here's your one-stop shop for everything elder dragons! We have screenshots, model renders, in-game clips, concept art, everything you'll ever need to know about these dragons.
Enjoy! This is for everyone to use!
Also included are sources; though that's a work in progress.
(Hey hey! The following is an event organized by the United Legions Front, a charr RP networking group I've been helping get off the ground. Please give it a look! Alt text available on the image. Extra info under the cut.)
