The Arcadian Rewrite

My au for Tales of Arcadia, whose canon is based only on Trollhunters and 3Below since I want to improve the story and don't want to watch a show with a bad ending and an even worse movie. Designs are loosely based on canon, not entirely based on it, and events/lore will be changed.

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THE ARCADIAN REWRITE

So what is this about?

This is about my version of the tales of arcadia franchise, focusing specifically on the twin series of 3below and trollhunters.

I have quite enjoyed both of these series, but I want to put my own ideas into it, even if it changes things significantly.

These are character's I enjoy!! However, I want to change certain things about them so that the story I have can work.

You can ask questions!

But there are rules. You will be blocked for breaking them which will prevent you from interacting.

No politics outside of what matters to the story.

Be civil, not gross or disgusting.

No brain rot.

Respect LGBTQIA+ and all of its complexities

Don't target systems because they are systems and inherently different from yourself. Or anyone this could possibly apply to. Don't attack others for being different. Only attack them if they're like the guy in Hawaii who threw a rock at the monk seal.

No bigotry.

Do not try to say a statement is invalid because it's not canon. The whole point of this is not following the canon to a T.

Wizards and RoTT are not canon to the Arcadian Rewrite.

I do not care how old you are, do not say you are attracted to any of the younger characters.

If you cannot take the time to hit an extra button to reblog or comment please do not interact. Tumblr dies in the meaningless likes because it doesn't get spread. Likes literally mean nothing on Tumblr. The only way to spread posts is reblogs.

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Bagdwella

She's the troll who gets all the drama regardless of who it's about, or where it comes from as long as it gets to trollmarket

She's basically who you go to for blackmail on someone when you need it for a price of course.

I made these changes to her character because in the show she's just a mouthpiece in the show for the general crowd

I'll add more to this later

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When deya is eventually drawn I'll be starting from almost scratch

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Draal

His face just looks like that, he won't kill you (unless he has a reason to)

The band is in case the metal part fails to keep the arm attached

Gold is a very common color for trolls to repair damage with. Nomura filled her scars with it after getting out of the darklands. Mostly because it's the most malleable, meaning it'll move when they move.

He also is more prone to falling due to imbalance like Vendel, but he can catch himself due to being younger and more athletic

The crystals were definitely the most fun part of him to draw

Here's a fun thing, trolls from lower heartstones tend to be bulkier(:

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When I'm done with all of these, I'll be making a collection post so you guys can look at the character you wanna without searching too hard

They'll be in this list exactly

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Relevant to current work in progress, Vendel lost an arm during the Battle of Killahead Bridge, which is why he uses the staff to hold up the heavier side of his body.

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how does that work?

I mean, I'm sure that if one loses an arm it will change the body weight but not enough to use a staff, unless I'm losing the point of something what you mean is a leg

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His arms are almost the size of his torso and he's made of solid rock

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Nomura

Our duomorph museum lady(:

I unfortunately did drop her digi legs because of headcanons. The human form comes as a layer of skin on top of their body before the rest of their body turns human. Don't ask what it does to their tails I can't think of anything to explain that. I also felt the position of her human forms' eyes was just.... weird. Also her scimitar is blue in this because I saw they get more orange when she's angry but they're blue when she's calmer/not using them, meaning they're heating up.

Her heartstone is tiny because it needs to be for her to be able to assume a human form, as Morgana repurposed part of it to BECOME the human form they assume.

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Queen Usurna

How do I kill a troll because I hate this woman so much but also I like her as a character because she's genuinely so selfish and florked up in the head in a bad way. She throws the baby Krubera into a pit they have to climb out of on their own and then doesn't acknowledge them until they're useful. As long as they give up they'll all succeed because they're completely identical except for personal gender identity.

I made her look so DISGUSTED by the viewer.

As SOON as she heard the trollhunter was a human she started heading to the trollmarket wanting Jim DEAD. All she knew at the time was that he was a human. The crystals on her crown are pieces of the heartstone of the cavern. She's incredibly selfish and horrible. Yes I'll take every opportunity to take jabs at her.

But she's selfish, not sexist, her guard is comprised of multiple genders.

She has multiple blades hidden within her fur collar with various poisons based on what she's trying to do. If it avoids raising suspicion, she'll outsource her dirty work like with the changeling.

She sacrificed THIRTY of the babies to gunmar just so she'd be able to be on his side if it worked out for his side instead. She plays both sides because the only one she cares about herself.

The only reason her moss can be green is because of her selfishness. She doesn't need extra energy because she barely shares any. She barely keeps the Krubera alive because she doesn't care about them. She only chips off more pieces to replace the ones that die.

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This is what every Krubera looks like

They ALL look like this. Regardless of gender.

They have. Very uncreative names. Because they named each other.

They're also quite immature, and tend to play-fight like rabid dogs, including the biting, getting into position only when they know Usurna is coming into the space. The reason they have mossy like hair is because her selfishness prevents any energy being shared between them so they use photosynthesis for actually most of their energy instead.

Usurna literally made up the name Aarghaumont for AAARRRGGHH!! because she wanted to seem less neglectful in front of the rest of the tribunal

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Strickler

Dude HOW did you lift Barbara ToT

I love gradient limbs they automatically add 30% more cooler to a character design

I decided to exaggerate his skinniness because. It made for a cooler character design with the rib markings.

I don't think the design is too complicated for me to redraw, everything connects to something instead of loosely being an extra mess

I'm not even gonna bother with the thumb on the other hand because I've made like ten last minute adjustments already

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Something to note, elder trolls are basically the parents/grandparents to their entire trollmarket. Just thought that would be neat to add.

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Vendel

He lost his arm during the Battle of Killahead Bridge so he uses his staff to hold up the side with an arm left because. He's made of rock. Rocks are heavy. It's gonna be a pretty big imbalance.

How did he lose that arm?

Creeper's Sun poison to the hand

Amputating was his only option to survive, AAARRRGGHH had it different because of where the injury was and the severity

Vendel's injury was like. The size of a pin. But it spreads faster underneath than it visibly does.

His oddly shaped heartstone is because he is the elder of heartstone trollmarket, and the elders are given power by the support of those who follow them.

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Relevant to current work in progress, Vendel lost an arm during the Battle of Killahead Bridge, which is why he uses the staff to hold up the heavier side of his body.

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Which troll comes after the akiridion human disguises?

Strickler(troll form)

Generic Gumm-Gumm

Gunmar

Troll Jim

One of the Krubera

Queen Usurna

Vendel

The Quagawumps (excluding their queen, she gets a special design)

Voting ended onMay 29

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Rerunning because I forgot to add tags

So

Which troll gets to be redesigned first?

Strickler(troll form)

Generic Gumm-Gumm

Gunmar

Troll Jim

One of the Krubera

Queen Usurna

Vendel

The Quagawumps (the queen gets a special design)

Voting ended onMay 30

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The akiridion "family"

I wanted them to all look related(:

Also I think they just made varvatos in the show uncanny, not old. I tried to fix that.

Also zadra gets a disguise because how else is she going to avoid suspicion?

Luug is just Dog™️

Their excuse for varvatos being so tall is that "cantaloupia" has the tallest and healthiest people in the world

They also excuse it not being on the map by saying they're so technologically advanced they changed the ocean currents and made themselves literally invisible to avoid being found

Indivuals under the cut

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Which troll comes after the akiridion human disguises?

Strickler(troll form)

Generic Gumm-Gumm

Gunmar

Troll Jim

One of the Krubera

Queen Usurna

Vendel

The Quagawumps (excluding their queen, she gets a special design)

Voting ended onMay 29

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What stuff from the third series and movie are ideas I might keep because I'm not watching them