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[zandalarii]

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im c. my main is @fair-lead. this used to be a warcraft sideblog but now its for video games more generally 👍 (sans wizard101, which has dedicated sideblog @starfall-sea)

i post art sometimes -> #my art (this post is also tagged w/ it)

fandoms and characters will (hopefully) be tagged. the occasional 'not safe for tumblr/work' posts will be tagged as #nsft. if you want something tagged, don't hesitate to ask

dunno how populated my queue will be, but queue'd posts will be under #q

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rauun surana (dragon age, the warden)

oharas (pathfinder: wrath of the righteous, knight commander)

xethymos (baldur's gate 3, tav)

zirith (elder scrolls morrowind, nerevarine)

mot (pillars of eternity, the watcher)

raeli (warcraft, night elf demon hunter)

[abyssal-ilk]

thinking about amell/surana wardens being out in the world for the first time in potentially all of their memory, and having to adjust to constantly being on the move. they're traveling both on roads/paths and through the wilderness after spending yearss cooped up inside of the circle. the exhaustion and strain they must feel as their bodies adjust to suddenly always been active. much to think about

[abyssal-ilk]

i know that first trip to ostagar was HELL physically for them, i just know it

[abyssal-ilk]

one must imagine mage warden playing in the rain

[glamfellens]

It's Always Sunny in Defiance Bay. Dennis and Mac apply to be Forge Knights, only to find out they were orlans in all their other incarnations. They're convinced the test is wrong, so they make Charlie take it and it turns out he's the reincarnation of Admeth Hadret. Charlie doesn't know who that is, but Dennis and Mac try to get him named Duc so they can get rich off of it.

The b-plot is Frank introducing Dee into his business selling stolen Glanfathan artifacts. When they get attacked by the Fangs at Engwithian ruins, Frank leaves her behind. Dee joins the Glanfathans, who are weirded out by how much she hates the Dyrwood for not making her a famous chanter.

oh my god.

[zandalarii]

whole game is slow bc i don't have enough vram but damn there's some parts of galawain's tusks that are Sooo slow. like 10 fps. can i get 25fps at least please

[tarbuchyloewenthal]

it's my headcanon that the living lands is such a backwater that none of the grimoire's have any of the archmages' actual spells. all they have are the knockoff versions. which is why none of the spells are named for their authors in avowed.

[nihilnovisubsole]

I just want you to know the ancient memories parts of Avowed were some of the best parts of the game hands down.

man. thank you! i didn't come up with the idea of their existence or anything. i just wrote most of the stories (emerald stair's was kate dollarhyde, iirc) and helped the art team with briefs for how the illustrations should look. goodname, the art studio we worked with, does amazing stuff. they were inspired by sergio toppi's work, if you like the ancient memory/end slide art style and want more of it.

avowed had a tough job, in that it had to be an action RPG that appealed to fans of the two prose-heavy CRPGs that came before. when the team assigned me the ancient memories, they said they were trying to bridge the gap and bring back some of that storybook narrative writing that CRPG players would miss. i honestly had no idea whether the memories i pitched would hold together in the game itself. you know how it is with a big writing project lol. glad to hear their instincts were right!

[tarbuchyloewenthal]

this is a great peek behind the curtain! along with the god totems, these ancient memories are probably my favorite parts of the game. kishamal's memory is still my favorite one of them, and not just because i chose the same godlike features she had.

[rozieette]

what if we were ash creatures who merged bodies and souls into a fucked up amalgamation to honour our love for each other and our lord

[neanmoins-que]

[marblebeetle]

Stigmata

[translesbianethics]

[shapelytimber]

"Lord Nerevar Indoril, Hai Resdaynia

My Lord, Friend, and Companion"

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The letter from Dagoth Ur is giving 3am rational decision to recontact your ex

Process (+ the letter in question if you didn't play morrowind) below vvv

I began this thinking 'oh I'll just do something quick'.... look at me now. a fool.

Anyway here is the letter !

PS : quick tarot update ! I've found a manufacturer ! Once I receive the sample to check for quality, I'll be beginning the pre-orders :D

[shapelytimber]

In my wildest dreams, sweet release

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If you're interested, it's up as a print on my inprint :)

Process and rambling below vvv

Frankly there isn't a lot of meaning behind this kdkdlod I just wanted to draw them in a freakish gay way :) so I imagined what Nerevar would look like in Dagoth Ur's dreams (bonus if this is one of the dreams shared by the nerevarine, who just wakes up confused af)

Oh I really wanted to finish this before I took a holliday, but alas I hated the colors- so I finished this 10 days later and frankly I'm glad I did, this is so much better

[shapelytimber]

"A tall figure with a golden mask led you among the dead as through a wedding celebration."

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He is a groom he is a widow, he is a bride he is dead

Process and yapping vvv

I know there's no horse in morrowind..... But some fidelity had to be sacrificed for my grand vision of bride/groom or widow/death vision :)) Also it's technically the dream of a foreigner, they can dream of horses

Anyway I'm so so so happy with how the line turned out !!!! The colors tho not so sure nvfjbv

The more I draw Dagoth Ur the more high femme he gets..... Can't resist giving him more gender-

And as a bonus an alt horizontal version I was way way to lazy to do vfhjvf

[shapelytimber]

Commission made for @caz-the-yarncromancer ! Another shot at the wedding dream, this time with his Nerevarine :))

[boiledkwamaegg]

Femgoth yurr

[scarewulf]

Issek-ka takes a rest

[hardwrench]

something distinctly buglike about the lauded Warcraft Elf