#Alsvid

[sanguinechaos]

arknights ocs but its just two idiots who accidentally taught their pet bird to steal money

[asphaltvalkyrie]

Baldur's Gate 3 OC Brainrot

I'm currently starting Act II and having a grand old time. I came into the game with little knowledge of its plot or characters, though I was familiar with Faerun due to having played in two D&D 3.5e Forgotten Realms campaigns in college.

I made a wood elf Ranger named Alsvid with the intent of having him be a reincarnation of my Ranger from my Ragnarok Online days, which were about 15 years ago (!!!) but things went... very differently.  

My RO Ranger was a handsome, pale-skinned, soft-spoken sort with social anxiety and a low self-image, who was slow to open up to people due to military-related PTSD. He was also aro/ace, though he had several close platonic friends.

I started with a similar face, hairstyle and eye color, but then things got a little weird. I'm playing on my partner's PC because he's the one who owns the game, and its graphics card is just barely up to running it. So, I turned up the maturity sliders and freckles and makeup and whatnot just to give his face a bit more depth since most of the detail would be lost.  It looked like most of my tweaks did nothing in the character creation menu, but when I got to the actual game I realized they did EVERYTHING. So cute anime boy trashed his skin and now looked like an old rock star - I'll post a pic of him once I can get one over to my own PC. Also I had him try the penises on like hats until I found one with just the right amount of pubes. 

Then I started to meet the party members, and I found the more shy and aloof dialogue options very unsatisfying  because I really liked all these people and wanted to know as much about them as possible. So I started picking the dialogue options that I thought they wanted to hear were the friendliest, most considerate ones possible.

Bitchy, condescending vampire who tried to bite me in my sleep because he's starving and feels sick?  Sure, think of my blood as your bowl of warm chicken soup and I hope you feel better!

Secretive, distrustful cleric of an evil goddess with a powerful macguffin that she refuses to talk about? Religious trauma, amirite? I'm here if you need to talk, no judgment!

Pretentious pedant of a Wizard who might accidentally blow up an entire city if he doesn't get expensive magic items? Well, I'd better get you a hell of a nice birthday present!

Foul-mouthed hell soldier with a flaming engine in her chest that burns anyone who touches her to ash? I'm just so sorry I can't give you a big hug. 

Cocky, self-important Warlock who made a deal with a devil and is now whining about having to suffer for it? Don't be sad friend, you did it for all the right reasons.

Volatile, humorless Fighter who clings to her callous and cruel warrior culture at the expense of all her relationships? Your queen would be so proud if she could see you now!

So, the majestic lone wolf became a happy, bouncy golden retriever slobbering on everyone. And speaking of slobbering - I threw the ace part out the window for much the same reasons as I threw out the social anxiety. I thought I might romance Gale since that scene where he helps your character tap into The Weave was utterly charming, but then I recruited Karlach.  She quickly became my BFF because gigantic, outgoing,  foul-mouthed ladies are the best, but I was still on the Gale train. Then one night my boy was in camp and she sat down next to him and said she wanted to "ride him until she saw stars" and I just... can't say no to that. Haven't gotten to the point where she can touch him yet, but all the innuendo has been delicious and I look forward to her snapping him in half like the twig he is instead of just incinerating him like... well, the twig he is.

And now I want to write him a backstory. That said, this game's a lot more elaborate than my usual fare and I was afraid of sucking out loud, so I picked my class features and feats and whatnot based on utility and not for RP reasons. Its gonna be fun working backwards to justify them.

[rp-kat]

Seth

1997

Savage Garden  #2

[rideonruffian]

Alsvid Has Been Retired

The multiple graded stakes winning millionaire Alsvid has been retired, following a bout of fatigue. The bay gelding was targeting the Hot Springs Stakes, a race in which he was likely to face Ivan Fullanovalot and Whitmore.

The eight year old son of Officer, out of Reagle Mary (by Afternoon Deelites) won 11 stakes races throughout his career, and several Allowances. His graded stakes wins include the Gr.III Count Fleet Sprint and Gr.III Aristides Stakes (twice). He ran third in the Gr.I Bing Crosby Stakes, and contested the 2015 Gr.I Breeders’ Cup Sprint. 

His biggest win was the 2015 Aristides Stakes, where he beat Breeders’ Cup Sprint winner and Eclipse Champion Work All Week. 

Alsvid will now reside at owner James Rogers’s (Black Hawk Stable) ranch in Oklahoma. 

He retires with a lifetime record of 47: 16-11-8 with earnings of $1,352,815. 

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[cursed-beni]

my fantroll's talksprites

I love them haha

[vulpine-vackra]

Horses in Norse Mythology

Written with the Swedish name first, followed by Old Norse and English translations, as well as the meaning of the name if applicable.

Allsvinn / Alsviðr / Alsvid - “very swift”, one of the two horses that pulls the sun across the sky each day

Arvaker / Árvakr / Arvak - “early riser”, one of the two horses that pulls the sun across the sky each day

Blodighov / Blóðughófi / Blodughofi - “bloody hoof”, the horse of Freyr

Falhofner / Falhófnir / Falhofnir - “weak hoof”, one of the horses ridden each day to Yggdrasil by the gods, listed as the ninth best horse

Gardrova / Garðrofa / Gardrofa - the sire of Hofvarpnir

Gils / Gísl / Gisl - “bright”, one of the horses ridden each day to Yggdrasil by the gods, listed as the eighth best horse

Glad / Glaðr / Gladr - “brilliant”, one of the horses ridden each day to Yggdrasil by the gods, listed as the second best horse after Sleipnir

Gler / Glær / Glenr - “light”, one of the horses ridden each day to Yggdrasil by the gods, listed as the fourth best horse

Grane / Grana / Grani - the son of Sleipnir himself, the horse of Sigurd

Guldmane (Gullfaxe) / Gullfaxi - “golden mane”, the horse of Hrungnir who is gifted to Magni after his original owner is slain

Gulltopp / Golltoppr / Gulltoppr - “golden top”, the horse of Heimdall

Gyller / Gyllir - “golden yellow”, one of the horses ridden each day to Yggdrasil by the gods, listed as the third best horse

Hamskerper / Hamskerpir - the mother of Hofvarpnir

Helhäst / Helshäst / Helhest - “Hel’s horse”, a three legged horse, the horse of Hel

Hovvarpner / Hófvarfnir / Hofvarpnir - “hoof tosser”, the son of Hamskerpir and Gardrofa, the horse of Gná

Lättfot / Léttfeti / Lettfeti - “light feet”, one of the horses ridden each day to Yggdrasil by the gods, listed as the eleventh best horse

Modin - “tired”, the horse of the dwarf Dvalinn

Rimfaxe / Hrímfaxi / Hrimfaxi - “frost mane”, the horse of Nótt

Silfrintopp / Silfrintoppr - “silver mane”, one of the horses ridden each day to Yggdrasil by the gods, listed as the sixth best horse

Siner / Sinir - “sinewy”, one of the horses ridden each day to Yggdrasil by the gods, listed as the seventh best horse

Skeidbrimer / Skeiðbrimir / Skeidbrimir - “fast racer”, one of the horses ridden each day to Yggdrasil by the gods, listed as the fifth best horse

Skinfaxe / Skinfaxi - “shining mane”, the horse of Dagr

Sleipner / Sleipnir - eight legged horse, the son of Loki (as a mare) and Svaðilfari, the best of all horses, the horse of Odin

Svadilfare / Svaðilfari - the sire of Sleipnir, the horse of a giant who built the walls of Asgard

An honorable mention also to the following, who, while not mentioned in the stories of the gods, existed in the lore regardless.

Bäckahäst - would appear during foggy weather near rivers as a majestic white horse. If you mounted the horse, you would never be able to dismount, and it would instead jump into the river and drown you.

[clickerpunk]

'Business' names.

(So sorry about no pony updates, my mental health isnt 100% atm so i have no energy to go to the barn right now.. soon though)

So i want to make a little page for my knives on FB and Insta and stuff, but i can't for the life of me decide what to name it... If you have a moment, id love to hear which one (or one you come up with) you like the most. Think both aesthetic and professional. They are all norse with different meanings, but i just cant decide which looks and sounds the best.

Noor Knives (my middle name)

Alsvid Knives

Freke Knives

Harbard Knives

Hindfell Knives

Jarnved Knives

Vanadis Knives

Vindsval Knives

Sorry to bother you with boring stuff❤️

[threadsoffaterpg]

Sól

Hija del gigante Mundlifer y hermana de Mani. Los dioses le entregaron la tarea de llevar el día en el firmamento. La luz del día no era provista por el astro sol. Se decía que la luz provenía de las crines de los caballos que tiraban del carruaje de Sól. Los nombres de estos corceles eran Arvak y Alsvid.

Mientras Sól surcaba los cielos era ferozmente perseguida por el lobo Sköll, quien deseaba devorarla. Esta cacería obligaba a la diosa a nunca detenerse.

Según las historias, los eclipses solares  se producen cuando el lobo que la  persigue  casi la alcanza, haciendo sombra sobre ellos. Cuando finalmente llegue el Ragnarok, Sól será devorada por Sköll. Sin embargo, una vez el mundo llegue a su fin, la hija de Sól tomará su lugar para seguir con su tarea.

Ilustración por la talentosa :yliade-illustrations pueden visitar su tumblr para ver más de estas hermosas representaciones de los dioses. 

[talvanis-the-snow-elf]

1st of Evening Star

Today is the day.

After destroying the Dark Brotherhood, I returned home, slept for a few hours, and all four of us headed out to Fort Dawnguard, to tell Sorine and Gunmar of our success. After this, we headed all the way back up to Dragon Bridge, to inform Commander Maro. On the way, east of Windhelm, we encountered a strange cave surrounded by Dwemer piping. Very strange.

Later, we headed back to Winter Cove, to prepare for the journey to find Auri-El's bow, making sure we were not missing anything, or carrying anything that would hold us down. Packing enough food for... more than a week.

I do hope the horses get a chance to rest after this, as they have had to do a lot of running lately. (By "the horses", I of course mean Frost and Nardil, Brelyna's horse, as Clive and Alsvid are not technically horses...)

Now, we are ready. We are going to Ancestor Glade, to perform the ritual and read the Elder Scroll.

May Auri-El protect me...

[lurnos]

@fyeahmyths​ two week summer event day five: Northern or Eastern European Deity → Sól

Sól, the sun goddess of Norse Mythology, rides across the sky in a chariot pulled by the horses Alsvid ("all swift") and Arvak ("early riser"). She is chased during the day by the wolf Sköll who tries to devour her, while her brother Máni, the personified moon god, is chased by the wolf Hati at night. It is said that sometimes Sköll comes so close that he is able to take a bite out of the Sun, causing an eclipse.

[asphaltvalkyrie]

My current Tav, Ardea, formerly known as Threnody. An artist and storm sorcerer trying to find a balance between creation and destruction, while being an absolute bitch to almost everyone. You can read her backstory here if you feel so inclined (its about 3.1k words.)

I don't have any image editing software other than MSpaint, so I apologize if looking at this and its many errors causes physical pain to any graphics design type folk.

Thanks to @eeldritchblast who very thoughtfully created and shared this character sheet template! Thank you!

I'll probably do one for my less interesting but much cuter OG Tav (Alsvid) as well because I had so much fun with this one!

[kestrix]

Maybe I’m super late to the party but it just dawned on me that Arvak in Dawnguard (the glowy undead horse) was named after a sun pulling chariot horse. Well played Beth, I enjoy the Irony. In Convenient Horses they give a similar to Arvak horse to Serana. It’s name? Alsvid. The OTHER horse that works with Arvak. That said I’m still changing Serana’s horse’s name to Helhest. I think that fits an undead horse better.

[cursed-beni]

my fantroll's screenshots

[manucunhas]

"Sigel é a deusa nórdica do Sol, irmã do deus da Lua, Máni. Passa seus dias correndo em sua carruagem puxada por dois cavalos, Arvak e Alsvid, enquanto é perseguida por Skoll, o lobo que a queria morta. Muitos acreditavam que enquanto viaja em sua carruagem, a deusa controla a divisão entre dia e noite. Ela era cultuada como a personificação do próprio Sol, responsável por trazer luz e vida." Ilustração para o Jogo Arkheia, da Editora Traços. #boardgame #gamedesign #characterdesign #goddess #nordicgod #nordicgoddess #sigel #sol #sun #godofsun #goddessofsun #manucunhas