#Devin Golden

[thesaart]

Reality in dream

[wraith-caller]

This is the cloth garb:

It is worn by two player model characters and no enemies. Those characters are Devin(D, Beholder of Death), and the dead person we find by Darian(D, Hunter of the Dead). You can get the set from a chest in Murkwater Cave, and off a corpse in Leyndell.

The current item description is sparse, just mentioning it's a commonly worn item made of rough cloth. There is a hood that completes the set, which is a thorn-wrapped mantle, seen on the dead body by Darian. The item description explains that the hood is put on those who have committed lesser crimes.

HOWEVER...

In the 1.0 text, this set has a very different description:

Clothing made of coarse material. Garb of spurned Tarnished who were forced into slavery in the Lands Between. The Tarnished have been wandering into the Lands Between from beyond the Sea of Fog in dribs and drabs since times of old. Most are killed on arrival, but the few, unlucky survivors are taken as slaves.

Intriguing. Let's draw some Pepe Silvia style strings between a few things, for fun and good times.

So first is this idea of Tarnished being made into slaves, which appears to have been done away. After all, the Tarnished we meet are all kinda doing their own thing, free to pledge allegiance to whoever, and some, like Gideon, hold such an esteemed position of authority so as to have a squad of goons at their disposal for casually massacring villages. The other piece of this description is still accurate enough - Tarnished are targeted by multiple factions, and treated like crap basically everywhere they go.

So let's hold on to the idea that Tarnished were enslaved. Devin's attire would mark him as one, which isn't all that surprising given he and his brother were pariahs among pariahs. We know the Golden Order was the only institution not to revile them, based on the Inseparable sword description. The JP text for that same sword gives a more interesting flavor to that text, saying:

The Undivided Twins served the Golden Rule for no other reason than because they were not branded as cursed.

This is interesting because it omits any references to taking solace in the Order. The "for no other reason" bit is also noteable. It carries an implication that the lack of persecution is the primary force driving them to serve the Order. It makes sense. If you were hated by everyone else, you'd go with the one group who took you no matter what else they're up to, and you'd fight tooth and nail for them to last. Otherwise, what's standing between you and being completely shunned and ostracized again?

If we're to continue on with the 1.0 text for the cloth garb and its references to Tarnished made slaves, Devin wearing that set gives a new context to the phrasing of "the undivided twins served the Golden Order." Could the twins have originally been intended to be slaves of the Order? Devin's location in combination with his potential status as a slave is noteworthy because, aside from the Misbegotten of Castle Morne, there is one other named group of slaves, and they have a heavy presence in Nokron. The Fallen Hawk Soldiers were a band of slaves who were ordered to search the Eternal Cities. They became lost there, condemned to remain below the earth after burning the bones of their fellows and discovering the ghost flame.

These guys aren't just in the same city as Devin. They are right by him, in the Siofra Aqueduct itself, just where Devin sleeps. There is also a golden centipede in Siofra River, beside a corpse which gives us the Inverted Hawk Heater Shield, used by Fallen Hawk Soldiers. While I don't intend to suggest that Devin is a part of the Fallen Hawks, I do find these tiny, potential connections interesting as shedding some light on potential routes a character's story could have gone.

[nbabaes]

the beginning ⌛️🦅

[yeahiwasintheshit]

[devinsturk]

Golden hour on the river Seine in Paris, France. Captured on my Pentax Auto 110. Instagram

[pu-li-ru-la]

[creativesplat]

Fell Xenologue Alfred.

[whatberry]

absolutely GIGANTIC art compilation!

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[doublescribble]

Stephen Curry, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal

[fruitbasketball]

Hold on how can you like steph but not Devin? 🙄

well steph has 4 rings, 2 league mvps, and a finals mvp

let’s not be out here acting like all lightskins the same gng

[delightfuldevin]

Introducing a fresh new Inkadian band: Sealestial!!

Consisting of Dory, an Inkling, and Nelly, an Octoling! They make electro swing music!! Nelly makes the music and Dory provides most of the vocals, though Nelly might sing a little bit too. They don’t host news or anything, they just provide music for battles!

Dory’s full name is Dorian and he’s my Splatoon self insert!! Nelly is my version of Agent 8!! Dorian meets her some time after she escapes the Deepsea Metro and forms a band with her.

Nelly is a Graneledone boreopacifica, also known as the deep-sea octopus:

Notice that they have very big round eyes, which I tried to emulate in Nelly’s eyes (as opposed to Dorian’s which are more angled). They’ve been described as “googly eyed”. Also, the deeper they live, the more wart-like thingies they have on their bodies, which I showed in Nelly’s tentacles!! I chose this octopus since it’s from the deep sea (I know 8 isn’t actually from the Deepsea Metro, but it’s how I associate them).

Dory is a Doryteuthis opalescens, also known as the opalescent squid:

And this is his normal appearance:

I plan to make some songs for Sealestial eventually once I learn how…

[oldshowbiz]

All the western character actors in one place

[sunkissedgirlieee]

Golden Hours❦

[mostunderratedawards]

Most Underrated Original Song

Big Boys - Sza ft SNL Cast [SNL]

Look at Us Now (Honeycomb) - Daisy Jones & The Six Cast [Daisy Jones & The Six]

Know My Name - Adam Devine & Sarah Hyland [Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin]

Love Power - Idina Menzel [Disenchanted]

Don’t Worry About Me - Chloe Bailey [Praise This]

Let Me Down Easy - Daisy Jones & The Six Cast [Daisy Jones & The Six]

[brewscoop]

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[bigguccielwopo]

Bill Haney responds to Oscar De La Hoya