#Mr Aideen

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[ald3r-wolfcak3]

Since it's Dark Core day, here the rewrite! Mr. Sands;

Yeah, so I probably forget to mention but I want the whole starshine legacy story take place in 2004 since I am a sucker for the early 00s lol

So, Owen D. Sands working as a history teacher in Jorvik High. Most of the students really likes his lectures, since he always manage to talk about the history of Jorvik. Ghosts, aliens, singing runestones, talking trees. Some sees him as some old man, who has a weird obsession of the cryptic.

Around the time Lisa start to awake her soulrider power, Mr. Sands goes to Jorvik stables more offen. He do nothing, mostly watching Sabine training and giving out tips and then left before anyone can question him.

One time Lisa asks about the myth of Jorvik Wilds 'cuse she heard someone said Starshine is one. The man froze for a bit, but then start to explain Jorvik has a very vast part of forest which to unknown even to the rangers of the island. Those rumored wild horses living on the deep of the wood, avoiding humans because only the specials are able to make a bond between them.

Of course Lisa then asks Linda, what she knows about Jorvik Wilds and she tells basicly the same thing as Mr. Sands. As they talk about Mr. Sands Linda show some weird newspaper cutout about a man from 1890 who looks very similar to their teacher. This man called John Sands who startes a company called "Deep Core" but soon after the company oppened their first coal mine, due to an unknown cataclism it crushed. In the disaster John Sands was on the front line to save the miners who traped down. He and his horse, called Little Starshine. Due to old picture quality Lisa not sure, but she sure the horse is a blue roan with white tiped mane, and it's physical stracture very familiar to Starshine.

Linda then add she heard about a rumor around Pine Hill mansion, Mr. Sands used to have a really close bond one of his horses and some said that horse was born around the time when Mr. Sands's grandfather, John Sands.

Linda also mentions in 1980 his families's company get sold to an unkown buyer and renamed as "Dark Core." In 1983 the mansion almost burned down due to some electronic malfunction and Mr. Sands lost his wife, daughter and his beloved horse, Little Starshine.

"I don't know what I would do if I lost Meteor" Linda mumble "He is me, and I am him"

Lisa says nothing, but for some reason she thinking about Starshine

[askefrueee3]

VII. The Lovers- (Young) Mr Sands and Rosalinda

Seventh card of the Jorvik inspired tarot deck. Today, The Lovers represented by Rosalinda and Mr Sands.

This card can mean many things, reflecting themes like beauty, love, relationships, choice and impact of the partners, hearts being tempted, trials being overcome (or failed), as well as sacrifices, especially in context of sacrificing a part of your life (like a bride sacrifices her life before marriage to a new status of wife).

Considering the story of Sands and Rosalinda, all those themes can be seen. Their meeting and love is actually one of the most impactful turning points in the history of the figth of Garnok and Aideen, despite being such a minute, human thing. After all, it puts Sands into the trajectory of becoming Garnok's Champion, seeking revenge after being drowned by his own grief. Both of the lovers also faces their own trials and sacrifices. With Rosalinda the theme of trial is actually really... direct. Depending on whether we consider book or game lore, she was tried as a witch, either by trial of water, or burned at the stake, for Sands, his trial was the depth of his grief and anger, which became the second trial lost for them. As far as sacrifices go, Sands consider the day of Rosalinda's death like his own death- at least spiritually/ emotionally. Later, the temptation of Garnok will come.

There is a lot of beauty and tragedy in their stories, and I really wish we'd get to hear more of it in the game or media around the game sometime- it brings depth to Mr Sands, it showcases the history of Jorvegian culture, could show us more about the witches and magic of the island. What do you think? Is this pair the one you would expect for The Lovers?

[littlekiara96]

Hey, Penacony spoilers ahead for up to the end of 2.3. THEORY AHEAD. (kinda crack, kinda not, I'm talking about Gallagher)

Y'know, it's funny how Gallagher, a History Fictionologist, told like 1 lie.

And then, Mr. Reca, a Memokeeper, told some guy "Love the unknown" once.

Like, guys, switch places, please. That would make more sense.

I remember when I found inconsistencies with how people treated Gallagher; one of two Bloodhounds "recognising" him, another Bloodhound going "Who?" and then the receptionist at the Family's mansion acting as if he's some important person who's rarely sought out by people?

I swear, this still makes no sense... unless......

And Reca is sometimes a well-known director. Sometimes a self-proclaimed one.

Chabro and Aideen? Love the guy. Nobodies? Who does this dude think he is.

But hey. You know what makes me go "What the HELL is going on here"?

I have two questions.

Why "Mr. Reca"? And not Mr. Reca?

How the hell does this guy know about Gallagher AND HIS DEATH.

Okay, so I guess this Reca is indeed a Memokeeper who uses camera and film to record (rec - Reca) stuff and retell stories. He should be the same Memokeeper Black Swan mentions at the Studios.

And I suspect this censored movie to be his work.

Hey, remember who did so much to make sure that some people's names and true stories would be restored?

Yeah, funny coincidences.

And then, nobody remembers Gallagher, ironically. Except us, Nameless.

And except Reca, SOMEHOW. (Aideen. Gallagher is the guy thanked BEFORE YOUR OWN BRAND, DID YOU EVEN WATCH THE MOVIE.)

But ultimately, Aideen is right. Gallagher wasn't made to be remembered.

Sorry, I mean, "Gallagher the History Fictionologist" isn't meant to be remembered.

We know "Gallagher" is fake. And I'm not just talking about his appearance; ALL OF HIM is fictional. He is a character, a role. And like any role... there has to be an actor playing the part. The person who came up with "Gallagher". The person who is still there once the character isn't needed anymore.

The person we didn't see when "Gallagher" disappeared off-screen.

And I guess that person would also be the real Gallagher... The one who was so loyal to Mikhail.

Or... was he all that loyal to Mikhail?

There's something so fickle about calling an unshakable loyalty "imaginary". I know it's meant positively here, but it's so easy to turn this upside-down...

I mean, the purpose of "Gallagher" was to fulfill one promise to Mikhail. And once that has been done... the real Gallagher could do whatever, afterwards. He's free of his role as "Gallagher" the History Fictionologist... who did the exact opposite of what a Fictionologist would do...... by restoring the truth of the past.........

Gallagher is the worst at his job, isn't he. Almost like he should be a Memokeeper, instead.

Anyway. I have a technical question.

Where did Reca get the memory segments to recreate Firefly for the Scorchsand Venue movie?

I see two possibilities:

Got them from someone else (Aideen, other witnesses, maybe from the surroundings themselves?)

Himself

In the first case, it makes sense, I have no further question.

In the second case, though... When did Reca meet Firefly? Did he need to actually meet her or would just seeing her from afar suffice? Depending on the answers to those questions, things might get complicated.

Okay, it's time I stopped beating around the bush. I've been drawing mirrored parallels between "Gallagher" and "Mr. Reca" from the very start of this post. You're probably guessing what my point is by now.

But first... Remember Sleepie? a.k.a. Dormancy?

Poor thing came to Scorchsand searching for Gallagher...

But there was no trace of him there anymore since... before Sleepie arrived... Right?

And there's no way Gallagher would still be around... Right?

... why would you say that if you know your whole being will disappear once you're done with your final task...

i mean, it's not like there was yet another Hound statue in Dreamflux Reef, next to the three epitaphs of the Nameless, right?! Grmbl...

Remember when Himeko said "In the end, we still failed to figure out his true identity, or if he was even a "living person"? Because I SURE REMEMBER.

Anyway, we don't know where Reca was when Sleepie arrived at Scorchsand, but-

I think it's safe to say that they interracted to some extent.

BUT that's in fact still not what made me go "WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL IS GOING ON HERE???!!"

Remember how the movie started?

With the phrase: "Even now, the world is still filled with characters that we've played."

The hell do you mean by that, Reca.

And it ended with the phrase: "We will keep playing our roles, drunken and foolish in the moment, playing at life but never thinking to celebrate it." Then the credits roll.

Heyyyy, I know someone else who talks about celebrating life. And used bits of other people's lives to create a whole new "character". Kinda like how you can pick pieces of different stories to make a whole new story. Or movie, for that matter.

And hey... Reca told us "My lens is upon you… Don't let me down. And more importantly, don't let the audience down."

You know who told us we had interesting life stories? YEAH.

Hey. Let's go back to Brina. The receptionist.

You know how we could easily explain this?

If the real Gallagher's full name was Gallagher Reca.

Or maybe "Mr. Reca" is just yet another pseudonym. I mean, why would he credit himself as "Mr. Reca" and not Reca. That's fishy.

ANYWAY, this theory has been on my mind for maybe 4 months now, so I'm glad I've finally manage to write all of my thoughts down.

[yourhoeshorses]

OK SO

since zombies are cool again at the moment, and i've been seeing people going crazy with mlp horror again - I decided its time to be truly fully cringe and free and finally show off the SSO Zombie apocalypse AU I made AGES ago. I never posted it cuz I never knew if people in this fandom liked horror stuff or not of if it would be received well, BUT IM DOING IT NOW!!!

I will be making more art and comics about this au if people like it!

ANYWAYS. BASIC INFO ON HOW THE "virus" HAPPENED!!

The Keepers of Aideen and the Soul Riders were taking too long to come up with a plan to stop Dark Core. Since neither group could agree on what actions to take, this allowed Mr. Sands and the Dark Riders the time they needed to release Garnok. Being true to his nature, Garnok started to destroy everything and used pandoric energies to help.

BELOW THIS BUTTON ARE DRAWINGS WHICH SHOW THE STAGES OF THE INFECTION AND SHOW ARTISTIC DEPICTIONS OF GORE!!! Please skip out on this if horror is not your thing!!

if you see spelling or grammar errors.... nuh uh

HERE ARE THE STAGES OF THE MOST COMMON FORM OF THE INFECTION!

I hope people think this is as cool as i do hsdfashdkagjhadsf

[hunny-pp]

Thoughts on Mr. Reca? From the way he looks like it really does seem like Gallagher could very well just be his self-insert

I had thoughts about Reca having connections to Gallagher prior to his appearance! It was in one of my videos but here are my sparknotes:

Scorchsand Vacation: Mr. Reca directed the memory film based on your experiences in the Soulglad competition with Firefly, and it's where you meet Dormancy in distress looking for Gallagher - who at that point, well... Towards the end where the credits roll, you 1) have Mr. Reca featured in name (though the quotations keeps you on your toes) and 2) have a dedication to Gallagher with crosses - in acknowledgement of his "passing"

When you talk to Mr. Aideen, he does confirm he had Mr. Reca work on the memory film. (The "a bit eccentric" is quite the understatement in hindsight lol)

However when you bring up Gallagher, he doesn't know who you're talking about, which likely means Reca included Gallagher's name under his nose - for TB's eyes only most likely.

2. Fate is a joke and life is a drunken experience: Gallagher and Reca seem to express similar philosophies! Whether it's a fictionologist thing or a them thing, I cannot decide.

Side note: My belief in Reca being a fictionologist stems from his viewpoints, his interest in dream bubbles - which were made from the enigmata influencing memoria (also from the inherent ability to manipulate memories as an enigmata pathstrider) and this curious line said by Lady Maeven (quoted by Mimosa).

Reca expresses his disdain for "rules" and "destiny" not surprising for an alleged fictionologist.

and similarly, Gallagher also has a line that's p much "Fuck fate."

Though this could be attributed as a general Fictionologist thing.

However, one that feels more targeted is that Gallagher has lines about the beauty of life, and for a while it perplexed me who or where they were influenced from. Of course, these could be of his own belief, but considering Gallagher is a memetic construct influenced by many people and entities I always wondered who he got that from.

In Scorchsand Vacation, Reca concludes his open letter to TB with this quote before the credits roll - isn't it curious he references alcohol and being drunk with life?

Anyway, regardless if it's proven that Reca had a hand in constructing Gallagher or if they are just fictionologist associates, I just think it's very curious that we had all these hints fly under our noses!

[regancastlelion]

i think a cool concept and direct for the game to take would be that there's, like with the Soul Riders, a fifth dark rider. but like, it's us.

and we find this out after we get a real dramatic (because it's SSO) retelling of one—or all—of the Dark Riders' backstories and why they turned to the dark side. picture this;

you're with your soul/starter horse, facing off the dark riders and mr. sands with the soul riders. they're just about to release garnok, fripp is there because he'll let five older teenagers almost die countless times and two of those older teenagers watch their mentor die, but by Aideen's name if he lets the one superdemonic being out of its prison.

garnok recognises you, stating that it cannot believe it has finally found you. sands is like "yo, tf you talkin' about?" and as it turns out, there is a fifth dark rider that is essentially the evil version of you. but the thing is, you've heard all the reasons katja, jess/jay, sabine and whatever-the-hell-the-fourth-dark-rider-is-called turned to the dark side in the first place.

fripp and the soul riders excuse that you would never turn your back on the good of the world, but you're conflicted.

on one hand, you've been helping people and saving lives. but on the other hand, you never received the same treatment.

you freed lisa and anne from pandoria, you revived fripp, but would they do the same for you?

yes, there's an importance in faith of aideen and following your purpose, but what of loyalty? truth?

the keepers of aideen had lied to you, over and over again, the one person who didn't is dead.

and who are the people that haven't lied to you thus far? the dark riders.

sure, there have been lies here and there, but you've stopped them at every plan of theirs. of course they'll lie, they have a reason to. the keepers of aideen didn't.

for such a prized warrior of theirs, they surely didn't treat you very well.

you're standing in the middle, garnok ushering you to it's side, promising loyalty and family. trust and compromise. fripp tells you that you have to stay with the keepers and the soul riders, you don't have a choice. if you leave, the sisterhood will fall again.

then, a choice pops up on the screen. it's your soul horse, just as conflicted as you.

"WHO DO WE CHOOSE?"

[_] "The side of Good, no matter how much has been hidden from us, (soul horse's name)."

[_] "The side of Bad, who haven't given us a reason to distrust them for no good reason."

[starshinedragon]

SSO MAGIC SYSTEM (unofficial/speculation) 4 main magic families:

1. LIGHT MAGIC Alignment: Good (wants to help others) Attributes: life, healing, warmth, soul power Creatures: Aetherians (Aideen, Fripp) Magic users: Druids (they use a mix of Light and Earth magic)

2. EARTH MAGIC Alignment: Neutral (can be used for both good and evil) Attributes: nature, weather, plants and animals, entrophy, reality (can’t coexist with Pandorian- just for a short time) Creatures: Earthlings (humans) Magic users: Witches (only use Earth magic: Mrs Holdsworth, Pi, Sive, Sedna, Uyarak)

3. PANDORIA MAGIC Alignment: Neutral (can be used for both good and evil) Attributes: time and space, illusions, transformation, unreality (can’t coexist with Earth- just in bubbles) Creatures: Pandorians (Ydris) Magic users: Sorcerers (only use Pandorian magic)

4. VOID MAGIC Alignment: Evil (wants to harm others) Attributes: death, darkness, cold, decay, corruption. Creatures: Umbrasians (Garnok, shadow seekers) Magic users: Warlocks (Mr Sands, Darko)

Soul Riders: Light, Earth and Pandorian magic Dark Riders: Void, Earth and Pandorian magic MC: half earthling, half pandorian, free to choose between Light and Void

Based on these- the Lore:

1. On Pandoria -> Garnok is an umbrasian creature, came from the Void, to corrupt and conquer. -> Creatures of light, the aetherians, like Fripp and Aideen, fight the umbrasians. -> Garnok attacks Pandoria, Fripp comes to help them -> Umbrasians are defeated, but corruption remains in Pandoria -> G is put on a ship to be taken to imprisonment, but the corrupted free him

2. On Earth, before Garnok’s imprisonment -> Aideen is another aetherian, arrived on Jorvik, brought life to the island -> Garnok’s ship crashes on Jorvik, Aideen fights the darkness, but can’t win alone -> The good pandorians meet Aideen, join Light, Earth and Pandorian magic to fight Garnok -> They create the ultimate weapon: the Soul Riders -> Garnok does the same: combines Void, Earth and Pandorian to create Dark Riders -> The SRs win, imprison Garnok and his followers at the bottom of the sea -> Aideen used too much of her power in the war, her soul disperses on the island

3. On Earth, after Garnok’s imprisonment -> Garnok’s power keeps seeping out, corrupting Jorvik -> The soul of Aideen the SRs’ and DRs��� all reincarnate-> The Keepers of Aideen and the Soul Riders safeguard the island -> The Dark Riders and corrupted always try to free him -> Many sisterhoods rise and fall, fighting the darkness -> Garnok’s awakening comes ever closer -> Aideen’s power also awakens, her soul reincarnates into the 5th Soul Rider

[dawn-dutchess]

you guys remember that sidequest "scorchsand vacation" where aideen had a film made of trailblazer performing in the scorchsand festival and at the end we had to fight dormancy, and how aideen hired mr. reca to film it? since mr. reca is a memokeeper, how do you think he felt about capturing dormancy and having us fight it/it fight us? I feel like memokeepers would be more in tune to the senses of memory zone memes like dormancy. but iirc mr. reca never makes a direct mention to dormancy after the filming. so maybe it didn't bother him? in which case I hope he reflects on his actions and apologizes to dormancy (and dormancy forgives him and they become friends)

[natduskfall]

The Beginning of the End

Contains negative "critique", or more precisely, my thoughts and observations, of the newest story quest. Might be interesting, might not be.

Fripp says that the spymaster’s squirrels have reported three Drakonium shipments being simultaneously abandoned. And that’s it? Couldn’t they also tell us who abandoned the shipments, and if any Dark Riders were spotted? And how did they not notice that the abandoned shipments were empty?They must know what a full shipment looks like, what types of containers Dark Core uses. They must have noticed the goons taking the shipments to unusual places, maybe they even spy on G.E.D.‘s mining operations, and see Dark Core loading the shipments. They must know the usual routes. They also could have checked to see if there actually was any Drakonium nearby.

It bewildered hen Alex yelled at everyone to stop. Like chill Alex, we’re just having a discussion, we’re not about to attack each other.

Linda’s comment about there being six of us confused me a lot initially, because there’s only 5 of us soul riders, eight of us if counting Fripp, Avalon, and Evergray.

Alex discourages Anne from creating portals, but is okay with her performing an allegedly hard and elusive spell nobody has mastered or performed in a very long time?

“I won’t bother you anymore with my jumbled thoughts.” …… brother in Aideen you just told me you had some thoughts to share with me. I really wish I could spend more time with Fripp, talk more with him. He might be such an amazing character if there was more to him.

“The future of Jorvik rests on your shoulders.” Gee, thanks.

The “Fripp teleporting away” cutscene was very weak.

I honestly was under the impression that the Drakonium shipment trap was set up to allow Dark Core access to the Library, so they could get to the Brambletween. I had not realised that there is now an army of druids there. So now I wonder why Fripp walked out on us when he didn’t need to go back to protecting the Library.

When the runestone appeared from the ground I thought it was the island itself trying to talk to me. I was a little disappointed to find out that it was a message from the druids.

Also, why did Alex and Anne waste time going to the Singing Yew to talk to me rather then just texting me and going straight to Valedale.

The Drakonium is already all unloaded from the trucks, even tho the Dark Riders want to take it further towards Valedale. And how are Lisa’s healing and Linda’s visions supposed to do anything to stop the Dark Riders?

How big is the Drakonium blast radius?

I’m so glad the writer had Alex ask such an interesting and valid question.

I honestly am conflicted about about the Oil Rig. Android or human, I still feel sorry for the goons. And what about other workers, like Lisa’s dad, or maintanance divers? But also, shouldn’t the Drakonium have been teleported to wherever G.E.D. mines it?

I think that Dark Core can already sue the pants off the druids for destroying and stealing their property.

I actually felt worried that Mr Sands might have died or been hurt. Then I thought that maybe he had been suffering for some years under Garnok’s influence, and this way he could be free, and Darko could take over. And then I was relieved that nothing happened to Mr Sands.

Mr Sands must have other oil rigs, he is an oil tycoon. I still wonder if he had the foresight to stop any drilling that might have been going on on the DC rig (If there was any), so that he wouldn’t lose the oil.

It was cool to see the hostility between the Dark Riders. I always had a feeling like they might actually hate working with each other, and that their working relationship might be strained.

Cool, so the Gate/portal is actually called the Hadal Gate. I wonder if Darko was working on it. It’s a shame it got destroyed.

I really thought the ending cutscene was happening in Wildwoods, but I suppose it’s not. The animation of Sabine swinging the hammer was kind of whack, but the animation Erissa had when she jumped out of the portal???? And her idle???? CHEF’S KISS. But the difference in quality of the cutscenes in one quest that takes a few minutes to finish is jarring.

Now I wonder where Erissa’s Dark Horse is, and what happened to the one Darko made.

I don't like how the writers introduce these new concepts, such as spells, rune warning messages. New rules. Things that are useful for only that one quest, and are never mentioned again. It's nice to have more material for fic writers, but it also would be nice if those spells and concepts would reappear. They either change their mind and abandon that concept or direction, or they forget, or it takes them so long that they're now going in a completely different direction and that thing they introduced is no longer needed or canon.

Overal, I think it was a somewhat okay quest. I think the writing was meh. So were the cutscenes. But I'm just glad that things are slowly moving somewhere. I'm elated that we finally have the fourth Dark Rider, and that they finally showed us some behind the scenes stuff going on with Dark Core. I'm glad they let Dark Core get the upper hand, or also progress with the story.

I wonder if SSE has their game documented. I don't know much about gamedev, but apparently developers use their own wikis to teep track of factions, items, characters, places, narratives... everything in the game. And It seems like SSE either doesn't have one that is up to date, or they just don't have one at all from the previous years, and are now working on a new one?

The name of the quest has me wondering if SSE is perhaps itching to wrap the main story up fast, so they can focus on the horses, outfits, and tack. That is a scary thought.

[star-stable-tournaments]

Have you ever thought to yourself: Yee howdy, I wish I could know what everyone thinks of my favorite character, and I also wish we could all definitively rank them in popularity based on the whims of the public? Then do I have the thing for you!

Right out the gate, it's time to vote for favorite characters. The votes for favorite NPC (human) and favorite NPC (other) will be running alongside each other, with the vote for NPC (other) starting a little later to make them both finish at the same time and end in an epic dual victory.

I have chosen to split them up because there's a lot of NPC's and we can expedite the process somewhat by having separate tournaments running alongside each other.

Humanoid creatures such as Pandorians residing in the circus will be counted as humans because that's how they choose to present and I will respect that.

Certain conditions apply regarding characters added to SSO just to host races, NPC's that are named but do not take part in quests, and characters from earlier games. these characters will not partake because the list is so. long. already.

Every poll will be accompanied by a picture and a brief description to refresh your memory, so don't worry if you can't remember them just by name! If you have any concerns or can't see your favorite NPC anywhere, send a message or an ask.

The first NPC (human) tournamnet will take place over 3 sessions of 40 posts per week, because it's 120 posts and I don't want to overwhelm you with that many posts. Once we've narrowed it down to 60 favorites it will be split into 2 sessions, and once we've only got 30 contestants left, I'll post them all in one go until a winner is declared. That's also when the NPC (other) polls will be posted.

Who will go up against who is randomized and can be found under the cut.

The First tournament:

Kirsty Griswald VS Evergray

Violet Dappelbrook VS Mrs. Pike

Derek VS Professor Chiron

Mr. Pike VS Hawaii Jones

Rami VS Felicity

Ydris VS Astrid Ingvarsdottir

Sunshine Joytree VS Mr. Anwir

Jessica Lunar VS Syntax Silverstream

Elsa Einstein VS Harold

Larry VS Landon

Captain Brus VS Pi the witch

Sigry Varanger VS Julie

Aideen VS Jill Goldspur

Tor Sunfield VS Pamela Moonriver

HelmsmanVS The main character

Idun Goldspur VS Mandy

Mr. T. Cray VS Lizzy Jarlasson

Marisol VS Ewa

Sigrid VS Leonardo

Donald the builder VS Captain Waterloo

Eddie VS Bernardine Winterwell XVII

Jade VS Doreen

Courtney Summers VS Bob

Janitor VS Mayor Klaus

Terrance Rockwell VS Gary Goldtooth

Nanook VS Ivan Drake

Saga Sunfield VS Aaron Silverglade

Yousef Sahli VS The Baroness

Gavin VS Wynna Sunbeam

Galloper Thompson VS Stephanie

Isebell Figg VS Dylan

Fina Way VS Mario

Hanna Jarlasson VS Filip Sunfield

Carl VS Ms. Drake

Tim Hooper VS Isabel Stonefield

Justin Moorland VS Mrs. Peterson

Charlotte VS Tiera Vaughan

Scott Buttergood VS Li Ming Yue

Anne von Blyssen VS Darko (oh my god)

Ashley VS Lance

The second tournament:

Joe Jarlasson VS Bob Jarlasson

Linn VS Xin

Alex Cloudmill VS Maya Dew (I promise this is randomly generated, this is homophobia)

Mrs. Hill VS Josie

Jon Jarl VS Jonas

Lydia Rockwell VS Martina Sunfield

Nova VS Ferdinand

John VS Eva von Blyssen

Nic Stoneground VS Hugh

Big Bonny VS Magnus Steinar

Loretta VS Anastasia Silverglade

Edith Octavia Hartwood VS Spymaster

Sedna VS Fleur

Ricky Winterwell VS Will

Barbara VS Helga

Edward Rockwell VS Frank Einstein

Rob VS Mrs. Packard

Carl Peterson VS Kora Pelletier

Rhiannon VS Agnetha

Gaia VS Buck

Huck VS Silencia Tranquila

Jakob Goldspur VS Isolde Goldspur

Igor VS Steve

Tan VS Linda Chanda

Mrs. Dew VS Reyansh

Jack Goldspur VS Ed Field

Karl Franz of Silver Fork VS Mrs. Holdsworth

Mr. Sands VS Farah

Professor Hayden VS Daxton the tailor

Jasper Holbrook VS Erik Hightower

Tamika VS Barney Summers

Dr. Eiren Doyle VS Granny Rose

Catherine Moorland VS Ana

Poppy VS Mr. K. Trout

Tobbe Larsson VS Thomas Moorland

Imane Highcantle VS Andy

Charles VS Mel

Jupiter Peacebloom VS Mr. Hill

Stacy VS Sive

Rowan Allaway VS Mr. Dew

The third tournament:

Claire VS Guillermo Gadea

Marley Summers VS Johanna

Reed Kessler VS Jenna

Robert Buttergood VS Josh

Jamie Olivetree VS Gunther

Madison Hightower VS Mr. Cod

Tristan Goldspur VS Alexander Goldspur

Godfrey VS Carney Summers

Mr. Kembell VS Thalia

Carmela VS Mica Stoneground

Harley VS Harriet

Jessica VS Amelia

Erissa VS Freja Sunfield

Alonso Rivera Sandoval VS Emma

Kit Shorthouse VS Raptor

Luke Excavator VS Herman

Council Man VS Mrs. Cloudmill

Mr. Andersson VS Lily Bones

Keema Steelgait VS Luciana

Walter Winterwell VS James Cloudmill

Holly Hightower VS Elizabeth Sunbeam

Stein VS Enitan Taiwo Ladipo

Sindra VS Felix

Nathalie Moonriver VS Björn

Councilman Skoll VS Rania Varanger

Lisa Peterson VS Loke Sunfield

Professor Jura VS Dorith Jarlasson

Hannibal Goldspur VS Hermit

Junior Buttergood VS Conrad Maarsden

Gretchen VS Li Jian

Rin VS Sonja

Angus Goldspur VS Daisy

Petunia VS Ginny

Kai VS Judy

Mary VS Zed

Katja VS Stanislav

Mrs. X VS Ms. Morse

Sabine VS Sahar

Carin VS Avalon

Kent Jarlasson VS Beatriz

When there are only 30 rounds left, I will start posting NPC (other) tournamnets as well. They consist of these competitors:

Starshine VS Nightdust

Meteor VS Pearl Hart

Knut VS Esben

Popcorn VS Summerflower

Calanthe VS Nutkins

Sahara VS Mayor Peanut

Beeper VS Hieronymo

Sirio VS Lynx

Galloper Thompson's Horse VS Mudskipper

Sprout VS Pistachio

Lignos VS Firewind

Cayenne VS Mortifa

Crowy McCaw VS Ms. Morse's Horse

Diggory VS Shay

Ganymede VS Athena

Balder VS Pico

Nihili VS Lemmy

Beatrix VS Archie

Acerbus VS Ancient Tree

Rocco VS Lucien

Juniper VS Dellingr

Techno VS Birdie

Swedenborg VS Atlas

Crabapple VS Sapling

Ash VS Cedar

Khaan VS Kasper

Bartok VS Hrafnfaxa vom Schwanenteich

Blondie VS Rosemary

Lady VS Garnok

Balder's Mother vS Pari

Shakira VS Elli

Butterfly VS Fripp

Mardy VS Bear

Alder VS Pegaso

Valiant VS Mousebiscuit

Goons VS Brunte

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Honkai: Star Rail | Character Illustrations From the First Anniversary's Immersive Interactive Exhibition

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A/N 1: These can be found in the capsule machine at Penacony booth in case anyone's wondering.

A/N 2: The image files of Mr. Aideen, Lesley Dean, Robin & Oti Alfalfa are in bigger size compared to the rest because they were found in the "Planet of Festivities Collectible Card" readable in-game, not from the exhibition like the others.

[ald3r-wolfcak3]

Starshine rewrite, dark riders & horses

Sabine has Khaan, pure breed black fresian, with an unnaturaly high body tempature. Somes even reported to see Khaan burn down the grass as he stepped on it She got it as a birthday present from her parents. Khaan got trained as a dressage horse, but can perform somewhat well as a showjumper. Since she lack the love from her parents she try to win every competiton the Jorvik Stable is helding to try to gain their love.

Katja has Stalker, a pure black Parcheron, with extreamly low body temparature. Somes says when the air is humid, you can see snow forming around his body. Stalker a bit aggresive, most at the stable try to avoid him. He hates the company of other horses, but somewhat friendly with Khaan and Mortifa. Katja got him thanks her excellent scheme. But the poor girl almost find out she not got any money during the exchange, but Mr. Sands helped her out, but asked for a favour.

Mortifa, a black Belgian warmblood with a pure white face and soulles blue eyes. She has a poor eyesight, but has a really high agility. Somes said, when you are too close to her you start to feel sick. Laverne got her, when he was 12, her breeder wanted to eutanasy the foal, but he saved Mortifa. Since then she lives at the jorvik stables and has a good friendship with Khaan and Stalker.

So as I said before, Jessica hates horses. They just don't understand why there is a whole ass island where the citizens are obssessed with horses. She times to times goes to see the racies Sabine attend at also go to cheer for Katja or Laverne. She one time tried to ride a horse, but freaked out.

And lastly here is Mr. Sands and his steel gray English Thoroughbred. The PineHill mansion has a huge stable, with multiple horses, but when he go out to ride he mostly ride this old lady. There is an empty stall with a damaged name plate. The older stable workers know, there used to be a blue roan horse with white tiped mane. No one knows what breed she was, but know she and Mr. Sands had a really close bond. But he lost his horse like he lost his family...

[saleemb]

idfk but one my of moots talked abt freaky stable so i made a list of NPCs i could smash (or could smash me)

zero: Aideen (she smash me girl)

one: Katja

two: Imane Highcantle

three: Anne Bon blyssen

four: Linda Chanda

five: Big Bonny

six: Sive

seven: Farah

eight: Rania Varanger

nine: Sigry Varanger and her girlfriend (at the same time)

ten: Raptor

eleven: Gavin

twelve: Josh (ik he's gentle)

thirteen: Carl Peterson (tbh old or new design, he so fine)

fourteen: Mrs Drake

fifteen: Ricky Winterwell

sixteen: Syntaxe

seventeen: Maya

eighteen: Rhiannon

nineteen: Evergray

twenty: Anastasia Silverglade (ik she good)

twenty one: Sabine

Hope this help !! 🫡

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you don’t defeat Garnok in the end. Instead Garnok didn’t want to hurt Jorvik at all he just wanted a tea party and all this drama was for nothing and the dark core goons severally misunderstood his commands. Then Garnok and Aideen just unalive all of Garnoks goons for this. Then it’s revealed that Garnok is just Aideens emo brother who likes metal music and the Dark Riders are just the part of the metal band Garnok created that makes mid music. The band is called Garnok and the Dark Riders and Mr. Sands and Darko are their Mangers. Who are portrayed as assholes because they keep pressuring the band to do brand deals and the band really Does Not Want Too.

oh and as for the Dark Riders general rudeness? It is revealed that why they are supposedly mean is because, since the dark riders aren’t human, they have a long held hatred against being nice since they view being nice as essentially a war crime. They view being nice as being deceptive and evil. So if you’re rude that’s a Good Thing. So they don’t understand Humans are beings of Kindness. And that humans don’t view being nice as a weakness for the most part.

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[sso-montana]

8, 13, 23, 33 and 34 for the questions?

HELLO HI BABES

8. do they have a nickname? who gave it to them? if it's not derived from their real name, what's the story behind it?

*cracks knuckles* oh boy where do I start. Alright SO one of her most used nicknames is Tana which Maya started with and a lot of others picked up bc, honestly, Montana is long. Alex uses a bunch of "Hot Topic Lady" and similar variations to tease her and Loretta's go to is "Emo Queen". Meanwhile Justin usually calls her Mo or Sparks which the first one is pretty obvious but the second one comes from how, in his opinion, her eyes always light up when she starts talking about something she is passionate about and it reminds him of the sparks from fireworks. Mrs. Holdsworth and Ydris call her "little caterpillar" and later "butterfly" which just comes from them being magic users and seeing who she truly is. Thomas used to call her "little filly" when she was a kid and still does from time to time.

13. what languages do they speak? how fluently?

Obviously she's fluent in jorvegian but since her and her moms traveled a lot she picked up a bunch of stuff. English and German are the two languages she's most fluent in. Japanese and Swahili she can still somehow hold an almost decent conversation while Spanish and French she knows some words. Her accent when just coming back to Jorvik sounded quite funny

23. how would you describe their voice? can they sing?

Did that one here :3

33. if applicable, how would your other characters describe them? i mean specifically the people around them.

Since the only other oc around her is still in the works we gotta work with npcs lol (Justin is basically an oc at this point does he count?). Justin would describe her as a caring and energetic person. He'd tell you that she may look scary or mean but that she's a big softy at heart. That she's hardworking and determined and incredibly stubborn, too. How she's too hard on herself a lot of the times. He doesn't see her as the reincarnation of Aideen or an angry girl or even an overconfident brat like others do. To him she was and will always be his childhood friend that loved playing hide and seek in the hayloft and treated every animal and insect she came across with the uttermost care.

34. how would your character describe themselves? it doesn't have to line up with how they really are.

Montana doesn't think highly or good of herself at all. Is she cocky and confident and confrontational? Yes. Does she still feel like she's some sort of bad omen that eventually will hurt the ones closest to her? Also yes. The whole of her teenage years was spent feeling like no matter where they were she doesn't belong, fit in or even should be there. She knows she was the product of a one night stand and thinks to shouldn't even exist. In her opinion her mothers live for ruined through her existence, that she's the reason her moms died. It was her fault Justin went to Dark Core and her fault the Moorlands got dragged into the whole mess that followed. She's aware of how her anger is a problem, how she can be quick to resort to violence and self destructive behavior. In her eyes the only way she can justify being alive is to at least attempt to protect the things and people she loves.