#Selan (Lufia)

[gears2gnomes]

SGDQ 2024 - Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals

"The world is saved."

[sinrevi-art]

Selan from Lufia II

[ancient-magus]

[sinrevi]

I had some free prompts for the AI generator on deviantart and entered a description of my ocs to see what it comes up with, but it gave me a Maxim instead?

[tegabyte]

@ignoct-week day 5: angst/whump

I am very clearly leaning into the angst on this one admittedly. I had another clarity of vision and I knew what I wanted to do. I actually wanted to do this with Ignis's back facing the camera, and just the hint of Noctis's head, but uhhhh... the positioning wasn't working right and I used a reference photo for this pose instead. (I did have a reference for the pose I initially wanted, but it wasn't coming together for me as fast and I wanted to stop being stuck.)

I was initially inspired by the Lufia and the Fortress of Doom english instruction manual, there's an art drawn of Maxim holding Selan in it that Compels me and also breaks my heart.

Anyway the pose and ref photo I ended up using made this easier AND more difficult (that head angle is..... a lot....). I'm very rusty, but I'm proud of myself for what I did. I once more gave up on the shoes but I hate Noctis's shoes and I needed to keep going!! Momentum!! time crunch!!! also I drew the Sword of the Father and I think that balances it out.

come to FF fandom, they said. be a fanartist, they said. don't look at all the details don't worry about it--

[lilithfairen]

The funny thing about getting into RWBY is that it happens to have a lot in common with one of my favourite games, Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals~

The main protagonist is a red-themed hunter of monsters (Ruby/Maxim) and monster-hunting is an organized profession in both settings.

One of their party members is an ice-themed woman with a cold and haughty exterior, but warms up to the others (Weiss/Selan).

There's four kingdoms in RWBY (Vale, Mistral, Atlas, Vacuo) and four major settlements in CotS (Elcid, Parcelyte, Bound, Gratze), plus one extra for the non-humans (Menagerie and Eserikto).

The Brother Gods gave four gifts to humanity (Choice, Knowledge, Creation, and Destruction) while the Sinistrals/gods are themed around four aspects (Destruction/Creation, Chaos/Logic, Death/Life, Fear/Courage).

Both groups are accompanied by a wise individual who turn out to be god-like beings in another guise (Ozpin/Oscar vs. Erim/Iris).

Both settings have their protagonists be able to use magic-like abilities through plot-devices derived from the past (Dust vs. energy cores)...as well as individuals who just have straight-up Actual Magic.

Ruby has an orange-haired female companion (Penny) who turns out to be a machine, and Maxim has an orange-haired female companion (Tia) who turns out to be into machines. (Not in that way, but Tia has plentiful bi potential~)

RWBY has the boisterous lightning-themed hammer-wielder Nora, while CotS has the boisterous lightning-themed hammer-wielder Guy.

Both settings have fanciful weapons augmented by the aforementioned magic-esque plot-devices.

Both settings have a technologically-advanced militaristic kingdom in a wintery locale (Atlas and Gratze) whose leaders are manipulated by the villains.

White-haired female villains whose schemes revolve around crushing the hope of humankind (Salem and Erim).

Also the pure-of-heart-dumb-of-ass knightly fellows (Jaune and Dekar)~

[circle-bircle]

finished lufia 2. i don't have as many thoughts as i expected but it was very very very good. and also reminded me of ff2 which is always fun. it's like what i imagine golden sun to be if it was good (i think). the plot definitely existed just to get to dungeon a to dungeon b but all of the dungeons were hella fun. the enemies are on the map too so that's always nice. music is good, ancient cave was fun and it was fun to grind and level up and whatnot. i loved the characters and when (spoilers i guess lol) dekar came back to fight everyone i cheered. DEKAR'S THE BEST. i also like guy and artea and maxim and selan. very fun.

idk what to play next but it probably won't be lufia 1 LOL!! if anyone has any good games from nes-ps1 era and/or is on a handheld console hmu im always looking for recs

[starlitskvader]

Slow day at work and I have Lufia on the brain, so I’m gonna rate the original Rise Of The Sinistrals designs against the remake Curse Of The Sinistrals redesigns.

Maxim

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I honestly don’t have strong feelings about either Maxim design. They’re both good Main Character Designs, one for a strongly medieval flavored world and one for an anachronistic world. I will say the redesign has a little more character; I like the waist wrap in particular.

Winner: Curse of the Sinistrals

Tia

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Honestly... this is one where they changed her personality enough that she might as well be a different character. I like the weapon suitcase - it makes sense considering RotS!Tia owned a weapon shop - but I also like the idea of her beating up monsters with a ribbon.

Verdict: A tie; given my way I’d frankenstein them together. I’d also kinda like to see boisterous new Tia with old Tia’s design, OR milder old Tia with new Tia’s design.

Guy

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I’ll be honest: I didn’t like Guy’s new look at first. But it did grow on me - especially when you take his rivalry with Dekar into account (see below). Still, I feel like the original look suits his personality a bit better.

Verdict: Rise of the Sinistrals by a very slim margin.

Selan

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Oh I LOVE the new one. The old Selan is beautiful and elegant, but the new one is both while looking more like the military commander she is. Very nice. The pigeon-toed stance is a little odd, but I’ll let it slide. This time.

Verdict: Curse of the Sinistrals. She’s so cool!

Dekar

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BOTH VERY GOOD. About the only problem with the old version is that is doesn’t really get Dekar’s outgoing, silly personality across - otherwise, very cool! Meanwhile the new Dekar makes his rivalry with Guy ten times funnier - the two of them competing to see who’s stronger and Dekar winning every time is amusing enough with the old designs, but Huge Guy constantly being outdone by a man half his size who doesn’t even seem to bother with armor or weapons is hilarious.

Verdict: ALL DEKARS ARE VALID. (it’s be neat if New Dekar had a baby blue streak in his hair to echo old Dekar’s red, though.)

Lexis

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Eeeeengh. The Doc Brown reference is all well and good, but I like the scrappy Lexis who actively participated better. I could jive to the Doc Brown wannabe being the mentor to Lexis, but... he doesn’t feel like Lexis.

Verdict: Rise of the Sinistrals stands on his own better, I think.

Artea

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....eh. Admittedly this is another case where the original art doesn’t get the personality across - in-game, it’s much clearer that Arty is for all intents and purposes a teenager - but the new version feels more generic. It doesn’t help that they traded Artea’s vibrant, sometimes-contentious personality for a stereotypical Aloof Elf in the remake, which... DOES come across in the art. Credit where it’s due though, giving him a gun is incredibly funny.

Verdict: Rise of the Sinistrals has more personality in design, even if his character doesn’t quite come across.

Iris

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VERY NICE. Iris’ new design has a perfect mystical vibe! I have no idea what they were going for in the old one and to be honest she looks too much like Artea.

Verdict: Curse of the Sinistrals. No contest.

IN CONCLUSION both have gorgeous art with pros and cons to most of the designs! It’s unfortunate that CotS cut and changed so much of the original’s world and quests and rewrote Artea and Lexis to such detriment (Tia is much closer to her original self, just louder); its to the point where it feels more like an AU than a remake. 

But I like both! There’s a lot to love in both games, and while RotS is a fuller experience there are plot changes in CotS that I DO like, so... I dunno, a rewrite where I just cobble what I like about both together has its temptations.

[homerpants]

Estpolis - A Psychic's Perspective (Lufia)

Let's start by saying Fortress of Doom never happened. In fact, it started out on another planet as a poorly received game. So, let's begin with the second game.

The common tongue was Portuguese. Guy spoke Spanish, in Bound Kingdom they spoke Arabic, in Portravia they spoke Esperanto. The elves spoke Danish.

The day sky was always pink or orange because of how small the sun was.

The equator went through Narvick and Gruberick. If you draw out the tectonic plates based on the underwater trenches and Premarl, you'll find the land was warped to fit the map and make the map playable.

If you haven't figured it out, Narvick's community were the guardians of the gods.

At the end, there is a door that is blocked off. This could have been a secret ending where Maxim fought Alekdias one on one. If you defeated Alekdias, his mask would break to reveal he was really Idura.

Guy has vivid prophetic dreams. He doesn't talk about them because he feels he won't be taken seriously.

Dekar invented the song "Blood", which My Chemical Romance completed for him.

If the game was made today, Guy's seasickness may be considered to show.

After Maxim and Selena got married and went off to save the world and they meet Dekar and Guy, Guy has fallen pregnant. (The gods can get pregnant no matter the gender) It's very well concealed by the hardware limitations.

Once Maxim died and Guy and Artea went home to wait for him, the world ended, and everybody was frozen in time.

Tia is with Dick Gumshoe!

Tia was actually pretty tough. Again, hardware limitations, but she took status effects a lot easier than the others.

Bats and vampires avoided Guy...

Jeros is pronounced "Heros".

Guy's axe is called Lucah Djinn.

My Experience

There was this weird time where everyone was encased in these cubicles. The first I met was Maxim. He said "I'm looking for Tia and Guy". For some reason I showed him my palm, and he promised to remember me. (My fate line is a priphea)

Guy was three months pregnant when I met him. After everyone got transferred into this massive hospital, Kurt Cobain met with Guy and they started talking. This moment was when I realised Guy was my brother (making Hilda my sister).

Selena and I helped Lin (think Fire Emblem) out.

Dekar slept on my couch.

Tia came to my house looking for Gumshoe and she knocked some Tupperware to the floor, and I got up her for it lol.

Guy sometimes comes up to me with music he heard out of nowhere. They're from the games. Today he showed me For the Saviour.

[teefa85]

Took me 33 levels, but I found a Blue Chest!  Boom Turban, Baby!!  Not only can Artea wear it if I want Selan to have the Agility boost (as he’s faster than anything) but it’s a good item for her as well!  So I can swap who has that and who has the Aqua Helm based on need if I’m going in.

Now...one of the three weapons Artea can wield and we’ll be in the best shape to leave the cave behind and have my elf ready on arrival!

[wrathfulmercy]

Who is your favorite character who do you not write? 👀👀

Munday questions from here @shadcsofcool

Omg coming at me right with tough questions haha xD I have so many characters I love like from video games or anime/manga (lightning from ff13 or Selan from Lufia or Sailor Moon or Kamui from X) BUT I don’t write animated characters and never will. My other favorite character is Jon Snow but he got ruined so much in the last season that I lost all interest to ever write him. Also I love Harry Potter but I wouldn’t write his character either cause he doesn’t fit to the kind of content I like to write. I wrote Prue Halliwell from Charmed for a while cause I have so much respect and love for Shannen and Prue. I would say she’s one of my most loved characters that influenced me the most and Buffy also is very high on that list, but I think I wouldn’t write them anymore cause I just feel good with my messy man and that one very messy OC girl I have 😌

[sinrevi-art]

Alright, 2023 is almost over, but still ✨Happy 30th Anniversary✨ to the Lufia series! 🎂🎈

This was the original unfinished drawing. Next time I do a big group picture I'll pick a more simple coloring style than that😅 So I made a quick alternate colored version using the paint bucket for now, I just want this out before the year is over since 2023 is the 30th anniversary of the Lufia series

Comparison

In the original version I was going for a traditional media feeling.

[kurochinss]

I was planning to do a painting like portrait picture for this piece but clearly that didn’t work |”D I just went with this then!

[selanpike]

Do you have a favorite character? Out of like, anything?

that’s hard because i’m not good at picking a favorite ANYTHING

but characters who are up there are like.... fawful, kamek, ravio, pickle inspector, uhhh... axel.................. selan...................... the lufia 2 character i mean not me literally................ a lot of others idk

[sinrevi]

Lufia II - Battle #2 - Groove Coaster AnimeCon 2019

[thewindscene]

Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals - Fire Dragon Battle by Yukimura