#Shadow Herald

[anotherdarkiboi]

Guys, is it gay to tenderly hold the man who both completes and ruins you and who you went to the edge of the world/universe for right before you die together?

[eghostsofdeadchildren]

Solaire being on there is a bit unfair to the rest.

[thecreaturecodex]

Sangubrax, the Smile in the Shadows

"Nightmare--Revenge" © ArtStation user Midnight, accessed at their gallery here

[Sponsored by @tar-baphon, who wanted a CR 15 herald, suitable for greater planar ally spells, for Nyarlathotep, specifically in the Bloody Tongue mask. The Bloody Tongue is one of the widest influences of the Call of Cthulhu game on greater views of the Mythos; Nyarlathotep was not associated with being a tentacle monster before that point, and was usually depicted as being mostly human, as he appears in Lovecraft. Hence, my feeling it was appropriate to make this herald appear pretty humanoid. The epithet and CR were provided for me, but I was allowed free reign otherwise.]

Sangubrax, the Smile in the Shadows CR 15 CE Outsider (extraplanar) This humanoid creature appears to be a flayed knight made of blood and gore. There is a visor covering where there should be eyes, and his face is split in a mad ear to ear grin. His arms end not in hands, but in baroque and lethal weapons. He moves with liquid grace.

Sangubrax is the Smile In the Shadows, a supernatural murderer with a penchant for targeting nobility, royalty, the powerful and influential. He is one of the Heralds of Nyarlathotep, being devoted specifically to the Mask known as the Bloody Tongue. The Bloody Tongue seeks to destabilize societies through sacrificial murders, and Sangubrax is called upon to strike at reformers, benevolent leaders, and anyone who might try to make a city, province or nation safer and more supporting of its citizens.

Sangubrax is a consummate assassin, but he has a penchant for the theatrical. Murders he commits vary in tune with the societal importance of the target. A beggar that gets in his way will merely have his throat slit, but a monarch will be murdered in broad daylight with much pomp and ceremony. His arms can become all manner of weaponry, but he prefers sword-like blades, the better to spill plenty of blood. Creatures he strikes bleed more and more until their entire life comes gushing out, and he has an extensible, chameleon-like tongue for dragging fleeing victims closer and ensuring they cannot even magically escape.

The Smile in the Shadows has a mocking, sardonic personality, even to his summoners. He believes that mortals are fundamentally incapable of ruling themselves, and that the return of the Old Gods will be a time of glorious and violent anarchy. He serves in the Prehistoric Temple in Leng, acting as bodyguard and majordomo for the High Priest Not to Be Described. Although he performs such duties loyally, he is always excited to be summoned in order to commit murder and mayhem on another plane.

Being a semi-liquid creature, Sangubrax has no set height, but weighs 200 pounds. Although he has no eyes, he can see perfectly well.

Sangubrax CR 15 XP 51,200 CE Medium outsider (chaos, evil, extraplanar) Init +7; Senses lifesense 60 ft., Perception +28, see in darkness Aura frightful presence (60 ft., Will DC 25)

Defense AC 30, touch 18, flat-footed 30 (+7 Dex, +1 dodge, +12 natural) hp 225 (18d10+126) Fort +13, Ref +18, Will +18 DR 15/lawful or good; Immune bleed, curses, death effects, disease, poison; SR 26 Defensive Abilities amorphous, evasion, improved uncanny dodge

Offense Speed 30 ft., fly 30 ft. (perfect) Melee 2 morphic weapons +24 (2d10+6/19-20 plus exponential bleed), tongue +19 touch (pull plus no escape) Ranged morphic weapon +24 (2d10+6/19-20 plus exponential bleed) Space 5 ft.; Reach 10 ft. (30 ft. with tongue) Special Attacks pull (10 ft.), sneak attack +4d6 Spell-like Abilities CL 18th, concentration +24 At will—deeper darkness, detect good, detect law, invisibility, waves of blood (DC 19, CMB +25) 3/day—cruel jaunt, mass fester (DC 22), quickened true strike, empowered vampiric touch 1/day—decapitate (DC 22), greater shadow evocation (DC 24), regenerate

Statistics Str 23, Dex 24, Con 25, Int 20, Wis 25, Cha 22 Base Atk +18; CMB +22; CMD 40 Feats Combat Expertise, Combat Reflexes, Dodge, Empower SLA (vampiric touch), Improved Critical (morphic weaponry), Mobility, Quicken SLA (true strike), Spring Attack, Whirlwind Attack Skills Acrobatics +28, Bluff +27, Escape Artist +36, Fly +33, Intimidate +27, Knowledge (nobility) +23, Knowledge (planes) +26, Perception +28, Sense Motive +28, Stealth +36, Survival +28; Racial Modifiers +8 Escape Artist, +8 Stealth Languages Aklo, Abyssal, Common, Protean, Shadowtongue SQ compression

Ecology Environment any land or underground (Leng) Organization unique Treasure incidental

Special Abilities Exponential Bleed (Su) Whenever Sangubrax hits a creature with a morphic weapon, it deals 1 point of bleed damage. If it hits that creature again, the bleed damage doubles, to a maximum of 16 points of bleed a round for 5 hits. This doubling effect occurs even if the creature stops bleeding, such as through a Heal check or healing magic, but expires 24 hours after the last time Sangubrax struck it. In an area of antimagic or similar effect, Sangubrax’s morphic weaponry still deals 1 point of bleed damage. Morphic Weapons (Ex) Sangubrax can manipulate his body to mimic a wide array of potent weaponry, or revert to having hands, as a swift action. While the weapons may look different, they are considered natural weapons and they all do the same amount of damage. Morphic weapons deal bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage, and are treated as magic for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction. Sangubrax can also attack with a morphic weapon by hurling a portion of his body as a thrown weapon with a range increment of 60 feet (he swiftly regrows thrown portions of its body after using this attack, while the hurled portion melts away into a bloodstain after dealing damage to a target). No Escape (Su) A creature touched by Sangubrax’s tongue must succeed a DC 24 Will save or be affected by both a slow and dimensional anchor spell that lasts for 1 minute. The save DC is Charisma based.

[deus-ex-arcana]

Not to be a complete dweeb but Arcane Herald Viktor here really reminds me of Elden Ring's Midra

[crowswarm]

okay honestly im really confused as to how and why ambessa dies

like mel breaks the necklace, ambessa gets sent to the shadow realm where leblanc does ooky spooky shadow magic on her brain and mel steps in and frees ambessa but ambessa dies immediately after being set free.

why did mel send ambessa to leblanc? she says a "wolf has no mercy" did she intend to have leblanc kill her mother? and why does leblanc act like mel is betraying her by interfering? ambessa still ends up dead.

was leblanc like... looking for something in ambessas mind? is that why she didnt just have the chains crush ambessa like she did with elora? mel says "i know your face deceiver" so i assume she knows leblanc was lying about her intentions. but what then? leblanc knows what ambessa "stole" and from who. she knows ambessa is instrumental to the heralds plans and that's why she sends mel to stop her. was there something else? in that case why imply that right before shes about to die? it feels like an afterthought.

like maybe i wasnt paying attention to some key moment where someone says something that makes this scene make sense. but ive watched it and the scene where leblanc tells mel she has to kill her mother over again and i just. cant peice it together. like it was a little jarring and disorienting to watch as mel steps in to save her mother from the black rose only for ambessa to still die.... make it make sense

[sillysillyprice]

Hola- EJEM Helloooooou little bro uu

THIS TIME i have to request for you uu

1) Golden Cheese reaction to my oc Herald of War, because well...You already know why, and also Burning Spice seeing his adoptive (and unstable) chile again uu

And 2) mi other oc, Shadow Vitky, hiding from You know who, and been absolutly in panic :>

SIIS!!! (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)

at your service! as if it were pizza

1)

2)

[zeb-z]

Love the beef between Gideon and Thrawn. I hope he has no idea who Gideon is

[psychedslash]

[binghe-malewife-goals]

my contribution to the Vikjayce fandom

[ahti-the-janitor]

Is this Alan Wake with the shadows in Herald of Darkness and the dark place in general??

[dushpshpsh]

[kaeyachi]

HELLO? THE WAY THE SCRIPTS FOR THE LIVESTREAM IS LITERALLY "Dainsleif archon quest! So cool! Oh yeah and he'll meet Kaeya BUT ANYWAY let's talk about the other updates!"

[shadows-colours-critical]

Any more art?

Not any new pictures, but I do have older pieces, if they count by any chance.

[forallofthedas]

Inquisitor AU Tag Drop

Aka I like to be mean to my muses and explore fun aus

👑 fate can be cruel: alistair theirin au ⚖️ a herald of justice not vengence: anders au 🛡 finally free of the shadow but at what cost: carver hawke au 🦁 the templar rising anew to be the man he was meant to be: cullen rutherford au ۞ the son a magister andraste's herald funny how fate works: dorian pavus au 🐺 always in the shadow of the magisters: fenris au 🌼 andreaste's dawn brought by a dalish pariah: merrill sabrae au  🏹 an inquisition built on shaken faith that will not break: sebastian vael au ➵ never wanted to be like the heroes i write: varric tethras au

[putrid-tongue]

I have been rather chronically offline for a long while, but I am feeling the muse once more, and long for the joy of putting myself and my creativity out there once again. Mordu has rather grown in private, and I am excited to share him once again and see him grow with others.

In part this is also due to me finishing the Rings of Power show, which surprised me entirely with how infuriatingly good it was!

So of course, any and all muses are welcome, be they ocs or canon muses— be they good or evil or anything in-between. I am rather sure I can make Mordu work for everyone and stay true to my vision.

Tenn' enomentielva!

PS: I will, of course, set up properly again. But I had to get this off my chest. If you yet know me from years past: It is good to see some of you on my dashboard still!

[taikeero-gw2]

Been farming halloween lab with my core thief and well its definitely an upgrade compared to last year where i farmed with staff core ele. The cramp. oooh the cramp. I am NOT getting carpal tunnel this year folks