#THE TRAVELER

[kilmersgirl]

I'm dropping these here like a cat drops off a mouse at your doorstep btw

HE'S SO CUTIE OMGOSH I'M GONNA TACKLE HIM☹️☹️ I LOVE WHEN LITTLE CATS DROP OFF PICTURES OF MY GOOBER AT MY DOORSTEP !!!!

[moon-song-and-star]

I've figured out why Natlan's stories feel so weak to me:

First off, this is the first time there's been NO human vs human conflict in a archon quest AT ALL. Liyue had the us on the lam, Inazuma had its civil war, Sumeru's got the akademiya sage scheme, Fontaine's quest was half a legal battle, and even Mondstadt's simple "beat the dragon" quest involved us stealing the lyre. Additionally, The Fatui have been a constant battle since the beginning, and even when we were working together, there were still plots and at least a little nefariousness going on where we couldn't see. The Fatui have always been a big part of the worry throughout the story. However, in Natlan, at literally no point was the Captain any kind of threat. The mystery stuff at the beginning excluded, Capitano was just giving us a thumbs up the whole time.

Two, for a plot about collecting a group of people to save the world, this story was not at all about the people in Natlan. This story was focused 100% on the Abyss the entire time. I like Natlan's characters because they're fun to play, but none of them have any meaningful internal conflict brought about through the stories in Natlan. The only thing that happened for them was "hey traveler, You can do it, I promise. The abyss is here and bad." Kinich had no conflict, just annoyed by ajaw. Mualani was literally just confident the whole time. Xilonen was offscreen 90% of the time. The list goes on. I have no reason to care about what's going on for them. They're cute and all but they seem shallow and flat, like they have one character trait and that's it. Additionally, none of their personal stories or traits contributed to the archon quest. The side quests were just "hey forget about the abyss for a hot sec, I have this completely unrelated thing going on." Same for the world quests. Il Capitano's fight with Death was boring bc there was NO build up for it. "Oh, he hates death, oh he beat her with a loophole right now he didn't introduce until a second ago. Cool i guess"

Natlan was advertised as a Nation of War, and i was excited to see war. I was hoping for different tribes fighting against each other, needing to be united against an evil, perhaps by a new archon (to draw in the purpose of the archon system). I would have even had the fatui join them after a bit. However, the was no interesting emotional conflict at all. The bad guys were completely unfeeling and definitely in the wrong, which makes for boring story.

[jiru-chan]

Buttons buttons everywhere~

A little nod to Nott the Brave / Veth Brenatto, with a button for the various characters of campaign 2~

Also if anyone is interested in what buttons I used for for each character~

[disarmonia]

For a healthy dose of fabulousity, today I bring you my last year's Artagan!✨

[theforsakenprince]

The traveler in the final shape really was like. “I am not a god I do not have answers for you I’m sorry for placing this burden on you I love you I will give you the tools to defend me and humanity but it’s your choice what to do with them I’m scared I’m terrified but I will stand here and wait for the end because I’m done running you are my final argument I love you I love you I love you.” And I was really supposed to just be okay with that.

[yudol-skorbi]

a friend

[oddthesungod]

A peek into the Feywild 🦋✨

[deadpoolian]

Astro Bot

The Traveler | Journey

[sparring-spirals]

while everyone else is getting deeply solemn and serious messages from their gods i like to imagine that Artagan popped up for his weekly brunch with Jester, in complete disarray, his mai tai half spilled out of the glass, branches in his hair, going "oh god, JESTER, HOLY FUCK-"

[fairymonk]

We love some good foreshadowing

[transxiao]

Artwork from the Version 4.1 Stream upscaled by asddzr on Bilibili

[opaloct5]

[sibylance]

The Gardener/Traveler (revisited) -

I don't play destiny anymore but this was a very important piece I wanted to redraw. I will always be fond of my silly interpretation even if it's not correct or canon

Redraw of this pic from 2020

[impzone]

the "walking into a new area" experience

[jensencart]

Tales of Exandria: Artagan issue 4 [Dark Horse]

I didn't even notice when this issue finally came to print and I would be allowed to share this with you all! There are few things I like more than drawing characters known for their pride and bearing in embarrassing situations. So when I was told that the man of the hour Artagan would be making a less than graceful entrance into the fourth issue, I knew I had to immortalize it.

Edit: I was wrong, it's not actually getting published until this July, the issue went up on the website and I mistook it for being published and available, woops.