#Tales of arcadia

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Camelot, the center of this story, is ruled by Jim Lake Jr., trollhunter and leader of both the magic and human realm. The round table, is full with knights and ladies, from all the distant lands, willing to defend the magic and fight for what is right. The queen of these lands, is Claire of the Lake, a shadowmancer. A witch. Who is able to not only control shadows, but fill Jim’s heart with pure love.

Aja Tarron, monarch of the land of Akiridion, who, despite being part of the round table, lives in her own kingdom, as opposed to her consort (the knight Palchuck) and her brother Krel (who serves as Ambassador to the lands of Camelot).

From other kingdoms, and distant lands, we have other rulers and monarchies, who have signed the peace treaty of the lands of Camelot, and follow the traditions of caring for, protecting and preserving magic, as well as magical creatures and beasts.

Rosas, an island kingdom with milk teeth, created by the King Magnífico, as a sanctuary for those who want to escape war, and leave in piece. Witches and wizards are often seen in the kingdom of Rosas, after all, it was the first kingdom to be formed with a monarch capable of manipulating magic.

Arendelle, The mountain kingdom, known for its proximity to fjords and ice magic. The world knows well the story of the so-called snow queen, and how the firstborn of the royal house of Arendelle was blessed with the kiss of ice magic, to protect her people, and prove herself worthy of the throne.

And of course, the kingdoms of the champions.

From cities, to islands. The legend says that the purest hearts come from anywhere and anywho.

No matter gold, or silver stone, what is really important is the soul.

Berk, The center of the archipelago, the land of Vikings and fierce dragons, where beasts and men live together as one. Be careful with teeth, fire and weapons, who knows, they say that the least dangerous thing in those lands are dragons. Not for nothing, Berk has no enemies.

Dumbroge, legend has it, that the oldest souls and magic itself, comes from these lands. That the richness of its power is so high that if you stand still, you can see magic itself take shape. Unfortunately, past prejudice and persecution of magical creatures in times past caused a mass migration, leaving witches and entities in short supply in this area.

Corona, the land of the sun, an island in the middle of the Mediterranean, which is said to be rich in trade, art, minerals, and above all, raw materials for magic spells. Some say that its power comes from the sun itself. Others are just lucky. The truth is that nobody knows.

[murky-the-phantom-thief]

Pretty woman

[gloopglorpgleeroopuh]

PEAK childhood show

[jessenitrogen]

what do i even say. i need him obliterated BY MY HANDS

[miinxxo]

Sorry i um. Idk I’m experimenting be nice

[yelling-screaming-crying]

Guys. Guys what if I made a creepslayerz spin off. I think my brain and a lot of other peoples brains would like that.

This movie makes me wanna kms

What do you mean the entire plot of the entire franchise got retconned. What do you mean everybody fucking died but it got retconned. What do you mean 3 whole separate fandoms that contained 6 seasons and technically 1 movie just got fucking WIPED. What do you mean all of that was for nothing. What do you mean all of it didnt happen because of some stupid time travel bullshit. What do you mean they did weird teenage alien mpreg. What do you mean by the end of the movie Steve and Eli DONT get together. I call bullshit.

Writers please make a new movie where all of the retconning and weird teenage alien mpreg DONT happen. I would give my entire soul to you (I would also appreciate steve and eli getting together but if they don't its fine I just want them to get a happy ending and not be in an endless loop.)

[yuki2sksksk]

[ Trollhunters Guardian (Y/n) ] doodles

Angor Rot, seeing you vulnerable and open: Hrmm. Stupid. *Wraps you with blankets*

[thequeenofstormsandcrows]

Hopefully this reaches the target audience.

It feels like people baby Nari too much in Tales of Arcadia. Most of the fan fiction I've read portray her like a little girl and Douxie's younger sister. She's also a pacifist in most of these and I feel like that's just not accurate at all to her character. Like girl didn't hesitate to kill Skrael to protect everybody lol. Not to mention at the Battle of Kill ahead, she was an active part in everything the Order did. Like she wasn't being forced until after that battle specifically. Overall she did many bad things and I feel like people brush over this or treat her like a stupid person who was childish. She liked to have fun but she clearly wasn't stupid or weak. I feel like she had to suppress her powers for years to avoid being found which is why she appears weaker. But yah while there is a clear maturity difference between her and Merlin, there is also a clear maturity difference between him and Bellroc and Skrael. The order in general feel like younger villains than the others we've had maturity wise but this doesn't mean Nari's a child. I don't feel like she's the baby of the group or weakest one and I just feel like those descriptions of her character don't do justice to how she fled the Order and did everything in her power to stop them knowing her past.

[skyheachi]

NotEnrique in animal quarantine center

[pashfoxx]

[coolestzed]

As someone who was looking for Merlin content earlier today only to come across a flood of posts with the tag "merlin hate train", this is extremely cathartic.

Stop the Train!

So, apparently, yesterday was the one year anniversary of this blog. I’ve never done much with it, but on this occasion, I felt the urge to write. Like many of you, I’m a big fan of Trollhunters. I’ve watched it since it came out, my girlfriend and I are currently working our way through Part I of 3 Below (although I’ve already seen it) and it is in fact the show that made me decide to get Netflix in the first place. I adore the lore, the characters, the storytelling… Every aspect speaks to me.

I have been aware for some time that quite a few of you are… unhappy with Part III, mainly for what you perceive as a poor direction to take one of the main cast in and that you are content to lay the blame for this almost solely at the feet of one character in particular. As I have a singular dislike of spoilers (our very second date, my girlfriend spoiled HTTYD2 whilst we were buying popcorn at the cinema), I would ask that you only choose to keep reading if you’re already all caught up (and if you’ve read the accompanying comics).

Stop the fucking Merlin Hate Train. Seriously. Stop it. You’re out of coal, you’re miles from the nearest station. Someone probably should have prepared for the journey a little better and I doubt most of you brought tickets anyway.

I am well aware that this is an extremely unpopular opinion to have and that merely expressing it will likely result in my bombardment from all ten of you who might read this blog. I do not care. This needs to be said.

You do not know better than Merlin. You cannot.

We know that Merlin crafted the Amulet of Daylight. That is fact. As the earliest Trollhunter we know of (a fellow named Spar the Spiteful) was around when mankind was at their most primitive (we were wearing animal skins and hadn’t really developed anything major beyond sticks as weapons), we can surmise that he predates us, as indeed does Morgana if he is correct in thinking that she is older than he is.

This means that their enmity towards one another goes back much further than a cursory glance at the series would suggest, especially since we know for a fact that Merlin crafted the Amulet using Morgana’s hand. This is an undertaking he would not have performed lightly, given that she is notoriously difficult to kill or, I would assume, maim. Even millennia later, he was only able to seal her away and as we know, was not fully aware of the finer details of said imprisonment.

This brings me back to my original point. You don’t know better than he does and the reason you can’t is because he doesn’t know everything. As an example, I offer his first meeting with Jim. Merlin expresses surprise at his youth, mentioning off hand that he expected him to be at least thirty.

Now, we know from ‘The Felled’ that around a hundred years after she was chosen, Deya the Deliverer expressed a desire to know what her larger purpose was. To that end, she sought out Merlin and after much trial and hardship (during which she aided many in need and slew many misguided enough to try to stop her), she found him in what was to one day become his Tomb (literally coming upon him in the middle of setting up the time-displacement trap, Deya’s the reason that bag of beans is just lying on the floor).

Pretty much the first thing she does is punch Merlin in the face and call him out on withholding knowledge of the future. He goes on to defend himself with the Staff of Avalon, saying that he’s impressed with her rather than angry for punching him and then?

That was when Deya the Deliverer picked up the Omniscienstone.

It transpires that Merlin’s ability to see the future is not inherent to him or at the very least is greatly enhanced by the Omniscienstone. He warned Deya not to use it, saying that to do so without preparation is to court madness. She ignored him.

She saw.

She saw the creation of the Amulet itself.

She saw a human battling Gumm-Gumms.

She saw the death of Blinkous Galadrigal.

She saw a strange creature, a hybrid of human and Trollkind.

She saw Draal the Destroyer bearing the Mantle.

She saw the bones of a human, encased within her Armour.

Deya saw what was. Deya saw what is. Deya saw what might one day be. 

Deya the Deliverer saw all and when she was done, she tore the Amulet off and begged the Wizard’s forgiveness. To all those riding the train, I ask. Do you know what he did?

Merlin apologised to her. He explained that he did not withhold the information out of spite or capricious intent. He did it to spare his Champions of the terrible, overwhelming dread that comes with true Understanding. He does it to preserve their sanity.

The Omniscienstone does not show you what will happen. It shows you what may happen and it shows you all of it. We are given only a brief glimpse into the things Deya saw, the things that Merlin must see whenever he uses it and although he seems capable of predicting things with a high degree of certainty (presumably greater clarity does come with preparation), it is not always perfect. Not by a long way.

Merlin knew for centuries that a human would one day bear the Amulet. He knew that he would not always remain so. But what people seem to fail to understand is that he was expecting Jim to be older.

An older man would be far better suited to handling the transformation and the accompanying side effects. An older man would have had a chance to live his life.

But the fact that he was not an older man does not change things. Jim was the Trollhunter and the Trollhunter was needed. Only the Trollhunter could slay Gunmar and in doing so, aid in the defeat of Morgana and keeping the world from being cast into an eternal night.

I agree that Merlin was manipulative, that he stacked events very much in his favour and that he pressured Jim into using the potion. He used the ends to justify the means. But I would remind you that if he had not done so, Jim would have failed. I’m sorry, but it’s true.

Every other time he went up against Gunmar, he barely survived. He defeated Angor Rot only through trickery and the aid of his friends. If Jim had not made that choice, he would have died. He may have killed Gunmar in the process, but he certainly would have died.

Merlin even went so far as to create armour for Toby and Claire, greatly increasing their own chances of survival, when he could have just as easily not.

I know that a great many of you (if a great many read this) will likely respond with arguments along the lines of “Yeah, but he destroyed Jim’s Vesper to do it!” or “He’s a total jerk, so fuck him!”. To you, I say firstly that he didn’t have any idea as to the emotional significance Jim ascribed to that moped and was merely working with what he had, under the very reasonable assumption that Jim would rather have living friends and secondly that just because he’s a jerk doesn’t mean he’s wrong.

We’re talking about a Wizard of immense power who predates mankind as a recognisable species and who has been battling evil longer than we have had language to describe it. He has seen countless conflicts and has more often than not come out on top.

You do not know better than Merlin. You cannot know better than Merlin.

I’m not asking you to love him, only to stop hating him. Given everything he knew about what was to come, everything he couldn’t have known, this was the best he could do.

So, does anyone still want tickets?

[honeyxmonkey]

Leader of the Janus Order au Douxie sketch dump

Partly the reason nobody (read: Strickler) challenges Douxie to his face about how he runs the JO is because this Douxie has completely embraced his fae heritage

It scares his underlings 👀

[huttuharakka]

[AU] Whelp Gunmar

If you're interested, feel free to follow my blog for this AU @wicked-by-nature--au

[imperfectclockworks-art]

Trying to make my own demigod oc. :'] I have yet to name them.

[coolestzed]

I loved noticing those little scenes!

There’s also his expression of repressed pain when Galahad died.

Funny how haters ignore or forget these details when calling him a heartless bastard that cares for no one.

So I’d like to mention I love how Merlin only shows emotional responses when no one is actually paying attention to him directly.

[drthrillerr]

Okay, so I haven't made any new Trollhunters fanart in like almost two months because I'm working on something that took a lot of time. And even with that It's not entirely the final product.

So what was I working on? My own redesigns of the characters. Here's the sneak peek of the current redesigns and the height chart(Mind you, it isn't final, and it might change in the future).

I'm not ready to show off the rest yet because I feel like they're not good enough to show yet. So yeah, they'll get another updated redesign.

I'll probably be ready to show them off around the end of November.