#Vanaheimr

[chaosisdying]

I know this is impossible now but

VANAHEIMR SOREN!!

[exdynamischaos]

Realms and Relics Chapter 1 Bonus 2

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[apollo-just-ice]

Holy shit,

Camilla got her base resplendent first…

and of course it’s a dark elf resplendent.

(IS can we please have at least ONE vanaheimr resplendent?!)

Yesssss it’s really pretty tho so I can’t complain!!

I would love to see what they’d do for Vanaheimr resplendents too… it could be so gorgeous with the iridescence!! <33

Hopefully soon enough we’ll get one… fingers crossed!!

[childofaura]

if you haven't already, Resplendent Takumi?

I haven't. And I want to >:3

Resplendent Takumi, drawn by Hou:

Ok so first, incorporation: It's incredible. At first glance, some might say this is just Hel aesthetic slapped onto Takumi's outfit. But look at everything overall: The choice of ombre for his torso, the headpiece at the crown of his head, the flared up collar... And I want you to look at the best design choice for the whole thing, the one that really makes this a 10/10 piece:

You see the red flowers at the base of those red ribbon tassels?

Those are RED SPIDER LILIES.

Spider lilies symbolize death and general bad luck.

How beautiful and tragic is it to choose THAT to incorporate into Takumi's Resplendent design? It's probably the most unique touch I've ever seen for a Resplendent design.

The art itself is also fantastic, great posing and the shading is really dramatic, though the expressions could be pushed a little more. I get Takumi is also a stern character, but the facial expressions still need to be more... well, expressive. Still great art though.

Do I even need to say that Hel is fitting for Takumi? Of course it is. Can't think of any other realm for him.

I'm definitely putting Resplendent Takumi at a 10/10. This is one beautiful Resplendent with a lot of great color choices that all blend together without clashing, and a great design overall.

[mecharlie-fox]

FEH Summoner: Valen in her Reputation Era

When Summoner Valen has had enough of the gods in her realm 0-

[broomsick]

Praises to Freyja

Hail the darling of Vanaheimr

Hail the lady of Ásgardr

Hail the ruler of Fólkvangr

Hail the Valkyrie Queen

Hail the master of magic

Hail the companion of Óðinn

Hail the sister of Freyr

Hail the greatest of sorceresses

Hail the fiercest of warriors

Hail the chooser of the slain.

[fiery-emblems]

And now for something completely different: I tried my hand at making a Vanaheimr themed resplendent costume because I hate Yoshiku's designs so badly, but some of the elements have potential if only a different artist went at it.

Camilla is a kind of boring choice for this theme but also easy to work with because the shapes of her outfit match the main OCs for this book for the most part. I kind of want to attempt some more of these with less obvious character choices.

[howlettloki]

I stumbled upon well written loki fanfics made by the same author and I’m not one to gatekeep such wonderful stories woven by such beautiful words from an author who knows how to build a good character, chemistry, plot, and a world. These two masterpieces are written by GoldTrimmedSpectacles on ao3.

The first one is Litklœði it is a hanahaki disease au, and it’s not just any other hanahaki disease au. This made me shed multiple tears, the way this was written is so perfect. Here’s an excerpt.

“And the sire promised that he would spend the rest of his days searching for the cure of the flower disease which took his friend. And he did find this cure, but not without a cost,” Frigga explained and stroked Loki’s head as the illusions vanished. “But now, when one is fraught with flowers in their chest, a völva can remove these flowers with seiðr – saving the victim’s life and removing the vines from their lungs.”

The Allmother paused and looked at your small, childish face. Her smile was kind and full, but her eyes lay empty and sad. The knowledge of yet to come lay heavy on her features.

“However, be warned my child, that with the removal of lung flowers the feelings of unrequited love will be removed too. As will any remaining trace of friendship. So be careful how you give your heart, my dear. You may never know what you could lose.”

The second one is Seiðmaðr and I’m just gonna quote the synopsis so I won’t spoil the whole thing to you guys.

Amidst the fallen brethren of the Vanaheimr war against Muspelheim, the dark prince of Asgard finds himself lost and riddled with amnesia. His words are barbed, his tongue is gilded and his eyes are sharp. He has no recollection of his name or family, but he soon comes to realise that perhaps it is best for the past to be shadowed by the future, and that life as a beloved commoner is better than life as a miserable prince.

I cried because of two things, it was a beautifully written piece that left me wanting more— literally because here comes the second reason- it was unfinished. But fret not, please do read it it was still wonderful while it lasted, it’ll be worth so much your time I swear to whoever gods do you believe in.

I read these two, in one sitting this lovely afternoon when I was supposed to be at the cemetery. I must say it was all worth it.

[valentinemesis]

realmswap (?) vanaheimr peony

[bowldrips]

VANAHEIM | VANAHEIMR | WORLD OF THE VANIR ✨️

Big Print version of a panel I made for Verses of the Nine Worlds by Nico Solheim-Davidson. The poems in it are Homeric and Orphic-inspired; so the panels represent the Nine Realms of Norse cosmo/mythology in a style inspired by Greek red/black-figure ceramics, Viking Age knotwork and petroglyphs.

Prints of these panels are available in my $hops (with free US shipping!)

ETSY | KO-FI

[codes-of-fun]

Next Resplendent - Brave Miciaiah!

She is the first CYL3 unit to get a resplendent and she has Vanaheimr-inspired clothing!

[saiyan-of-fairy-tail]

IS THIS A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE OR WHAT?! I got Emblem Lyn in one summon! This is the first time that has ever happened to me in all my two years of playing this game!

AND WHAT THE VANAHEIMR IS THIS EMBLEM EFFECT?! HAHAHA!!! I equip it on to my OG Celica and this is what I see?!🤣🤣

[femuirdris]

Resplendent Adult Tiki is a fantastic design and I'm SO hyped for it in this essay I will

So first of all, I know the álfar themes are a bit overused on female resplendents HOWEVER miss Tiki is always sleepy!

And Dökkálfar works especially well because when she was a child, she was suffering from nightmares of becoming an evil dragon :(

As TheShadowKing66 pointed out, her top is taken basically directly from Rearmed!Plumeria. HOWEVER... she also has design elements reminiscent of course from her base art, as well as Naga! (The cut of the top/collar, the little spiky floral skirt bits)

And LOOK AT HER WINGS those are GRIMA EYES 👁️ in them! And the wings come to a point like a Plegian crown! phantom-miria also pointed out when I was screaming in our DMs that her boots look like a Plegian mage's

And the parallelism between the álfar and dragons is just SO good... especially since this is the Divine Dragon, VOICE OF NAGA, wearing nightmare realm and Plegian-inspired clothing. It's basically saying:

Dökkálfar = Fell Dragons, Ljósálfar = Divine Dragons

AND LEST WE FORGET Lucina—who has the Mark of Naga in her eyeball from a pact her ancestors made with Naga, and who seeks out Tiki's help as the Voice of Naga to defeat Grima in the game's timeline—has a butterfly motif in Awakening

On a different note, I've seen a lot of people complaining about how many álfar designs we've gotten, and it's true! We've gotten 20 álfar total (10 of each), all women, of the 55 women designs (versus 38 males). But, I think the fairy favoritism is starting to wane based on the last few months of designs. Plus, we have the possibility of designs from Yggdrasil and, of course, Vanaheimr. I would love to see a Resplendent Stahl in fairy garb since he's always smeepy, or Forrest since he's very fashion-forward. But for what it is now, it looks like we're starting to get some diversity back (especially compared to the earlier half of the year. We had 3 álfar in a row before this LOL...)

Anyway, I love Resplendent!Adult!Tiki. She is gorgeous, and I love how she has elements combining Dökkálfheimr, Plegia, and her roots as a Divine Dragon. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk. Here's the Twitter version if you prefer.

[childofaura]

Any thoughts on Karen Strassman? She played Olivia, Anna (of all kinds) and Hana!

Outside of it, she’s the current voice for Rouge the Bat, Aigis from Persona 3 and Nanako from Persona 4.

I've gotta put this out there, because any time I bring up an actor/actress who isn't totally left wing, I get messages telling me why said actor/actress is the spawn of Satan and I shouldn't like them. It happened with Amanda Miller (Someone who isn't even right wing) and it happened the last time I brought up Karen Strassman.

So again: I literally do not care about an actor/actress's politics, whether they're left or right wing. I care that they're not harming someone (i.e. Daman Mills) or being an asshole (Helena Taylor). This isn't a left or right thing, I just simply DO NOT care about someone's politics. And if people want to block me for saying that, that's totally fine and I have no hard feelings.

ANYWHO.

I like Karen! I like her role as Olivia (Who I'm surprised was pretty popular for a while and then just dropped off the face of the earth when it came to alts), I like her work as Anna... And while I actually don't like Hana's character, I do like her work as Hana. And outside of that, I adore her Nanako (as someone who got deeply invested when I played P4Golden), and I actually think she's a good Rouge, even though Kathleen Delaney was more my favorite. And I can't wait until Mozu gets added to FEH. Something tells me she'll show up on the next Fates banner.

Performance! I think her performance as Olivia between her pegasus alt and her Festival Arts alt is interesting; in the former, she's much more shy and timid (gives me big Fluttershy vibes), while she seems to feel very comfortable and more confident in the latter. It's an interesting distinctive tonal switch between the two. For the two variations of Anna in FEH so far (Commander Anna and Awakening Anna), there's a difference in their emotions that conveys what is the most important reason for each Anna to be earning money: For the commander, it's to keep funding the Order of Heroes, so she's a bit more serious and doesn't really talk as much about the money itself, more about the Order's funds in general. For Fates, it's to personally get rich, so she usually sounds mischievous and charismatic, to draw people in. I think it would actually be fun someday to have a full Anna banner as an April Fool's joke with the Annas that aren't in the game yet: Tellius Anna, Fates Anna, Fodlan Anna, etc. And finally, Hana. I think her voice for Hana is good, but... Something happened to the way she was pronouncing Sakura's name between her Ninja alt and her Valentine's alt. In her Ninja alt, she pronounces it correctly, but in her Valentine's alt, she goes "Sa-Koo-Ra". But then in her Ninja alt, she also pronounces Kagero's name weirdly too. I blame less of that on Karen and more of that on the voice director; they're the ones who are supposed to know the correct pronunciations of the names and should be guiding the VAs on how to say them right. Still a good portrayal for Hana though, she's energetic and a little spicy sometimes. Just makes me wish her support in Fates wasn't so unreasonable ("How dare you make Lady Sakura cry by getting kidnapped!" Like bro, WHAT?! Corrin watched their surrogate father get bombarded with arrows he shielded them from, then get slashed. How is any of that a literal child's fault?!).

I think she's a good fit for all three of the characters. Just... fix her pronunciation issues as Hana and we're all good.

However, when it comes to range... Look, as a general actress, I know that Karen has range. Her sultry voice for Rouge compared to her child voice for Nanako are pretty decent. But in FEH, I'll be honest: you can pretty easily tell that Karen voices all three, and Hana and Anna sound pretty similar to each other. So for FEH, I'll say the range is not really there.

Overall, I'd put Karen at an 8/10. I still don't know why they replaced her in Engage (And I don't know if that means that Monica will be playing child Anna when she gets added or if Karen will take over as child Anna), but as an actress I enjoy her work.

[real-fire-emblem-takes]

The Vanaheimr outfit designs in FEH may not be the best, but I still love the Vanaheimr aesthetic!

The iridescent hair is so pretty…

The backgrounds on Vanaheimr maps are gorgeous, and so is the music for Book 7 <3

So I am looking forward to whenever the next Vanaheimr resplendent is announced…!

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[eriisaam]

Day 2 - Resplendent

(Design a new alt for her - be it an existing banner or a new theme!)

Part of @sharenaweek

Taking a page from the gods of Vanaheimr, this is a what-if concept of Sharena's resplendent alt being based on the themes introduced in Book VII. Though keeping relatively close to her original design, it took a slightly different twist following the footsteps of the likes of Seidr and Nethuz among other gods, letting her become a goddess among their ranks (or at least look the part).

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Also known as the 'And now for something completely different" theme, as while it was very tempting to go with a Book IV based alt in regards to her and Peony, this was an experiment to go with a theme that hadn't been explored in resplendents in general yet.

...is what I would've said, except as you all know, during the making of this alt, FEH released their first official Vanaheimr-themed resplendent in Ayra anyways. Welp.

I know it might be an unusual pick - going for the most fanservicey-leaning theme on the least fanservice-wanting character, but I had a dream and that dream involved copying enough off Nethuz's homework to give Sharena cat ears I just thought she would look really neat.

Onward to the next day!