#arimane

[worldless-daily]

Okay, I will probably get some lesson about how is not possible, but how about we see your idea of an Edda x Aven fankid? Will they have both of their parents powers? Will its color be a mix of their parents? Or will it be green since the start? Bonus if we see them in a family activity! (maybe even visiting grandpapa Summum!)

Day 23 // "The Child"

I am honestly not very creative when it comes to things like this, so I went with the simplest idea that came to mind at the moment...

Yeahh I don't think starfolks can reproduce like that but I do love and adore the idea of a wholesome little family dynamic🥹🥹

I also had another idea, that the duo just somehow formed a found family dynamic with this little sentient fusion star, instead of Seth being Edda and Aven's biological child. It's more possible, me thinks.

[thesilicontribesman]

Roman Sculpture of Arimanes, The Yorkshire Museum, York

Arimanes was the devil who fought Mithras. He is shown with a lion's head, wings and a snake around his middle. He holds a staff of power and the keys to his kingdom. Volusius Irenaeus commissioned this sculpture after Arimanes helped him to successfully complete some unknown venture.

[lynx-doodles-indie-games]

local adamantoise adopts three tiny ariman and one undersized ariman, more at 11

loosely based on this post

[miracleofdatabase]

Gonna grind to be Number 1 Ariman enjoyer /j /j

Anywy little Steve

[octahedral-chaos]

[Video ID: A beta video of Worldless. Edda fights an ariman, using her sword and bow attacks. Suddenly, at the end of the video, the ariman gets a clown wig and nose for some reason. /End ID]

Source: NoName

@nonamestudiosbcn did... did you put a Clown wig and nose on that ariman? Don't bully him! /silly

[taunuswolf]

[skewewe]

Mh...........

Edda is comforble

Also they kept the Ariman and named him Gerald

[beautyinafruitfulworld]

RP session w/ @ask-hellenzkrodile

Ariman takes a small group of his soldiers with him to explore new universes in order to collect resources that will help his technological advances and make the Imperial Federation not only grow as a powerful Empire, but also turn it into a galactic power.

He and his soldiers board a spaceship that has the symbol of the Imperial Federation engraved on it, and then open a wormhole that teleports them to the Invaders' universe, teleporting them directly to the terraformed Venus.

Once Ariman and his group land on the Venus, they begin to explore the area and use scanners that help them visualize the terrain in a 3D holographic visualization. It was at that moment that Ariman visualizes one of the Flying Shelt, which catches his attention. So Ariman orders his men to capture the Flying Shelt to investigate and study the creature closely. But at that moment, a group of Invaders who were in the area realize the situation and at that moment is when they decide to capture Ariman.

Upon noticing their presence after receiving news from a Heaven Globule herald, the Invader King instructs the warty, liquidy sphere that his subjects will capture Ariman for questioning. The Heaven Globule herald then gathers a horde of Invader Drones, Morph Changers, and Parasites to deal with Ariman and his soldiers. After sharing direct orders from the Invader King, the horde sets out on the hunt. It's a massive horde, presumably larger than the group Ariman compiled for his expedition.

A small group of Morph Changers leads the charge, commanding their comrades through a series of gurgling sounds, raspy breathing, and expressive body language that they seem to clearly understand. To aid these militaristic aliens if needed, a few Hunter Walkers, Smashers, and Crab Tanks are being deployed.

Ground and winged Invader Drones and Flying Parasites surround Ariman and his soldiers, staring them down like delectable prey. For some odd reason, none of these insectoid extraterrestrials seem to be armed. However, a small handful of Invader Drones are piloting Invader UFOs, which carefully close in. With cautious examination, they scrutinise Ariman and his team of soldiers with ferocious intensity.

A particularly battle-hardened Elite Invader approaches Ariman and emits a guttural growl, accompanied by a high-pitched chirp and a subtle, deliberate gesture with its bulbous head. The Elite Invader appears to be gesturing towards its comrades as if indicating that Ariman might need to be escorted somewhere.

[sporadic-doodles]

Starfolk Lore!

(I'm stealing this term, if you don't mind >:D)

Anyways, Worldless lore! Because lore is my favorite part of every game.

From what we know, there are two main natures -- blue and orange -- that are constantly at war with each other. Once one wins over the other, the victor absorbs the loser, taking their energy and shifting both of their forms. They then swap natures, and the victor goes on their way while the loser bums around, probably out of exhaustion or smth. Blue starfolk tend to have either lightning or ice natures, while orange starfolk favor wind and fire (because colors~)

However, rarely, the absorption results in a sort of merge where the combatants fuse to become a single green starfolk. This is where Adaptation, Duality, and Yin-Yang come from, and you can see it happen in the Eastern area of the map. If I remember correctly, it's a crescent and ariman(?) that forms Quimera.

These merged starfolk gain an incredible amount of power, as the most powerful enemies in the game (*cough* Summum *cough*) and can be assumed to be a sort of ascendance, as they no longer obey either of their original natures. Also, from the character designs, it appears that the more green a starfolk has, the more powerful and "near-perfect" they are, hence the extreme difficulty of Summum's fight. The sole exception to this appears to be Edda and Aven.

While yes, Duality has two individual, fully-functioning parts that each have at least some independent thought, Edda and Aven are two completely separate beings. They are physically separated, even though you never see them next to each other unless it's in cutscenes or in special moves, unlike Duality who clearly merges to perform their giant star attacks. Part of that is logicked away to the functionality of gameplay controls, but still. There is no evidence of their merge until they touch, in which green light covers the screen, or the giant sword from Unified Division appears. We are clearly told that whatever they have going on is special in a way that has caught the eye of what is closest to a god in their universe (which is a whole other can of worms that I'll write about later). Either way, they're much stronger than the traditional green starfolk, as seen by the fact that people can beat Summum in 4 minutes *Gestures at speedrun video*.

Now, I also want to touch on whatever the heck is up with Edda and Aven's absorption. We can see in the background -- within 3 minutes of starting the game -- that whenever a starfolk is absorbed, they swap natures and are distorted beyond recognition. However, whenever Edda (and later Aven) does the same, they remain perfectly untouched while the enemy is completely obliterated. I, personally, think this is an ability granted to them following Aved's failed absorption of Edda at the start, where the two are something like a "ever-strengthening" or "consuming" being like how Adaptation is the "ever-changing" and Yin-Yang is the "stable yet unstable" being. Their initial merge is also probably why their own kinds attack them, which took me embarrassingly long to realize.

That's all I can really think of at the moment, but I might write more later.

Please let me know if I messed up or need to add stuff! I'm writing this all from memory!

[sirpuddingcup]

Before I get into it

SPOILERS FOR THE END AND THE DEATH VOLUME 3

Holy shit this book is great! It genuinely is everything I wanted and more. Volume 3 ties everything up so well that even though I knew the plot outline already just from lore it had me gripped from cover to cover. An emotional and bloody ending to the to the galaxy spanning series.

First off I really enjoyed getting the little updates on what some of the other players are doing while it all goes down. Bobby G and his endless strategy meetings as he tries to figure out how to get to Terra. Lorgar pulling a jonestown as he arrogantly misinterprets prophecies. Perturabo wallowing in self pity as he destroys his room like an angry teenager (the image of him pouting in his broken chair as the room lies devastated around him gives me life). Finally Eldrad and the others arguing over shoulda woulda coulda as they realize this is way worse than they thought. It was nice to check in with everyone before we dive into the trauma of it all.

Speaking of trauma let's talk about the black rage! We see sanguineous's mangled corpse in the lupercal court as the psychic shock sends the entire ninth legion (minus Zephon) into a berserk rage. I really can't think of a better word for it than traumatic. After all they've been through together during the siege to have the blood angels turn into actual monsters against their will is just twisting the knife for the loyalists. From Rans desperate fight for survival against a man he idolizes to Amit waking up dazed and confused at the end of a trail of corpses ("why do the bodys end here?" "That's as far as you got" kills me), it's safe to say nobody is having a good time.

Scratch that you know who is having a pretty good time? Rogal Dorn. Fresh out of the desert of endless boredom Rogal finally gets to let loose a little as he fights his way to Valdor. I love their dynamic and I wish we got more of them hanging out("damn you!"(frustrated) "damn you too."(affectionate)).

We check in with Fo and the genocide crew which ends predictably. I saw him completing the Terminus sanction then getting killed trying to escape a mile away. I did not see him making a fucking clone body and replace Xanthus! I love me a devious old scientist causing problems on purpose! I really hope he comes back in a big way.

The library crew didn't do a whole lot other than Ariman being a creepy magic man. It is buck wild that the archivist turned out to be Lilean Chase at the beginning of her career she goes on to found the fucking Cognitae so get it girl I guess.

The did my boy Loken so dirty in the end but fuck me was it good. They planted seeds earlier on talking about how a demon is made, a reaction in the warp to a traumatic event in real space, how in the warp effect can come before cause. But fuck me I wasn't expecting this. After the dust settles and Loken almost convinces Abaddon to give reconciliation a chance Erebus (fuck Erebus) stabs him in the back dooming the galaxy to endless civil war. And why did he do this? Because Samus is the man beside you, Samus right behind you, Samus is the guy she told you not to worry about, look out it's fucking Samus! The abrupt murder of Loken gives birth to the Demon Samus kicking all of this shit into motion. It truly is all Erebus's fault.

I saved the best for last. The showdown on the vengeful spirit. This is where Horus really gets tho shine. I haven't loved his character like this since the first couple of books. He's a fucking mess and I love it this is the man who's daddy issues burned the galaxy to the ground, and as someone who has a difficult relationship with my father fuck me I get it. Dan Abnet is so good at making fights feel intimate, Horus isn't a one dimensional avatar of evil hes a son confronting his abusive father. Horus doesn't want to kill his father he wants to be better than him, and not just stronger but a better person. He needs the Emperor to acknowledge that he had hurt Horus. Horus loved his father and wanted to reach out him on an emotional level so badly, but the Emperor was simply no longer able to do that. When the Emperor purged himself of the infant god the dark king his kindness and empathy went with it ( going on to create the star child). This emperor is nothing but power and cold fury. He enters the room having already written Horus off as dead. It's such a tragedy from top to bottom because we know from Malcador in his all knowing position on the golden throne, that there is a version of this confrontation where they both walk out alive. That does not happen.

The actual physical fight is nothing to write home about besides the fact that different people see it happening in different ways Dusk sees it as a clumsy slugfest between two lumbering giants while LE2 saw it as the greatest display of skill he had ever seen. In truth it was both. The psychic battle had them tossing each other across time and space and fighting through the sites of each other's greatest sins. They use the settings to try and undermine each other emotionally holy shit. Then the do the next logical step AND HAVE A FUCKING TAROT DECK YU-GI-OH DUEL! I need an imperial tarot card game right now GW take my fucking money. It ends with the cards predicting the fall of cadia (the despoiler unlocking the silver door) and the emperor loses. It has become obvious by this point that the Emperor can't beat Horus. Horus outclasses him in every way but Horus doesn't want to kill his father he wants acknowledgement. So what we get is several desperate attempts by the emperor and several others to fight back as Horus beats his father bloody. But nothing works until Oll and John show up having magically teleported much closer than they ment to. They stand right in front of Horus. Horus is bemused at best giving John just enough time to use the word he learned from the tower of Babel directly in Horus's smug face. The resulting blast nearly kills everyone in the room, but it's the first thing so far to actually damage Horus. While her recovers John makes a run for it but Oll goes to the Emperor gives him the athame (stone knife used to commit the first murder) and tries to wake him up. Only for Horus to wake up first and turn poor Oll to a fine red mist.

Finally Horus stands there triumphant and who is there but his own favorite son Loken. Loken is the only one who tries to reason with Horus to make him see the the chaos gods are using and manipulating him. It was a great touch to frame Horus pov in 2nd person as if someone is telling Horus his thoughts. Loken convinces Horus that he's not really in control anymore and the only way Horus can take back control is to give up the power that the gods gave him. The moment he does back on Terra Keeler uses the power of millions of praying souls to relight the astronomicon and and give the Emperor a font of power to tap into. The emperor rises as if from the dead. Horus at first tries to pull the power back but the gods hold onto it as punishment for spurning them. Then Horus looks at the Emperor empowered as an avatar of humanities faith and he finally understands. The gods panic and try to force their power back into him and Horus begs his father to kill him now while he can resist. Then it happens a father murders his son. The emperor tells Horus "I forgive you and I'll wait for you". Excuse me Dan Abnet what exactly does that mean? Horus returned? Ghost Horus? Reincarnated? What the fuck? From there it's mostly just wrapping up they teleport home and we get the last gasp of Malcador as they place the Emperor on the golden throne.

If you read this thank you this was mostly for me because I needed an outlet for my feelings and I don't want to bother my friends to much with Warhammer. It's been a wild ride and I can't wait to see where it goes from here (especially the third Bequin book).

[worldless-daily]

Request: The duo finding a place that is the equivalent of the Habana/Cancun/Florida whatever, relaxing at the beach! Bonus if starfolk from both sides (maybe even from the greens) are there too and are like "Yeah, war can wait, this Copacabana beach fun can't!"

Day 14 // "Beach of Peace"

I got really lazy and couldn't fit many starfolks in this one but I hope this is alright!

[nonamestudiosbcn]

Hello! I hope we haven't been burying you in *too* many asks, lol. It's awesome to see y'all on tumblr.

And thank you for making such an incredible game, it's been endless fun playing and replaying it, and it's given me *tons* of creative fuel lately.

I have a random question that may very well not have an answer, but I figured I'd ask if it's alright:

Is Yin-Yang comprised of any two specific types of stars we see in the game, like how Quimera came from an Ariman and a Moon? Or is that open to ✨️theories✨️ ?

(A similar question could go for the other green fellows, really, but with Duality at least I have a theory. Summum and Adaptation I have no clue- Guessing is fun)

Hello! No worries, we are super happy to be in touch with the Worldless community! ☺️ This is open to theories. Did you notice that the three hybrid fusions can be seen in the background at some point in the same branch where you fight them? 👀 This only happens before reunite with Aven.

[diableriedoll]

Hiii D.D.!! VtM asks - 8, 14, 22! 💜

8. Describe your worst Messy Critical and/ or Bestial Failure that you've played/ seen/ suffered Oh god, okay, both are while playing Ava.. Messy Critical: The first time she used Arms of Ariman in front of her Coterie (Who didn't know she's learned Oblivion at this point). She tried to simply keep hold of a shovelhead in order to ask questions. Messy critical happened and she cracked his neck and turned him into a pez dispenser. Bestial Failure: They were breaking into a Baron's haven and looking for clues. Bestial failure hit and her obsession compulsion took over, but because this haven wasn't to her taste and there wasn't anything for her to obsess over in there, the ST made her obsess over the way her ass looked at the time while wearing yoga pants. She had to be physically lifted up away from the mirror.

14. Who is the (in character) oldest and the (in character) youngest? Would they like each other? My eldest character is a Ravnos called Mjǫll. She's embraced around.. 900CE and is a völva. My youngest is Evangeline, two years as a kindred, a Catholic nun... I don't think they'd get on due to the religion aspects to them... It'd be an entertaining conversation though...

22. Ventrue or Lasombra? Team Lasombra. Always!

Thank you! <3

[starwaffle345]

feeling like that one ariman summum stomped on so im playing through ultimate trial again so i can feel something

[octahedral-chaos]

So... What's up with Bob? Why are they freed from the conflict?

Well... you see...

Worldless' initiation of the conflict is a bit... interesting...

It's less "Starfolks got their minds taken away by them" and more "Worldless clouded their minds and essentially made them into puppets." They could break free from the metaphorical strings, but this is extremely difficult due to the mind haze and Worldless' powers.

The most sure-fire way to break out of the "Puppeted" state is to transcend. The second best way is to kinda... try to fight the mind control AND strings.

Bob is an extremely lucky little ariman

[paleodictyoptera]

I briefly datamined and found what might be every enemy name in the files

"Moon", "Hands", "Star", "Ariman", "Butterfly", "Roots", "ElementalIce", "Seraph", "ElementalFire", "ElementalWind", "Fairy", "HolyBat", "Metamorphosis", "Bipolar", "Acid", "Assassin", "ShadowLegs", "DarkPaladin", "Adaptation", "Break", "BlackRose", "LUCA", "ElementalLightning", "Angel", "Shell", "Quimera"

I'll try pinning names to faces later, rn I'm trying to do what I did again to double check if I missed anything.