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[aescela]

Hekarro's Attire Combines All Three Clan Styles - An Essay.

The Tenakth as a whole in Forbidden West have a very distinct way of making armor that follows the basic concept of "Cover as little skin as possible with the most aggressively spiky machine parts you can find".

However, all three clans - Sky, Lowland and Desert - have unique style elements that none of the other clans use. Their Chief, Hekarro, wears armor that incorporates details from all three clans.

1. Lowland Clan - Cheek Armor

The Lowland Clan is not only unique for their excessive use of feathers in their attire but also for wearing pants, most likely because of how overgrown, swampy and bushy their territory is. Neither show up in Hekarro's outfit but he does wear the trademark cheekbone adornment many Lowlanders have.

2. Sky Clan - Fuzzy Furs

Of all clans the Sky Clan inhabits the coldest climate. That doesn't stop them from going topless in the snow half of the time but they still are the only clan using animal furs in their attire for warmth. Another unique element are the small turquoise beads for trimmings (that Kotallo wears in his hair btw).

3. Desert Clan - Spikes for days

The Desert Clan has a few unique style elements (for example the way they shave their hair to look like jet tail fins or the bandanas to protect mouth and nose from dust) but the most striking is their heavy use of spikes for trimmings and edges, as well as long spokes woven into their tassets and skirts. Hekarro has a lot of those and his famous kitchen knife cape might have been inspired by this.

Hekarro's goal in life is to unite the Clans as one and to forge friendships with other tribes, and I absolutely adore how this is reflected in his outfit and how much thought and detail went into this game.

(All concept art used as examples is taken from Artstation and belongs to Guerilla and their respective creators that are listed on the images.)

[orienteddreamerrr]

Cal Kestis & Aloy: A Crossover story!

(Horizon Forbidden West X Star Wars Jedi Survivor)

(LONG!)

Rating: PG-13 for…brief action, brief violence and fluff!

Cal slowly wakes up tied up to this wooden post. He takes upon realization that he was captured. His eyes adjusted to see three armored men surrounding him. They were Tenakth. He takes note of them wearing the same-colored armor. “From a tribe? Of some kind?”, a thought goes through his mind. One of the Tenakth soldiers slowly steps up and points a spear at him. “You’re not from here, outlander…so you best start talking!”, Cal flinches a little as he stares at the spear. “Easy…I don’t mean any harm!”, Before the Tenakth solider could do anything, an arrow comes flying into his skull. Cal flinches at the sight as he watches him fall to the ground. The others quickly met their fate as well as Cal looks over to see who had saved him. Approaching was a red-haired woman….red hair just like his but lighter and longer. A slender figure along with a weapon of a bow in her hands. It was the famed Machine hunter, Aloy.

She comes up to take notice of Cal, being wary as she takes an arrow, slinging it onto her bow as she aims it at him. “Who are you?”, She asked, her voice sounding demanding. Cal tries his best to keep a brave face on. “I’m Cal…Cal Kestis…”, Aloy lowers her bow upon hearing his name. “Aloy. You’re from around here?”, Cal slowly shakes his head. “Not exactly…”, Aloy only nods as she puts up her bow and arrow, going over to release his restraints. Cal stands to his feet, dusting himself off. “I uh…lost my way…I was hoping you could help me…”, Aloy smiles faintly. “Of course!”, She gestures her arms out. “This is the desert…nearby is a camp…a camp called ‘Camp Nowhere’…”, Cal couldn’t help but chuckle. “There’s an actual camp called ‘nowhere’?”, Aloy nods, chuckling along with him. “Yeah…I thought the same thing…”,

Aloy starts walking ahead. “I can lead you there…and then you can go from there wherever you came from…”, Cal quickly catches up to her to stop her. “Wait. I’m looking for someone…a droid…his name is BD-1…”, Aloy’s brows furrow in confusion. “A droid?”, Cal nods. “Yeah…he’s sort of like the Machines around here…just very small and harmless…”, Aloy takes note as she steps closer to him. “When did you last see him?”, Cal gestures behind him. “We were exploring this forest…near this watchtower…we were…in a little skirmish with those…Tenakth rebels…I tried to stop them, but they took BD before I could…”, Aloy nods in understanding. “You were near a Tenakth rebel base of the lowland clan…seems like they dragged you all the way here…to the desert clan…”, Cal looks to the ground, soaking in the information that she just told him.

His mind was beginning to race. Aloy takes notice as she reaches out to place a hand on his shoulder. “I can help you find your droid…but I’m needing to resupply first…will you come with me?”, Cal looks back at her as he nods firmly. “Yeah…I guess along the way you can show me around…”, Aloy nods, smiling faintly as she gestures for him to follow. “Let’s go…”, Cal follows right after her as they come upon Camp Nowhere. Nearby was an overridden Machine, a Charger, as Aloy quickly and effortlessly hops onto it. Cal stares in disbelief, wondering how she was able to tame a Machine like that. Of all Machines in general. Aloy extends her hand to him. “Come on…it’s okay…we’re heading to my base…”, Cal stares at her hand before grabbing it, hauling himself onto the Machine as his arms wrap around Aloy’s waist for leverage. They both were able to make it to the base, with Cal taking in the sights and scenery along the way.

Upon arriving, Cal hops off the Machine to find a small climbable wall that leads up to the entrance of the base. Aloy goes up to that wall as she starts climbing. “Come on…this way…”, Aloy beckons him. Cal watches her make it to the top as he climbs after. Entering the base, two of Aloy’s teammates, Erend and Zo, were sitting in the lounge, tooling away on their Focuses. Zo shuts hers off as she quickly stands to take notice of Aloy approaching. She smiles at her. “Aloy…you’re back…”, She glances over to Cal who was behind her. “…and I see we have a guest…”, Aloy nods as she gestures to Cal. “Zo…Erend…this is Cal…”, Erend shuts off his Focus as he stands to his feet. “Hey…how ya doin’?”, Erend extends his hand to Cal as he quickly takes it. “Hey…”, He greets the same greeting with Zo, with her smiling and nodding to him in acknowledgement. “It’s nice to meet you Cal…what brings you here?”, Cal looks over to Aloy, wanting to know if it was okay to tell them as Aloy gives him the okay.

Cal looks back as he explains, with Aloy going over to restock her supplies before walking back over. Zo looks to Aloy as she asks, “Is there any way we could help?”, Aloy quickly nods. “Just stay here and be sure to keep tabs on any Tenakth soldiers that are on patrol or that come nearby…”, Both Zo and Erend nod in unison as Aloy starts heading out of the base with Cal following after. Cal’s feet hit solid ground as he takes a look in his surroundings. “So…where do we go?”, Aloy hops onto the overridden Charger Machine as she looks to him. “Well, we go find your droid…where the Lowland clan is…”, Cal nods. “I’m asking when I find my droid…can you…give me a tour?”, Aloy can’t help but smile. “I would love to…but first thing’s first…”, Cal agrees with her as he hops onto the Machine, his arms wrapping around her as they both travel to where the lowland clan is, in the swamp. They stop by this village, with Aloy hopping off, along with Cal as he stands there to admire the village. Aloy notices as she smiles faintly. “Stay here…I’m going  to ask around to see if anybody has seen Tenakth rebels go by…”, Cal only nods as he watches Aloy make her way into the village.

A few minutes later, Aloy returns, pointing ahead of her. “There’s a camp up ahead…I think your droid is there…”, Cal’s eyes widen slightly. “Really?”, “Yeah, let’s go!”, Aloy swings herself onto the Machine, followed by Cal as they travel up the pathway that leads to the Rebel camp. Upon arriving, Aloy hauls herself off as she creeps up to this wooden post, with Cal following behind. They both peer over to see the camp littered with Rebels. Cal swallows as he looks over to Aloy. “What’s the plan?”, Aloy studies for a moment before glancing over to him. “We take out the Rebels and find your friend…”, Aloy raises a brow. “How skilled are you?”, Cal blinks as he unclips his Lightsaber hilt from his belt. Aloy notices as her eyes widen in curiosity. “What is that?”, Cal smirks faintly. “It’s a Lightsaber…you’ll see how it works in a minute…”, Aloy only nods as she takes her bow, slinging an arrow onto it. “Ready?”, Cal nods at her. “Ready…”, Aloy starts to walk ahead with Cal following after, with Aloy starting to fire some of her arrows towards the Rebels.

Some take notice and retaliate. Cal, with a quickness, ignites his Lightsaber, with it illuminating a  color of blue as Cal uses his Force power to quickly grab one of the Rebels, sticking his blade into them as he does the same to the others. One Rebel with a spear tries to come up and fight Cal but he was quick to dodge, slicing his spear in half. The Rebel was dumbfounded as Cal quickly swings his blade across the Rebel’s chest, quickly ending him. Aloy stands there, her face full of shock. “Wow…that’s cool…remind me not to get your bad side!”, Cal chuckles. “Yeah…”, Aloy chuckles back as she fires her arrows at a few more stragglers until the camp was full of silence. Cal retracts his blade as he walks up to Aloy. “You’re not so bad yourself…”, Aloy smiles at him. “Thanks…”, She then gestures her arms out. “Where’s your friend?”, Cal takes a minute to look around.

“Not sure…”, Aloy only nods as she blips on her Focus, trying to find any signs of his droid. Cal can’t help but be intrigued. “That’s new…”, Aloy looks to him. “Um, yeah…it’s…complicated…I can explain later…”, Cal only nods as he watches Aloy for a moment. Aloy suddenly sees a heat signature in a sealed off shed of some kind as Aloy points to it. “There!”, Cal rushes over to the shed, seeing there was a chain and lock around the handles as he takes his blade, cutting it with ease as he barges in to find BD-1 quirk his little head up to see Cal. He bleeps and hops around in Cal’s presence as he chuckles at this. “Happy to see you too, buddy…”, Aloy is standing by as she sees this moment unfold, smiling faintly, seeing she was able to be of help to somebody. Cal hugs on BD as he hops into his lap, checking him out for a quick second before BD crawls onto his back. Cal stands and turns to look at Aloy, smiling slightly. “You communicate with him?”, Aloy points that out as she watches Cal exit the shed. Cal shrugs. “In a way, yeah…”, BD takes notice of Aloy standing there as he bleeps towards her. Cal chuckles. “He says it’s nice to meet you…”,

Aloy chuckles too. “Yeah…I’m glad I was able to help…”, Cal nods to her. “Thanks, Aloy…”, Aloy nods back to him. “Anytime, Cal…”, Cal looks ahead of him, seeing the exit of the camp. Aloy notices as well, having a feeling that Cal was about ready to go. “Well…I guess you should go on your way…”, Cal looks to her. “What about that ‘tour’?”, Aloy acknowledges him. “If you’re up for it…”, Cal looks to BD over his shoulder, seeing him agreeing to the tour. Cal looks back at her. “Yeah…I guess we are…”, Aloy’s smile widens. “Great…you’ll need this then, since you’re tagging along…”, Aloy reaches into her pocket, pulling out a Focus device as she hands it to him. Cal felt hesitant as he slowly takes it, admiring it in his grasp. “It’s a Focus…a communication device…”, Aloy explains it to Cal as he nods. “A comm link?”, Aloy chuckles. “Yeah…something like that…”, Aloy points to her temple. “Just place it on your temple, like this…”, Cal listens to her as he slowly places it onto his temple.

Lights started to form around him as his eyes widen in surprise. “Wow…”, Aloy’s  smile turns faint. “You’ll get used to it…”, She reaches over to help him disable it for now. “Come on…we should go back to base…”, Cal watches her for a moment before following after, as they were now off back to base where Cal will become a useful member of her team and a helpful companion for the upcoming threat of Nemesis.

The End!

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[aleph-sharp]

I totally agree, and SAME about the armor, i Almost never put Aloy in carja armor (I put her in the carja midriff armor for her date with seyka, but, that aside, Never)

I only tend put aloy in 1 of 5 paints, or none, so in order of the most common for me;

-Tenakth sky one (for the sky ride quest and the emp drop)

-Utaru (more generally, I just love the utaru paint style)

-Banuk Chieftan (she is one, but I feel like she generally considers that she isnt really, and finds it awkward and kinda iffy, but it makes sense to wear it for official reasons, especially if interacting with banuk)

-Seeker (obvious reasons, but mostly Rost)

-none, I feel like generally, A face paint is a Lot to maintain with what she goes through on a daily basis, and more importantly, aloy feels like the only tribes she's a part of havent wanted her or only wanted her as an object or tool of their society, and i dont think aloy respects any of those traditions enough to deal with the face paint. The only exceptions I can think of are the ones I listed before this, which are the only ones I can think of having reasons for in-character, except for the next one.

-PRIDE! I almost always wear this one if any since it... Came out. I mean, its pretty, its gay, it fits aloy with her metal world ways, what else is there to say?

Well, I Guess I could say that aloy has probably seen and learned about pride flags from the data points, and a flag made to say "fuck you we're here and we're amazing despite societies wanting to eliminate us" would speak to aloy on a fundamental level. Genuinely, all meta and jokes aside, I do genuinely think that, IF aloy wears a face paint, I think This is the most in-character for aloy. A piece of the old world, and elizabet, redone and contextualized for her new world, telling them Fuck you, Im here and I'll continue to be here, and so will all the people you want to destory, is really Really in character for aloy.

Okay but why does everyone put Aloy in Carja makeup and armor? It's just fancy ass eyeliner for the Upper Class and we all know Aloy is the Street Gremlin Hero from the word go. Literally told everyone from her home town (basically) to shut the fuck up bc she's not some special person. And she has a point! Why are they so ready to bend the knee when Aloy is actually important to them when THEY LITERALLY TRIED TO BAR HER FROM JOINING THE CLAN. Like... do you not see the issue?

And the Carja are historically pretty bad about equality (Red Raids, no women in the Lodge, etc.). And the Oseram are... they're the Oseram. Patriarchal dudebros with a few rare exceptions. The Utaru and Tenakth actually seem pretty equal (but in different ways) compared to others. Utaru take care of their own despite their Chorus being old as dirt, because all life has value. Tenakth value strength and skill regardless of who you are or where you're from, as long as you prove yourself. And the Quen, unfortunately, are in a shitty imperial dictatorship, with military police. Yikes.

But like... I get the armor for the stats or whatever but why the makeup. I do not understand and if someone wants to explain please do. I genuinely would rather have Aloy in Nora paint to remember where she came from/honor Rost/other dead people.

[horizon-armor]

Tenakth Marshal | Tenakth Tactician Cold Sands Lowland Stalker Night Blood Renegade Sentinel Scorched Ochre

All Dyes

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Tenakth Dragoon Cold Sands Lowland Stalker Night Blood Renegade Sentinel Scorched Ochre

All Dyes

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Tenakth Vindicator Cold Sands Lowland Stalker Night Blood Renegade Sentinel Scorched Ochre

All Dyes

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Tenakth Reaver | Tenakth Recon Cold Sands Lowland Stalker Night Blood Renegade Sentinel Scorched Ochre

All Dyes

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Tenakth Marshal | Tenakth Tactician Cold Sands Lowland Stalker Night Blood Renegade Sentinel Scorched Ochre

All Dyes

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Tenakth Skirmisher | Tenakth High Marshal | Tenakth Vanquisher Cold Sands Lowland Stalker Night Blood Renegade Sentinel Scorched Ochre

All Dyes

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Tenakth Skirmisher | Tenakth High Marshal | Tenakth Vanquisher Cold Sands Lowland Stalker Night Blood Renegade Sentinel Scorched Ochre

All Dyes

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Tenakth Skirmisher | Tenakth High Marshal | Tenakth Vanquisher Cold Sands Lowland Stalker Night Blood Renegade Sentinel Scorched Ochre

All Dyes

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Tenakth Reaver | Tenakth Recon Cold Sands Lowland Stalker Night Blood Renegade Sentinel Scorched Ochre

All Dyes

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Tenakth Sky Climber | Tenakth Marauder Cold Sands Lowland Stalker Night Blood Renegade Sentinel Scorched Ochre

All Dyes

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Tenakth Sky Climber | Tenakth Marauder Cold Sands Lowland Stalker Night Blood Renegade Sentinel Scorched Ochre

All Dyes