#blackblade

[xantchaslegacy]

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Gideon Blackblade

Artist: Kieran Yanner TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[nahisummerhold]

Nahi to Pathyn: Word is we are moving camp tomorrow.

She had given up on not reaching out to her life lines, but what the therapist talked with her about had her a bit shook and she just needed a friend, but the only person she considered a true friend, one that actually knew her more than anyone, was Pathyn. Maybe before he went off the deep end she might have considered Kyean, but that was now locked up in a tight little place of anger in her mind. 

Anger that she had let go of while she confronted Ky but then swallowed down, which the therapist said was not really a good idea. There was a whole bunch he said about her emotions, then sent her off to journal about how she felt about what he said. 

That was part of what she was avoiding in the hopes to talk to Pathyn, but she continued to wait so she began to journal, fel take him…

It wasn’t until she was right about out of words that her comm blinked and vibrated.

Pathyn to Nahi: Hey girl. If you are going deep dark you need to be careful, things are a bit out of whack down there. I know you are pretty well protected in camp but all those creepy crawlies are devious.

Nahi to Pathyn: Yeah got the sense that was the case when they exploded up from the ground to take out a light that was keeping them at bay.

Pathyn to Nahi: That is nothing Nightengale, so you need to watch yourself and your company. How are you doing?

She knew that was not a polite question and it took her a few moments to answe. It  was nice to be able to talk to him without awkwardness, but she wasn’t sure she liked the topic. 

Nahi to Pathyn: I am not sure. I am pretty upset at him. Also, you need to know I don’t blame you for this at all. You are not his keeper.

Pathyn to Nahi: We are family and have been fighting together for thousands of years. I blame myself for not seeing what was going on. Or, I did see and thought he was just worried, I was so wrapped up in scouting I didn’t realize how far he was taking things.

Nahi to Pathyn: I knew too. At least I knew he was watching me. I didn’t think of the consequences if he got caught, or at least maybe I should have? Company life is still hard for me to understand.

Pathyn to Nahi: It takes time, it is much different  for each company too. Yours is small and really well trained so anything like that needs to be handled, and quickly, before it gets out of hand. In our group we all have known each other for a long time, so problems like this have never come up before. What he did was very serious in the camps’ eyes, so much so they told him to leave until he gets his mind right. And they called his mother. 

Nahi to Pathyn: They did what? Called his mother? You guys are eons old and that is still a thing?

Pathyn to Nahi: Some of our camp fought alongside her, it was why they did not punish him worse. Oh, and I sent her his comm override in case he tried to avoid her. 

Nahi to Pathyn: Blessed sun, that is just cruel.

Pathyn to Nahi: We live in a matriarchal society, what he did was bad  Nahi, not just for you but he was raised better than that. Something his mother told me in great detail becuase I wasn’t taking your safety seriously enough. 

Nahi to Pathyn: He wouldn’t have hurt me, he wants and worries about me, yes. But hurt me? No, I don’t think so.

Pathyn to Nahi: In the eyes of our team he did hurt you, or your reputation at least. He knew better, and they could not just let him go without making sure he would deal with it. Hence his mother.

Nahi to Pathyn: What is she like? 

Pathyn to Nahi: An older Priest of Elune. Bad ass and very devoted to the Goddeas. He is going to be in so much trouble. You have no idea. 😈

Nahi was envious of the little face at the end, she needed to figure out how to do such things. 

Nahi to Pathyn: That makes me smile, and feel sorry for him at the same time.

Pathyn to Nahi: Do not do that. This was done to you and you don’t take the blame for being the victim in this.

Nahi to Pathyn: I am not a victim, Pathyn. 

Pathyn to Nahi: You have your own consequences in dealing with this. How is everything in camp?

Again she knew what he was asking without him saying it.

Nahi to Pathyn: I know people are talking, I get the voices behind my back after I go somewhere but no one has approached me.

Pathyn to Nahi: What will you do it they do?

Nahi to Pathyn: Handle it like everything else in my life, with a smile. 

( @themercenaries )

[onedesertrat]

Every now and then I'll buy cards because the artwork is badass and when I saw this one come up I had to pick up a foil copy!

[elspeth-tirel]

Round 1

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Korlash, Heir to Blackblade by Daarken

[subwaysaint]

reading the old as dirt dakkon comic is truly a joy beyond what i was expecting

it is a short but gripping story about a character that while not present for much of the canon it's pretty much alive in spirit (and in my commander decks) but above all things, it's so funny that dakkon really only has two moods

1) completely unhinged, homicidal megalomaniac that would punch a child and kill on sight

2) the shadow (ha) of a prideful, power-hungry man that lived far too long and is dying for the opportunity to vent to you, a poor little mew mew

you can read it yourself here

[mellifiedman]

Shadow of the Erdtree difficulty spike definitely exists but I'm also profiting big-time off of finishing my second playthrough literally two days before launch, lol. My treasured friends Blasphemous Blade/Gargoyle's Blackblade are getting me through the 1v1 fights like a charm and then I'm just spamming Destined Death wherever I don't mind taking a cheap win. To be clear, though: I assume I will, very soon, run into a boss that makes me eat these words

[dreaddoughnutart]

So, that crush Neera has on Sierra? Well, it's developed further, and after a first date and a few too many drinks, they've started a bit of a relationship. Sierra is a little nervous about making it too public, but otherwise things are going pretty well so far between the two of them.

[pathyn]

Pathyn Blackblade

~~Basics~~

Name: Pathyn Blackblade

Pronunciation: Pay-thin

Nickname: Path (Payth)

Race: Kaldorei

Gender: Male

Birthdate: June 14th

Marital Status: Single

~~Physical Appearance~~

Skin Color: Light Grey

Hair: Long blue to green ombre hair, usually pulled back in a ponytail

Eye Color: Icy white

Height: 7’10”

Build: Muscular, lean waist broad shoulders

Distinguishing Marks: Many scars across his body including a deep burned mark on his back

Tattoos: An eye looking up with barren trees coming up from the eyelashes on his right shoulder, a raven with a glowing white blue eye to match sitting on a stump with snow on a broken branch with a background of barren trees in the snow in the center of his face, a face in a moon with a haunted face on it on his left shoulder, and a screaming face made from cracking earth on his right pec

Piercings: Chains dangle from the tip of his ear to the lobe, nipples, all jewelry in onyx

Face and Body Claim: Kevin Tod Smith (Ares on Xena Warrior Princess) 

~~Personal Information~~

Profession: Tracker, assassin, rogue, sneak, bartender

Hobbies: Creating new drinks, baking, fishing

Residence: Azsuna

Birthplace: Feralas

Fears: Drowning, bees, claustrophobia

~~Relationships~~

Spouse: Never married

Mother: Wanyssea Windbow (Deceased)

Father: Galdal Woodseeker (Deceased)

Siblings: Melanal, sister (deceased), Sysvien, sister (deceased), Melenisse, sister (deceased)

Other Family: Kyeanadril, cousin

~~Sex and Romance~~

Sexual Orientation: Bisexual

Preferred Sexual Role: Switch, leaning Dominant

Libido: High

Turn ons: Flirty, self-assured, a challenge, beautiful voice, intelligence, a mystery, a good sense of humor

Turn offs: Damsels in distress, coarse language, except in bed or excusable times, excuse makers, hypocrites

Love Language: Quality time

Relationship Tendencies: Easy going, relationships don’t have to be difficult, or even named a relationship, he will respect a partner and spend time with them but won’t be clingy or possessive in public. He loves teasing, verbally and in bed.

~~Traits~~ (Bold your character’s answer) Extroverted / In-between / Introverted Disorganized / In-between / Organized Close Minded / In-between / Open Minded Calm / In-Between / Anxious Disagreeable / In-between / Agreeable Cautious / In-between / Reckless Patient / In-between / Impatient Outspoken / In-between / Reserved Leader / In-between / Follower Empathetic / In-between / Apathetic Optimistic / In-between / Pessimistic Hard Working / In-between / Lazy Loyal / In-between / Disloyal Faithful / In-between / Unfaithful

~~Additional Information~~ Alcohol: Yes, Socially Drugs: Yes, Socially Smoking: No

~~RP Hooks~~ Sneak: Can be hired for most clandestine or undercover jobs Bodyguard: Has been hired by rich, famous and powerful people Bartender: A first class bartender with a lot of flair Lady-killer: Has seduced women for fun and for profit

~~How to Contact~~ In Game name: Pathyn Right now Pathyn is being used in conjunction with storylines already in play, but am open to other connections, feel free to message me here.

[pepperclint]

[raahinash]

The program I was using has expired and won't let me save as a file so I had to make a screen clipping ;-;

Blank here!

[the-scarecrow-of-aus]

Soooo...

Um, for mermay...

I was thinking of what might be fun to write for dcxdp, I thought I might be able to hash something out as I drove home from work earlier...

Listening to a random Spotify playlist that contained 'two' songs right after each other.. (this will come up later)

People know about pirate!batman right?

'Leatherwing'

My mind went about updating leatherwing to include all the bats and birds. Then it went to how I'd introduce danny.

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Danny, who learnt he was a mermaid when he was 14, after being knocked overboard unconcious, into the port he fell, getting brained by a stray lumber spar, caught in fouled rigging and then dragged over the side by dead weight all on accident by his port-friend sam.

He didn't drown, but it took a while to wake up then realising you were staring at the underside of the ships keel.

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not a good thing to discover when your parents hunt mermaids and other mythical creatures. "Dangerous creatures danno my boy, once you anger a mermaid best ready yourself because they don't forgive easily!"

Even worse when they're constantly travelling by ship with their benefactors: the GIW (the gentlemen in white).

A privately sponsored armada of hunters: whether their prey is pirates, mermaids or any creature they consider a threat, you don't want to be hunted by them!

So danny, doing his best to not be caught but still learn what he's capable of, learning how to use his voice to stun and enchant... finally he gets discovered freeing their captives.

He has to flee and flee he does, escaping them and striking out on his own.

(I assume jazz stays in Port and isn't aware of what's currently happened-away at 'college')

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Sometime in the future though, constantly dodging his parents attempts to track him whenever he comes to a port, Danny happened upon captain leatherwings pirateship.

He follows them as a mermaid, watching them work. Sometimes they attacked a ship and other times they fled, being chased by pirate hunters but never caught! It was fascinating to watch despite the danger of being seen (he's seen).

At night he'd wrap himself around the rudder and hum or quietly sing listening to the ocean, hoping another mermaid would answer his call (he's never met another)

One day as leatherwing's ship, the flying fox. Starts to sail into port, danny hears them say they will put up a request for new crew (some leaving, some died).

Danny slips away ahead of them to shore, stealing some dry clothes (without holes to look presentable) and camps out at the inn by the docks looking for hire.

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It takes some work but Danny gets hired on, excited to be among people again. He's introduced to the crew and does his best to fit in, it becomes apparent some of the long term crew are more then just crew, they act just like family...

Danny gets close to them, curious about their relationships with each other. One night (I'm picking cass for this but it could be anyone) he finds 'orphan-blackblade' sitting on the stern of the ship.

her feet through the railing on the back trying to hum a strange tune that sounds familiar, another of the crew sees Danny watching and laughs, 'orphan doesn't talk, but she sits on the back of the boat every night listening to the 'music of the sea' (you do the math)

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That would continue building a relationship at a pace but now, we come to the part where danny is revealed.

leatherwing and the flying fox is attacked by the GIW who stumbled on them looking for danny with whatever dark magic's they use to track him. This coincides with a storm approaching and as the battle rages Danny gets pinned under water by debris and is forced to start transforming.

He breaks free and seeing the fight going poorly tries to help using his cry to shock the GIW, it works. This is where things get a little angst as the flying fox crew don't recognise danny as a mermaid...

Danny seeing the mainmast of the GIW ship coming down tackles orphan out of the way but in saving her gets attacked by her and everyone else forcing him to take her hostage to save himself and flee, whisking her away into the dark of the stormy sea.

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This is where the songs literally came in:

Fish in a birdcage: 'rule #34'

(Awkward timing, forcing me to decide which was the priority: getting my ace asses mind out of the gutter or keeping my car wheels out of the gutter as I did some specific driving on the freeway to avoid some surprise gridlock traffic ahead!)

So play that song and imagine pirate!cass waking up in a cave of an unknown island being stared down at by an angry, shirtless, very familiar looking mermaid who you'd just stabbed...

My brain while trying to drive:

The second song was: fin- ship in a bottle

What comes to mind (as I was now stuck in gridlock) is an angry danny fighting back as leatherwing tries to find his daughter orphan after she was taken by a mermaid that suddenly attacked them during the fight.

He'd interrogated the GIW who invaded his ship, those who hadn't been able to flee in time as he chased after his daughter, they were hunting the mermaid and assumed he was on-board (a thought backed up by nobody knowing where danny had gone-they found his torn off shirt though...).

He tore the knowledge from them on how they tracked the mermaid, learnt the consequences of using the magic, forced them off the ship because they were now 'deadweight', cast the magic and set sail.

And now that he'd found him he was going to get his daughter back... But as said before, dannys angry and they fight...

- that's all I got at the moment.

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The only other things I have is cass going non verbal in the cave and humming her song which could calm danny down as he recognises it as the song he sung when wrapped around the rudder at nights.

Cass stopping the fight between Danny and Bruce (and her siblings) threatening to beat both their asses

Ellie showing up as a mermaid, trying to find danny, she bumped into jazz and they've been trying to find danny for a while (Danny forgets to check in every now and then)

[mtglore]

Do you want to learn about one of my favorite Planeswalkers from before the Mending? Please check out this excellent, hour-long video about Taysir!

And while you're at it, watch Alice's other videos about early-Magic characters like Dakkon Blackblade and Daria.

[hiiiikari]

Captain Curley took a photo for a pass @blackblade-nika

[markrosewater]

Dakkon Blackblade is definitely a color pie break, right? Right?!?

It’s a green ability on a white/blue/black card. : )