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Mixed Spaceverse sketch dump!

We've got a lot here, Cupios characters, Warlon characters, a few Drakul characters, potential Redhilla characters, and some older sketches that show characters that have been adapted to Spaceverse but don't have new portraits yet.

In order here we have: Jaster, his mom Jolie, then Al, and Jolie's new husband Andras, then we have Amara and Mercy, Polly, Jolie's brother Alec and their dad Antonio, Mercy solo, Beau, Jolie with Andras, Jolie with her friend Cael, Amare, a silly meme sketch of Jaster checking out Bogdan (aka Boggie), Jolie's uncle Gabe in a few sketches, along with her cousin Lucas, and Gabe dancing with Roksana (aka Roxy.) After that we have Tuya, Tuya's son Jagun when he was younger playing with a younger Daniel (aka Danny), then Nergui the current "leader" of the Obsidian Court, and Haseya a Magi (still to be introduced in the RP), Jacques (potentially a Cupios/Olympian, still to be introduced to the RP), and then some older art that predates the RP. The older pieces feature Trixie, Alister, Haseya, Fang-Hua, Anne, Albrecht, Derik, and Bea (who hasn't been seen yet in Spaceverse but I have some ideas to adapt her.)

Sakume owns Jaster, Jolie, Alec, Gabe, Antonio, Lucas, Mercy, Al, and Beau, and I own the other characters depicted here.

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Pamtim samo sretne dane (2023)

Good Times, Bad Times Jahr: 2023 Genre: Drama Regie: Nevio Marasović Hauptrollen: Radko Polič, Ivana Starčević, Andrija Žunac, Zlatko Burić-Kićo, Stjepan Perić, Tena Nemet Brankov, Marko Petrić, Lana Meniga, Toma Medvešek, Leona Paraminski, Janko Popović Volarić, Tonka Kovačić, Jona Despot, Nina Violić, Goran Bogdan, Tara Thaller, Manfred Rutnik, Alma Prica, Franjo Kuhar, Rok Juričić, Leon…

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three biggest traitors in serbian history vuk brankovic and of course nikola jokic and bogdan bogdanovic

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The Conqueror’s Saga characters in Hogwarts Houses

Hufflepuff

Bogdan

Cyprian

Fatima

Kumal

Nicolae

Oana

Slytherin

Huma

Lada

Mehmed

Ravenclaw

Amal

Daciana

Ilyas

Kiril

Mara Brankovic

Nazira

Radu

Stefan

Urbana

Gryffindor

Hunyadi

Lazar

Petru

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The Serbian Dragon: Fact or Fable?

When we think of fairytales, fables and folk stories, our thoughts inevitably drift to dragons. Ferocious, fearless and fire-breathing dragons. And we would be right. Anywhere but in Serbia.

Unlike the malicious dragons spoken about in Western cultures, Serbian dragons are quite different. In Serbian folklore, dragons are good creatures that help people. Dragons in Serbian myths and legends are brave defenders of the Serbian people, lands and skies.

Even more interestingly, Serbian dragons are sometimes even people!

Yes, you read it correctly – people. You  must be wondering who these dragons … erm… people are? And how did they become dragons? In order to answer the first question, we have to answer the second one first.

So let’s discuss the origin of dragons in Serbian folk tales. There are three main theories.

The first tells us that dragons are animals, usually fish, birds or serpents. These animals become dragons because they live so long, usually a hundred years or so.

According to the second theory, dragons fell all over the Balkans many centuries ago in a sort of meteor shower. Some of them fell in the rivers Danube, Timok and Pek, while others fell in forests and mountains. Those who fell in rivers took the appearance of male mermaids with big round eyes, wide noses and long canine teeth. Those who had fallen in forests inhabited big old trees and look like serpents with wings which transform into light only when they fly. Those dragons which landed in mountains inhabited caves and look similar to the tree dwelling dragons.

The third, and most prominent, theory in Serbian fables and folk stories speaks of mythical ancestors in form of mysterious dragons which slept with women. These women later gave birth to “zmajevita” or dragon-like children.These half-human half-dragon children, oftentimes, possessed unworldly powers which they inherited from their fathers. These remarkable capabilities varied from person to person, but all dragon people had the power to leave their body whenever they wanted, called the power of “different souls”.

However, dragons in Serbian folk tales, weren’t only lustful shapeshifters, but, as we have already mentioned, defenders of everything the Serbian folk held dear. These good dragons usually had various enemies, from evil dragons to evil conquerors.

The dragons’ worst enemies were beings called Ala, Azdaja and Lamija. These were like their evil counterparts, resembling more the traditional image of a dragon. In Serbian folklore, these (usually) three-headed beasts, devoured people, took maidens, guarded lakes or brought storms, wind, and other bad weather that ruined crops. They oftentimes took form of maidens themselves so as to seduce the hero i.e. the dragon.

In other cases, the Serbian dragons’ enemies were other people, most often historical figures. And this is where we come to the answer of who the dragons in Serbian history, in fact, were. Some of the most prominent dragon people were the Despot Stefan Lazarevic, Despot Vuk Brankovic called Zmaj Ognjeni Vuk (or, roughly translated, the Fiery Wolf Dragon), Stojan Cupic called Zmaj od Nocaja (the dragon of Nocaj) and Vasa Carapic called Zmaj od Avale (the dragon of Avala). Other heroes with dragon-like capabilities included Milos Obilic, Banovic Strahinja, King Marko and Ljutica Bogdan.

Despot Stefan Lazarevic (1377-1427) was the son of the famous Knez Lazar, the man who led the Serbian army into the fateful battle with the Ottomans in 1389 at the Battle of Kosovo. However, the popular belief was that his actual origins were from the dragon of Jastrebac, who seduced the wife of Knez Lazar, kneginja Milica. Regardless of Stefan’s defeat at the final battle, his other battles against the Turks are described as fearsome victories, which could be led only by – you guessed it – a dragon.

Another interesting fact is that this legend morphed into an epic poem, in which Zmaj Ognjeni Vuk, who was in fact a historical figure called Despot Vuk Brankovic (1471-1485), killed the dragon of Jastrebac for having an affair with Kneginja Milica.

So, in the end, we come to the conclusion that, whether you believe in dragons or not, some of them did really exist. In Serbia, at least…

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Here's another batch of Spaceverse art, this time including some older pieces from before we officially started the RP. This batch includes characters on the Vault, where the whole RP started, and some other Interstellar Police (ISP) characters not previously included in past posts.

In order, we have: Ramiro, Tracey, Jia Mei, Josefa with Martim, then some sketches that predate this RP, including a past picture of Jose and Martim, Martim solo, then Bogdan, Rayen, Samora, Philippe, Ace, Mei, Gemma, Ruth, Josefa, Petra, then Petra again, her son Nikki, Ace, Mark, Jax, Rigo, Grace (not adapted yet), Boyd (not adapted yet), Jin Sidao (not part of the ISP, but a major criminal) and Tony one of his lieutenants.

All of these older sketches but Jose still need Spaceverse AU sketches, but these were worth archiving for reference. One difference for example will be that Philippe is part ice Fae/oighear in Spaceverse, in addition to his fox shifter heritage, so whenever I draw him a new portrait, he'll have pointed Fae ears.

Jax belongs to Cookie and I need to adapt a different character to fill the role I have set up for him. Mark belongs to Sakume (and needs a new sketch of his cyborg self.) The rest of these characters belong to me.