#cloudseeker guild

[lighteraryloredump]

A quick illustration of one of my characters, Emery!

[quintiliusheartripper]

“ Her name was Ushers-in-Spring. She was our connection to Koda, as all Voices are. When Drakkar awoke, and the whispers grew louder, she tried to respond. Tried to reason. She listened. And she was turned. It is customary for a Claw to step down without a Voice. But I fear if I do, my people will succumb. So I linger—a counterweight to keep what little balance remains. I... miss her.” 

[fractured-rift]

“AAAAAAAAAA WHY ARE YOU SITTING IN THE FIRE AAAAAAAAAAA”

[thebiscuiteternal]

If I had to choose the most self-indulgent “nobody else is gonna read this” idea lurking in my brain right now, it would be the Scum Villain/Guild Wars 2 crossover where Shen Jiu’s soul gets caught up in a cataclysm in The Afterlife/The Mists/The World Between Worlds and instead of being reborn in his own world, or even the demon realm, he gets tossed about twenty-five worlds over and is reborn in Tyria.

As a Kodan cub.

It’s not an easy life, especially since he loses both parents to the ice dragon Jormag and winds up in the Still Waters Speaking settlement. But without the memories of his previous existence, he’s not doing so bad.

And then when the Void is unleashed and begins unraveling Tyra, a little cub is caught in a pocket of Non-Reality. By the time the adults manage to free him, he’s curled up in a tiny ball in tears and screaming about someone named ‘Qi-ge’.

The adults are rattled by more than just the Void attack. Reincarnation is the basis of Kodan faith, true, but for a soul to jump directly from Human to Kodan, especially with such a disharmonious life as Shen Jiu had, is unheard of. Because he keeps mumbling to himself -or, rather, to the memories of people from an entirely different world- he is dubbed Speaks With Lost Shadows and no one is quite sure what to do with him.

Until Cloudseeker, being acquainted with the Sylvari sisters known as The Dauntless Commander and The Relentless Shade (my “canon” Commander and her second-in-command) well enough to know some of the history of the Commander’s murder and self-resurrection, gets an idea. While the situation is not exactly the same, the Commander’s situation gives her an entirely unique perspective on death and the recovery of memories that might make her capable of handling Speaks With Lost Shadows’ troubles. Moreover, she has a familial connection to Aurene, She of Facets and Time, who can potentially see the world he came from and give necessary context to his memories.

It’s an unorthodox path to take, but if they can help the cub, they can help the cub, so he contacts The Vigil to send a request for assistance.

The whole thing ends up with Speaks With Lost Shadows/Shen Jiu being informally adopted by the sisters and gaining a found family in the Dragon’s Watch guild.

And if, at one point, Aurene’s foresight has her decide to reach across The Mists to see about giving a certain sect leader one last chance at reconciliation and closure, well, that’s her own business.

[lighteraryloredump]

it's spring break and im so happy to have some more time to dedicate to finishing some pieces that have been on the backburner ! this is a weapon design i created for one of my characters; the setting is very much a fantasy and incorporates a lot of magical elements :) this character loves over-the-top decor and takes pride in appearance, including that of her weapon! much like her, you shouldn't underestimate the magic key's power just because of its initial appearance as, well, an oversized key ;) when properly handled, the key can be used as a magical conduit, able to fire magic bolts, directed via one of three operational styles— rifle, crossbow, or wand.

i hope to do some full-color studies of this wand soon enough so i can play around with its glamour (hehe)

some other goals i have for this break + things you should expect to see from me soon:

familiarizing myself with modeling in Maya, ultimately producing a 3D environment for a character

complete 3 character avatar sets for a friend's senior capstone video game project

a few storyboards (!!!!!!!)

Likely more vis dev explorations <3

graphics direction for a social club production im also regular directing @ college !!!!! - basically im working on creating scenic projections that will play alongside our performance :)

and you probably wont see me posting this but i have an annotated bibliography to start on for my honors capstone thesis (im starting a semester in advance to have more time to complete research + production— i would love to talk about what im working on if youre interested!!!)

thats all i can think of without actually going to look at my ~list~ but yeah a lot of stuff in the works 😌