#cult of the watchers

[catluniscia]

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Speak not the Watchers, Draw not the Watchers, Write not the Watchers, Sculpt not the Watchers, Sing not the Watchers, Call not the Watchers' name. — The commandments of the Cult

There I did it a fanart of each game in the Neir universe…Drakengard isn't really seen as canon to Yoko Taro or at least hasn't put it officially into the universe…from what I saw and researched and was told…with how eh the second game is kinda don't blame.

Anyway in Drakengard 3 which is a prequel we more or less find out about the origin of the cult of the watchers and a lot of interesting things…the tone can kinda get…crass/trying to be deadpool/semi meta and just eh but like the story is good. And this is One with her Twin she made from her own rib…yes we all see the religious allegory. There was concept art with the twins merged similar to the cult of the watchers symbol and I just wanted to draw something…I might draw the other sisters one day…oh that is a lot of people…ugh I have enough on my plate

[anomaly-art]

[ PREV / NEXT ] This post includes page 2 and 3! Page 2 was too simple to make a post only for it. :')

Using The Watcher as the narrator is so fun (and really useful when you're not used to draw comic pages that much)

I hope you like it!

[watcher-bones]

I'm being influenced in my Narinder design. Sabertooth Narinder and I'm falling for this design.

@stitchesofsoulsart is the one who inspired this. Love their design of lamb and Narinder

[waytooobsessedwithmcyt]

An au I've been thinking about the lore for for a while but still have no plot so instead of a story you get my ramblings:

(Not mentioned in this post but this au does deal with self harm)

There's two different types of gods, gods confined to one dimension and multidimensional gods. One dimensional gods aren't really important to this, but they involve ESMP s2 Joel, s1 Lizzie and Jimmy, Aeor and Exor, Santa Perla, etc.

The only really important ones in this au are the multi dimensional ones, which there are three types of. Watchers and Listeners like normal, but also a third type that's based on Gem's ESMP s2 character called Walkers. As the name suggests, Walkers can move between worlds to carry out the Watchers will.

There's three gods on the traffic smp, Grian is a rebel Watcher, Martyn is a Listener, and Gem is an escaped Walker. All Walkers are wolf hybrids because they're kind of seen as guard dogs to the Watchers, it's basically a cult to be honest.

Gem and Grian didn't grow up together, but after he ran away, Gem was assigned to keep an eye on him, and that's how she got on Hermitcraft. Grian pretty much took one look at her and said "is anyone going to get her therapy?" When Grian heard she was being put into the life series and that the theme of the series was basically the Watchers giving orders, he saw a chance to help her escape their grasp. The Boogeyman task was specifically made for her so see how evil they were, he didn't count on how good she was at following directions.

Martyn is a Listener, unlike Walkers, Listeners are completely separate from the Watchers. Martyn was sent to keep the life series chaotic for the purposes of making sure it ends and the people aren't stuck in the Watcher's world forever.

I'm honestly obsessed with the whole "existing just to serve other people" thing right now. For her entire immortal life, Gem was taught to completely disregard her own emotions, the idea of even considering herself, much less prioritizing herself is such a foreign concept to her.

I kinda want to rant about how Grian and Gem grew up more because they're so traumatized so if someone could conveniently send me an ask about that I would be forever in your debt /j (I'm going to make the post either way because this is my blog and I get to talk to myself on here)

[mothsakura]

testing out a new artstyle for slugs, admittedly i like this style better than my previous one, makes them look slightly more alien in a way?

[lackablazeical]

Redraw of my Scar Appreciation Week animatic <333

Scar in Last Life was easily him at his best, both character and humor wise, truthfully just an amazing POV and amazing creator behind it, MAN I need to watch LL again it was actually a masterpiece

[zero-is-nebulous]

LOOK WHAT I MADE LOOK WHAT I MAAAAADEEE!!!!

[artificer-rainworld]

Memes

[spark-circuit]

man, with all this eye imagery and lore seeking and worshipping forgotten and sealed away gods, i picked a hell of a time to replay Cult of the Lamb 👁

[mists-reading-nook]

The Watcher.

Tw: exteme religion,religious delusion,dissociation(??)/Derealization

(Please tell me if any other tws are needed)

Cw: Aether as traveller

Someone was watching him.

Aether could feel the eyes on him,always watching,no matter where he was,no matter what he did. No matter if he was awake or asleep,someone was always watching.

He didn't know who it was,and he didn't think he wanted to know. If he didn't know,if he didn't stop to think about it,he could feel at least a little at peace with the eyes.

He knew the walls had ears,people had told him that. People had whispered it under baited breath. What they hadn't told him however,was that the walls had eyes. Everything did. The sky,the sun,people he spoke too. They all seemed to keep their eyes trained on him. Watching.

Everything seemed fake. Even his dear Paimon was hiding something. Or more like,some one. Someone who knew of his presence,who knew of his past,and was bent on watching him all the time. Making sure that his every movement was seen and recorded under a watchful gaze.

The more he realized this,the more paranoid he became. What could he do to stop the watching? To get even a minute of privacy.

Privacy. It seemed like a distant dream now,the idea,the facade of having time and space to yourself. Privacy wasn't real. It was a fake,made up idea meant to give hope.

After awhile,he began to think of the one watching him as a God of sorts. After all,how else would they be watching him day in and day out,never letting up? How could they,unless they were a divine being of sorts?

He now worships the being,who he calls "The Watcher",fervently. The watcher protects. The watcher loves. The watcher is compassion and kindness itself. The watcher keeps you safe.

That was the mantra he had begun to repeat daily,whispering and talking to himself as he looked around paranoidly. To others he looked crazy. A sad man wandering the world in search for a sister no one had seen,worshipping a God no one had heard of.

But that was ok with Aether. After all,The Watcher didn't think he was crazy. And that was all that mattered.

The watcher protects. The watcher loves. The watcher is compassion and kindness itself. The watcher keeps you safe. The watcher protects. The watcher loves. The watcher is compassion and kindness itself. The watcher keeps you safe.The watcher protects. The watcher loves. The watcher is compassion and kindness itself. The watcher keeps you safe.The watcher protects. The watcher loves. The watcher is compassion and kindness itself. The watcher keeps you safe.The watcher protects. The watcher loves. The watcher is compassion and kindness itself. The watcher keeps you safe.The watcher protects. The watcher loves. The watcher is compassion and kindness itself. The watcher keeps you safe…The watcher protects. The watcher loves. The watcher is compassion and kindness itself. The watcher keeps you safe……..

[catluniscia]

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Ah Drakengard…due to a 7 hour video about the Nier universe I know of this game, Lore and story good and interesting, game play…oof…and Drakengard 2 is ignored when it comes to lore of the Nierverse…anyway back to the art.

Manah the creepy as hell child who is defiantly on my fictional children I wish to punt. High Priestess of the cult of the watchers…listen you don't have to play the game to know that is one messed up title for a child to have…and the scene with her dancing around a dead body…which is what this art is kinda based on…sans the dead body.

[mrstarkitsmellslikeanewcarinhere]

new AU just dropped, no longer need name idea

Grian designs for it. AU explained under cut

So in this world they're cats and dogs like literally not me drawing them like that because humans are hard. In it The Watchers are this cult living in the forest outside of a city, when Grian joined he had to 'dye' his fur with mud and berry juice hence why he has that weird colors in one design.

In this world there are humans too, but animals are kinda like hated and banned because (some) carry a virus deadly to humans, so pets such as Scar get kicked out of their homes. (Yes this was partly inspired by the last dogs)

At first they (the ones in the life series not the Watchers) all live in a old sewer system (ew) because it's hidden and protected but they later found a abandoned park and lived there instead.

They eventually are forced to live the city due to lack of food and the park being thrown down and they go the forest where The Watchers live. Grian thinks this is a terrible idea but they don't really have a choice.

I plan on writing a fic about Grian's time with The Watchers.

[watcher-bones]

leshys kid having his eyes

Under their bed for safe keeping 😆

Ksksksks

Child of Leshy Keeper of Eyes!!!

[waytooobsessedwithmcyt]

puppets and puppeteers au loredump, GO.

Supporting a tumblr besties au is so fun I can ask you stuff and you tell me what stories are in your brain

Also Joel, gems ally winning because everything is somehow going so great for him…and his final boss is grian HMMMMMM maybe parrot boy is not as distanced from the watchers as he seems

Ok time for random lore I came up with while listening to music which is basically all this au is

Grian did actually meet Gem before they both got out of the Watchers, directly after third life, Grian was being punished because of the bond he'd developed with Scar, I'm not going to address how time works considering that Empires s1 and s2 were 1000 years apart but Third Life and Wild Life have the same people, just know Gem was the equivalent of a human preteen and Grian was like 14-15

Grian was already thinking that he wants out cause the other third lifers just completely crushed the superiority complex that had been drilled into him

Grian got called to some building where they were going to tell him that they were permanently forcing him out of the Watchers, Gem was being punished for something she can't even remember, because no matter how perfect she acted, there was always something she was doing wrong

They didn't talk at all, but it was really just the sight of someone bleeding, in pain, just like how he'd seen all his friends die, but this time knowing that the Watchers had directly caused it, that made Grian fully decide that he would leave, even if they didn't kick him out

On another subject, yeah Grian is trying to separate himself from his past, but he was still raised in what was basically a cult, and always told he was inherently superior to every other being, it's a hard mentality for him to break, the au focuses on Gem because I love her, but Grian's also a cult survivor

[stevielims]

hi i just moved houses and was cleaning out my wardrobe and decided to get rid of a few pieces of watcher merch, so if anyone wants anything feel free to msg me (@hotdadlicense)

[hermitcraft-shifter]

BUTCHER VANITY by Vane Lily is c!Pungence's theme song. No, I will not elaborate. (I will elaborate and that's a threat.)