#dark red ranger

[extraordinary-heroes]

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #18 (Cover art by Dan Mora)

[monerelluvia]

🩸 I ask god to send a swordsman, and god says "look at your hands"

[truly-sincerely]

Comprehensive Dead Three Timeline

Outdated! I've made a new timeline!

Obviously there's varying amounts of speculation here, but I believe this is as close to a reasonable order of events as can be achieved with current, in-game information

1460s

Enver Flymm sold to Raphael by his parents, renamed Gortash

Gortash learns about the Crown of Karsus while a prisoner of Raphael

1470s

Gortash escapes the House of Hope

Gortash gets involved with black market arms dealing

Durge begins their serial killing spree in Baldur’s Gate

The Emperor dominates Duke Stelmane

1480s

Gortash establishes a cult of Bane in Baldur’s Gate

Gortash approaches Durge about an alliance

Hall of Wonders test mission - Durge gets Bhaalist memorabilia - Gortash gets a bunch of Gondian designs - Durge & Gortash get companionship

Gortash trades Karlach to Zariel for infernal machinery & iron

Baldur’s Gate’s Beloved Ranger statue goes missing

Gortash recruits Franc Peartree to distribute infernal iron weapons

Gortash moves against the Zhentarim & Knights of the Shield

Wyll Ravengard enters pact with Mizora, leaves Baldur’s Gate

1490s

Dead Three made aware of the Crown of Karsus (most likely informed by Gortash) - Gortash becomes Bane’s Chosen - Durge becomes Bhaal’s chosen - Gortash & Durge are instructed to recruit Ketheric

Gortash tells Durge about the Crown of Karsus

They visit Ketheric and learn of the illithid colony under Moonrise

Gortash & Durge visit the House of Hope (for intel on Mephistar?)

Gortash & Durge raid Mephistar - They get the Crown of Karsus - They get the book on the accelerated grand design

Gortash captures the Emperor

Gortash & Durge return to Moonrise - Their identities are kept secret from Ketheric’s people - Durge impresses the Moonrise Gnolls, but not Steelclaw - Ketheric yells at Durge in the throne room for unknown reason

Durge proposes their plan to the Elder Brain who accepts

Raid on the illithid colony - Durge puts the Crown on the Elder Brain - Orin gets Durge alone during the raid & stabs them in the head - Orin tadpoles Durge, making them the first True Soul - Orin leaves Durge in an illithid pod - Orin tells the Chosen she now speaks for the Temple of Bhaal - Orin likely told Gortash, Ketheric, and Balthazar something vague about Durge’s disappearance being related to Durge’s religious crisis and let their imaginations do the rest

1492

Durge breaks out of their pod & is found by Kressa Bonedaughter

Gortash gets weird and intense with unethical experiments - Some futzing to get the tadpoles to consistently remain in stasis - This is when the name ‘True Souls’ gets coined - Extremely questionable fun with brains - Getting the Absolute’s voice sorted out - Tadpoling his parents - Poorly conceived experiments on children & their parents

Isobel is resurrected by the Dead Three

Minsc captured by Absolutists at recruitment rally in the Undercity

Minthara Baenre is recruited by Orin and Ketheric

Gortash has the Iron Throne converted to hold hostages

Gortash presents prototype Steel Watcher to the city council

Jaheira tracks cult to shadow-cursed land, meets Isobel

Elturel falls into Avernus

The brain sends the Chosen dreams about the Astral Prism

Gortash researches the Prism, finds out that Vlaakith has it

Gortash tells Ketheric to send a team to get the Prism - A nautiloid piloted by the Emperor and other illithid is sent - Kressa’s husband arranged for Durge to be on the nautiloid

Gortash deploys Steel Watch in Lower/Outer City

At this point Elturel is no longer in Avernus

Nautiloid picks up Shadowheart & the Prism from Astral Plane

Nautiloid picks up Lae’zel (?)

Nautiloid picks up Gale (?) & Astarion in Baldur's Gate

Nautiloid picks up Karlach & Wyll in Avernus

Nautiloid crashes, game begins

[comicsiswild]

Batman Incorporated (2022) #12

[lunarskye]

Every Power Ranger

↳ Patrick Wolff as Justin - Mighty Morphin (1994)

[superthatguy62]

Final Fantasy III Fun Facts of the Whenever: Command Deck Edition

While a lot of the unused text for Final Fantasy III is in the plot-based text strings, there are also some menu-related stuff that got axed. One such menu is the "eureka_battle" file which contains most of the non-item/magic in-battle text. There's some interesting things in there.

Grouped with the commands for the player's menu are a set of unused commands. Given that the strategy guide mentioned some skills that were intended for the online vs mode, they might be worth looking at. Some of these seem to have been ported from or influenced by XI while others... We'll get to that.

Line: Very likely would've switched rows. In-game, it was split to the more distinct "Front"/"Rear".

Chakra: Chakra is traditionally an ability that restores HP/MP to the user. It is also traditionally linked to the Monk-family of jobs including in Final Fantasy XI, which holds quite a bit of influence over the 3D remake of III. Thus, it almost certainly went to either Monk or Black Belt (possibly the former, given the nature of retaliate).

Chainspell: Introduced in Final Fantasy V, Chainspell has been eternally associated with Red Mages, giving them the ability to cast multiple spells at once as a means of making up for their comparatively lacking magic power. While the 3D remake brought in a number of abilities that jobs would have in later appearances, Red Mage wasn't one of those jobs and lacks Chainspell in the final game.

Hide: A signature ability of the Bard, courtesy of Edward from Final Fantasy IV: The Bard hides off-screen, preventing them from taking damage or doing anything.

Berserk: While the Berserk status (increased attack power, but your character automatically attacks enemies) does appear in various Final Fantasy games, Final Fantasy III does not feature it. However, going by the influence of Final Fantasy XI, it is very possible that Berserk was simply an earlier name or different variant of the Warrior's Advance ability, as it seems to work identically there. Provoke, the Viking's ability is also bizarrely late in the command order, so it may have also been a possible Viking ability?

Bash: Unclear. The Bash line of abilities has always been enemy exclusive, yet is in with the rest of the commands. Was it an intended command? Something multiplayer related? A silent command for enemies? Who knows.

Cover: Knight actually has cover in-game, simply as a passive rather than an active command.

Sentinel: Sentinel is a recurring ability using associated with Knights/Paladins/Cecil, etc. It tends to increase defense while sometimes also having a Draw Aggro ability. This was almost certainly intended for Knight, although it also overlaps with Viking's Provoke (simply missing the defense debuff) so it's hard to say for sure.

Aim: Usually associated with Archers/Rangers and acted as Rosa's unique command in Final Fantasy IV. It allows an Archer to forgo a turn in exchange for making their next attack stronger. This was almost guarenteed a Ranger command.

Shadowbind: Shadowbind is an attack that paralyzes an enemy. It debuted in IV where it was part of Edge's Ninjitsu. Later appearances would go back and forth on whether it is a Ninja or Ranger ability. It being between Aim and Barrage would imply that it is considered a Ranger ability.

Gauge: This is an interesting one. In the original Final Fantasy III, the Scholar's Study and Peep were two different commands: One let you see enemies' weaknesses and the other, their health. Gauge is actually the original version of Scan while Analyze became the basis for Study in the 3D remake, which does both in one while packing in a free cast of Erase for good measure. Whether this is just a leftover from the original, a sign that the original dynamic between the abilities was kept originally, just an alternate name or if Gauge would have been overhauled to be unique (even if only for multiplayer) is unclear.

Alchemy: It's Item Lore. Interestingly, the Pixel Remaster would use this name for Item Lore, now a command instead of an passive ability. Whether this was the same case originally for the 3D remake is unclear.

Control: Usually a command to control monsters. It's not particularly clear which job would have gotten this as Final Fantasy III does not have a clear Beastmaster job. It's not located with the rest of the Ranger commands but instead between the Scholar and Dragoon commands. It's Japanese name is "つかい" which can mean Errand (Boy/Girl), Familiar (as in a spirit such as an imp) or a Trainer/Tamer/User/Charmer/etc. Indeed, 使い, it's equivalent, is used in a few different ways; both for animal taming and not (Elementalist and Archer from Tactics & T-Advance use the term in their job titles). XI influence would suggest that this is a Dragoon ability, but it's right before Banish which would make more sense as a Scholar ability. I just... gah.

Banish: Not to be confused with the Warp spell. Given the XI influence on the 3D remake it may be that version of the ability, a sort of "heir" to the Dia line from the first game: It deals Light damage with increased damage to undead. It's unclear if it would have gone to the White Mage (per XI), the Knight (Ditto, kinda) or the Black Mage (XIV 1.0 and 4 Heroes of Light both classify it as a Black Mage spell). It is (not counting Control)(?) right between the Scholar and the Dragoon command sets. Take that as you will.

Abduct: This was the command that made me take a closer look at the command list in general. We know from the interview that one of the Dragoon's scrapped abilities was the "Abduction Jump" ability.

Blood Weapon: Not to be confused with the Blood Sword or Blood Lance. This was apparently a Dark Knight ability in XI which applies the Blood Weapon effect to all of a Dark Knight's attacks.

Hexed Quarter: ...I actually have no idea what this one did. This ability does not seem to match with any FF abilities. It's Japanese name is "きもん" which does not help matters. The closest I can find is that it may be linked to the FFXI Geomancer's "Cardinal Chant" ability, which changes effect depending on the cardinal direction the enemy is located at relative to the player. How this would have been implemented, if this is indeed the ability, is unclear (maybe it would depend on what direction the party was facing when the encounter started)?

Ley Lines: Ditto. It's Japanese name is "りゅうみゃく" or "龍脈" which seems to translate to "Dragon Vein", which is a general Feng Shui concept. Thus, this seems to be connected to the Geomancer job. (While Black Mages would be associated with Ley Lines in FFXIV, this seems to have been after the reboot rather than the 1.0 version that Hiromichi worked on.)

Meditate: At the time of the remake's release, the only game to feature the meditate skill was XI, in which it was a Samurai ability. However, it is located next to the Black Belt's Boost and, interestingly, Retaliate. Given the presence of Chakra for the Monk, perhaps at one point, the Black Belt was intended to more closely mirror the Monk in terms of abilities?

Trance: At a glimpse, it's hard to tell. Most know of the Trance ability as an ability that transforms characters into stronger forms (Terra in VI, the cast of IX, etc.) but it's unclear what job would've had that ability in III. On the other hand, it is an ability associated with the Dancer job. If that is the case, it might be a Bard-related ability, but it isn't grouped with Sing and Hide.

Charm: This one is... weird. It's Japanese name is "あやつる", which is the name given to the line of abilities/spells known as "control"/"Manipulate"/etc (the spells you use to control a monster). This ability tends to be heavily associated with the Beastmaster. However, not only is it far from the Scholar's commands, it's between the Black Belt and Ninja abilities. I'm not sure if there's a potential job I'm overlooking, if it's a "grouped together but not really" situation, a similar case to Advance/Berserk or indeed intended for those two classes.

Dual Wield: A weird one: Final Fantasy III, even on the Famicom, allows everyone to dual-wield. To my knowledge, Dual-Wield has never been a command, although it has usually been heavily associated with Ninjas. It might also be a "silent" command like Cover, although

Utsusemi: A recurring Ninja ability introduced in XI, functioning similarly to the "Image"/"Mirage" command introduced in IV with Edge.

And there we have it. It's possible that not all of these were intended for the game or that some were remnants of different directions for certain jobs. It's all quite mysterious.

[ajgrey9647]

Little update for now... Packing in a lot of work with new cases and a shit ton of paperwork before I go on vacation next week with the family. So I'll be MIA for a minute.

On the plus side, I'm sure I'll find lots of inspo for my precious guys while I'm out relaxing :)

[arcshuanranger]

There are some accounts on Rotomblr that I'm surprised haven't been banned.

[sayxit]

Lost

Looking for the bathroom after too many drinks making me feel like in a movie

[extraordinary-heroes]

Batman Incorporated Vol 3 #1 (Cover art by Jorge Molina)

[invenusable]

[redisaid]

Anya or Velonara

Hmm. Here's a good one for a Dark Ranger in general?:

[kurogalaxy14]

Finished piece!! Plus some detail shots for the fun of it because I'm proud of them. The scales on Pyrr (the red drake in the foreground) took me almost an hour to draw! It's details like that that make drawing fun though.

[ssunvulcan1981]

[infinitysgrace]

"what happens if it gets worse once we're inside?"

"then it gets worse."

[comicbooksaregood]

Batman Incorporated

Volume: 2

Issue: 13

Variant Cover: Chris Burnham, Grant Morrison

DC