#deathmark

[fmab]

Huntmaster

[magistralucis]

bringing this back because the black comedy beat here was impeccable

[princess-mach]

This came to me in a vision

Alternative version I guess

[alpanmix]

"My sister gave it to me, so it's a precious item." "That you fill in with worthless junk huh..."

[lonecryptek]

The Deathmark from Pariah Nexus. Illuminor Szeras is a jerk and this poor Deathmark deserved better :(

[gunmoony]

I was highly amused when Mashita finally shows up in DeathMark 2. He shows up and decides Yashiki needs to protection with no hesitation

[strangelystillhere]

@necronomiconenthusiast

[xendiyatrix]

[pen-and-umbra]

Perfection. Not canonical, but I'd like to think it's set during Kanon Soldier episode.

[googlyeyesonmagiccards]

Suck it green

[alex-leweird]

Memento mori

A fanart of Pariah Nexus Series.

[fluffysnail15]

mooooorrrrreee!!!!!!

[roirence]

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[princess-mach]

On Yashiki and smoking

Never saw anyone talking about this so I just wanted to throw it out there! I read a lot of Death Mark fanfiction, so I've seen a fair few headcanons about Yashiki's possible smoking habits - everything from he never smokes, he smokes for the first time at Mashita's behest, smoking being his guilty pleasure, him openly smoking... People have a lot of different ideas, which is fun! However, I raise you this conversation:

The first time I played through this, I mistakenly thought it was Mashita talking for some reason? But when I recently watched the playthrough, Mashita wasn't even in this scene. This seems to pretty heavily support the theory that yes, Yashiki does smoke, even if he's never seen to be smoking.

Of course, there are still plenty of ways a non-smoking Yashiki headcanon could be maintained. Maybe he just knew smoking to be common and reached for where he supposed Masamune would keep cigarettes, but there were never actually any there. Maybe Masamune smoked and thus kept cigarettes on him, but Yashiki doesn't partake. Maybe Masamune/Yashiki keep cigarettes with them for some other reason, like giving to friends. (If you really wanted to, you could squeeze in a scene where Mashita gives him these very cigarettes for some fun, gay reason).

Also, if Yashiki does smoke, then all those funny drawings of Mashita blowing smoke in his face (from the art book saying he likes to blow smoke in non-smokers' faces) would come into question. Fortunately, the art book never said Mashita didn't like blowing smoke into smokers' faces too, so 🤷 Go make your funny little drawings, I love them so much!

[alpanmix]

"What do you think is out there?" "Nothing good."

[magistralucis]

I am so obsessed with the Huntmaster. Most unusual for a deathmark. I don't know if we get a detailed description anywhere of how deathmarks used to be raised and trained - but they were certainly never considered honourable, except only in the most reluctant circumstances. Death-by-deathmark is a 'base assassination', fit only for the non-sentient or the disgraced, and since their work is a dirty secret they barely get any acknowledgement. Their entire existence is a taboo. According to the rules of their society, they're barely even necron; they don't even suffer the Anti-Life Insanity Disease in the same way other Destroyers do, they have their own variation.

We know that deathmarks don't take this lying down - Lysikor certainly doesn't, but he in many ways is the societal perception of deathmarks played straight. He's scheming and treacherous and nobody is surprised by this, he knows the role he is playing, and he'll exploit it every way he can. Not so much the Huntmaster. He's dangerous, he's expensive, and local necron nobles find his work disgusting - but he's loyal, too, and he is trusted, enough that Trazyn hangs out with him in his oubliette and entrusts the Empathic Obliterator to him. He seems to have been treated well ever since he came to Solemnace, being allowed to work at his own pace - sometimes against his own master's pace! - and everything about him suggests he enjoys being with Trazyn. That's not the usual deathmark treatment at all, they have something special going on here.

Now I've no doubt that a large part of this relates to how Trazyn treats his court, that is to say: with surprising courteousness. As a rule Trazyn values his retainers, and since Trazyn is so far beyond necron perceptions of normality, it makes sense he would be good to his deathmark too. But respect goes both ways, and I find myself headcanoning endlessly just what Trazyn did to earn the Huntmaster's endless loyalty, or what the Huntmaster must've gone through before his residence at Solemnace. He was already infamous when Trazyn secured his fealty. Was he actually admired in his old dynasty, or was he feared and hated like any other deathmark? Did he have that void cape before he came to Solemnace? Did Trazyn offer that price for him himself, or did he have to negotiated over? Was he known for his loyalty before, or is Trazyn the only master he's ever respected? Did they have a genuine friendship prior to biotransference, or did they start spiraling together in their mutual collectors' insanity after the Great Sleep? Some real food for thought there 🤔