#dragonracing

[heartsmourne]

what if the illidari get like, really into dragonracing. possibly dangerously into it. somebody loses a horn, a wing, and three fifths of an arm in a tragic collision with a window before the bronze dragonflight mandates that unmounted flight is no longer allowed in the races

[allyalbonart]

I found these very old drawings and thought I would share! I must have been 7ish when I drew them? These were my pet racing dragons. I had completely forgotten about them! Lady was my favourite. I think there was a 6th one.... brain is mushy! Now I want to 3d sculpt them, or maybe paint them again. Ah, the innocence of childhood and the obsession with dragons.

[raguonmynieceandnephew]

I fucking love Shadowlands and I am tired of being silent

This is probably gonna be long. TL;DR at the end.

Look, Shadowlands is the second worst expansion this game has ever shipped, besides WoD. I know this is a WILD opening sentence for a defense argument, but I am a romantic, not fucking delusional. This is a fact. Point blank period. The content drought was absurd, the legendary system was completely fucked, the maw in general, the lore reduced Arthas and Garrosh quite literally to dust, The Jailer as the main villain and FUCKING THORGAST, the overall alt unfriendliness, borrowed power cranked to a million, and I have expressed how much of a fucking joke I think putting Pelagos as the new Arbriter was.

It was bad.

This has been stablished, not just by me, but by the entirety of the wow community.

But even though I agree, all these things made the game worse, I still enjoyed my experience, and I have a positive outlook on the expansion overall, which seems to be the greatest sin a World of Warcraft player can commit: I liked Shadowlands. I dare to say I liked it more than I did Dragonflight, if I think really hard about it.

You simply cannot say you liked Shadowlands in the any circle of the WoW community online, from what I have seen. I remember Kraken Latte put it in first place in a rank she made of all expansions and got shit on for days on twitter, with people failing to see what she saw in the game.

Now, I feel like I have pointlessly yapping till now, so without further ado, here are some of the Shadowlands features i like the most:

1 - THREADS OF FATE

I am a simple man, who likes to do 2 things in wow: Mythic+ and leveling. That is pretty much it. I don't PvP, I rarely raid and I occasionally indulge in RPing as a Tidesage on Moonguard. And let me tell you, this baby right here was lifechanging.

Threads of Fate is by far, the single best feature (before Warbands, lol) in my entire World of Warcraft experience. I loved it. I loved it dearly. I don't think I have ever had so much fun leveling 60-70 through Revendreth and Ardenweald with ToF. I still have the route I took memorized, it was SO good. So many bonus objectives back to back to back, world quests and that goddamn gorgeous blue forest had the FATTEST questing hubs in the game.

I was so excited to play this combined with Chromie Time, like IT WAS ON BETA, until it was ruthlessly taken away from me for no goddamn reason AT ALL. Like, what the actual fuck blizzard. Y'all don't understand how delightful it would have been to level like that in ardenweald in the mid thirty levels, right after clearing Loch Modan (or the Silverspine and Hillsbrad, for horde). I barely touched SL since it got removed.

BRING IT BACK BLIZZARD, I AM BEGGING YOU, JUST DO THIS ONE SOLID FOR ME.

2 - COVENANT CALLINGS

Speaking of features I thoroughly enjoyed that were pried from my hands, we have the best iteration of daily quests this game has ever had. They actually worked as good dailies that gave actual gold, was a good reliable source of reputation and was amazing for anima and cosmetics.

This + the recent nerfs to the Dragonracing WQs make me feel like blizzard doesn't like when players make their gold independently, like, jesus christ not all of us have time to be profession moguls.

3 - THE 4 ZONES

What inspired this post was the fact that SL raids are now on legacy loot (if you didn't know, now you do) and I had to go to Bastion to buy the weapons with the thingy that drops from Nathria and...look at this. Just look at this.

This place is one of the most beautiful things this game has to offer. Like, the entire zone is gorgeous byt seeing this for the first time since DF came out legit moved me bro, LOOK AT IT.

And while the covenants were kind of a shit show gameplay-wise, in EVERY SINGLE OTHER ASPECT, it was a 10/10 feature, argue with your mom. Aesthetics, themes, everything, simply gorgeous. Also, it got bonus points from me bcs i really do not like to use training dummies in current expansions because of the sheer amount of people blasting them at any given time, so each covenant having their own Dummy Room, was a ++++ for me.

4 - THE NECROLORDS OF MALDRAXXUS

The Necrolords were the best covenant, their campaign was the best and their characters were the best. Like, come on now.

Draka? Mother. Vashj? Mother. Emeni? Mother. Sin'dane? Mother Stradama? Grandmother. Like, are you kidding me? I know lore was one of the Weakest points of SL overall, but you are insane if you include anything involving these guys. Even the Korthia campaign was enjoyable when they had the spotlight. And I only listed the female characters lmao, don't forget The Primus, Krexus's meme death, the five houses, Morgraine, Grahmal, Marileth, like C'MON!

5 - THE DUNGEONS

Except for the Theater of Pain, and arguably the De Other Side (I personaly love it), Shadowlands has the best overall roster of dungeons in the entire game.

Sanguine Dephts is, in my opinion the second best dungeon in WoW, period, behind only Freehold, Tazavesh is the best Mega Dungeon they ever made. Mists is a banger, Plaguefall is a banger except for the tentacles, Halls of Atonement, Spires (controversial take, ik), Necrotic Wake is amazing, like, you can say whatever you want about SL, but you cannot talk shit about its dungeon design.

Except ToP.

Fuck ToP.

Now, it's getting late so imma speedrun the rest of the items:

6 - COSMETICS

SL changed the transmog game, and all cosmetics from it (all the mounts and sets from all sources) look phenomenal, and if you disagree you are simply lying to yourself.

7 - ZERETH MORTIS

The zone was good and had tons of stuff to do and collect, plus, the introduction to the Catalysts was a plus.

also, nothing will be funnier than Taelia fucking Fordragon being the talking quest bubble for WQs in THE REALM OF ULTRA DEATH

8 - RAIDS

CN: Vibes? Immaculate. SoD: Horrible systems, cool mechanics SoFO: Cool systems, mid mechanics overall a positive for me

9 - CHARACTERS

Already mentioned a lot of characters from Maldraxxus, here are my other faves: Lady Moonberry, the gay unicorm, Denathrius, Theothar, basically ever steward, The Accuser, Kael'thas, General Draven, Remornia and many more.

There are probably more reasons to list to justify my love for SL despite all the bad it has in it, but I simply do not have the mental fuel to keep going rn, i need sleep.

TL;DR: I like Shadowlands despite it being bad and would appreciate it if ppl didn't throw a fit everytime someone talks about it in any sort of positive light. I then listed Threads of Fate, Callings, the first 4 zones, dungeon design, the fuckton of collectibles, characters and the beginning of the shift in game philosophy as positive and valid reasons to be a SL enjoyer.

[dsgustng]

Recent commissions for @vividsparki, @springtwerp and @dragonracing !

[frengerino]

spent another day yesterday collecting a whole new boy (grotto netherwing drake, plus did the whole dragonracing achievement for the black scales) then immediately went to orgrimmar (to stand on top of the mailbox with my giant dragon. obviously) and got stuck in a wall

[are-you-judd-enough]

Thank you, @dragonracing

If you'd like to see one of your maps featured, check out the pinned blog

[gilnoruil]

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ABOUT GILNORUIL

Gilnoruil exists in multiple incarnations - the main ones and those I will RP him in are in World of Warcraft, Baldur’s Gate 3, and an original low-fantasy Universe.

Unless specified, I will default to whichever I feel fits to your character or in the case of asks, whichever I feel like at the time.

Here’s a quick overview of each of them! Art on this page by me.

General Mannerisms: Very very rarely contracts his words (he will say ‘do not’ over ‘don’t’) and if he ever does it’s usually a sign of stress.

General Need to Knows: Generally abrasive and slow to trust. Curt, but polite. Can be violent if sufficiently provoked. He’s also quite verbose when he gets talking. Not open to shipping and he will respond to romantic attention accordingly.

World of Warcraft Verse Tags: wowverse, dragon gilnor, headcanonsdragon

General Information

Name: Gilnoruil

Nicknames: Gilnor

Race: Half Black, Half Nether Dragon. Half-elf visage.

Faction: Neutral

Age: 32 - birthday 8th of November (Scorpio)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Heterosexual + Demisexual

Marital Status: Taken

Facial Likeness: Corrado Martini

Voice Likeness: Vessel, Sleep Token

Personality Type: INTJ-A (The Architect)

Physical Appearance - Visage

Hair: Black with silver highlights. The silver is at the front, which is usually pulled into four braids over the top of his head, and at the tips.

Eyes: Silver-purple with draconic pupils. If you get close enough, he has sparks in them that look like the reflections of stars.

Height: 6′2′’ / 188cm (without horns)

Build: Slender, athletic - swimmer or gymnast bodytype. Elven build.

Distinguishing Marks: Short pointed ears. Dragon features - arched, jagged horns that fade from burgundy to black. Reddish-black scales framing his face, covering his shoulders and back, and striping his sides and limbs. Long black talon-like claws on both hands. Tail with dark reddish-purple scales and fanned fins that give off a soft blue glow, along with some ‘cracks’ in the upper scales that emit the same light. Fangs in place of his canines. He can hide these features and look like a plain half-elf, but most of the time he refuses.

Accessories: Silver spiked horn guards, a silver dragon-shaped hair clip over his braids with a blue gem. When wearing a cloak, a guitar shaped pin made of silver wire and centred with a white-opaline gemstone.

Personal Information

Profession: None, he does what he wants.

Hobbies: Singing, playing instruments, dragonracing.

Languages: Common, Draconic, Thalassian, Draenei. Rudimentary understanding of Orcish but doesn't read or speak it.

Residence: Valdrakken.

Birthplace: Blade’s Edge Mountains - Outland.

More Details (Drake Appearance, Relationships, RP Hooks) and Other Verses Below >

Physical Appearance - Drake

As pictured. A little bigger than a ‘standard’ drake, but not as big as a full ‘adult’ dragon.

Has two breath weapons; fire / lava and nether energies.

Relationships

Parents: black dragon mother (deceased), nether dragon father (missing, presumed by him to be deceased)

Siblings: None. Although he does take a little shining to Rusziona.

Leader: Sabellian sort of. He was raised among Sabellian’s brood, but does not consider himself a member of it.

Partner: Halla Grimbear, Kul'tiran Druid.

Children: None.

RP Hooks

Generally unknown, but can attract attention due to his ‘strange’ appearance.

Often found around Valdrakken, at the inn or libraries learning all he can about the history of his race.

He will often perform music at the inns, singing and playing either his harp or his lute.

Baldur’s Gate 3 Verse Tags: bg3verse, tiefling gilnor, headcanonstiefling

General Information

Name: Gilnoruil Eldarin

Nicknames: Gilnor

Race: Dragon-blood Asmodeous Tiefling

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral (Chaotic Good under the influence of his beloved)

Backstory: Dark Urge

Age: 27 (he doesn’t know how old he is though)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Bisexual + Demisexual

Marital Status: Taken (he is polyamorous in this verse)

Facial Likeness: Corrado Martini

Voice Likeness: Vessel, Sleep Token

Personality Type: INTJ-A (The Architect)

Physical Appearance

Hair: Black with silver highlights. The silver is at the front, which is usually pulled back into a ponytail.

Eyes: Silver-purple with draconic pupils. After a certain key plot moment, if you get close enough, he has sparks in them that look like the reflections of stars.

Height: 6′2′’ / 188cm (without horns)

Build: Slender, athletic - swimmer or gymnast bodytype.

Distinguishing Marks: Pale skintone. Horns that curl back over his head fading from burgundy to black. Metallic reddish-black scales framing his face, covering his shoulders and back, and striping his sides and limbs. Long black talon-like claws on both hands. Pointed ears and tail as standard for tieflings. Fangs at his canines.

Accessories: Always wears black and silver. Long, elegant staff with an ice-blue crystal at the top that exudes cold.

Personal Information

Class: Sorcerer.

Hobbies: Singing, playing instruments, murder.

Languages: Common, Infernal.

Residence: Baldur’s Gate.

Birthplace: Unknown.

Relationships

Parents: Unknown.

Siblings: Unknown (Orin, by Bhaal)

Partners: Halla Grimbear, Human Druid + Astarion Ancunin, high-elf vampire.

Children: None.

Original Merman Verse Tags: aermaraverse, mer gilnor, headcanonsmer

General Information

Name: Gilnoruil Eldarin

Nicknames: Gilnor

Race: Mer (ocean-dwelling)

Title: Crown Prince of Aer Mara and the North Sea Realm.

Age: 27 - birthday 8th of November (Scorpio)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Heterosexual + Demisexual

Marital Status: Taken

Facial Likeness: Corrado Martini

Voice Likeness: Vessel, Sleep Token

Personality Type: INTJ-A (The Architect)

Star Sign: Scorpio

Physical Appearance

Hair: Black with silver highlights. The silver is at the front, which is usually pulled into four braids over the top of his head.

Eyes: Silver-blue. If you get close enough, he has sparks in them that look like the reflections of stars.

Height: 6′2′’ / 188cm - about 7ft long in his true form.

Build: Slender, athletic - swimmer or gymnast bodytype.

Distinguishing Marks: He can take a human form to walk on land and amongst humans without revealing what he really is. There is nothing particularly ‘distinguishing’ about him, perhaps save the starlight in his eyes.

Mer Form: Pointed ears. Black fishtail that begins at his abdomen. Scales have silver edging which glows when he’s feeling amorous. In the same circumstance, he also gets patterns of silver scales over his human half (sides of his face, backs of his arms, and his sides). Large betta-like caudal fin with silver veins. Two small wing-fins on either side, and a short frill fin down the back of his tail from the start to about halfway down. Gills on his waist towards his back.

Personal Information

Profession: Prince and he hates it. Bakery delivery person in the human world.

Hobbies: Singing, playing instruments, avoiding court, dancing.

Languages: English, Aer Maran.

Residence: Aer Mara, then later a seaside port-town in England.

Birthplace: Aer Mara.

Relationships

Parents: Thrandiel, King of Aer Mara (father), Sileveth, Queen of Aer Mara (mother).

Siblings: Ondolinde (younger sister).

Partner: Halla Grimbear, human.

Children: None.

[amaiguri]

Characters Judge Other Characters (Tag Game)

What do your characters think of each other? What would they think of your other stories' protagonists? How would your D&D/TTRPG characters judge your WIP's characters? What would your OCs think about canon characters? You are free to cut this any way you'd like! I just wanna hear the tea from your characters!

Also, even though I'm starting this here, I can't take credit for this idea: This was something we did in a Discord server forever back so credit to my cool friends 🥰

Now, without further ado...

Arlasaire's Opinions of my D&D/TTRPG characters:

Avakri (Kalashtar Mystic, Eberron 5e)--She'd think Avakri's kinda stuck up and difficult. But if they were forced to spend a long period of time talking, they'd ultimately get along. Mostly because Arlasaire will become co-dependent in 2 seconds if you're vaguely nice to her. Avakri would pity Arlasaire for being traumatized but also would believe Arlasaire needs to be held accountable for her warcrimes (i.e. skinning a guy's wife alive, etc.)

Agni (Tiefling Rogue, Homebrew World 5e)--Uh... they might have mutual respect for each other's fighting but Arlasaire would think Agni is really immature. Agni would just jab at Arlasaire for "no reason" and not understand why--though the truth is it's because Agni sees herself in Arlasaire and wouldn't like that.

Yuliyya (Water Genasi Necromancer, Homebrew World 5e)--These two would get along. Arlasaire would be annoyed by Yuliyya's desire to help others, but would see her as small and precious. Yuliyya would think Arlasaire is pretty cool.

Irkalla (Human Sorcadin, Same world as Agni)--Arlasaire and Irkalla would like... not talk to each other if they didn't have to. If forced to talk, Irkalla is charismatic enough to draw Arlasaire out of her shell and they would be like "Yeah, that was nice enough" but they would fundamentally not GET each other, despite both being nobles.

Sybilanne (Homebrew Dragonrace Sorc, Pathfinder Homebrew) -- Sybilanne is Lucienne with more steps and less chill (mostly because Sybilanne has magic and Lucienne can't defend herself if she pisses someone off enough). Sybilanne would think Arlasaire is a gross fucking Northern human and Arlasaire would think she's hot but hate her

Shrike (Wilder Dhampir, Pathfinder Homebrew) -- Shrike is a sociopathic people-pleaser who just wants everyone to love her so they don't tell the Church. And Arlasaire would ADORE her because Shrike would say exactly what Arlasaire wants, plus Shrike is a strong fighter. Shrike has no opinions on people but she would see Arlasaire as "a break" because she's so easy to manipulate.

Okay, I'll stop now cuz I could do this all day. Maybe I'll do a round 2 with the players of MY homebrew Pathfinder campaign that I run right now! 🥰🥰🥰

Thanks for coming to my weird characterization TED talk! Now hit me with your character judgements!

I'm gently tagging @maiemorrae, @dragonprincedawn (who may have invented this, I don't remember), @anyablackwood, @the-down-upside-finch , and also @grimcoordinater but no pressure 🤗🤗🤗

[the-oaken-muse]

15 Questions tag game

The rules are: Answer the 15 questions and tag 15 of your mutuals.

Thanks for the tag @echoghost1

1. Are you named after anyone? 

Nope

2. When was the last time you cried? 

Jan. 6th from exhaustion 👈👈

3. Do you have kids?

Nuh-uh

4. What sports do you play/have played? 

Nothing official

5. Do you use sarcasm? 

Occasionally

6. What's the first thing you notice about people? 

Probably hair or clothes usually, sometimes voice

7. What's your eye color? 

Blue

8. Scary movies or Happy endings? 

Happy endings

9. Any talents? 

I could say art, people have told me I'm a "talented artist," but what is talent if not practice and dedication? So I would say my real talents are being curious and stubborn and a bit of a perfectionist lol

10. Where were you born? 

Birmingham (you get to guess which one) in a hospital that no longer exists ;)

11. What are your hobbies? 

Reading, daydreaming, learning languages, scrolling through Tumblr and discord, watching youtube

12. Do you have any pets? 

A spunky old tortie named Ruby

13. How tall are you? 

5'3"

14. Favourite subject in school?

Probably some of the funky honors electives I took in college like The Art of Fermentation and Oral History

15. Dream Job? 

Doing whatever I want to do without having to worry about money

Tags! Sorry if you've already done this, feel free to join in or ignore 💕

@duchi-nesten @dragonracing @blobghost @probably-dead @underforeversgrace @lavendarlily @hannahmanderr @scarletsaphire @half-deadmagicperson @going-getting-got-ghost @ladygoodomens @raders1001 @nanaarchy @arisu-reblogs @halfa-ghost

[palanauts]

It's dragonracing-o-clock! Join us for the Outland Cup!

[antsypoindexter]

4 albums i've been listening to lately! tagged by @vrtistsonly :D

1) spiderland by slint

2) freaks by pulp

3) rubberneck by toadies

4) who will cut our hair when we're gone? by the unicorns

yaaay okay now tags @dcomposing @dragonracing @r3d-gr33n-b1u3 @throwingmuses @imstuckintime @compyuter @trannydejo peas and love on planet earth 🫒

[probably-dead]

@dragonracing

you better watch out. you better watch out. you better watch out. YOU BETTER WATCH OUT.

[gilnoruil]

"Alright, I admit, I was slightly sceptical when my Lady Halla introduced to me the concept of 'dragonracing'. My first thought was 'I am not some common horse you can mount'..."

"But I do love to fly. And once my... Discomfort with physical touch was eased and I started to use my birth form to ferry her places, I considered giving it a try. And now it is one of our favourite hobbies together."

"I do not usually wear a saddle, but we had one commissioned for racing. Halla's safety is worth the slight discomfort for me..."

[gilnoruil]

🥕 (carrot) - How does your character treat themselves after a long day? Do they buy something new? Maybe they eat a sweet treat? Call someone they love? Take a hot bath?

// Gilnoruil first and foremost wants his quiet space with his beloved. After a long day, he wants to go back to his home in Valdrakken, slice up some dragonfruit for a snack or eat a cooked meal from Halla, and top it off with cuddles, smooching and relaxation.

If it's been physically demanding, like perhaps he and Halla went dragonracing, he does like to soak in his bath for an hour or two. Even better if she's in it as well.