#hermit kingdom

[alchemisoul]

Yeonmi Park's Stories from Childhood and Escape from North Koriea conjure up images from another world such as Narnia.

"I was born in North Korea and I did Escape when I was 13 years old. I did have one older sister and I had two loving parents, but in North Korea, there's no word for love, so my parents never told me that they loved me.

The first thing, my mom told me when I was younger was don't even whisper because the birds and mice could hear you. We never knew who was a spy, how they were watching."

[liamphotoatl]

(Liam Photography Podcast)

[ravagerrush]

recognition of self through the other

i think about these sisters every single day.. exploding into one hundred million tiny little bits!!!! singles under cut

[cosmicwhoreo]

Whenever Gold has to leave his workshop for business that can't be conducted via drones or in the comfort of his own home, he usually just throws on a cloak.

His "business deal" stuff usually involves him scuttling to the shadiest parts of Earthbread and either making bank or making an example of an ex-customer. Which is why his physical appearances are few and far in-between. So, he tends to put on, say... a "show" for when he does bother to leave home and why there are so many crazy rumors about him.

Yeah, Gold doesn't like leaving his workshop or places of work if he can help it...

[demi-pixellated]

failed again, young hero

[kiwibirdlafayette]

theyre totally plottin something 👀

had the silly little idea of addin more lifers/hermits to the AU so here are some designs for Etho n Bdubs!

Bdubs is a starwizard/sunborne like Wag who uses his starmagics for light and color manipulation, and Etho is a ship engineer who works with TIES to repair broken vessels, and he's also of the same subspecies that the queen is (theyre called Vhideans, or a type of moonbornes)

[kiwinatorwaffles]

pro gamer move of combining my hyperfixations

doc is the only living zonai left because he developed a way to stay immortal but once he crawled out of his invention cave he noticed everyone got nuked, etho is a sheikah on the tech team, beef is a traveling painter, and bdubs is a bloodthirsty korok who needs to reach his friends (nho)

hypno and xb are traveling treasure hunters who may or may not have created several contracts to steal souls

grian and pearl are two friends since childhood :3

other characters me and sky came up with (so far) include:

joe, a hylian poet who takes inspiration from the most batshit topics

tango, a sheikah who is obsessed with the color yellow thus he works as a spy to infiltrate the yiga clan. also practically lives in the depths

zedaph, a hateno sheep rancher who is trying to innovate a machine to shear sheep faster and terrorizes the village in the process

impulse, a goron in tarrey town who is just concerned for his two friends

iskall, a traveller who craves adventure, and stress, iskall’s friend who is trying to find him an adventure

gem, a sweet and lovely hylian in hateno whose weekly routine includes hiking up to kakariko and ding-dong ditching etho with monster parts

wels and false, guards at lookout landing who are supposed to watch the supplies. (wels lost the keys)

[gillipop-curated]

yes i know im a day late again but i had no internet making this so i couldn't find out who's day it was today but i knew yesterday was hermit friends and i have scott's skin on my tablet as a ref so ye

anyway here! used this one as lighting practice :3

[mollotovm]

her outfit in CRO is so incredibly beautiful i js had 2 draw it bro it was necessary

[magistralucis]

it's not like I really needed to visit you anyway ( ˶•̀ _•́ ˶) [Trazyn/Orikan snippet]

(Excerpt from the second chapter of Viridian. Set during a past sequence, the major turning point of their relationship - Trazyn invites Orikan to his home for the first time, and Orikan agrees hesitantly, not knowing what wonders await him in Solemnace. At this time he's running hot and cold towards Trazyn, about 90% tsun and 10% dere, though this will change soon. 😌

This is one of the only SFW passages I could quote from the chapter fhhghghg)

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Orikan gazed at him warily under the veil as he approached, noting the lord was dressed more ceremonially than the usual. "What do you want?"

Trazyn beamed back at him, manifestly joyful. "I am soon to be the Overlord of Solemnace."

"Congratulations?" Trazyn had not previously spent time at Solemnace, as far as the Diviner knew, nor was Solemnace especially known among the Nihilakh. Orikan had no idea what he was going to do there, nor what kind of demesne he would shape. "About time you acted your age. Became responsible."

Whatever he was up to, it was about a decade overdue. Trazyn's two older brothers had ruled their own realms almost as soon as they'd come of age, yet the lord archivist had waited close to his thirtieth year to take up his inheritance; an act of supreme sloth, or perhaps hubris, since merely surviving to that age was a privilege denied to many necrontyr. "You'll miss my whimsy when it's gone, I'll warrant." The overlord chuckled, and Orikan gave him an incredulous look. "The man I am will not be so affected by material differences, as hard as it may be to believe. But why not see for yourself? My palace is still being built, but would you care to visit me at Solemnace when it's done?"

"I neither care nor care not!" Orikan huffed - but deep down, he was intrigued. It helped that around that time he had moved up significantly within the Sautekh court, and his anxiety had increased alongside the honour, as if he'd been forced to creep above thin ice. Suddenly going abroad for a while seemed like a fair idea, even just for a breather, for his dynasty was a vicious one and he liked to plan ahead.

But for that to happen Solemnace must be finished, and moreover, Trazyn had to be serious about wanting him there. And while he'd softened towards Trazyn, he did not fully trust him, not half as far as he could throw the overlord. For two seasons Orikan's lack of faith persisted - until one clear day in the heart of springtime, he was greeted by a messenger at the temple gates. Not a cryptek, but a Nihilakh groundskeeper, who walked with undaunted pleasure at the new grounds he'd been given to keep. In his hands he bore a small golden box, and as soon as Orikan saw it he knew the promise was kept, for engraved on top of it was none other than Trazyn's sigil.

Inside it he found two scrolls, a map of Solemnace and an invitation in the lord's own hand. The palace was finished and Trazyn's household had moved in, it said, and if Orikan could spare a decan to visit the overlord would be most honoured. The letter specified nothing else about the nature of Solemnace, which Orikan's heart tried to spin into distrust: it was never for no reason when a noble requested a cryptek's attention. Perhaps, under the guise of leisure, Trazyn wanted his advice. Wanted to sweeten Orikan up for a favour, or simply to show off his riches. Perhaps Trazyn wanted his fortunes read, or that of his people - which Orikan would not be able to do, and would rather die than to admit it and be humiliated. But then again, maybe Trazyn didn't care about those things. It hurt his pride to acknowledge it, but Orikan had little appeal as a true seer in Gheden, for the Nihilakh already had one of those. They might want to see how I measure up against the Yyth Seer, he thought, and heaved a sigh. The Nihilakh never seemed short of anything, not in wealth nor their chronomancer sects, nor the grim head of the Yyth Seer spinning prophecies unknown to outsiders.

He was exhausting himself. If existing next to Trazyn was a headache, he could not even fathom how hard being in Solemnace might be.

But Orikan was no coward. He mulled over it for one day then responded yes. Whatever awaited him might be bad or good, but rejecting a good-faith invitation would definitely not help his standing with the overlord. Besides, Trazyn had made his efforts hard to ignore: the letter itself was beautiful, handwritten on peach-tinted parchment and gilded at the edges. (Trazyn only happened to be the finest scribe among the Eastern dynasties, after all, and perhaps among all necrontyr.) If Orikan was to refuse the intrigue he'd have to write back, and he really did not want to do that, good penmanship had not been a priority at the temple and his handwriting was genuinely very terrible and he did not wish to be mocked. And so, with great reluctance, Orikan gathered together his finest attires and left the following week for Solemnace.

It turned out to be the best decision he'd ever made for himself.

[linked-history]

Asked on Discord which of my heroes to draw next and one of the suggestions was Hermit, though I decided to add Calamity as this is an idea I had in my head for awhile.

Basically a first meeting between the two Links who share a start to their adventure but due to events their stories change and result in different outcomes.

Initially Calamity struggles separating his adventure from Hermit's and is under the assumption that if he makes a wrong choice his Hyrule could share the same fate while Hermit sees Calamity and realizes how much he fully lost during the Calamity.

These views would be challenged and addressed in the story and something that the two would work on later during the adventure.

[dissembledthyme]

The ancient femme men are married, y'all, that's it, that's the post

The lineart's super messy, but that's the heart of my account LMAO It looks better zoomed out

[wanderingskychild]

You know there are a number of different places this style event could have been hosted at, bit surprising it’s here in Hermit Valley.

(Though know that I look at it, the sun over the horizon does bring a nice touch)

The young skater being among the audience is somewhat to be expected. Blushing prospector is just a realm away so I didn’t question them being here either.

Sleepy traveler being here though was definitely a surprise. Like my guy, who’s watching your boat? 🤨

[apamates]

Fitz' loved ones going "is anyone going to inflict unimaginable trauma on that boy??" and not waiting for an answer

[gabrielsellesty]

RALATHOR

Our beloved hermit.

Enjoy ✨💙

[kiwibirdlafayette]

✨Starborne Kingdom of Dianite Masterpost ✨

This AU consists primarily of worldbuilding inspired by and expanding on Captainsparklez's starborne prince from the discontinued Origins SMP :D It pulls inspiration from the lore of Mianite Season 2 and worldbuilding from my SMP Multiverse theory, as well as draws motifs and themes from classic arthuriana

This AU is centered around OSMP Sparklez + Scott, and also features characters from Mianite, Empires, Life Series and Hermitcraft (treating this as a relative alternate universe)

Main Tag --> #starborne kingdom of dianite AU

Lore and Worldbuilding

A Brief History of the Starborne Kingdom

Galactic Avians + Jimmy

Character Dynamic Chart (Mianite/Royals)

Hermittopia Cast + Relationship Chart

SMP Multiverse Lore (related to how the structure of the realm works)

Cast Art

King Dianite, Nobles Mianite and Ianite, and the Princes

Queen Khailani

Tiem Reester

Anphidhea of the DMCA + Tom

The Fyerians (Fyre UK Wizards)

Syndisparklez Cosplay MV

Prince Jordan Sparklez Cosplay (Final Design)

Etho and Bdubs

Main Relationships- Captainsparklez/SynHD (main ship) Smajor/Solidarity (one sided sorta its complicated), Tangotek/Solidarity, Captainsparklez & Smajor, Ethoslab/Bdoubleo100

Other Ships- Lizzie/Joel, Mot/Dianite, Spark/Ianite, Capsize/Sonja, Mumbo/Scar/Grian, Gem/Pearl