#hero mechquest

[high-voltage-rat]

Thinking about how after the war with the Shadowscythe, the Mechquest Hero would be visibly aged from the stress. Grey hairs and lines under the eyes from the pressure of it all. Would the Reset wipe that away? Would they regain that youth and vitality only to lose it all over again? Or would the Dragonfable Hero, supposedly fresh and new to the role at the start of their adventure, already look aged beyond their years- as if they've maybe always been carrying the weight of the world?

[little-demy]

I forgot I haven't shared these here yet

While they are technically the same person in different timeline/world/universe, I love the idea of them as sisters (Michel Triplets). The easiest way to explain how they are as their own is the image attached

[seiji-the-ice-drake]

Haven't drawn in a while, so of course the first thing I do draw is MQ! Eveline

After finishing the sketch and relaxing for a bit, I found this

Which lead to this little comic

MQ: River is an NPC you meet in the Friday the 13th events and as a crewmember aboard the SDF Reliant. There are multiple nameless background NPC's with her exact hairstyle and color as she is by all accounts a standard NPC

Me: Okay, but what if...River and Eveline were girlfriends?

[thatvampireenthusiast]

so i've been thinking on this for a few days now, and of the ae games that i've played (dragonfable, adventurequest, mechquest, and aqworlds, though it's been over a decade since i touched that last one), mechquest is honestly the one with the darkest tone overall? like, right out the gate, the world that you play in is at war. the very first mission you do on the dropship in the prologue is track down an alien infiltrator that snuck in. by the time you reach soluna city the shadowscythe invasion has seeped into so much of everyday life. the hospital is overwhelmed by the war and needs volunteers. the museum doing archeological digs is having to contend with the shadowscythe at ancient temples. the *pizza place* sometimes comes under attack by the alien forces attacking loreon. and this is all stuff that happens before you ever even go off planet.

sure, mechquest still has the ae games classic combo of absurdist humor and internet memes and tonal whiplash, and the other games can certainly get dark, especially dragonfable, but the overall *tone* of mechquest is the darkest and the bleakest, under the surface. especially since we all know how it ends. or at least that's how it feels to me.

[gayson-voorhees]

have you guys seen this npc before???? weird.

[uooj601]

Dragon fable - Hero of the past

Did some art for my Dragonfable character while ago, His name is PIZZA, for reasons that make sense but are currently irrelevant

For anyones interested in the abbreviated story, He is the hero of mechQuest However after the universe reset he retained a little more then most, his Name, a mechanical hand and ghosts of memory from a war that never was Now he makes his way through a world equal parts alien and familiar, in search of friends and foes he can scarcely recall save for there names and banners

Since typically soul weaver gauntlets have a stone on them - I assume the purpose of witch is to bind them somehow or act as a focal point of magic - I decided to place both stones on the same arm

Strangely he has no natural affinity for magic and can only use that of his soul ally, Lacking the innate gift for magic he stands entirely on the only gifts remaining, Valor and Cunning

[tmae3114]

oooh, thought thought thought

early Book 3 Hero feeling betrayed by Jaania and not fully understanding why they feel that way to the depth that they do

Yeah, Jaania betrayed them! She was an ally and she turned on them with no warning or explanation! But also they knew her for, like, two days, so why does it hurt so much?

[theloverofdragons]

“So you’re a university student?”

“Yep! Graduated from GEARS with top marks in mecha piloting and energy blade combat, and assigned to Captain Sys-Zero to fight against the Shadowscythe! What about you?”

“Uh, I understood about half of those words, but I’ve also been fighting against the Shadowscythe, mostly Sepulchure, with my dragon, say hi Draco!”

“Oh wow, a dragon! We thought there were no more dragons left in the universe… Wait til I tell Jaania about this!”

“Oh there’s loads here…wait you said mecha. Like Kordana? She’s this huge structure deep in Sho’Nuff forest full of gears and whirry things and defence robots.”

“I don’t know Kordana personally, but she sure does sound like a mech!”

“Wow…small universe huh.”

“Very. Oh wait, I have to go, I’m being called for deployment!”

“I should go too, there’s probably an undead attack somewhere. Good to meet you!”

“You too!”

“Thanks for letting me try out this portal thing, Cysero!” The Hero scooped Draco up and deposited them on their shoulders. “See ya!”

“Watch out for low flying eyeballs!” Cysero called after the Hero, expression tightening ever so slightly as he glanced over at the mirror they had been speaking into.

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For Requiem Angel who requested: DF Hero has a chat with MQ Hero

[cyraen-ae]

Currently having profound Mechquest Reset brainrot because I looked back on how the DF Hero is shocked to see that Myalos is a robot dragon despite having met two dragonoids in his Mechquest iteration and how it profoundly drives home the fact that these are simultaneously the same person while being fundamentally different, having had vastly different lives, experiences and knowledge.

[crouton-knight]

Imagine abyssal elf talismans in the shape of rubber ducks. This will be a little long and have screenshots so I'm putting it under a readmore.

So we all remember how Kathool was beaten up by a college student in a duck-shaped submarine, right?

And we know that in Kathool's nightmares in several of the quests, the submarine shows up, right?

(above screenshots taken from TechnoHawk1996's youtube channel)

And we recently found out that the abyssal elves were tasked by Neso with protecting the depths, and presumably also minimizing Kathool's influence?

"In ages past, the Abyssal Elves were charged by Neso with securing the depths of the seas-- maintaining order, and defending from threats."

Consider. Consider for a moment.

Abyssal elf talismans to ward against evil.

In the shape of yellow rubber duckies.

It makes sense in context, right?

But most of them probably didn't even know what ducks are, let alone what a rubber duck would look like, or if someone described a duckling to them, I don't think they'd make a connection beyond "yellow" and "small", which can apply to far too broad a category to be all that useful for imagining an actual IRL duckling.

So imagine, for a moment, these ancient sea-people who consider the surface world a distant dream like we thought of outer space for a long time, gifting each other talismans in the shape of rubber ducks, and at some point during this most recent foray into the deeps, perhaps, the hero finds one and goes.

"Huh. That looks familiar. How did that get here?"

We know how it got there. But the theological and metaphysical implications on Lore itself, as soon as someone points it out, would be staggering.

[vaalthus]

End of Magic Part 2: Grand Finale of Book 3 (spoilers)

My My, what a magnificent conclusion

The rather terrifying realization that Aequilibria isn't just erupting to kill everyone on Lore to wipe its shell clean of "impurities" but that it is literally going to snuff out those lives to get the mana everyone has back into itself. Which was somewhat clear when it initially introduced itself to the Hero but it's becoming pretty easy to see why it sees no issue with what its doing since from the Elements' perspective they're only taking back what they loaned out in their new little playground.

The fact that this "aspect" refers to the Aequilibria as a separate entity or designation from itself only further cements my suspicion that Sk'aar, the god of nightmares, is indeed in some shape or form a part of Aequilibria. Another aspect, or sub-function if we consider potential ties to Mechquest, but something that is based on either thoughts or dreams but that is something I wish to put under a microscope another time.

It's a small thing but I just love that in short amount of time our little mage trio have learned to piggybacked onto each other's spells for cooperation. Ya love to see it and speaking of things I love to see...

Our dragon child entering a rebellious streak against their parents!!!

I'm totally going to choose to believe this image is nothing more than a quick background cutaway for the Aspect's ultimate attack. I'm definitely NOT going to bring up the fact that it used a rune coloration affiliated with the Infernals from the Exaltia Tower. I'm also definitely not going to bring up the fact that Notha mentioned that "Evil" was the "Will of the Infernals"

>:]

Ooof sure hope the Wastes have some answers on this because uh yeah...

Ya know it's fascinating that Alexander has become this sort of big brother/uncle figure at this point in the story though after all he's suffered and all he's been able to reconcile it makes a lot of sense that he has a few bits of wisdom to deliver and kindness to provide the innocent. His advice here about duty should not be ignored though. It's been brought up before, but the Hero's rather obsessive need to be THE hero in people's lives, to be that constant helping hand, is something that could destroy them if they aren't careful.

As it stands now, our primary goal is going to be keeping Aequilibria from killing everyone which is no easy task with this scenario, not to mention the new conflicts that will surely arise from this aftermath or those that have been lying in wait to be a problem later. Hopefully, when that time comes, the hero will not make the same mistakes as both his enemies and his allies have made when the challenges ahead prove to be too much to bear alone.

THE TRUTH JAANIA!!!: We woke up god, you realized you were wrong, and now we all need to work together before an uncaring deity swallows us whole with mana juice.

This saga tragically began with three and it ends with three, ends in acceptance and peace. Rest well gang, may you reawaken to a world where your efforts did not go to waste.

Ooof that's a lot more new fissures than I was expecting and there's no telling how many may have opened on the lands we can't see like Lhe'Shiyac.

Not sure how to feel about this news. On one hand, it makes sense to have someone from our side of the world to try and give the Shapeless Empire some much needed perspective on how it rebuilds in the coming years and it wouldn't do to have Alteon return and cause potential problems with his daughter's newfound authority. On the other hand, I can't imagine how pissed or hurt Victoria, Brittany, and Tara might be when they find out he just kind of bailed to be an adventurer. Additionally, I'm not sure how much assistance he'll be in changing the Magesterium but I guess that's a job for Ostromir and Vseslava perhaps?

As in you guys will be using more ethical approaches, right? RIGHT!?!?!?

Us and our dragon riding off into the sunset into an uncertain but hopeful future was honestly the best way to end this chapter. To the devs a very pleasant thank you for the effort you put into this game after all these yea-

YO WHAT THE CLUCK ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT BUTTON, CYSERO!?!?

[high-voltage-rat]

Actually I think the world should experience this. The joke(s) that led to me solidifying my main dragonfable and mechquest trans headcanons.

[little-demy]

Hero of Prophecies

Or as I'd like to call them, the traumatized michel (?)

I've shared this elsewhere before but I forgot I have tumblr so I'll upload some stuff I've shared on twitter her for now I guess

And so meet the Michel aka Johanna A. Michel for MQ, Joanne B. Michel for DF, and Jeannette C. Michel for AQW

Personal lore for them below!

In term of identities Johanna, Joanne, and Jeannette are actually one single soul with three different identiites. Johanna and Joanne are directly related; they're just the same soul but the Reset made the unknown virus within Johanna (that corrupts her and slowly made her body decay) merged and thus made Joanne a little hit resistant to Doom but also made her compatible with Doom power

While for Jeannette is a being from another universe; in which Joanne was killed by Drakath alongside Arc and reincarnated into Jeannette. Jeannette was not born, but manifested from Joanne's soul that merged with EDoT's power. She's not really a human and feels like an anomaly. She onky received her name and became more humane after being adopted by Yvonne (Joanne's mother, who just recently lost her daughter too)

[seiji-the-ice-drake]

Some doodles of Eveline

Jacket on

Jacket off (plus a fixed belt)

Unfinished doodle that was driving me insane, tbh. May attempt again at a later point in time

[asylumdream]

Found a glitch of my allies remaining even though I'm now playing a different character. Very funny to imagine zhoom takeing a comission from this bag of bones.

Correct! That is the game Im playing! Love dableing in fragon as you do. But honestly this whole water orb saga is great, i love the one guy sneezing at te beginning to foreshadow kathool achuu (if its spelled wrong No It Isnt). Im a little (read:lot) bit concerned about the heros mental health after all that but Its Probably Fine. Im sure this will have no repercussions in the future :) (<knows about remthalas).

I also know... very little, about mechquest so i cant really do more then be like Ah! I see Mechquest! Whenever the reset is mentioned, but i do think its morbidly funny that kathool has nightmares about the rubberducky machine.

[thatvampireenthusiast]

*shows up to the finale a day late with take out*

WOW was this. a ride. i went through. SO MANY EMOTIONS and also that boss fight was *oof* it took me a few tries though not as many tries as magical girl transformation jaania

but!!! just!!! the mage trio!!! who we have to leave behind!!! who is depending on us to get them out of there!!! aequillibria and everything it entails!!! i'll be glad to slow down with dragonfable for a bit now that i've caught up (except for everything with roirr and the first weaver stuff i didn't actually. get to that. but i will. i have Theories about what exactly happened there given it's placement in the timeline or rather, what the consequences of it were (aka i think i know what broke the magesterium or at least who broke the magesterium)), but i'm also super excited for what may come next!!!

we've got all these new tiny fissures, we've got the rift still open in the deadlands, we've got aequllibria to figure out, there's of course several open-ended side stories that still need closure like the fear saga and six heroes... and there's so much more of lore to discover! obviously there's more of the continent across the sea, but what about the lands to the south? the other side of the world where uaanta and notha come from! so many possibilities!!

but also the finale itself was so satisfying. it tied up some more threads, left other stuff open for the epilogue and for the future book 4, made me cry over the mage trio and then made me lose my mind over cysero and his big red (reset???) button (dragonfable devs please you can't keep doing stuff like this to us you've put so many mechquest references in book 3 we're gonna lose it (i still actually have to. play through mech quest. hopefully in a more sedate manner than i have torn through dragonfable). duality of video game, tonal whiplash my beloved

...i don't know where i was going with this but in conclusion i love this game and i'm still having emotions about everything

just. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH