#hools art

[noellevanious]

fuckin with a cool outfit i thought up. decided to draw myself in it

[emberglowfox]

go, go, go!

[shiinxart]

artfight of the lovely oasis for @hools! (26 july 2023)

[ghostopossumlives]

Didn't like how the torso started going, but pretty satisfied with this face. This is a sketch of a Hool's face.

Long ancient lore ramble:

Long before the FTL Dark Age of the Nebula, the Hool ruled an empire that was ruined and scattered by the Ixionites a bit before the Ixionites wiped themselves out in the Terminarchomachy (an egofascist civil war between all remaining Ixion warlords to become the sole ruler and sole lifeform of the nebula.). The remaining Hool usually now serve under Bauosar warlords, being kept to assist with martial archeology (hunting down their own old shit that might be reverse engineered and giving it to the Bauosar in exchange for keeping their own petty fiefdoms). The Bauosar have similarly incomprehensible lifespans and had been a peripheral force during the age of the Hool and Ixionites' squabbles, but never posed enough of a threat to be focused on seriously by either empire while the other existed. They pretty much took over by default during the Dark Age after events at the end of the Terminarchomachy destroyed all FTL of that era. The Bauosar paperclipped any Hool they didn't exterminate, and their position hasn't risen past "on a short leash" since. (Ixionite survivors received no quarter, and are probably extinct.)

The Hool created the Pards, and were powerful bioengineers at their height. They usually killed their enemies with plagues until their populations were reduced enough to be safely recreationally tormented with monsters. They were unexpectedly hard-countered by the long held Ixionite practice of obliterating anything that might be sapient from millions of miles away with solar lasers, then using their now lost shield technology to hide inside of a sun if they suspected that they might lose the fight (they had a more efficient version of the SLIME systems used in modern planetary siege shields that turned afflictive input directly into monomolecule cohesion, allowing the energy from the stellar corona to make them completely indestructible for as long as they desired), preventing the Hool from ever making biological contact or obtaining cells to experiment with.

The Ixionites defeated and scattered the Hool, but before they were able to hunt down every survivor, they splintered and went to war against themselves. At some point in the conflict, a computer virus of unknown origin or method of transmission began to spread throughout all Hool, vermin, and Ixionite starships and fortresses, sabotaging them undetectably and causing total system failures that struck intelligently at the most devastating opportunity. A typical manifestation was shield failure during the standard Ixionite "sun sitting" tactic, causing the Ixionite to immolate itself. Knowledge of this virus event is mostly from Hool and Melusine witnesses whose ships were also bricked. Hool weren't likely to survive the virus attacks, but were more likely to survive the virus than Ixionites, because they weren't inside of stars when it struck, and were merely forced to hibernate adrift for centuries until they were collected by scavenging Bauosars or vermin. This virus eventually destroyed all FTL vessels in the Nebula, causing the FTL Dark Age, and setting the stage for the Bauosar to rise to power (The Baousar still mostly used STL starships and simply slugged around with several generations of slaves between pillaging planets for minerals). It is unknown whether the virus was an Ixionite, Hool, or vermin creation, and it is unknown if it is gone or still out there. Some even theorize that it might be in full effect throughout the Nebula, and that all modern technology has been inadvertently developed in ways that are immune to the virus because any technology invented that isn't immune is automatically affected by the virus, doesn't work, and isn't pursued, rendering the virus invisible to modern civilizations. It doesn't help that how the virus even spread was never determined.

Hool should never be considered trustworthy sources of information, but they are the main source for these events and are consistent with the accounts of the Melusines. The Melusines provide less information because they went to sleep when the Ixionites and Hool started showing up. (The Melusines are a long-lived species that don't individually live as long as Hool and Baousar, but who are able to hibernate for vast periods of time. They typically try to live peacefully with whatever civilization is closest to a "Golden Age", with whom they invest and trade with, then go on secretive hibernation flights when "Things Look Bad", such as when the Nebula gets split between "Hool airdropping one billion lions on your house" and "Ixionite laser go brrrr". The hibernation flights are attended to by generations of Melusine sentinel monks who would fly reconnaissance missions every few centuries to see if things are getting better, though they were forced into ground structures for awhile after the virus ruined their ships.)

[novabny]

oasis fanart i drew so long ago!!!!!!!! im her biggest fan

@hools very cool oc!!!!

[myriad-of-things]

Weird girl and her himbo husband

Lutta's eyes are green-tinted because there's a passage in To Be a King where Hoole sees her next to the ember and notes that they seem to be made from the same stuff.

There was something strange about this owl. Her intensity almost unnerved him, yet she was fascinating. She stirred in him something vaguely familiar. A confusion of feelings. It suddenly dawned on Hoole. She’s not unlike the ember.

[hooleidoscope]

Some original art of mine! These are my takes on 3 of the major spirits in Melungeon folk practices!

Top left: Solu, the spirit of the sun, summertime, and justice (he’s the main spirit my family venerates and we also see him as a healer.)

Top right: Soluwa, spirit of the moon, winter, and guardian of the ancestors. She is Solu’s lover and is the main spirit in Melungeon folk practices today.

Bottom: Lady Joyo (also called Lady Jojo), spirit of fire, dance, creativity, and protection over women and femmes.

Most of my blog is dedicated to Hazbin Hotel content, but I may start posting more original art! I know I definitely want to post more Melungeon art in the future.

[zenfulmockingbird]

owltober day 31: Ember

[listttttt]

[vikas-room]

bwaa

[schlock-luster-video]

On July 28, 1988, Steel Dawn debuted in Australia.

[kizo-aka-kizuna]

ahhhh an art commission i got from @hools is here! it was amazing working with it!

[meow-77-art]

ITS OUR CATGIRL BIRTHDAY PARTY

AND EVERYONES INVITED!!!

(bday art for @hools and i)

[canonkiller]

the run to 100. art fights for @iraprince , craftrabbit, @hools , @bigbysinterposinghand , losener, blunasaur, @eclecticjaceart , @cosmos-collector , historical_fancies and third_cookie

[primsheep]

Hehehe >:) first few art fight attacks for @hools @king-drawsstuff @winzormancer @weepinglilvessel @miikrowelle

[mipexch]

more art fight yaaa (@hools + @picopubbydawg + @vulpineprince)