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Newwwwww Midna ref!

She used to have a ref but it was a small scuffed one, I used all her other artwork I had more often than the actual reference image. This was also done in the midst of me testing out the deer tail idea if it wasn't obvious.

-> Twili Sheet -> My Kofi! If you maybe wanna support me.

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I mentioned Volga’s family at the end of this post and wanted to get into it a little more, it just took a LONG time to finish the refs I needed for it. But now I think I got what I wanted done. There are a few I maybe wanna work on in the future but for now… Volga family/lore dump!!!

I like lore-dumping through him since he's Ares's way of learning about dragons. It's not often you'll get a fire dragon willing to share his experience with you and I like making Ares the know-it-all mouthpiece.

I mentioned he was born from a clutch of 6 eggs. The eldest is his sister, Scorn, who is also the largest and most fierce.

I want her to make an appearance eventually, relating to this post funnily enough (I’m actually reworking when this meeting even takes place so while that post will still be sorta relevant to their relationship it’ll have nothing to do with Scorn). He knows the most about her which... is not much tbh. Usually after dragons migrate away from families they'll likely never see each other again.

The second oldest are his sisters Blitz and Blaze, twins born from the same egg. He doesn't know much about them aside from what Scorn would tell him in the future. That they continue to be inseparable, insufferable, and downright wacky. They rule their territory together and don't have (or don't want) mates, unlike Scorn who had her own family at one point.

He knows his three other siblings; Flare, Sear, and Burn, all of which are female. He knows of them, but doesn't know what they've been up to since they all migrated. He's the youngest, the runt, and funnily enough (one of) the most odd. He's had to exaggerate just about everything about him in order to keep his siblings from treating him like he's weak, which happened to play into his current arrogant and prideful self now. Though, sometimes he lets that facade fall when alone with Ares.

They're in no way the only hatchlings their parents had, but Volga wouldn't know any of them outside of his clutch.

Then there's his parents: his mother Smolder, and his father Gargoyle.

He's not exaggerating when he says they're the largest dragons someone could meet. They've lived and ruled their territory for many years unchallenged. Though he does make an off comment about Smolder being bigger than Hyrule Castle sometime in a future conversation, but he never makes it clear to Ares if he's truly joking or not.

Fire dragons don't leave their eggs, nor do they leave their hatchlings out to survive on their own unless there's some crazy exception that would make them think abandoning is the best choice. Could be from the current situation being unsafe, like having just been driven out of territory (in Scorn's case) for example. Or it could be the hatchling has some mutation or is too weak. Though not every fire dragon will abandon their hatchlings unless they think there's no other choice.

They're raised for about a year, taught what's important (how to hunt, how to breath fire properly, how to defend oneself and fight, what is honor and how to have an honorable fight, territory and what it means, how to hoard, social cues, etc). After that initial year the hatchlings, now fledgling dragons, will migrate to claim their own territory or challenge another dragon for theirs.

Volga was actually going to have a snide comment at the end here like "not anymore at least". This is just snippets from a storyboard so it may or may not appear in the future.

Some instances, dragons may stay with their parents and help defend the nest and hunt for future siblings. I'm sure if Volga ever went back to his birthplace he'd maybe see a few siblings still, but it doesn't always happen. Sometimes they'll stay on the off chance that they can challenge their parents for their territory when they're older, but Smolder and Gargoyle aren't really dragons you wanna challenge.

Volga chose a rather dangerous route when migrating and that was over the Great Sea. Likely to prove a point to his family. The ocean is much too large for a 1-year-old dragon, especially his size at the time, to fly over. But he managed to do it anyways, whereas the rest of his siblings likely stayed within reach of their parents, or each other, or even just within the same continent.

His decision to migrate across the ocean likely caused his family to believe he probably died before he got to the other side because of how difficult it is to get across. Which is something I plan for Scorn to point out when they finally reunite. if I ever get to drawing it.

He arrives in Hyrule when its already established, but manages to keep himself hidden long enough to find Eldin Volcano -- the perfect home for a fire dragon. But before he can become comfortable he meets another fire dragon! An old one even, burrowed deep within the volcano with its hoard of monster bones and jewels, and a large community of lizardfolk working for it while it sleeps.

The dragon is much too old to fight, and Volga at the time is much to small to challenge anyone. So he ends up blending into the lizardfolk and bringing the elder food, though its likely the dragon knew he was there. It would be a couple years of Volga running random errands the lizardfolk give him before the older dragon finally leaves its burrow and makes himself known; Obsidian, as the lizardfolk would call him.

Volga was pretty lucky the dragon was so old. He had built up the territory for multiple centuries, had a deal with the gorons and lizardfolk, but was having difficulty keeping peace with the rito and newly settled hylians. Because of his age, Obsidian didn't see a need to feel threatened nor threaten the 3-year-old fledgling, instead he found potential in Volga and decided he'd be a good successor. So he took the smaller dragon under his wing (haha) and its been history since.

Volga learned much of his prowess from Obsidian and many of his current techniques as well. Many fire dragons have potential to shift into an alternate form and this is who Volga learned and perfected his from. It wasn't until this ability was practiced to perfection before Obsidian decided Volga was ready to challenge him and take his place.

Often times when fire dragons are trying to find territory and encounter another dragon, they much "challenge" the current dragon. Challenges are done honorably, either ending in death or when one of the opponents forfeits. When a dragon challenges another, they unfold their wings and hang their head high to make themselves look larger before letting out a "challenge roar". The fight starts when the second dragon initiates.

Volga has kept his word to Obsidian to keep the peace between the gorons and lizardfolk, as well as repair the relationship with the hylians and rito, and keep the territory running for the rest of his life. And a dragon's word is unbreakable.

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Almost forgot to post this. Another Sylvari bust :3

My commander and wayfinder, Hydahlla.

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OOT Zelda! This took like... 3 days LOL

I'm still a bit iffy on the colors used for her, so this may change in the future until I figure out a good palette.

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Ko'jin's Moon Festival outfit, put together specifically for the festival and the festival only. This is more of a continuation of my last post on Silver Lilies in my au.

This is the first outfit that he'll show up in in person. Or planned to at least.

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Finally finished this doodle! Hydahlla and her strange (dragon) children.

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Some Termina (clocktown) lore with a new flower :]

A special flower that blooms during full moons, grown and worn by residents of Clocktown, espeically during the annual moon festival celebrating the Moon Serpent.

Plus a closeup on Ballad because he's so so pretty.

I wasn't sure if I was gonna keep his paint but decided he'd wear it during the festival.

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Sorry for non-loz content today but sometimes I fall back into my childhood hyperfixation and have the urge to draw Drago (and sometimes helios)

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Here's a funny man that's been sitting in my files for this very day!

Most recent image is the last one, so some aspects to his design has changed a bit. As well as some extra details. tbh things will probably change the more I draw him, I've got plenty of time to figure him out.

Masterpost | Lineup | Ko-fi

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Dear if you're waiting for a sign to share that Malon and Ballad drawing THIS IS THE SIGN.

(It's actually me begging pretty please share it, you even did the shading!)

Alriiight if you say sooo /lh

They're 23 here, before a lot of crazy shit happens to Ballad (if their life wasn't crazy enough before).

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Given the rank of General during the Execution War, Link often took the form of a familiar deity while on the battle field.

I love my wife of 50 years.

Masterpost | Kofi | Inprnt

Some minor bits of lore for y’all for the holidays. I don’t have anything crazy or festive planned or anything for the next couple days so hopefully this experimental piece is alright.

Design so far is a mesh of FD’s current armor design and Ballad’s old design when wearing the mask. I liked the idea that they had very similar armor to one another, but it not exactly being on purpose.

There are some shading mistakes in places since it was getting late last night and I was too sleepy to remember to fix the shading layer when I had added post line-art stuff. It is experimental so I’m forcing myself to not give into the perfectionist brain telling me to fix it immediately lol (edit: I gave in)

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Link "I'm gonna put a saddle on that dragon" Ares.

Ignore the quality instantly changes after panel 1. I went from "funny haha doodle" to "oh I wanna make this one look nice" the moment I finished sketching panel 2.

He's so lucky Volga is letting him do this tbh. If it were anyone else he probably would've torn them apart.

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Final post of 2023 and it's a Ballad post :)!

Just some silly doodles tbh. nothing insane. Had the urge to put him in overalls and it just kinda went on from there.

I think this doodle has to be my fav tho lol

I'm so reasonably normal about these two <3

Ballad’s Reference || Ballad’s Archive Tag

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Volga ref, fire dragon form included!

I decided his humanoid form wasn't dragon-y enough for a dragon-man. Also don't worry about what's wrong with him its nothing he's fine he's definitely fine.

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I love hydranoid let him be silly more often

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haven't drawn a sylvari in a while so I decided to draw my mesmer, Delphinyr :D

Second time drawing her but the first time was primarily to figure out what colors go where.