#medieval trade

[askymzbuki]

Longbow fox

[royaltea000]

Two young knights

[elbiotipo]

I also believe that in a "tech level" approach, though of course I dislike that term, trying to get blood out of the stone of pseudo-medieval settings just constrains you. There are plenty of very, very well researched guides to medieval life and technology, mostly about Europe but you will find them about the Islamic world, Eastern Asia, and so on...

but the thing is, even with well researched settings, even with very welcome switches to other historical inspirations, it's just done and tired. We are talking about fantasy, a genre that can encompass the entirety of human imagination, and people always go back to the same time period of 476-1453 like stuck in a time loop, it's maddening.

There is a lot to talk about this but let's focus on tech for a little. Do you know how ingenious bronze age technology was? Did you read about pre-columbian cities and engineering? What about something beyond the Middle Ages, the inventions of the Renaissance or Early Modernity? I think there has been quite a lot on fantasy with industrial technology but it often feels (especially in things like popular RPGs) that it's a couple of steampunk things stacked upon a medieval-inspired world. How about a world that just skips the medieval aesthetics and goes to an industrial revolution?

And since this is fantasy, you can mix and match technology and inventions. What's more, you can explore art styles and philosophies, that's more complex to reflect but very well worth it. There is simply no need to return again and again to the tired aesthetics, true, but you can also learn how technology shaped history and do something more creative about it that researching just the same time period over and over and over.

I think we're just done with castles and plate armor.

[ltwilliammowett]

A carved stone relief panel showing a Borobudur ship (Austronesian) from 8th century Java, depicted with outriggers and fore-and-aft tanja sails

This ship of the Javanese people, and derivative vessels of similar size continued to be used in East Java coastal trade at least until the 1940s

[tillytilli]

art trade with @pajulammas of his au Chivalrous Devotion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! old man yaoi

[fairytalefem]

I didn't get a chance to take pictures until I got home and I was all sweaty and rumpled but my costume for the ren faire this weekend came out so cute! I just barely got everything finished in time and I didn't get to try it all on until I was in the parking lot of the faire but I was so lucky and everything fit perfectly! Everything was designed and made by me with fabrics and trims I already had laying around 🌿🦄🌸✨

You can also watch me design this costume in an asmr sketching video here! 💕

[kovnyrizshina]

H E L L O !

I am an artist, mainly drawing my OC. Looking for art friends and art trades 🤍✨

[chaosfairy18]

Race: what a great run, I didn't only steal stuff but also heard some interesting info from the gossiping ministers-

Spot, the King he is stealing from currently: I think you chose the wrong balcony

This is from the medieval/fantasy-esque AU that I'm doing with @thatoneandlonelyemo2005. Most of it is concentrated on Bumswiftery at first, but also this is set in the same universe, we're just talking about what everyone would do in a world with magic and Kings and kingdoms :)

It will also go into a fake marriage AU for Sprace due to plot and cultural reasons I am making up but who cares if we get fake marriage turning into real feelings.

Bonus:

Did them in a picrew earlier because the clothes fit so so well.

Pose reference:

From mellon_soup

[leprzilla]

Verter

Although the Deity of Trade is not the supreme god of any domain, it deserves special mention as it does not belong to any particular domain. Verter (Verter Dot) - the god of Trade. He is depicted as a contented, plump cat with a greeting paw raised. Sacred symbol: a handshake sealing a deal. He appeared relatively recently, with the rise of civilisation, culture and trade. Although he has grown powerful enough to rival the more ancient deities, he has yet to find his specific place among them and remains unattached to any domain.

[bloodboneart]

Art trade with gothalla123 on deviantart of her Baldur's Gate 3 oc. Hope you enjoy it! -Leo

[annieandnene]

Historians will say they’re the best of friends 🫢

My part for the OC Renaissance Collab hosted by @demerathdraws, @kayspnart , and @ nyeh.exe ! 

Here’s the Sugar and Spice Corp employees, Gwenaveer and Morgana, dressed as medieval ladies♥️💙

Check out the collab and support all the artists here!

[eurydiceauxenferswrites]

BBC Merlin ship for @perseephoneee!

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Description

I ship you with Arthur! I know you like fixer uppers lol. Then again, even early season Arthur was still a good guy. He's honorable, brave, and fiercely protective of his friends. He's also arrogant and deeply emotionally constipated. You remind me of Gwen a bit, in that you're a sweet, kind person with a soothing presence, who's also very strong-willed and that "iron hand in a silk glove" personality is a perfect match for Arthur. Also, your background in sociology and as a leader in community service will make you an excellent queen!

Headcanons

I can see you being a bard/jester in the Camelot court, which puts in you in the uniquely privileged position of being not only allowed to poke fun at the nobility, but encouraged (as long as its hidden in jokes and song, of course). And at first, Arthur dislikes you for being able to pick him apart so thoroughly, but he soon comes to trust your judgement, especially on him, more than anyone else.

The first time Arthur tries to compliment you, like actually, genuinely, unironically, un-sarcastically compliment you, he mumbles it so low you have to ask him to repeat himself. Which he does, a little louder and a little more desperately, looking at his feet the whole time. But the look on your face is worth it, and he keeps braving the terrifying adventure of being vulnerable and honest so he can see you light up again.

Every time you have a new bruise he notices and gets very upset ("When did this happen?! Are you ok?! Why didn't you tell me?!"). You're so precious to him and he's terrified of anyone he loves, especially you, getting hurt. Logically he knows you can take care of yourself but also he'd totally wrap you in padding if he thought he could get away with it. He'll settle for catching you when you trip on the castle's many stairs for now.

He so desperately wants to impress you. He thinks you're the most brilliant, beautiful, talented, kind person he's ever met and at first he's always performing for you, trying to the perfect prince his father puts pressure on him to be. But he soon realizes you like him with his flaws, and not in spite of them and that's so incredibly freeing to him.

He loves being taller than you because he can carry you and give you forehead kisses... and also literally and metaphorically lord it over you. You know this man likes making short jokes. He knows not to go too far though, the last thing he'd want is to genuinely hurt your feelings. Also he knows you still can kick his ass if you want to.

Speaking of kicking his ass, that was actually how he first realized he had feelings for you! At Morgana's insistence he did a self-defense lesson for the female inhabitants of the castle. When he started getting condescending to you, you threw him to the ground with nothing but your fists and whatever the medieval fantasy equivalent of jiu-jitsu training is, and as he hit the floor all he could think was "Oh my God. She's the one."

Tropes

You Fell First, He Fell Harder

Cannot Spit it Out (Arthur)

Flirting via Arguing (aka TV Tropes' Belligerent Sexual Tension)

Songs

Shut up and Dance- Walk the Moon

Budapest- George Ezra

Just the Way You Are- Billy Joel

I Have to Say I Love You In A Song- Jim Croce

Best Friend

Merlin adores you by the way, you're one of his favorite people. He loves to join in on your jokes, yes-and-ing all the absurd stuff you say as Arthur gets increasingly more worried and frustrated until he finally figures out it was just a joke. (Merlin gets threatened with cleaning the stables, and you get blatantly lied to about how haha he knew all along, half as his own joke and half because he's terrified of you not thinking he's not smart enough for you.)

[holyguardian]

@soldier-lodbrok | X

The young man seemed surprised about the sudden encounter. Little wonder, it was the very first time Ifalna had paused and spoken a word to him — she often spoke with others as though there were no divide between them, because a title was merely that, a title. She tried to keep her feet on the ground. To not allow her pedestal to be raised too high.

Because truly, she wished to be seen as simply Ifalna. And she imagined a lot of people felt the same wish. To simply be seen, even in a passing moment.

Though there were only so many hours in a day. Only so many moments to spare, when there was only one of her, and hundreds of people in her employ, thousands more that surrounded her walls who depended on the crown upon her head for food, for shelter, for a brighter tomorrow.

She learned a long time ago she couldn't stop for a chat with every single person. For most, her public speeches would have to suffice. Those within the castle walls however, those who were a little closer to her home, they were the ones she could catch in a passing-by conversation. Such as this one.

And oh, full glad was she to have stopped here and now.

Ifalna's lips spread into a wider smile as he offered her the same courtesy as her daughter. "I won't demand it, I'm not as bossy as the young Princess. However I am curious."

Her head tipped a little. "Would you give me a demonstration, my noble guard?"

[kyruolio]

Trade i did for weretaur on insta :>