#pillars of eternity comic

[quietsphere]

my uni forced me to make a comic about a creator, so I drew Matthew Mercer haunted by his own voices :')

[valensolo12]

Been playing Pillars of Eternity all week and decided to try to keep a journal of interesting moments, since it turned out to be pretty fun when i did it with fallout 1. It's a much longer game so this is gonna take a while but here are my favorite pages!

also a family photo of the party so far :) Durance is the weird uncle

[meglosthegreat]

So, Veilguard was bad and Dragon Age is probably done forever. What now?

If you, like me, spent the past ten years in anticipation of the next instalment of your favourite series of all time, and were then grossly and horrifically let down by what we ended up getting, you're probably feeling pretty bummed out right now. You might be wondering if anything out there will ever make you feel how Dragon Age did, and may be at a loss for what media to develop unhealthy levels of attachment to next.

With that in mind, I have compiled a list of my own personal, 100% Dragon Age fan-certified recs across media of all types. In the interest of presenting these in a way that feels more relevant in comparison to Dragon Age itself, I will not be grouping them in any kind of logical category but will instead be going purely off Vibes. I will also not be listing in detail certain titles that I think are too well-known to be useful in this list - namely Bioware's other games, among others. I will give brief mention of these, but I want to focus on less widely-known properties, or things that you may have heard of but have not seen recommendation for specifically from a fellow DA fan.

I may be updating this list further if I find something good to add, or if I think of something I hadn't before. And if you have further recs not present here, please feel free to reblog with your own additions!

Vibe #1: Good ol' High Fantasy

This category pertains to works that fall under the same broad genre definitions as Dragon Age, with similar overarching tones and themes. Not listed: Baldur's Gate 3, The Elder Scrolls, Avatar: TLA.

Divinity: Original Sin 2 (Video Game) - Easily my top pick for other RPGs that elicit the big world stakes and sweeping plot of DAI. There's even an EXTREMELY Solas-coded character who I won't spoil but let's just say as a Solas enjoyer myself they did absolutely nothing wrong and I would die for them. D:OS 1 is very good too, but they are both standalone stories and 2 has more of the DA feel than 1, so it takes the place on this list.

Unsounded (Webcomic) - This one hits so many DA boxes while at the same time being something extremely unique in itself. It's got deep, multifaceted characters. It's got a fascinating world and huge amounts of fantasy politics. It's got humour interposed with horror and tragedy with neither undercutting the other. It's got not one, but TWO extremely pathetic war criminal dads, who somehow are constantly at odds with each other and yet are forced together into Situations nonetheless. And it's free! Go read it right now, there's absolutely nothing stopping you.

Bone (Comic Series) - This is almost a reverse-recommendation in a sense, because I read it years before Dragon Age ever existed and is probably one of the reasons why I was drawn to DA in the first place. It's epic, sprawling fantasy but constantly grounded in the small, personal stakes of it all. Imagine an isekai but the isekai'd are from a pseudo-modern maximalist cartoon land and have been thrust into a gritty medieval fantasy. Don't let the jokes and the goofy main characters throw you though because this series gets dark.

Vibe #2: Found Family

If your favourite part of Dragon Age is the character dynamics, and you don't particularly care about genre trappings, this is the section for you. Not listed: Mass Effect, KOTOR

Farscape (TV Series) - Oh my god I am begging you, imploring you, to PLEASE watch Farscape. David Gaider has said before that he loves the show, and it's the reason Claudia Black became the voice of Morrigan. If that isn't enough of an endorsement for you, it also has THE MOST fucked up little blorbos the world has ever seen. Literally nothing, and I mean nothing, comes close to the wet cat/kicked puppy energy that these characters exhibit, and what's more 50% of them are dressed in early 2000s tight leather getups 24/7 while the other 50% are composed of the most incredible puppetwork and prosthetics you've ever laid eyes on.

Unavowed (Video Game) - This is a point-and-click adventure game about a team of supernatural investigators, and for such a relatively small indie game compared to the likes of DA, it does a hell of a job creating compelling and complex characters who you get to know and love. The opening act of the game has a bit where a monster rips someone's face off, and yet there is something so cozy about it I just can't explain.

Aurora (Webcomic) - This one has all the good found family vibes, with a cast of characters that each has their own Deal, who bicker and squabble incessantly but manage to pull together when it really matters. And when they don't, you can be sure they will Get Into It with themselves, and with each other. It's got tons of heart and soul, gorgeous colour work, and is also totally free!

Vibe #3: Worldbuilding & Political Machinations

If you love digging into theories and lore, and appreciate stories with complex fantasy politics, look no further than here. Not listed: The Witcher, Game of Thrones, Fallout: New Vegas

Pillars of Eternity (Video Game) - This is a broad rec for both Pillars games (and hopefully, if it ends up being good, the upcoming Avowed). While the gameplay is on the whole more difficult to get into and there isn't as much time dedicated to party members as in DA, PoE1 has some of the tightest, most well-thought out lore I've encountered. If the factions of DATV were a huge disappointment to you, PoE2's main focus is a handful of incredibly complex ones that pose you genuinely difficult questions about ethics and morality. Also like half the characters are voiced by Matt Mercer, it's great.

The Wheel of Time (Book Series) - The reason I didn't put this under Vibe #1, despite it being solid high fantasy, is that I didn't connect so much with the story and plot developments as much as I did the worldbuilding and politics of the series. Fair warning, this rec does come with several giant asterisks, as it is notorious for having infuriating characters and baffling gender dynamics, but if you are able to look past all the weirdness, you'll find what was clearly a lot of the inspiration for DA's world underneath. The recent TV show is... a mixed bag, but probably the only alternative to reading fourteen tome-sized books if you don't have the stomach for that.

Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines (Video Game) - You've probably seen this one recommended before, but if you're having a hard time getting past the early 2000s graphics and weird engine jank, let me assure you that it is well worth the hassle. There are lots of games out there that try to make you feel like a pawn in someone's greater plan, but none of them come close to matching what VTMB managed. If you like your politics and scheming more personal and visceral than grand and world-spanning, with excellent roleplaying options to back them up, this is the game for you.

Vibe #4: Fucked Up People in a Fucked Up World

This one is easily the most "hear me out, bro" category, but if Dragon Age 2 specifically is your jam, and you crave more Kirkwall energy and Greek tragedy in your life, I have a feeling you will really like these. Not listed: Arcane, Disco Elysium

Dishonored (Video Game) - This one has always been a tough sell, because despite it being, imo, one of the best designed games of all time, the way it was marketed makes it seem like a real Gamer's game, with super epic stealth powers! And badass kill animations! But behind all that, you'll find some of the most Characters of all time, including a soggy wet twink god who gives you magic powers but will be such a little bitch about it. The whole thing is steeped in potent atmosphere and incredible worldbuilding. Also everyone is gay.

Planescape: Torment (Video Game) - This is widely considered one of the greatest RPGs of all time, and though you have to deal with a fair amount of jank and perhaps a little more reading than you'd like in a video game, the design and atmosphere of Sigil alone make it worthwhile. Then there's the cast of characters, most of which are like two bad days away from becoming a supervillain and all of whom hate each others' guts. Need I say more?

The Magnus Archives (Podcast) - TMA is definitely not for all DA fans, but if your favourite part of DAO was the broodmother section, and you really enjoyed the slowly unfolding tragedy of Kirkwall and the feeling of Hawke being doomed by the narrative, you might find yourself hooked, as I did. There are also some extremely good characters in here, all uniquely fucked up in their own way, and getting to know them in between the main segments of episodes was the definite highlight for me.

That's all for now, and again, if you'd like to add to this list, please be my guest! There are a handful of things I think would probably fit here but I haven't watched/played/read yet, so if you think something extremely obvious is missing, that's most likely why.

[tarbuchyloewenthal]

watcher of caed nua, YOU are a dragon age

[osha-certified-pillars]

"But the ocean remained as silent as ever."

Surprise @chidorinnnnn, I was your Waiden Waif!

EDIT: I forgot to ping @secret-st-waidwen-exchange I’m sorry ! !

Your requests were really interesting, at first I was gonna make you a fic but I just wasn't satisfied with the quality. I also used this as a chance to experiment with a few different techniques; I hope this is satisfactory!!

Happy St. Waiden's, and happy new year ! ! \ ^ o ^ /

[enthusiastofshit]

[ultimafangirl]

So I was trying to remember what got me to try Pillars of Eternity cause I remember it was comics. And I was like "I wanna read the comics again"

But I can't find them. I looked up two different comic artists I remember and it wasn't them.

Does anyone know anyone who has Pillars of Eternity comics?

[mendelpalace]

For those who didn't know, Ryoko Kui did an interview for the most recent issue of Weekly Famitsu where she talked about her history with gaming, which included this page of "Elves from foreign RPGs".

In the interview, she mentioned a number of games that she enjoyed or were important during the creation of the Dungeon Meshi. Translated lists courtesy of Twitter Rodanosaurus:

@stick-arms

She's such a nerd I love her

[gattnk]

As long as we insist on forgetting the past, we'll need teachers like Omnia and Gnosis to remind us of our history.

Would you look at that, I'm done with all the canon teachers from the cartoon! I'm only missing those from the comics now, and then the humans and locations. I really liked how season 2 dedicated time to expanding the Golden School and included more staff, Omnia and Gnosis were fun characters to redesign.

Omnia and Gnosis had pretty solid character designs: the contrast between them in terms of shape and colors was especially good, and I wanted to retain and expand on these traits to the best of my abilities.

I started by simplifying their original shapes as much as possible, and then I exaggerated them further. I took some inspiration from mountains to further define their designs (I'm currently reading a nice book on world geography and it seeped in).

After making Omnia taller and lankier in her design, she reminded me of China's Tianzi mountains; they inspired me to make Omia's hair cloud-shaped, since these famous pillar-like mountains often touch the clouds.

Meanwhile, Gnosis' flat and bulky body reminded me of the mesa formations found in Colorado's Grand Valley (USA). His horns and wing claws start with a flat shape and then curve upwards almost vertically, like the butte formations often found around plateaus and mesas.

Their original color palettes were honestly among my favorites in the series, so I kept them for the most part, though I sought to simplify them even further. Omnia's key colors (pastel green, soft pink and white) were easy enough to figure out, but Gnosis took a lot of testing; at one point I considered switching him to purples and oranges, but I'm glad I stuck to earthy browns, yellow and orange, and added a washed black to the roster for contrast.

Like Arkan and Temptel, Omnia and Gnosis are much older than they seem: Omnia sports two sets of wings and a carved halo (I was inspired by the Ohm symbol because... OHM-nia, :B), and Gnosis has clawed wings and a tail. These traits mark them as older Eternals.

Just like Terence and Scarlett, these two professors got assigned as Academic Deans to their very own Universal Law and History faculty! their clothes are a bit more old-fashioned in a way to reflect this. They are definitely my most normal-looking pair of teachers.

With this I think we're halfway through with the Golden School staff, since we're only missing two more faculties. They're sketched out and everything, I just need to figure out the colors next.

I'll Fly With You (rewrite fic) Art masterpost

[waterdroid]

I've still got a few Tactical Breach Wizards comics/ideas floating around my head that I MIGHT do, but also Avowed is coming in like, 12 days, and this is gonna slowly (?) turn into a Pillars of Eternity blog. Sowwyyyy to the people who followed me for TBW. Woe, Actual Fantasy Wizards be Upon Ye, Etc Etc

[perenians]

tagged by @herearedragons and @dekarios !

tagging uh. um. @roseworth @hollow-keys @wrdn-tabris

[fandomsforpalestine]

FFP artist - Mimibayra

Want to donate money for Palestine? Ask for a commission here.

I'm an illustrator and I have experience in drawing fanart for some time now. I can paint or illustrate something if you so desire!

Pronouns: She/Her

Social media: @mimibayra (Tumblr), mimibayra (Instagram and Bluesky)

Fandoms:

Most fantasy or fantasy-adjacent works, or pretty much any speculative fiction, whether video games, comics, films books, etc: Includes but is not limited to, Dragon Age, Pillars of Eternity, Baldur's Gate, Pathfinder, Fallout, Stardew Valley, A Song of Ice and Fire, Project Zomboid, The Walking Dead, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, etc. I am not averse to drawing non standard fantasy / sci fi work either, I can draw from series ranging to Twin Peaks to The Sopranos if you have a liking to them!

Type of fanworks: Fanart

How many fanworks the artists propose: 10

Price of fanwork: A minimum of 5$ on my b&w illustrations, and a minimum of 35$ on painted artworks.

NSFW possible? : Yes

What can you not ask for: I am not comfortable with drawing polarizing relationships such as Wincest from Supernatural and so on.

Art: A mix of my painted artworks and b&w illustrations

https://www.tumblr.com/mimibayra/174951043227/mimibayra-my-death-godlikes-portrait-in?source=share

[thebindingofpillo]

What's your favorite character mod (can be for AB+ or Rep, RIP alphabirth)? Are there any that you feel would fit in your au and if so which one(s) and why?

My faves are Samael and Mei. They're on my list of "If I delete these assume I've been hacked" mods

Honestly I don’t know T.T I only play on console and I’ve never tried any of the mods. I do have tboi on my pc but the brick struggles enough with the base game already and I don’t want it to explode lmao. I could try with my partner’s pc sometimes, but to be honest, I’m not very good at the game in general (and I haven’t played in literal years), so I think I wouldn’t really have fun with any of the mods. Fiend Folio seems interesting, but it’s too difficult for baby me, and I already hate melee characters so Samael wouldn’t be my first pick. My personal favourite character mod is Andromeda, but only because I like the design and the story i could build with it. Did you know that Andromeda is the wife of Perseus in Greek mythology? Now you do. I took that idea and ran with it and thus Perseus was born (and his askblog that’s NOT DEAD I PROMISE T.T)

As for what mods might appear in the story… I don’t know! When I first started coming up with concepts Samael had a decently big role in it. He was supposed to be the angel of death (before I gave that role to one of my OCs, Azrael) and his part in the story got shuffled around so now it’s actually Eden’s. He’s just kinda there now, I’m sorry skfjhskh maybe I’ll have him make a cameo sometimes.

Other than that there’s the Epiphany mod, but only Tarnished Judas has found a way into the story so far (link, link, link) and it’s here because I liked the idea of Judas fighting back against Belial’s possession and using his powers against him to save his loved ones.

Edith (does she count as a mod?) also exists in my universe I guess, but she’s literally a pillar of salt. For all intents and purposes she’s dead, but her soul is still trapped in the salt and can’t go to heaven yet. Thankfully God also put her into a deep sleep so she wouldn’t go completely mad, having to spend all eternity waiting for the Apocalypse. Have a link.

Rebekah does exist in my universe, but I made the OC waaaay before I knew a mod existed with the same name. I had an inside joke with a friend that Mod Rebekah was just a fangirl who was obsessed with Isaac and his comics, but it was a bit dumb and it never got past the joke stage lol. I’m not going to have a yandere in my story for now.

I guess also Fiend from Fiend Folio could technically exist in my AU? He’d be just a regular demon, so he’s probably kicking around in Hell right now. I don’t really know what he might do in the story, probably not much, but I’m keeping him in mind as a wild card I could always use.

Sorry this wasn’t the answer you were hoping for T.T I know literally nothing about character mods aside from the bigger ones, and I’ve never played anything that wasn’t the base game. Have these as an apology.

[remidyal]

Get to know me

Tagged by @luvo27; as always I won't tag people for these kinds of things but feel free to participate and say I did!

last song: I was listening to heroes by David Bowie when this came up on my feed.

favorite color: Red

last book: Every Man for Himself and God Against All, Werner Herzog's autobiography.

last movie: I genuinely don't remember the name of it because it was an MST3K episode I was watching in the background of some other stuff.

last tv show: I got like 15 minutes into an episode of Fallout before falling asleep; aside from that, I was rewatching Game Changer.

sweet/savory/spicy: All three together please. Or at least any two of three.

relationship status: Single and aroace in a way that wishes to keep it that way.

last thing I searched: "sign of the cross a liberal" because I needed to find this image to make fun of a friend:

current obsession: kind of between them at the moment aside from my long-term ones like D20.

looking forward to: I'm going to skip over the truer ones like 'dinner' and 'sleep' and say I am looking forward to Avowed, the first person RPG coming out next year set in the same world as Pillars of Eternity 1 and 2.

bonus topics!!

favorite drink: I've tried to cut soda out as much as I can, but I still have a soft spot for Mello Yellow.

song playing on loop in your head: Nothing right now but if I think about it something will start so I'm not going to do that.

current favorite character: Aelwyn Abernant, for going on two and a half years now.

fun activity you would like to get into: I want to get back into some card game or other - I've got a long, long history of various CCGs and LCGs over the years at a pretty competitive level, but other than a brief period of playing Vampire: Rivals I lost the habit at the pandemic.

last video game: Technically Vampire Survivors, but I've played at least 5 different games in the last 48 hours.

last comic/graphic novel: Kind of the extreme opposite of video games. If webcomics count, then it's Order of the Stick. If they don't, then it's Lucifer like two decades ago now; comics aren't really my thing.

[the-unholy-sovereign]

[{]¤| Hail Satan |¤[}] 💀Shivah "Shiva"

"Nevertheless, taunting eyes nor taunts generalized to being purposely deployed does not supply an man with sympathy; fore the soul has no empathy. Especially if that man isn't in possession of one, thereof an soul that could be possessed or contained; unto flesh. Thence I, becometh thee dark-fire of everlasting light in the gore. Thine death of death, henceforth the black-Inferno eternalized; thusly the pillars of damnation as thyself immersed. Virility I, differing from the lit remnants of existence in thou heavenly comic domain. While vocally envisioned within sight and view; thou creator. In contrast awhile pertaining not to prayer, thy exist in thundering-light of creation's storm without peril. The shadow of the cosmos is now my lingering form. Hence resurrected life reformed; fore I emerged unlike the ashes of thine own cremation. Hell, was forged because of the dermis of mine skin submerged in the blood purgatory invoked. Which transfered the unlit spiritual flame upon the universe. Therefore an non-existent spirit; sought for; thereby existing in the inferred virile-mortal presence of my godliness." The Drayton (I.Unholy)

♾NUBIAN CREED: SATANIST: THE DARK GOD OF VOODOO. . . .

[buffmrtumnus]

Writing Commissions opened!

My partner is physically disabled, and PhD households aren’t eligible for most forms of financial support. Which means we’re a little hard up at the moment. So, having successfully written 100,000 words of fanfiction, I figured I’d open up my commissions 😊

I will write both long and shortform content, with just about any amount of spice. Gen Audiences to Explicit, Friendship fics to full smut, Yaoi, Yuri, AUs, Furry, Brony – it’s all good with me!

My prices are £10-15 per 1000 words, depending on the complexity of the task.

You want Liaos and Kabru to make out? That’s £10. You want Guilemann to top Lorgar at Monarchia in the writing style of a HH book… That’s £15.

There may also be an additional charge of £1-5 per 1000 for particularly extreme gore/other sensitive content – this will be discussed ahead of time.

There’s a deposit of 50%, and the rest is payable once the commission is finished.

(I will tag replies to asks about commissions with a "commissions open" tag to make it easier for you all to find)

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Fandoms I can comfortably write (this list is not extensive):

Games: Fallout, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Pillars of Eternity, Pathfinder (TTRPG, Kingmaker, WOTR), Baldur’s Gate, League of Legends, Silent Hill, KOTOR, Rogue Trader, Kenshi

Animes: Dungeon Meshi, Deathnote, Kuroko's Basketball, Rising of the Shield Hero, Girls Und Panzer, Fullmetal Alchemist (Brotherhood, 03), Chainsaw Man, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Pokemon, Yugioh

Films/Shows: Supernatural, Doctor Who, House, most Marvel, almost all animated DC films, Star Wars, Star Trek TNG, LOTR, Hazbin Hotel, Arcane

Other: Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Age of Sigmar, Fallen London/Sunless Sea, DC Comics, Les Mis, Phantom of the Opera, ASOIAF, Dune, Good Omens, Trench Crusade

I also have a pretty strong background in late-medieval history – so if for some reason, you want your Alistair/Loghain enemies to lovers to feature historically accurate clothing, armour, etc. I’m your guy.