#proto nemesis

[maukiki1-but-cringefail]

i ordered this bad boy and during the agonizingly long amount of time it took to arrive i was thinking i wonder if she can hold up a bey? like if i could display a beyblade on her servos? well the awnser is yes and i think it looks raw as fuck

and heres a silly one ahgsisbwjesqhvexn looks like shes trying to pose with a short person😭😭

and heres a failed attempt😭

[grineerios]

Carrion hordes trill their profane Accord with Eldritch plans; To cosmic forms from tangent planes; We End As We Began- (Nyx Nemesis/Nyx and Excalibur Proto/Excalibur)

A massive thank-you to BethTheBeek and VeriTimeLord for helping me get this shot. Yall are the coolest.

I put *so* much thought into this shot and I need to tell people about it. I wanted to include both themes for the contest (Steel and mirrors), as well as make nods towards the 11th anniversary of warframe.

Nyx (11) Nyx is the 11th warframe to be released (If you count Excalibur prime, which I do.)

Proto Skins (Steel/Mirrors) The proto skins have plenty of metallic, exposed swordsteel parts, alongside being a reflection of what we have to look forward to with WF: 1999.

Excalibur (Steel/Mirrors) Excalibur wields his exalted blade. You seriously can't go wrong with swords tbh. Excalibur also contrasts with Nyx here as a pair of mirrored warframes, as Nyx was initially intended to be a feminine counterpart to Excalibur. As equally as he and his proto are mirrors of each other, so is he a mirror of Nyx as well.

Dex Colors/Helmet/Weapon (Anniversary/11) Proto Excalibur uses the Dex helmet, there is a Dex Nikana on modern Excalibur's hip, and both of the modern frames use colors exclusively found on the Dex color picker.

this took me forever to finally settle on an idea, but i'm fairly happy with how it turned out. <3

[rastronomicals]

7:40 AM EDT June 22, 2024:

Proto-Kaw - "Totus Nemesis" From the album   Early Recordings From Kansas 1971-73 (September 17, 2002)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

[red-moon-at-night]

I decided to draw my designs for Helen and Paris :)

There are some notes about the designs under the read more but I think I should stress this one up here: Paris is not short, Helen is just really tall (as in, at least 6'5" and YES you are seeing that number correctly)

Design notes:

"rich-haired helen", "helen of the lovely hair", etc. + the etymology of Helen's name being associated with a proto-Indo-European sun goddess = designing her hair to resemble literal rays of sunlight.

The height difference... listen, I wish I already had other characters drawn so I could put them altogether and you could see the full effect of Helen's height. Alas, you must use your imagination. As for the 'why': well, I have multiple answers for that. The main one being that I enjoy going along with the version of Helen that has Zeus and Nemesis for parents (as seen in cypria fragment 8). It's a fun way to portray some of her divine parentage, by having her be literally larger than life and very very tall. People probably listen better to a very imposing figure. Also, it creates interesting implications for certain events that happen (e.g. the kidnapping, Odysseus and Diomedes taking the Palladium from inside of Troy but not Helen, etc.)

Paris can have both short hair and long hair. The solution: put a phrygian cap on that man and tuck all that hair in it. Boom, problem solved.

Paris is wearing eye makeup because of course he would wear it.

The clothing designs are not set in stone at all and are the most flexible part of this for me. I did my sort-of-research-sort-of-freestyling thing here, mainly because these references were more about the body types/facial features/overall vibe for me. Which I'm happy with! At one point Helen was also wearing a red chlamys like Paris but then I reminded myself himations exist and corrected that lol. Helen can totally wear a cloak if she wants to (and I was half-tempted to leave it like that...)

One day I'll draw Paris in his very patterned elaborate clothing... today is not that day.

[lovinglonerhybrid]

What if the lostlight was in transformers prime.

Idk if I’m ever going to get it done but I had an idea that if the lostlight was in tfp it would be really interesting.

Cybertron has been abandoned and there most likely weren’t enough ships for every cybertronion. The crew of the lost light is made up of bots mostly forgotten or left behind by the rest of their race.

Minimus and Dominus ambus where left behind because they where found out to be turbofoxes by the other nobles. The two open the ambus manor to others who were outcast.

Chromedome who was two depressed to get out of bed gets dragged in by brainstorm a double agent who sucked at his job and was left due to the hazard his experiments caused.

Rung finds the manor searching for energon for his trapped patients Whirl and Fortress Maximus. The three were left when rung barricaded them all in a room after hearing talk of the other two getting executed due to their mental health. Fort max and whirl get saved and they all three stay .

Ambulon and first aid join after being left in a testing facility. They takeover an old room and turn it into a makeshift medbay.

Cyclonus and tailgate are found in an old temple for unicron. Cyclonus found tailgate after shockwave left his body in his lab. The elder mech took him and placed an old temple spark into his frame reanimated the dead mech.

Ravage slinks in one day with story’s of how bad megatron has gotten. With them are rumble,frenzy,and skids who hitched a ride when the cassettes left the decepticons.

Swerve is found by the others in the back room of his bar witch he refused to leave. With him they also find a vehicon who named himself ten .

Anode and lug come with proto sparks that had been abandoned to die by the senate. There are three sparks one bonds to first aid and ambulon as caregivers. The other two are put into what is refereed to as the nesting room.

Whirl adopts a swarm of mutated scraplets and names her whirl jr.

The last bot to join the crew well they are stranded on cybertron is deadlock who was tricked by a jealous starscream into being left behind by the nemesis.

Deadlock gets chosen by one of the proto sparks to be its caregiver deadlock names this little sparkling hot rod.

Eventually hot rod runs away and befriends a titan mech who is a spaceship Lost Light.

[vynxwave]

Soundwave Bio/Description Compilation

+ anything else I felt like including

1986 Marvel G1 The Transformers Universe #3

1984 G1

1984 G1 Sunbow voice acting audition sheet [Source]

1990 Action Master

2002 Heroes of Cybertron

2003 Dreamwave Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #6

2004 Transformers: The Ultimate Guide

2006 Cybertron

Collectors' Club #9

2007 Titanium

2008 Animated

2010 Transformers: Nefarious

Information is power. Nothing moves on the orb below me without my being aware of it. I see and hear everything, be it out in the open or behind closed doors. My reach is invisible, intangible. My grip... cast-iron.

2010 Transformers: Nefarious (perhaps this is also relevant)

2011 Transformers: Convergence (prose story in Transformers: Dark of The Moon Movie Adaptation)

Something was wrong with this region. Something about space itself felt unaccountably wrong—and this trouble Soundwave. Soundwave was an intelligence officer. He reveled in the streams of data—transmissions, radiations, sounds, sights—that flowed around him. Soundwave trafficked in information, not feelings. So his uneasiness about this region bothered him. He walked down the passageway toward the bridge of the Nemesis, the Decepticon spacecraft he commanded. Lord Megatron had assigned him a task—assigned it to Soundwave over Megatron's favored lieutenants such as the sociopath Shockwave and the impetuous upstart Starscream. It was a point of pride for Soundwave—this was his mission and his responsibility to make sense of the findings.

Soundwave hated this creature. Hated the way its cells divided and apoptosized, hated the bacteria that lived in it, hated the sound of the liquids churning through its body, hated the hair that sprouted from its frail outer coating, hated the syntax that was wired into the crude synapses that crackled in its head, hated the sounds that came out of it. He hated this particular creature more than the rest of the species, but only slightly. Gould's usefulness outweighed Soundwave's contempt. […]

2011 Dark of the Moon (unreleased)

2010 WFC & 2011 FOC

Fall of Cybertron [secondary source, original unarchived]

Ability: Eject Mini-Cons Soundwave is known for being unquestionably loyal to Megatron. Commanding an armada of Mini-Con Deployers, Soundwave can infiltrate and acquire enemy intel. Soundwave is often not trusted by other Decepticons out of fear he might also spy on them and report back to Megatron.

2013 Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe (aligned continuity) [source 1] [source 2]

2010 Transformers: Exodus (error: despite his exclusion from this list, Frenzy does exist in this book)

Soundwave was a different matter. Spymaster extraordinaire, controller of a horde of Minicons so small that Megatron could crush several of them with a footstep, Soundwave was the only gladiator Megatron had ever fought who had a chance of beating him—they had met in a match to first wound rather than death; otherwise only one of them would still exist. He was nearly as single-minded as Megatron, nearly as dedicated. He possessed a suite of abilities that Megatron very nearly envied, with his multiple transformations and the triple Minicons that he contained within his proto-form and could eject into combat at any moment. These were Rumble, Ravage, and Laserbeak.

Crystal City had stood for teracycles, a monument to the union of Cybertronian ingenuity and aesthetics. It shimmered and glowed as the various materials of its composition caught different spectra of light, creating a prismatic show that was visible for dozens of hics in any direction. During certain atmospheric conditions, even the citizens of Iacon could see it shimmering like a mirage just over the horizon. It was a monument both to achievement and to the aristocracy of Cybertron that demanded beauty along with function. Scientific research went hand-in-hand with artistic innovation here. Soundwave hated the place. To him it reeked of self-indulgence,

2014 Transformers: Retribution

“At once,” Soundwave replied in his usual monotone. Starscream knew there was no need to vocalize what was merely standard operating procedure, but he did it anyway to remind Soundwave that he was second in command on this bridge. He enjoyed reminding all of them every chance he got. Soundwave might be Megatron’s loyal pet, but as far as Starscream was concerned, he was nothing more than a jumped-up communications officer with visions of spymaster grandeur, though he was nothing if not obedient: [...]

“Lord Megatron, I have completed my interrogation of the traitor Axer and have obtained the precise location of the Autobots. Would you like to see the playback of the questioning?” He said it with enough unrestrained relish that Megatron waved his hand wearily in assent. Sometimes you had to indulge your subordinates. [...] When Axer’s screams grew loud enough to drown out Soundwave’s questions, Megatron decided that it was time to move things along. There was no doubt in his mind that Soundwave could watch this video over and over again—and that he probably already had.

2012 Prime

2007 IDW Spotlight: Soundwave

2017 IDW Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook #3

(short guide to IDW1's Soundwave characterizations: yellow visor = opportunist (like in Marvel comics) & red visor = loyalist (like in Sunbow cartoon))

2015 Devastation

2022 Royal Mail Stamp bio [source 1] [source 2]

2020 Siege Webpage (military insignias)

2022 Legacy [Source]

2022 When EarthSpark's trailer dropped [Source]

A Con of few words, Soundwave maintains a cold exterior by choosing to express himself through his fists.

2023 Transformers EarthSpark: The Official Guidebook

[firesofdainix]

I am so, so interested in the power dynamics and hierarchy in the Proto Era (before the war and all) that I really want to know more about it. More specifically I really want to know more about interactions between the Rocky Planets and Giants or anything with them moons. This ask is pretty vague but I'm just wondering if you have any facts about your Au's Proto Era that you couldn't insert into any of your fics.

i haven't focused much on the Proto Era, but i really want to try with both Ouroboros and As the Years Go By and even make a one-shot for Pluto. Anyways. I decided to dig through a bunch of AO3 comments I can't remember answering until now, so you're getting a bunch of stuff I remembered just now!

the rankings of the smaller planets are different from the Giants. they have arabic numerals as rankings while the Giants have Roman numerals. here are their numbers:

I Hades

II Shiva

III Saturn

IV Brahma

V Iris

VI Neptune

VII Uranus

VIII Oceanus

IX Krypton

X Jupiter

1 Phaeton

2 Mars

3 Theia

4 Venus

5 Tyche

6 Tierra

7 Mercury

8 Vulcan

9 Pluto

10 Ceres

they are all ranked based on how useful Hades thinks they are, with Jupiter dead last because of his terrible eyesight and how he cant really comprehend any basic task before. it really bit Hades in the ass, though. (last chapter of ouroboros and the entirety of aftermath redux) Phaeton is first because he's Hades's favorite.

heres their relationship charts too:

Here are a few facts that I have no idea how to implement into fics, thus here we go:

Chrysalis was the first moon of Saturn, and she is one of the few that makes up the rings surrounding Saturn. She was everything a planet, especially a Giant could want for a moon: meek, docile and obedient. She has Chrysalis from MLP's color scheme.

Pandemonium, Mars's first moon, is almost his size. Think of Pluto and Charon. Mars felt threatened by the idea of being superimposed by his moon, so he went about demeaning him and making him seem like he is nothing special and just a moon. He was such a JERK but you already knew that

Brahma and Indra, Uranus and Gaia, were the only moon-planet relationships. They have weird philosophies when it came to justifying their relationship.

I KEEP forgetting to remember this, but: Mercury and Vulcan were not turned into favorites by anyone, Theia and Venus are Saturn's favorites due to their beauty and personality, Anthichton is Brahma's favorite because of his peacemaker personality, Phaeton is Hades's favorite because out of all the rocky planets he has the most potential and knows how to keep them in line, Tierra was Jupiter's favorite since he is always at the background, Mars was Shiva's favorite because of his eyes that can see fears and sow anger, and Tyche is Iris's favorite for being just as weird as her. Krypton and Oceanus don't see why they should find them entertaining.

Nemesis is mute and can only communicate through telepathy, because Sol tore out part of their throat so they can no longer access the Astran Realm where they often meet with other stars

Charon was created after Pluto got banished to the Kuiper Belt. Thanks to her, he kept his sanity and anger towards Jupiter in check.

Pluto was not included in most Solar meetings, as he was considered too small to make any difference in their decisions. Jupiter regards him with neutrality, but eventually knows he has potential and tried to get him to join his side to no avail. If Hades thought Jupiter was an embarrassment already, he treats Pluto as though he'd never existed.

Space chess exists. Sol plays it time to time with other stars, and sometimes even Jupiter if they're civil enough with each other.

Phobos and Deimos are, unsurprisingly, made from Pandemonium's remains. Whether or not this has effects in the current saga will be solved in due time.

Neptune slowly went insane as he keeps touching cores of moons and Giants scattered around the orbit, their memory intertwining with his and making him more confused and despondent.

Phaeton was the one who broke down the most when his potential for life was destroyed, so he went "If I'm going down, you're going down with me!" On Mars before poisoning him.

Brahma is an even bigger bitch than Shiva. At least Shiva is straightforward with what he feels, but Brahma can make you feel you're going in circles. He's the type to insult you with a smile and gossip about you behind your back.

Tierra knows Mars is in love with Theia and likes to provoke him to make him look bad. Mars knows he's an artificial bitch but no one believes him.

Anthichton and Phaeton have long standing beef with one another. No one knows why but it exists.

Planet X and Tyche CAN remember their moons' former names, and they felt when their ties to their moons are severed.

[crimescrimson]

Types of Tyrants In Resident Evil: Proto-T001 in Resident Evil 0 (2002) | T-002 in Resident Evil (2002) | T-00 (Mr X) in Resident Evil 2 (2019) | Nemesis T-Type in Resident Evil 3 (2020) | Tyrant R in Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles (2009) | T.A.L.O.S in Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (2007) | The Bandersnatch in Resident Evil: Code Veronica X (2000) | T-078 in Resident Evil: Code Veronica X (2000)

[thetrickster-blr-blog]

ANARKY (Beware The Batman)

This is my own redraw of Anarky from the "Beware The Batman" cartoon. While I know everyone has their own opinions on the show (or don't know it exists), I will admit that it has always been one of my favorite Batman shows. One of the most polarizing things about the show is its inclusion of obscure Batman villains like Professor Pyg & Magpie and using them as placeholders for the primary Batman villains. And though I certainly am one to be critical of vast departures in comic-to-screen adaptations, I am willing to forgive certain decisions if they make sense or at least have good reasoning. Case in point: The show's depiction of Anarky.

I will admit that this is kind of a terrible Anarky. He's not a politically conscious teenage anti-hero/anti-villain who masquerades as an adult to further his political rebellion and has an on/off relationship with the Bat Family. Instead, he's basically the show's answer to The Joker. And while I normally wouldn't be so forgiving of such a change to a character that I like and respect, I am willing to accept it if what they make is at least good. And while this isn't a good Anarky, IT IS A GREAT VILLAIN. One thing I like so much about this Anarky is that they basically made him the "Anti-Batman". He dresses in a nearly accurate costume to Batman's, save for it having a hood, an "A" as its symbol, and being entirely white. He even has similar gadgets, though made to kill people as opposed to Batman's non-lethal gadgets. He's also a master combatant who can hold his own against Batman (He was basically the proto Nemesis). I also like how they use him as a Joker placeholder while still making him his own character. Instead of being a maniacal mass-murdering cartoon villain dressed in a purple tuxedo, he's a much more reserved and calculated mastermind who often manipulates others into unknowingly doing his bidding; like when he tricked Batman and Lady Shiva into nearly unleashing an epidemic or when he teamed up with Harvey Dent to take down Batman, which led to the latter getting scarred and becoming Two-Face. He's also not clown-themed in any way, instead going for more of a Chess theme with him as the "White King" and Batman as the "Black King". I also really like his portrayal by Wallace Langham. Instead of being a very off-the-wall over-the-top hammy performance, he's soft-spoken and mellow, but with hints of malice behind his voice. He kind of sounds like Neil Patrick Harris if he had Schizophrenia. Anarky barely ever loses his cool and hardly ever raises his voice, which adds to his menace.

That's all I have to say really. What are your opinions of "Beware The Batman" or this version of Anarky?

[blazing-butterfly]

Rough outline cast list for Transformers: Bug Wars

Autobugs:

Entomus Prime (he/him) - leader, rhinoceros beetle

Honeybee (she/her) - scout, bee (formerly Pesticon Buzzbomb - warrior, fighter jet)

Spring-Kick (he/him) - warrior, grasshopper/berserk mode

Hotspot (he/him) - scientist, firefly

Longarm (she/her) - warrior, praying mantis

Micronus Prime (he/him) - spirit guide, tardigrade

Somnolent (he/him) - mystic, cicada

Proto (she/her) - child, caterpillar (grows into Whirlwind - mystic, butterfly)

Blackout (she/her) - stealth agent, spider

Pesticons:

Centatron (he/him) - leader, centipede

the Stingers: Starsting, Warpspin & Thunderbolt (all she/her) - warriors, wasps

Darkweb (he/him) - scientist, spider

Nemesis (he/him) - super-soldier, stag beetle

Jetstorm (he/him) - scout, dragonfly

the Dreadnought (it/its) - drill tank, scorpion

the Great Devourer (it/its) - monster, worm combiner

Civilians (one-off and background characters):

Syringe (she/her) - thief, mosquito

Augur (he/him) - energon farmer, weevil

Traction (he/him) - delivery bot, pillbug

Pincer (he/him) - bandit, earwig

Fortune (she/her) - energon farmer, ladybug

Mire (she/her) - bureaucrat, snail

Rebar (he/him) - hacker, stick bug

Ignite (she/her) - miner, ant

Tremor (he/him) - miner, termite

Disperse (he/him) - journalist, stink bug

Whisker (he/him) - energon farmer, longhorn beetle

Razorclaw (he/him) - space pirate, crab

the Scavenger (it/its) - spaceship, lobster

[mrcompass]

The Antichrists of Beyblade (Part 2): Rago the Blasphemer.

Rago is the main antagonist of Beyblade Metal Fury, making him the final adversary in the Metal Saga trilogy. His character is tied to the concept of the antichrist as he is the one destined to wield Nemesis, the God of Destruction. Rago only appeared in 8 episodes before being defeated for good, and even though he seems flat as a character, the lore surrounding him makes up for the lack of characterization.

Rago first appears when Doji finds him in an ancient temple behind a cascade and soon leads him to Pluto and Nemesis. He is presented as King Hades' descendant who "inherited the same spirit and power" and immediately takes control of Proto Nemesis. Rago realizes that the bey is not powerful enough, highlighting a special connection with this ancient and dark artifact.

Rago's design and personality are meant to emulate his true nature: the wielder of Nemesis, he is nothing more, nothing less. As such, he is a ruthless, brutal, and sometimes sadistic person. His biggest personality trait is his habit of insulting his opponents as worms. His design is particularly ominous; he is tall and bigger than most characters, his dark hair is long with spikes, looking more similar to tendrils than horns. He wears a cap like Ryuga, Damian, and Aguma, and his clothing is reminiscent of ancient Greece. It's like Rago comes from ancient times, showing that he is completely disconnected from the world. Rago, with his haircut, red eyes, and clothing, looks closer to King Hades than Pluto, even though the latter claimed and took pride in his affiliation. This is meant to show us that Rago, and not Pluto, embodies King Hades' will, that he is the one destined to wield Nemesis.

As for his similarities with the antichrist, the beast of the apocalypse is said to come from the sea; Rago's temple is located behind water, and Hades's kingdom emerges from the water. The antichrist brings the apocalypse/armageddon; Nemesis's special move is Armageddon, and the bey was bringing the end of the world. The beast says insults against the righteous and servants of God and denies the Son; Rago constantly insults other characters. His opponents are hardworking bladers (for the most part) and are passionate, unlike him. By calling them worms, he denies their achievement and their humanity at the same time.

He himself lacks humanity; his behavior is far from human. In the manga, he is nothing more than Nemesis's incarnation. His design is a human version of the God of Destruction, who will later use Rago as a simple way to communicate and throw insults.

Furthermore, Rago received Nemesis from Pluto and King Hades, like the antichrist received authority and power from the devil itself. Hades is the Greek equivalent of Pluto, and as the king of hell in mythology, he is often seen as an evil god in works of fiction (like the Hercules Disney movie or Saint Seiya) when he is not. In the Bible, the Devil miraculously heals the beast, and in Metal Fury, a fragment of Fusion Hades (Pluto's bey) allows Nemesis to escape the seal and miraculously come back. Finally, he, alongside Pluto and Nemesis, shares a similar end; they are thrown into a bottomless pit while the antichrist and the devil were thrown into a lake of fire for all eternity.

I would argue that Rago is more complex than he seems as he shares some parallels with Damian. Both were the top bladers of their evil organization, they both defeated an emperor, they possessed powerful beys that had unique mode changes involving the fusion wheel. Both believed to be special and got their strength through unconventional methods (the arrangement and stealing the power of the legendary blader). They both accomplish the will of someone else. And they both served that will to bring a so-called new world, as Rago even said:

"Be grateful that I will put an end to this mistaken history that you are living in right now. I, the child of the Black Sun, Rago, with my own hands, will do this."

He is a genocidal maniac whose only purpose is to wield Nemesis and to bring its power to its full potential in order to destroy the world. His worldview rests on that alone and is completely flawed, like Damian's. However, he didn't choose that; he was born to be like that. He received the spirit of Hades, and there was no way he could have avoided his destiny. Damian is who he is because of Ziggurat, but Ziggurat is a mortal man who played god, and his actions aren't comparable to Rago's. In Metal Fury, it is said that the legendary blader can't avoid their destiny, and Rago is no different. So in the end, who should we blame: Rago embodying a purpose that was created for him, or Hades who created that purpose in the first place?

[fantasyinvader]

Had a bit of a thought today. Indulge once again in my theory that Almyra was founded by members of the Elites' clans who fled Fodlan rather than bend the knee to the Empire. There's a lot this would explain and add to Claude's arc, and I think one of these things is explaining why he believes the Church wants to keep Fodlan isolated.

If the proto-Almyrans fled Fodlan, think about who they were fleeing from. The Empire, who they viewed as a bunch of religious zealots according to the Shadow Library. The unit description for Nemesis also says that they were led to believe that the people of the Empire were being deceived and they were liberating them according to the guy who is fighting under pretenses. We have a people driven from their homeland, seemingly viewing those who bend the knee as cowards (which included the children of the heroes who had "sacred" weapons) while they were courageous because they fled to fight again another day. We also have Edelgard's belief that she'll get along with Almyra because they don't believe in the Goddess.

How much you wanna bet that Almyrans view the War of Heroes as the Empire conquering Fodlan to push their beliefs onto others, with the only options being to accept the Church of Seiros and abandon the beliefs that flourished under Nemesis or to flee? From there, as well as building a bigass wall to keep Almyra out, Claude came to the conclusion the Church wanted to keep Fodlan isolated?

Plus, there was also this bugging me. Remember the information that Solon tried to slip Claude? The stuff about the Immaculate/White One? Why would that have sway on Claude unless there's some history there, like Almyrans remember the Immaculate One as this terrifying monster and showing Claude how it ties into Church doctrine is meant to remind him of that? And thinking about it, is Claude's white wyvern meant to be a jab at Rhea, metaphorically taming the beast and turning it into Claude's own personal mount? You know, before Claude learns the truth, realizes that Almyra is based on a pretty fucked up culture influenced by the Agarthans, and then goes home to reform it in Verdant Wind? Hell, Claude using the Church in Flayn's ending, showing Almyra the beliefs they had long demonized, is said to be effective so it probably stands to reason that Cyril isn't a fluke. Almyran commoners would accept the Church's teachings, which include telling nobility that they have some goddamn responsibilities to those they preside over.

[rastronomicals]

5:28 PM EDT April 10, 2024:

Proto-Kaw - "Totus Nemesis" From the album   Early Recordings From Kansas 1971-73 (September 17, 2002)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

[targentis]

okay, this might be super rambly but,,, Agarthans (note that most of the canon stuff about the Agarthans is like pretty vague? but i’ll try to cover most of it in a way that kind of makes sense)

IN THE BEGINNING, Sothis arrived in Fódlan in the area of Zanado. according to the church, she then like created all life, but who knows whether that’s true. the timeline is a little bit funky around here, but conflict grew between her and the local humans, and eventually some fought against her and probably destroyed large portions of the world. from Romance of the World’s Perdition:

To this end, the children of men have erected pillars of light upon the land. Thinis, Malum, Septen, and Llium were utterly destroyed. Those lands have vanished from this world. Yet even still, the False God stands. And soon, a flood aptly named Despair will drown this world.

this reads to me like the use of javelins of light, so the proto-Agarthans probably essentially nuked the world. they then fled the destroyed surface to inhabit what’s now Shambhala, and swore to one day succeed in destroying the Goddess:

The children of men fled to the depths of the earth, beyond the sight of the False God, beyond the embrace of the sacred sun, and beyond the reach of the waters of Despair. They swore a fervent oath of revenge against the surface world, ruled by beasts, and against their tormentor, the False God.

much time passed as Sothis healed the world, and at some point (unclear if it was before or after this conflict with the proto-Agarthans), she created the Nabateans. they became the rulers of the humans who now lived on the surface again. tensions eventually came to a head again, as humans grew dissatisfied with their Nabatean rulers, and the Agarthans took advantage of this opportunity. from the Nintendo Dream interview:

Those Who Slither in the Dark wanted to overturn this state of affairs (of the Nabateans as rulers) and as such, they devised schemes. They granted humans the technology to make powerful weapons from the corpses of the citizens of Nabatea, or so was their plan that they enacted, to which they went forward with this plan using the human, Nemesis. As a result, what would happen to humans who gained power… they would want even more power, and find a dragon much stronger to beat in order to collect materials forcefully, in order to make even more powerful weapons… and so that was the cycle that was born. And that was the birth of Fodlan’s Ten Elites.

of note, it seems like the Elites weren’t aware of what they were really doing, or of that Agarthan involvement. from Fragments of a Forgotten Memoir:

Why does Seiros despise us so? What did King Nemesis do to incur such unyielding wrath? Perhaps it was a mistake to accept his offer. In any case, that is all in the distant past now… ______and before this body falls to ash, the evil…

this is what led to the genocide of the Nabateans, as Nemesis + co. killed them off to turn them into Relics. Seiros survived, and eventually gathered the strength of the surviving Nabateans and supportive human allies, and defeated Nemesis and the Elites. with the end of this war, the Adrestian Empire, founded by Seiros’s good buddy Wilhelm, spread across all of Fódlan.

the Agarthans slithered back to Shambhala for a while. at some point, they also started a plan to bring back Nemesis and the Elites, though that wouldn’t be completed for a long long time.

there isn’t a whole lot of lore detailed for quite a while here, but several hundred years later (in the mid-700s), Loog, a descendant of the Elite Blaiddyd, led a rebellion in the northern empire. he got many of the other descendants of the Elites on his side, but they were still severely outnumbered by the empire itself. the Agarthans, wanting to sow discord in human lands, supported Loog in this endeavor. from Burnt Remnants of a Report:

…the Faerghus Rebellion. I harbor doubts about the army Loog has raised. How did he recruit soldiers without raising suspicions in the Empire? How did he acquire those mysterious weapons, so like Heroes' Relics? What is the true identity of Pan, the tactician rumored to have been integral to Loog's victories? And Those Who Slither in the Dark…

it appears that the Agarthans sent an advisor in the guise of this Pan to direct Loog, and supplied his forces with powerful Agarthan weapons to defeat the Adrestian forces and secure Faerghus’s independence. perhaps they hoped this would lead to a revival of Nemesis’s kingdom, given that it, too, was located in what’s now Faerghus, but the specifics are unclear.

regardless, it seems that they later lost hope in their plans in Faerghus. about a hundred years later, King Klaus I of Faerghus died, and the country split among his three heirs. although two of them reunited, this is what led to Leicester becoming an independent country. Klaus’s death may have been orchestrated by the Agarthans as another attempt at sowing discord in Fódlan to soften it up for their future schemes. also from Burnt Remnants of a Report:

The shadowed order of the Knights of Seiros believes that King Klaus I of Faerghus was assassinated… Everyone believes that his will, which demands the territory be divided among the three princes and fails to name a successor, is a fake.

could have been assassinated by someone else, but given that Burnt Remnants is an investigation into Agarthan activity, it seems that whoever put it together figured they were related.

things with the Agarthans seem to have calmed down for a while, or at least whatever they did wasn’t as obvious or relevant to the modern state of Fódlan. by the time period of the games, they seem to have upped their activity once again, causing chaos everywhere they can. they bodysnatched a few prominent figures, most notably Cornelia Arnim, the recently appointed court mage of Faerghus; Volkhard von Arundel, brother-in-law to the Emperor and uncle of Edelgard; and Tomas, trusted librarian at Garreg Mach. they used these positions and others to do things such as:

orchestrate the tragedy of Duscur. Cornelia (Cleobulus) convinced not-yet-bodysnatched Volkhard to bring his sister Anselma to Fhirdiad to escape court politics in Enbarr. Anselma took the name Patricia, and Lambert took her as his wife. as time went on, she wished to see her daughter again, and was convinced by Cornelia that she could do so by helping her orchestrate the tragedy of Duscur. Lambert got assassinated, as did some of his closest advisors and guards, but Anselma only participated on the condition that Dimitri lived, so he was spared. she herself disappeared during the tragedy, and was never seen again. (the fact that the people of Faerghus responded by blaming and committing genocide against the people of Duscur doesn’t seem to have been in the Agarthans’ original plans, but given the fact that they’re Evil, i don’t think they’re too upset about it)

Crest implantation experiments. House Hrym tried to secede from the empire, with assistance from House Ordelia just across the border, but their rebellion was put down by Adrestian forces. House Hrym was killed off, and House Ordelia’s territory was occupied. Agarthans who had embedded themselves inside the Adrestian power structure took this opportunity to experiment on House Ordelia’s children, which Lysithea survived, having received a second Crest. afaik her siblings died? it’s likely, at least. later on, after the Insurrection of the Seven, they did the same thing to House Hresvelg’s children. all died (or ended up in a practically dead state) except Edelgard, who took to her second Crest better than Lysithea, thanks to the extra practice the Agarthans had gotten.

the assassination of Oswald. the Agarthans set up some Demonic Beasts along the roads of Leicester. this led to the death of Oswald, the current Duke Riegan’s son (and Claude’s uncle), as well as Raphael’s parents, who were merchants along that route. Count Gloucester was implicated in this plot, which heightened tensions in Leicester as well.

god knows what they were doing with Flayn. they probably wanted her blood (possibly to use it in their Elite resurrection experiments?) or maybe she was just a red herring to allow for Kronya to infiltrate the monastery as Monica, who had disappeared a year prior.

that kinda covers up to the start of the game!! idk if you were looking for background lore, or also events that happens during the course of the game. i can rant about those too if needed

cited sources and everything too! damn!

thank you for this incredible resource yet again. with the map of fódlan you also made, my fics will be researched to hell and back <3

[doctorslippery]

d200 Single Word Starship Names

Completed List

Intrepid

Longarm

Midsommer

Protos

Worship

Calador

Philosopher

Santera

Castillo

Dragoon

Horizon

Windswept

Aurelian

Resolute

Corinth

Trimaran

Titan

Olympia

Watcher

Matador

Sleuth

Herald

Halcyon

Buccaneer

Flagstone

Respite

Monarch

Sumere

Zemnoi

Polaris

Angkor

Halogen

Pathfinder

Wildfire

Altair

Lamplight

Falchion

Vega

Archimedes

Copernicus

Helios

Hypatia

Cypress

Northumbria

Celeste

Calliope

Carpathia

Vengeance

Remembrance

Nightingale

Sidewinder

Saphrax

Terminus

Deadlock

Tuscan

Vitalis

Cascade

Acolyte

Lockstone

Malkuth

Ætheris

Kaiser

Ascent

Parallax

Saudade

Stargazer

Hephaestus

Proteus

Columbia

Silence

Panama

Harmony

Conqueror

Cromwell

Chimera

Nemesis

Emissary

Syracuse

Lancaster

Nautilus

Dauntless

Reliant

Tranquility

Remus

Romulus

Vanguard

Artemis

Firebrand

Defiance

Renault

Observer

Providence

Stalwart

Tortoise

Leviathan

Covenant

Inquisitor

Claymore

Pursuit

Facade

Bonus Names:

how would you roll Midway

Tenacity

Halacion

Trimaran

Spitfire

Magus

Ravenous

Idalia

Rutledge

Stockton

Errant

Hylacomylus

Mercator

Meridian

Cartographer

Azimuth

Vohlonen

Tyrolian

Vizier

Sahara

Alexandria

Eddystone

Aperture

Fresnel

Ambrose

Rodionov

Iikon

Roanoke

Croatoan

Terracotta

Mercurial

Thermopylae

Odessa

Sunrise

Agamemnon

Atreus

Mastiff

Demeter

Corsican

Tarascan

Gibraltar

Genoa

Ironclad

Ulysses

Malachai

Tortuga

Nexus

Requiem

Solstice

Paragon

Empyrean

Relic

Tempest

Oracle

Mirage

Nomad

Onyx

Valkyrie

Ascendant

Endeavor

Reverie

Calypso

Epoch

Apogee

Odyssey

Rasmussen

Aerostar

Convair

Clarion

Sevastopol

Aralsk

Mentor

Nautilus

Sanctity

Autumn

Primavera

Inquieto

Myrrddin

Tartan

Pendragon

Mezzanine

Troubadour

Pelican

Matador

Armstrong

Chesapeake

Strider

Eloquence

Bastille

Bastion

Algernon

Kingfisher

Evergreen

Avalanche

Sovereign

Solitude

Maktoub

Charrería

Vaquero

Sublime

[loveforlandonorris]

🎤 Lando's Sky Sports interview in the media pen before the Mexico GP:

Lando: Mercedes are probably still a little bit quicker than us, whether or not they got disqualified, or whatever, I think they were still a little bit quicker. But for us to be on the podium, I think it's realistic. I think how we've done over the last, what, 2, 3, 4 months, it's realistic.

But there have been – I think we've seen some tough tracks, but we've also seen our better tracks, which, we've had Japan, Qatar, Texas. I think we have a little stretch of maybe some tougher ones and some better ones for our main competitors. But I think where we've been finishing the last few weekends is a fair representation of where we deserve to be.

Interviewer: Are your surprised to see the disqualifications?

Lando: I mean, always, I guess, a little bit surprised. I would have loved if they checked more cars (smiles).

Interviewer: Well, this is the question we're asking: if half of them, half of the ones they checked, if 50% were actually found to be in breach, then should you not check the whole grid?

Lando: (Smiling) Yeah, they should've done. So – I mean, I think the main thing was, you know – actually, I don't wanna say anything. It can always bite you one day, so..

Interviewer: I take it that your car was fine. You can tell us that your car was fine then, can you?

Lando: My car was, they checked mine first. So, no, we were good. It's more teams, I guess, you know? If one team's, one car is, it's unlikely that two cars are that different. So if one car is illegal, then (smiles) a high chance that the other car is. But, yeah, it's the way it went, and the stewards and the FIA did their job, which was a good thing.

Interviewer: Mexico. Round here, how's your car gonna perform this weekend? Any concerns at all? 'Cause there's a lot more to deal with this weekend, as well as the altitude and everything that does to the engine.

Lando: Yeah, I think there's... I mean, it's max downforce, there's quite a few different things for us to understand, and the cooling being one of the biggest ones. Tyres are different to last year, so a lot for us to test. We have the proto tyres as well for us, so I think it's enough time for us to get through everything. But it is a quite – it's a very different layout to the last few races we've been at, so I think it's a different challenge for us.

And like I said, [it's] a track we know maybe it just doesn't suit us quite as well, a lot more slow speed, which is our nemesis. A couple of high – I would say, medium-speed corners, but not as many as Texas and Japan, and so on. So less of our strengths are gonna be shown, which is, again, a tricky one for us. But we weren't too bad here last year, not amazing, but we weren't too bad, and I know we've taken a big step forward. So hopefully this weekend can still be a good one.