#queen nerea Ni no Kuni

[roland-crane-leafbook]

This was quite an interesting doodle. A certain orange friend drew Queen Nerea of Hydropolis and myself as traditional merfolk for "Mer May" this year. They said they would love to include Leander as a human prince that encounters us in a Little Mermaid-esque AU, should their health permit them to before the end of this month.

Either way, I hope you enjoy Rara's artwork of us. Nerea is quite stunning in any form, isn't she?

{ Art by Rara, http://twitter.com/raravee_vt + @raravt }

[quinnleyaeroraen]

Finally completed all the refs for the siren au!

Captain Roland

Siren Leander

Siren Nerea

[cotton-kiwi-smoothie]

Queen Nerea Reimagined

I didn't think she was pretty enough compared to Leander. Also P E A R L S

[linkdiangelo247]

quick leander and nerea doodle based on @thatplatypuswizard’s siren fic,,, they r very pretty hehe

[incorrect-ninokuni]

this is a gift from Puzzles101 to holmes221B (both on discord)! they don't have tumblr so i agreed to post their gifts :]

[m0th-gh0st]

I'm gonna be real with y'all I can't remember the last time Ive drawn traditional art with a pencil.

[adhdzagreus]

happy holidays @kaikaykoa !! i was your secret santa and here is your gift

First Sight

Fandom: Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom Characters: Leander Aristides, Queen Nerea Length: 775 words Warnings: None

The king of Hydropolis has called a meeting with the head of the Aristides family to discuss matters of state. The families have always been close, the Aristides providing financial support and their intellectual capabilities to the endeavors of the royal family in exchange for social influence and authority. The arrangement suits both parties just fine as it has ensured the successful ruling of Hydropolis for centuries now. 

Today, the matriarch of the Aristides family brings the newest member of their clan to meet the king. His name is Leander, and he has just turned six. He clutches his grandmother’s hand as they descend into the palace below the waves. 

He tries his best to be brave as they pass by palace guards in shining suits of armor. His grandmother has explained to him that he must make a good impression, so he’s wearing his nicest clothes today, a green coat and purple trousers, and he has on his most serious, grown-up face. 

It wavers a little bit as his grandmother stops them outside of a large room and informs him that this is the throne room and that he must be on his best behavior because the king is inside. Leander has never met the king before, and this makes him nervous, but he nods and promises that he will. 

She opens the door, and they enter, him half a step behind her and almost hidden in her skirts. He would prefer not to be seen until he has gathered his bearings, and the throne room is large and round and frightening for the youngest member of the Aristides family. 

Most intimidating of all is the man who sits in the center of the room on a plinth. He has blue hair and a beard, and he is attired in gleaming golden scales that make Leander’s eyes water. In his hand, he holds a scepter, and his expression is even more serious than Grandmother Aristide’s. This, Leander has no doubt, is the king. 

“Your Majesty,” his grandmother says with a curt bow. Leander does his best to mimic it. 

The king smiles, and he instantly becomes far less frightening. “Phaethusa, my old friend. And who is the little one you’ve brought with you?” 

His grandmother nudges him forward. “Introduce yourself, child.” 

Leander swallows nervously. His gaze is on the ground. “L-leander Aristides, Your Majesty.” 

“Another Aristides!” the king proclaims. “This is fine news indeed. And how old are you, young Leander?” 

“S-six, Your Majesty,” he says, wide-eyed. 

The king’s smile widens. “Why, that’s the same age as my daughter! Nerea, dear, come out from behind those columns! I know you’re here.” 

A girl with her father’s blue hair steps out from behind a column with her hands on her hips. “I wasn’t hiding,” she says. 

Leander’s eyes are round as saucers at this young girl’s bravery, but the king just laughs. “No, you weren’t hiding. You were eavesdropping again, little one,” he says. “Come and introduce yourself to our guests. This is Phaethusa, an old family friend, and her grandson, Leander.” 

The girl walks over to stand in front of her father and lifts her little chin. “I am Nerea, princess of Hydropolis.” 

Leander stares at her, starry-eyed. She is the prettiest girl he has ever seen and she’s a princess. 

“H-hello, Your Highness,” he says and bows again. 

This seems to please her because she smiles. 

“Nerea, dear,” the king says. “Why don’t you show Leander to your room while the grown-ups talk business?” 

She seems to consider this. “Yes, that would be fine. Come along, Leander.” 

She sweeps out of the room, skirt swishing dramatically, and Leander hurries after her with a nervous look at his grandmother who nods in approval. This is fortunate because, between the wills of his grandmother and the princess, he isn’t sure who would win out. 

As it is, he follows Nerea down the corridor with his heart in his throat, and after a moment, they enter a tidy and well-furnished bedchamber. The walls are painted with images of jellyfish and sea stars, and a large toy chest rests in one corner. Nerea immediately goes over and opens it. She pulls out a toy sword and hands it to him. 

“We’re going to play princess and knight,” she says. “You’ll be the knight, and I’ll be the princess.”

“Alright,” Leander says eagerly. He brandishes the sword, and she nods in approval. 

“Your task is to vanquish the dreaded monster Cetus. Are you capable of it?” 

“I am,” he says as seriously as he can. 

“Very good,” she says. “I think we will get along swimmingly.” 

He quietly agrees. 

[daily-hinomori-sisters]

day 13 - au! shiho is included, alongside the rest of leo/need, tsukasa and a few others

small fandom (this is all self-indulgent anyway) BUT. i've been thinking about a ni no kuni ii au:

Tsukasa as Roland, Saki as Evan. One of the main reasons for this is how each person from Roland's world is connected to one in Evan's. Though I don't think it's ever said, Roland's son is at least implied to be tied to Evan. Roland's son is also implied to have a chronic illness. Throughout the story, he protects and encourages Evan, watching him grow. Evan goes from a timid, frightened former King to the confident ruler of Evermore, a kingdom he founded with Roland, and the boy who united all 5 kingdoms.

Airi as Aranella. I didn't know who to put here, but because Saki looks up to Airi, I thought this would be sweet. Even if Nella does die at the start. It's fine.

Ichika as Tani. I almost picked Shiho because she's also a bit of a stick-in-the-mud with a secret love of cute things (which also matches anessa from dqb2 but anyway.), BUT I decided on Ichika instead. It's implied that she eventually marries Evan, for one thing, but I thought that overall, she just fits better with her extroverted, optimistic nature (fits Saki better, but she's already Evan).

Shiho as Batu. Rather than a parental figure to Ichika, she would be more of a mentor and experienced fighter, both to her and Saki. I have less to say here. In this AU, the way she found Ichika wouldn't be that different. However, rather than stealing from Ichika's dying mother, she'd probably just take her to protect her, though she'd probably be a child or teenager rather than a baby. Plus, she's lonely (and in need of an heir, but that's not important). I do think it would be sweet if she used to be cold, but softened with Ichika.

Honami as Martha. She gets to look after all those little Higgeldies. I just think that would be cute. As a bonus, Kanade and Mafuyu could either live with her, OR be Higgeldies. Either are really sweet.

Miku as Lofty. It's funny.

Rui as Leander, Shizuku as Nerea. Shizuku would be a Queen, Rui would be her chief adviser. They're also in love, which was the main reason. Besides that, Leander is (one of) the most knowledgeable in the party, though it's Bracken whose knowledge is based around machines, as she is from Broadleaf (and her best friend is its ruler).

Bracken as An. I know Nene (with Zip as Rui) or Haruka might've made more sense, but I cannot let this go now. However, it could also be Toya as Leander, Haruka as Nerea, Nene as Bracken and Rui as Zip. Anyway, Bracken as An. That's it.

Akito as himself because I just really wanted him in here, especially where Toya is Leander rather than Rui.

NOW the part I was struggling with: Alisandra and Doloran.

A King isn't supposed to fall in love with his Kingmaker. Doloran did what he never should have. Alisandra reciprocated his feelings and for a while, they were happy. Alisandra, though, was immortal. Doloran wasn't. As a sort of last resort, she attempted to split herself into two and succeeded. One half mortal, the other being the powerful half, which became a great evil, the Horned One. Though she worked with Doloran to defeat it, this was only temporary. She gave up her future with her lover to seal the Horned One away and guard it, though Doloran didn't know this. She was also the one to bring Roland into their world.

Doloran wanted his kingdom, Allegoria, back, as it had been destroyed (sort of). He brought the Horned One back and took souls from across the world so he could begin to rebuild. Basically, he wanted his kingdom and he wanted Alisandra. So, who to pick?

For this one, I went with Mizuki as Alisandra and Ena as Doloran. Mizuki breaking unspoken rules for the woman she loves, then giving everything up to protect her. Ena never knowing this, desperate to return all that she lost, only to lose it again because not only did she not know everything she needed to, but because she was too hurt to care about what she did. It might not necessarily fit their characters, but I think it fits them best (though KanaMafu, AkiToya or MinoHaru could've worked well too imo).

As I said with Akito, Kanade and Mafuyu, the other characters would probably just be themselves. Assuming they're residents of different kingdoms that they can pick up along the way (the side quest characters, that is), here are their kingdoms, including the characters who could be replaced by others:

Ding Dong Dell: Minori, Emu

Goldpaw: Kohane, Toya

Hydropolis: Haruka, An, Shizuku

Broadleaf: Nene, Rui

[lemonhinoo]

Ni no Kuni II Review

I finish the vanilla NnK 2 ( without DLC ) after 5 years not playing it again ( Last time I finish it around 2019 ish ). Well, mostly just whole bunch of my opinion.. so take it with grain of salt. I'm just bored and really annoyed at college class so lmao. This will contain A LOT OF TEXT, just warn you first. Feel free to add your opinion & say something to help me clear out something that I might missing out.

Extra note : I DONT play NnK cross world, i just check a bit that some of the town from this game make it to there.. unfortunately i’m not interested into play that game

The story : It starts great, the biggest problem with this game story imo.. the pacing and how they didnt really explain some stuff. The start of this game always one of the wildest thing ever, like NOT EVEN 3 MINS into the game, a whole town already got destroyed, that so chaotic. I dont have much to talk about the first 3 chapter since I think okay, we just starting out there’s really no problem. Maybe the pacing between Tani & Batu become your party member is too short. Since the time Tani joined your team, the story progress to part where you mostly play Evan and haven’t try how Tani play style is.

I think the pacing start falling off at around after the Goldpaw chapter. 6 years later I just notice how funny Goldpaw tradition... like a dice roll is how they base amount their taxes, it's just funny af for me. I still feel it really odd how there's no story about Goldpaw citizen complaining about Pugnacius, their leader literally just do sort of corruption / manipulating one of most their sacred tradition. Just because Pugnacius do this for the good of them still dont justify it tho, I think there's should be more in depth story about this problem.

For Hydropolis, I'm seriously think it's TOO SHORT. Yeah, the fake propose between Evan & Tani is great ( poor Evan tho ). I dunno something about this chapter kinda off, I didnt connect well, I dunno why since this is the problem I only have with Hydropolis. Somehow I also think there's a lot of thing that make me confuse. Like do they repeat time just the state / condition in their geographic ? I really dont know the word but it just weird? Does anyone esp human ages there? Even if they keep repeating time and time again, is it really no one notice something weird with that place ?? One of the ghost NPC literally said that the kingdom got destroyed so bad that maybe all left is “their kingmaker corpse”. The 4 pillar rules is understandable, but like.. i dont understand why you should not be allowed to go higher place ? Is it because they afraid someone gonna fall off / the citizen relaize that their kingdom just repeating while the other part of the world changing ?? And for marriage too, is it because they dont want a newborn life there too? But like falling in love doesnt always equal getting marry ??? I think I’m questioning too much, Also when you in Abyss in a way kinda wish we actually fight Queen Nerea that under Doloran influence, since she did attack us. So.. in short this chapter just feel bare bone

Well.. next is Broadleaf. I think this actually a great chapter. We get to know a bit about how the kingdom condition, the relationship about Bracken and Zip backstory. It’s great and OOOH the sort of plot twist that Bracken actually lost her leg and Zip is the one help her make a new mechanical leg is just great!! A bit of downside is the part how Zip come to his sense but eh.. not much of problem. And the climax with Lofty showing his real power / form is okay… it’s just Evan speech & Loft awakening ( I will talk about this more later ) kinda out of nowhere since they didnt struggle that much yet imo.

SPEAKING OF DOLORAN.... He's so.. meh as a villain, he doing well in final chapter but before that ? meh. He didnt do much other than just stealing Kingsbond and influence some people. Like... Be more intimidating!! Why he didnt do anything other than stealing kingsbond, yeah that is his goals but did he really didnt think Evan & Roland gonna stop his plan...? Even Shadar in first game is much better villain and way more intimidating than Doloran ( sorry I gotta compare them in a way of them being the villain ). Sure, he got the kingsbond in early of each chapter but like... DO SOMETHING MORE, BE MORE INTIMIDATING, Even Roland in his diary journal confuse wtf he actually want. I just wish they give a lot more scene about Doloran outside the final chapter…

I think the Roland betrayal chapter is good, it’s a breath of fresh air since the previous 2 chapter just kinda the same in a way, you know.. making it a bit different not all static. Nothing much to talk since it’s short chapter. Well now the Ding Dong Dell one.. it’s great , i like it but they should add a lot more scene & what’s actually inside Evan’s father diary, that scene is just TOO SHORT ! They should add more depth about the struggle of Evan’s father wanting to make equality between 2 races. Just like the thing in Hydropolis, I didnt connect well in late chapter.. The sudden Evan’s father ghost is also a surprise like… wow dude and the fact Evan’s own father didnt give “any word” to his son just…. HUH ????? His father care a lot more to Maussinger than his own son… wow :0

Finally chapter !! This.. really a mix.. now all of the kingdom united to fight Horned One But.. when all of the soldiers complaining about how they’re not sure if they can fight together. Evan give speech that… eh.. i’m not really sure… and the fact each leader of each kingdom didnt make any comment is stupid. I know Evan like prolly the leader of the king / queen (?) but like… if you really want to proof working together is the way and will result win / peace.. why not make all the other king / queen also giving speech ? That way it will make more sense and convincing. The plot twist that Doloran actually Roland’s soulbond is intresting tho, so now there IS a reason why he teleported to other world. Then… my problem with the fact Doloran actually love Alisandra, Allegoria kingmaker.. I think they want to show us a “tragic backstory” but like… sorry I can’t connect that. I get it the forbidden love story part but.. why they like each other? Why Alisandra become selfish and decide to throw away her power just to make sure she can be with Doloran ?? Because of that now the whole kingdom is gone, what a… I’m having such a mixed feeling about it. Yes the DLC do explain more about it ( and I already forget the story about it ) but I haven’t got time to grind yet since I want that exclusive outfit for clearing expert faraway maze door first… Maybe someone can help me clear this up for me…

Is the ending great ?? Yeah so so… so the peace is return & They didnt give us any clue about how’s the kingmaker ? Is the kingsbond that got stolen now just gone forever ??? Does a kingdom really can’t survive without a kingmaker & kingsbond ? All that know Kingmaker is a mark of authority & the aid for nation. I mean.. since they literally just fight a horned one and unite as one they should probably fine ? Unless the kingmaker has a magic that also protect the kingdom geographically or something I dunno.. ( i mean brineskimmer didn’t exactly protect Hydropolis either huh… ) This is one of the thing I wish they actually explain & develop more. And what exactly this “kingsbond” actually is ?? How does one can make the kingsbond between them and their kingmaker more powerful ? Is it really just the more citizen the more powerful it is ? A better leader ? They should explain this more

Then The curious Boy is actualy FERDINAND WHICH ACTUALLY IS EVAN’S SON. WHAT ?? This.. part make me so confuse cause like.. it’s kinda a paradox loophole ? Like all of the things Ferdinand said is from Evan.. but.. Evan can actually learn what Evan said from Ferdinand too ? Like.. making curious Boy is actually Ferdinand is okay but adding spice that he actually Evan’s son is… NOT RIGHT. I think it will better is Ferdinand is Evan’s son revealed by not them talking directly, that just… messing up a timeline here.. unless Ferdinand erase Evan’s memory that might do..

Then it ended with Roland going back to his own universe / world. Ended with him going back to his world that… God who knows when exactly & what time he’s going back since it ended with the town that looks like celebrating something. Great game 💙💙 ( Alisandra did cast gateway to Roland and prolly time travel…. It didnt matter my brain already hurts

Gameplay : A WHOLE LOT DIFF from previous game. I personally prefer this action game. I LIKE the familliar but.. taming one is so random and can be a bit annoying and since you use familliar near end game, all the human is kinda useless in first game so you have to rely on Familliar 80%. Meanwhile in 2nd game it’s action. Just mash the same button and avoid the attack you good to go.. most of the time. BUT OH WHY THE AI PARTY SO BAD… I hate how they so… stingy with healing skill. Bracken is the only one with GOOD healing skill but if the AI wont use it, so you have to swap to her just to use that skill. Yes, Evan & Tani can use healing but you have to learn it, and by the time you got the material for them to learn that healing skill, Bracken prolly already in your team and both Evan & Tani wont use healing skills too so you gotta do it manually. I mean yeah the game isnt difficult , you probaly will do just fine with healing item but playing this on hard / expert level ? Na’ah, those enemies will more than 2x the damage on normal difficulty.

I think one of the part that suprise me is the “skirmish” one. Like I do remember the first time play, I was like “wth ? Now this is Suikoden?”. It’s fun, it’s not that hard. I think it’s interesting so no complication. This is just a side thing, but I mostly use a member that either debuff / buff , damn this person play too much SMT , I HAVE TO BUFF / DEBUFF

Other Stuff : I LOVE THE CHARACTER DESIGN. It’s simple yet memorable AND SO PRETTY. I love how this game design a character that not overly complicated. I’m not a big fan of fantasy game tropes where the character design is too detail & complicated design just for the sake it’s a fantasy game ( ex : Genshin / GBF imo ). The citizen you can scout also blend in pretty well with the normal NPC, it’e not like their design stand out too much.. no their design blend in well..

So in short…. This IS a great game, but if you do look deeper especially near the end it’s just.. there’s a lot stuff that need questioning imo. Again if you have something to help me clear things up , please feel free. I think the develop either in time crunch / they didnt want the game end too long, since the first game is took pretty long time to beat it. It took Stampy 91 vids to end the game with each vids around 20 mins ish ( outside showing the sidequest ). Once again.. I know the DLC add more in depth to the story not I think not a lot.. the 2nd game didnt took long to beat it, it took me 60 hours ish with kingdom level 3 with all of the facility already build ( except the inn ) and 2 left dream fragments

For me the rating is overall: 8/10

Thank you for reading this awfully long essay review of this game. My hand hurt from typing too much lol.

[silverteacups]

"a wild--" DIE. im writing the post again

thinking about pjsk/ni no kuni ii au.......... kanade as evan........ saki as tani......... shizuku and rui as queen nerea and leander (that would be so sweet actually)...... i would DIE

or pjsk/dqb2 with saki as the builder........ and shiho as anessa......

[kaikaykoa]

hhappy mermay

[ghostinghome]

queen nerea 🧎🧎

thisbis my design for her shes blue

[maqui-chan]

a buncha furry nnk2 doodles

[defiant-firefly]

October 1st Challenge 1

Queen Nerea as a Snow Leopard watching the city of Hydropolis with the magic spell she uses to watch through the giant eye.

The prompt is Crystal Ball from the Witchtober prompts by @the-wonder-in-his-eyes !

This was not meant to be this complicated huh...

[zaraisinactive]

Why I ship Leander and Nerea, exhibit A

[raravt]

hehehe I drew thing for my silly little Roland blog

Chronic Illness Health this week has been YUCK! Sadly it is what it is. I couldn't manage to do much more with this yesterday or today, but I hope I can squeeze Leander in here sometime... Something Something little mermaid AU triad-

This was quite an interesting doodle. A certain orange friend drew Queen Nerea of Hydropolis and myself as traditional merfolk for "Mer May" this year. They said they would love to include Leander as a human prince that encounters us in a Little Mermaid-esque AU, should their health permit them to before the end of this month.

Either way, I hope you enjoy Rara's artwork of us. Nerea is quite stunning in any form, isn't she?

{ Art by Rara, http://twitter.com/raravee_vt + @raravt }