#silken squall

[eternalmomentss]

Okay listen, i want nothing more than a happy ending for dorian, let him be free, let him be happy, let him be himself, let him be dorian storm. But man, I am foaming at the mouth at the prospect of a Silken Squall / Wyvernwind family drama arc. I want it all. I want that conflict, I want that lore. And I want Dorian to come out happier and freer than ever. Let that boy open up the world for his people!!

[cringefaecompilation]

if the air ashari and silken squall were allies, then there is a non-zero chance that keyleth may or may not have seen toddler cyrus or little baby dorian while visiting them for important business

[rosearcanaeum]

Um hey, what about the Silken Squall tho. How did that fare during the solstice. And y'know.... magic failing?

[exandriacityshowdown]

Round 2 Poll 10

Bazzoxan, Wildemount: Bazzoxan is a Kryn military outpost in Xhorhas. It exists to defend against demonic incursions from a nearby Betrayer God temple. The Mighty Nein visited while trying to solve the mystery of the Angel of Irons.

image is official art by kent davis from call of the netherdeep

Silken Squall, Marquet: Somewhere in Marquet travels a flying tent city, primarily inhabited by air genasi, called the Silken Squall. Dorian Storm, of the Crown Keepers and Bells Hells, hails from here.

[pentapoda]

playing with your hair when you have cloud hair

[revvethasmythh]

things we know about the silken squall:

they have a drama club! dorian was in it!

rulers willing to put their children under a zone of truth spell if they were suspected of lying

a nomadic society, historically traveling worldwide, but in dorian and cyrus' lifetime they have never left marquet

rulers who left the city for years of wandering in their youths, but then pretended this never happened/wasn't the norm in order to keep their sons cloistered within the city

all air genasi are welcome! non-air genasi are also welcome--under strict guard

they have no formal monarchy, but a monarchy is nevertheless the closest to what their system of governance is. dorian frames his parents' role as giving advice to any who ask, imparting wisdom to the community, but the position is both an elevated and hereditary one. should his parents die, dorian would be expected to take over this position regardless of how much or little wisdom he had to impart to his people

due to the cloistered nature of dorian's upbringing, he had no friends before leaving and meeting the crown keepers. this implies some interesting distance between the quasi-royal family and, well. anyone else who could have been dorian's friend growing up

dorian and cyrus' formal dress included laurel headpieces denoting their status as quasi-princes

at some earlier time in dorian's life, he attended a court dance (not even a ball) where an uninvited guest showed up. to quote dorian, they were "killed immediately" due to walking into an environment where sensitive information between politicians may have been discussed

things we do NOT know about the silken squall:

what the fuck is up with all that

[buckycap]

whoever came up w the theory that dorian’s parents will be w the rest of the world representatives in the next ep i’m kissing you on the mouth

[hellcatchvalley]

said it on twitter but im sayin it here too: it is nuts that neither dorian nor cyrus had anyone Searching or sent after them from the silken squall. like BOTH heirs went AWOL and then the moon exploded and no one’s worried???? [shakes matt] I KNOW THEYRE FREE SPIRITS AND ALL BUT SURELY NOT THAT FREE. I KNOW THERES A MOON WAR GOING ON BUT I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF CYRUS BEING DEAD ARE IMMEDIATELY RIGHT NOW THIS MOMENT RIGHT AWAY

[multifandom-damnation]

Suddenly worried that Dorian's parents from the Silken Squall will be there too and will recognise him and try to get him to come home

[ittybittyremy]

Robbie Daymond’s Fireside Chat is tomorrow, I better see some good questions!!

[eternalmomentss]

This campaign cannot end before I have seen Miss Momma Wyvernwind. Just a crumb, please. Mainly because I want the full family picture but also Dorian just seems like a momma's boy to me.

It's just the image of baby Dorian listening to her song that is such an important part of his character and her calling him Bron, him asking for her when meeting Zeru and missing her presence and kind of latching onto Keyleth as a result.

Show me the Squall while we're at it, pretty please. I WILL ask again...

[cringefaecompilation]

pleasantly surprised at how many people have liked/reblogged my post about robbie making cerkonos more obviously native-coded and i haven't seen one single person reply to it with "omg whaaat? who is whitewashing the pcs?"

...unless they're talking about seeing beau or veth getting whitewashed. which is bad too, don't get me wrong! but it's way worse when it's an actual person of color getting whitewashed.

so seriously, please stop drawing human dorian storms as pasty blue-eyed white guys and don't make the silken squall some weird bridgerton hodgepodge of european-ness.

[readerofdragons]

I'm really curious as to how Dorian in particular is going to take this whole display.

Dorian, who inherently understands complicated families and the arrogance of flying cities both. Who won't forget there are innocent and ignorant children on those cities, because he was one. Who also shares the experience of making a new life with a new name, but still reclaiming his birthright. Dorian the bard, friend of sorcerers, fighters, and warlocks whose patrons treat them very harshly, has no intrinsic reason to trust either gods or wizards.

Obviously the Silken Squall isn't one of the original Flying Cities, nor is the quasi-nobility there godhood, but there are a lot of interesting parallels I don't think the others share.

[bread-wizards]

That fireside chat has me thinking about Dorian's views on leadership and how it was influenced by his home and parents.

[exandriacityshowdown]

Round 1 Stage 3 Poll 4

Silken Squall, Marquet: Somewhere in Marquet travels a flying tent city, primarily inhabited by air genasi, called the Silken Squall. Dorian Storm, of the Crown Keepers and Bells Hells, hails from here.

Shadycreek Run, Wildemount: Shadycreek Run is a lawless town in the Greying Wildlands, just outside of the Dwendalian Empire. It is notorious for powerful crime families and slavers. Caduceus Clay of the Mighty Nein grew up nearby, and he met and joined the party at his home outside of the city.

image is by nick robles, from explorer's guide to wildemount

[helimir]

wow, in exu prime Dorian actually does imply that it would not be accepted for cyrus to have a relationship with someone from outside the community