#so I wonder

[dailyeriroxy]

★ DAY 28

hugging for warmth

[ceiling-karasu]

Oh, I forgot that North Korea supposedly made stamps of Squirrel and Hedgehog.

Not sure exactly how legitimate these are, but they look really good, at the very least. People seem to trust the colnect website for stamps, although the website itself rates the accuracy as medium to low.

Here is the site if anyone wants to look closer.

[aylaaescar]

ngl I've been p empty on OC concepts for DAVG just bc it'll surely be a hot minute before I actually buy the game. but. what if the Rook who follows Vanyla Cousland, Katrina Hawke, and Ealisay Trevelyan is a former Chantry sister turned Warden.

I know the Wardens can (and have conscripted templars, just look at Alistair. have they ever done so with a sister or mother tho? idk! but could be fun to play with

[ufogoo]

kotor buffs, quick q:

so after the events of kotor 2, does Meetra Surik / The Exile, still drain life force from their companions?

I'm still not done the Revan novel, and don't wish for SWTOR spoilers, yet I still gotta know!

[attroxx]

sometimes i wonder how people find my blog . . .

[like-sands-of-time]

Reading up on the borgias makes the show make more sense because why would the Pope want his eldest son to Not marry and create strong alliances? Cesare wasn't his oldest son, he was merely the oldest of vanozza's sons. So if he's already educated and in the church then it makes sense for the titles and responsibilities to pass not from first to second son but right over cesare to the third son Juan. Layers!!

[disdaidal]

I decided to watch Alien (1979) after a long time and I honestly don't remember there being two versions of it? I know the 3rd movie has two versions, but hmm. 🤔

[bredforloyalty]

also we shouldn't be allowed to watch things like,, in general, around this man because inevitably a guy who sucks will be just like him and it aggravates me. to wonder if he's making those connections too

[namisweatheria]

I bet it's not so overwhelming for anime onlys because of the bad pacing and wildly increased "fanservice" bullshit but even then. The music voice acting and what they've been doing with the animation lately is crazy in it's own right. NOT COMPARATIVELY I honestly still love naruto music the most but. It is still really really really good. I'm wondering if going insane over how good it is might be more of a manga-reader experience. because the anime sure does like to pretend it is not good.

[catqueenks]

I'm honestly really curious on how obanai and tengen ended up talking about their pasts with each other

[trees-to-meet-you]

Yknow I wonder if I would’ve been in Martin’s domain if I’m not afraid of that so much as resigned to it??

[claire-starsword]

Shining Force Country Guide Translation - Part 3

The usual pie chart legend:

Shade

Population: 20 inhabitants GNP: Unknown

Species ratio:

Shade is more of a village than a country. It consists of only a church and associated buildings. So its population is only 20 people. Besides the humans who work at the church, the other species there are elves. They work as guides in the mountain paths. ____

The decline of royalty casts a shadow in the holy land?

A small region at the Sarastone peninsula northeast of Rindo. Back when Guardiana was founded, the Order of the Knights would be frequently sent in expeditions to expand their territory, and this peninsula was the northernmost point they reached, and thus Shade became a holy land directly under the royal family's control. After the wyvern raid from the time of Arissort von Guardiana II's rule, a church was built in this region to appease the souls of the knights fallen in that battle, and the third prince at the time entered priesthood and became its priest. After that it became a place which disseminated Guardiana's ways to all of the western continent, and little by little a town grew around it, thus around 500 years ago it was recognized as a holy city with the priest as sovereign, under the protection of Guardiana's royal family.

Shade's population, including the priest, is a mere twenty people. They are all clergyman who work on proselytizing and studying ancient texts. When it comes to politics, the executive power is Guardiana's, while the judiciary and legislative powers are under the priest's authority. It is generally a neutral state, but takes measures to protect the church against oppressive forces.

Throughout history, the priests have gathered previously lost records about the Castle of the Ancients, decoded ancient texts from all over the continent, thus getting closer to the truth on the Ancients and their civilization with their research. The current priest, Kahn, is in the middle of editing a compilation of this research of the past, named "Prehistory of Rune", and it has gathered attention all across Rune as it might shine a light on the mysteries surrounding the Castle of the Ancients. Unfortunately he's already very old, and many lament that there's aren't enough people to continue his research.

-The church is the highlight of Shade, but behind it is a small village, with some cabins offering guidance to travelers in exchange for payment. People heading to Bustoke should pay for the guides here, or they'll get lost in their way.

-Shade's bell rings once in the morning and once in the evening. The morning time is at 6am, and the evening at 6pm. This bell announcing the start and end of the days is of course heard from Rindo, but some claim to hear it all the way back in Alterone some days.

Priest Kern versus Darksol

Darksol disguises himself as the priest, and appear to the protagonist for the first time. Why did he kill the real priest? The current priest, Kahn, knew a man named Darksol was planning to revive Dark Dragon. He intended to tell Guardiana along with all the information the priests had gathered through the ages, but Darksol became aware of this as well.

Around the time the protagonist got the Orb of Light in the Cave of Darkness, Darksol arrived at the church of Shade, and attacked the priest. Kern might have lost, but inflicted deep wounds on Darksol. That's why he fled from the protagonist that time.

Romanization of the priest's name is my own, as Arthur decides to be unhelpful for this one.

also, I`m sure you’ll be shocked to hear that Darksol fighting the priest and getting wounded, plus the priest’s connection to Guardiana’s royal family, are mentioned in the original game and poofed in the translation, only brought back in the GBA version. I have never pointed out such things before.

Bustoke

Population: 800 inhabitants GNP: 2900 gold

Species Ratio:

The territory isn't big, yet the population is bigger than you would imagine. As for the species distribution, since the terrain is all forest, there's a lot of elves. Among the 18% percent of humans, many have mixed blood. ____

A critical point of modernization arrives to the people in the heights

A diverse country at the north of West Rune. Hunters settled mostly in the forest region among the mountains. As the territory was split between many different tribes, small scale conflicts happened time and time again. In the past, many magical beasts lived in the area, making it an extremely dangerous place, but around 500 years ago, a wolfling hero knows as the Young Wolf King (Zylo's ancestor) suppressed the beasts, and founded the country, unifying the tribes.

As the country has many different races, is crucial to have a strong leadership, and the current king Zylo Dunn Munster (meaning "Zylo, king of the mountains" in the region's dialect) rules fiercely, despite allowing his people many freedoms.

Self-suficient hunting is their main economic activity, so there's not much trading, but the marble and obsidian extracted from the southwest are highly valued as construction materials. However their mining skills are low and haven't been very efficient with these extractions, and thus there's a joint venture with the merchant guild of Rindo to develop modern excavation tools. Also, Bustoke strawberries, which were once eaten even by the magical beasts, and are said to taste great in juice, had their numbers dropped drastically due to overconsumption, and nowadays can only be harvested by the royal family, the exportation to other countries being forbidden as well.

The most distinct point of their livelihood is definitely the unique habitations built in the mountain walls. The natives' faith worship the forest, thus it is forbidden to cut tree for lumber, and on top of that there's little plain terrain, so this kind of dwelling naturally came to be. Since they are on great heights, the temperatures are low. Their designs work well for keeping them cool during the summer and warm through the winter, but in other countries some will still badmouth them as "hole people" or "primitives".

-Bustoke is built among the towering cliffs. It is surrounded by forest and quarries, but that environment doesn't seem to bother them at all. From the tallest point of the country, seeing the Pao bridge is a given, but on clear days with no clouds one can see all the way to the Pao plains.

-The famous bungee jumping of Bustoke. When coming of age, one must jump off a precipice held by nothing but a single rope. Is it a ritual done since long ago for boys born in Bustoke. In recent years, tourists have come to enjoy it as well.

Zylo's full name romanization is from the GBA version. Dunn seems to be a real Irish surname, while Munster is a province in Ireland.

Also, the part about Zylo's leadership seems to be describing his as an enlightened despot, which contradicts his bio describing him as merely as overseer. The bio makes more sense to me given how he is free to leave the country for a good while to fight.

Given this series’ obsession with young heroes I figured the title for Zylo’s ancestor is young wolf hero, however! 青 can also mean blue/green, so technically there’s nothing stopping you from picturing a technicolor furry family for Zylo. Do what you will with this information.

[commissionsdarian]

...look I was in support of Jim keeping Rae, but if he's going to do things like that it might be safer if one of you or Mycroft could get her to a safer family

Not sure what's happening on Mr Government's end, but we're looking into stuff

[ventcode]

sometimes i wonder if they'll be assholes all their life

[lrndvs]

compliments from girls go hard

[citree]

HEY I KNOW THAT SEAL!! Vladimir’s from the Vancouver Aquarium & West Coast Seal Rescue Exhibit!! Im pretty sure she’s a harbour seal (and 80% sure the text said Vladimir lenin was female) and had the chance to visit in person just last month! Years ago I rescued my own little harbour seal (Spots❤️) and the team that came to picked him up via helicopter and brought him all the way back to the aquarium, where he was added to the rescues and raised, before releasing him back in the wild. I have so much respect for the awesome people there, and whenever I get the chance I love to check up on their seals to see what theme their names are. This season had to be historical or fictional people, but here’s two of Lenin’s pool-mates whose names and candid shots I loved (though no more than I loved Lenin’s ❤️)

Mercury, and Seymour !

Today's Seal Is: Vladimir Lenin