#sso avalon

[bugslaststraw]

Hello and welcome to the Hell dimension I accidentally trapped Avalon in while I was writing

[askefrueee3]

II. The Magician- Avalon

[mllenugget]

You can tell him yourself

If it wasn't for Avalon's roomba ""walkcycle"" and Fripp's galaxycore sparkle fursona design, I would have found that one scene were the druids express their disappointment towards the Soulriders' actions ominous

Also :

[spicyhummusart]

My newest Avalon painting! Hope you like it 🙏

[vilda-ravenhill]

I also hope they never take off Avalon's mask without reason. It's such perfect characterization. He is literally hiding his face behind his faith, and trying to blend in with the rest of the druids. That lends his arguments more weight, even if sometimes it is literally just him and Rhiannon calling the shots now that Elizabeth is gone. Sometimes Avalon is Avalon, and sometimes he's a representative of The Keepers or just All The Druids as a whole. I love that. Keep his hood on.

[willow-springpaw592]

My thoughts on the newest main story quests, some positive and some...slightly on the fence:

First of all, I like that Linda is shown to actually have a backbone and will snap back at people if they insult her. Maybe I'm remembering wrong, but for a while it seemed like she was just the token intelligent one of the group who never got into conflicts. So I really liked seeing her stand up for herself this time against the dark riders!

I like how the druids can send messages via runestones to each other in times of crisis. It's something I never would've thought of, and although the way the runestones just grow out of the ground could seem silly and nonsensical in a way for some, I personally really like it!

Also, the magnetising void! It was so cool! I wonder what past Soul Rider performed it with Concorde? I would say Elizabeth, but that just seems too obvious. I love that we got to see a more dangerous side to the magic of the Sun Circle, and I really hope that this is something they will continue with for the rest of the Circles. Maybe for the Moon Circle, Linda could be able to cast dangerous illusions to confuse the dark riders? Or send visions that can drive people mad? It's probably too 'evil' for the Soul Rider circles, but I think it would be cool to see the dark side of the Keepers' magical abilities.

Now, onto the bombing of Dark Core Headquarters. I find it really difficult to believe that DC was never actually drilling any oil. They couldn't have partnered with GED forever, could they've? How could they have made money otherwise? At some point in history they must have drilled for oil, and then stopped for some reason. Maybe to put all their money into the equipment to build the Hadal gate (which btw confirms that Garnoks prison is indeed super deep under the sea, and not in some untouched corner of Pandoria) Anyways, I really hope this is not SSEs attempt at portraying DC as somewhat redeemable with 'oh no they actually weren't polluting the island at all, they were doing nothing wrong!', nevermind the fact that they are working towards releasing Garnok, who has made it very clear by now in regards to his plans for the island.

Well whatever, moving on from that, Erissa! Finally! I was hoping she'd have some lines of dialogue, but I did love her cartwheel/flip coming out of the portal. It's nice to see that Mr Sands is back in action again after not being present in the story for damn, what 5, 6 years now?! I though he and the Dark Riders would've been a bit more annoyed about the oil rig's destruction, so I guess the Soul Riders have got their war crime charges dropped for now at least.

Now for the obligatory Darko mention. With every new release of the main story, I get increasingly more worried about what SSE is planning on doing with him now. He should've been in the ending of this quest, yet he wasn't, and there's been absolutely zero mentions of him ever since the saving Anne quests from other characters, even though he was probably a massive source of trauma for Anne if he was the one who guarded her prison cell, and she seemed to have a very deep hatred of him going off of her mentions of him at past seasonal events. I can't find my screenshot of her one at Midsummer but she said something along the lines of, "What do you think happened to Darko? He had better still be alive. I won't let him take away my chance for revenge." Yes I know, I remembered one line of dialogue at an event years ago, can you tell I'm obsessed yet? I want to say that they're planning something big with him and the Nightmare Institute, but I've got this horrible feeling that they'll either reveal he's dead( even though the soul riding missions are proof that he isn't) or they'll just totally write him out of the story from now on because they've got the new Dark Rider models now, so they can do more with them. I know most people hate him, but I think he has the potential to be a really interesting irredeemable mad scientist type character, so I really hope they haven't given up on him yet. I'm probably being really over dramatic right now XD, but he's been my no.1 character hyperfixation since 2018 so that's my excuse lol.

I really didn't think this would be so long but to summarise: Anne and Linda are badass, I want Avalon to deck someone across the face, and I want Darko to make his dramatic appearance again someday :''(

Well, goodnight! Please share your own opinions with me if you'd like, I'd love to know everyone else's thoughts!

[caylenqueen]

Avalon, entering the room: *Sees Evergray and leaves*

Evergray, watching Avalon leave: There’s my monthly dose of Avalon…

[gemsbokk]

do you think they're gonna give avalon a glow up. like just give him slutty little movements and nicer fit. like a malewife he is

[sagapinehill]

Have you guys seen that after the latest quest Lisa and Linda are chilling at Avalon with their horses? Just saw them as I randomly came there. I wonder where Alex and Anne are, couldn't find them.

[foggy-milk]

boo

[pandoriasmostwanted]

"So tell me again how you're supposed to be the 'good guys'?"

Avalon didn't have to look up to from his work to know that the teenager hovering behind him had that irritating smirk plastered all over her face.

"Whatever do you mean, Calamity?" Avalon said tiredly, "we're saving the local ecosystem from Dark Core's poisoning."

"True," she agreed easily, "but are you, or are you not drugging someone to make that happen?"

Aideen help me, he thought miserably.

"I mean, you didn't even consider any other option before deciding drugging a man was the choice to go with." She was grinning at him, he could feel it. "Here I thought drugging people was a bad thing, or is it only okay when you do it?"

Stars above, Avalon thought. This is why I hate teenagers.

[j0them0971]

I feel like avalon is the kinda guy who says "cwoissant"

normalest alavon behavior

[vilda-ravenhill]

Actually no what happened to Evergray and Avalon's argument actually. They definitely glossed over it last time we saw them like they're just vaguely bickering now but? Evergray? Kinda killed someone? And that someone was Avalon's crush(?)'s soul horse and it left her scarred and made her leave the druids like what happened to that can we go back to that can we go back to the part where he killed someone. Did I miss the part where we resolved this issue

[willow-springpaw592]

Spoilers for the new story quests

I was expecting them to be a bit longer, but I saw that one of SSOs comments on insta said that the next ones would be out later this summer, so I'm not that annoyed.

It took Maya getting hurt for Alex to finally start acting seriously for the first time in ages, finally.

I actually quite like Erissa for now, she does seem kinda goofy and annoying, but she has the potential to be very competent in fighting the Keepers.

But I was kinda confused when Avalon and Evergray said that they and Fripp were all leaving Valedale to find the other pages of the light ceremony book. I mean if they're not going to return for a long time, then why did they not gather all of the Soul Riders together and tell them. It seems like quite a big thing, now that Valedale is missing some of it's most powerful inhabitants, leaving it open for attack. Yes I know that the Soul Riders will be there to protect it, but they've got no experienced keepers there anymore to guide them. Rhiannon hasn't been on Jorvik nearly as long as them, and she doesn't seem to have enough expertise on what to do should an attack happen. Maybe I've missed something?

Anyways, when Darko was brought back I swear to god I just didnt click anything for like five minutes. I was really excited to see him again, but I was also worried that they might've turned him into a joke character to make the others look good. I was so happy to be proven wrong lol. I appreciate that they still remembered how powerful he is, and didn't let Erissa manhandle him, although she was kinda justified I mean he did just laugh at her after she put in the effort of saving him lmao.

Overall, I'm happy lol

[caylenqueen]

Eliabeth: *watching the Soul Riders shenanigans with concern* Do you feel like this has gotten out of hand?

Avalon: I don't know. Feels normal enough for a group that's on 911's blocked callers list.