#stoneguards

[coffeenuts]

Jaguar SS by Richard Krawiec https://flic.kr/p/2gt8Rmw

[ttrpg-smash-pass-vs]

The duergar! As a refresher, duergar are surly and dour dwarves. About 4-5 ft (1.2-1.5 m) tall, they're distrustful but loyal and hardworking. They live quiet lives working thier ass off but taking no pleasure from it, the closest thing to joy coming thier special interest. These are all warriors that can turn invisible and temporarily double in size.

The main difference is the weapon (mace and shield, flamethrower, blade of mental energy, sword) and the rank. originally I made 3 of these stick together and the soulblade went separate. I've since realized that was kinda arbitrary, your blade being made of mind magic isn't different enough. So we're just going to pick one to go forward with.

[lumendelmari]

Captain Errde Blackskull, Captain of the Stoneguard, from 'The Grey Warriors,' a retelling of a completed Out of the Abyss (Dungeons and Dragons) campaign.

Read the story here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/35100307/chapters/87436915

[noxianwilled]

" hello, there- wait, you aren't on our side, are you, small knife-woman? " - stoneguarded

— @stoneguarded

"Why wouldn't I be?" she answers without truly stating whether she is or isn't. Katarina is trying not to draw attention to herself, for once — fighting the giant anti-magic colossus would be counterproductive. "Of course I am. I love Demacia."

Well, she does love the idea of seeing it conquered by Noxus, at least.

[ionianwanderer]

" are you the dust cleaner, wind-man-person? got some moss on my shoulders... " - stoneguarded

@stoneguarded

Was this statue... talking to him. He really needed to take a break from drinking. Yasuo stares up at the thing, concern crossing his expression. He cups his hands over his mouth to yell-- making sure this thing could hear him.

"I mean, I can get that for you anyways. But that's not my job!"

[seekslight-arch]

"been a long while, tiny magic-lady. " - from stoneguarded

@stoneguarded ✨

“𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐄𝐃, 𝐈𝐓'𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐀 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐄,” luxanna repeated, with a heavy sigh on her lips as she made herself more comfortable on the giant's shoulder, letting her head fall onto the warm stone of his neck, legs dangling in the air. “i'm sorry i couldn't come earlier. i was... grounded, you can say that,” the girl chuckled, but there was something bitter in her laugh — resignation, maybe? it would be hard to point a finger on it with how badly lady of luminosity tried to hide it. “they say it's dangerous out there these days, so in order to protect me, i am to marry the prince. i don't want to, really, but i guess sometimes you don't have a choice.”

[lola-legendary]

Octopath Musical Concept

@beantothemax @throne-anguis

4 sections, each contains 1 of everyone’s chapters. 57 songs total.

Explanation:

Track Number: Character chapter belongs to | Name of Song (Where it’s played)

long post under cut

Section 1

01: Ophilia | Flamesgrace’s Cleric (Ophilia’s Song)

02: Cyrus | Mysterious Beneath (Dungeons)

03: Tressa | Let’s Find Treasure! (Tressa’s Song)

04: Olberic | Unbending Blade (Olberic’s Song)

05: Primrose | Dancer, Dancer (Primrose’s Song)

06: Alfyn | Got Your Back (Alfyn’s Song)

07: Therion | Stay Wary (Danger approaching motif)

08: H’annit | IT’S A FREAKING CAT (H’annit’s Song)

Section 2

09: Therion | Noblecourt…? (… Noblecourt.)

10: Therion | Batty Scholars (No Offense, Cyrus) (Orlick Battle)

11: Alfyn | Hurt, then Heal (Olberic - Alfyn conversation)

12: Alfyn | Sometimes It’s Better This Way (after Vanessa is defeated)

13: H’annit | Picking Up the Scent (Stoneguard)

14: H’annit | Master! (Finding Z’aanta)

15: Ophilia | Child (Meeting Emil)

16: Ophilia | Dog. (Fighting the wolf)

17: Tressa | Capitalism!!! (Tressa, Quarrycrest)

18: Tressa | Damnit, Morlock! (Battling Morlock)

19: Cyrus | Odette (Meeting Odette) [this is an Odette solo by the way. I have no idea which one of the travelers named this.]

20: Cyrus | Oh, No, Anything But The Weird Blood Sacrifices! (Fighting Gideon?)

21: Olberic | Friends, I Suppose (Meeting Ned and Cecily)

22: Olberic | And I Your Shield (Tournament)

23: Primrose | Old Acquaintance (Meeting Arianna)

24: Primrose | Left Wing (Killing Rufus)

Section 3

25: H’annit | The Seer (Meeting Susanna)

26: H’annit | DRAGON! (Fighting the dragon)

27: Primrose | Deja Vu (Noblecourt, again)

28: Primrose | Clipped Wings (Killing Albus)

29: Ophilia | No Harm (Before boss battle)

30: Ophilia | Scholar and Cleric (After Mystery Man and Shady Figure are defeated)

31: Cyrus | Fallen Down (Kidnapping) [This “song” is more of a script with music, but it counts]

32: Cyrus | Therese (Lucia’s location revelation)

33: Olberic | To What End (Party Banter)

34: Olberic | Unbending, not Unbreaking (Battle against Erhardt)

35: Therion | Don’t Be a Fool (Battle against Gareth)

36: Therion | Memories (Sharing backstory/Therion's Song)

37: Alfyn | Miguel (Battling Miguel)

38: Alfyn | Doubt (Party Banter)

39: Tressa | Edbart's Shield (Banter with Cyrus and Olberic)

40: Tressa | My Treasure (Party Banter)

Section 4

41: Therion | Hideaway (Approaching and entering Northreach)

42: Therion | Darius (Battling Darius) [everyone gets to take a chance to diss him]

43: Ophilia | Dread (Entering Wispermill)

44: Ophilia | No Longer Human (Battling Mattias)

45: Tressa | Esmeralda (Battling Esmeralda)

46: Tressa | My Treasure (Reprise) (The auction)

47: Primrose | Play the Part (Entering Everhold)

48: Primrose | Puppets (Battling Simeon)

49: H'annit | Petrified (Battling Redeye)

50: H'annit | Family (Party Banter)

51: Olberic | Monster (Battling Werner)

52: Olberic | My Purpose (Battling Werner) [Follows previous song directly]

Bonus Track: Cyrus | We Care About You (Party Banter) [Only observed live]

53: Alfyn | Never Give Up (Alfyn regains confidence in his abilities and purpose)

54: Alfyn | Big Birb (Battling Eagle)

55: Cyrus | Love (Before Lucia Battle) [It's basically a love song from Lucia to Cyrus, who is very confused about what the fuck is happening and why this creepy woman is confessing to him]

56: Cyrus | How To Go On From Here (Decoding the Mural/Cyrus' Song) [This is Cyrus' ONLY song. The only song that he has notes to his words.]

Epilogue

57: All | Going Back To Life (Everyone goes home and continues what they were doing a changed person)

Bonus Track 2: Cyrus | Galdera (Performed offstage) [Cyrus reads into the microphone. No singing involved.]

Bonus Track 3: All | Last Goodbye (Credits)

whew. That was tiring.

[spitefulbull]

OC in 15

Thanks for the tag @illarian-rambling!

Kristine "Kris" Stoneguard from my unnamed WIP. Note: She is mute and communicates with sign language.

"If he doesn't climb down from that tree, I'm chopping it down with him in it."

"That wasn't food, that was an attempt on my life."

"Just because you're a Princess doesn't mean I'll kiss your ass, get out of bed."

"We're low on coffee, we need to resupply before I choke Fen."

"It's too early for this... Yes, I'm aware it's noon, I stand by what I said."

"I'm not fighting him, he's huge."

"My silence is not complacency, it's trauma, so jot that down."

"... Why the hell am I agreeing with Fen? Am I sick?"

"Nice faceplant, very graceful."

"You can learn to fight, or you can start writing down how you want us to bury you, your call."

"Did Bo just admit he was wrong, or am I hallucinating?"

"Have you ever thought about dodging attacks? Blocking hurts like hell."

"Your father doesn't pay me enough to deal with you, your majesty."

"Excuse me while I contemplate all of my life's decisions that lead me to this point."

"Because she can do better than someone like me, let's leave it at that."

She's got attitude, but it's all a facade to hide her soft heart.

Tagging @tryingtowritestuff24, @bard-coded, @caffeineaddict980, & @hallowedfury

[crystallinerage]

An Ashari Stoneguard looks over the beautiful mountains of Terrah

(A portrait I did for the Tourists' Guide to Tal'Dorei project with @artists-guild-of-exandria :] had a lot of fun with this one)

[filibuster-obstructa]

day 2 of drawing battle cats as warrior cats

eraser cat, whose name is Stoneguard

moorpaw's much more reserved and advanced older sibling. they take a lot of hits but that's made them more experienced. they're very protective of moorpaw even though the latter gets on their nerves quite often.

[agonizedembrace]

" BIRDIO HERE. WHO ORDERED THESE TASTY CHICKEN WINGS ?! " - stoneguarded

what is this, she turns from the door, glancing back once at the.... person?? with the wings.

"kali...? did you order food?"

[degibusdesigns]

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[ttrpg-smash-pass-vs]

The duergar! As a refresher, duergar are surly and dour dwarves. About 4-5 ft (1.2-1.5 m) tall, they're distrustful but loyal and hardworking. They live quiet lives working thier ass off but taking no pleasure from it, the closest thing to joy coming thier special interest hobbies. I'm combining these because they're basically the same thing, just with different weapons. They're warriors! They can magically enlarge to like 10 ft (3 m) tall, they can turn invisible, are alarmingly strong (like stronger than an orc in NORMAL form), and most excel at teamwork and syncing up with thier allies. So at least you know they're going to be able to match your pace!

[lumendelmari]

Chapter Thirty-Nine

The Dreamwalker

1485 DR / Day 41

Laduguer’s Furrow, Gracklstugh 

The sad pattern continued as Zelyra, Kazimir, and Prince Derendil made their way westward to Cairngorm Caverns. Destruction, death, silence, fear… The once bustling city of Gracklstugh was rank with it. What should have been a ten-minute walk quickly tripled due to the damage the red dragon, Themberchaud, had wrought.

And yet, there was one bright spot amidst the fallout—

Gracklstugh was already starting to rebuild.

The petty war that had broken out between clans was forgotten. Duergar, who had been at each other’s throats, needlessly spilling blood mere hours before, now rallied together and stoically worked side by side to put out fires, clear the streets, and search for trapped victims. The trio did what they could to help along the way, which slowed them even further.

As they navigated the wreckage of the southern housing district, Zelyra’s sharp eyes fell upon a figure lying near a collapsed building. The druid gasped and rushed forward. Derendil and Kazimir hurried after her. The body that Zelyra had found was none other than Grinta Ironhead.

Not only had Grinta been one of the co-conspirators of Blackskull’s coup—she was Laird Thangus Ironhead’s only daughter. [1] The once proud and fierce weaponsmith now looked so small and fragile, her armor cracked and scorched. Further search revealed Grinta’s honor guard trapped among debris. The elderly priest who presided over their Heroes’ Feast was also there. He lay flat on his back, his dark eyes trained upwards, lifeless and unseeing.

They had never asked the priest’s name, let alone thanked him for the powerful adjuration magic that had undoubtedly saved their lives in the throne room…

And now they never could.

“How did it come to this?” Kazimir muttered.

“Pride was allowed to override reason,” Prince Derendil replied, his head downturned. “No side would have come out of the coup without substantial loss. But they knew that, I think. Blackskull, Amber, Grinta, and the other lairds who sided with them… Themberchaud knew it, too. That’s why he chose to attack when he did. It was his best and only chance. This was a battle that neither side could have won.”

“They didn’t deserve this,” Zelyra said as she dropped to her knees beside the priest and reached out with trembling fingers to close his unseeing eyes in respect. “None of them did,” the druid muttered. She then brought her hands to her mouth in a gasp. “Poor Blackskull! She must—”

Zelyra left the conclusion of ‘guilt’ unsaid.

But both of her companions knew what she meant.

“Yeah,” Kazimir breathed.

The wizard reached into the pocket of his robes for the small, polished stone that connected him to Captain Errde Blackskull. He hesitated, his thumb rubbing its smooth surface before relaying the news and location of the bodies. Blackskull’s response was swift and clipped, but the tiefling could tell it significantly weighed on her.

“I will send a recovery team immediately.”

There was a slight pause, and then—

“Thank you for letting me know, Kazimir,” the duergar said softly. “Stay safe. We’ve lost too many already.”

Not for the first time, the tiefling wizard warred with himself internally. Surely, they could have done something more. Or perhaps they should have done the opposite and turned their backs on Blackskull, washing their hands of the duergar city altogether when they had the chance. But a nagging voice in Kazimir’s subconscious that sounded suspiciously like Fraeya argued that Gracklstugh would have been worse off had they done that. If they had not exposed Shal, if they had not broken the succubus’s hold and returned Deepking Horgar to his right mind—

Themberchaud’s attack would have devastated the City of Blades.

And that effect would not have been limited to Gracklstugh. Had the duergar city fallen to the dragon, it would have had untold consequences on the entire trade infrastructure of the Underdark.

“Any news of Amber Thrazgad’s whereabouts?” the wizard finally asked.

“None,” the captain replied curtly.

The link between the sending stones fell silent.

Kazimir sighed. It was strange, given that their interaction with the head of Clan Thrazgad had been limited to just a few short meetings, but the tiefling felt as though a rock had settled in the pit of his stomach. Had the fiery armorsmith met the same fate as Grinta Ironhead?

The wizard took another deep breath and then released it. Around them, the duergar continued their grim work, cleaning the streets and tending to the wounded. There was resilience to them, some stubborn determination to keep going despite all odds. Kazimir had come to respect it during their time in the city. They might not see eye to eye on specific policies—the slave trade, for one—but these were a people who had built their lives in the harshest of environments, who had carved out a place for themselves in the unforgiving Underdark. They would survive this, somehow.

. . . Read more: https://archiveofourown.org/works/35100307/chapters/152830810

[noxianwilled]

" right. you just look different from the usual people. not here to judge, though. as long as i get some company. the pedestal gets lonely at times, you know? anyway— would you mind fixing the bird's nest over my head? " - stoneguarded. no, he can't do it himself. a stalking statue he may be, he currently isn't in condition to fully move.

— @stoneguarded

"Do I?" Granted, the disguise wasn't the best, but no one else's reaction seemed to suggest she was too out of place. The important thing is the colossus doesn't question further — even if the statue seems intent on making her lose more time before allowing her to go on about her business. But maybe there's an opportunity in that... "Hmm, must be tiresome to get stuck in the same place for so long."

"Can't you move around more frequently? See more people and such?" Even as she speaks, Katarina moves to acquiesce to the request. "Sure the streets would be even safer if you could... and the birds might stop nesting in your head."

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