#thalamhan

[cuppajj]

Got a little wave of inspiration so have a little guy I don’t plan on doing anything with lol

They're so cute, I love the design and the mushroom is adorable! ;w; here's a sketch of them with the newspark from the other picture

[dimorphodon-x]

Did a bit more practice with CSP’s perspective ruler and drew a room in Hymnios’ home. Definitely should be a lot more cluttered, but by then I would’ve probably died 💀

Maybe I’ll color it later on but I really do not feel like doing that right now.

Hymnios is an inhabitant of @cuppajj’s Thalamhan

[v-exian]

Haven’t drawn this dude in a bit gcdgjnftdrvhbifv

Forgot how fun it was to draw him

And colours!! :D

@cuppajj

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[twinsincorrectquotes]

Meet Clemyntie! A young butterfly on Thalamhan. This original character is mine, Thalamhan belongs to @cuppajj ^^

Clemyntie’s whole body except his face is dark gray, while his face is basically white. Any jewelry he wears is gold and shining. His scarf/shawl is a black with gold sparkles all around. His armour is a lighter gray than his body, but still darker than his face. His visor is a medium blue, more exactly #1F456E.

Clemyntie is a model through and through. From a younger age, he expressed interest in the modelling industry and had become one as soon as he was able.

Though, through his mostly soft smiles and quiet demeanour, Clemyntie hates socializing and interaction. It was clear in his first few interviews and modelling parts that he was a ‘Look but don’t touch’ model, and most respect that. Despite modelling being his first job, he does dabble in paints and creating jewelry for other young models like himself.

[cuppanova]

I was also wondering if you're incorporating other languages to name places and stuff like the same way you did with Thalamhan with Irish?

I might! At the very least, I’ve been playing with the idea of incorporating different writing systems. Angelic text might lean more towards an alphabetical system, while Demonic text would lean more toward an abugida system. Both languages are meant to be mutually intelligible (like Scots/English, Dutch/Afrikaans, etc), so there would be some overlap

[the-siren-waits-thee]

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This is Vindex, a Rainbow scarab beetle bugformer

Meet her under the cut!

Normally, female Scarab beetles do not grow horns, however in her case, she did, but it is small.

She was once an avid explore, wanting to know the wonders of the far depths of the unexplored, and the (possible) surface of Thalamhan, however duty came first and she became a city guard.

Her weapons are scythes that connect at the ends (think Death from Puss and boots TLW)

her colours are that of (majority)blacks and greens, lights make it shimmer rainbow iridescence! 

The cloth is black and the (all)star shapes are white!

i dont have much on her, so this is all i got for the time being!

Vindex is my oc but her homeworld, Thalamhan belongs to @cuppajj​ !!

[cuppajj]

The Menders are Thalamites who turn into flora, tasked with arguably the most important job in the entire colony: overseeing the development and care of Thalamite newsparks. They are a tightly-knit community who live in the Nursery, a massive grove full of trees with pods in which Thalamites are forged in. Menders always know when newsparks are set to emerge from their pods, and thus they are always there to welcome them into the world. They are peaceful and soft spoken, and they are devout to the titan. Their community operates completely separate from greater Thalamhan; Menders never leave the Nursery, so they farm their own food and make their own fabrics, all for themselves and the newborn Thalamites in their care. They never see the outside world, but they’re content with it, always dedicated to preparing the young to find their place in it. After a Thalamite leaves the Nursery, they can never go back, and the Mender never sees them ever again. It can be hard, since they can become attached to the little ones, but they know it’s all part of their role as the caretakers of new life.

[cuppajj]

If you are bold enough--and unfortunate enough--to venture into the dark forsaken tunnels where no flower grows, deep into the abyssal labyrinth that only those well trained to traverse them dare to go, you will enter the hunting grounds of the Darkland's most terrifying occupant. He is not known by name, but is given many from the fear he has struck into Thalamhan's sparks. No one knows where he came from and why he does what he does, and all attempts to slay him have been futile.

[more info below but TW for robocannibalism]

He is unnaturally large for a Thalamite. His servos can easily encompass an entire head, and he can pick most Thalamites up with ease. It is unknown why he has such great size, but no matter the case, it renders an encounter with him even trickier to escape; and chances of such are already next to none. He is an extremely proficient hunter, blending into the darkness with near-silent footfalls, stalking prey who are none the wiser. His prey are other Thalamites, which he eats indiscriminately--darklanders included.

When he catches his prey, he lets his presence known by illuminating himself a ghastly blue. Then, with his antennae and throat, creates deep and reverberating melodies that disorient them, stripping them of their spatial awareness. As he doesn't like seeing his prey struggle, he paralyzes them so they can no longer move. Finally, he bites into their metal and protoform, assuring a quicker death by tearing off a chunk of their neck. Once done with his meal, he leaves almost no trace behind.

He usually devours Thalamites in centipede mode; however, if the Thalamite is on the smaller side, he will partially transform back into his root mode, using his smaller mouth to eat instead.

He believes in purpose, that his prey were meant to be his food, no matter who they are.

[cuppajj]

Sketches of Thalamhan's titan, I still don't have a name for her but I really like @ezra-iolite's suggestions of Gormlaith, Sidhe, or Danu/Athu. I might go off one of those...

The titan is regal and imposing in appearance, and is inspired by the cicada. Thalamites revere her as an immortal queen, and the cityspeaker as an extension of her will. Since she's mute, the speaker is required to serve as her mouthpiece.

[cuppajj]

The Darklands are home to many notorious figures, but none are more feared than that of Hypna, the whimsical leader of the biggest crime syndicate in all of Thalamhan. She trades weapons, ununtrium, drugs, and mind control spores from mushrooms exclusively grown by her. She has a massive network of workers; she doesn't care who works for her as long as they're in her pocket, and she's never had any problem with that. They're too afraid to betray her; any subordinate who acts out or is deemed too unruly, she injects with her venom, turning them into a zombified drone and husk of their former selves. They become fodder to obey Hypna's every word, and protect her with their life. This unfortunate fate is also why not many crime lords who directly oppose her stick around for long.

What she lacks in height, she makes up for in sheer intimidation alone, and she has deserved her place as the unmitigated queen of the Darklands.

[cuppajj]

Idea for a vaguely faeish-themed cybertronian colony where the inhabitants are bugformers and/or beastformers… the surface of the planet is desolate and covered with rock, but underground is where the lush plant life grows and where the civilization is. The central city where the titan is located was established in the burrows/hole she left behind as she dug underground, and a vast network of civilizations were established as the early inhabitants of the planet began to tunnel outward.

The inhabitants are cybertronian-sized, but adaptation to the planet's unnatural atmosphere has forced them to mass displace to much smaller sizes if they were to leave. Anywhere else in the galaxy, they would be the size of a cybertronian servo, or even smaller. They're very culture and art-oriented, and regularly host parties and cultural festivals dedicated to their titan.

The titan herself is mute, and relies on her cityspeaker to deliver her words. Otherwise, she communicates through sounds and songs that require trained translators. She has been in hibernation for millions of years, though she can "wake" for her speaker by rousing her consciousness while her physical body remains dormant.

[cuppajj]

As the mouthpiece of the titan, the colony's cityspeaker is seen in society as a powerful oracle who must be protected at all costs. They are dressed helm to pede in the finest of silks, adorned with ununtrium jewelry in the shape of flowers. If she is not attending to her duties, or should the speaker wish to go out, then the captain of the Titan's Guard is at their side to protect them.

The current speaker has only been one for the past ten years, in a colony that has been scarred by the loss of the original speaker. While the inhabitants of the colony still revere the titan's mouthpiece and praise them, they're still yet to get used to another wearing the sacred garb. The aftershock of the first speaker's loss is also part of the reason why their protection has been suffocatingly heightened, to the point they are rarely alone.

[cuppajj]

Sketches of Kabula, head of the Titan's Guard. She is astute, imposing, and fiercely loyal to her titan and cityspeaker, which she expects the same of for all her troops. Her strength alone makes her a one mech force, striking apprehension into the ill-willed. Her jobs consist of patrolling the capital, communicating with district leaders, and answering calls for assistance. On some occasions, she ventures into the Darklands, combating the colony's forsaken kind on a quest to bring all of them to justice. All of these merits make her deserving of the colony's greatest warrior.

If she is doing none of these duties, then she is at the cityspeaker's side as her personal bodyguard. After the death of the original, she became part of the security measure to make sure such a horrific loss would never happen again. Though she respects and admires the captain, Tympani wishes Kabula didn't treat her with extreme alertness.

[cuppajj]

floraformers are so fun

[cuppajj]

Here's the current draft for Thalamhan's map, including the names of all four cities and Danuas's location! Things are most likely going to change in the future but for now, this is the layout. It's not entirely accurate, for one the scale is probably bound to change and the map presents the colony as very vertical when it's not. I'd probably need to make it in a 3D software for it to be the most accurate it can be, but that can be for another time

When Danuas tunneled into the planet millions of years ago, the series of interconnecting cave systems she left behind would become Thalamhan. Early Thalamites would found Danann, the capital city, and during the Branching Era centuries later, they would expand upward toward the surface, founding the other three cities as well as many smaller towns and villages. Thalamites also live along the tunnels connecting each settlement to another.

Danann is the capital and cultural center of the colony, home to the Sacred Grounds. Beneath it is Danuas, accessed only by the cityspeaker through an entrance known as the Well of the Titan.

Loc Faore is the agricultural capital, a city built around a large lake of the same name. The settlements that surround it are along the streams that come from the lake, home to most of Thalamhan’s farmers.

Astorea is known for its high population of smiths and metallurgists. Its nickname is Little Danann, as it has the second largest cultural scene in the colony, particularly textiles and art.

Tollana is unique for being a mostly vertical city, so most of its population are Thalamites with flight based alternate modes. Many scientists and engineers including some from Danann have residences here, as it is the closest city to the surface, perfect for researching the planet and sky themselves.

The dark regions that surround the colony are the Darklands.

[cuppajj]

late night thalamhan drawings: HF Tympani and Kabula, and Ostalacht/Ocorus (deciding between the two)