#the bullshit it wanted me to name my flight rising dragons is my favorite

[dramatic-dolphin]

love it when my laptop decides to store some information i put in a search bar somewhere and then use it on another webpage, except it's not always a search bar, and it doesn't do it on every webpage, just completely random ones. like yeah i totally wanted to search for "helium liquid temperature" on etsy, thank you. your suggestion for filling out this form is very helpful, the city i live in is indeed "trigun". sure man, let me name this virtual pet "annihilation jeff vandermeer". why are you doing this to me.

[dragonjadearts]

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i figured i should make one of these

hello! my name is Jay! I use they/them pronouns, and i draw art

🐉 i have commissions open, message me about it!

🐉 ask me about my ocs i love them loads

🐉 absolutely obsessed with dragons

🐉 Star Trek, Sanders Sides, Merlin, Skyrim, Witcher, HTTYD (both books and the movies), Flight Rising, Undertale

🐉 talk to me about my favorite fandoms, i’m incapable of liking something a little bit

🐉 If you like my art REBLOG it. i share art for free, the least you can do is show your appreciation for it. unfriendly reminder that likes DO NOTHING on this app and if you can’t reblog art, then don’t bother liking it at all

🐉 i only post art on here. to keep up with whatever random bullshit i’m currently obsessed with, you can follow my main blog @dragonofthemountain . or not, it’s really up to you i don’t care

🐉 i write sometimes (rarely) but here’s my A03 if you really want to check it out lol

[marlutterianae]

Dragon’s Dogma Monster Appreciation. IT’S DAIMON.

Well, let’s get this out of my system already... Here’s everything cool and great about Daimon’s design and why I love it so much. 

Demons are my favorite creature in media. They are so versatile and adaptable to any setting. You can have medieval demons manifested in reality through spiritual magic, like in most Fantasy stories, and you can even apply them into Science Fiction with some pseudo science/magic, like Warhammer’s Warp Chaos Daemons. The point is, demons can take any form, any origin, and any nature they are literally a ‘free real state’ concept to work in fiction. I love writing about demons. I love drawing them. And I love seeing their varios forms and interpretations in media. And now, we have this amazing display of demonic power in the form of Daimon, the final antagonist of Dragon’s Dogma expanded world, the big bad of Bitterblack Island and a true force to be reckon with. 

His Lore (SPOILER WARNING). 

Avoid part of this section if you want to discover the truth behind Daimon’s origin by yourself. Take it as a recommendation to play the game. It’s worth it! If you don’t mind hearing about it and still want to play the game (I don’t blame you) then hear me out. 

As I mentioned in my Evil Eye post, Dragon’s Dogma manages to link the origin of some of their monsters to the theme of Dragons. Daimon is no exception. 

Daimon used to be a human. Not just any human, but an Arisen like the player, named Ashe. He fell in love with the Arisen that saved his life long ago, but after that Arisen, named Grette, was killed in her attempt to kill the Dragon, Ashe was chosen to be the next Arisen, destined to slay the beast. 

Once he stood before the Dragon, he gave him a choice (a similar choice the player must take when facing Grigori, the Dragon of their time). 

The choice was fight him, or sacrifice his most important thing in exchange of a wish. At this moment, he fell in love with Grett’s Pawn named Olra, who inherit her master’s heart after dead and learn to love, soon becoming the lover of Ashe. He refused to choose, and damned the cycle, the world and it’s creator. The Dragon interpreted his words as a wish and granted it in exchange for the life of Olra, turning him into the hideous demon named Daimon. 

As for Bitterblack Island? His new domains? It turns out the massive dungeon island is actually an illusion, drawn from Daimon’s memories. There are several hints throughout the exploration of the place that reveal this detail. 

That’s all I could understand not only from the game, but from investigating further online. Now, getting all of that lore out of the way, let’s get into the meaty design... 

About Medieval Demons. 

Daimon is a fantastic representation of a medieval demon given new flesh in a modern work. If you take a look at Daimon’s design, you’ll see incredible similarities with medieval depictions of demons in old books, art and illustrations. 

Medieval demons always had that surreal and grotesque “Chimeric” look and feeling to them. Freakish abominations mixing several animal parts, and lots of faces and heads where heads and faces absolutely shouldn’t be. You can see that represented in Daimon’s body, complete with avian talons in both hands and feet, furry legs, bat wings, a human face and a grotesque monstrous face in his chest. Which isn’t just a monstrous face, it’s the Dragon’s face! Again, Dragon’s Dogma links their designs to the theme of dragon��s once again with this, but I’ll get into more detail about the dragon chest face when I talk about the fight in game. 

The Fight. 

Daimon is an extremely tough opponent. This is a two phased fight. In the first one, the Arisen and their party arrived at some ominous hall, where Daimon awaits patiently, sitting in the back, obscured. He rises, flies and lands closer to the adventurers, standing up in his full hight, towering over the Arisen. Then, the fight commences. 

Daimon is a formidable foe who has control over magick, and he will cast numerous powerful spells as a means to attack. Both projectile spells of all elements and others of closer distance. He will charge at you, taking flight and ram you, doing massive damage, and he can still deliver devastating punches and swings with his claws and even agile kicks. He is also capable of grabbing the Arisen, crushing them with his massive grip, and incinerate them, all in one move. He is a master of brute force and magick. 

This is a fight of genuine epic proportions. The columns around the hall will collapse after Daimon breaks them apart with an attack. Depending on your class, you can climb on top of him and go for specific body parts, struggling for dear life as he flies around fiercely. 

All the while, during this phase, a beautiful song plays in the background called Coils of Light, that sounds like a lullaby. 

Depending on the Arisen’s skills, Pawns and level, this fight can last from 10 minutes to 30. But I’m just using estimates, since I’m aware there are people who will go face him underleveled, and those who will unload all of their overpowered skills against him, ending the fight faster than expected. It’s all to the player. 

But this is just part of his first form. And depending on the players choices, the fight might end after beating him like this, or else... 

Daimon will back off away from the Arisen, coughing blood, trembling. And eerie glow will start to shine within his chest, a light that resonates with the Arisen’s chest scar. Then, the flat grotesque face will sprout from his chest in a mighty roar, as a head. This head resembles the Dragon’s own head, even to the sinister glowing eyes. Daimon will lose control over his body, floating like a lifeless puppet with loose limbs, with the head presumably assuming direct control. 

During this phase, Daimon will float around, and continue to attack using powerful magick. The music changes to something more intense. And the most spectacular display of his power is that when he attacks swinging his arms, two enormous spectral dragon arms will manifest around him and inflict devastating damage to anything it gets in his way. Almost as if he were summoning the power of his full dragon form. 

Conclusion. 

After doing some research about the boss to refresh my memory, I stumble upon some opinions of other players about how Daimon is such a bullshit boss, the worst boss even, and that this fight is more of a matter of luck than anything. I just want to clarify that I make this appreciation posts more to praise the design of the creature, it’s aesthetic, the feel and atmosphere of the fights against them and their lore. I don’t want to say Daimon is an amazing boss, gameplay wise. This is just me talking about how much I like it conceptually, and personally. What it makes me feel. 

Daimon is definitely one of my favorite designed demons in media (though it matters little since it’s a very large list already) and the noticeable links to medieval demons actually impressed me a lot, since those are demons that you don’t see very often. Demons tend to be fucked up and brutal dinosaur looking monsters, abstract spectral beings, horned humanoids, or eldritch abominations. Among many other designs that, don’t get me wrong, are all good in their own right. 

But it’s cool and refreshing seeing modern media depict the surreal and almost silly and absurd looking fiends from ye old times, where demons where these lanky grotesque goblin men with animal parts, faces on their asses, exposed genitals and creepy smiles. I hope we can see more medieval inspired demons in future works. Who knows in what context. Will we fight and slay them? Will they haunt us from the dark? Or would we drink a beer with them? The possibilities are endless... 

Also, I see that Devil May Cry 5 already knows what I’m talking about... 

God, gotta love that demonic Belly Maw™