#the paladins of the republic

[theology101]

I honestly can’t WAIT for Maxson’s Brotherhood to interact with the remnants of the NCR.

“Like the Brotherhood - they were really good allies against the enclave, but fundamentally they’re just a little inbred cult. No outsiders, no new technology, but damn good with their power armor. Then they went crazy and we had to take Helios. Now they’re just hold up in their bunkers”

And then Maxson just… isnt that.

A massive cult of personality (the kind that the NCR used to mock about Roger Maxson) able to inspire, uplift and enlist THOUSANDS. A faction not only with the capability and technology to have power armor and vertibirds, but the capacity to Mass Produce them too.

A combination of Western Zealotry, Lyon’s Reforms, and a healthy amount of overwhelming firepower

Arthur is a unifying symbol that can take the isolated and sometimes contradicting Brotherhood Chapters and forge them into a Nation. He has two successful campaigns under his belt and two Fusion Reactor.

He has Liberty Prime.

I’m FASCINATED by what he’ll do. Will he reject Elijah and the War and give them an olive branch in their time of need? Will Arthur double down and seek revenge, using this opportunity to finish off the weakened NCR? Or maybe he just… ignores them?

His primary goal is, now that the Brotherhood has 2 cold fusion reactors, is going to be rebuild Lost Hills and then take Vegas, Helios One and the Hoover Dam. That was the original mission of Elijah’s chapter, after all and three incredible storehouses of pre-war tech. But I could honestly see him doubling down and trying to turn LA into a Fortress for the Brotherhood.

I honestly dont know - according to his stated goals, he has no reason to intervene against the NCR when peace is entirely likely. But he’s a Monarch fundamentally, and Monarchs dont like threats to their power.

Good news is he probably wipes out the Legion or whatever’s left of it!

[dairine-bonnet]

On Dantooine, before Kotor 1:

Bastila *to Darth Revan, who's trapped in a force cage*: Behold a list of your sins! *holding out a datapad in front of Revan's eyes*

Darth Revan *speaking proudly, barely glanced at the list*: Actually, this looks like a list of my achievements!

[pedroam-bang]

Fallout (2024)

[sw5w]

Your Boldness...

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 02:06:13

[themollyjay]

What was the inspiration behind "The Inevitable Singularity?" Thanks!

I'm tempted to be flip and say "The lack of lesbian Jedi", but there was a lot more to it than that. I don't think anyone is going to miss that there's a lot of inspiration from Star Wars in the "Paladins of the Republic", but something that always frustrated me about Star Wars is how vague they were about how Jedi Precognition worked. Then I was watching a show called Eureka, and came across the concept of the Akashic Field for the first time, and that idea stuck with me. Then I got a degree in Physics with an Astronomy concentration, and of course, I learned a LOT of quantum mechanics during that time. Then, I watched The Clone Wars, and Count Dooku was right there, and he was SUCH a fascinating character, and I never really thought we got enough about *why* he turned to the Dark Side. He was never really the mustache twirling villain that Sidious was. There was much more to him. The final ingredient though, was a discussion I had about Plato's "The Republic" (fun fact, the working title of The Inevitable Singularity was 'The Metaphor of Cave')

All of those things kind of steeped together in my brain for a long time, and I reached a point where I asked myself, "At what point is it justified to burn Utopia to the ground?" and that became the series "Paladins of the Republic" and "The Inevitable Singularity" is just the first part of that answer.

(But really, it was the lack of lesbian Jedi)

[chocomars]

From January Commissions!

In order, Alejandro Vargas from COD, Barriss Offee & Spar from Star Wars, and several pieces of the half elf paladin.

[modern-alebrije]

the triple cone cup feels a little unfair because you have two very skilled and talented but ultimately regular cookies vs a literal volcano elemental who can turn giant

[tazmilyxfamily]

@cookieofearthbread inquired:

🕯️- (Financier for Dark Choco)

send me 🕯️to hear my character's inner thoughts about your character.

~

"Why did she help me? Dictated by fate- by the karma of my own actions- or not, she must have her reasons. It couldn't be that she has need of my strength; she is strong enough on her own. I'd be worthless as blackmail. Pomegranate abandoned me, and my father would not be moved to action."

"...There are times I've seen her eyeing my sword, but she does so warily, though I can't figure out if she's aware that it's cursed. I seem to be as much of an engima to her as she is to me..."

[the-wereraven]

I had a dream where there was a wack update to CRK

[kokiri-kid-07]

For Natasha Fenix~

A moment in Kotor involving Big Z reminded me of Nat lol twitter.com/Fenix_Natasha

[aduelbetweenkingdomsafreshstart]

ADBK: Paladin of White Dragon

Epithet: The Dragon Tamer in White

Voice Actor: Ralph Lister (Paladin), Dee Bradley Baker (Dragon)

Tribe: The Dragon Republic

Biography: Riding across the sky on a blue-white Dragon is a powerful paladin with a sword as swift as the wind. This is Dante of Whitestone, a Germaine native who found and tamed a wild Gold-Eyes White Dragon and in time became known as Paladin of White Dragon. He's a recurring threat of the Dragon Horde, with a rival in the form of Mikazukinoyaiba.

The two have fought for at least ten years, half of those involved Dante wandering the Duelscape in search of adventure and evil Dragons to defeat. During this time, he met a fellow native of Germaine named Samuel, and the two became fast friends.

When Samuel finally entered what would become the Dragon Republic to aid in the rebellion against Five-Headed Dragon, Dante came with him and even defeated the undead Dragon Skelgon. The two were made honorary citizens for their service, and began pushing into the newly named Dragon Horde's territory, especially around Germaine.

[cuppajj]

Custard III and the paladin’s shadow

Custard Cookie III once aspired to be a king. But when the king he looked up to became a penitent beast, he questioned if he was truly worthy of such a title. What if, no matter how hard he tried to face adversity with his strength and his friends, he too ended up hurting those he cared about?

Madeleine Cookie would assure him with a beam in his voice. The times were tumultuous, but with the power of hope, community, and the determination to fight, there was nothing they couldn’t do in the shadow of the beasts. The knight commander heralded that hope for everyone in the Crème Republic. Custard III, nephew of its Consul, clung to it for all of his younger years. Back then, he never saw a blemish in Madeleine Cookie’s heroic demeanor and admired his resilience when everyone around him struggled to pick up the pieces.

But now he’s a little older, and he’s begun to realize that he was oblivious to the paladin’s behavior. Behavior that seems… off, in a way he can’t explain. Is it his integrity, his behavior when he thinks no one else is around? Is it the weight of his loss that has finally gotten to him? Is it the fact he disappears into thin air, returning a long time later with emptiness in his eyes? There’s something about Madeleine that Custard III wants—needs—to understand. When one of the brightest lights of hope flickers, what does it mean for everyone who looks to it? And more importantly, what can be done to help him?

Perhaps it’s time the adolescent cookie sought those answers out. Perhaps he was never meant to follow him.

[ampleappleamble]

getting raised or healed by a

priest of Berath: there's an oddly ambivalent feeling of logic and certainty to being raised by a priest of Berath– you feel foolish for having been scared of dying because it's so obvious to you now that it wasn't your time yet, but you can't quite shake the feeling that you're living on borrowed time. getting healed by a priest of Berath tends to make one feel rather melancholy for a time afterward, leaving even the rowdiest roustabouts contemplative and somber.

priest of Magran: an intense, fiery determination surges up inside you, and you arise eager to face your next challenge head on. you also feel a flash of extreme heat over the wounded area as the priest's magic heals you. sometimes particularly bad wounds healed by a priest of Magran leave behind a shiny, puffy burn scar.

priest of Eothas: the healing comes on slowly, like the rays of the sun as it rises over the horizon. it's just as warm and invigorating as sunlight too, and you wake up from a rez like you might from a beam of sunlight finding you in your warm, cozy bed, peaceful and content, full of hope, feeling grateful for a second chance, another new day– although you can't help but feel just a little bit sad, too.

priest of Wael: bizarre images and phrases flash through your mind as you try to comprehend what's happening to you while you're being healed, and although you're sure they're all connected somehow, you just can't make sense of your own thoughts at all. sometimes when waking from a rez administered by a priest of Wael, you have a striking revelation about something that's been nagging at you in the back of your mind for years, but then you fully come back to yourself– and you can't, for the life of you, remember what it was.

priest of Skaen: hatred and contempt boil up inside you, and you wake with a burning need for revenge against not only those who harmed you, but against anyone who might wield power over you, oftentimes including even the priest who healed you in the first place. sometimes those healed by a priest of Skaen come back to their senses to find themselves literally licking their own wounds, and the taste of blood doesn't leave their mouth for hours.

priest of Rymrgand: the heal is cold, not like ice soothing a welt, but like rubbing alcohol evaporating off of your skin. sometimes instead of knitting the edges of a gaping wound together and revitalizing them, the skin surrounding the wound bloats and festers before withering and falling off, revealing the healed flesh beneath. being raised by a priest of Rymrgand is a harrowing ordeal, for to evade death at the whim of the Beast is to tremble helpless beneath his hoof for a time before he finally snorts and looks away, choosing to savor your soul another day. one tends to wake from a rez chilled to the bone, an oppressive weight on their shoulders and the stench of rot caught deep in the back of their throat.

paladin: fills your mind with thoughts, images, and/or feelings related to the paladin's object of zeal, eg. a Brother of the Five Suns laying hands on you makes the faces of the Ducs Bels flash before your mind's eye, and you feel a burst of awe and respect for the Vailian Republics; being raised by a Bleak Walker has you waking up with a brief but overpowering feeling of cold determination to kill every single person on the battlefield who'd dare raise a hand in violence against you or any other kith.

chanter: the events detailed in the chant used to raise or heal you play out in your head as you come back to your senses or feel your wounds close up. a common joke amongst seasoned adventurers is to tease one another about how well they recall the plot or lyrics to Rise Again, Rise Again, Scions of Adon!/...And Face Your Foes (implying they're very familiar with it from having heard it so often due to needing to be rezzed frequently).

[pedroam-bang]

Fallout (2024)

[limboraptor]

I think its pretty fucked up how after Caviar kicked the paladin's asses he IMMEDIATELY became a target. Like thats mad dark how he was wanted dead for that shit.

At first Caviar wasn't interested in Oyster's offer, nor did he seem to show any concern of his current situation (in fact he probably knew exactly what he was getting into) which is understandable, since he JUST beat the asses of every paladin (and pirates alike).

But it's until Oyster brings up the safety of his crew does he suddenly perk up. Caviar can easily hold his own against assassins, but the thought of his crew, his family, being put at risk of danger like that? That's something entirely different.

And these aren't pirates that can be dealt with like usual, no, these are most likely assassins or even bounty hunters that are from the Republic, his own home- a whole different, unpredictable kind of threat that Caviar was not willing to risk dealing with. Caviar couldn't refuse Oyster's offer, not after she twisted his arm so well. The safety of his crew always comes first.

I can only imagine how on edge Caviar must have been returning to his ship that night; getting a lot of dirty looks from some shady individuals as he passed by them, the air heavy with tension. All eyes were on him, and he knew that some of those eyes wanted him dead.

[themollyjay]

The Inevitable Singularity Cover Reveal

I'm extremely happy to share the cover of my next novel, an epic space opera titled The Inevitable Singularity, with you. This beautiful cover is by @rachelgeorge. The Inevitable Singularity will be released as an eBook, Paperback and Hardback on November 21st by Desert Palm Press. Preorders will be available in the next few days.