#this whole visage on him

[maximura]

[astralprisms]

[☺ Skaro - The Shield of Shra'kt'alor☺]

1. [CHARACTER INFO]

OC NAME: Skaro

OC PRONOUS: He/Him

AUTHOR: Rook

2. [DIALOGUE]

1. Greeting message:

Do you have need of me?

2. Identify yourself:

I am Skaro of Shra'kt'lor, though I haven't called that place home in a long time.

3. Tell me about your Creche:

No creche, a monastery in the midst of Chaos. One of many. There isn't much to say. There we were trained, and there I learned to harness my psionic energy to better defend my mind and body, though I left to pursue a different path once that training was complete.

4. I need to know how you fight::

You may be expecting a monk, but the blade says otherwise. A fighter, then. But don't get too comfortable -- how many wizards do you know that can also swing a sword? I am a Zerth. I may prefer a blade to fists, but there is more to my fighting than meets the eye.

5. Can I ask a more personal question?

Not at the moment. I'm here on business.

3. [GRAPHICS]

4. [BONUS RESOURCES]

Skaro started life as Xa'rok's Dream Guardian, so you'll often see him in the Guardian's armor, but I got too attached to him, so he gets to exist on his own now, too.

In the AU in which he exists alongside Xa'rok as himself and not just the visage of a prisoner the Emperor once met, Skaro was born in Shra'kt'lor and became both a philosophical student of Zerthimon's and a practitioner of arcane-focused fighting, earning himself the honorary and hereditary title of Zerth. He has been around for quite some time -- age undefined but his physical body is somewhere in his 50s -- and in that time grown tired of the us against them mentality that keeps the gith people splintered instead of whole. He left Shra'kt'lor to follow this desire for unification, interplanar-traveled often, and found himself invited to and then a part of the sha'sal khou. He has been working with the organization for years and after meeting Xa'rok in his travels, brought them along into the fold. In this universe, he and Xa'rok are partnered and they continue Xa'rok's work alongside their work for the Sha'sal Khou, as some of their interests align.

@vikintor

[prismbearer]

Posting before 2am who am I…

[spiderwarden]

So for context Minthara’s husband of the Underdark and father of her daughter’s Guardian form is Minthara. And I can’t get over how she looks because she would absolutely look at @menzoberras like this normally, so? No wonder he got manipulated so easily.

Including my favorite expression which I see as Minthara listening to her mother chastised her choosing him to marry:

[trencri]

Hi I'm forever going insane about that comic where they gave Garvey an actual serious emotional moment™️     

[hcadlesshuntcr]

We got pictures 'ere today, lads, good day for pictures heheyhuh

[ofglories]

Felt like giving y’all a bit of Emrys pain with him shortly after the full Rome betrayal

[gcldbound]

♡♡♡

[bhaalswn-arch]

Am I secretly getting attached to these eyes? Maybe.

[maximura]

[h-a-unted]

OKAY BUT THIS SCENE SUMS UP BUTCHER IN A HORROR SETTING. Like this whole scene could fit a horror movie perfectly. And you sure as hell know Butcher would be the type to taunt and even make fun of the enemy, no matter what it is. But also, look at him getting bodied but also being crafty enough to even the field. AND how Hughie helps him back like aaaaa, I love it.

[talentforlying]

father grimaldi: forgive me, lord, for i have sinned. constantine: — understatement of the bloody century, that is. father grimaldi: the chapel is closed to the public! who are you? how did you get in here . . .? constantine: did you know vatican city has the highest per-capita crime rate of any nation state in the world? i'd have thought a touch of breaking and entering's pretty much par for the course around here.

so #1, an undeniable slay.

#2, how long do we think he was sitting in the confessional booth waiting for the guy to wake up from ellie's fake vision quest. like an hour? checking his light, practicing his Big Reveal Pose TM? he probably brought a book with him and just shoved it underneath the seat cushion when it was time to show off.

#3, knowing how intensely he studied & continues to study in order to teach himself magic at such an absurdly advanced level without any teachers to formally guide him? and how that level of dedication would absolutely carry over into researching a mark / making sure he had every corner of a confidence scheme nailed down pat? i like to imagine that the day before this meeting was spent with his severely under-caffeinated ass parked at a public library computer, squinting at articles for 'most important things to know about vatican city before you travel' or 'top 10 little-known facts about vatican city' and using the back of his boarding pass to take notes on what would be the best throwaway line to blow off all the usual questions with.

also, he probably woke up still in his travel clothes less than two hours before this scene and had to hustle to get suited up in time for his Dramatic Apparition. the demon blood was boiling so bad in that chapel that it was giving him a killer migraine. he didn't get breakfast so his stomach was growling the ENTIRE time. but all that meant was he had plenty of room to eat UP the runway and that's EXACTLY what the fuck he did.i'm

[spynorth]

lucas north + early mornings.

[arsprince]

not sure if anyone here's read the book 'deathless', but the character of koschei the deathless (also from slavic folklore) is a big inspiration for my take on stolas... also the darkling from shadow & bone... and i want to talk about it... dark, seductive, powerful men with an agenda who crave more By a long, thin window, a child in a pale blue dress and pale green slippers waited for a bird to marry her. — deathless Oh, I will be cruel to you, Marya Morevna. It will stop your breath, how cruel I can be. But you understand, don’t you? You are clever enough. I am a demanding creature. I am selfish and cruel and extremely unreasonable. — deathless A marriage is a private thing. It has its own wild laws, and secret histories, and savage acts, and what passes between married people is incomprehensible to outsiders. — deathless Just remember that the only question in a house is who is to rule. The rest is only dancing around that, trying not to look it in the eye. — deathless

[trencri]

Friends !! ✨

[nonhumen]

i once again owe @aethericals my life for giving me hunting dog dazai art.