#tomb of kings

[dimalink]

Tomb of the kings and cult of the snake

Pixel art for today based on videogame The Dark Heart of Uukrul for computer system Ibm Pc MsDos. It is, once again, a role playing game. About 80s. About dungeons. And, of course, dragons will be there. Classical role playing game of those age. A lot for imagination. And fantasy theme for adventures. Training for characters. Labyrinths. All is ahead! A thing that gamer need!

And this is my drawing based on The Dark Heart of Uukrul (MsD0s). Krorrnik the magician and warlord Djoshlind, already, entered the tomb of the kings. Now they do not have the other way, they only way is to go to the obelisk of the kings. And, already, after them, Kron`s black knights are going. With using of sword and magic he collect a huge army and control the whole continent.

Temple of the Snake, already, in the past. It was a false step. At first, adventurers thinks, that obelisk is there. But it was a trap. And, now, they, day and night, try go away from black knights of Cron. And, so at last, they are at their final destination. Tomb of the kings. Just one thing – is to find obelisk. The final thing. They are going in a full darkness. To no one to see them. It is very hard way, it makes road harder. It is dark here. And it is a cold wind blows here.

Magic obelisks are shining all around. No one know why are they here, and what they are doing. Cron hides tomb of the kings. He does a big things to hide this place. Someone speaks, that there is something magical here. Something, that gives empire such a big growth. Also, someone speaks, that it is connected with a restriction for certain kind of magics. And with the cult of the Snake, which starts to expands during Cron. Cron called himself as a thunder. Because of he is not only has a great physical power, but he knows a force of nature. Magic. And he can to call a thunder and lighting. He can do a rains and no rain at all.

Krornik and Djoshlind, they are only adventurers and random way reach this certain lands. From the near – wild lands. They go through the forest. Great forest. And they find out themselves in the empire of Cron. Nobody from the beyond forest, ever heard about what is going on here.

But, they beyond the great forest, hear about a cult of snake. This things has a different names, but it is, all time, the same. And, it was one of the reasons to go though the great forest. And, also, to see a new lands. What was a surprise for them. To see here a cult of the Snake.

So, certain, they try to bring across the forest a ball of Dariksan. It is a big magic ball. And there is living a mist there. And when mist to disappear, so, you can see and speak with those who you see. In a most different places. Cult of the snake hunts for this artifact beyond the forest. And lord Trogsh gives you this task. He just was searching for some adventures, who will go to explore world though the great forest. And he gives a task to bring artifact there. Because of, lord is under the hunt of the cult. And lord himself, soon, will leave the castle as adventures start their road.

And after they have crossed the forest. Adventurers, immediately, runs at the garrison of the cult of the Snake and legionnaires of Cron. Of course, they lost their magic ball. And they were lucky to escape in one of the dark nights. All the thing they know is that in tomb of the kings there is a key to a power of Cron. It should to be connected with the cult of the snake. Which is expanding everywhere.

They are going by the roads. And, one day, they reach the tomb of the kings. There are lots of traps at the road. And a false destination points too. After them, they leave behind them dungeons. And they discover ruins with a search for might and magic. Only this way, they can bring back a magic ball.

Such a fantasy story about A4. As a page. A little less. And something a picture. For a role playing game. Something like beginning of 90s it was a role playing games.

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[queer-book-character-tournament]

Characters, book, and author names under the cut

Gideon Nav/Harrowhark Nonagesimus- The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir

Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard - All For The Game by Nora Sakavic

[felassan]

Dragon Age: The Veilguard concept art captioned "Corpse King", art by Matt Rhodes. [source] this is concept art/a beat board for The Necropolis/Nevarra. The file name says that it's King Markus Pentaghast.

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

[inkary]

Go? My scarab?

[forlorngarden]

her most serene highness, crown prince kiriona gaia is such a hot title I keep losing focus. i love a fancy title im sorry fellow communists

[bvllyrag]

MY WHOLE LIFE, YES. YES, FOREVER, YES.

[lizzybeeee]

Am I the only one who thinks it's fucked up that the Mortalitasi are parading about King Markus's corpse...as opposed to letting the next in line rule??

He's alive in DAI - old, but very much flesh and blood - and we know this because the venatori use blood magic on him to get him under their control. So, what is he in DATV then? Are they implying that he's a lich? That he still has his mind? That they've got a spirit in there?

What do they gain from this? Cassandra's, what, 64th in line for the throne? So there's a bunch of potential heirs just hanging about -> potential heirs who want the crown because we know that Cassandra's parents were executed for trying to overthrow him.

Cassandra may not be fond of her family, but I can't imagine her letting this slide. This is the type of shit that gets an Exalted March called down on you! Especially if she's divine?! Nevarran's can be 'death-focused'* yes, but they let the living rule and not the dead.

It's their belief that when their soul passes through the Fade it results in a spirit being displaced - so they have the Mortalitasi find the spirit a new home in the Necropolis. That is their job - they maintain the Necropolis and, according to DATV, sometimes deal with awry magic.

The potential relation to a Divine or the Head of the Seekers, the King of Nevarra, is having his corpse puppeted about by a mage...and no one seems to care?!

Is this not super fucked up to anyone else?!!!

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Edit - I put this down in the tags but I think it's important to point out: In all the previous games up to this point not once has a mage, manipulating a corpse like this, ever been portrayed as quirky or funny. This is not the norm of what the Mortalitasi are supposed to do - they honour the dead they do not puppet them.

Thedas is a world very strongly intertwined with faith, especially the Chantry. It is Nevarra's attitudes towards death and their burial practices that distinguishes it from other Andrastian nations - they still have the Chantry, the Templars, and the Circle of Magi just as the rest of Southern Thedas has.

It's impossible to imagine any Divine (Leliana, Cassandra, or Vivienne) hearing of this occurring and not taking action against this. It's extremely strange that Emmrich bemoans that half the nobility know this has occurred when this action should be seen as nothing short of an abomination to the faithful - including Emmrich.

[stringcage]

There is always something so delicious about the second book in a series

[palamadeez]

listen, all i'm saying is that if i were given absolute power, i simply would not let it corrupt me absolutely

[arlathen]

inquisition's puddle-deep fetch quests and twenty-four-hour wait time war table missions are generally not. awesome game design. BUT one thing they did accomplish, ironically, was adding a lot of depth to the world via so many little background stories that you could completely ignore -- but that were there if you wanted to engage. like you were on this critical path but there were lives happening around you and you could find little traces of them. and with the war table, you got a snapshot of the political landscape beyond the important stuff that the inquisitor got dragged into. i dunno, i almost miss it. it feels like the closest we got were the inquisitor's letters.

[theriverbeyond]

gideon nav severe lactose intolerence because she just seems like the kind of person who would have everything go wrong for her

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Neil Josten- All for the Game by Nora Sakavic

Gideon Nav- The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir

[felidaefatigue]

Noodle has entered the chat

[mirrorcatcreditcard]

Hey, hey, hey, hey, rarepair shippers. Hey rarepair shippers talk to me about your ships. Hey, talk to me. Hey tell me why you love them. Hey, tell me why you hate them. Hey, tell me about the hours you have spent on them. Hey, I won't judge you no matter how rare the rarepair is. I'm a multishipper and easily persuaded. Hey, rarepair shippers please talk to me. You can go anon. You can DM me. Hey, pspspspspspsps-

[inkary]

New Khalida just dropped... I had a burning intent to redraw some of the skellies from that series I had. Looked at the date and had a whiplash realizing I made it 2 years ago. ....what the hell, it felt like it was a couple months ago still. Love to see my improvement though.