#voidwalker ideas

[time-slink]

Voidwalker scar pretty please? 👉👈

[ ask game ]

HI STIFFF this actually kicked my ass super hard i haven’t drawn scar in forever

[locusfandomtime]

okay i know watchers are the fandom thing everyone talks about but like. what the hell is a voidwalker. why is xisuma one. where did that come from

[technicallyaminecraftsimp]

Bing ba da boom you're getting an ask (lol). For the trait fanon swap maybe voidwalker!False?

I’m going to be honest, I don’t know what a voidwalker is. X was assigned the most vague species ever. So I went for an End-ish themed look :)

[pa-rou]

Today i bring you messy sketches of a suma design. Tomorrow? Wish i knew too lol

[echosong971]

GOOD EVENING. YOUR "VOID FRENZY" HEADCANONS. HAND THEM OVER 🔫

GEEZUMS OK-

so um.

for me to talk about my headcanons for Void Frenzies, I gotta first talk about the Void and how it relates to Nightstalkers especially, cause, y'see-

The Void is a quirky lil thing.

There are numerous accounts and lore bits that talk about how the Void is, even though it's technically Light, almost like an entity unto itself.

"...I've discovered another little trick to getting in good with that yawning mouth of nothing we call the Void: exhaustion. When I start slipping into that twilight, where I'm not sure if I'm awake or dreaming, I can feel the absence. It's close enough to touch. I guess it doesn't matter if it's literal or metaphorical. The Void just likes it when I'm running on empty." - Nightstalker

"The Void ain't special. It sure is creepier than Solar or Arc, that's for sure. But it isn't special. Just show it respect, thank it for a lovely evening, and make sure you always pay your bill. So to speak. Then you've got nothing to worry about. See?" - Shard of the Traveler (Nightstalker)

"There are those who see the Void as dark. It is the folly of the simple mind, unable to perceive the brilliant richness of nothingness. The Void is not only the absence of Light, but Dark..." - Apotheosis Veil

Even further, countless lore tabs talk about the risks of using the Void and the reasons why it can be detrimental to use, especially for Nightstalkers, who balance on the knife's edge of powers and abilities that could prove to be exceptionally dangerous if not exercised with paramount discipline:

"I've had a dozen Hunters ask me why it's so hard to summon a Dusk Bow. I asked 'em what they thought of the Void, and their eyes told me everything. You can't be afraid. That's the secret. No fear." - Tevis, Log Entry 19338

"Picking it up is the easy part, Hunter. Putting it down again, well, you’ll find that it’s addictive, that power. This weapon is something special. Your Light gets twisted. Changed. You find the power to punch through and borrow something from the other side. The Void opens up a hole, and draws from the deep. Go ahead. Carry it a while, Hunter. You’ll feel how heavy it can get.” - Cayde-6, The Nightstalker's Trail

"Doesn't matter how good you are—you stay out there too long, you're not coming back. Not the same way you left, anyway." - Tevis Larsen, Graviton Forfeit

So I asked myself, what happens when a Guardian does go too far into the Void? What happens when the Void they take from finally decides to take something back?

And that's when the idea of Void Frenzies came to me.

So, how do they work?

I imagine they happen to Nightstalkers more often than Sentinels or Voidwalkers just due to the nature of their class and how it works, as well as my own personal knowledge being more expansive when it comes to the Void subclass for Hunters compared to Void Titan and Warlock. So for brevity's sake, I'm going to solely be referring to Nightstalkers for this. Although y'all can feel free to add on your own thoughts on how this might happen for Sentinels and Voidwalkers!

There are a few ways that Void Frenzies can be triggered, but more often than not they tend to be caused when a Nightstalker overtaxes themselves and overuses their Void without giving themselves room to breathe or time to calm down. Huge bouts of emotional turmoil and/or copious amounts of stress can also make a Nightstalker more susceptible to snapping thus triggering a Void Frenzy.

The telltale signs of a Void Hunter experiencing stress that, if it becomes uncontrollable, could lead to a Void Frenzy are as follows:

Living things such as trees, flowers and grass begin to die and wilt around them and any living creature feels like its energy is being siphoned from their body, mirroring the effects of the power we know as Devour.

The temperature of the air around them suddenly drops and turns stagnant. It's not just cold, it's also thick and musty. Unnaturally still. Entropic. Dead.

Void energy begins to course along their arms and face. It creeps under their skin like dark tendrils that they seem to be unable to control, as if it's infecting their very body. The Light underneath the skin of Awoken Guardians turns a dark purple. Their eyes, and the lights in Exos' mouths and optics, turn a brilliant violet, and their sclera—the whites of their eyes—turn black. Energy seeps from their eyes like thick, smoky tears. Purple smoke also can escape from their nose and mouths, even billowing up from the hollow cheeks of Exos.

They seem distant. Hungry. Tired. They become far more prone to spacing out. More often than usual. The Void likes when they run on empty, and the emptier they are, the stronger their connection to the Void becomes until, without proper discipline and control, it consumes them.

When a Void Frenzy occurs, it begins with the Hunter expelling a MASSIVE amount of Void energy around them as if they were casting a Super. Void Light bathes their form and often times will manifest in bladed weapons that look much like Spectral Blades, or in some cases, claws. This varies from Hunter to Hunter.

After this point, they have slipped into the grasp of the abyss and it will refuse to let go. They're only goal will to be to kill and consume as much energy as they can to feed the insatiable appetite of the emptinesses gaping maw. They cannot differentiate between friends and enemies and will attack anything that they see. The Void does not discriminate between energy sources and now neither do they. They do not control the Void anymore. The Void is in control of them. They are ferocious, insatiable, and extremely dangerous and will not stop consuming everything in their path until they either pass out or get shot.

The only ways to combat a Void Frenzy is to wait until their own energy has become exhausted and they burn out (which is not recommended as trying to contain Hunters in a Frenzy has proven to be nigh impossible), by suppressing them with the very energy that is controlling them and thus severing their own connection to the Void, or by killing them and allowing their Ghost to rez them so that the Light bathes and grounds them. The Vanguard tends to opt for killing Guardians in Void Frenzies on sight as it acts as a sort of hard reset that has proven to be the most effective and reliable method for quickly snapping a Guardian out of a Frenzy without causing too much extraneous stress, trauma or damage.

Guardians that have suffered from Void Frenzies are often given a one to two week mandatory leave of absence from their duties—the length being determined by the severity of the incident—and are encouraged and given the resources to take care of themselves until they have recovered enough and feel fit for duty.

In the fight against the Darkness, the last thing they need are Guardians losing themselves.

[who-u-calling-pinhead]

Idk if people still wonder about this, or if it has already been answered

Or if the answer is in the game, being obviously shown and I'm just being stupid

But imma just bring it up

...

About the good ending for dsaf3

Everyone gets to move on to the afterlife, Henry got his ass kicked, all is... alright.

And then there's jack.

What happens to him in this ending?

His physical body gets burnt in the fire in his pizzeria, and his... uhhh... spirit? Consciousness? Idk, the other part of Jack that isn't his soul is still in the flipside.

Is... is he just... stuck there now? In the void?

Plus, according to some dsaf thing doggo wrote, Henry isn't truly dead after the good ending, he's just...

Somewhere.

Since time outside reality doesn't work like how it does IN reality, the both of them could just be there for... God knows how long. What if it gets to a point where Henry finds a way to escape.... where ever he is, and returns to a place he is most familiar with.

That being the void.

And he finds out that the man that took him down, is still there.

And with that, leaves me with another question:

What about all the spite? It's all still there, right? Did it mess with jack, or did it just leave him alone?

I mean, if it can fuck up henry, who was already really fucked up, it can surely fuck up jack.

But, how would he end up if the spite DID mess with him?

[cosmosdevourer]

Ooo hi hi hi!

The SCP au :3?? its such a sick idea so how you came up with it / anything you want to talk about

idk i just love that au <33

i was such a big scp fan for like five years and when i got into lifesteal i just HAD to write an au

of course, i could either do the boring way which was subject them to the normal foundation canon

orrr i make my own lore. which i did.

i loved the presence of the void in mcyt fics and mcyt fanon in general, the way it’s incorporated as either as something welcoming or something that kills you instantly yet one thing remains—it’s enigmatic.

i based site-14 around the void! yay! :D

[etherealvoidechoes]

Can either of you learn how to let go?

Sad-ish future scene of that VoidWalker AU.

[karthara]

Voidwalker

Powerful, mysterious, and wise, Voidwalkers are an ancient race from the End with an aptitude towards admin status. You're a natural mediator and despise conflict: unnecessary rage is a waste of valuable energy when you come from a place where resources are few and far between. Although you come from the End you're closer to the Void than anything, and the creatures of the End fear and hate you rather than regard you as anything like kin. Your appearance is... ambiguous. Those who see your true face can't decide if you look like nothing or like everything. You know what you look like though- how could you not, when every time you cast your gaze into the abyss, you see your reflection gazing back at you? You are a leader and a peacekeeper, although not always at the same time. Your wisdom comes from experience, and understanding that everyone makes mistakes. You're a people person even when you'd really rather not be, and everyone who knows you calls you charismatic.

made a uquiz! it’s been years since i’ve done anything like this so i know it isn’t the greatest, but i think it’s pretty fun regardless!

[blueishspace]

A bit of hypotetical hybrid genetics.

Cause we know species but do we know hybrid ones?

Avian + Starborne = Alicanto Hybrid.

Angel + Starborne = Sylph

Avian + Angel = Aasimar.

Avian + Demon = Harpy.

Starborn + Demon = Voidwalker.

Angel + Demon = Nephillim.

Next

Anyone has ideas?

[imagine-darksiders]

I feel like in Chwh Death as soon as he gets a new ability internally he’s like “Ah yes, a new human wrangling ability”

Death Grip? Grab your human out of danger

Soul Splitter? Now you can be protecting your human while also doing something else

Voidwalker? Portal your human away from danger and also your human is weirdly thrilled about said portals, wth is Portal?

Dory, your mind. <3

I love the idea of Soul Split taking on different, extreme aspects of Death's personality.

[astronomodome]

A voidwalker!Cub would be so cool.

to be honest i have no idea what a voidwalker is except 'that thing that xisuma is' so i took the opportunity to mess around with the concept

[hermitcraftheadcanons]

Voidwalkers are so rare that most of them will never meet another one of their same species in their lives. Because of this, they don't have names

When X got to the overworld, it took him a while to adapt to the idea of names, an even longer while to decide that he wants one, and even more time to settle on a name he liked. With time, this name morphed into Xisuma, because everyone kept butchering the Galactic pronunciation and he just rolled with it

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[remderance]

something lurking beneath the bedrock

silly idea of voidwalker!zedaph casually walking on the other side of the bedrock, surrounded by the void. he might yoink other hermits with him

[shepscapades]

GOD DAYUM

So the part 5 thing huh? Welp IT'S GOOD I LOVE IT

Because X is my blorbo I just wanted to point out some things here

MMMMMMMM HE HAS LONG HAIR??? I mean *looks at my posts* long hair fits him absolutely [Still not sure if he has long hair or not but looks like he has his hair tied in a ponytail or in a bun, I don't know it just looks like it on the second image]

[oh and also he called him "Doc" again, instead of Docm which I don't know what could mean in this situation yet, but one day it'll probably make sense as we get more parts]

This Etho right here looks either terrified or confused, and I think it's because

X is going to go absolutely crazy and he's scared that X is now in control [based on the "you dropped your crown king'' caption that might refer to Etho who isn't the attacker anymore but could also refer to Xisuma which I'll explain later]

or

2. He finally snapped back into his senses

or

3. he sees X without his helmet for the first time and his good 'ol computer brain is like '??????? Who tf is that"

"you dropped your crown king" could also refer to X as his helmet got destroyed in process [being the crown] and from what I know, we don't know the reason for why X wears helmet in this AU. The most popular headcannon for his armour and helmet is that he's a voidwalker and can't breathe in the overworld, we don't know if it's a thing in this AU but if it is that could mean that now he's powerless, he "dropped his crown" - he became weaker, powerless against his enemy. Also Doc looks kinda scared, or maybe just surprised after seeing X's face for probably first time. [if he's scared, then he's probably aware of Xisuma's condition when it comes to air]

NESTLE CRUNCH

But also poor Doc he looks horrified

ALSO

*looking for lore through old posts* huh these seem familiar... WAIT

AND THE DATE THOSE WERE POSTED

[it's in Polish sorry, but it says 13th October]

SO THE COMIC HAS BEEN SKETCHED OUT SO EARLY?? Damn those really take long to do, I mean I was aware of that fact but It's been like 3 months since those sneak peeks have been posted and WOW THAT'S A WHOLE LOT OF MOTIVATION YOU HAVE HERE SHEP

[also only now noticed how in this panel Etho's body sketch is red as a sign that he's the danger in Doc's eyes and Xisuma's is green/blue. Oh and in the first sketch X didn't have his hair visible in the visor hee hee ]

So yes, loved it, even if there were only 3 images I still think it's amazing ! We got to see your Xisuma a bit [he- he handsome -makes big eyes]

Sorry for the long ask again!! just!! excited!!

Now I'm going into my drawing cave as I'm full of inspiration already bye bye <333

(also also to reiterate, I have no idea how long part 6 will take since I just kinda have rough storyboarding for the rest of the comic, and classes just started up again— this is my exhibition semester so most of my drawing energy will be prioritized for my grad gallery… we will wait to see how much energy I have left by the day for destruction :3)

ALSO ALSO ALSO! “You dropped your crown king” was absolutely me trying to find a silly caption for what’s supposed to be a serious/dramatic part of the story while also referencing the fact that Xisuma’s helmet shattered/fell off— there are many conspiracies and clues to be had here but I just wanted to clarify that that line is not one of them SFKDFGHJ

I will therefore also not directly respond to anything else being discussed here BUT thank you as always for sharing your theories and analysis!! It always makes my day >:D

[sixteenth-days]

i adored the eldritch cleo and voidwalker pearl ficlets so maybe… mayhaps.. eldritch pearl please?

(beware, mild rambling follows) it’s fascinating to see what elements of common characterization people keep vs get rid of when doing this fanon swap, and it’s making me reconsider how much of my perception has been filtered by these almost omnipresent ideas of species matched so closely to certain hermits. but i think it’s neat too, to see how cleo almost always retains some aspect of being a zombie, for example. x tends to keep his armour. it’s just. fascinating as… maybe a fandom study, in the vein of character studies. i adore all of this so much. also it’s wonderful to see how people are exploring the prompts!

At any given time, most of Pearl is not here. At least ninety percent, if she had to put a number on it, though she doesn't really like to do that, because it always feels strange, doesn't it, to try to quantify what she knows innately is not quantifiable.

The numbers aren't important. What's important is: most of Pearl isn't here. It's somewhere else.

"Okay, but where?" Gem says slowly. She's looking at Pearl like if she just stares hard enough, and tilts her head just right, she might be able to see the rest of her hiding behind her narrow shoulders and long neck. Pearl doesn't fault her- Gem, she's learning, has a tendency to map out threats, a habitual leeriness of predators- but she doesn't think she's going to get anywhere with it.

Pearl shrugs, looks up at the sky. "Up there, maybe? Or..." she kicks at the dirt, thinks of the hole that goes miles and miles down to bedrock. "Under there. Or both? I'm not really sure."

What Pearl is trying to explain to Gem is that sometimes, when she blinks, she loses track of herself.

The sensations of the world, as soon as they're not pressing up insistently against her mind and orienting her in space, are gone as if they never were. Sometimes she closes her eyes and forgets to open them again, because when the life and sound of the world fade from her mind it's the only time she can remember everything else, all the vastnesses of her true body and the comfortable blackness of its habitat.

One time Mumbo found her like that, standing at the edge of the Boatem Hole and humming to herself, right at the lip of the swallowing nothing that feels like home.

"It's like sleepwalking," Pearl says, finally. "No harm in it. Just a little scare sometimes."

"But that sounds dangerous," Gem says, brow furrowed. "What if something happened?"

Pearl waves it off. "I'm not worried about it," she says. "Someone always wakes me up before long."

Above, in the sky, the moon hangs.