#xiphos

[cutecuttlefish]

The sword of the day is the xiphos.

The xiphos is a short sword utilized by ancient Greek infantry as a backup weapon. A hoplite’s main weapon was their spear, so the xiphos was mainly used when the spear was lost or broken. Hoplites fought in phalanx formation, standing shoulder to shoulder with each soldier protected by their neighbor’s shield. A spear made it easy to attack from this formation, though the swords generally came out once the phalanx broke. The xiphos was mainly used for thrusting, though its leaf shaped blade made it a capable cutter as well.

[pedroam-bang]

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (2018)

[tetrachromate]

[skybridge-sound]

A happy pointy family

[monkeyroseone]

What's so silly (not really) about being a system is there's multiple alters in denial and then there's others like me who like to give us a ✨ reality check ✨ and remind that, yes we are in fact a system and should probably acknowledge our trauma 😊

-Xiphos

[incredible-sugar-venus]

they’re me if you even care

i forgot to include Lester and Willow but that’s ok

[yunessa]

Daeran Arendae by Xiphos

Daeran Arendae by Xiphos, also here on @weatherbane3.

You can see my WOTR story here or check out my other WOTR art here

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[riderart]

Puzzle

[angrennufuin]

Lin/Xiphos || 25. [artist’s choice] Snap-out-of-it Kiss

Genesis Campaign Content note: this is not how it happened, but we had met Xiphos (warforged bard, member of the Blades) a few times as an enemy NPC at this point. Our party had killed the warforged lieutenant she was in love with and we all expected to get our asses kicked for it.

Xiphos snarls as your blades cross, as you try to push her away from Argos.

“He took her from me,” she’s saying and her voice is-- her voice--

You can feel blood trickling from your nose and ears with the reverberations of it, but you press forward anyway.

“What am I supposed to do without her? What would she want me to do?” Beneath the magical onslaught of her voice, you can feel just the simple emotions -- rage, grief, absolute misery. The kind of things you felt when you realized Lairit was never going to love you the way you loved them.

With a flick of your saber, you disarm her -- you get the impression she wasn’t trying that hard. You drop your own sword and grab her wrists instead. “Listen,” you blurt, “You don’t have to-- this isn’t-- oh, goddamnit.”

You slide your hands down her forearms to grasp her elbows. You say, softly, fiercely: “Xiphos. You have more to live for than her.” Then you press your lips to where hers should be.

This isn’t so different from kissing someone flesh.The steps are basically the same --  raise one hand to cup her cheek, hold her gently to you, tilt your head to get a better angle. It may have been a while, but you still do know that much. Of course it’s weird not to feel skin under your own, or really much of a response, but you’re distracted from that by how hard you have to concentrate -- by the sheer mental effort it takes to throw every scrap of healing, purifying magic you have into Xiphos.

It feels like a rushing river blasting through you. You cling to her harder, trying to keep from being washed away, and you feel the moment the magic hits her: feel the shock go through her frame, feel her -- maybe -- start to kiss back. Is it working? You can’t tell if it’s working. You’re 85% sure that when you let go of her, she’s going to blast you across the battlefield.

But you have to try. Even if you can’t save any of the other Blades, even if you fail to save this one -- you can’t just leave someone wallowing in a despair like yours without trying to pull them out. 

“Linmir?” someone says behind you, in tones of abject horror.

You open your eyes to discover that sometime in the last -- thirty seconds? thirty minutes? -- you instinctively dipped Xiphos, supporting her back with one arm while the other still cradles her jaw. She’s looking at you with an unreadable expression. Hysterical laughter bubbles up in you and you bite it down. “Sorry,” you whisper. “Sorry.” Then you set her carefully on her feet again, and wait for whatever consequences are coming your way.

[pedroam-bang]

"This is Sparta!"

Frank Miller’s 300 (1998)

[tetrachromate]

this was really fun to do

[ziphos123]

I bought a sword

[chaoschenoo]

Jet Adler; Twice Promised Prince by birth, forced upon him by his father and the Otherside. Opener of the Way by choice, breaching the barriers between him and Melvin. Lord of Ruin by obligation. Only way to protect the others and ensure Melvin escaped with the possibility of a normal life.

For Jet I emphasized the Theseus parallels, giving him a xiphos and Athenian style clothing. Khopesh for the parallels between him and Wepwawet the Opener of the Way, coyotes and jackals occupying the same niche and being similar canines. Lean build because he's let himself go in a different way, sustained by the Otherside. Decided to go with mouth horror drawing on the 'smile' hat and mouth eyes. Eyes seemed to be Willis Adler's thing so the mouths consuming/containing the eyes are Jets.

[pep-the-artemis]

blacksmithing tumblr, who's the one in the wrong here?

Things are getting heated in the blacksmithing fandom guys

[nrc-asteryn-crew]

Miko and Xiphos Designs !!

and sm facts + a little lore as a treat (and apology) <3

Despite them being the same age (18), Miko is a 3rd year while Xiphos is a 2nd year.

Miko and Xiphos met a few years prior to Miko's enrollment at NRC, and at first they HATED each other. Through only extended exposure did they end up warming up to each other.

The Queen's Rules are extremely important to Miko, as he believes they make life more fun to live, and give him purpose.

Xiphos couldn't wrap his head around this in the first stages of their acquaintance-ship, and would constantly mock and criticize the rules, and Miko's utmost insistence at following them, causing an immediate rift between them.

Miko is around 6'5 (195cm), while Xiphos is around 6'2 (189cm)

How did they meet, you ask? Well, to that I say :

;)

and thats all im too tired its 12:30am

[mjhartwork]

I made this big ink/watercolor painting in class!