#lore-discussion
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is the witch doctor related to the profaned gaurdians? Because she just said something along the lines of "I wonder what my relatives are doing, last time I checked they were too busy praising the Sun, I think."
Witch doctor is a lihzahrd and in vanilla they praise the actual sun
And in calamity they praise the suns heat or something
Praising sun underground sound right
Too many bees in the jungle or something and allergy’s
the sun's heat gives life to plants
plants get eaten by animals
animals give off heat
animal heat is sun heat
jungle is full of both plants and animals
it all makes sense
wouldnt the sun heat just be mana in a way
Persmaps
Yes
PL =/= mana iirc
I can't think of a reason but I'm tryna write some stuff
So I'm trying to cover my bases
i mean frostburn is a debuff
Ngl though
I wonder what the melting point for Cryonic is
If it even can be melted
life alloy is made by simply putting the 3 bars on top of eachother and dropping an anvil on it 
I mean
2 of the 3 ores are magical
I'm not sure how forging magical metals works
Hell I wonder if Scoria is hot enough to melt the Cryonic
scoria using perennial as fuel to melt cryonic
We melt the Cryonic into bars tbf
Perhaps
Since it's supposed to be tied to cryomancy
It can withstand scoria it seems
Is scoria hotter then hellstone though
That might mean the difficulty in forging with Cryonic isn't finding a hot enough fire but controlling the temperature well enough
Maybe?
Scoria can cause explosions iirc
I have a question: Is Calamitas's surname "Cadmia"? I learned recently that in alchemy, there's five types of cadmia(Latin for cadmium) including one called "calamitis" that would form around iron stirring rods
Calamitas isn’t her true name it’s just a monicker and we don’t know her true name
Though perhaps it is but I doubt we will ever know
Ah yes, the Brimstone Bitch won't tell even the Gods her name smh
what do the gods even have to do with this
Cal npcs will get a dialogue system in the next major update so if not then, probably won’t
Flood the suggestion gates! This is might be our only chance to get some lore answered! /j
And to answer this, no, Scoria is only hot because it's near thermal vents, hellstone is basically the mineral manifestation of the term "white-hot"
There's really no reason to, since I doubt it'll have any importance other than seeing what Azafurian naming conventions were like, we don't even know Yharim's true name and he's like way more known
But it would be fun fun to figure out, yeah?
We know nothing of yharim before he fell in lava other then he was destined to become god king and refused
clearly azafurians were given 6 letter first names and 6 letter last names
Or like, headcanon it
So very true
I'm not creative enough to headcanon stuff though T.T
Then grab someone else’s headcanon and run with it when you see one you like
I'm not active in this community man, so I got nothing other than the obvious misspelled Latin names I could go with...
maybe something crazy like.. Calami Tassi ..
After many a flowcharting, I've come to the conclusion that Azafurian is off-brand Latin, and that Calamitas is Cadamya Reylgho
And now that I have a base to build on, time to learn more Latin and build on this
youll find out in 10 fargo years.
Who obtained the auric souls of Gluttony and Sacrifice?
Also what dragon did Tyrian get the soul from?
SG got gluttony and god of sacrifices has the soul of sacrifices
Out of curiosity, didn't the god of sacrifices have the soul of death?
And Azafurian naming conventions are probably gonna show up through other names ;)
Afaik
Yes, it was the soul of Death
Yea
You know
I came up with some Azafurian nicknames for the Cascade addon a while back
It's not an official stance on the matter, but I personally went with a mix of Latin and Spanish inspirations
Following "Azafure" being a Spanish-inspired name, and Latin being a popular language for spells in writing
1️⃣ Zoticus (meaning "lively")
2️⃣ Rufantes (from "rufus", "red-haired")
3️⃣ Ruffanos (from "rufus", "red-haired")
4️⃣ Cinnados (from Cinnabar, a red mineral)
5️⃣ Vitanna (from "vita", "life")
It's about finding a balance between inspirations/symbolism, readability and context
It helps that my native language stems from Latin, so making names with it as inspiration is pretty intuitive
actually azafurians have gray skin and horns hmmmm,,,
hmmmstuck,,,
do the other gods have sigils like xeroc does?
I know what you are 
xeroc dosen't have a sigil specifically
it's the primordial light sigil
aaaaa ok :0
is there like another force like the primordial light that would have one or is it a bit of a special case?
like can gods just do that with their respective auric souls
primordial light in of itself isn't tied to xeroc at a fundamental level, it already existed prior and will still exist after him, so it isn't really smth directly associated with gods
nothing stopping other thingies from having sigils too though, would be surprised if large factions like the profaned cultists or the onyx kinsmen didn't have something of the sorts
yeyea tha's where my brain's going 
some sorta magical glowey symbol type gender to show like affiliation
Fab still referred to it as xeroc sigil in a patchnote earlier this year tho
they nommed the dragon of light soul right?
so like maybe each dragon of X has a sigil associated with their respective thing.
...not to bring it back to homestuck x_x;
Homestuck when shelterfree
that's a good question.
been meaning to catch up with homestuck^2... but things have sorta been rocky since mid-act 6 for that story >_>;
the frost dragon thing is real
and i consulted with the writters and other developers before talking about it (ozzatron, rebbeca, venus etc)
it was just cei being confused
frost dragon you say? 
mega mammoth
that's another thing like do we have a list anywhere of like confirmed dragons?
the tundra was permafrost right?
and the curse i explicitely said is more of a what if, urban legend due to the pigrons and fishrons being so diferent from him
i vaugely remember reading that in the lore doc yesterady
but it will be more explored on my addon (which isnt part of calamity lore)
No
Perma just enhanced the state it was already in
idk if u dev people do already but
i recommend always discussing things in text chats openly
Vetrasyl [storms], Zeratros [Light], Yharon [rebirth], Frost, Death, Life, Flame, Gravity, Gluttony are the ones I remember
cuz i can confirm discussing them in vcs is a formula for disaster
so like... since yharon can come back to life, and silva's heavily implied to not have technically died,
how does one kill a dragon of death?
or like was it dead to start with?
stabbing it with a large stick
i mean historically this has worked but still
The death dragon had a death aura
maybe it's more a reaper figure who ussured things to the afterlife rather than like being the guy who's power is death
You had to attack from afar
why is my brain going to princess mononoke?
does the death dragon kinda work like the forest spirit once it was beheaded?
iirc it was a theory people here made
Death dragon was the latter
death dragon just stinks really bad
aw man that's a lil lame ;0;
The domains of auric souls are just things that the dragons can control
so why dosen't the death dragon just like
take a bath or something 
get rid of it's death aura that kills people
It couldn't help it
that's gotta suck. ;0;
imagine not being able to go to the sick as dragon function because going would kill everyone
being a reaper figure wouldn't work well because dragons aren't really fundamental parts of existence
they're just really strong
Elementals are just that
Unfortunately for you, there is no death elemental
Only Silva
evil silva be like
i wonder if like part of her's still concious
and i do
i hardly talk about stuff in vc
trhat's good 2 hear
YuH
i just cant do a @ everyone
i hoped that was the case but ive heard passing mentions of stuff being discussed in vc before so i figured it was worth saying
Silva is completely alive, just weakened
Well, her body is also destroyed
But elementals can just make new bodies
that's what i'm sayin
silva will come back in likwe idk 30 years or something
i made that number up dont take it as anything
like her body was destroyed, but like were her memories in her brain that was also destoryed or can she remember stuff cussa dragon magic?
Y'all think silva would be mad at us for looting the abyss?
well since her soul is still intact then i imagine probably
the evil elemental theory
what was silva the elemental of again?
She can remember things just fine because she's magic and her memories aren't in a physical brain
The thought of Silva being really annoying to the other elementals is still a funny thought to me
sorry i forgot ;0;
she let us loot some things
nature
...arne't all of them nature themed? >_>;
no
fire, earth, wind, water, nature
or is she more like greenery nature than like nature in general nature?
nature in like plants
yeyea that makes sense :0
This is my only explanation for why Anahita dipped from the Abyss the moment Silva was dumped there for the 2nd time
She couldn't handle living with Silva again
it's a lil silly yea 
anahita is just a hater
Oh yeah, isn't Brimmy gonna get an actual name like Silva and Anahita with the Crags Overhaul
I thought I saw something at one point saying she would, but maybe I am just making that up
I may have gaslit myself into thinking that's true
i also like the idea of all the other elementals finding silva to be obnoxiously happy at all times
"I blame thou not for the harvest of resources in the depths I watch over. Whether thine journey throughout these lands ends in tragedy or triumph, I shall simply continue my duties until I am able once again of restoring my corporeal form."
does that sound right
👍
Silva Total Calamity Artwork
honestly i would love to see how draedon works on creating everything he has like, in universe
i get that he's supposed to be this mysterious entity but i just cant shake that feeling of wanting to know more about him
why did you have to say this
Things that are extremely radioactive also become hot
Basically all forms of energy moving in any way produces heat as a byproduct
So I think we can assume exotic Resonance is hot
Are there more elementals then the in game ones and Silva
There’s only the ones we come across as far as I know
Though sand and cloud are in many bodies so that counts?
Ngl the more and more I think about metals that are tied to a specific element the more my brain hurts
Like how the hell do you melt something that is made of lava
lava is just liquid rock like how water is just liquid ice, if something is made of lava it's made of rock
And would Cryonic be harder or easier to melt because it's naturally cold?
Harder because it use adamantite forge
Or I’m wrong and I should go to the eels
It isn't made of lava, it is full of heat magic
Is Auric a good conductor of electricity or would the lightning emanating from it interfere with it?
I think it would be a good conductor
Is there stuff about magic in the lore doc
Hellstone literally drops lava when mined
Fire magic that enclose lava
Idk if that is the word but yeah
Oh yeah
:((
maybe the thing that makes hellstone special keeps it from liquefying and the pieces you break off while mining immediately melt
Then it would immediately go into lava if you touch it
Hell even then is the Auric normally attuned to lightning?
We've only seen (to my knowledge) two confirmed examples of Auric and they're both related to Yharon
Would the element change based on the soul that worked it?
I imagine it generates electricity upon rejection and it can be used as a power source if the energy is weakened enough
Would it be cool to generate barriers of auric voltage that rejects all incoming projectiles…
i think the silva theme park should exist instead of the abyss
Or the abyss is her theme park and she just sucks at planning and construction pesmaps ?
i think the abyss should have a tesco express there
Ok while cleaning up in preparation for New Year's celebrations, a possibility of my Terrarian's past life popped up
landlord...
PLS
Anyway
Maybe they could've been a high-ranking Godseeker Knight who's lost their memories
Who like, ended up in some grave accident which made them end up that way
is this why they are so evil?
hewwo
They probably won't even remember who Yharim is to them
landlord...
Nor what they did
They're not a landlord in my story 😭
They'd help reconstruct the village they ended up in yeah but idt they'd meddle too much with the villagers
what r we talking about
Just a possible backstory for my Terrarian :O
Eepy
SLEEPING MAKES PEOPLE LANDLORDS???
i mustn't sleep

Sleeping turns people into cheese got it
Hollow knight reference…
I never played it alshdhdg
To the eels
PLAY IT NOW

-# jk if you don’t want to you don’t have to
ITS ONLY LIKE 20$

tho play it if you want
ONLY US$20???? 😭😭😭😭
Sales pitch in my lore discussion
Buy now at half price!
oh hey a hollow knight animatic came on in my playlist as soon as i sent that message
do we have a name for the dragon of gravity?
ik god of space is called shakidou
Estelle 
-# sigmelle
Making you the bald cat but balder

imagine needing an exo mechs leak
(vod's still up)
this is a private one though
it was shown yesterday there isnt anything new
no trust me it's worth clicking on the link
banned for all eternity
let me take a guess
there is dude, there was a secret part :/
based on garbo's reaction it's a rickroll or smth
being in CAU, I know that
no what
yeah i posted it in a void server as soon as i saw it
fuck you
can't trust anything omni posts...
not after you disguised a rick roll (or something equally silly) as the lore doc link
what???
I never did that
i could swear you did in sscls general
wdym
you post so many gifs that has:link isn't even all that useful to find it...
silly stpuid...
I never did that :/
You hid something as rickroll I’m pretty sure
no :/
Can we throw rocks at omni
Lmao
Screenshot it before it gets deleted
shut the fuck up people outside of these lands won't see it
yall party crashers smh :/
it doesn't even embed LMAO
#epic
#1281541357785059330 message
further evidence of your experimenting with disguising yt links as the lore doc link...
Hai cheese
no one will see it
still good enough for me
hewwo
besides yall boring nerds :/ dont even like pranks
ive killed a man with my thumb
I don’t mind it no harm can really pop up from rickroll
anyways here's an extended version of br4 since that shit goes hard https://youtu.be/AuKR2fQbMBk?si=6jCz_QzUURnxRi-Q
Cool?
Hihi

haiii
i got it wrong
wrong reply
i got ti wrong it's "i killed a man with this thumb" not "my thumb"
have not progressed on this but the xeroc entry is progressing well
or
one of the xeroc entrie
s
i have an idea for another titled 'How to Kill Your Best Friend'
which is probably gonna be sad as shit
This started from how to kill a god to that :(
Wwawhat who is that for
Yharon?
xeroc and zeratros
because unless xeroc does turn out to be an utter piece of shit (doubtful) i will not be convinced that xeroc wasn't at least a little bit heartbroken over their ascension
I still think they both agreed that the ritual is the only way to save the domain
i'm of the belief that it was an agreed upon thing, but i'm don't think either of them were at all pleased by the fact that it was deemed necessary
Yea
could zeratros have expected everyone copying xeroc leading to the dragon genocide
Probably not
Considering gravity became space, I’d say there’s a chance shakedown could have became god of time
Shakedown, my favourite god.
Fuck
Sake
this is a bit dark, but even if zeratros was fully aware of what might follow xeroc's ascension (the genocide)...
the world was undeniably at risk without zeratros being able to defend it—even with him, in fact, as demonstrated by the moon lord
and between the dragons being killed and the entire world falling to another external threat
i think the former, no matter how heartbreaking, is the better ending, because it enables xeroc to protect everyone else
but yeah zeratros probably couldn't have really been certain that shit would go down as it did
New device and autocorrect still beating my ass
Zeratros should have just used the sun smh my head
i wonder how silva's control of life (whatever that actually entails) from being an elemental would have been affected if she didn't get a perfect ascension and the domain changed
alien
Just alien?
Some alien
creature
Huh
We will learn more in sso
not a god because gods didn't even exist
we dont know what the fuck he was or where he came from
xeroc was the first
As far as we know
Alien that nuked dragons
And that’s it so far basically
I mean like Deus false god
there aren't any major groups that worship ML as far as we know
yeah it isn't really a proper classification
it's just
deus is worshipped as a religious figure
much like how many animals irl are religious icons
like cows in some buddhist (correct me if im wrong) groups
Someone being called a god without being a god (absorbed auric soul)
I think it’s Hinduism?
But yeah
Might be yeah
then you cant rly call moon lord that
since as far as we know nobody worshipped it
Dragon of Foresight.....
🔥
god of robbery
god of being silly online (me)

No you’re being cheese
i am cheese and i am the queen of the grasslands and the goddess of being silly online
And a canine
:(
cheese r
How can you be that when I’m right here
Searing you on rocks
i wonder what xeroc did shortly after their ascension
probably freak the fuck out
either internally or externally
They did that
Xeroc probably started dancing because he had powers
before they decided to start being on the lookout for alien threats
or well
before they became their main task
i imagine they just sorta explored the world for a bit
fortnite
YuH
start training
Accidentally level a mountain or some shit idk
They baked cookies
i'm also thinking about how long it actually took for them to dedicate themselves to protecting terraria from external threats
I imagine that was the goal from the getgo
Xeroc’s perfect cooking class
if i can decide on a time frame that seems reasonable then i can work that into their shared god of space entry
i agree, but i mean when they stopped doing much of anything else
oh yeah fair
comparatively, at least
maybe after finding out abt ceaseless or the devourer?
because then they'd be alerted to like
i imagine they still visit some places on the surface from time to time even now
oh shit they're making their moves already
Weaver wasn’t around by then and they’re older then dog
Yharim: sees xeroc baking cookies
Also yharim: sorry this violates the law time to die
I imagine they observe
You could catch a glimpse of them in the sun if you’re quick enough
i was thinking about how there are probably some shrines or graves dedicated to dead auric dragons that were revered by specific people
specifically ones not on the aerie
Slime god can't bake cookies
and how xeroc might visit them from time to time if they knew the dragon personally
''personally'' because i doubt they had actually met all of the auric dragons
feels like there'd just be too many of them
the dragon of deodorant
that's what i imagine too
dragon of choese
dragon of limbus (deranged)
YuH
I imagine it would go like
Dragon of Hygiene -> God of Deodorant
dragon of ligmus
God of Steve Jobs
dragon of ruined libraries
i'm having fun coming up with headcanons about the god of space
since we know so little of them
Dragon of limbus
name, domain, dragon, pronouns, strength relative to the main cast
that's it i think
auric soul of those who know
God of Company


God of Mango
you get it
specifically just because saying they're an alien who arrived before the fovos invasion opens up so many possibilities
Is that alien thing headcanon or confirmed?
Headcan
Peashooter
💥
isnt that they guy who helped develop sonic mania
Whar
oh its a game engine
like them leading an army against fovos in place of some dragons who were already wounded or otherwise incapacitated
(and everyone in that army but them dying
(and stumbling upon their impromptu graveyard decades later while being hunted by xeroc
What is Yharim’s favourite dish
Probably something with a lot of cooked or grilled meat
I bet he’d enjoy schnitzel
the potato pizza
Chicken nuggets
Just takes bites out of yharon when he's hungry
Calamitas is not named Calamitas and therefore can still be directed at her
Throwing rocks at you for rudeness against calamitas
May I join
Weird request
I shall throw rocks at both of you
I mean may I throw rocks at them for insulting calamitas
I don’t have any rocks so I have to ask for rocks
Hell yeah
🛡️
🪨
💎 ⬅️ 🪨
Oh no I'm like in those royal match ads
how about like, we put a chemically explosive
powder
behind the rock
in a small chamber
and then ignite it with kinetic force
What is royal match
Pure. Innocent, even
💥
?
What if we made pipebomb
It's a dumb mobile game like candy crush
well pipebomb doesnt have miles of range
while a rock at supersonic speeds lowkey kinda does
Seems boring
Battle cats only good mobile game
the beef is crazy
Terraria:
Also that
is terraria reallyna mobile game
Minecraft:
like yeah it's on mobile
Nope don’t like it
It’s a game you can get on mobile
Bedrock is best version tho
like vampire survivors
Bedrock doesn’t have free mods
amazing game. on mobile. wouldn't call it a mobile game
Idc
choose Duck
I think this is the second time I’m having this sort of convo in like the past week
bedrock is cross platform so there's that
like, a disagreement?
?
What are we even talking about
Nah
Specifically terraria mobile game thing
oh
And it’s in lore chat again
Hell yeah
dont worry melon gun
Calamity off topic chat
we love you no matter how many times you talk about terraria mobile game thing
it wouldnt change my views on you
unless you like, do it while killing my mom
that might like
change it
That’s every channel
Ye
Calamity off topic server
Calamity off topic but with lore I guess chat
calamarity
Rebecca’s OC 
this is why i respect you melon gun
You don’t respect me
you are like, a tour guide
calamitas squid
:((
hey man
ima be honest
my first thought when witnessing a person named skelli
wouldnt be respecting
i like you tho, like. i think you should have the right to like
Explode
exist in the same plane of existence as us
That’s nice
Wahwah
hi deltaw
Hai
Three hours until the thing that is new
Can’t believe that it’s almost 2015
Guys it’s soon going to be 2012 we going to die oh no!
True
Twas originally on pc
Yes
Okay so if the Corruption and Crimson are from a multitude of evil gods being slain and not taken care of properly does that mean the Hallow was created a similar way?
Yep
But from benevolent gods
Does that also mean those gods were slain where the Hallow appears or does the newly freed essence just go wherever
All of hallowed essence was successfully sealed away, but some of the evil wasn’t. This could be because of a propaganda trick by Yharim, since he was able to hide the possible benelovence of gods and probably intentionally left a small sliver of evil rot to keep a reminder of the gods’ "evilness."
Oh wait I read the question wrong
I think the essence just goes wherever
Gooottt it
Is the essence of the evil biomes corrupting the essence that creates the Hallow or is there another reason everything wants to kill us there
I think hallow still runs on the instinct to expand
Mm okay
The hallowed guys would still have a hundred god essences demanding different “good” things
So any intelligent being prob gets mentally ground into instinctual animals idfk
I mean honestly like every biome has hostile things on it
yea it might just be that the heartlands is in the "genuinely hell" category of fictional places to live
It’s the second worst continent and even in hardmode there’s a possible rival some fucking how iirc
Waiting for 2025 lore to drop 
nah
it fits both
Through their will, I am eternity. I am the wind to which the grass gently sways.
Really rushed New Year's artpiece
The suspiciously human shaped squid:

Vetrasyl not Zeratros
Isee
Vetrasyl
Zeratros doesn't have a design yet, and he'll be quite different from Vetra
Oke
hell yea pretty storm dragon :D
Zeratros I think should be very different from any other dragon imo
Bai
Imagine
harpy mew jerma
Damn Moonlord hit them hard
Need to see more front facing Vetrasyl
Haep pii bird tays
sticking with that zeratros should be an eastern dragon to contrast yharon being a western dragon
zeratros should be a weird ass mfer that dosen't look like any standard dragon depiction imo ^-^
he is a dragon of light so one of the developers said that he will have a lampshade as a head and a switch as a tail
but like the pully type of switch
like the one that always breaks its so annoying
zeratros should be an albatross
Zeratros should be silly
Zeratros should be a Xanax head
Happy new year
AUGUST 12 2036, THE HEAT DEATH OF THE UNIVERSE
dragon literally made of light trust
silhouette of a draconic figure made purely out of light ,,
It'd be jarring if the representative of their entire race was nothing like a Dragon y'know?
Looks like a dragon
But still wacky
And we can't really Make A New Dragon
That's like asking us to make a new depiction of a fairy
Any concept that gets the point across has already been done
make him a grubdog
I'm making Zeratros a rat
Wyverns, drakes, serpents, hydras all are considered dragons
Make Zeratros a worm boss
So he EATS CHEESE
Then there are western and eastern dragons
EVIL
Erm actually...
Isn’t it mice that are often depicted eating chedder
The original greek hydra wasn't really a dragon ...................
Erm actually what
Yes I do know that
It's kinda funny to think abt like
But if you think of a dragon do you think of a western dragon or an eastern (the original) dragon
It’s just big lizard
A drake is a dragon without wings
So big lizard
I think any reptilian monster can be a dragon
Yeah
But not every reptilian monster is a dragon
it rly is just up to the author of the setting at the end of the day
Dragons are
Lizard like (optional)
Flying (optional)
Winged (optional)
Breathing (optional)
makes me want to write a classic fantasy setting...
Furry or scaly (one or the other
Me too
Like, ok if you wanted you could say Godzilla is a dragon
(Optional)
It is a dragon tbh
It’s a bipedal drake
Personally i dont consider hydras to be dragons generally speaking
True
But that's just my view on things
Point is, if it even barely resembles a reptile
It can be a dragon
Megidora is a dragon
There's not really a objective answer to what is and what isn't a dragon bc its a fantasy animal and u can make whatever definition u want for it
Salamander dragon….
Wait a fantasy animal???
😧
fantasy animal creature monster etc
My only rule for a Dragon is that it has to resemble some reptile
Or have reptilian features
Eastern dragons…
Oh ok yeah
What about dragonflies
Whar
Snail dragon real
If a building in Pokémon is one than that is also one
You can make a DRAGONfly
They are draconic flies
Simple
agreeable statement...
Not to me
A Dragon with fly-like properties vs A fly with Dragon-like properties
I've always wanted to make some sort of classic fantrasy setting but i have no idea what i'd do with it so it's just gonna stay on the backburner for now
Plus i already have a massive contemporary fantasy setting to work on so i won't be making any new projects for uh
a while.
I too wanna do that
I want moss cretins and snail dragons for starters
I have an idea personally
God goes fucking insane and brings about the apocalypse
And then two guys form a party and go kill God

One being your traditional fantasy protagonist
The other being a woman who can copy any skill if she sees it even once


The girl kisser neurons is activating
peak
Merry new years and a happy Christmas
The woman in question has a gigantic God complex
When you beat actual God is it a complex
even better
Helena core
She doesn't beat God
Can she beat goku tho?
This is kinda half the point of the story where as time goes on her goal and the guy's goal drift apart
She wants to replace God
He wants to kill him and leave no one in place
I should write story
Massive L
god forbid women have hobbies
😔

How could she even lose if she can copy abilities
And then the guy fights God and things happen I don't want to talk much about what I'm doing in that story
Does the guy just have pure skill
i didnt even realize how funny this sentence is in-context
She probably has a skill issue idfk
Never said she copied strength
View it as Magic spells
She can copy spells
Ohhh
I'm probably also making so she can only copy an ability once
But since she's also really strong she can just make it stronger
Which is part of the story since I'm writing this without a visual medium
Biggest nerf in the century
I can't really put too much emphasis on fighting
So my goal was to make all of her fights end in one blow
maybe like Adan from RoR
copying an ability has a huge cost physically
yeah basically. like, if Uncle Iroh make it high in a poll of "best dragons in fiction", then a dragon can be fuckin whatever
Excuse me what
he deserves it
I know that
lmao what
what makes UNC IROH count as a dragon, excuse me for not being knowledgeable about ATLA
but I didn't even remem
😭
the fact that it's not even a technicality thing like idk Wyverians Monster Hunter but a title thing is something I did not expect
A optional trait
Bold of you to assume it is a fantastical animal.
Kills you

Yeh I know
dementia gun arc
No?
Pretty much
And that's what makes Dragons cool!!!
Dragons are optional
They're the embodiment of all the shit we think is cool, but conceptually vague enough to harbor an absurd diversity
Do dragons in calamity have hollow bones or do they use magic to fly
No I was showing I already know dragons are optional by replying to that text which would make it easily accessible
dementia gun arc
Demented gun
I think it's a mix
Their biology complements their physical abilities, but they're definitely magically enhanced
In fact, I think part of the changes offshoots undergo over time is to adapt their physiology to something that can support their abilities in the context of the decreasing magic in their lineage
No wonder Wyverns, offshoots who fly without wings, are notably still deeply attuned with their magic
btw r basilisks being offshoots being killed
i remember hearing abt that
which is sad because i think they fit dragon of gluttony perfectly
rip my headcanon
Ehhhh I don't think so
is Auric naturally electrified or is that a result of us using Yharon's soul to work it?
Basilisks don't really have any remarkable magical traits, they're highly predatory, fat, low-to-the-ground lizard things, i feel like they could fit really well
I don't care much either way - them being offshoots shows an otherwise unexplored side of "mundane offshoots", but they're really out of nowhere and don't add much to the offshoot roster
Like i don't think there's literally any notable traits for basilisks other than "They fat and hungry" that we know of
So like
I kinda went on a rant at 4am last night about magic metals being confusing and speculated about Auric only being electrified because we used Yharon's soul to work it
I'd love to make a book exploring offshoots that exist outside the region the game takes place in
It was Triangle discussing smth about Scutlers iirc. He talked about asking the lore writers about changing Basilisks to be Scutlers I think
Auric is naturally electrified, it's a phenomenon called Auric Rejection in which Auric "rejects" wielders that aren't Auric Dragons or mistakable with them (e.g.: Dragon-attuned people)
Using Yharon's soul fragments actually neutralizes this effect, as you are basically telling Auric to "chill" by convicing it that a Dragon is using it
Which we disagreed with
(Rebecca and I)
Being offshoots just takes a bit of the whimsy away from them in our opinion
It's kinda lame if every cool creature is an offshoot
And makes more mundane creatures seem invariably less cool
You mentioning this makes me more excited to work on designs for the other Dragons
ok ty
Because I know that, take as much time as needed, I can and will make them more interesting than that
The Deadly Sins are a particularly interesting bunch of concepts to work with and "embody"
I'm personally wondering what type of god an auric soul of sloth and wrath would create
And among them, Gluttony is one of the most... diverse? As in, there are many ways in which you can explore Gluttony as a concept
if we didn't know that providence's soul was from the dragon of flame I'd say she got it from wrath tbh
God of War, God of Sleep
(These are just guesses)
Sloth becomes god of slowness
Yeah
Gluttony, in a broader perspective, is overindulgence
Greed and Gluttony are often seen as really similar
it's hard to make them particularly different from eachother since their basis is roughly the same
god of eepy
One way to do it is to make greed uh
Greed is the want gluttony is actually going through with it and overindulging
cheese the goddess of eep
less of taking more than you need and more of not sharing with those that need it more
true,,
my guess for wrath would be either a god of anger or a god of fire
anger and wrath are basically the same thing so i doubt it
it's a little hard to differentiate gluttony, lust, and greed sometimes since they're all based on extreme desire
it's like going fomr a dragon of rock to a god of stone
still wonder what providence's domain is
Lust is the easiest one to differentiate here
Lust is a overwhelming desire
Greed is a more human concept
I would say it's more tied to overexploration, as in, a toxic desire to amass property at the costs of others
I feel like a Dragon of Greed would enslave its offshoot to steal precious materials for its hoard
Often times a character that is meant to have the concept of lust as part of their narrative does things they don't want to do but cave in due to a immense, overwhelming desire
Vampires are a classic concept
so like the archtypical western dragon
Of course, the deadly sins have some overlap
Nah, that'd be boring
But it would use some western dragon traits
is there a dragon of dragons
I could see an auric soul of envy creating either a god of ambition or a god of assassination
Lust is actually my favorite of the sins to write on tbh
dod
Nah, at least not imo
It can make for
incredibly interesting and nuanced stories
Sloth is another one i'm a fan of
Dragon of Wrath imo would be literally Original Character Do Not Steal
still curious about vampire dragons in general
rebi swear to god
Just the most over the top, spiky bitch out there
like how does a dragon become a vampire
and i read it as Wario

I wasn't talking about dragons
Dragon of Wario
dragon of wario
Wrath definitely has poisonous blood
ik

GOD OF WALUIGI
happy new year lore channel, i think my cousin's cat is in heat
God of Wario
HELLO, DRAGON OF WARIO
what do y'all think an auric soul of pride would create?
Dragon of Pride, God of Gay
god of lore channel
Helluva Boss/Hazbin Hotel has an interesting take on Sloth that kinda opened my eyes to the possibilities
TLDR ||the Sin of Sloth, Belphegor, is a possibly narcoleptic goat lady - so she's so fucking eepy||
It's so diferent from what I would imagine Sloth to be
stip that sounds like just the regular take
it's exactly what I imagine sloth to be
My personal favorite interpretation of sloth is one that's not tired or lazy, but inactive
That's the most generic take on Sloth ever ngl
Yeah
personally I like the slaking type of sloth take
Someone who sees negative things happening around them
Someone who knows they could help if they tried
But they just... don't
where it is immensely strong but really doesn't care enough to use it
Damn, so you guys don't picture Sloth as someone who's awake but intentionally apathetic and lazy?
What’s the difference with inactive and lazy…
I expected nothing more out of Hazbin
no
I guess I'm the weird one then
i picture sloth as someone who sleeps all the time
For one reason or another, they let things fester even knowing they could help, perhaps due to some sort of nihilism
That’s what I did I think
Nihilism can be a great way to write sloth btw
Sans undertale is a character that represents the sin of sloth
do not @ me
because i'm right
anyways
@pliant ruin
@pliant ruin
He's the best damn one at that
It'd work if we didn't have Miss Nihilism sitting around already
Hazbin's designs feel.... underdeveloped I think
Y'all think there was a god of commerce?
They feel OVERDEVELOPED to me
Miss Nihilism 😭 😭
oh ok
There's some cool stuff but so much is just... you stopped there?
I haven't watched that thing tho so
I'm thinking that might be what greed would create
dragon of greed, god of merchants
Providence seems very active about it though
How?
i won't watch either hazbin or helluva because i hate vizviepop
I mean their visual design
she's a pretty bad person and her media does not interest me in the slightest




