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I don't think having the motivation of "I wanna br the very best like no one ever was" is bad writing since it's the motivation for soooo many characters
So for a Mauler to view being the best warrior as a goal is...normal, I feel
Also to go back a bit: the lore is inconsistent af so...when in doubt, pick whichever lore you like more.
Why? If you don't mind me asking
I can't agree with you there lol
but then it's like. cool. you did it. ur the best. what now?
which is more me having an exstiential crisis than just poor motivation ig
Lol
i just. prefer some sort of driver behind wanting to be the best
Well, if you're Eironn, you have an old man sit you down and tell you to stfu
That's what happens after
for me, the motivation lies behind the drive to dominate whatever field
In that case, Brutus's motivator is the culture he was raised in then?
A lot of people say that and I'm just over here annoyed that the girls don't have snouts
@ BrujaDelSol and i have gone back and forth about fleshing it out more than just "might makes right"
FJDSKLF;J DS HONESTLY
like
i made up the hc that santrana and antandra come from a line of exiled wilders to justify them being Furry-Lite™
I...like most of the Mauler lore. It's a lot of rival tribes who have to ally themselves to fight the white colonists
I mean
Uh
yeah
that's also part of the reason i dislike them being labeled barbrians fjdksal;fd
it's uh... delicate topic if you look at it like that
i'm not gonna jump down lilith's throat about it tho
I mean, I like it
if u live in a desert, where resources are scarce, i wouldn't be surprised if a culture of might makes right popped up
Tbh I kinda imagine that most of the people who think that Maulers are savages and barbarians are the two human factions
but i also generaly like them to have more depth than that
I mean, different tribes do have different motivators
The Arachin and the Durri survive off of cleverness and staying in their cave systems
the arachin could also just. brute force if they wanted
their venom can kill in literal seconds, and they're constantly hungry.
And although it's controversial I do appreciate how Golus and the centaurs went from oppressed nomads to bear slavers. Like not in a "good for you" kinda way but in a "they're raised in a harsh environment and Golus had enough and then lived long enough to see himself become the villain oops"
sorry Bruja
And I just...really like Warek and Golus being a ticking time bomb during campaigns and Brutus just wants to punch everyone
because ofc khasos would take his boyfriend's side
i personally cannot demonize my boy golus like that, so imo there's a nomadic centaur population, then a stationary one that's always at war with the bearfolk
wheezes in not knowing any of the ships
Yeah, Bruja is the same and I'm not gonna be like "you can't have your own hcs how dare you"
But...I think Golus is a piece of shit lol
fjdsk honestly ur take is really cool
I respect him as a well rounded character
it's really dark in a way that's realistic
which, honestly? probably more realistic than mine but i can't bring myself to change it
o
o o f i ship no one in afk jfskd;f
i never really liked golus, i just never saw him as an actual villian
Oh, you just called him "my boy" so
i don't like to really demonize characters in general, esp. with how little lore we actually have
FJKDSL;F OH NO
golus is cool but like. i dont really care about him that much
yall wanna read my golus poems?
No
lmao i'm a bounty hunter bitch
:((
fawkes raine and mirael could all seperately snap my spine in 4 difference places each and i'd apologize for wasting their time
fajdksl;fjds
smh
Tbh I thought Fawkes was dumb in the beginning and then I read his lore
i dont even know if hes smart but he looks the part so i assume he is
listen lilith gave me a tall lanky bounty hunter that doesn't wear a shirt idk what u expect but for me to gravitate to it
Lol I ship them hardcore in that Raine and Fawkes are together and everyone thinks Raine and Mirael are the ones who are together
can u rly blame them when they radiate lesbian vibe tho
See I dont get that
i toyed around with the idea of an ot3 bc i couldn't leave them any of them out but then they ended up just hella good bros 😔
Because Mirael totally gives off the kinda vibes that she will flirt with anyone
it's because she does
raine and mirael chat up half the bar while fawkes sits in the corner and glares at anyone who even thinks about taking them up on it
and imo they're all bisexual bc i can't belive they'd give a fuck who they're getting in with from after seeing all the shit they've seen
and also i need some way to project onto them
yall i love the bounty hunters so much
i have
singing voice hc it's not even funny anymore
ur valid
oh also
bounty hunters are p. cool with whatever mauler clans will let them be cool
bc u can't tell me they would care about anything but if the person they were talking to has a heartbeat with the shit they've been through
Raine FOR SURE doesn't care if you're a Wilder, Mauler, GB, whatever as long as you pay her what you owe her
Tho tbh I imagine Fawkes having...issues with GB considering. Necromancer giving him a demon arm and all that.
Ya’ll really did not invite in on this discussion?
Lol
Especially when maulers and golus were being discussed?
To be fair, I'm not as...kind to Golus as you are haha
That doesn’t mean i still haven’t thought of another AU where i also drag my boy in the dirt for his canon actions
Lol
You shall learn your lesson boy! Slavery is never an option!
But like it’s cool. I like your take too on him. I’m just Golus discussion topic starved is all.
Oooh, I'm intrigued
There’s two versions of Golus i have. My go to Pariah Golus in my headcannons and then there’s Canon Golus. That’s how i differentiate. My go to Golus is my headcannon one. But Canon i would give him an angsty narrative of suffering, learning hard lessons, realizing in the most brutal way he is wrong, and open the way to be redeemed after he goes through Hell and back. Because I can be evil to my faves and I hold no excuses for their actions.
I already got a vague story with that in mind in my head. Just need to flesh it out
You'll have to @ me if you ever post it
I might just draw it with a bit of story in it.
Ok. I will keep that in mind.
Like you, I instantly did not like the whole slavery thing and I was going for the “a suddenly risen hero becomes outcasted by the very people they helped due to different ideals in society” in my headcannon with Golus. But i also wondered on how I could work my other headcannons with him in a more antagonistic role.
If you wanted to be more open-ended about his character, you could have it be like "he was iffy about the whole slavery thing but the fame and glory went to his head so he didn't want to risk it by saying anything"
Then it's a little less him actively being like "haha suffer bear thots" and more him just...quietly condoning it? Still bad but not as much
Yeah
Plus, I know you have those two centaur buddies of his so if you want to have more angst, you could have them and him have a fight over it or sth lol
...tbh I actually like this now
Oh now the perfect song is playing my head for this. “Good for You” from Dear Evan Hanson
not enough to use him as more than a plot device for khasos and warek to get together but. i like this more now
yES THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I HAD IN MIND
IM SCREECHING
I don't mind character personality change tbh
IM GONNA BE LISTENING TO THIS SONG NOW AS I DRAW THE THING
Im now tempted to make it into a song comic
Which might take awhile but whatever im going for it
lol good luck
Say, what if Hypogeans aren't loyal to annih? What if the three playable Hypogeans were looking out for being number 1 in their faction rather than following annih's order?
Still doesn't make sense for them to be fighting with the heroes who want to kill them and their kind; I've given up on explaining it
Can I drop a Sweet Theory on y'all involving that
Pls!
The player-character can emulate any hero they've met (drawn their card) at the tavern. and the more times they meet them the better they know them and the more of that hero's power they can control. This includes hypogeans. Alt; the player-character can bind any hero to them and make them fight on their behalf, the stronger the binds, the stronger the hero. I've always theorized that the player-character is dura reincarnated or smthn to that affect
That's actually pretty convincing, considering you can have orthros on your team to rewind failed fights so your team can win against Hypogeans no matter the odds!
Ah man I missed the golus hype dffgcddf
I’m also very much interested in the two stories you have going there haha
@static cargo Shane furry confirmed?XD
Is Cecilia's Husband one of the Existing heroes?
not that I know of no
yeah, I thought he might be one of the Gravebornes
Which can be GB in a sense, but as of now he's not in the roster
I wish their lore is as entangled as that, but when lilith does the entangling, it goes haywire.
Cause he was "Killed" by Occultist
I am planning on making an OC of him as soon as I know what Cecilia actually looks like
imagine his lore when that happens 🤐
Her Nickname is the same as Athalia's Signature weapon
Weird
wait what's her title?
oops, Similar
purger of sins right?
Purger of Sins
Purger of Sins
Yea
The Sin Purgers for Athalia's
welp her lore did state that she's following Athalia's footsteps, even though Athalia doesn't have feet to speak of
Hahahah

Since the 2 are Datamined and not Official yet, I wish they Release the Nine tails instead and another non-LB hero
Considering that there aren't even pages for Solise or Oden, I think it's unlikely
But it's stupid because LBs already have the most heroes of any faction
IKR
Where did you found out those names even?
Someone said it
Hi
Hi~~
we have more than 1 dataminer wow
What's the name of the other god?
The one that looks like the reaper
Honas, Dura, Annih, and Fortuna are the known gods and goddesses of Esperia as of now.
Annih
Annih
Also Elijah and Lailah
I wonder if we will get Artifacts from the other gods
are they gods? I always thought celestials are like demigods, or Dura's children like Annih's hypogeans
^Yeah, same thought
It says that they're deities in their lore, iirc
and are the words deity and god/goddess synonymous to the point that it's interchangeable? I always confuse the two.
Yeah, it explicitly calls them the twin gods
And deities refer to gods and goddesses collectively
then that makes hypogeans deities as well(?)
They're not gods or goddesses
since there is blood connection there
? There's not. Annih made the Hypos, Dura made the Celestials
but Annih is a god.
Yeah but neither Athalia or Orthros are deities either
Elijah and Lailah are explicitly stated to be twin gods
Whereas Athalia was a mortal woman favoured by Dura and Orthros was an artifact crated by Ansiel
Clarification: Orthros is not the artifact. The clock behind him is. Dura created Orthros to guard it.
Also, Maui of Polynesian myth was a mortal boy, but was made a demigod. Psyche in Greek myth was a mortal who ate an Ambrosia that made her immortal.
So I just started reading the Lores of Heroes that Already existed when I started playing, and found out that it wasn't actually Brutus that defeated Thane.
Yeah. He weilds a hammer.
Kinda want Gorvo to be once a Mauler from the Western mauler shores but was exile which made him leave and reach the Azure Cove of Yggdrasil. Kinda explains his Mauler-like appearence tbh. He's the only Anthro in the Wilder category.
Are they not all Anthro?(Wilders and Maulers)
nope. all the female maulers and wilders are just kemomimi.
Not Sure what animal are they
Khasos - Some kind of Feline?
Vurk - Some kind of Rat?
Numisu - Monkey?
Skreg - Also a Rat?
numisu is human, I believe(?) his lore stated that he's a person.
.lorenumisu
aww it didn't work
itd be really odd for him to be the only full human considering all the other male maulers are full on furries.
I was wrong about the Anthro, I misunderstood what it meant, but for Wilders Ulmus and Gorvo are Anthro
ulmus is a tree? so i dont even know what hed be considered. but gorvo is an anthro yeah
well ulmus is not anthro per se, since he's a tree. he's considered a treant.
yeah
just went to the lore section. numisu's lore just stated that he was a young boy at one time, so maybe not ahahaha
from what I know they don't call their young ones as cubs, so maybe using the word boy is a wilder/mauler thing
also, wrizz is a mauler, and he looks like a troll tbh
We'll have to wait for the Maulers lores to find out
did the graveborn lore ended already? didthey said the maulers are next or nah?
Nope
aww. In any case, I'm waiting for their explanation with Numisu tbh. His seer abilities ties in with Orthros and Zolrath's time warping
There's no proof besides the fact that he's small but what if Numisu was a durri
kinda cute, but I don't think so. Numisu lacks the body hair for that.
Skreg doesn't have much body hair either
or maybe it's another type of durri, since vurk and skreg look different
what's a Durri? can't get proper google result
It's a species in game
welp skreg really doesn't have body hair
Very rodent like, live in burrows.
it's a type of animal rodent in mauler species. kind of like the Arachin of Ankhira's species, Sphinx of Safiya's, and Satyrs of Saveas'
I wonder if there will be some insect hero/s
Tasi is a butterfly?
technically she's a dream fairy with butterfly wings, but yeah
Yeah No
ankhira is part-insect though
What do you want? An actual praying mantis? Lol
AHAHAHAHAHA
Spiders aren't insect
They're not(?????)
Ive watched too much spiderman to not scream at that
Yes
my whole life is a lie
I learned this in third grade what the heck lol
All creepy crawly things = Insects
Incorrect
well i forgot it when I learned algebra cut me some slack ahahahaha
That's actually so wrong I have to leave
sadako is a creepy crawly thing
Sorry got out of topic.
to get back, I'll ask
What are the known species and tribe/clans in game
All
Lightbearers
Ranhorn people and the Lenu decendants
Maulers
Satyrs, Centaurs, Bear folk, Sphinx, Arachins, I don't know what tribe Brutus is in I'm so sorry.
Wilders
They are just wilders, but I personally classify them as the fluffy-eared, the horned elves, the treants, and the adopted.
Graveborn
Dead mortals, some were Lightbearers.
Celestials are basically glorified beings in the celestial order while the Hypogeans are blood decendants of Annih
Would like to see a Graveborn-Maulers and Wilders
i actually have a theory regarding Shemira being a wilder once.
3: SHEMIRA WAS A WILDER
I recently noticed that Shemira actually has elf ears, which was odd for me. Those are Wilder traits.
I also noticed that Her horns actually look like it is connected to her head instead of her mask. Notice how in the animation and card of her, it's as if the horns and the mask are not really attached. Horns are also a wilder trait.
If she WAS a wilder, then her being the only graveborn to have green hair is quite an understandable notion.
Her lore is also not as specific to her to begin with.
Shem was definitely a wilder. Elf ears and wilder horns, fell in love with a creepy ass doctor
her being the only green-haired graveborn is already suspicious tbh
im late but
The first thing i noticed about shem is them ears. Like yep, niru somehow managed to snag an elf
i heard someone talking about what numisu was and i'm here to drop my ape!numisu hc on yall
alright carry on
I knew it, dat dude's a monkey
well he does have monkey vibes, and then khasos is definitely a hyena
Khasos seems like a wild rabbit or sumthin
he looks more like a caracal than anything
Coz ears
googling caracal
Tbh I have a hc where some of the Maulers, esp among the Durri and Khasos, aren't purebreds so like
Khasos has the lineage of like 16 different cats
And that's why he looks like he could be 16 different cats
Khasos does look like em
caracal for easy viewing
also valid hc
tbh it wouldn't surprise me if most slaves were mutts
you tend not to care what the slaves look like so long as they can do work, yeah?
googling khasos cuz i forgot
khakis for easy viewing
a caracal's too cute imo, but it's a plausible candidate for sure
jsklfds don't shade my man khakis like that
i get rottweiler vibes from the snout
it's too short to be canine, i think
fair
lilith we need answers
trickster asked
jakub said that the artists who did the design either didn't remember or didn't get back to him
looool
😔
looking at khasos' art now, and the circular part of his belt is making me uncomfortable in so many ways.
As someone who tried to draw that belt while he was bent over, I completely agree
So i may or may not have done a whole fanfic footnotes on what was discussed yesterday @static cargo
Also yeeessss! Show them your ideas,Andy Fan!
OwO
-coughs-
I kind of went the Khalinda route here as I don’t know yet what Warek’s and Khasos’s relationship would be like.
But I do find that ship rather interesting
Lol fair
Ok let me just compile all of the “footnotes” (i say footnotes but it’s really just me word vomiting to my friend on another server about this new story idea i have) and send a google docs link
For me, I imagine them meeting when Brutus sends Khasos to resolve a dispute (since Khasos is his heir and being a warrior is inherently a dangerous position because...death, so he has Khasos practice leadership skills whenever possible) and then Khasos finds out the cause of why the bears have fights with the centaurs and he can't not be biased because. Slavery.
I also imagine that there's a bit of racism among the tribes in that observing another's species can tell you how they typically fight and if you're rival tribes or neutral or what, which can be life-saving information. So even now that Brutus is trying to make everyone united, there's a lot of underhanded remarks. Like other Maulers calling the Durri and Sphinxes tricksters and not in appreciative way, people calling the bears common highwaymen and thieves, viewing the jackals as pathetic scavengers, etc.
Yeah, in canon that is most likely true. So that will be tough. The unfortunate discrimination amongst others is most likely in actually Mauler lore. Though I have my own headcannons I've shared with another on the other server. Still though, I like your take on it too. You have some interesting ideas yourself.
I just...really like the Maulers and thinking about them
Yes.
@static cargo
here it is!
Still coming up with ideas for the hows and whys Golus ended up getting his appearance but I'm figuring that out. Also I imagine centaurs, being the more social group of creatures together, do not fair well being completely alone.
oooooooooooooooooooooooooh it's so good
Fghhcff I gotta sit down and read this when I can
Thanks. I really had fun with this
It's a bit of a Hanged Man sort of situation. Like in the Tarot reading, the Hanged Man symbolism is for viewing the world at a different angle or "Upside down" sort of way. Signifying a change in perspective. That's sort of my symbolism for Golus's cursed eye. He now sees the world in a different perspective.
Also "New Perspective" by Panic at the Disco came on while I was designing his new look and that got my brain thinking
Oooo. Now I’m curious about circumstances around him getting the eye xD
Well I had the idea it was done by vengeful magic. Perhaps a magic user whom Golus encountered and may have come at odds with sent a curse to have him “see things in a different way than before”
Wow, I’m really getting into this now
My Headcanon: Maulers can transform into humans at will and become their original forms when threatened or battling against someone.
Same is said to wilders.
!!!!!
basically having an inner furry, but that would be so cooool
well imma read the golus au at school
Could it have been Numisu that cursed him? I’m still pretty new to most lore stuff, but he seems like he could be the wise type to do it?
And if it’s a benevolent curse, perhaps his eye becomes more normal the more he starts to heal with estrilda?
Lol idk it’s your story xD
Numisu isn't really the cursing type. He's a good boy uxu
hey guess who's weak for warek/khasos
me, it's me
It's not really shippy tho and it's more an introduction into how they meet
but...i like it
Big/small is good
THE GOLUS AU IS SO GOOOOOOOD
But who is Belinda's spouse(?)
And the cursed eye is like a Fawkes aesthetic, because ice hand. Kinda mysterious and self-deprecating in a way.
I don't think Belinda is even mentioned in the outline, but I believe Bruja stated that it's Khalinda because honestly Khalinda is valid af
Also how is it self-deprecating? Honestly confused
it's for all diseases really.Some would hate and blame themselves, and some already lost hope. In Golus' case, he became cynical of his own kindness in Bruja's story.
Okay, that was worded weirdly imo then? Because you made it sound like having the curse is self-deprecating
Not that the curse could lead to self-deprecating
well curses are usually bad. The beast in Beaury and the Beast had some sort of self-depracating tendencies in him, in which he questions if he is capable and or possible of loving.
Y...yes. The curse leads to self-deprecation. That's what I said. But being cursed is not self-depreciating because the Beast didn't curse himself.
He was cursed by someone else so it by definition can't be self-deprecation because he didn't do it to himself.
Yes, but psychologically he'd still do it. Questions like "What did I do wrong?" and "Is it my fault?" come to mind.
I am not denying that the curse would lead to self-deprecating thoughts. I am agreeing with that.
He by technicality did not do it, but he'd still blame himself due to lack of answers to his questions
I am saying that the curse being cast in and of itself is not self-deprecating.
I agree on that as well. Though it may be my fault of not explaning it clearer ahaahhaah
It is the cause not the effect
Okay, I was just clarifying
Because I'm like 90% sure we were saying the same thing but like disagreeing on how to say it
ahahahahahaha I'm agreeing to your statements and then asking myself "What's the problem then?"
The way you stated it implied the curse was self inflicted
Oh okay it sounded like you were disagreeing
im dumb okay that's my excuse for my whole life so
you're not dumb, I was confused, too
welp my bad ahahahah
well i'm still dumb unfortunately but not in this instance then at least lol
Angi i will come into your dms and dump love on you don't try me
anarchy, fuck schedules
wow there's literally a time stamp ahahahahaha
love angi hours happen when i say so
the love angi hotline is closed to communication out of regularly scheduled business hours
:0
angi i stg
looool
you're first mistake was putting a time
my first mistake was your
hsfalkhdlshdl
ahahahahaahhaahh
so i was going through old afk art i drew and
i made a crocodile oc
apparently
i also have a raccoon wilder apparently? hm
ooh, i like the raccoon idea
he's ezio auditore de naruto apparently lol
croc seems like he took way too many roids though, and they're starting to wear off
kshahldkhl
ezio... that's a good raccoon name
it was a reference to assassin's creed lol
yeah, i got that
oh okay lol
i can imagine him (or her) competing with Kaz for assassination targets (and gradually developing feelings for one another perhaps?)
him and no he's 2 precious for that thot
dude all my ocs are precious
lovely
wait heck they're all gb wait a minute
can i call myself a furry if i have .2 maulers
oh that's where my maulers were i accidentally put some of them in the wrong folder
i forgot for a second you worked with computers and my two brain cells thought "how do you even fit a mauler into a folder"
with a lot of effort
"c'mon, brutus, fit in there! we need another big boy since Warek is too thick to fit!"
warek's too busy with his bf khasos to compact himself
with his who now
his bf khasos
u heard me
it's gonna be my next chapter for quiet mornings as soon as I decide to beta read it and post it
what is this, iggy's actually happy wtf
oh hush it's cute
warek and khasos are cute
yeah its cute
pardon me while i cry over how much I love iggy
kjaslkjdakl
again
its easy to make anyone suffer if you put your mind to it
don't worry I'll handle the fluff with my warden and qd spoiling him rotten
The Warden bullied him because he has a crush on him and can't cope with Feelings
oh hey one last oc before I have to get ready for bed
i forgot about him but he's my fav
dshfnhgmfjhghdfjshdg
i don't remember the context for this
"a hero that can kick ass; literally"
Warek's arch nemesis
belinda is doing a Concern™
imagine that the foot has the highest attack rating
belinda is Heckin' Frightened™
imagine rosaline following this foot around the battlefield
imagine rosaline serving tea to this foot
"uhh, do you take your tea with cream and sugar?"
"i take it with the blood of my enemies."
"...ok."
I'd rather not
valid cobra
i mean me too but my brain thought of it first so take it up with the complaints department
which is open on thursdays, 1601-1602 EST
great, see the complaints department then!
hahhaha
why do you keep adding times to things that you know i'm gonna remember
i want to test your dedication
plus you aren't usually on at that time anyway, so i think i'm safe
you usually show up later
yeah, cause i'm in school
exactly
and ditch class? you're a delinquent, and my love angi department and complaints departments don't listen to or support delinquents
hey, whoever said I was ditching?
If you want to appeal this decision, the appeals court runs from 0353-0354 EST on Sundays.
Someone remind me tomorrow to make a beached sailor oc based on the song wild gypsy girl by the jolly rogers pls thx
got it
I’m like thinking far in the future how AU Golus would be as a parent with Pholus and it descended to me basically making him into a huge dork Dad without shame.
No 👏 shame 👏
Estrilda walking in to Golus poking his son from behind and acting like nothing happened when Pholus turns around to look. Pokes him again and he’s holding in a laugh at how confused his son looks. Who is poking me????
Oh gosh he’s one of those dads
you mean the best kind?
A funny scene I had was a Thane reunion with Estrilda scene where, after recovering from the fact she married an exiled centaur and has a kid with him, grounds her till forever. An older Pholus is just awestruck, looks to his dad and goes
Pholus: I didn’t know adults could be grounded!
Golus: That’s not how it works, squirt
Pholus: Can i ground you guys?
Golus: Ha! Nice try kiddo
Pholus: No fair! I know it was you who stole Mama’s cookies she made this morning! I got blamed for it!
Golus watches in amusement his son stomp his hooves and look at him all mad. So cute.
Pholus: I’m grounding you Taita (Dad)!
Golus: For till when?
Pholus: For till...tomorrow!
Golus: You are so adorable
Now is estrilda the mom that scolds golus for his crimes against baby, or is she the one that feeds into the madness?
She’s a bit of both
Estrilda is not above teaming up with her son in pranking Golus, especially during the winter when he is not used to the cold at all
Nothing like getting ice cold snow dumped on you while you sleep
Ahh, so she is “why not both”
Golus and Pholus having a mud war with each other till a stray mud ball flies off and smacks Estrilda in the face. Both freeze instantly and point at each other. That is how a third challenger in the mud war joins in.
Cool mom that steps in to help take down dad. Rolls out strategy scroll and talks war
Yup. Though she does mess with Pholus too.
The “Ask your mother/father” thing they both do on purpose
Mess with baby a bit
Wait till he grows up and gets into his teen years. That will be a headache
Golus: You are not allowed to grow up
Pholus: Why, cause I’ll be bigger than you?
They have no room to complain either, he learned it all from them
Yes he did.
@static cargo I got to read that fic about khasos and it’s v good. I’m now invested lol.
Someone said khasos I've been summoned
I didn't stop to think about the effect my username and pfp would have on that message
Hey guys,
Quick question though, Love the game and everything, but just curious, the game logo (The eye) is it someone's eye in game, like death or something?
Just curious, but despite my curiosity I think it still looks awesome.
Thank u spooks!!!
I think it's the eye of that dragon you see once in the tutorial and never again
there was a dragon? I zoomed through the tutorial lol
i just assumed it was annih
sometimes u just wanna design ocs
From the top left going clockwise: we've got a cute little Durri who loves shiny things, a sailor who found himself lost on one of Esperia's shores without his memories, a snow princess I guess, and my new Wilder, Bear
His name is Bear, he is a bear. That's all he do. He bear.
i like to think that's he's just a normal bear and not a wilder bear and no one has caught on yet, to his relief
well he is just a normal bear but he's a wilder because he's in the forest and he followed one of the wilders out of the forest one time and since then he just do bear stuff in the open world
his ult would be that he's a freaking bear and just automatically wins
wait actually
what if the snow princess doesn't fight, but has her pet bear, Bear, fight for her
So Bear is the snow princess's pet bear
are maulers like offended by snow princess's bear lol
ah beans i meant mauler before, not wilder asdfasfasdf
I mean, not all animals are sentient animals so since Bear, her pet bear, isn't a sentient bear like Warek, I don't think any of the Maulers or Wilders would have issue with her having Bear as a pet bear
the amount of times we've said bear is unbearable
Well, to be bear, we are talking about the bear Bear
i hope the admins bear with us for talking about Bear the bear in the lore channel. Maybe a bear channel would be bearable for Bear the bear.
Bear is an AFK bear so
so your saying that Bear the bear is bearly allowed for being a wilder Bear, even if Bear the bear is not a Bear bear.
The Bear bear is allowed because he's an AFK bear-acter
That one Bearly works lol
I think the mods are in hibernation and are unaware of this bear topic
Also I love your oc designs
Damn it I missed the 3:00 - 3:01 timeframe
Looks like I'm about to break the law
10/10 OC, Bear is immediate favorite
Such a deep backstory
Ah yes I put a beary large amount of effort into the bear Bear
Soooo I did this in class for that Golus AU
as sad as my 50 draws without purple
anyone know if the lady in the stargazing room has a name? like how u learn that the tavern girls name is Dolly in the letter in front of her on the table?
her name is not stated anywhere unfortunately. I for one want to know the name of the employee-of-the-month store clerk. He deserves a raise for all the stores he's working on.
implying that he's not actually a set of identical quintuplets? bold
sextuplets actually. He's the new guardian of the regal rewards.
So like Nurse Joys from Pokemon
^^ this
Well, no, the shopkeeper doubles as the regal rewards dude. He works two jobs to support his wife and kids 😔
as much as i want him be a sextuplet mess, i'm inclining on teleportation, or very agile motion.
plus, the "store" is actually just one establishment with many stores inside
call it a supermarket if you will
a supermarket i'm screaming
I'm trying to make a Target pun but I can't think of one atm
He runs the “Troll” super market with his prices
where discounts are "wilder" during the holidays!
imma maul(er) u for that pun
no it was funny lol
#graveborn #idea
@static cargo ty bro
So this is your art ? ☺
So question: does this channel discuss actual lore or just theorise?
Yes
@last ferry both
Oh cool. ^^
Golus AU mini story of the Tower
AAAAAHHH THERE'S MORE
aspen is a very very proud baby who never takes care of himself so wyborne literally has to stitch him back together
that's the cutest thing i've ever seen
are the things sticking out of the back of his ears hair?
Yea
He has little hair tufts behind his ears and he usually has his bangs pulled back in a ponytail
very cool. Is it a different color? Usually when there is a prominent hair feature at the side it's a different color.
and wyborne's so adorable. Do you publish your stories? May i read them if they are?
I was reading my latin textbook and found this
tbh i don’t remember much abt dura’s personality but this is what her name literally translates to in Latin
thought someone here might enjoy that
to be honest, my catch with Dura and Annih is that Dura came from the word Duration - which can mean the span of life, and Annih came from the word Annihilation - which can mean the essence of death.
that's just my take on it though
does Annih have a latin translation as well @fair wasp ??
@quasi leaf caenum platearum is annihilation in latin
sounds like an ancient magic spell - I'll use it for my research thank you.
but there's no latin term that's "Annih" or something similar? I must say the Latinized Dura felt twisted and l'm thinking of Dura's possible hidden dark side.
(sorry I missed your question vvi I went to bed riiiiight after I responded.
I still haven't decided for sure on his colour scheme. I honestly wanted to make his hair red with the tufts white but...graveborn. We'll see haha.
And I do post my stories with canon characters here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/19854502
I might make a fic for drabbles about my OCs but probably not)
Also, I can't imagine Annih having a Latin counterpart because declensions. '-ih' or '-h' aren't really proper endings as far as I recall. If you write it Anni instead you would probably get something to pop up though it would probably just be 'years'
Plus I don't know how much you want to attribute the Latin to Dura because dura seems to be the root word for durable and uh.
Well, she's dead.
welp can't deny that
my first instincts when hearing Dura is thinking about Duracell - a battery brand - but that's just me i think i hope
Well I don't really think that it's of Latin origin, but in some way my curiosity wants to know what Annih means. Plus, a very wicked Dura - based out of the latin word similar to her name - sounds very exciting. Imagine her going mad.
I...dislike "dura was actually evil muahaha" hcs personally haha
And I looked it up on Whitaker's Words and yeah Annih means nothing
As in it has no meaning not that it means 'nothing'
I remembered this tho
what is that even ahahahaha
Well, a wicked Dura is not everyone's cup ot coffee, I guess
When I first played the game, I initially thought that Dura and Annih were from Norse Myth, since the mention of Yggdrasil. I was disappointed, but the lore is abundant enough that I could disregard the misrepresentation of the world tree.
Oh no
I don't know if that's a response to everything that's happened or one thing in particular
Bear you know exactly what it was for
I actually don't, I say a lot of weird stuff
The duramort, which came from certain spells I mentioned.
That's what happens when you mention ligitamite magic techniques on this channel
legitimate?
Tethering is something practiced by some cultures, usually as a means of controling a demonic entity
I was more commenting on how you spelled legitimate
Oh, my spelling does suck, and spell check doesn't help.
lol
I've actually had someone call me a complete idiot, not because off what I said but because I spelled one word wrong. I was just giving advice on trying hard in school as a senior in college.
I guess, I guess the greats in these high level feilds have perfect spelling.
lol
Well it's their choice. All I can do is give advice and share what I know, what others do with it is up to them not me. My hands are clean.
Time for new Art 💀 (if u guys have any good idea , tag me) 🤘🏻😈
@trim rivet Tasi
@quasi leaf I actually really like the duration/annihilation theory
dura strikes me as a super mysterious figure
probably a good ruler but she’s also got her own secrets
I thought it was based off enDURAnce not Duration
Well the word duration came from the word durance which is an old variant of endurance, so
Basically speaking, they all have the same root word, so no one's wrong with that context in mind.
Fair enough
Searched it yesterday, but Duration's latin origin is Durare and Anihillation's latin origin is Annihilare. Kinda cute whole names when you think about it. Dura and Annih could be their nicknames.
Annihilare can still be divided, with the latin words "ad" and "nihil"
goddammit now I weirdly want to write Dura x Annih fic
GO FOR IT I SUPPORT
I sorta imagine it as sorta an Izanami and Izanagi tale, like they both used to be gods of life and creation until Annih died and decided to rule death instead
Kinda imagine them having good times tbh, like siblings always fight, but they could still find the middle ground.
||The entire fic is just Dura reflecting on her childhood/possible feelings for Annih (never said they were siblings so its fine) in her final moments before death||
^^ this
not yet
^^ this as well
Annih x Everyone
That's a fanfic for another day
I think I found my "all the heroes" thing
Bear has drawing them, I have making Annih date all of them
shhh don't remind me
Haha jkjk...
i still have to draw ogi
Unless?
Fjskalfmw
i don't wanna tho he's too thicc for me
hey no discrimination towards thicc bois ahahahahahha
i don't hate him but i can't draw teh thicc
AHAHAHAHA I CAN'T IMAGINE
case in point: me trynna draw any male who isn't a twink
draw ogi or ill be sad
just think square rectangle shape
@dark heath just suppress it like the rest of us
😔
I wanna see a bear-style Ogi though...
👀
Shhhhh that's for faction swap
no no an Ogi drawn by @static cargo
Listen, you may just need to accept "no is no"
welp, that's how it is i guess
AND THE BEAR DREW IT AND IT'S IN AFK-ART
well, bearly.
:( it's great tho
truetrue ahahahahha
Its beautiful
I really hope I spelled that right because my autocorrect popped up right before I sent it
Yeah, beary nice @static cargo
well beautiful is spelled correctly. can't say with the its though.
Its fine, it's not like grammar really matter's here
im gonna scream i swear
Ok I'll stop
welp you asked and I answered ahahaha
Anyways, back to Annih pulling a Zeus on every hero in the land
Who should be first?
Wait is this just women? Zeus doesn't shy away with men if I'm frank.
Tbh I think Mehira would be first, and she'd even volunteer for the opportunity.
Probably, but I sorta want to go Celestial first just to see what it would be like
I do think Mehira is right after tho
Lmao Mehira is practice for seducing mortals
... Mirael third?
"Alright, Annih, offer me a drink."
"WOULD YOU PARTAKE IN AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, MA'AM?"
"...close enough."
AHHAHAHHAAHA
Well Loki did a horse, if I remember correctly. He even married it(?)
"Alright, try lowering your tone of voice. If I remember correctly, mortals shy away from... loud, booming, omniscient voices in their heads."
"YOU MEAN - Ahem, you mean like this?"
"See, there we go. We're making some good, romantic progress, Mr. Lord of Darkness and Death."
"THANK YOU."
"What the... what the hypogean am I doing here? Isn't this the Barred Gate?"
"Shh, don't worry. You're practice."
"Practice? For who?"
"Annih! I've got a mortal for you to... ever so elegantly swoon!"
"...Can't you just kill me instead?"
hera/zeus
even if we didn't already get past this discussion, mortal morality doesn't apply the same way as it does to literal deities
i hate this discussion now
Same, how did we get here?
annih/dura
i mean, honestly
Let's just not go down that route. Thanks. 🙂
Do you guys think that they will add Fenrir? He is the guardian of the world tree correct?
Fenrir? Is that stated in lore somewhere?
Norse lore
Aaahhhhhh Well real life lore is loosely based in this game, so I say that it's unlikely. Possible, but unlikely.
Welp suddenly realized that I have a Wilder hero concept named Fenris. Might change it due to that.
Let me share with you my conceptualized AFK Arena OCs! I actually have more, like 3 more, but I'll save that for later.
Casimir - Hand of Life. Celestial Mage. Entrusted by Dura to guard a fire responsible of new life. Healer, he uses it to heal his allies. (Winner last July. Proud papa here.)
Eleinna - Talon of the Sands. Mauler Range. A firebird that targets prey who have been hallucinated by the desert heat. Due to her eating tactics, her presence is only known as a myth. Focus assassin, she bring a hero to the sky, monopolizing her target. (Like Seirus, Ezizh, and Zolrath, she doesn't have legs)
Fenris - Mountainguard. Wilder Tank. The only protector of the Yggdrasilian border that touches the Bastion of the Elements. Energy giver, discharges energy on his ultimate. (He used his other antler as his weapon, one eye, right hand color orange, kinda like Fawkes with his ice hands.)
Aspien - Deathslayer. Celestial Tank. Executioner. Wreaking havoc after Dura's death, sworn to kill all enemies. He uses his enemies to hurt his enemies. (His celestial wings were damaged during the first Hypogean War, so he took it out completely)
Alistaire - Holy Silencer. Celestial Range. Celestial assigned to silence the heretics. Provides silencing, crowd control, and energy leeching. (His weapon is a long beam of light. VERY sensitive ears. Sassy.)
NICE!
Yo guys, I honestly think that the coolest hero for me is Zolrath. His lore in itself is epic "The demon has all the time in the world. It's only for everyone else that it's running out"
Is there any way to get him in game? Like stable way kinda how you get others in the store? Or the way to get him is the tavern lottery?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u4MXWlA8rMmdRYZqH1b5VcA-yMd7BSJWZzfulqlZHt8/edit?usp=sharing
zolthros zolthros zolthros
It's incomplete:(
Yeah it be like that
Hmmmm
I’d love to detach myself from time like Zolrath omg
@hallow ledge There's none at the moment, unfortunately. You'll just have to pray that he's in the upcoming event rewards.
his hourglass works as a ray gun which I find so cool
Who and why with the bald Fawkes? I wanna thank them for my new religious belief
i believe it was thornowl
Thank Thorn for that one
Couldn't figure out his hair and drew him bald as a joke and now here we are
Lmao when I was reading that for the first time I was dying I fell off my bed
Now we need a shemira whos like 3 feet taller than niru or something
I normally imagine Niru as being really tall he's just hunched or sitting down all the time, but I also like large Shemira
tbh shem could be 2 feet tall and still domineer over her husband she just got that aura
Omg exactly
Tall shemira sounds attractive bruh but I gotta stay loyal to mirael and Belinda
Belinda is a queen
she's 12
Oh :v.... fbi taps my shoulder I gotta go
She she seemed young but I didn't know that young rip
Poor child she's a maid at such a young age while I still ask my mum for luch money
I mean, she's not officially 12, but her lore refers to her as a "girl" throughout and with her appearance? she's def not much older than that
I'd say max 14
Hmm I see lol welp I'll protecc her with all I got ;u; we need more shotas too
no we don't we really don't
this is a game about fighting and battle we do not need more children
Lol you right we already have the twins, but you do have a good point which I can't argue with or even bother arguing about
haha sorry if i come across weirdly, i just...have issues with having children in a game about war personally? and I don't really count the twins for the same reason I don't really count silv and to a point isa--they look young, but given their status (deities or graveborn), they're likely much, much older than they look
Ohh I see my bad and I totally agree
When I play the game I tend to forget it's a war and see it as more of an adventure and we have all these ppl gather up and these things let me imagine characters just enjoying their time at gather ups
I can get that
If I ever get better at drawing I'd love to just draw for y'all and do silly things like drawing everyone at the tavern lol and yes, having a bald Fawkes
u know how u get better
u practice
like boi i use paint sometimes for the lolz i am the last person who will say "ewww don't post ur art gwoss"
and the people here are really supportive so
you can still draw and be happy about it. #afk-fan-art is also a very chill environment for novices.
Lol tbh that's the only place I chilled in the server but I wasn't active at all since I'm busy
a simple sketch is enough. If you need people to talk to, you can go in #classic-chat or here in #afk-lore. I usually hang here and in #afk-fan-art.
Age is so ambiguous in this game lol. I’m looking at my man Rowan, grown man, could be in junior high by the looks of it
I consider Rowan to be far older. Like, he's already a businessman and a wandered. Plus he was engaged to a princess. He's either over-accomplished or simply old.
Like he looks 15 but is actually 23, that kind of thing.
I imagine that he got engaged young, since it was an arranged marriage
So I'd say that he's closer to 18? I usually say he's ~17
He may be 35 for all we know
it just gets funnier the older he gets
69
Ccfgffffxfg
he colors his hair red to hide the white strands
welp another headcanon
is this better or worse than bald fawkes?
https://archiveofourown.org/works/19854502/chapters/49900022
new chap up uxu
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
zolthros zolthros zolthros
AAAAAAHHHHHHHH MORE HEROES ARE LEAKED
A WOLF MAULER AND A MYSTIC GRAVEBORN
THE WOLF IS MAKING ME FEEL THINGS
wait imma send it to you rq
I'm quite bothered with the graveborn though ahahahaha
I’m calling him log and no one can stop me
I may be calling him log as well
He's the ultimate furry archetype.
Idk I think Warrick could run for his money
You can't ever go wrong with a furry if a wolf is involved.
Have u seen that union picture? Butt
union picture?
Together they have too much furry power
The uhhhh. When you press one their portrait to read their story
aaaaaahhhhh
Kinda confused with the Warrick regard ahahahaha
Thought that it's another leaked union
The nun assassin still doesn't have an avatar though :'(
Ahahahahaha it's all right. I'm stumbling in terms of pronunciation of their names.
Do we know the union of this nun?
I’m fairly new lol. Is it a lightbeater?
yeah.
Search her on the AFK Arena Wiki. Her name is Cecilia.
She doesn't have art yet, I believe.
From what I gathered about her skill set, she is RNG dependent, but has an incrementing ability, meaning that one effect can stack.
ahahahahaha
Kinda wondering their skill sets now
And from the looks of it, they don't have weapons except their arm armor.
Wolf looks hand to hand combat
Logs skill include being a log and log related by-products
His attack is just. Faceplanting on his enemies
May roll around
He looks like someone tried to combo Frankenstein’s monster with an ent
I already love Log
Plus, belt aesthetic
Almost all the new heroes are debuting with capes and I'm stressed.
He's kinda like a mixture of Hypogean and Graveborn, after looking at him good enough
Because of the head.
What new mauler what
I hear wolf mauler and I think edgy deviantart ocs and honestly that's my aesthetic so
Sunflower Wilder is my aesthetic-
there's also a graveborn, though he doesn't have three eyes as forecasted for Oden.
Send pics send pics send pics
can i also have pics im curious
FRANKENLOG
BELTS THO
Lilith heard us calling for more object heads and I mean they delivered?
but i'm confused with his arm armor. What even is that? kinda like bandages with belts or something.
the man we don't deserve
theyre like, strapped on spiked collars?
i dont know how to explain
then theres bandage underneath
like the collars on pitbulls but on arms?
yeah
but the collar is cut in half and has like, uh, a rope between to keep it together
WOLFBOY MAKING ME FEEL THINGS
Obviously they're so whenever Log sees a dog he can adopt it
is he gonna adopt the wolf
...new otp
hell yeah
Jkjkjk
Sometimes
LOG REMINDS ME OF BUCKETHEAD ZOMBIE FROM PVZ FOR SOME REASON
JKJKJK
I'm kidding I swear I love u
fkeåakfeåkea
i wasnt expecting a wolf from the maulers tbh
not such standard one anyway
Neither was I and you better believe he's a wilder who got exiled
wilder due to forest habitat yes. i was surprised as well
like if we had canines from maulers itd be like a wild dog or a maned wolf
*already ready to w rit e *
Well, wolves do have the edge, so maybe it's that
true
Still waiting for a vulture lilith
oh hell yeah
Looool
I honestly want to draw log now, due to how easy he could be drawn
Like i m a g i n e
I want a woodcutter LB
AHAHAHAHAH
Who sees Log and Log is like "don't even think about it"
Alternatively, Red Riding Hood this and the woodcutter sees the wolf
I want the red riding hood to be Rosaline, but I'm going for Rowan.
Ulmus is a background tree for the play
You want the wolf to eat Rowan?
😳
We really need answers for the ages of these children. Shipping is a hassle
I'm making him 19, so he's not borderline minor
The ages are whatever is convenient except Rosa who is 12
wait is that canon?
Not technically but her lore calls her a "girl" throughout and I refuse to accept any other age because she def looks young in both her art and sprite
well that is true, but in defense Rowan's animation art looks like a toddler.
Yeah that's why I thought he was 12 too
I've given up on Rowan tho but Rosa is a precious bean and I will protect her
I'm rooting for the twins.

But they're deities so they're super old
Stay off the kids
Yeah, but they could win a dancing competition with them skillz so
@tawdry vigil welp sorry about that
I think that Rowan is 22 hh
he's 35
👀
there is only one character who is mentally and physically 98% a child and that's Rosaline. The other "children" are literal gods, a baby adult, and a coupla dead girls
I say 2% bc this is lilith so they'll probably say she's 18 for the waifu stans
Celestial twins
well there're a truth in that sentiment, though I want to see Daimon on the ranks.
They’re probably 8,000-10,000 years old and they still look like children
Literally what I said
The other "children" in quotes because theyre not actually children
Yea
