“Life is beauty. Humanity is art. In every soul, no matter how wretched or filthy, there exists a special hue unique to them. A color. I have dedicated my life towards preserving those breathtaking masterpieces; yet, with each passing day, the people become more dull. More boring. Finding material is ever so difficult, even here in this nation of culture and creative expression.
“So imagine my surprise when a shade of complete, utter darkness appeared before me. B...
2024-04-08 05:54:15 +0000 UTC
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“If the Thrones art our nation’s firm base, then the Templars serve as the mighty branches affixed above—each one the leader of the Seven High Knight Orders and their respective noble line. The orders are responsible for a variety of differing duties - one such is blessed in the healing arts while another is dedicated to the study of Creation - and it is through their gathered union that our domain is safeguarded against all despicable threats. However, unlike the Thrones in which a...
2024-04-06 01:03:13 +0000 UTC
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“A convincing lie must spring forth from a droplet of truth. When I speak, I do so whilst influenced under the shade of my past. Under the pain, the agony, and the hatred I harbored in those times were I had naught but my own weakness to blame. Yet I do not let it control me. I do not let it consume my will, for to do so would mean abandoning my penitence—to run away from the atonement of my sin. Rather than madness, I must remain sane; that is what shall truly inflict the most suffer...
2024-03-31 22:29:08 +0000 UTC
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“I ran. Back to the forest. Back to our little hut of sticks and leaves. I buried Surasha into my arms, and then I ran as far as my trembling legs would take me. Even when the air was filled with the sound of screams, I did not stop. Even when the smell of burning flesh tormented my senses, I did not slow. Farther and farther, until I finally collapsed upon my own self-loathing and regret.
“When I eventually returned, nothing was left of the village but cinders. Charred...
2024-03-28 03:24:55 +0000 UTC
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“We spent years in that old forest. I don’t remember much, exactly. All that preoccupied my mind at the time was how to survive. Every day passed by in a hazy blur of hunger and cold, but I would always awaken the next morning—alive, and ready to repeat my struggle for life. Surasha struggled quite hard as well, for though she became sickly often and her body was reduced to but skin and bone, she would always rise back up with a trembling smile on her dirt-stained face. Thus was our...
2024-03-25 04:15:29 +0000 UTC
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“I scarcely remember my parents. Despite carrying the noble name of Power, our line was one of a fallen branch—poor, unwanted, and cast away to the distant countryside where all we called home was a dirty hovel. We were treated as dregs, thrown alongside the other outcasts, and meagerly spent our days toiling away in a nameless village. Still, we were content.
“But then the war started, and even that small grace did not last long. In those days, all one could do...
2024-03-21 05:11:11 +0000 UTC
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2024-03-19 02:18:24 +0000 UTC
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“To you, o’ future embodiment of Freedom’s Will, I bequeath these memoirs of an ailing King. Learn from them, and may the Stars bless your path on the tumultuous journey to come.
“Our relations with the nation previously known as Lux Caelum were of joyful cooperation. Grand General Luxmi was a kind soul, more benevolent than any other, but her behavior grew strange as the years passed by. Her voice darkened, her eyes became weary, until eventually she barred all ent...
2024-03-12 04:04:39 +0000 UTC
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“I have had the pleasure to visit many nations over the course of my youth. It’s always great fun to explore a new city and interact with a populace so uniquely different from your own, but there is one destination that I have never been able to forget in all my years of travel, and that is the capital of Polus: The Castrum. It is a fond memory of mine—lining up alongside the vast line of merchants and travelers stretching out far beyond the eye could see. Step by step we slowly gre...
2024-03-09 00:26:05 +0000 UTC
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First drawing with the new tablet, and I am frankly really astonished with just how much I’ve improved (I hope) after using the new features in the drawing software. It has made it a lot easier to do line art and shading while also making it a lot less messier looking now that you don’t see any erasing smudges.
On the other hand, drawing this took a lot, lot longer than I thought it would. The previous drawings with paper and pencil take me about 7-8 hours to make, but this si...
2024-03-03 08:32:21 +0000 UTC
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“Hm? What… is that? An ‘animal’? Well, I guess it looks kind of cute, but those hairy appendages remind me a little bit of Catastrophe. Are you sure you want to create something that resembles that mean old grump? Mm, if you’re sure. Since you love it that much, I will too. Forever and always.”
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The Knight
The Polus Astrologians carefully transport the Knight onto a strange resemblance of a carriage with col...
2024-03-02 07:57:14 +0000 UTC
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“Get up, Annalay. Stop your whimpering. Do you think shedding these unsightly tears will change anything? A noble must be dignified, my dear; they must be the very figure of authority and grace, yet all I see here is an undisciplined, disobedient little wretch. You will never become a leader like this. Is that what you want? To be a mere follower and prance about whilst under someone else’s command? No. Never. I will not allow you to tarnish our name, so get back up! You will practice...
2024-02-28 18:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Good news: Recently, a family member of mine received a nice tablet for their birthday and they were kind enough to give their old one to me. What does this mean? I will be making the switch to digital art from traditional.
It’s rather intimidating since I’m not very knowledgeable in those kinds of programs (and there’s many, many options and settings for one to tinker around with) but I think this is for the best if I want to try and, well, produce better art.
I...
2024-02-25 21:47:19 +0000 UTC
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“The kin of Cosmos call it many names: miasma, malaise, the mist. They believe it to be the weeping souls of all perished under a baleful death. They are not entirely correct.
“In truth, it is Creation’s grudge. The divinity loathes me more than any other in this world, and so it festered my breath - enveloped me in a perpetual shroud of woe - all to bring about the ceasing of this fractured heart. It failed.
“This grudge has persisted since the very ...
2024-02-25 18:00:03 +0000 UTC
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“Currently, there are six nations that claim to hold dominion over this poor, divided world of ours.
“The land of wing and tradition: the Polus Monarchy.
“The center of mechanical innovation: the Nox Caelum Empire.
“The haven of all that is arcane: the Augurium Thaumaturgy.
“The savage plain of conquest: the Steppe.
“The united alliance of gold: the Ishmahab Federation.
“And finally, th...
2024-02-24 18:00:05 +0000 UTC
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“Xeros is an enigmatic person. The war wrought by his desire has plagued our land since as long as I can remember, yet his appearances at the forefront are few and far between. None truly know the depths of his power, but what makes him truly terrifying is his all-encompassing sight. No corner of the land is spared from his gaze. From the green fields of plain and hill, to the very center of our capital… all we can do is warn thusly: Beware the shadow’s gathering. Destroy the Corvid...
2024-02-23 18:00:03 +0000 UTC
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“I dreamt for so long. My flesh, withered. My blood, rotted. In the endless obscurity of the long quiet, I was at peace—wading through the ocean of darkness and ink.
“I took a step, then another, and another. I traversed the murky waters, and there - rippling in the reflections - I saw the grudges of all those left in my wake. Their hands rose. Their screams, forsaken. What they were, who they had been, was smothered by my shadow.”
“They were my eve...
2024-02-22 18:00:05 +0000 UTC
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“There is no greater gift to the advancement of the scholarly arts than the records gifted to us by our ancestors. History… it is a fascinating subject, indeed. So many nations, perished—now only remembered through the written word and the bequeathment of memories. Through them, we build upon their knowledge and seek ever greater epiphanies.
“Admittedly, it does also provide a sport of entertainment. Sagas of heroes past, tales of valiant feats… these stories prov...
2024-02-21 18:00:04 +0000 UTC
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“But be warned, children of the Stars
Thy freedom shall be hindered
Thy cage shall tower strong
For the warden holds the lock and key
Hold fast
Withstand and Prosper
Thy task merits a unified hand
And only in death shall the age of fracture end
Only in death shall the Constellation find peace.”
- An Excerpt From The Nebulas
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2024-02-20 18:00:03 +0000 UTC
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“Creation is all around us. From the depths of the earth’s hollow to the boundless firmament above, it resides unseen from the common eye. All-knowing. All-seeing. A mysterious divinity who wholeheartedly cherishes humanity with all of its love, and so the people beseech deliverance—manifesting its boon into physical form.
“For many, such prayers are but a part of life - a natural thing with no further thought to this grand, this primeval, being. However, there exis...
2024-02-19 18:00:05 +0000 UTC
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“A pity that the Seraph’s bane is granted solely upon so feeble a mind that is Gravitas. Alas, the conceptual machinations of gravity and its influence is far too complex a principle for our Astrologians, much less the common legionnaire, to comprehend. How is such a blood-craved buffoon able to command its might? Hm… perhaps idiocy is a boon. To reduce countless shifting variables into an unintelligible naivety is a talent only given to the fool.”
- Grand Gener...
2024-02-17 05:42:51 +0000 UTC
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“What do you think is the Seraph’s greatest enemy? To myself, the gift of flight is a powerful tool. Freedom. Speed. Mobility. It grants this to us all, but what if you were to take our wings away? To deprive those who have tasted the breath of the skies above?
“Devastation, to put it simply: That is why the Commander of the Rust Blood Legion is so utterly terrifying. Thank the Stars for the Arch Magus’s intervention… If it weren’t for his constant pressure upon...
2024-02-17 05:42:18 +0000 UTC
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“Spawn of Cosmos detected. Awakening Auto-Defense Protocol: Shell. Bodily functions currently in dormancy. Time until revival: twenty-four hours, thirty-six minutes, and two seconds.
“Surveying area: completed. Traces of Comet in surroundings. Estimated strength: newly-born. Awakening of ego deemed unnecessary. Forty-five seconds since Comet’s departure. Unknown construct carrying thirteen hundred sixty-one humans within distance.
“Current objective: ...
2024-02-17 05:41:52 +0000 UTC
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“How long have I known Lorelai? Pretty much since the start of our academy days. I think we first entered the Principality branch when we were both around ten years old, and we’ve been best friends since. Hehe, well, not actually. We didn’t really start off on the best of terms.
“See, I got in through an academic merit. I studied really damned hard and spent many a night slaving away at my desk, only to be admitted in the end through a random selection. I was lucky ...
2024-02-17 05:41:27 +0000 UTC
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“Hm? Why did I grant the Polus Monarchy so precious a vessel? Gehahah! Why, indeed. I admit, it does provide me a slight fancy to imagine those winged farmers wracking their mud-ridden brains over my invention; however, ‘tis not the only reason.
“You see, Nox Caelum has been, how do you say, quite the domineer in this little scuffle of theirs. And we can’t have that now, can we? So I gave the young King an opportunity. I do hope he proves competent. After all, there...
2024-02-17 05:40:52 +0000 UTC
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“The Alexandria is a strange, curious thing. Its origins lay not with being constructed by Polus hands, rather as a gift—given by Latizia Babylon, President of the Ishmahab Federation, to Ascalon on the day of his coronation. The fortress was meant to serve as a peace treaty between our nations, but the technology powering it was far too complex for our craftsmen to understand, leading to its eventual abandonment off to the kingdom’s edge.
“I had no doubt in my mind...
2024-02-17 05:40:00 +0000 UTC
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“The Order of the Unfettered Seraph are Polus’s prized guard - the very reason why the antiquated nation still remains strong against the currents of time. Grand General Xeros’s forces are powerful, cruel and designed for conquest, but the knights of the Seraph hold one key trait that not even he can overcome so easily: wings.
“Truth be told, I am unsure how it is the Seraph manifest their wings. Creation is a force - a sprawling ego of divinity - and though it may ...
2024-02-17 05:39:39 +0000 UTC
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“Polus is an antiquated land. Tradition and homely values populate the quaint little hamlets and bustling cities dotted all about their territory. On that end, the empire of Nox Caelum is their stark opposite. The people are gruff, hearts hardy and curt as coal, and their minds are wholly fixated on personal advancement - on unending progress. Perhaps their nature is a reflection brought about by their leader’s obsession, for Grand General Xeros desires nothing else than to conquer ev...
2024-02-17 05:39:11 +0000 UTC
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