I know I talk about Vedan a lot, but 53 seconds total of him from the “Just Esperia Things” shorts isn’t enough for me, I need to see him animated with Isabella and Silvina and they do family things together like we see with Niru, Shemira, and Daimon.
Incredible things I’ve learnt from the AFK Arena artbook lore
I’m still going through it so expect there to be more updates as I go, I just need to share this or I’ll implode! Spoilers(?) ahead!
There’s a multiverse
Dura and Annih, while being the two most powerful Esperian deities, are still but little wee children in the cosmic grand scheme of things. Dura is the favorite child.
The weird space tentacle lovecraftian monster’s name is Uemiss and he created the one and only utopia in Esperian history, before the gods got jealous of his popularity and murdered almost everyone.
Dura has a tendency to yeet artifacts that hold the fate of the entire multiverse at every problem she encounters even though she was specifically tasked with keeping said artifacts hidden.
Khazard went through a LOT of shit.
Zaphrael became a god after saving another god’s life. This man. This MORTAL man. Saved a god. Let that sink in.
Literally all the gods except Dura supported Annih’s decision to introduce humans to alchemy, and none of them ever owned up to that shit.
Dura first took decades to do anything about the Ya torture but then also took a full century before giving the Wilders a place to live, leaving them wandering the desert wasteland after taking them out of the oasis she gave Maulers.
Dwarves are actually pretty cool and decided not to fuck with humans a long time ago.
Quaedam was kind of an idiot in life.
The inquisition of the Lightbearer Temple literally only came to be because the temple was afraid it was losing power.
Thoran is between 750 and 800 years old, Grezhul is about 10 to 30 years younger.
Niru and Shemira are around 530 years old. Hodgkin is around this age as well.
Oden is between 200 and 250 years old.
Seirus is between 85 and 90 years old.
Sonja and Nara are between 40 and 50 years old.
Isabella is chronologically around the same age as Fawkes and Raine.
7: I want to see Niru, Shemira, and Daimon have a family picnic. No one gets hurt or attacks them. Just a wonderful and happy time under a full moon. Maybe they invite Vedan, Isabella, and Silvia to join them.
Ngl this was a tough one. I went back and completely redid Tasi (still not happy with it lol) and also got REALLY slowed down on Orthros and Zolrath. Some cheesy joke about time is probably in there. Proud of Isabella though... and Lucius and Warek were surprisingly a breeze.
Oh I'm rambling now but while drawing Warek, I realized that one of the reasons I dislike his design is because his sprite art has him with like... human teeth??? Why tf would a bear guy have flat teeth smh
Part 2 here - and that one links to part one. I don't like doing links!
Sticker with Lavatune is a direct reference to the song Сектор Газа ― 1999
I drew this sticker pack as a gift to a friend, but I open access for all fans of the game ^^
For all the time that I am a fan of the game and constantly create new fanarts, this is the boldest possible step in the community and the most fruitful work. Thanks to the developers for the hundreds of favorite stories that will always be in my heart and will continue to lead my creativity up the ladder of growth.
This is a modest gift as a sign of my appreciation for the game ( ,,>ω•́ )۶
Me: Oh boy! I can't wait to customize my avatar and upgrade Silvina and Thoran and Niru and the other lower tier heroes! I am so excited for Erionn and Vedan-
Me:
Me: wait. Vedan? Where's Vedan?
Me: WHERE IS MY GUY? MY DUDE? MY BABYGIRL? MY USUAL FIRST LEGENDARY DRAW?
She is Filipino on her dad's side and Colombian on her mom's side. She grew up in Columbia with her parents, and often visits her daughter there thanks to Zalgo's help.
Her parents got divorced when she was 12, and co-parented Ann together until Ann’s mother passed away from cancer when she was 15. This pushed her towards her career path to help people and become a nurse.
Ann had some issues with her dad as she got older due to her mother's death pushing them away from each other, but nowadays, while she still understands that she does have daddy issues she needs to work out, she does forgive him, though she can never say it to his face.
She has both a nursing degree and a psychology degree, and worked as a nurse at a children's hospital for years.
She met her ex-husband Reginald at the hospital she worked at. They were coworkers, with Reginald being a janitor. Reginald became obsessed with her after seeing her around and often would actively stalk her to get to know her more before they actually spoke. Ann knew she was being stalked and followed around her, but had no idea it was Reginald until he confessed to this years into their marriage.
Reginald would often purposely say things around Ann and would plan out his interactions with her to make sure she liked him, and would be very manipulative to make sure Ann fell for him. Ann did not realize that Reginald was doing this, and asked him out after mistaking him as a gentleman. They eventually started dating and got married four years after Ann met him.
Ann and Reginald had a daughter together named Isabella. She was adopted as a baby after they realized Reginald was infertile and couldn't have a child. Nowadays, Isa lives at Ann's father's house. Ann visits her regularly. She hates having to be away from Isabella for longer than a day, but only has the chance to visit every week.
Ann died a year after she adopted Isa from a big fight her and Reginald had that ended in Ann threatening to take Isa and leave. The fight started due to Reginald accidentally confessing how he manipulated her and lied to her for years, and stalked her before they met. In a panic of having Ann leave him, Reginald killed Ann before she leave the house.
The reason Ann looks stitched up is because Reginald hid her body by dismembering her and hiding her under their house.
Zalgo resurrected Ann out of sympathy from feeling her rage from her death, bringing her back as an undead Underworld proxy. She proceeded to work for Zalgo for years, using her psychological and medical knowledge to become one of his bext proxies.
Ann retired as a proxy after ten years of working under Zalgo, with murdering Reginald being her last mission. Zalgo let her retire and let her go about her own things, and in return for her past servitude, she is able to call upon him for help at any point. Because of this, she is highly respected among the other killers.
The “mansion” in this universe is not run by Slenderman, and in fact is run by Ann, and is referred to as The Refuge. It's supposed to be a safe haven for paranormal entities and other killers. She started it with Puppeteer in order to allow a safe haven for people who are on the run, or aren't human. Nobody is allowed to start fights here, and all enemies that stay there need to leave their issues at the door.
They unofficially adopted Clockwork, and met her through Clockwork becoming a Zalgo proxy and being assigned to be mentored by Ann. Ann is a tired strict mom and Clockwork is essentially her adopted edgy teen.
Ann is aroace and romance-repulsed, but did not realize, and always just assumed she had bad luck with connecting with others. Her relationship with Reginald was very one-sided, and she only actually started dating him after mistaking platonic feelings for romantic. She also often was chastised for not getting married yet by her father, and just assumed that her being unhappy in her marriage was normal, given how her parents always were unhappy in theirs. Not only that, but with how Reginald purposely isolated her and made her believe that no man was interested in her, and always said what she wanted to hear when they first met, she didn't believe that she had any other option besides him.
That concludes round seven of my 2023 Hunger Games!
And now, the fallen:
☄️ Seidou Takizawa
☄️ Montgomery Gator
☄️ Klarion Bleak
☄️ Isabella Madrigal
☄️ Bakugou Katsuki
☄️ Finnick Odair
☄️ Jinx (teen titans)
☄️ Stephanie Brown
☄️ Mutt
☄️ Ecco
☄️ Sayori
☄️ Harley Quinn
☄️ Varian
Moving on to a future round will be Sans undertale, Lucretia (afk arena), Spamton G.Spamton, Tomura Shigaraki, Mikey (2012), Kyoko Kirigiri, Impulse, Karl Heisenberg, Daycare Attendant, Huggy Wuggy, Xerxes Break, Anastasia, and Five Hargreeves.
Next round will be the final preliminary round before previous victors start to return.
New polls will be up momentarily. May the odds be ever in your favor!