didnt have like any motivation this art party... but i am not immune to qirri propoganda @ratasum
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concept I was thinking about... what if soulbeasts inherited traits when they merge lol
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I'm in immense amounts of pain this morning but I just want to ramble about something that doesn't get talked a lot in the community and I wish people would consider because it's one of the most tragic and fascinating parts of asuran lore, and that's the fact that their culture is cobbled together from the bits and pieces of what they could carry brought by refugees who fled a home overrun by monsters hundreds of years ago.
I feel like the norn have similar issues, but with their tradition of oral storytelling, it may be less prevalent. (On the other hand, who knows how many skaalds they lost when they fled the north.)
The asura have their technology. Some of it came with them during the exodus. But they lost immense amounts of knowledge, huge chunks of their own history, and unfathomable cultural practices that just couldn't survive while they were trying to stay alive themselves.
I honestly think it may be one of the reasons they come off a little insular as a culture. They've lost so much and have had to fight tooth and nail to rebuild what they have now. And then they lost some of that again, to the very organization that had been formed to preserve their history and knowledge, in the Thaumanova disaster.
Like. I don't think it gets talked about enough. It's significant that the asura are a race of refugees. They do not belong here. They are painfully aware of this. Hell, it's in the opening crawl when you make a new asura.
We are the asura, lords of the deep domains that are now denied to us. Overwhelmed by numbers, power, and brute force, we have been forced to this open sunfilled world and forced to recreate our civilization. That we have succeeded is a testament to the indomitable spirit and innate intelligence of our people.
They lost nearly everything when they fled Quora Sum. Who knows how much they truly lost. And that eats away at me so much you have no idea.
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"The Commander/Wayfinder reveals his hair care routine - pg 46"
This was mostly just an excuse to draw Jexxo with sparkly/space hair but I'm also making my Graphic Design degree work for me sjhgdjkhgd
Adding a version without the text too!
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Long Distance Solutions (or, the cooler shadow magic thief elite spec)
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More fast sketches for April VS party! since last month was so really sick and i was unable to do some, but this time yes! here are!
Syrrj from @bookahlogy
Gunther Dockpaw from @brightwingedbat
Nektarius Van Rex from @wilsons-journey
hope you like them as me working with!
see you in the next party! next one will end on the start of my brithday lol
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I think I did this when this first went around, or something similar, but you know what? It's Community Engagement time. For asura people (or folks familiar with the lore)!
No other option we die vote like rats.
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another Guild Wars 2 commission for HanaBannana88 on twitter
This time one of her Asura characters went fully mad scientist :D
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