#hell event

[uni-vee]

[LN] Hell Event: Guiding Star

✨Fate is hidden in the stars, the paths of the past and future, record the vagaries of life.

2024 Anniversary hell event announcement…Certainly unexpected because this is the brand new one CN got in February.

Event Format: Weighted Nodes with player advantage, a twist on MoVo’s. Pick between Chant / Prayers at first to improve drop rates for that suit when you pull. You gain currency when pulling—and once you get enough currency you can go for the next suit. After you get the first two, you will then pick between Afternoon / Wisdom.

(I’m so sorry it’s complicated but I cannot explain it right..)

Suits & Details

Ashen Chant (Deer): Animated hair, 2 animated posed dresses, deer horn item, new makeup, 4 movable bg items

Night Prayers (Bride): Animated hair, 2 animated posed dresses, animated hair item, animated veil, new makeup, 3 movable bg items

Wisdom and Compassion (Ink): Animated hair, 2 animated posed dresses, animated hair item, new face item, 4 movable bg items

Fragrant Afternoon (Monet): Animated hair, posed dress, hair item, new face item, 4 movable bg items.

Live 2D: Star Envoy of Destiny*

Avatar Frames: 4 major suit completion / pull a certain amount (?) in event / ranking top 200

Time: 11 April — 28 April, 2024

#*unofficial name for the live 2D #I was saving for sunken sea but I looove the deer girlie #again the format is shitty but I’m glad we get some sort of say in picking the order #it is unnecessarily complicated however #love nikki #love nikki dress up queen #lnduq #love nikki dressup queen #hell event #anniversary #Guiding Star

[the-hell-event-ate-my-gems]

Her name is Cecilia, single UR

The cage is a item (the cage have a recolor so item)

#and her bloom item is a pomegranate (?) feathers effect (?) one pose (?) #we still don't have sure #shining nikki #hell event #princess Cecilia #i love her stupidly long hair #i really miss those stupidly long hair from LN

[shiningdesignersreflections]

Mercury: Misty Breaths

Designer's Reflection: Misty Breaths

Obtained: top-up for Tides and Flames event

Rarity: SSR

Attribute: Gold/Elegant

Awakened Suit: Dark Contracts

Story - transcripts from Designer's Reflection

Chapter 1 - Beneath the Ice

Chapter 2 - Spirit in the Lake

Chapter 3 - Forgotten Sagas

Chapter 4 - Black Tide Rising

Story - summarized

Mercury and his group finally found the Altar of Arionus, located at the bottom of Lake Bovaly. With the assistance of the Water Elf King's gem, he followed the path into the lake and down a dark passage.

And there, still preserved after all this time, was the stone altar. A misty wraith guarded it, emitting shrieks and screams. But Mercury was not deterred. Instead, he approached the spirit and declared himself a friend of the Water Elves.

The dark mist revealed itself to be Flo, one of the earliest and most devout followers of Arionus. He was there to witness the scorn of the other Elf Gods, as well as how Hephaes led to his great god's demise. Indignant and vindictive, Flo would do anything to restore the great God of Water.

Mercury announced that he had a plan to awaken the long-lost god, but he needed help revitalizing the New Moon gem. Flo readily agreed, and the last of his ghost faded into vapor as he transferred power into the gem.

Now, Mercury could uphold his end of the deal struck with the Water Elf King: he would awaken Arionus, break the oath binding the Water Elves to the deep sea, and assist in the downfall of Pigeon Kingdom and the Light Elves.

But he wouldn't do this for altruism. All he wanted was a glimpse of the power of the Abyss, and he needed Arionus back to do that.

Connections

-Mercury made a deal with the Water Elf King in Startide Dream. Now, he's fulfilling that deal by triggering the events of the Tides and Flames hell event.

-While Mercury craves the power of the Abyss, he still knew the risk of the Goddess of Desire's presence in Miraland and worked alongside the rest of the Shining Nikki cast during the Angel and Demon hell event. He provided resources to the other three factions.

-Flo has met Hephaes, but in Arionus' Reflection for Lost Tides, Flo didn't trust Hephaes one bit, and the moment the other Elf Gods ambushed Arionus, Flo was quick to pin the blame on Hephaes as a betrayal.

-This is not the first time Mercury wasn't the narrator of his own story: the first half of Startide Dream, the full story for Nightmist Aria, Daybreak Overture, Snow Song, and Reminiscence of Flower (to name a few) either feature another character narrating the story or none at all.

Fun Facts

-Even though we've seen Mercury make the deal with the Water Elf King before, this is the first time a mark or emblem has been mentioned.

-This Reflection is a prologue to the hell event, even to the Moon Memories.

-It's never clear if the New Moon gem is the same blue gem the Water Elf King gave to Mercury the day the young boy left the Pigeon palace. But it fits the description.

-While Mercury knows that gods exist, he doesn't worship any and sees them merely as pawns, like the mortals he meets.

#mercury #shining nikki #designer's reflection #misty breaths #gold attribute #elegant #pigeon #pigeon forest #pigeon kingdom #lake bovaly #elf #water elf #fire elf #light elf #god #tides and flames #anniversary #hell event #top up #power #deception #ssr designer #promise #new moon #gem

[closet-of-nikki]

Radiant Feathers

This is Radiant Feathers! My favorite minor suit from the Court of Gods hell, it was released in February 2024. Tumblr ate my first draft of this so if it posts twice, sorry.

It's hard to say exactly how much this suit costs as you get it by pulling for the major suit, but you should be able to complete it by the first node, so I'll be tagging it as #diamonds: 3-4k and #diamonds: cost varies. That doesn't include recolors, of course.

There is no makeup, pose, or moveable items for this suit, but the completion reward is diamonds, so that's something. Individual items after the cut!

I hope I can finish the blue recolor because I absolutely love it! What's your favorite suit from this hell?

#love nikki #suit breakdown #love nikki suit breakdown #radiant feathers #hell event #court of gods #hell event: minor suit #requires diamonds #Lilith category #unposed #no moveables #no makeup #February 2024 #2024 #pink #white #weather #clouds #plants #flowers

[sunfish999]

Recent ln stylings with all the new event pieces 😋

#love nikki #ln #shining nikki #love nikki dress up queen #lnduq #hell event #story suit #night prayers #ashen chant #silent night ode

[im-posting-rips-of-lnduq-zzz]

Poems in Blue Sky posed and unposed

#dream record book #poems in blue sky #love nikki rips #transparent #hell event

[seraphicdemons]

I'm a whole clown.

#Shining Nikki #Love Nikki #SN #meme #oc #clown #Hell event #Grand Obsession

[sashi-ya]

Btw, next fic for the Hell Event will feature Shanks :3 Working on it tonight so as soon as I have it, I will post it 💗 ~

#welcome to hell event #hell event #sashi ya #shanks

[qinxiaoenthusiast]

HELLLLLPPPPPPP YESENIA AND TAVI ARE SO CUTE????!?????,????,?(??/)?? IVE NEVER BEEN SO INVESTED IN A HELL THAT DIDNT INVOLVE YEXIAO BUT OH. MY. GOD.

#shining nikki #shining nikki event #sleeping star of eternity #yesenia #tavi #they’re my everything #tavi got that devious rizz #criminally insane rizz #yesenia is so pretty #I’m so happy #emotionally invested #might write a fic??? #I wish them the world #shining nikki hell #hell event #Yesenia cuddle tavi at night cuz she know he be stealin #they got me kickin my feet in the air #I want what they have #lowkey reminds me of zelink

[marionette-grice]

I REGRET NOTHING

Should I have waited for the free tries? Yes. Did I care? No.

At least I’d kept my free ticket for this lol

#love nikki #love nikki dress up queen #lnduq #my stuff #ghost gathering #hell event

[usernameideasbcyes]

@wingedjourney

@blessedazuredragon

@frostwindoftiger

@mysterioussea

@firstwind

@underworldlord

@flickeringpistill

@poisedforest

@invadingfire

@firmmountain

@prosperousreign

@citysubway

@melodyofwhale

@symphonicpoemoffuture

@preludetoyouth

@flowerseasonmelody

@olddreaminfleetingnight

#love nikki #hell event #up to time palace #idk why but I can create scenarios in my mind of people using these names #usernames

[uni-vee]

[LN] Anniversary Update and News

Patch notes after our maintenance. There will be tons of new things coming for anniversary (spoiler: no new Starry Corridor format)

Tips for Guiding Star: Explains the format of the event!

Battle pass: Basically, there is a free and paid tier for rewards. As you pull in the event, you’ll get the avatar frame, background, profile picture, etc at certain tiers. Spend $2.99 USD to unlock a special tier, where you get pieces of the suit as you pull. So it’s recharge but you also have to spend diamonds to get it.

Free background: The ‘Desert Mirage’ background will be given for free after reading through the event story.

New Wish Court: ‘Cozy Inn’ will debut after the update. Draw in the court to receive furniture; complete the pavilion set to get a chibi.

(okay this is where they would announce diamond postcards but they haven’t?? Hope there is another post coming with anniversary stuff because this is the biggest nothing burger I’ve ever eaten)

#it’s probably a disappointing anniversary quick everyone act surprised #elex oh when I catch you…there are so many things we can have but they won’t give it to us #love nikki #love nikki dress up queen #lnduq #guiding star #hell event #maintenance #recharge #anniversary

[eggsnatcheskneecaps]

#GORGEOUS- #qingyue #baishuo #nikkiverse #shining nikki #sn #hell event #egg.img

[shiningdesignersreflections]

Hephaes: Flames of Dawn

Designer's Reflection: Flames of Dawn

Obtained: Tides and Flames hell event

Rarity: UR

Attribute: Green/Fresh

Awakened Suit: Silence of Twilight

Story - transcripts from Designer's Reflection

Chapter 1 - Birth of Starfire

Chapter 2 - Lakelight Mirage

Chapter 3 - A Time of Trial

Chapter 4 - A Moon of Change

Chapter 5 - To Ashes

Story - summarized

Hephaes was the youngest of the Elf Gods to be born. Materializing at the Tree of Life, They were greeted and blessed by all the other Elf Gods.

One stood off to the side. It was obvious that the other elves would not let this one join the ceremony. "Arionus was not born at the Tree of Life," they all said. "They are an outsider."

That didn't stop Hephaes from approaching Arionus the Water Elf. No one had ever reached out to Arionus, so this was a shock to the older Elf God. Nonetheless, They blessed Hephaes in Their own way.

As Hephaes grew in age and power, They noticed strange things surrounding Arionus - mainly that the Water Elf always disappeared during the New Moon. Determined to find the truth, Hephaes searched the depths of Lake Bovaly, where Arionus had hidden. Hephaes' power still wasn't strong enough to fight back the tides, and They almost drowned.

Arionus saved Them, scared and concerned that someone had followed Them. It turned out that Arionus was cursed with pain and darkness from the Abyss, and They were trying to deal with the curse and break it by Themself. Above all, Arionus did not want to hurt anyone.

Hephaes promised to always be there to help. Even when it came time to design the Elf Gods' Holy Instruments, Hephaes was adamant that the Holy Grail would never be used as a weapon, and instead serve like a lighthouse: it would guide the lost back home.

With their Holy Instruments in hand, Hephaes and Arionus returned to the Tree of Life, eager to start their new lives as guardians of the holy tree - Hephaes became a guardian, while the other elves still disregarded and abused Arionus as a curse and an outsider.

That didn't stop the two friends from working hard to protect the elven forest and all the creatures. But the Abyssal Power was getting worse and racking Arionus with intense, excruciating pain. Hephaes opened the pathway to the holy tree's Source Spring, where Arionus could find Their Seed of power and use it to close off the Abyss; while the Tree of Life was connected to the Ocean of Memories, it meant it was also connected to the Abyss.

But the Wind Elf saw Hephaes open the passage, and They immediately summoned the other Elf Gods. Hephaes was trapped far away from the holy tree, and by the time They broke free and rushed back to the Tree of Life, it was too late. The Elf Gods had confronted Arionus, and now Arionus was in deeper pain.

The Elf Gods blamed Hephaes for everything and tried to convince Them to kill Arionus. But They would never kill Their friend. Instead, Hephaes summoned Arionus back to the Altar of Fire, where They used the power and strength of a sun to seal both Themself and Arionus away in the Holy Grail.

Connections

-During the Moon Memories leading up to the hell event, Ophelia finds the Altar of Fire, where not just fire emits from the Holy Grail. When the young queen disappears into the Holy Grail, Arionus is released.

-The Elf Gods never let go of their bigotry. When Nikki, Momo, you, and Loen enter the meadow leading to the Tree of Life, the Wind Elf accuses you all of serving the "traitors" and tries to root you in place, just like with Hephaes.

-Neither Arionus nor Hephaes betrayed the other. Hephaes' Reflection and Arionus' Reflection Lost Tides work together to show the duplicity of the other Elf Gods: forcing the Fire Elf away, ambushing the Water Elf and telling Them they were sold out, antagonizing the issue of the Abyss, and trying to get one friend to kill the other.

-Hephaes ends Their story by deciding to share Arionus' fate, to keep Them from being alone. One of the turning points in the hell event is Hephaes deciding to use up Their Fire Seed. As the two Reflections explain, giving up one's Seed meant one would eventually become mortal. And at the end of the Tides and Flames event, both Hephaes and Arionus fade away.

-Even though the Fire and Water gods are dead, they aren't truly gone. First, Leonid's Prophecy explains that all gods go through a cycle of death and rebirth. And second, their powers and colors intertwined to create the Flower of Eberne, an important item in Love Nikki in one of Orlando's memories.

Fun Facts

-Hephaes' name is taken from the Greek god Hephaestus, who was the God of Fire and Crafting.

-The Wind Elf called Hephaes' friendship with Arionus "self-righteous" and "blind trust." If anything, Fire Elf Hephaes is the only one who saw clearly: understanding Arionus' plight, learning as much as They could about the forest, seeking solutions beyond just violence. The other elves were self-righteous, arrogant, and blindly hateful.

-Only Hephaes and Arionus get names. The other Elf Gods are just referred to by their nature element, like Rock or Wind.

-In the Reflection and event, Hephaes is presented as gender-neutral, but Their voice actor is masculine.

-The other Elf Gods claimed that Arionus was an outsider and didn't belong at the Tree of Life... but Arionus' Seed was already at the Source Spring. The Tree of Life already recognized Them as an Elf God and a guardian.

#hephaes #shining nikki #designer's reflection #tides and flames #hell event #moon #new moon #lake bovaly #forest #holy grail #fire #elf #god #green attribute #fresh #guardian #betrayal #friendship #power #tree of life #ur designer

[closet-of-nikki]

Starry Gleam

This is Starry Gleam! Released February 2024, it's the most common drop on the first node of the newest hell. Assuming you get it on the first node, it costs 3300 diamonds with free tries, and will likely cost a bit more on return. This hell is called Ruins of Time, Mystic Oracle, and Court of Gods, among other things. I'll be exclusively using #Court of Gods here.

It comes with a brand new skin item, two animated posed hairs, two unposed hairs, four animated posed dresses, two makeups, posed earrings, two different gloves, and four animated moveable accessories. There's also an animated background, awarded upon suit completion. That's a lot, so let's get into the breakdown!

Individual items below the cut!

Let's start with the Fallen Night skin, because it's awesome. It's a slightly different shade of blue-grey than any other skin tone. In my opinion, the ears match well with Spirit of Realms and decently with Virtual Image. Unfortunately, the makeup doesn't really go with any other skin tones. I wish there was a version of the skin tone without the crystal arms, I think that would make it more flexible.

Several of these accessories show up better on a darker skin, so I've included two shots of them.

They did something interesting with the gloves. The full suit has gloves covering up the crystal hands (why?), so they give you both those gloves, and the crystal hands as a glove item.

This post is getting MASSIVE, so we're going to cut it here and post stills and gifs of the posed items and moveables in a reblog.

#love nikki #suit breakdown #love nikki suit breakdown #starry gleam #hell event #court of gods #february 2024 #2024 #requires diamonds #story suit #posed #posed dress #posed hair #dst pose #hair with ears attached #hair with dst ears attached #animated #animated dress #animated setting #animated hair

[hack-saw2004]

platforming palestinian joy is just as important as sharing the suffering they're enduring during this genocide. despite continued displacement and bombardment, you cannot steal their joy and spirit. happy birthday to this sweet baby 🖤🇵🇸 may they grow up to see a free palestine

edit: @saffronlesbian made a video description for this post!!

[vd: a screen recording of a tweet from the 20th of April 2024 with 2.5 million views, from Ruhi @/ruhi_hi. the caption reads, "This video of this little Palestinian angel celebrating his bday in a refugee camp" followed by three emoji of a smiling face with teary eyes. the video clip is 11 seconds long and shows a one-year-old baby seated on the sandy ground, smiling hugely and clapping his hands while people sing to him from offscreen and a large cake is placed in front of him. stuck into the top of the cake is a decoration that reads "happy birthday" in english. the video has the tiktok handle @/ibrahim.jamal99 visible in it. /end vd.]

#free palestine #end aid to israel #current events #palestine genocide #let gaza live #save palestine #end the genocide #end the occupation #joy as an act of resistance #boycott divest sanction #from the river to the sea #free palestine in our lifetime #mourn the dead and fight like hell for the living #no one is free until we are all free #palestine will be free #dont stop talking about palestine