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robo-dino-puppy · 2 months

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racers by the campfire

#horizon forbidden west #hfw #aloy #elottak #pekka #i was able to plop aloy down right between them and it looks like they're listening to a story or something :D #hfw npcs #hfw racers #hfw gauntlet runs #chromatichorizon

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thunderjawsandlightning · 3 months

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Having thoughts about the Gauntlet Racing squad and I just. I love them so much. They are a reflection and an embodiment of different aspects that are present in both Aloy and Nil. They are so important to Aloy's journey of self discovery and finding her own community of people that she can just be herself with. They are so healing to Nil and his struggles with his own (presumed) military-childhood past, and especially so with his desire and search for close bonds with people he can and will trust.

They are community and camaraderie that both Nil and Aloy have been missing in their search for who they are beyond a legacy they didn't ask for. Names and status and deeds don't mean anything on the track, it's just you, your mount, and your weapons.

They are an example of freedom and wanderlust, free to go wherever they please and always searching for something new. Not being bound to one place because you've already seen so much of the world, it's hard to think that you would settle in just one place when there's so much more of the world to be seen and to experience.

They see past tribe and clan differences for the more raw, primal instinct and exhilarating joy of a good challenge and feeling alive, of truly being in the moment. Not caught up in the macro politics of tribal traditions and rituals, of laws and rules that are put in place by those with power that affect so many more without. The racers live for the moment, live IN the moment, and embody so wholeheartedly of being of the world.

Nil seeing Aloy interact with the kids, and the kids claiming her as "one of them" as she participates in more and more races. Of seeing the hardened mask of the Hunt drop away for the thrill and elation of crossing the finish line first. Of wanting more of that freedom for her, of making the Offer to her to join them, even though he knows that she won't stray from her path until she sees it through because he would have done (and did) the same.

Aloy seeing the not-really begruding-turned-respectful admiration that the kids have for Nil. Of seeing him have a weight lifted from his shoulders, to step out (even just a little bit) from the shadow of the Red Raids and the actions that bloodied his hands and his soul. And him doing so by going back to a tribe that was once the Carja's fiercest opponent, and lands that were the site for the inception and birth of his macabre and much-whispered reputation. And now, he's no longer doing penance by roundabout means of socially acceptable justice (bandit hunting), but in a healing, tactile way that his C-PTSD can process and transform into productive, healthy action and habits (racing).

And all of that could only be facilitated by this stray band of kids, racing in the desert: quote: "...the glint of steel at high speed and metal haunches splashed with blood...", and Nil and Aloy each seeing them upon crossing the threshold of the landscape in their own time, and each of them being equally intrigued.

#cor's meta analysis #cor rambles #hfw #horizon forbidden west #aloy #nil #niloy #hfw gauntlet runs #gauntlet racing squad #this unintentionally ended up a little more of a mini essay of what the racers represent for both aloy and nil #but these realizations and analyses can only come about because of the racers #of seeing the kids interact with them and how aloy and nil interact with them respectively #i have so many more thoughts of how each kid is a different reflection/ foil aspect of something present in aloy and nil #it is actually so feels-inducing ridiculous how similarly the kids talk about the thrill of the race and the feelings it evokes #and compare it to how nil talks and teases and invites aloy to the race at the stillsands #i am chewing at the bars of my cage #they make me so insane

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ecoamerica · 29 days

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longleglens · 2 years

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Red Teeth

#red teeth #gauntlet runs #desert clan #tenakth #virtual photography #horizon forbidden west #hfw photo mode #photo mode #hfw

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singingkestrel · 2 years

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Midnight at the oasis.

I've decided; Pekka's my favourite.

#actually taken at midnight #hfw #horizon forbidden west #hfw spoilers #hfw photomode #virtual photography #black and white #tenakth #riders #gauntlet runs #singingkescam #pekka #elottak #attah #haxx #wikkoh #josekk

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im-not-corrupted · 2 years

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The Strength To Stand, Part Two - A Niloy Fanfiction

Part One: Here!

Rating: Teen And Up

Warnings: No Warnings Apply

Fandom: Horizon: Zero Dawn (Video Game)

Relationships: Aloy/Nil (Horizon: Zero Dawn), Beta/Alva (Horizon: Forbidden West) (Background), Aloy & Erend (Horizon: Zero Dawn)

Characters: Aloy (Horizon: Zero Dawn), Nil (Horizon: Zero Dawn), Morlund (Mentioned) (Horizon: Forbidden West), Abadund (Horizon: Forbidden West), Pekka (Horizon: Forbidden West), Wikkoh (Horizon: Forbidden West), Attah (Horizon: Forbidden West), Haxx (Horizon: Forbidden West), Elottak (Horizon: Forbidden West), Josekk (Horizon: Forbidden West), Beta (Horizon: Forbidden West), Erend (Horizon: Zero Dawn), Kotallo (Horizon: Forbidden West), Varl (Horizon: Zero Dawn) (Mentioned), Alva (Horizon: Forbidden West), Zo (Horizon: Forbidden West), Erik Vissier (Horizon: Forbidden West) (Mentioned), GAIA (Horizon: Zero Dawn)

Additional Tags: Angst, Pining, Serious Injuries, Racing, Horizon: Forbidden West Spoilers, Gauntlet Runs Spoilers, Nil is in love with Aloy but won’t do anything about it, brief descriptions of violence, because I mean he’s Nil, Religious Imagery & Symbolism, Eventual Happy Ending, would the expression heart eyes be a thing in a post-apocalypse universe?, no, but I used it anyway bc you can’t tell me Nil did not make heart eyes when removing the mask, No Beta We Die Like (insert GEMINI spoiler), Part Two Is Post-Horizon: Forbidden West, Slow Burn, Fluff, Fluff and Angst

Summary:

After the Zeniths, the Base is quiet.

Aloy, not used to waiting, finds it disquieting - but after a visit to Hidden Ember, she finds Nil and the racers again, and feels alive on the track once more.

She never expected feelings for Nil to creep in, and isn’t quite sure what to do about them.

Part Three: Here!

Ao3 Link: Here!

#hfw #horizon forbidden west #horizon zero dawn #hzd #aloy #aloy horizon #hfw nil #aloy x nil #niloy #kotallo #erend vanguardsman #alva hfw #zo hfw #gauntlet runs #horizon fanfic #horizon zero dawn fanfic #hzd fanfic #guerrilla games #gaia gang

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aron-mp4 · 1 year

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Gauntlet racers

#horizon forbidden west #hfw #hfw photomode #photomode #gauntlet run #nil #nil horizon zero dawn #hfw spoilers #tenakth #hfw charger #hzd charger #charger

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ecoamerica · 1 month

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mydignityisinflames · 2 years

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I am actually rage quitting at forbidden west lmaooo. I hate the arena soooo much

#im going for my 100% ultrahard run through #and the final arena fight is killing me #I've literally spent all day on it and still haven't got it #ive spent 40‚000 (250 shards a turn for boss fights) shards in entry fees and most of the non boss fights ive done in one go #i want to murder whoever made the arena‚ pit fights and whoever was responsible for the rubber banding on gauntlet races #hfw #horizon

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owlswatch · 7 days

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I want to be able to ride a Clawstrider in HZD. Gonna continue to build out my post-HFW headcanon world state with the following facts: Clawstriders can now be found in the rest of the world, Gauntlet Runs have also spread throughout the world, and Beta has started a radio show

#horizon forbidden west #horizon zero dawn

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no-title-currently · 2 months

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Hi! You seem to know the horizon soundtracks quite well, I cannot for the life of me find the one that plays whenever we talk to Red Teeth in HFW, do you know which one it is? Thank you in advance! Not the races themselves the cutscenes

Hi, thanks for asking! I did have to do some digging, as I never actually completed all of the gauntlet runs, so I don’t think I talked much to Red Teeth. However, while I may be wrong, the closest thing I could find is “A Quiet Strength” from disc 5! It appears that the version that plays when talking to him may be a slightly different version, with more emphasis on the percussion backing it though.

#q and a #hfw #horizon forbidden west #text post

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robo-dino-puppy · 1 year

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champion of the races

#horizon forbidden west #hfw #horizon forbidden west spoilers #hfw spoilers #red teeth #hfw nil #nil #i miss his big fluffy carja headgear #i'm curious if we'll see him again #and will he have a new look next time too?#hfw npcs #hfw the stillsands #hfw gauntlet runs

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thunderjawsandlightning · 2 years

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Currently working on a dialogue doc for the racing squad kids, and it's so interesting seeing all the different kids and their relationships evolve over the time spent together.

Attah is the cool-headed leader who looks out for everyone. Josekk is a sarcastic jokester, but he also likes to play Strike. Wikkoh is serious and observant, and is still picking out his perfect set of Strike pieces. Haxx has the himbo/ golden retriever energy about him, but he's very insightful, and he's always the one scouting new track locations on his own. Elottak is very introspective, always wanting to do better. Pekka is a fearless and brash with a big imagination, and always ribbing the others in good fun.

There's so much hidden in their ambient dialogue that could be easily missed but provides so much depth to these characters that I didn't feel as strongly with other NPCs.

#horizon forbidden west #hfw #tenakth #tenakth racing squad #attah #josekk #wikkoh #haxx #elottak #pekka #hfw gauntlet runs #cor plays hfw

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longleglens · 2 years

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Machine Racers