#ziard

[kradogsrats]

the first of a new breed

#the dragon prince #ziard #kradogsarts #serious dearth of ponytails in this show tbh #anyway the stupidest part of this was the stage where my brain persistently tried to convince me i was actually drawing anders #i think i low-key subconsciously replicated parts of his design /deep sigh

[kurizeria]

Ziravos won round 4, I put a little extra into this since I like this ship a lot myself hehe I'm gonna be doing one more round on twitter and then taking a break, but this has been fun!

#the dragon prince #tdp art #tdp #aaravos #ziard #ziravos #;kuri art

[its-leethee]

OK yes I'm back on my Jailer-cryptography bullshit, but Kpp'ar's cane looks too much like a wheel cipher to me and I'm losing sleep over it

A wheel cipher works by labeling disks with letters or symbols on the edge and stacking them on a rod; you can twist them to line up and code/decode your message.

A famous example of a wheel cipher is the Jefferson Disk.

a Jefferson wheel cipher

Another device that works on a similar principle is the cipher disk.

So, if you're still reading, humour me by looking at a couple more fashion accessories for mages:

So interesting how Ziard's is bound by chains while the Jailer's features keys, isn't it?

That ring with the spokes? Kinda looks like it could be the wheel from an enigma cipher (video demo here).

PS if you want to learn more about enigma machines and encryption, because they're really fucking cool and no I'm not hyperfixated at all hah hah hah

ANYWAYS. It's an enigma wrapped in a Mystery of Aaravos--*gets shot*

#is there any conclusion to this post? mmmmmmaybe not #i've been staring at dark mage character design for cosplay reasons thinking about enigma machines and my brain may be bleeding #mages and dark mages and #tdp speculation #the jailer #kpp'ar #ziard #the dragon prince #mine

[sthormiiii]

hm yeah why doesnt the fandom pay more attention to them? aaravos getting attached to a human for the first time/ziard being his first student, just for him to die because of sol regem. that. that is some really good angst potential guys you're missing out !!

im fine! (no)

#the dragon prince #aaravos #tdp #art #my art #digital art #tdp aaravos #aaravos tdp #drawing #ziard #tdp ziard #ziaravos #is that what the ship is called #ziard x aaravos #animatic #sketches #angst

[ploppymeep]

✨💫🌦Let Me Into Your Heart🌦💫✨

#ziarvos #ziard #aaravos #tdp #tdpart #the dragon prince #i know that ziard has been in like 1 scene but i just think that uhmmmmm…. that… uhmmmmmmmmmmmmm *blinks cutely* #also ziard is black now i don’t make the rules #my art

[breadsandwiches]

Soooo, this is one of the quasar diamonds right??

#the 'true owner' of the staff is clearly Aaravos so that's that theory confirmed #tdp spoilers #the dragon prince #aaravos #ziard #lord viren #my thoughts

[self-spaghettification]

my favorite ship 🥰

#ziravos #historians will call them lovers #i'd say they found their bodies together but well.. #^ <3 #aaravos #ziard #tdp crack #tdp meme #self spaghettification #mine #the dragon prince #this could also lowk apply to viravos 💀☠

[beautifulterriblequeen]

Ziard: Poison is a magic transmutation potion that turns people into corpses.

Viren: This knife is actually a magic wand.

Claudia: Meet me in the Denny’s parking lot for a wizard duel.

Callum: cocks gun Magic missile.

Aaravos: What the fuck is wrong with you people.

#incorrect tdp #dark magic shenanigans #ziard #viren #claudia #callum #aaravos #source: tumblr

[raayllum]

"You can rest now" for Ziaravos?

Ziard is a young mage when he finds him — powerful, patient, otherworldly — wandering in a wood by Elarion. Ziard comes here often to find roots for his spells, checking his traps and snares, adding bones from owl pellets to his necklace (after a good cleaning) for both beauty and practicality.

Aaravos glows. Aaravos grows, showing him magic of every primal, plants swelling under his step, horns glistening in the moonlight.

Ziard comes back day after day to sit at his feet and listen, enraptured by a world of stars and magic and opportunity. He has never been able to tame the primal magic offered to some other mages in the city before and he longs for it just as much as he hungers.

He offers some skinned and cooked rabbit one day, to the mage, but Aaravos refuses; it doesn't seem like he needs to eat (or even to sleep). Not like humans.

"Humans are always hungry," Aaravos says with a chuckle, fingers gliding briefly along Ziard's jaw. His skin shivers with heat. "Come. Lay your head in my lap."

Ziard does so eagerly, chest sighing. Normally he'd be too afraid to do so in these woods, but nothing can hurt him, so long as he is with one of the Great Ones.

Aaravos combs a hand through his increasingly whitening hair. "You can rest now," he coos.

Hours later, Ziard wakes up alone. The spot where Aaravos had sat is cold, and nestled between the dark gnarled roots is a bright, silver staff embedded with a shining purple gemstone.

A tiny note is tucked between the clasps, yellowed parchment torn out of the notebook he carries on him for writing about ingredients.

A gift, it reads in elegant, lofty script. For my favourite mage.

His heart leaps.

(He does not know that he is not the Favourite — merely the first in a long, new line of pawns.)

He picks the staff up, admiring it, the way the smooth metal crafting suits his hand.

(He does not know it is a ploy that will lead to him burned to a crisp, and an angry dragon dethroned—and that, shortly thereafter, Ziard will be at rest. Permanently.)

#tdp aaravos #tdp ziard #ziard #aaravos #pre series #thanks for asking #requests #my fic #fic #ficlet #tdp #the dragon prince #pawns

[spicyviren]

The moment when Ziard strikes the staff into the ground right before he’s obliterated by Sol Regem’s fire is metal as hell, fearless as fuck, we stan a dark magic KING.

#ziard #the dragon prince #did you know I love ziard?

[baatarthefirst]

#tdp #the dragon prince #sol regem #saleer #Warlon #Khessa #Kim'dael #Finnegrin #Hendyr #Kasef #Ziard

[kradogsrats]

look Aaravos is a terrible influence in every way, Ziard would for sure go around with his tits out

anyway I realized that the 2002 emo goth feral witch aesthetic I was subconsciously channeling came straight from Morrigan Dragon Age and I thought it would be funny to lean in on that just once

#... how does that outfit layer together and stay up? okay LOOK #if the official TDP artists don't have to think about that then I FUCKING DON'T EITHER #the dragon prince #ziard #kradogsarts #i forgot to put blood on the knife lmao #but i'm not opening that psd again my computer was crying

[zuppizup]

One down...

#the dragon prince #tdp #ziard #tdp spoilers

[konmaao3]

Sol Regem’s threat was super vague, and yet Ziard immediately jumped to the conclusion that the Dragon King wanted to destroy Elarion. Either that’s just a narrative shortcut or ...

It makes you wonder what Sol Regem already did in the past that warranted such a reaction. 😬

#the dragon prince #ziard #sol regem #archdragons are basically sentient nuclear weapons

[sthormiiii]

you could perhaps draw aaravos and ziard fluff? if you want?

(this is based on the post you made a while ago- i was scrolling through the aaravos tag and you said that requests were open. if that’s changed feel free to ignore this)

requests r def open, i just forget to draw them lmao. and YES ziaravos fluff is something i wanted to draw since forever but i always refused to learn how to draw ziard- until now!! so yeah, def wanna draw that soon !!

#the dragon prince #aaravos #tdp #ziard x aaravos #tdp ziard #ziard #ziaravos #they make me sick

[ploppymeep]

hmm doodle

#i don6 know how to draw ziard #tdp #tdpart #aaravos #ziard #maybe ziarvos but #it doesn’t have to be #the dragon prince #my art