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[musethechangling]

What is the SBK Reincarnation AU?

The SBKRAU or The Skyblock Kingdoms Reincarnation Alternate Universe is an AU of SBK that takes place hundreds, possibly even thousands of years into the future, long after the sky has fallen and the Rulers have all died.

Let me tell you a story,

Once upon a time, there were ten Kingdoms, suspended in the sky, each ruled by a pair of brave survivors. Together they expanded their lands, built networks of trade, created technical marvels and slowly uncovered the secrets of The Void, but the truth came too late. The Sky was doomed to fall from the start and fall it did, alongside the rulers who once conquered it.

The eleven islands that formed the Kingdoms and their communal district slowly formed into continents and oceans, and slowly, a new world arose from the ashes of the old. Magic grew to be uncommon and feared as time marched on, until the modern day arrived and what was once common and beloved had become marginalized and maligned. SBK became naut but stories, legends for future generations to read to their children in bed.

But... someone had to have recorded those stories.

Most of The Rulers died when the Sky Fell, yes, but Holograms don't die. Anathra survived, alone. It was he who recorded his friends' stories, preserving their memories in his grief. He's spent the last centuries wandering the world, watching history move on when he can't follow in its footsteps.

Anathra considers it his duty to preserve the history of SBK, even when the world seems determined to forget. He regularly returns to academia to refresh his 'research', to keep the field alive even when interest starts to wane or the prevailing theories prove to be catastrophically wrong. Whenever he's not working to preserve SBK's memory he indulges in his love of music, as a Conductor or an organist or a cellist or a composer, there's hardly an instrument in all the world he hasn't learned to play over the years.

Now, Anathra has come across theories of Reincarnation, theories that the souls of the dead can live on in new forms, and he has a new mission. If this theory is true, and he has ample reason to believe it is, then his friends are out there somewhere. He just has to go out and find them.

Thanks to my friends octopus-defense-squad, Loudn, Gold-Fool, thoughtsofanon and Varteeny for helping me flesh out this silly little AU idea! There is so much more to this AU, so I hope you're ready!

[mallowbees]

@loudn-mcyt i do dare on occasion!

[autisticlalna]

ive been loving @loudn-mcyt's superhero au and was seized with a need to draw Wayfinder and Timekeeper because, as always, im predictable. i just think theyre neat!

i ran out of art stamina before i could do coloring, but im pretty happy with these. very long rambling about design choices under cut:

okay despite having them in the same order as the stats post to match i actually drew Timekeeper first so we're starting with her.

civilian Ruby is Ruby Corundum, and is basically just Ruby's default skin. i could've gone for Cherruby seeing as this is a SBK AU, but i felt like drawing your average rubert.

Timekeeper, meanwhile, is based heavily off tRuby (or, maybe more specifically, off Sapphire). was very much winging this and wanted something long and swooshy that wasnt a cape, so.. tRuby's coat! i was gonna have a completely new outfit under it, but nothing looked right so they get to keep the vest and pants. the undershirt is Cherruby's, though. i did fancy the coat up a bit with shoulder pads, a different.. lapel? ive forgotten the word for the folded bit. and while its not pictured in the cleaned-up sketch it has a crystal pattern and maybe some iridescence because i wanted to pull in Ruby's gemstone aesthetic

also Timekeeper has the crystal hair i normally draw Ruby with in a braid like tRuby / Sapphire. and pointy ears! Ruby's a normal human while civilian, but considering Ruby and Viking's... everything... i had fun with making them a little less that. this is helped by me picturing Ruby doing a whole-ass magical girl transformation into Timekeeper, lmao. ANYWAY. eyes change color because of time powers, and theyve got their clock as always

Wayfinder was designed after, so i was relying a lot on what i established for Timekeeper because i wanted them to match! Viking is just Summertime but with glasses because im still fiddling with the idea of drawing him with glasses anyway and its a fun tie to Ruby. he is also a normal human. no catboyism here.

visual similarities with Timekeeper: same undershirt, pants, gloves, and boots, core item on chain necklace, pointy ears, and the chevron design on his shoulders is similar to Timekeeper's shoulder pads and chain accents. and, although you cant see it because of his goggles, his eyes also change color to match his domain.

he was originally gonna be based more off Wanderer, but as much as i love the parka the aviator jacket is too iconic and the mask blended in with the goggles too much. he gets dViking's wispy bits though bc of his intangibility power and i wanted there to be some kind of change like Timekeeper's hair.

UH. YEAH. this was fun! i dont know if im gonna draw the rest, im just always Incredibly Normal abt spacetime siblings, but considering i havent drawn any superhero stuff before At All im really proud of this. ok bye

[loudn-mcyt]

https://www.tumblr.com/loudn-mcyt/774652232331313152/since-i-havent-seen-them-anywhere-my-two?source=share

Where do I find the recap?? 0:

Ros did a recap at the start of her stream yesterday (February 4th)! The vod is titled "THEY return". Hope this helps!

[skyshinigamialchemist]

@loudn-mcyt

the weird schrödinger's emotion that is "that character death was narratively satisfying and emotionally impactful and ultimately the best way to handle their character arc" simultaneously with "noooo but I wanted them to live :( :( :("

[autisticlalna]

#wait. what if c!viking did send all of those messages. #starting calm. calling for help #slowly losing hope #slowly getting more and more desperate. #not one of the messages getting through to avid. hes never there. viking calling into an empty void and nothing calling back. (via @loudn-mcyt)

HEY.

fun fact: viking said on stream tonight that he did like 7 different takes of his lines for avid's episode, and out of all of them avid picked the calmest one