#is the halberdie

[symoca]

[rogue-hammer]

State Halberdiers of Nuln; Dieter's Boys

"Dieter's Boys may look like fannies, and some sure are in terms of attitude after the former Emperor lavished his troops with gold and fine weapons. Mark me though lad, those men survived The Paunch, and helped Wilhelm when he rallied to defend the Reikland.

Once Dieter was deposed, you'd think they'd remove that name from their regiment. Nope, not those men, they took the slur it had become and turned it into a badge of honor. No harder troops in this city or all of Weissland, and they wont hesitate to show it. Especially if one of those Reiklanders from the new capitol is watching."

[thesentinelzine]

1.1 WHO ARE THESE MEN*?

THIS is a question we Swiss Guards ask ourselves, sometimes, in the wake of important events such as swearing in. Thankfully, Tumblr URL effemar has made a very helpful diagram about a regiment on the seas much like our own, and with that as our guide, we would like to present to you (most) of our troops.

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Fearless Halberdier

"I spent some time in the Legion, but I'm done taking orders all day."

Artist: Suzanne Helmigh TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[victusinveritas]

Life Month??? Fund Medicaid, SNAP, preschools, caregivers, education and health care instead.

[theblindarcher]

The Onyx Strategist

Half-body portrait order for Lady Noriko on YouTube of their Vtuber model. Thanks again for the order!

[nucleartv]

happy birthday to the cutest pokemon ever :3

[art-of-mtg]

Fearless Halberdier (Guilds of Ravnica) - Suzanne Helmigh

More cards with art by Suzanne Helmigh on Scryfall

[crusaderiguess]

What is something you've always wanted to do?

I’d love to visit so many places, but if I leave travel out the answer is to have/do a full 16th century infantryman cosplay.

[nelithic]

　𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚 ,　𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 　/　drabble ₊

"if imitation is required, then so be it. nil's safety is all that concerns me."

we would never be human, my brother and i. we could never hope to pass. even as i said these words to the divine dragon, i recognized that it was concession only. we needed somewhere to stay, a place to rest our weary forms, and regain our strength to continue on. i would make any placations and reassurances necessary to ensure this, so long as we needed it, and leave them behind when it was no longer of use. such simple falsehoods were common, a quotidian tool to dull the fangs of the prowling and jealous until another day. they would still come, of course. just as we would still depart.

　　　　——— ⟢　

we would never come close to human, my twin and i. their faces made this clear. the divine dragon was hopeful and naive, and believed baselessly in our ability to make ourselves at home because, they assured us, they had been able to do the same.

on many occasions, i said to them: "that success is owed in part to your nature as a divine dragon. you underestimate the strength of a systematic distrust."

always, they would reply that my ' systematic distrust ' could only be dismantled by time and visibility, that given enough show of good intent, the others would have no choice but to accept us. i expressed that nil and i were not here to give shows of our intent, nor was it vital to us to earn the humans' trust. we had no interest in becoming the ' good ' fell dragons for others to praise.

always, they frowned. and i was unable to tell if my words had disappointed or saddened them.

　　　　——— ⟢　

"so, why the lance?"

a curious voice broke through the haze of sweat, exertion, and the punishing summer heat. i looked down to my bruised hands, to chastened palms rough and raw from the abrasion of wood, and planted the training weapon point-down in the ground between us to rest. it was as much an acknowledgement of their question as it was a wordless statement to come no closer, and in this single gesture simultaneously provided answer.

"i thought you said you wouldn't fit in."

"i have not."

and this was not untrue. seasons had passed, and nil and i had still not found a more remote, more willing sanctuary. and the faces had not changed. still we undertook tasks together and together only, at times with the divine one for company and otherwise a solemn and happy pair. for though there were those in the army who may stomach us one or the other, both at a time set them ill at ease. i did not fault them, for it did likewise for me. and i would not let nil alone, whose blood was too gentle still to wield steel against soft humanity should they strike first.

"my brother has made some progress with his axe. with a spear, i possess another means with which to protect him."

"ah," the divine one said, as though this was expected, though there appeared to me a distinct hope that there was more to be revealed. i sensed a certain expectation — that it had been a natural decision to complement the preferences of those around me: my brother's hatchets; the divine dragon's sword.

but i would disappoint. the consideration had never occurred to me; only that, of the options available, the spear proved most versatile. to slash, to pierce, to strike bluntly, close or at distance; to be thrown, and lighter weight than an axe.

and above all, to keep the enemy at bay, and nil behind me.

i turned the human weapon on the divine one now to demonstrate this. their startled blue eyes shone wide beneath the sun. "facing your sword will assist me in improving quickly. three seconds and i will attack."

　　　　——— ⟢　

we could never have been human, my other half and i. after all, the humans had all taken their leave, what few remained of them, splintered and swept away like shards of glass.

and now it was quieter than it had ever been — in gradlon or amid the army camps.

regardless of what we intended, we had become the ' good ' fell dragons in the end. some of their faces had eventually changed because of this; others had not. i wondered whether seeing this had satisfied the divine one, had made them believe we had indeed managed to fit in with time and visibility; i had never had the chance to ask. regarding the fresh grave now, the spotless stone, the clean engraving, i felt that so long as this may have perhaps been true, my own intentions ceased to matter. and the praise and judgment of others ceased to matter.

my hands were once again bruised, raw from battle though the old callouses had long faded, and i tried to summon the memory of them again through vision too clear to be appropriate. i willed my eyes to weep, and it did not come. i gave that to nil instead, asked him to weep for both of us.

the spear drove point-down in the grass between the two of us once more, beside the pedestal's simple tomb, as though the iron sought the one who rested beneath it like a compass needle.

i could not reach. my hands could not reach. my tears could not reach.

yet with this lance, i may . . .

. . .

　 【　nel has mastered halberdier　】

　

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[ultrakatua]

I'm also ready to destroy the "Amber's speed is unsalvageable" myth one and for all. First: skill issue. Two: maybe it'd be salvageable if you didn't reclass him into classes with shit speed growths. Three: he's currently speedier that Diamant bro.

[easel-eisel]

all the zweihander girls are so slutty its gross. unlike me, the pure and sensible halberdier.

[thesentinelzine]

GRUEZI I just want to say that as a Swiss person I am very excited to follow this <3

[senorboombastic]

This One Song… Dermabrasion on Goblin Dance

Tell you what – we love hearing from artists when things go right. We equally love hearing from artists when things go dreadfully wrong. A song that was a piece of piss, written in 20 minutes? Or years in the making and a bastard to write? Whether it’s a song that came together through great duress or one that was smashed out in a short amount of time, we’re getting the lowdown from some of our…

[yuuminni]

fe engage is the ultimate build your blorbo fe because you can slap tiki's starsphere on anyone you want to train, grind with either miccy or still just tiki with whatever maps with chokeholds, and call them "good units actually! :)"

[hotdoginajar]

Tavish Finnegan DeGroot and The Eyelander as "The Halberdier"

please recommend me some renaissance paintings in the comments please😭