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horizon forbidden west | eye portraits

decided to finish these. → aloy | nil | talanah | erend | seyka | kotallo | zo | varl | alva | petra | sylens | beta

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my love of Horizon 🤝 my love of lady knights

AUgust is here again!!! Knights are on the brain & thus. Knight AU Aloy returns 🎉

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AUgust Star Wars au, inspired by comic book covers from when I was a kid

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Carrying her home.

Idea from @apricity-writes and @eclectus

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I set myself a fanfic challenge to see if I could get into Nil's head.

How'd it turn out? You be the judge...

and/or see a few reviews below!

This Thrill Sang

AO3 COMMENTS

*chefs kiss* That's all I could do while reading this fic, throw little chefs kisses into the air each and every time a gorgeous line of prose crossed my path. [...] You perrrfectly capture Nil's particular cadence and flair for flourishes, and I simply can't get enough. Thanks so, so much for sharing this one with all of us out here in ReaderLand, because genuinely this is one of my fav things I've read in a hot minute! -- @queenofbaws

augsghssggs this is great i love it. it's so hard to get into the head of a character like nil and you've done a wonderful job. -- AO3 member

And the action here??? Don't even get me started, omg. Literally on the edge of my seat the whole time. Nothing in here dragged - everything felt taut, FRAUGHT, and [...] quintessentially Nil. Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. -- @queenofbaws

What a great story of Nil and all his (to me anyway) staggering complexity! -- @arbee999

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5,835 words, 3 chapters, completed

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➶ View OF Red Echoes ➴ View FROM Red Echoes

Photography: View of Red Rocks Amphitheater from Dinosaur Ridge by @gentlyrowan

Virtual Photography: View of Red Echoes' amphitheater interior from one of its flanking cliffs, with Devil's Grief visible in the distance, by @robo-dino-puppy

RED ECHOES

HORIZON WIKI: RED ECHOES

NORA SACRED LAND

RED ECHOES aka STERLING-MALKEET AMPITHEATER (NEAR DEVIL'S GRIEF)

RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATER (NEAR DENVER) COLORADO, USA

Post 5 of 5 from Red Rocks

Learn about this Natural Wonder of the World's history in Post 4

Thanks for graciously collaborating, @robo-dino-puppy!

Where are we heading next?

The same place Sona and the War Party are! Come back soon for the Ring of Metal!

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I’m inclined to think the course of events has shown the wisdom of our choice. And I’m quite certain that from the moment he laid eyes on you, he saw you as a gift, and never a burden.

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painting i made for best friend 🦕

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a marshal’s concentration

new cover pic i decided to draw at 1am, i think i might be in love with him

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“Trying to live up to the glory of the Nora hasn’t killed me yet, but if it has to, I’m willing.”

Marea for my giveaway winner over on Bsky! I had so much fun doing a different character and she’s one heck of a cool NPC

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Im super curious why GAIA chose to make corn a primary crop.

Because like the lore states, only the base level of the ecosystem has been established, the rest of the plants were supposed to be reintroduced after the ELEUTHIA children learned how to take control and repopulate biomes. Corn isnt something id have normally considered a primary species.

Maybe she used it for biofuel for the robots?

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I don’t think I’ve shared this here yet?

I am now about a year and a half into this? Started in February 2024, and, well. I’m getting there. Couple of detail shots below the cut, along with a few older progress pics.

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Flip phone 🤙

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I have so much in the works right now and I can't wait to be able to share, but in the meantime I'll give you this oil painting from a year ago when I first started making Horizon art! Metal Devil in the Nora lands.

This one found a home with a fellow fan and I'm so so honored.

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I like to think Kotallo was always good with kids, and I just know he’d be involved with training Zo and Varl’s child

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A boot may crush a lily,

but lilies will remain long after

that boot is worn to dust.

Boots neither sprout nor root.

We may be trampled by sorrows,

but we are more lily than boot

and nature waits and whispers,

“grow and thrive again.”

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Horizon Forbidden West was really like "ok now let's talk about secure attachment".