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Serpent Charmer

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Ranni&Blaidd

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do any oomfs have twitter? i've been posting a little more there since nightreign came out (this is mine if you wanna follow)

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Libra, Creature of Night, Elden Ring: Nightreign

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elden ring character discourse is funny "my warmongering demigod who serves corrupt higher powers is better than yours" yeah they are bad ass but well I killed them both with my aewsome halberd. For five william runes

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can’t stop seeing the divine bird and beast warriors in assyrian sculpture

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spent a looooong time looking at the Assyrian artifacts at the British Museum and it got me really thinking about potential inspirations for the hornsent from Assyrian culture! I’ve mentioned before that Enir-Ilim is pretty clearly inspired by the city of Babylon, and Belurat’s entryway resembles a ziggurat’s central stairway — elden ring’s fictional cultures aren’t meant to be 1:1 recreations of historical societies, so it makes sense to me that the devs would take bits of inspiration from all over ancient Mesopotamia.

Balawat Gates

the names “Balawat” and “Belurat” are so similar, I’m convinced there’s no way it’s a coincidence! but in addition to the similar names, the gates are adorned with bronze bands detailing scenes of military campaigns that are pretty visually similar to the metal gates of hornsent settlements:

Bird and Lion-headed warriors

These figures were taken from King Ashurnasirpal II’s palace at Nimrud and King Ashurbanipal’s palace at Nineveh. They’re regarded as supernatural spirits who would protect and purify the palace, preventing evil forces from entering.

This is essentially the same role that the Divine Beast and Bird warriors had — they’re sacred animal-headed warriors who ritually channel divine power in order to defend Enir-Ilim from outsiders.

Sacred Tree

The guardian spirits of Assyrian palaces are often depicted alongside a “tree of life” motif. The idea of a sacred spiraled tree is pretty important to hornsent culture as well, and features on stone tablets around Belurat.

Lion Hunt

These reliefs are from King Ashurbanipal’s palace at Nineveh and depict the royal lion hunt, understood as a ritual act that represented the king’s role as a protector, vanquishing forces of danger.

Divine beast heads appear to be actual lion heads that have been turned into theatrical costume heads for the ritual lion dance… I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a similar hornsent tradition of ritually hunting lions to use for the lion dance and to commune with the divine beasts of the heavens. In any case, the importance of the lion in Assyrian culture seems like a pretty likely influence on the hornsent’s culture!

I can’t be 100% sure if all these pieces of art were actually referenced by the devs when creating the hornsent culture, but I think the similarities speak for themselves!

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dude… I love nightreign

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FINALLY BEAT DOG!!!! you can practically feel my excitement through the screen

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Now I'm ready to get my hands dirty.

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I honestly didn’t think I’d be that into Nightreign, I just got it to try it out and see what fromsoft are doing with ER (my baby), but I’m actually enjoying it so much like I’m IN!! I’ve never been an online multiplayer kinda gamer, but this has changed that and I’m gagged. If anyone was gonna do it it’d be fromsoft tbf. I’m just so surprised how into it I am I’m obsessed!! I didn’t expect this at all! This game has captivated me body and soul 💗

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impulsively booted up Nightreign even though I should be sleeping and learned I definitely need to find oomfs to play with… I have no idea what I’m doing and keep embarrassing myself with randoms LMAO

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apparently Nightreign spoilers are being posted, specifically the Night Lord has been revealed along with achievements, just a heads up

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would youse still rock with me if I posted some RDR2 stuff soon... I've been playing it and having a grand old time riding around on my little horse

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i'll use you as a focal point

so I don't lose sight of what I want.

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obsessed

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I've been working on my St. Trina playlist and have come to the conclusion that Unison by Bjork is one of the most Trina-coded songs I've encountered. It's also probably the best love song ever written so you should check it out