#SERAI

[kyuohki]

Behold! Bestest Girl!

I am incapable of writing atm, but art made brain go *brrr*!

[sendingstone]

leans attractively against the wall. so sea of stars, huh,

[eksirberries]

Sea of Stars doodles feat. Valere and Serai! 💫

[teryyo]

now you're thinking with portals

[youngbenkenobi]

My favourite 4 characters from Sea of Stars

[staurolith]

Managed to get my hands on some of the original art from the Sea of Stars gallery, in particular the Two Alchemists and the 2nd pass at Seraï.

Detailed look at differing elements to the art book under the cut

Here is a list of differences between Art Book and Originals (Two Alchemists and Serai Concepts 2)

Some are major, some are inconsequential, but still wanted to point out everything I could see anyway. Mostly because I find it really interesting to see what was adjusted, even if it is a very tiny detail

* Resh'an Concepts 1

* Front facing bird face is not present in art book

* Leaves at feet for elder mage are a single "line" of flow in the art book, and are on both right and left sides in the original

* Goofy expressive bird face not present in art book (my favorite one)

* Cloaked version has feet and an arm in the art book, but are not present in the original

* One of the birds is complete in the art book, but is overlapped at the tail in the original.

* Resh'an Concepts 2

* *Five* faces for the ninja and cloak styles not present in the art book, three for the ninja and two for the cloaked/goggles. I particularly enjoy the goggles one of him looking off to the side, the expression is really charming, and the hood shape is kind of funny and ironic given the final Aephorul concept.

* Full cloak is obscured by the mini fullbody in the art book, but is uncovered in the original.

* In what seems to be a small error, the art book does not give the cloaked mini full body a second foot which gives the impression that this concept has a peg leg. However, there is a small heel visible but covered by the hood in the original, which seems to indicate there was supposed to be another foot.

* Ninja bird full body is cut off past the shins in the art book, but is a full body with feet in the original.

* One additional bird concept not present in the art book (a "masked" version seemingly correlating to the "black mage" concept. Referenced in the art book but not present)

- Aephorul Concepts 1

- Eyeball armor bust sketch has two shoulders in the art book, only one partial in the original

- Same sketch, the original has what I initially thought was a mouth scar, but since it was edited out in the art book it could have been an unintended ink mark/error. The lines on the face are also slightly different.

- Uncloaked back has a complete fullbody, and is overlapped on his leg and foot in the original

- Aephorul Concepts 2

- Two cloaked sketches not present in the art book (no horn). These being left out is a bit odd to me since they are most similar to the final design as the clear jumping off point. I really enjoy the hunched posture of these ones especially

* Serai Concepts 2

* One face/head not present in the art book, which is a shame because it's *unfairly* cute.

* The art book has more overlaps/slightly incomplete drawings due to the formatting. Of greatest note are two of the full bodies which are primarily overlapped by other concepts.

* One concept has an eyepatch in the original, but has both eyes in the art book. While overlapped by the final lineart, the weapons in the original here are incomplete/it's hard to tell what she's holding so nothing of note is covered.

* One of the fullbodies is cut off at the legs in the art book. The original shows that version wearing baggy pants, knee pads/armor, and wrapped lower legs.

* Wrapped ponytail concept has a scarf(?) offshoot in the art book resembling a small cape that is not present in the original.

* There is an extra arm seemingly part of the bangs-covering-one-eye portrait in the original that is not present in the art book.

While I didn't get them, none of the 1st or 3rd pass Serai concepts seem to be in the art book! (The third pass is split into 2 separate pieces. One is completely unused, the other has one that seems to have been the base sketch for the final lineart in the art book on page 32, but the other is unused.)

I can't imagine how much else was left on the cutting room floor.

[msunitedstatesjames]

Reasons I appreciate Serai from Sea of Stars:

I love that the big reveal of her alter ego holds absolutely no narrative weight (at least so far). As I was playing I was like, "Okay, I know 'character with an incredibly obvious but somehow still secret identity' is a common trope, but really how has no one figured this out yet?" And then she admits it and the gang is just like, "Yeah, we figured that out immediately, but we just figured we'd let you pretend to have a secret for as long as you wanted." (I guess the name Captain Klee'shaë should have made it obvious that the writers were going to turn that trope on it's head.)

I also love the weird turn based combat scenario that is Serai's Ultimate. She just casually whips up a portal in the middle of battle, changes into her Captain outfit, parades her crew onto the bloody battlefield, does a little dance with them, then ushers her crew away again while the scene is littered with outlandishly huge cannonballs, all while the boss just chills like two feet away.

[ramramioni]

Beach day

[dread-pirate-mumbles]

more sea of stars thoughts (less shitposty this time, maybe??)

spoilers for true ending below

First: what the fuck was Romaya doing with Moraine's staff in that one end credits cut scene??? she better not have been trying to pull a Duke thing again but with Moraine (sometime in the future, after he's passed)

Additionally: i absolutely adored pissing Romaya off throughout the entire game. I really hope B'st got to go back and talk with her about whatever he was gonna say after the second fight.

Second: Valere and Zale have to come back for Garl's bday every year, but I'm guessing keeping track of time while on patrol across the various worlds is Difficult, so I like to think that they tracked down Resh'an and asked him to set up a yearly reminder for them. I like to think that Resh'an has a connection to all of the Solstice Warriors (which is how he finds them once they are born), so he can find Valere and Zale wherever they are, and obviously time is His Thing

Third: (and keep in mind im just a Baby in the lore rn, just limited to in-game stuff)- I think that Aephorul made the Catalyst to try and remove his and Resh'an's souls from their bodies. I think the immortality potion has tied their souls to their bodies thus preventing their souls from passing on, and I think Aephorul made the Catalyst to either 1) remove their souls from their bodies and finally die together; or 2) put their souls into new bodies that would not be subject to the curse of immortality in the way that their original ones were

I also think the World Eaters were initially designed with the same end goal of death for Aephorul and Resh'an combined- something that can destroy the very fabric of time would likely be strong enough to break their immortality. However, Dwellers were not strong enough to do so, and there was no guarantee that a world eater would be strong enough either (nor was there anyone Aephorul could use as a test subject), so Aephorul continued to try and make them more and more powerful, and perhaps even experimented on some people to try and mimic immortality to see what would happen

I've also wondered about the pronounciation of Aephorul, because if you read it as "Aye-For-Rule", it (if you squint with your ears) kind of sounds like "All For You", which. fits with this idea of Aephorul doing this initially *for* him and Resh'an.

Fourth: I really want to write a post-canon fic where Garl goes back with Serai and B'st to their world, to help build things back up and restore hope. The dinner at the Golden Pelican and the comment when you send Garl to the hot spring (where he's like. "I gotta tell Serai something important") have inspired a *little* bit of a Garl/Serai shipper in me. I'd also want to include what the Dumbass Immortal Gays are up to, too, because I really love their dynamic, and I'd love to Literally Fucking Kill Them For Good. I really, really want Resh'an to like. Talk with Garl, maybe Valere/Zale, about his failings and his mistakes. He's just a human, still, after all, and he has basically no one else to talk to about his Bad Life Choices

Anyway- Garl goes between homeworld and Serai's world on the Vespertine, but he always makes sure to be in mooncradle on time for his birthday. (side note- I wonder if he made jam from the sap of the willow on the thought that it would like. make zale and valere more powerful?? that seems like a him thing to do)

Fifth (aka assorted plot holes or complaints):

-Why did we never see the Dweller of Strife or the Acolytes again? I thought maybe the idea was that they became the World Eater at the end, but there's not like. a lot of game details pointing to that.

-How did Serai end up in our world anyway? Did she teleport based off of information about the home world (how would she get it? how far can she teleport? how can she teleport away the *top of a fucking mountain*??)? She couldn't have gotten information from Resh'an, since he didn't know about the Great Eagle thing, so maybe she stole info from The Fleshmancer/his subordinates? Maybe this is related to the Queen that Was- maybe the queen worked with the fleshmancer, and Serai took over her house and thus information when the Queen left??

-How did Serai get her powers? Was she an experiment from the Catalyst, or was it something she pursued on her own? Also, *please* tell me the rest of her crew who knew the fuck she actually was, she was so obvious

-I'm assuming the academy is no longer needed, with new guardian gods, no need for new solstice warriors for this realm, but that means Moraine is the only solstice warrior on both home world and serai's world. I feel bad for him cause he very obviously suffered from the loss of so many fellow warriors due to strife (and took it out on brugaves and erlina, unfortunately), so I wonder if he feels lonely about it sometimes

[ksera-sera]

[mossarchives]

Drew some full body sprites for a DND Theros Game ((@stabbyaoba @gumitime @thepixelbard)) I am in of the player characters and our beloved DM NPC!

Try and guess which one is mine...

[kyuohki]

Because I have no self control:

Variations under Cut:

[geekysteven]

[warm-hotcakes]

Sea of Stars fanart

Painted Serai because she's cool :)

[snarkyhetalian]

*sobs* what did he want to say to Serai?

[stormethecatsartstash]

A quick doodle of Seraï from Sea of Stars! I didn't have a plan for the body pose, so she's just kinda like "cool knife"