#Vindicator Ghostposting

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idk there’s just something so sweet about two old men who were the champions of their people and enemies their entire lives, ending up working together in their final moments, and then spending eternity at each other’s sides

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Two things here:

1: YELLS LOUDLY ABOUT GHOST CONTENT

2: WHO THE FUCK WROTE THIS GAY ASS BOOK????? HELLO?????

I FEEL LIKE ANET IS TAUNTING ME WITH THIS

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OKAY OKAY OKAY IM ON DESKTOP NOW SO I CAN SHOW OFF WHAT I DISCOVERED A FEW MONTHS AGO

i had been wandering around dragon's end on orion and at some point decided to pause and try to get some screenshots of the animation that plays when u use the spear of archemorus elite skill

and i made some interesting discoveries!

(shout out to the random rat critters in the area that gave me something to huck a spear at lmao)

one: they literally just copy-pasted the orange tinted version of the elite luxon warrior set from gw1 for archemorus lmao sir your polygons

two: THEY MADE A FANCY UNIQUE MODEL FOR THE SPEAR????????? cause it's absolutely not any spear/staff/etc model that already exists in the game!! it doesn't match any existing skin/model!! it's totally new!

also this is what the spear looked like in gw1!! just as reference!!!

i really don't know why they made a fancy new model for it beyond i guess just making the elite skill Look Cool (but then why not give archemorus himself a new model........) but i'm begging anet to release the spear skin as a gem store item or something. anet please let me have the spear. PLEASE GIVE ME MY COOL BONE SPEAR

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actually yeah i'll post this

doodled some viktor today and i'm actually really happy with how he turned out. ft. without makeup to match his canon design from the factions trailer, and with makeup because its a fucking tragedy that anet didn't give him goth makeup like some of the other kurzicks

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finally posting this after procrastinating for days and at this point i'm just giving up waiting to post this during the day and will just queue reblogs of it for later

A relationship chart / semi-family tree chart for @legendary-assassin-stance's and I's Cantha Crew. (AKA the Rev Family and other characters associated with them + will be part of a plot thing with them at...... some point)

(Canon characters featured on this chart: Shiro, Viktor, Archemorus, Vizu, Nika, Mai, Ihn, Petrov, Danika, Rama, Valeria, and Hao Luen.)

Brief descriptions of Important Folks + rambling under the cut!

Im Hana - One of the Heroes of Cantha. Childhood best friends with Yuuma, and wife of Nika.

Im Min-Seo - Daughter of Hana and Nika.

Im Nari - Present day descendant of Hana and Nika. Serves the Empire as a Willbender, and bodyguard of Princess Jié Yuèlóng.

Chén Yánglóng - An ancient dragon God of Cantha, true ruler of the Celestials, and husband of Lǐ Bǎofèng. Father of Jié Yuèlóng, and Empress Ihn's secret lover.

Lǐ Bǎofèng - An ancient phoenix God of Cantha, true ruler of the Celestials, and husband of Chén Yánglóng.

Jié Yuèlóng - Imperial Princess of Cantha, daughter of Empress Ihn and Chén Yánglóng.

Yuán Zhēnjīng - An ancient fox spirit revered by the Miyajima family.

Shion Miyajima - A Priestess of Grenth born in Kryta who went to Cantha in search of her family's history. Currently trying to restore the abandoned Miyajima estate off the coast of Shing Jea.

Yūma Miyajima - One of the Heroes of Cantha. Childhood best friends with Hana, and - more infamously - the man who bore a ghostly Shiro Tagachi a child.

Yūki Hashimoto - Son of Yūma and Shiro.

Noriaki Hashimoto - Present day descendant of Yūma and Shiro. A revenant that channels the power of Shiro, after accidentally summoning his spirit. Dating Orion.

Orion zu Heltzer - Present day descendant of Saint Viktor and Archemorus. A revenant who channels the power of his famous ancestors, after an incident bound them to him. Dating Noriaki.

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me 🤝 chul-moo enjoyers

being horny for canthan old men

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OH my god, I'm finally able to post this, I'm so excited to be able to post this!!

Here is all the idle/location/misc dialogue for Viktor/Archemorus! Please enjoy!

Transcript under the cut:

Idle Dialogue

Archemorus: Viktor and I were somewhat famous, back in the day. We also conquered a god.

Saint Viktor: Correction: Shiro thought he was a god, but I assure you he was not.

Archemorus: Eh, what's the difference?

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Archemorus: We didn't save Cantha standing around, did we, Viktor?

Saint Viktor: We certainly did not. Though I'd prefer it if you called me by my full title.

Archemorus: Apologies, most revered Saint Viktor of zu Heltzer.

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<Character name>: I thought the Luxons and Kurzicks didn't get along, but you two seem pretty friendly.

Saint Viktor: Oh, it wasn't always this...cordial. After we awoke in the Mists, Archemorus was angry.

Saint Viktor: It took a long time for him to accept death. But we did what lost souls should: we stayed together.

Archemorus: Oh, Vikky... I—

Saint Viktor: I hate him—I meant to say that I hate him.

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Reacting to Legendary Assassin Stance

Archemorus: Was that Shiro's voice I heard?

Saint Viktor: Shiro? Did you say Shiro? Who invited that filth?

Archemorus: At ease, my friend. He's as dead as you or I. And somewhere close, perhaps! Shall we pay him a visit?

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Boarding a Skiff

Archemorus: That's more like it. The sound of the waves, rocking back and forth...

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Locations

Arborstone

Archemorus: You're very still, friend.

Saint Viktor: I never thought I would feel lonely in Arborstone.

Archemorus: It may not be the same, but it breathes. Does that not bring you joy?

Saint Viktor: Some, perhaps.

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Echovald Wilds

Saint Viktor: It's so... quiet.

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New Kaineng City

Saint Viktor: "New" Kaineng? Too many Ministries, eh? Did they run out of room?

Archemorus: The system needed to fall apart to be rebuilt. And it was. Only took a tsunami to set the record straight.

Saint Viktor: And then some.

Archemorus: I welcome the change. The city needed more color.

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Seitung Province

Saint Viktor: Shing Jea... It hasn't changed much, has it?

Archemorus: In some ways, it has. But the grass is as green as I remember—the sky just as blue...

Saint Viktor: My thoughts exactly. It's too bright; I miss the shadow of Echovald. Can we go there instead?

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Dragon's End

Archemorus: This isn't my home. This is a battlefield.

Saint Viktor: At least the battle is nearing its end.

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Atop the Harvest Temple

Archemorus: This place...

Saint Viktor: We will never forget.

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sometimes I see this specific version of a post I’ve put in my viktor/archemorus tag and

and proceed to lose my mind about how time is a flat circle and Apparently I Have A Type

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no for real though

to anyone out there who has a revenant but hasn’t unlocked vindicator

I urge you to go unlock vindicator so you can listen to viktor and archemorus banter

even if you never intend to play the spec, hearing them is so incredibly worth it

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thinking about the fact that echovald wilds is for some reason the only cantha map that has kryptis rifts in it, afaik???

like.

why there specifically

but also

[viktor zu heltzer voice] IF ANY DEMONS TRY TO FUCK WITH MY FOREST THEY HAVE ANOTHER THING COMING

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also i just got really emotional because. there's that one event outside arborstone where u have to help a siege turtle protect the city from speakers

and i'm just. there's something so profound about that. a siege turtle protecting arborstone.

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i had a dream last night where anet added new idle dialogue to the legendary alliance stance and while I don’t remember any specifics, one of the idle convos heavily implied that viktor/archemorus was canon…..

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and now... THE BOYS + "friends"

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Very proud of how they turned out, honestly. Had a hell of a time deciding on what familiar to give Vikky to represent a Wallow, but I settled on Pohip <3

Vizu is also here!

...and - for better or worse - so is @legendary-assassin-stance's Shiro :D

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had a Moment earlier in our server with @rag-gw2 and @guildwarsgirl about the viktor/archemorus mutual pining <3

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okay but

“side by side, two bodies choreographed by destiny” is such an amazing line. im obsessed with it actually.

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okay but like

i love SO much that both viktor and archemorus try to comfort each other whenever one is sad about their old home (arborstone / the jade sea)

it's just so... sweet.