per aspera ad inferni
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rykard piece i've been chipping away at this weekend, i'm so enamored w volcano manor
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Rating the Demigods based off their Homes
Technically Leyndell is not Morgotts house but his moms, which he inherited after escaping the sewers she threw him into, but he also runs the place like the navy runs a ship, so everything is in perfect working order. Nobody has any clue who he is and I appreciate his commitment to the bit. 8/10 really cool scenery but could definitely use some dusting and giant dragon corpse removal.
The Moghwyn Dynasty is every health inspectors worst nightmare. General unsanitary setting and blood swamps, Albinaurics captured and forced to assimilate against their will, along with several war medics, and also Mohg has the body of his shriveled up half-brother in his freezer. But overall the ancient civilization that lived here before Mohg had pretty okay taste, especially since they built their city under an underground starry sky. 10/10 but only because the health inspector died and Mohg forged the health report.
Godrick snuck in after his failings at the Shattering and just straight up claimed the place as his own, so Stormveil technically isn't even his house. Also his presence alone is so rank that thorns have started festering outside of the castle. 8/10 to the Stormlords cause they've got sick sense of style, but 2/10 to Godrick because he is a literal home invader.
Radahn does not give two shits about architecture, he clearly made Redmane based off of every other fort in the Lands Between and chose function over fashion, which is fair I guess, but also kinda boring. At least he strung up the all of the swords in Redmane and gave it some flaire. 4/10 because Redmane is so basic, plus minus 1 point for the tetanus hazard.
Raya Lucaria had an architecture course as an elective and Rykard committed himself to his GPA and developed his own aesthetic. He graduated top of his class and Rennala baked a cake for him. Best day of his life. Then he went up to Mt. Gelmir and was like, "I should totally make this place my house," and then he did because nobody had the balls to stop him. 10/10 for his commitment to the blasphemy aesthetic. And props to Tannith for doing a great job keeping the foyer the cleanest place in the Lands Between, but also 1/10 for the backyard being a general crime against humanity.
Ranni follows the rule of, "if it aint broke dont fix it," which is exactly why she broke everything else in the world and then returned to her childhood home after the Shattering. Caria could definitely use some bedrooms though because where the heck does everyone sleep?? Or do anything else for that matter???? Caria: Bathroom? Never heard of it. 6/10 because the sparkly magic bits in the air are super cool but Caria Manor definitely should've been a legacy dungeon.
Miquella attended both Leyndell and Raya Lucaria architecture classes, excelling over everyone and beating Rykards score in the final exam by exactly one point, and yet has no idea why Rykard is so pissed at him. Then after disowning his dad he had the great idea to try and build a treehouse but grew his own tree first because he's an over achiever and has gifted kid syndrome. 10/10 because the aesthetic is elegant and immaculate, and everyone who has depression is trying to get there for free therapy.
Malenia went to architecture school with Miquella because she had nothing better to do and slept through every class. The most she did there was break up Miquella and Rykards final exam squabble and also couldn't care less about architecture because she's fuckin blind. Rates the Haligtree architecture 10/10 because even though she's blind, she's sure that Miquellas sense of style is very pretty. But also rates it a 2/10 because Miquella keeps stubbing his toes and tripping on the carved stone flooring even though he insists everything is fine.
The Land of Shadow is less of Messmers house and more of his eternal timeout corner. He temper-tantrumed too hard one day and Marika put him there then completely forgot he ever existed. -10/10 because the parental abandonment is so real
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Lately i've been thinking a lot about how Morgott probably fucking hated Rykard
Like for starters, they're complete opposites ideologically speaking: one is a complete and devout follower of the Golden Order that buys all their bullshit even when it actively despised and harmed him, and the other went on to become Public Enemy #1 for refusing to submit to the whims of gods and decided to oppose them by doing the most evil, bizarre and overall blasphemous shit imaginable. I imagine even before Rykard fully declared war that he and Morgott were always butting heads with one another
Then there's the fact that the siege of Mount Gelmir is "the most appalling battle in the entirety of the Shattering" and has been clearly going on for loooong enough time that Leyndell soldiers have straight up resorted to cannibalism and even succumbed to the Frenzied Flame. Morgott must reaaaaally want Rykard dead if he keeps trying over and over to take Gelmir
And lastly there is Morgott's pre-battle cutscene. Here he calls out all of the demigods as "willful traitors", yet still speaks their names with respect and dignity, even going so far as to refer to Godrick as "The Golden" rather than "The Grafted" (which like. what is up with that???? was that his actual legitimate title or did he steal it from Godwyn after he died????????)
But then when he says "Praetor Rykard" he does so with the most raspy and disgust filled voice ever
Like im sorry but idgaf anymore about whatever Miquella was doing in Da Shadow RealmTM or who the fuck Messmer is, these crusty old men had beef with eachother and i need to know all about it
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