#smokescale

[skrittkicking]

dog

[valiant-portabella-pirkko]

Alright know what here's a little Guild Wars 2 reblog game for everybody; what mounts (if any) do your characters have in their canon, do they have names? Personalities? How'd they meet??

Spill it all below, tell me about all your creatures!!

[rooksmuses]

A CREATURE NOT MADE TO SLINK. massive, a predator's slow gait, clawed forelimbs scraping grooves into the steel-reinforced concrete, it progressed through the narrow tunnels guided only by its keen nose, by the infrared it can practically taste on the pits dented above its scaled maw. the webbed flares of its hindlimbs and it’s whiplike tail trail uncarefully in the damp, near fetid puddles of condensation ( sweat ? tears ? the blood of the earth ? ), an odd set of tracks for an errant fool to follow. a wyvern had to eat.  it's far enough away now, it thinks, silvered eyes cocking back for a moment, to the expanse travelled, and indeed, it could no longer feel the heat of masses gathering—all that remained was the heat within itself. the caverns it finds itself confronted with are not nearly large enough to stretch out in, and so it coils, clinging to the darkest parts of the area, head pointed towards the way it came. waiting…  whoever wandered this far away from the safety of numbers had it coming, really.

[noivern]

this is driving me isane i need to keep tweaking it slowly for. 300 years

[rooksmuses]

eyes narrow ever so slightly—nostrils flare, take in the hints of corrosion, rust, rot… intriguing, and entirely unappetizing… still… ‘ hard to trust the opinions of anyone these days,” if a wyvern could smirk, ‘ and i’m not one to spit, you’ll find. ‘ 

ezra giggles, not unlike a schoolgirl, utterly enamored. "'fraid i've been told i don't taste very good. i think you might just end up spitting me out." he licks his lips in anticipation. "'course, you're always welcome to try it for yourself."

[wilsons-journey]

WIP Time

May I present a first look at Valefors Original AU Creature Design o/

Some ramble / background information below:

Some of you maybe know that Charr!Valefor was actually just a temporary solution to somehow enjoy my brainrot for this character

Valefor origin lays outside GW2, in my own world called "Kysaam" and as own interpretation as Oni, with a human appearance. But since I still feel not comfortable drawing humans, I created him as Charr in GW2 to enjoy. At this point I also connected his Charr!Valefor with OrigAU!Valefor <3. Can ramble about that if someone is interested.

Now I have at least finished a draft of his creature design, that I like very much.

His main inspiration is based on Odogaron (Monster Hunter: Worlds) and Oni - with their horns, long hair and fangs. With a little bit of Smokescale from Guild Wars 2, cuz he can shortly turn his body into smoke to hide in the shadows - before he lunge at his target.

He is a bulky, yet nimble beast.

In his human appearance he can summon an Oni-Mask that resembles his creature appearance. Perfect for his job as an assassin.

I hope to get a refined version done soon o/

[concernedlogic]

It’s been a while since I’ve done this, but…

Wings of Fire Headcannons

Phyrria Edition

Mudwings

While Mudwing families aren’t nuclear, they are the most culturally protective of their dragonets. The center of most Mudwing villages are “nurseries” large spans of protected land where eggs are lain. (Basically, Cattail was the outlier)

Mudwings produce some of the most skilled trades-dragons on the entire continent. Their education is less school-like, and more like apprenticeships. Each dragonet in a sib group is encouraged to pursue their interests and what they are good at by apprenticing with an adult in their village.

Mudwings have the richest food culture on Phyrria, because of their naturally larger, bulkier bodies, mudwings typically cook their food into filling dishes, such as stews, rice pots, and other such dishes.

Seawings

Seawing apearences adapt to their environment over time. The more sun that a seawing is exposed to, the lighter their scales. For most seawings, this tends to lead to fairly saturated scales. Extremes can be seen in completely surface dwelling seawings, who tend to have slightly bleached out scales along their spine and snout, and deep seawings that are almost black.

Queen Coral’s decree that all her texts being taught in schools has put a strain on seawing education. The first program to be cut was geography outside the sea kingdom and history, so much of the sea kingdom, especially around the capital, know little history beyond the Sandwing Succession War

Icewings

Icewing breath is supernatural in nature. It was the first animus gift

The blood of icewings is blue because of the “gift of superiority”

Common-born icewings are rarely allowed to leave the ice kingdom because they would be “poor representatives of the tribe”

Replicas of the Gift of Order in tradition can be found dotted around the Ice kingdom in lower class villages.

Skywings

Skywing royalty have historically been the most accessible to the common dragon.

The Skywing Stadium was originally built as a theatre, but fell into disuse because of the militaristic culture created by Scarlet and her mother.

Fire scales is passed down like Animus magic. Unlike animus magic, the entire Skywing tribe holds the recessive gene. A dragon that could have been a flamescales but did not have a twin in the egg are known as smokescales and are considered bad luck. Smokescales radiate heat from their scales after breathing fire, repeatedly burning their scales and darkening them.

Young Skywings who develop feathers are stigmatized but not outright executed. If they are not plucked in their youth, feathered Skywings are typically faster than their peers.

Rainwings

The colors that a Rainwing chooses to represent themselves is called a dragon’s “Common Color.” Not all Rainwings choose to do this. (Ex: Glory’s green and orange)

The Rainwing tribe gained their reputation as a useless, lazy tribe because they were among the first tribe to form after the scorching, and because they acted as assassins and mercenaries for the other forming tribes, they tried kept their malicious activities under wraps. After the ceasing of their business and the implementation of sun-time each new queen began to lean further into the stereotypes.

Sandwings

Sandwings have the most celebrations of any tribe.

Sandwing culture is hostile towards royalty, as most settlements are quite self sufficient.

Because of the spread out nature of the sand kingdom, news travels very slowly, if at all. As such, there have been quite a few animus dragons whose communities have kept them a secret.

I would love to see anyone else’s headcannons!

[mystery-salad]

Well I know I'm in too deep, to solve this by myself...

So Joel is getting a small retcon to its plot! Instead of taking the body of its pet smokescale upon death, the reaching out it does hits the Vinetooth that killed it instead.

Waking up from a haze after a second that feels like an eternity, having grazed death but clawed out into another mind...your first sight being the blood on your hands claws and your body tossed to the side like a broken doll.

Your cry comes out a wrecked screech as your terrified friends try to escape with your body, they can't leave you behind. But they are. They run from you now, you take an arrow to your shoulder as they flee, it was meant to hit something more vital you know it. It does, in a way.

How do you fix this?

[commander-wame]

Ty for the tag @herald-of-aurene !!

tagging @vampiricsheep @commander-violette @mystery-salad @commanders-sole-braincell @manasurge and anyone who'd like to!! (idk who has or hasn't done it yet)(no pressure)

-- B A S I C S

Name: Wame Nicknames: Ura (by Gixi) Age: 3 y/o at the start, currently 16 y/o (I think??) Birthday: 1322 Colossus (November 15th) Race: Noon-bloom sylvari Gender: Non-binary/guy/person (he/him)(transed his gender upon waking) Orientation: Panromantic asexual Profession: commander (semi-retired), champion of Aurene

-- P H Y S I C A L A S P E C T S

Hair: Originally brighter green. Now darkish/desaturated green with specks of lighter green and dark purple Eyes: Originally yellow, now a very pale green Skin: Desaturated green, fading into darker tones on his limbs and horns, glows a faint yellow in the dark Tattoos/Scars: long scar on his left eye (arrow, eye now perma closed due to shoddy patch job), many more tiny scars all over his face, assorted burns marks

-- F A M I L Y

Parents: Pale Tree Siblings: Fehine (older brother), Eithne (older sister), Sera (younger sibling over at @/commander-violette), Caithe (older sister) Grandparents: Jungle grandpappy (Mordremoth) In-laws and others: Eldrid (dearheart), Trahearne (???, deceased), Gixi (best friend/adopted sibling), Aurene (adopted daughter), Dragon's Watch (Adopted Family) Pets: Sparkfly (smokescale, always by his side since Maguuma), Beetle (raven, often closeby), a two headed snake who sometimes chills on his shoulder, + tens of cats

-- S K I L L S

Abilities: Ranger (soulbeast, temporarily fusing with animals he's tamed/pets), minor necromancer abilities Hobbies: Cooking, drawing, studying animal and creature behaviour.

-- T R A I T S

Most positive trait: gentle, kind, protective, analytical, decisive. Most negative trait: stubborn, pessimistic, self-isolating.

-- L I K E S

Colors: greens, yellows, pale blue, and a specific bright red Smells: bread, fresh air, fruits, blood Textures: soft fur, rough scales, tree bark, cloth Drinks: coffee, mango juice, water

-- O T H E R D E T A I L S

Smokes: no Drinks: on occasion Drugs: no Been arrested: a couple of times

[ohpollenpowder]

Another big birthday! We've got Udaberri celebrating her 11th today! The face I made when I realized which one it was... I'm still working hard on getting Cayenne's together. BUT we gave Uda a new outfit to celebrate her 11th birthday! :D She also has the phoenix wings. Not pictured. Because I didn't want to cut out around them. 96 hours and 44 minutes for her! Was trying to give her a new build but I hate how Smokescale is map dependent....

[tiggyarts]

Origin story for GW2!Iri and her smokescale. Moral of the story: don't go into a game with headcanons ready because you'll develop different one based on gameplay attachment lol If you think mom is too calm about it, this isn't even the weirdest thing baby Iri brought home lol

[sylvaridreams]

wait wait.

[valiant-portabella-pirkko]

Pact Admiral Mai Trin - Trin Enterprises - Flourish AU

"I made a promise, and I intend to keep it. Pirate's honor isn't worth much if you give it up at the first sign of rough waters."

"No more half-measures. No more hesitation."

[rooksmuses]

a dragon is power incarnate. task one.

basic information:

character name: smokescale.

nickname (s): smoke, smokey, franks red hot, worm on a string, noodleneck.

face claim: caraxes / john david washington.

mutation status: gen ii.

birthday: november third. 

sexuality: bisexual, i guess?!

moral alignment: neutral evil.

occupation: security escort, former ‘’courier’’ between settlements.

work sector: sector 1.

affiliation: n/a, formerly associated with a wasteland ravager colony.

3 positive traits: charismatic, quick, pragmatic.

3 negative traits: destructive, self-serving, cruel. 

biography (optional): tba. i promise. sobs.

questionnaire:

how do they feel about living in sol city? have they always lived there or did they travel from another settlement?

accustom to a certain degree of freedom after a nomadic, wasteland dwelling existence, living in sol city comes with a suffocating amount of rules. they don’t hate it. the benefits can sometimes outweigh the strain of taking human form, of living in dark and cramped crevices beneath the streets, but they wish that an outer colony was viable in a way more long lasting than an expedition camp. the wastelands are home. 

do they trust the council's leadership? why or why not?

the meteor rendered the world lawless. in smoke’s eyes, this is the way the it should be. attempting to restore an old form of order to a reality so fundamentally different from the original earth settlements flies in the face of what nature wanted when it wreaked destruction upon the surface. no. they don’t trust any figure of authority. they answer only to themselves. 

if they chose their sector and profession, why did they make that choice? if they didn't, why not? were they happy with their assignment or not?

they are a massive, volatile creature with a long history of roughing it in the wilds and exterminating wayward beasts. suppressing mutant abominations so survey crews, scrappers and hunters can push further away from the safety of sol city was a natural progression of this skillset. 

what's one object that they always keep on their person?

they keep the gold-plated claw of their first mutie conquest, strung on a cutting of dirty hemp cord. back when they were actively hunting for mutant quarry as a ravager, it was tradition to keep a piece of your first kill. they no longer pick off stray wanderers but they keep it as a memento. while in dragon form this is kept around their neck, in human form the cord is too long to be a necklace and is instead wrapped around the arm and weaved through the fingers. 

what is your character's ability (or abilities)?

dragon physiology. they take the form of a massive, serpentine wyvern. this is considered by smoke to be their true form, whereas their human form is the ‘’mutation.’’

are they gen i or gen ii?

gen ii. 

what can your character do? what are their strengths?

while in wyvern form, smoke has all the strengths that make sense for his size and anatomy. flight via wings, natural weaponry via claws, teeth and tail, flame breath via an infernal organ. they are agile in the air, and can outmanoeuvre grounded opponents.

what can't they do? what are their weaknesses?

size is a problem, they cannot alter that. they are less mobile while not in flight. though thickly scaled, any decently strong projectile could pierce their hide. subdued, they will regress into human form which is equivalent to a human and is vulnerable to all associated weaknesses. 

is there anything else you'd like to specify about them?

they have no companionship or loyalty to other mutants, really. they seek challenges. they will lie, cheat and kill for personal gain. they value strength and despise weakness. if you can best them they will respect you.   also they live in the underground because there aren’t any dragon-sized apartments.

[otvian]

My cool gw2 characters part 1

I wanted to finally, finally make posts about my characters, starting ofc with my Commander.

Dr. Min, full name Minny My

He comes from another world and sees it as a chance to help people, doesn't really have the personality of commander in game. He is quiet and introverted, not a push-over anymore. He loves animals and wants to and WILL keep every creature he finds as a pet.

He is a ranger, his first pet was a pink moa named Jerry (I'm ignoring the in game choice first one)

He is a soul beast now and his main pets are smokescale named Odin and Fanged Iboga called Robal (Polish word for worm). He does have a druid build for support as well.

His crafting skills are Artificer and Scribe.

In free time he loves to explore the world and learn how it works, he notes what plant does what. If he could he would learn every possible thing instead of fighting dragons but need to help ppl is stronger. Clearly he joined Priory too.

His best friend would be Arthur (Friends character) while his team (not the story one) is Aurora Noirblossom, Marcell My and Pregabalin Accord.

His favorite food is noodles. Favorite color is red. He keeps a notebook where he writes notes of anything important (he has bad memory)

His most hated person is Joko cuz of reason related to world he came from. While being the most interested in Asuran technology and culture.

Idk what to tell about him more so I am open for questions if anyone is curious <33

[drakeheart]

GW2 CHARACTER DIRECTORY

A master list of my active GW2 characters, complete with small summaries of who they are and what they do. Expect mostly charr, with a handful of asura and the very occasional sylvari. Enjoy!

This list is a WIP, and will be gradually updated to include my full roster as I have the time and energy to write stuff down.

---CHARR---

AMARA DRAKEHEART // Ranger - Soulbeast // [tag]

Centurion of the Iron Legion, Warmaster of the Vigil, Commander of the Pact, and founder of Dragon's Watch. The main story gal, and surprisingly normal despite all that. Kind, strong-willed, and a lover of all animals, but especially her smokescale, Snips. Firmly retired after the events of EoD, and enjoying a long and well-earned vacation.

GAVROS SCROLLSEEKER // Guardian - Firebrand // [tag]

Esteemed Magister of the Durmand Priory. Once a fearless explorer, delving the unknown in pursuit of magical artifacts, he now prefers the comfortable life of the research division. An avid scholar, he's never found without a book (or three) in hand. Despite his years, he's still quite the sharp combatant, happy to dole out his finely-aged wisdom at the end of a mace.

FELIX LIGHTFORGE // Engineer - Holosmith // [tag]

A misfit soldier of the Blood Legion, and later the Pact. Born with physical defects that would have seen him cast aside if not for the support of his warband. To overcome his perceived weakness, he devoted himself to studying holosmithing techniques, building his own Photon Forge as well as a set of light-powered mobility aids.

SOREX GRAVEWHISPER // Necromancer - Reaper // [tag]

A grousy old necromancer. After losing her warband to a ghost ambush, she became fixated on harnessing the Foefire for herself, and was banished from the Legions for unapproved tampering with spectral magic. She now spends her days hunting down ghosts and exploring ancient ruins with her soulmate, Vitalis.

VEDRIX RUINWRAITH // Thief - Deadeye // [tag]

Ex-Ash Legion. Part of a special warband tasked with hunting down and eliminating Legion traitors, deserters, and other undesirables on the quiet. Eventually he found himself on the wrong side of a job, and rather than become hunted himself, went into hiding. He ended up in Elona, where he took up a living as a freelance bounty hunter. Years later, he still has a massive chip on his shoulder regarding his former bosses.

DECIMA SPIRESOUL // Revenant - Renegade // [tag]

Once a disabled gladium, discarded by the Legions after nearly-fatal battle injuries left her no longer fit to serve their purposes. Her scrape with death caused her to develop strange magics, driving her into seclusion for many years. Now, she serves the Dominion as a formidable Centurion of the Frost Legion. Eager to enact retribution on those who cast her aside, her heart is as cold as the frigid magic that suffuses her body.

LIFEBINDER RANUK // Ranger - Druid // [tag]

A wandering Olmakhan healer, with a special interest in rare plants. He is extremely adverse to combat, relying on the strength of his pets and defensive nature magic to escape dangerous situations. Despite this, he is often found deep in the wilds of Tyria, braving the unknown to get even a glimpse at a unique specimen.

SANDSHAPER URIAH // Necromancer - Scourge // [tag]

An elderly Olmakhan shaman, one of many charr killed in an Awakened attack on Althoma. His body was taken and later raised as a part of Joko's army, made to fight against his own kin in the Battle of Gandara. Now free of the lich's influence, he lives as a lonely hermit in the Kournan desert, too tormented by the guilt of what he'd done to return home.

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[More TBA later.]