#starfall-isle

[sleepytroll]

☽ ✧ Thinking of Home ✧ ☾

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[protagonist-art]

personally a firm believer in long hair dewey >:o)

[the-meme-monarch]

man whatever. bww book scene redraw. i do adore how balan is written to be dramatic and maybe a little snarky

also i took some liberties in making the dialogue more expressive, also i think it'd be funny that balan (and lance) can't help but speak in rhyme so sometimes they'd have to force it to say things that don't exactly rhyme

[aberration-abbey]

Finally finished this map of the main location in my Flight Rising lore, the Rubellite Delta! Acuity Ridge and the Starry Night Inn are both here, as well as various other settings I don’t talk about as much.

The Rubellite Delta was once a bustling trade route, with great sailing ships taking cargo from Focal Point and the Oculus of the Eleven to trade routes in Dragonhome. However, the shallow, tumultuous waters of the Delta often make for dangerous sailing, and new treaties granting access to overland trade routes in Plague territory have led to the decline of shipping in the Delta. Now, few dragons go there except researchers, soldiers, and people who have something to hide from.

Descriptions of marked locations under the cut.

ACUITY RIDGE: The site of my main clan, Acuity Ridge Clan, a close-knit group of mages, fishers, and runaways who have banded together to face the shifting elements.

BORDER OUTPOST: A military outpost keeping an eye out for activity along the Plague border.

CRYSTALBONE KEEP: A clan of tundra miners. Originally from Ice Flight, they relocated to the Starfall Isles nearly 300 years ago, and have been one of the dominant forces in the Delta ever since. Luther, progen of Ac Ridge Clan, is from here. 

GEMHOLLOW: An Earth town that’s friendly with the dragons of the Delta. They host a yearly festival that is the biggest event in the area.

GHOST KEEP: The former home of a clan that was wiped out by a particularly vicious Plague attack a few years before the new treaties were formed.

GLOWING REEF: Warped by the ambient magic of the Isles, this area has bioluminescent coral. It’s the home of the local Maren, the Glowing Reef Clan.

HARPY TOWN: A currently-unnamed town of harpies. They have a strong trade relationship with Crystalbone Keep.

INKSCRY: The nearest large town. Mostly notable to the Delta dragons for its university and its market.

STARRY NIGHT INN: The only waystop between Inkscry and Gemhollow. Once played host to hundreds of sailors, merchants, and wealthy travelers; now mostly houses ghosts and its weird little family of employees.

WITCH’S CANYON: Supposedly cursed, definitely full of eldritch runoff from the confluence of Plague, Arcane, and Shadow magicks. Home to the witch Crow.

[starry-kattz]

I wonder if Forces and Frontiers actually take place really close together. I wouldn't figure that, but it would explain the lack of cannon Chaos Emeralds. Cause even if Eggman had the good sense to not gather the thing that, while useful to his plans, consistently enables his defeat, you'd think the Resistance would be trying to gather them. Even if we consider that very very stupid male hedgehog rule cannon (I absolutely do not), the Resistance has Silver and it's not like the Emeralds aren't useful outside of Super forms. Like, they were on the ropes for most of the takeover, sure, but it's silly that they seemingly didn't invest resources in tracking them down.

[grumpy-triceratops]

If you want, here’s a free infodump card for the hero/villain thing you were talking about earlier.

I'm going to take a swing and assume this is about my oc stuff, if not, whoopsie. Either way, thank you so much for this ask I really appreciate it!! This may get long so I'll keep it under a read more.

So I never mentioned in my last post that the name of this story is Starfall Isle because that's the name of the location where the story takes place (side note: I did have to change it because this ask made me realize I should look it up and initially I was going to call it Starfall Isles but that's the name of a location in Flight Rising so I dropped the s). However while I have been thinking about this idea more since the last ask I still don't have a lot of stuff I feel concretely about. I would like it to have some kind of end goal but overall it would be more similar to superhero cartoons where it can be kind of episodic but a bigger plot can start to build up along the way.

The main character's name is currently Kailani Sparks and her hero name is Knight Star. As the name implies she has star related powers such as making stars she can walk and fly on (all Kirby-esque), as well as star-shaped blasts, transforming changes some aspects of her physical appearance as well such as her hair color and the way it glows (though to what degree/duration I have not decided). Her powers will also develop in various ways as the story goes on. Kailani can be a bit bumbling and ditzy but she has a really good heart and fast reflexes and she will fight you if she has to!

The character I talked about previously is now named Sapphira Reylin (though I am still wavering a bit on her last name) and her hero name is still Cross Rozen. I've started to define her powers a little bit more, she has her demonic form she can transform into, she also has fire and plant related powers (I'm not sure if I want her to be able to element bend them or if its just something she can generate and wield) and with her fire powers comes a bit of a fire resistance, she can also create swords/daggers.

One of the main villains is named Inevitable, she appears in amorphous forms to conceal her identity. Her powers involve her being able to change states of matter, I may have it also that she can change a target's weight and/or how gravity affects it but I don't know since I don't want her to be too overpowered. Personality wise she's very impish and loves toying with others especially Knight Star. Inevitable is also very influential often plotting and playing a hand in the villainous underground. I have some ideas on her civilian life but not many and they'd be secrets anyways since I don't want to give away everything on the chance I hopefully make this a comic or something one day!

Another prominent though less imposing villain is Marsupialia. Her powers allow her to take on the traits from any marsupial she can think of, she doesn't fully transform into the animals but it does influence the way her suit appears as well as give her the ears, tail and claws of the corresponding animal and possibly other traits unique to certain species. I almost forgot to mention that regardless of form her powers include: heightened smell and hearing, as well as her pouch ability. This power allows her to turn any bag into a pocket dimension however she can't put in anything that wouldn't otherwise fit into the bag's opening, so like she couldn't take a car but if it fits it shifts (into her pocket dimension). Marsupialia like Inevitable can be a bit cheeky and likes to mess around with Knight Star, but unlike Inevitable who has a cat and mouse dynamic with Knight Star, Marsupiala has more of a cat annoying another cat type relationship, speaking of: she also is more of a cat burglar type villain. I know a bit more about her civilian self but again, secret.

Then I just have variously fleshed out ideas for other heroes and villains mostly just ideas for powers I think would be interesting such as origami, scissors and plush related abilities. So yeah its a lot of just shifting vibes for these characters and this story but the more I think about it the more I'd like to try and solidify these ideas, so again I appreciate having an excuse to think about it!!

[charhounds]

the arcane ancient better have SO many limbs. i want a giant bug

[inbarfink]

[timewontwait]

a little reminder, for those who might not be clued in...

fleethero: takes place not long after forces. signs of sonic being more distant and reserved and... not himself would have been there - if you did manage to catch him before the next time he had to use the emeralds to fight eggman.

also takes place before frontiers. i'm not sure how large the time frame gap would be but there would need be some recovery time for him after he does come out of fleet-arc and into the next adventure. preferably several months. maybe even a year. hedgehog's got some self work & healing to do.

[wereh0gz]

I am going to think about this for the rest of the day

[fernsnailz]

artfight dump 2!

for @frostios, @/twinoxx2 (twitter), @starfall-isle, and @/flyingloafofbread (twitter) :]

[gierosajie-art]

Venti AU Colorwheel | Ko-fi link

After months of drawing on and off...I have finally done it. The Color Wheel Challenge but with a different Venti for every color

AU guide under the cut because I have A Lot

Red: Boiling Isles AU - Witch Venti where he is part of the Bard Coven, but still manages to get away with messing around with Oracle magic due to Bard magic's range in spells

Orange: Vessels AU - Bodysharing au with Nameless Bard because gods need vessels to be able to walk among mortals and hide their divinity

Yellow: Possessed concept - that one concept I had about a god from Celestia possessing Venti out of nowhere and he like, keeps the outfit afterward because screw them

Green: Starfall AU - Ghost Trick AU where Venti's a dead magpie that sometimes takes his friend's form in the ghost world

Cyan: The Nameless AU - Honkai Star Rail AU where Venti is a prior Trailblazer of The Nameless on the Path of Harmony

Blue: Gathering of Cloudy Days AU - BlazBlue AU where Venti is an artificial human. Too much to explain but he's in his armor in the art instead of his regular outfit. He has a bunch of swords and keeps having to witness the timeloop

Violet: OG Cryo Archon Venti AU - Basically Venti dies and gets brought back wrong after 600 years or so in this scenario so he's just kinda in the process of crumbling like ice

Magenta: Roleswap AU - Corrupted Venti au where he is the one that's more severely poisoned and Dvalin manages to get through the Cataclysm unscathed. He is Not having a good time

You can also refer to this post for summaries for most of them

I'm also kinda realizing most of them can be grouped together in terms of similarity like, orange, yellow, and green have something to do with possession; cyan and blue are both sci-fi; and then there's purple and magenta being corrupted Venti AUs. Witch Venti is an outlier

[transtundras-fr]

I encourage thinking about day to day life in these areas. What your routine would be. What the consequences may be.

[aberration-abbey]

the little banescale collection in my hibden is making a concerted effort to split off into its own lore clan. i’m not sure there’s much i can do but let it

[thattscherry]

AF attack for @starfall-isle ! (feat. cass the hedgehog) they are waiting for tha bus

[theesensory0verlord]

thee siblings ever

this was inspired by art made by @/starfall-isle

(if you tag as ship i will find you SO DON’T)