#thaos ix arkannon

[maryfranlmes]

Bewnen i Ankew and Ankew i Bewnen

[herearedragons]

According to both Pillars Of Eternity and Epic - when the gods get involved.

(lyrics from Epic: The Musical - “Just A Man” )

commission info

[solas-backpack-mug]

silly pillars of eternity doodles <3

[holdinglines]

Yknow maybe the Engwithans wouldn’t have needed a Torture Cult if they added a sex god to their pantheon

[adraforged]

Found these old screenshots from when I was going through some of the 3D files from the first game, and I do admire the dedication to give Thaos sick robes when you can barely make out the details in the actual game

[tarbuchyloewenthal]

"What IS a god? Hmm? A higher power? A rewarder of good deeds and punisher of the wicked? Our gods are all these things, and more."

-Thaos Ix Arkannon

ok but actually, though, this question will absolutely send you down the deepest rabbit hole possible

[modwyr]

figure from the past

[peltigaan]

“Have you not heard tell of Od Nua?” “The mad king who sought to conquer death?” “A sad tale indeed.” The sympathy in his tone then slipped away into something altogether more vicious, “I plan to do better.”

A scene from my Pillars of Eternity fic I'm taking forever to write. Ref is "The Student" by Daniel MacLise (1862).

[laiskanpulskeart]

I'm still pretty proud of this monster, and playing with transparent PNGs is fun so I wanted to upload them all.

Woedica isn't really sitting that roughly, the rest of her is just unfinished because everything else covered it. (Also I forgot to colour that sword AT ALL but it still works thankfully. I would've died otherwise.)

[bragganhyl]

Here's the final confrontation between Thaos and (both versions of) Aloth at Sun-in-Shadow

[elviriel]

"You came closer than most."

Thaos ix Arkannon x Lady Eydis Webb from Pillars of Eternity

[starlightcleric]

Toska for the pretty word prompts for whoever is currently the most on your mind?

I don't know about "most on my mind," but some Pillars throwback came out!

toska: the ache of the soul; longing with nothing to long for

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He had done this dance before, and he would do it again and again. All in service to his queen.

Thaos stared up at the statue of Woedica. A pale imitation. Of course the gods no longer had bodies, but he still remembered those days. Now he was the only one alive that did.

Did she know how his heart ached? How his soul yearned? How this part he must play lifetime after lifetime broke him, to always be apart from her?

But this was how it must be. The path he must walk. For her. For everyone. For salvation.

[solas-backpack-mug]

sincere thanks to @herearedragons for writing this masterpiece of a sentence

[holdinglines]

Actually the Engwithans big major secret shoulda been obvious cuz I don’t think they have a creation myth? A ‘how the seasons change’ myth.

And of course, there’s still no god of fuck

[risualto]

For the NPC ask game- Lady Webb about one of your Watchers?

Thank you for the ask <3 I want to apologize in advance for the very, very indirect way I answered this, mostly because my confidence in my ability to write Lady Webb well, as she deserves, not having actually played Pillars in so long is very low.

Subject exhibits fitful swings of temper, unstable episodes. Cause is unclear. Potential soul-related disorder, but entirely likely to be pure temperament.

...

Keeps mixed company. Apparently travels in a group, but interactions observed while inebriated do not indicate significant loyalty. Motivation unclear.

...

2823 AI 18 Préëstu - Entry granted with difficulty to Bay. Contact confirmed with the Dozens.

2823 AI 20 Préëstu - Contact confirmed with House Doemenel. Possible offer made.

2823 AI 1 Majestu - Contact confirmed with Vailian embassy, dealings in the Gift, resolved via violence. Incident apparently caused breakdown of dealings with Doemenel.

2823 AI 2 Majestu - Entered Heritage Hill.

2823 AI 7 Majestsu - Returned from Heritage Hill. Effects unclear. Subject engaged in argument with library staff and was removed.

2823 AI 8 Majestsu - Attempted entry to the ducal palace. Violent conflict with bystander in street. Subject fined for causing property damage to Woedican ruins and for disturbing the peace while apparently arguing with herself.

...

2823 AI 3 Fonestu - Subject is confirmed listed as unmentionables by the Dozens. Third conflict this week with Crucible. Unclear if subject has any allies within the Sanitorium. Unlikely, given temperament. Isolation entirely self-inflicted. Contact possible, but unrecommended.

Callused fingers brush a lifted bar tag back into place over the agent's notes. The pages beneath are lifted by a corner, as if priming to be leafed through, but with a heavy sigh, the folder is set back down. It nearly blends into the worn wooden desk, covered in so many others almost identical.

It is a risk, Eydis Webb thinks. Her ciphers are not wrong in any of their evaluations of this loose cannon of a woman. And the idea that unpredictability might be the only option left leaves a taste in her mouth worse than lingering too near the ocean shallows--not only because it is horribly cliche.

But if there is one thing, at all, in this world, which she knows to be antithetical to Thaos ix Arkannon, it is chaos. Every fire he has ever set has been a carefully pruned scorch, and this wild explosion of a cipher running amok in her streets is the very pinnacle of defiance. An emotional creature with an unstable soul and cipher arts would be a dangerous thing to throw in any kith's path, but perhaps--perhaps--at the very least, she might serve as distraction enough to force the Key's hand.

A test at the very least. And no real loss, should this spark burn itself out in the process.

[daisymeade]

Top 5 Antagonist Blorbos (bonus points if you include reasons why you find them compelling but this is hardly required)

Oh gosh...I don't think my brain is in a place today to do any explanation (I can barely string these sentences together tbh...) but I'll definitely have to do a post like that down the line.

Loghain Mac Tir (DAO)

Nyrissa (PfKM)

Sarevok Anchev (BG1)

Ketheric Thorm (BG3)

Thaos ix Arkannon (PoE1)