#vampiric revenants

[demon-dai]

✨ NOVA ✨ @yagamimi-aka-mimi

[itsalwaysgarytime]

  @luigi-yagami‘s Cyber Vampire Nova D. Aquilas. They requested others to draw Nova in their own way. So I decided to participate!

[ardentinwoe]

Oh the things we do for love…

[rebel-revenant]

Santiago was Louis' breaking point, and we do not blame him one bit. An original piece depicting Louis de Pointe du Lac from Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles torching the Théâtre des Vampires.

Oh, and Armand, you're there, too!

[redratt]

goretober - bisected

Rattler Bratovich taking care of a failed fleshcraft creation. Presumably all that remains of a traveler who got lost too close to the Bratovich estate.

Alternatively -- and none of the Bratovich girls like to talk about this -- this could be one of their cousins, sent in a wooden box marked DESTROY for displeasing one of the Tzimisce who oversee the family. You just don't know, when you're someone like Rattler.

It's why you do whatever they ask of you.

[googlyeyesonmagiccards]

Oh no! A G-G-G-GHOST!

[ancientorigins]

Excavation of a Bronze Age grave in Germany has revealed something chilling: a large stone holding down the body inside. Did these people fear a zombie might rise again from his grave?

[howaitot]

Kindred of Constanța pt 1

Hannibal and her left and right hand man!

[ardentinwoe]

Sketching

[ladyeroway]

Lilijana didn't birth him, yet her blood runs through Aleksy's veins. When she looks at him she sees promises made and promises kept. A vow to set down roots, to build, to family. She didn't birth him, yet he is her son.

[qwib]

Nikita Bratovich

Character portrait for an NPC. Nikita was born into servitude, but abandoned that post a long time ago. Fed up with the treatment of Revenants, she's turned into a Hunter instead...

Watch out.

[virfu]

Figuring out the different fangs for the vampires in my bfucu stuff

[squirrellypoo]

It’s only just occurred to me how much harder Louis and Claudia discovering the revenants is going to hit in the tv show than in the book.

Louis’s reaction may not be very different, but Claudia, hoo boy. The difference being that show!Claudia has encountered their kind before and knows exactly what they are - because SHE CREATED SOME.

“No matter how much blood I give them, they just lie there gaspin'.”

“Boy from Ponchatoula. Boy from Hollygrove. Boy with the bow tie out in Algiers.”

We already know from the S2 casting calls that they’re most certainly Going There. Somehow I still don’t think I’ll be ready.

[redratt]

so walk with me walk with me don't let this symbolism kill your heart (this song is not for the living.) (this song is for the dead.)

slipknot's 'XIX' is like... maybe my high point of Riley themes? anyway, i was listening to it a bit, feeling kind of out of it for personal life reasons -- all of that aside, i realized I hadn't quite ever depicted for other people how i interpret riley d'habi's little "boon" that she was given by the true black hand, haha. Not that she even knows what they are. there is a cross sewn into the flesh of her back, made of her own flesh and the flesh of her new masters. when Riley is in the presence of a specific target (often non-Koldun, or tremere, or-) it begins to burn and warp and twist. It becomes a "blossom". A blessing from God. It hurts. Revenants have shitty lives, even the ones who manage to escape the circumstances of their birth. There's a reason the Grave Watcher revenant-pack is so tightly-knit, because nobody understands them but themselves. No other being knows what a Revenant bears.

[fridge-reviews]

The Best Games of 2023

Welcome once again to the my personal list of games I enjoyed this year. Yep, it’s my list, feel free to disagree with me but it won’t change anything. So, here are the rules;

These are games that I’ve played and reviewed this year.

The list is in alphabetical order, its not a top 10, these all feature because of how good I consider them to be.

The games don’t have to have been released this year.

Everyone clear on the rules? If not feel free to reread them.

Beacon Pines

This is a game I backed on Kickstarter after watching one of my favourite Youtubers showcase it. I absolutely loved this game to the point of feeling sad when I had completed it that it was over. This game totally captivated me and had me want to explore the various endings it has.

Curse of the Dead Gods

This is a roguelite game of risk and reward, do you keep the rooms lit and see what enemies are coming for you or do you fight in the darkness where your attacks are more potent but you can't see what's coming until its upon you. That is only one of the many risks you can take that may grant rewards, curses and glory await you within this game.

Inscryption

If Daniel Mullins creates a game I have to play it, that's how it works at this point. Inscryption preys upon one of my weaknesses in both video and real games... deckbuilding. But once I thought I had a handle on the mechanics, they shifted and everything changed. Play this game and marvel at how strange and wonderful it is.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengance

“Gloriously stupid”, that's how I described this game and I'm sticking by that statement. It's so massively over the top in everything it does. An absolute must play!

Road 96

This game was something special. You could call it a walking simulator but that would not do this game justice at all. What makes this game special are the characters you meet as you go through your various playthroughs, from incompetent bikers to conflicted truckers and cops who just want to do good when surrounded by the bad ones. I've recently bought the separate expansion 'Mile 0' because I just want to experience it again (but differently).

Shadowrun Games

Okey, this is a bit of a cheat since this is about three games at once but I'm still counting it. My favourite of the three was Shadowrun: Hong Kong because of the way the story builds up. If you're ever in the market for a cyberpunk game (that isn't Cyberpunk 2077) I heartily recommend these.

System Shock (Remake)

Another game I backed on Kickstarter, and I'm so glad I did. I loved System Shock 2 and always found it very hard to go back it's predecessor. This remake removed the clunkiness of the old game for me entirely.

Toem

Toem is a wonderful, slow paced game all about photography. Photography is something of a passion for me so this game really spoke to me. Of course, there is more to it than merely taking virtual pictures, there are puzzles, quests and side missions to accomplish.

Unpacking

Cosy games seem to be a genre that's growing in popularity quite quickly and this game is pretty much the poster child for the genre. Something I really appreciated about the game was the unfolding narrative that you uncovered from what you unpacked into the various rooms and houses you followed the character into.

Vampire Survivors

Just as Unpacking is the poster child of the cosy genre Vampire Survivors is the poster child (and possibly the original progenitor) of the 'bullet heaven' genre. What I find rather amazing is the level of support this game has been given by its creator, with lots of regular free updates that add in content as well as a couple of paid for expansions it really feels like this game will never truly die.

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This year has been amazing for those of us that love to play video games, with lots of truly fantastic games appearing with regularity. Of course, that hasn't been the case for the ones creating the games, developers are still being fired and removed for all sorts of stupid reasons and of course they like to target the newly established unions. I hope more unions appear and give these corpos the bloody nose they are asking for.