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The Star-Eating Serpent, The Hyperhydra (speculation)
With the release of the most recent inn bosses this month, we now have confirmation that the Hyperhydra faced in the Forgotten Beasts challenge board is not the serpentine creature being referred to in the Empress' recounting of Atealan history and is instead a very ominous single-headed green snake entity.
If I'm being honest, I find this design of the creature to be rather appropriate as the color of its skin, along with the greenish gas flowing out of its nape, would seem to suggest the entity's scales are either coated or made of Trithril, the mineral that was present on the homeworld of the Atealan people.
The genius of this design is that it explains why and how such an otherworldly creature is capable of devouring stars to begin with.
As explained by Ra'Ta and Eirn, Trithril is capable of acting as a protective layer for things traveling through environments that produce magical radiation or harsh magical conditions such as the rifts, the Void, and the Mana Core.
Being either made of Trithril or coated in it would offer the protection this otherwordly beast would require to travel space and devour stars without having to worry about the danger those stars pose. I imagine it would also make traveling space easier as well.
My confusion in trying to piece the mystery of how this animal operates is that I can't begin to picture the reasoning behind its feeding. The Empress tells that the TSS was a devourer of her children, yet this seems to only have taken place after the beast took notice of them sometime after they established their people's culture, possibly meaning it hasn't been hunting and devouring them since their infancy as a species.
Furthermore, the serpent is known to be a devourer of not just stars but planets as well. Now admittedly, this designation of being a 'world eater' could just tie back to the fact that the snake was eating the life on worlds that the Atealan inhabited and therefore them as well. However, I would like to posit a theory that the Star-Eater wasn't eating the Atealans, as well as any other life that existed alongside them, specifically but rather the actual planets.
In the objective card for this otherwordly creature, it is outlined that it fed upon the power of both stars AND planets.
The implication here that the planets it consumed had a power worth devouring to begin with. The question here is what? I believe the answer to that is simple: it's Trithril. You see I believe that the serpent was seeking out worlds rich in minerals potent in Trithril so that it could devour stars safely afterword, as well as be protected by other forms of magical radiation. As a consequence, it's scales would be either coated in Trithril or eventually turn into Trithril as it continued to eat more planets that contained the mineral.
Now a terrifying theory here is that Trithril is a mineral only the Atealan's were capable of producing which leads back to the Empress' claim that the serpent devoured their children, the Ateala. Meaning the snake was specifically eating Atealans or at least seeking worlds where they were present.
How exactly Atealan do this I'm not sure, likely ties back to their connection to cosmic energy and the stars, but if so it kind of means they would have always been in danger of this serpent hunting them throughout the cosmos no matter how many worlds they fled in the past, until its recorded defeat by Unael Anohrin of course. Unless of course the death of Atealan can lead to formation of Trithril which if so, well that's kind of dark.
On a side note, I find it curious that the serpent has the same exact golden ornament attached to its head as the Atealan Standard helm:
Not sure if it means anything but it is an interesting detail.
Speculation on what the Star-Eating Serpent was consuming exactly and why, it's existence does bring up one important question:
WHAT THE HECK IS THE STORY BEHIND THE HYPERHYDRA!?!?!?
No seriously for the longest time this three-headed monstrosity was like the only candidate to point to when guessing what serpent was being referred to in the Empress' song, but now that thought-process is dead in the water.
At the time, I could see why it made sense to make the connection to the Ateala, what with the title of being an Eater of Stars alongside that all too familiar blueish starry theme its got going on but now I'd like to make a new guess.
I now believe that this forgotten beast may have been a creature that was or is present in the overall Elemental Plains. Now that seems like an odd guess to make until you look at the background behind it.
I can think of only one other place where we saw two celestial bodies, one black and the other white, orbiting one another.
The very top of the Exaltia Tower where we face off against the Engineer and see the Exalted Artillery cannon. A place that was very much present in the Elemental Plains.
However, if this true, what then are the small stars being referred to that the Hyperhydra apparently consumes?
Normally, I like to not be so presumptuous that gameplay completely translates to lore, at least as far as the inn is concerned anyway, but I do wonder if the hydra's ability to cycle through all eight prime elements to attack could or does answer that question given that the prime elements have been referred to as "stars" before and have even been given that imagery, at least symbolically anyway, in the Engineer fight. But again rough speculation at best.
Ah but I believe that concludes my thoughts on these serpentine beasties.
#dragonfable#dragonfable lore#dragonfable theory#Star-Eating Serpent#Hyperhydra#Curious that the SE serpent objective card said it was brought low by the Unael#that has many meanings but the one I'm particularly familiar with is forcing someone or something into subservience#I wonder if by chance Anohrin didn't kill the beast but rather forced it to serve to protect the 'stars' as the Empress put it#giving clarity to the “and with them protected as one” line#Unlikely possibility still because like why would you risk something like that eating your people again?#Atealan
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I’m reading through my handwritten notes for We Are Full Of Stories and there are SO MANY good things that I forgot to put in Part 1 that I’m going to have to make extra sure I reference in Part 2
#dragonfable#We Are Full Of Stories To Be Told#cannot BELIEVE I forgot the joke about Isiros liking capuccinos and everybody else being like ''they literally taste of nothing though''#(bc. y'know. the Reset. reality tastes faintly of capuccino)#(atealans are plane-walking aliens. so they can probably taste it.)#(I think I'm hilarious personally)#oooh a couple of these jokes I could mine for angst now...
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i am here alas finally, Atealan goat milk... more specifically yashta but anybody works
bonus if its not white, make that shit purple!
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i finished it at 3am i don't like the shading i'm going to bed
#dragonfable#my art#doodle#she has 'kill me' vibes#but her eyes have 'i'll cut you' vibes#atealan chicken cow lord
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new cosmetic
the staff works really well with my atealan base class
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It’s a bit late, but for Hero Appreciation Day today, I wanted to share another DF OC of mine I haven’t talked about before now because she has mostly just been a vague concept in my head: Selena. (I only have the one picture for now until I can unlock her other classes)
Selena is Jonathan’s younger sister, and was only eight years old when he first left on his adventure. Selena was always a troublemaker growing up, finding her way into everywhere she wasn’t supposed to be and taking things she wasn’t supposed to. Then Jonathan, who had always been obedient when she was getting into trouble, ran away to become an adventurer.
For years she heard stories of his exploits, both from him on his visits home and from various travelers that came through their home village. The more she heard, the more she longed to go off in search of adventure as well.
Then Jonathan was frozen in an enchanted block of ice. At first the family had no idea what had happened. They just stopped getting his letters, and when the time came for his usual visit, he didn’t show up. A few days later Elysia arrived. Jonathan had mentioned her in his letters, but at that point she hadn’t yet met his family before her unexpected arrival at the family farm.
She told them what had happened. They went on a pilgrimage of sorts to the ice block, which was so thick they could not see the figures within as anything more than vague shadows, and they mourned.
Months passed, and the world seemed to grow more and more dangerous without Jonathan there to protect it. Finally Selena decided she needed to follow in her brother’s footsteps and go out into the world to help people. Only twelve years old, she knew she wasn’t going to beat people with a sword or wear heavy armor like her older brother, so instead she relied on her ability to keep out of sight and get into places others couldn’t. She spent about a year adventuring as a rogue before finding her way to Sho’Nuff island, where she was taken in by the ninjas of Shadow of the Wind Village and taught their ways, which she took to like a fish to water.
When Yaala’s forces invaded Greenguard, Selena covertly joined the fight against them, though she didn’t not reveal herself to Jaania’s army. As they pushed Yalla’s forces back, she was shocked by the brutality she saw in those she was helping. When they get to the Dreamwood and she saw Jaania almost destroy the entire forest, she decides she was not going to be a part of anything this lady was involved with.
Selena continued adventuring, and a couple years later she was in the Sandsea when the Rose invaded. She joined Zhoom and the rebels in their fight against Sek-Duat and the Rose. When Duat fell to the Rose and Zhoom vanished, Selena fled into the desert and got lost in the sands. She eventually found her way to Atrea, and the Atealans rescued her from the desert heat and nursed her back to health. While among them Selena trained as a Cryptic, learning how to hone her mind as much as she had her body.
Selena later returned to Greenguard and joined the Sanctuary, helping them in their efforts against the Rose, mostly with guerrilla strikes and night robberies. When the Sanctuary was eventually attacked and destroyed by Akanthus, Selena was among those who escaped and would later join the Vind.
When Jonathan finally unthaws and eventually encounters the Vind, he finds his sister all grown up, now the same age as him at 20, and a skilled hero in her own right, having resisted the Rose for years. They fight alongside one another many times after this, and Jonathan has to reconcile the little girl he used to know with the woman his sister has become. He eventually teaches her Soulweaving, passing on what Tomix taught him. (I haven’t decided yet what her SoulAlly is like)
Selena is also a lesbian and is probably going to end up dating Mritha at some point.
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atealan ocs
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The Atealan sun thing did come up during the main story recently! We saw Alz'ein actually burning during the Sunfall Part 2 quest, when she'd been in the sun for a while
Oooooh! I haven’t played the last year-ish of the main story, whoops. I got stuck on one of the Greenguard Alliance quests.
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A Brief Respite (spoilers)
Ya know never occurred to me they'd all be at the Inn. The refugees we saved of course.
*confused sobbing*
You know I'm still curious as to the exact mechanics as to how Wargoth Sr did this. Feels like the answer lies with in affecting the Empress since all Atealan are supposed to come from her but I'm just not sure.
That being said,
I'm curious if we might one day aid in the Atealans reclaiming this power. Seems unlikely given that they would no longer have a reason to be on Lore, save out of sentiment, but it would be nice to explore if the damage Wargoth did was truly permanent.
Hard decisions made by the atealan people or the Empress?
I'm just loving the exposition that gives so much but hides just enough for new players that won't have a lot of the context older players already have.
Assuming its still canon, this would be a perfect spot in the time line of the Atealan's history for the trithril curse to have begun. Surely some among their numbers would have desperately wanted to try to have their people be able to live under sunlight without affliction once more and travel beyond Somorah
Avatars, the side-by-side exposition/foreshadowing art is just too damn good.
And then there's the characterization...
I love how devastating it feels to know that a world has been basically been lost forever, somebody's home and loved ones. It's the shoe that drops for Alz'Ein that makes it clear they can never go back to where they came from and worse the enemy responsible for all that loss is still coming after them.
Stronger than who Alz'Ein? Veyla? The Fallen? Surely not Wargoth.
Ah I can smell the frustration of the Rising Fire War from here.
#dragonfable#dragonfable spoilers#alz'ein#the atealan#this was some mighty fine introduction into Ateala if I do say so myself#Still a little surprised at times to see Serenity...well ya know#perhaps wargoth's nature as an Infernal made it possible#the threads#the threads of their being#atrea#the ateala
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The new Atealan Escelense customization slaps tbh
#dragonfable#FashionFable#Genuinely surprised I was able to beat both solo fights on my second alt with less than ideal gear#the fight itself has made me think about the potentially hard times to come though for the main Atealan cast#now that the Empress is currently out of commission#and how they will lead their people until she returns#potential struggles ahead
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Heroes from Beyond (spoilers)
At long last...
THE ATEALAN CLASS TRAINERS HAVE A PROPER INTRODUCTION IN THE ELEMENTAL DISSONANCE SAGA!!!!!
#dragonfable#dragonfable spoilers#Isiri#Etaos#Nirios#and of course#best girl#and my waifu#Alz'ein#Now there's just one last atelean that I wonder if they're place in the story will be given more details#Oooooh VEYLA where art thou?#I mostly ask due to a long held headcanon- well more of a question about a certain something...
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every so often I remember that it isn't actually confirmed canon that Tomix fought Lust in Atrea and the implications that he did are not actually that big but also c'mon, between Ra'Ta and Sa'vaya and all the other Atealans in Ravenloss? He totally fought Lust in Atrea
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The General's Arrival Reimangined (spoilers)
I KNEW IT! I KNEW THESE TWO HAD SOME FORM OF HISTORY!
*ahem*
For those of you reading this and are likely confused about my outburst, I'm not sorry :P.
You see years back when I initially played this saga as wee-gamer I was a bit confused and a bit put-off by the fact that Alz'Ein was so dead-set on labeling Veyla as a traitor and her inability to resist Wargoth's control as a betrayal.
At the time, it seemed as if she was angry with Veyla, and by some extension the other enslaved Atealans, for no real reason other than the fact that they had been conquered and controlled by the enemy at all, ya know something they wouldn't exactly be to blame for.
Of course, now that I'm older I understand a lot of her abrasiveness, frustration, and anger stems from the fact that their people were forced to flee their burning home, as well as the fact we weren't exactly listening on how much of a threat Wargoth posed to Lore.
However, I couldn't take my mind off the fact that she used the word betrayal. That's not a word you use lightly especially against someone you know. It eventually got me thinking: We don't exactly know all the events that took place on Somorah when Wargoth came to conquer it besides the obvious. As a result, it made me wonder if some of the Atealans deliberately chose to surrender, to bow down, to Wargoth in an effort to save themselves from being annihilated. Therefore, consenting to be controlled as opposed to having their will taken from the by force. My thought process at time was that Alz'Ein witnessed such a choice take place on the planet before they escaped and that was reason why she saw Veyla as a traitor.
Now of course we know now that Alz'Ein and the others don't know what's happening with the other Atealans trapped on Somorah so it's entirely possible that Wargoth did forcibly take control of all of them after all, especially the riftwalkers that were left behind. But I think it's possible that some Atealans may have chosen to submit. Can't wait to find out either way.
#dragonfable#dragonfable spoilers#alz'ein#veyla#now that we know Alz'ein knows Veyla I wonder if we'll get to see her reaction to finding out what happens to her later in the saga#Assuming she feels more friendly to her in these reimaginings anyway#Uuuuggghhhh I'm loving this characterization
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The Puppet's General (spoilers)
Hm, curious. Can't say I'm certain exactly what Veyla was about to say before Alz'ein cut her off, but if I had to guess it almost sounded like Veyla was going to say that Alz'ein was ordered to maintain the rifts on Somorah alongside the other riftwalkers that were left behind on their planet.
Which if true, means that Alz'ein abandoned her post to go to Lore with the other atealan refugees. It seems unlikely given that Alz'ein herself is a fighter that resents the idea of backing down from the enemy but that is trait made vehemently more clear in Book 3 when she firmly tells the other Unael that their course of action shouldn't be to run when their people are being threatened by a superior force once more.
What I'm getting at here is what if this strong response to the idea of abandoning their newfound home isn't just motivated by loss of Somorah, or their people's history of fleeing worlds, but also motivated by the fact that Alz'ein herself had made the delibrate decision to leave Somorah behind whether it be due to fear or because she just believed there was more thrills to be had in fighting Wargoth's forces on Lore and as a result feels something akin to guilt over not maintaining her post.
It would certainly further explain her exasperated state in the original Book 2 writing I still anticipate will come crawling back once she hears of what's happened to the other Riftwalkers and as Wargoth encroaches on Lore again. Imagine you left your fellows behind, whether out of fear or because you thought a particular task wasn't worth your time, to fight off a fiery invasion only for them to all be enslaved by the enemy. You'd probably be pretty stressed out at least.
Again, though it seems super unlikely that our Alz'ein would just walk away like that, but I must admit it'd be interesting to see if such an act is what motivates Alz'ein to stand her ground more firmly in the future as we've seen her do.
On another note, I'm a bit curious as to how much of Alz'ein's backstory we're going to get in these reimaginings. If I recall correctly, there are details we don't know much about surrounding her like how she became known as the "Broken Horn" (with her horns being ya know broken) by the Ateala and how exactly she was considered a candidate to become a Unael, though I always assumed the latter event has to do with her being a champion of the Milkgrass Arena (but it will be interesting if there's more to that particular story).
#dragonfable#dragonfable spoilers#alz'ein#ateala#speculation gonna speculate#I can feel it in my bones#Ah dear riftwalker what is that drives you?#Also how I'm just now noticing Veyla has scars!?!?!#loving this characterization either way
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actually. wait a second.
the Atealans are aliens but they seem to connect to magic just fine
Warlic himself is, arguably, an alien, kind of
so while he is definitely an alien, Akanthus must have something else going on too
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I’m still absolutely over the moon about the response that We Are Full Of Stories To Be Told has received so far so here is some art for you!! To give you guys an idea of how long I’ve been working on this particular fic, according to my files, this drawing of these four was finished around the end of last September!
Left to right, we have Meli Lu, Zinnia, Tomix, and Isirios!
Some design notes because I Have Thoughts:
It’s referenced in passing in the fic that the city-state of Ravenloss leans towards bright colours culturally. It’s specifically referenced in regards to their architecture but it’s reflected in their clothing too!
I had defined fashion senses for these kids before I had names for all of them. They are, as follows, quoted directly from my messages:
[Currently-Unnamed-Clawkin-Girl voice] all of my outfits are purposefully designed after historical stuff and nobody can stop me
[Zinnia voice] if I'm not wearing at least one eye-searingly painful colour at all times, what's the point, really?
[Currently-Unnamed-Atealan-Boy voice] what's a "gender presentation"?
Isiros wearing a skirt was a decision I initially made because I couldn’t figure out how to draw Atealan feet that day so then I decided to run with it
He’s also wearing an open vest & no shirt, which I am pointing out bc his pose is hiding it
Meli Lu’s outfit here is designed specifically after Book 3 Ravenloss buildings. There’s a reason Tomix says she “cosplays ancient buildings”
Zinnia’s hairstyle was chosen for A Very Specific Reason. I wonder if you can guess what it is? :3c
I’m super glad I went with the decision to have Tomix bundled up in a blanket for this drawing because I have a full body drawing of his high school era outfit also ready to go, so I can hang onto that one for if Part Two takes longer than expected!
#dragonfable#my art#We Are Full Of Stories To Be Told#as I said before. this fic verse gets its own tag :3c#feel free to ask me questions about this verse#I won't give any spoilers for part two but anything in part one is free game to ask me about!
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