#fighting dragons

[quiltofstars]

The Fighting Dragons of Ara, NGC 6188 // Jean-Baptiste Auroux

#astronomy #astrophotography #nebula #emission nebula #star-forming region #dust #interstellar dust #fighting dragons of ara #fighting dragons #NGC 6188 #ara

[art-81-art]

Nicholaas Chiao, Study for The Secret Dragons, 2023, mixed media

#art #contemporary art #nicholaas chiao #contemporaryart #brooklyn artist #fine art #artwork #digital painting #painting #dragons #fighting dragons #Brooklyn artist #new york art #beauty #blue

[morally-grey-variant]

long live all the mountains we moved

#long live #Taylor swift #fourth wing #onyx storm #iron flame #stickers #swiftie #Rebecca yarros #books #bookish #bibliophile #books and reading #bookstagram #booktok #booklr #reading #romantasy #fighting dragons #I had the time of my life #artist #indie artist #redbubble #dragons #the empyrean #xaden riorson

[maypoleman1]

26th September

Fighting Dragons

Source: Visit North Wales website

On this day in 1499, a black dragon from Keddington Hill, Suffolk, fought a white dragon from Ballingden Hill in Essex. The battle took place near Little Cornard in Suffolk. Despite much fire and fury, their fight was fairly inconclusive with the Essex dragon gaining a slight advantage. The black dragon broke off the contest and both retired to their respective caves. Where this relatively recent myth came from is not too clear, although it may be a symbolic retelling of the Roman defeat by the Iceni army of Boudicca. It also carries echoes of a much older tradition of Celtic dragons. In ancient Britain King Llud’s realm was beset by two dragons, one red and one white. When the battling dragons tired, they fell to earth, exhausted. Llud, skilled in old magic, had the dragons tied up in a silk sheet and buried near the hill fort of Dinas Emrys in Gwynedd.

Many years later, in the fifth century, the semi-mythic British king, Vortigern, was frustrated that the castle he was trying to build at Dinas Emrys kept falling down. He called on the boy-magician Ambrosius Aurelianus for advice, and the lad had the foundations of the castle dug up to reveal the two dragons, still battling furiously. The white dragon appeared to be winning and Ambrosius claimed this beast represented the invading Saxons. Ultimately however the red dragon, whom Ambrosius identified with the Britons, won the fight. In terms of history, Vortigern was said by the monk Gildas to have been defeated by the Saxons but that their advance was halted by the Britons led by the adult Ambrosius. This symbolic myth was later transferred to represent the victory of the Welsh Henry Tudor over the English King Richard III - possibly because the Saxons later overran the whole of Britain apart from Scotland and Wales, thus invalidating Ambrosius’ Dark Age prediction.

#fighting dragons #welsh folklore #Ambrosius aurelianus #red dragon #white dragon #Vortigern #King Llud #Dinas Emrys

[nervouslywaitingforlife]

Rf3 being inspired by the greek myth Jason and the golden fleece?

More likely than you would think.

#rune factory 3 #rf3 #theres amnesia in both #as well as falling in love #fighting dragons #the golden fleece in question #i was talking to my bro about how (jokingly) rf3 is inspired by the legend and he said that they're actually quite close

[euesworld]

"Can I live in a romance novel please?? Can you put a magic spell on me and love me please? Can you be my sweet heroine hero with a sword of knight? Cause there is a fire breathing dragon in my soul that I'd like you to fight.."

Once upon a time thou loved me, thou did.. thousands of millennia ago when magic flourished and knights did roam and in thou I found my forever home - eUë

#where art thou #romance novel #romance novels #knight #magic spell #magical #magic #magical moments #magic moments #put a spell on me #knights sword #sword #swordfighting #fire breathing dragon #fire breathing #dragons #dragon #fighting dragons #in my soul #books #book #booklover #booknerd #bookish #spilled ink #spilled thoughts #spilled words #love quotes #love #love quote life quotes

[mirrorballtales]

Currently entering my Reputation era but I know I’m going to go back to my Enchanted and Sparks Fly era by June 😭😭😭. Please can divine intervention stop this?

#taylor swift #taylornation #taylor’s version #healing #folklore #the eras tour #speak now taylor’s version #surprise songs #dear john #you’re losing me #enchanted #sparks fly #delicate #reputation taylor’s version #please don’t be in love with someone else #i was enchanted to meet you #wonderstruck #spilled writing #spilled feelings #spilled heart #harry styles #long live #limerance #booktok #book tumblr #fighting dragons #the tortured poets department #dress #look what you made me do #getaway car

[poemsliz]

Fighting a Dragon

A man, wearing a short tunic, stands astride the dragon's tail, grips its neck and thrusts a spear into its breast

Bury St Edmunds

From a former monastery

#found #art #sculpture #dragons #dragon #dragons in art #stone dragon #fighting dragons #british museum #stone

[0fps]

JIYAN ❖ THROUGH THE DARKEST OF NIGHTS

Jiyan, leader of the Midnight Rangers, acts with swift and resolute righteousness. He possesses the formidable ability to conjure a powerful Qingloong from the winds, making him invincible on the battlefield.

#wuwa #wuthering waves #jiyan #gamingedit #wuwaedit #flashing tw #m:gifs #m:* #as a viewer i very much appreciate the captions but as a giffer god damn it why directly on the video ajkdflajsdf #anyways. idk if it's an intentional design choice #but jiyan's fighting style with the dragon + lance and the dragon specifically following the movement of the lance #makes it look like he's fighting via dragon dancing #like you know the dance where usually multiple people hold up a long dragon puppet with poles #kinda cute tbh lol esp since otherwise ig he's supposed to have an edgier vibe #m:1k

[art-81-art]

Nicholaas Chiao, The Secret Dragons, 2023, mixed media

#art #contemporary art #nicholaas chiao #contemporaryart #brooklyn artist #fine art #artwork #digital painting #painting #dragons #fighting dragons #Brooklyn artist #new york art #beauty #orange

[xenksfightscene]

Xenk Yendar’s Fight Scene set to:

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) - ABBA

(YouTube link)

#I want to fuck him so BAD your honor #xenk yendar #Xenk #dnd movie #dungeons and dragons honor among thieves #honor among thieves #dungeons and dragons #movie edit #ABBA #gimme gimme gimme #a man after midnight #dungeons and dragons movie #Xenk’s fight scene

[dunyun-rings]

I saw a post that said “Dragon Age discourse walked so that Baldurs Gate 3 discourse could run” and that’s absolutely false. Dragon Age discourse sprinted, foaming at the mouth, so that BG3 discourse could skip happily through a meadow

#that OP clearly wasn’t in the DA fandom when Inquisition came out lmao #people acted like mages were a real life opressed group #don’t even get me started on the discourse around which romance options were justified and which ones meant you were a bigot/abuser/etc #is Astarion existed in Dragon Age people would literallt never stop fighting about him I can tell u that much

[queenqunari]

Anyway I’m a clown because this is how I chose to costume myself as a female Orc for a renfaire

In my defense, it was nearly 100 degrees out and being sexy is fun

#I do look p hot ngl #also I’m my defense I didn’t have time to make anything new so I had to pull something from my previous costume box #I don’t like the belt angle but that’s cause I had to take out some things tucked into it so I could effectively sword fight #half orc #cosplay #renaissance faire #dungeons and dragons #dnd cosplay #women with swords

[mossattack]

on a side note, bianca looks better than ever

#dragon age the veilguard #dragon age 4 #dragon age #idk how to tag this game. im gonna start tagging it davg fr #also the whole fight gave me drack & ryder mea vibes #people reblogging it with davg tag are the real ones

[shatouto]

i've seen a poll about gale and anders but i feel like this one is a more difficult one to answer

#baldur's gate 3 #dragon age #see i think astarion wouldn't want to damage his nails. but also he has vampire reflexes #on the other hand fenris is.... fenris #personally imma go with fenris #edit: ok apparently y'all think this is an easy question sjdjsksk #no i legit was trying to be fair to astarion! he is pretty strong in melee (especially when he fights dirty)! #i mean it he's the dps in my party full of casters (maybe that's the problem...) #edit 2: my soul is pledged to fenris but istg y'all are so mean to astarion in the tags 😭😭😭 #edit 3: okay fine i should've said a fight instead of a fistfight..... sorry astarion #you all should know that every mention of fenris's strength makes me 🥵 btw. as it always goes #edit 4: the astarion roasting is starting to feel more like me being roasted personally and ya know what i deserved it-

[hejee]

i really just wanna draw them shirtless

#dragon age #dragon age inquisition #inquisitor lavellan #cassandra pentaghast #varric tethras #the iron bull #solas #solas dragon age #dorian pavus #vivienne de fer #blackwall #cole dragon age #sera dragon age #ouuuugh so many tags #ok but the scenario is them finally taking a rest after fighting a damn dragon #dorian is the most wounded bc he rushed head first lol #this happened to me ingame tbh #viv and myrella are my tank mages #i wanna draw only four of them but nah i don’t want anybody to be left out #solas is the least wounded of the lot bc he’s the healer and uh u know #ngl i first drew varric’s ass