#Hallowrove tag

[peliginspeaks]

Today I bring you month-old doodles of Hallowrove having a rough day at work. Tomorrow? Who knows?

#Hallowrove tag #fallen london #i need to do a good day at work doodle sheet one of these days to make it up to them lol #yes sometimes a bad day monster hunting can look a lot worse than this re: Almost Getting Eaten #but I've always loved how many of the activities the game describes are just sort of mundane or could become so #the necessity of slogging through the swamp for a few hours to find anything in the first place #or regularly scheduled jobs like collecting poisons for the Detective

[theramblingvoid]

Waiting for the train

Been doing a lot of railway in Fallen London lately and wanted another Hallowrove done for artfight, so here's a trainguy in some historical fashion :]

#fallen london #Dola Hallowrove #lmao tumblr image compression airbrushed their face scars out completely hdhfhfjs #honestly really proud of how the clothes turned out though. nothing to teach you fabric folds like drawing a Victorian #everything puffy as hell <3 #shade original #(man i need a new art tag) #Hallowrove tag

[peliginspeaks]

Reference for Hallowrove's scars!

First death: Lost the Feducci duel, got impaled with his lance. Would have healed more messily if Oversol hadn't been there to take it out and help afterwards.

Shapeling Arts first aid: stabbed in a dock brawl, patched up creatively by Haarsink

Vake: first encounter with it in BaL, the text mentioned it raking its claws down the player's legs while holding their shoulders and the image just stuck with me

Upper River Beast: sometimes there's a Big Fuckoff Flesh Creature. Lingering scar from an out-of-game roleplay incident.

Others: no consistent canonical placement for the assorted small scars, except for none around the eyes. Definitely most of them are from monster hunting or clambering around over walls and other types of Hallowroveish Activities they get into out of curiosity, but a couple lighter and older ones are from absentmindedness when they used to do metalwork and mechanical stuff on the Surface.

#hallowrove tag #tw scars #one of these days I'll lure Haarsink and Oversol's players to come post more about them on here #anyways #it's so strange for me to post stuff like this because I've had Hallowrove for almost two years now but not posted hardly anything #so it's just funny to see them with all this wear and tear knowing they probably come off Grizzled or whatever at first sight #when i know they're just some guy. that i happen to enjoy hurting dhdhfh #on a serious note though i love giving my ocs texture. i love scars and wrinkles and body hair and stretch marks #i just don't know how to draw most of that stuff yet #hmm. i should give hallowrove More texture. anyways #peliginart #i guess

[peliginspeaks]

I think Dola could probably get kidnapped by Scaleflats if he so desires. It would be enrichment for both parties

Oh no you're absolutely right and it's funny as hell. I can absolutely imagine that. Hallowrove goes to sleep one night and wakes up tied in a dark room, they start running through who could possibly be after them right now - they haven't made any proper enemies in a while, which Master did they come closest to angering recently? Could it be anyone tied to the Vake hunt still?? A light comes on and oh that's Scaleflats. It's just. ...Well. This isn't how she'd expected her day to go but you know what, nothing better planned for this particular weekend.

I can absolutely see Scaleflats as the type to very politely ask if Dola wouldn't mind being kidnapped after having kidnapped him. And it would indeed be enrichment! Yet another Shapeling Arts test to escape the ropes, no doubt, and some good Shadowy shenanigans to navigate a way out. Just another point in a long history of testing each other for fun and profit (the profit is simply advanced skill CP)

Tagging @cosmogone-spectacles to give Oversol a heart attack

#hallowrove tag #scaleflats tag #that's deranged I love it #<- my reaction to most Scaleflats Ideas #Hallowrove would so enjoy it though #in the badly-in-need-of-some-safe-unpredictability kind of way #it definitely isn't healthy for them to be constantly skirting death in ways they've needed to previously with BaL and whatnot but #they would be enriched for sure by some surprise kidnapping #I so wish there was a way to do that ingame now

[peliginspeaks]

Hallowrove doesn't want or need top surgery, but if they did then being a monster hunter really is the perfect excuse. What, these scars? Oh that's just from The Beast, you know how it is. The Horrors 😌

#hallowrove tag #mm yes little known fact about the Vake，it likes to leave perfectly symmetrical clean incisions on its victims #haha yeah i was lucky to survive. a miracle really #although with Mr Hearts around getting top surgery from The Beast really is an option dhfhffjs #i feel like it'd agree as long as it got to keep the tiddies afterwards

[peliginspeaks]

That sound was not a part of the normal night-time hum.

Hallowrove does not stop. To the outside observer she might not have heard, but her senses now prickle with awareness, and her breath picks up with her steps in spite of herself. She is armed, of course - the usual bone knife at her belt and revolver in her coat in case of incident - but the noise still sends certain old fears trailing her steps like a man stood uncomfortably close at a soiree.

It might have been nothing.

It was probably nothing.

Counting the number of storefronts before the next well-lit street corner (five) is still a reflex, not a choice.

Three of those storefronts pass with nothing more than the muffled clump of boots on wet cobble. A lone hansom-cab passes, darkly lit water pouring over its wheels like dirty tears. In the wake of it, unmistakably, a footstep. It is the only one, but there need only be one. He is definitely being followed.

~

In which my two characters share a surprise meeting in the middle of the night, because nothing is more fun to me than letting my guys interact as weirdly and tangentially as possible. :)

#fallen london #Hallowrove tag #Null tag #peliginart #been wanting to do something like this for ages but was always stopped by Null being just AWFUL at Dangerous #at least in comparison to Hallowrove #like yeah sure you're an Abomination Against Existence but Hallowrove cleans those up on the regular dhfksjd #I make a really concentrated effort to write my guy's abilities realistically and allow them many failings #but even so it'd take one hell of a lucky turn for Null to have a real chance on a good day #still. glad I found a way to write something interesting :) #have many more thoughts about this and the train of thought that lead to the beginning premise of it but maybe I'll put that in a reblog #for now gonna shut my trap and leave this here

[theramblingvoid]

[ID: A stylized full body digital art of my Fallen London character Dola Hallowrove. They are framed by a neon green and purple background, aiming a harpoon gun off screen and standing with one foot back as if bracing themself against momentum. End ID]

Happy 1 year character creation birthday to my favourite monster hunter! Seemed a fitting time to experiment with a different art style :)

#fallen london #dola hallowrove #man this was fun to make #had to absolutely bully my desaturated monochrome loving self into it but i think i learned a lot :D #bribed myself with getting to draw the harpoon gun #'but can flondon monster hunters even perform the rites correctly if the harpoon isn't a -' shh. shhhhh. #the answer is Well I'm About To Find Out #as is usually the answer with Hallowrove hdhfhsj #Hallowrove tag #shade original

[theramblingvoid]

Number 6, for Hallowrove!

Okay this is the fun one I'd hoped someone would pick because the thing is it's happened so many times in canon already that there's just NO question about the answer

Hallowrove's List Of Who She'd Go To If Badly Injured, by preference:

- Fluorine Scaleflats, a Rubbery friend with a great skill and interest in Shapeling Arts who can be relied on to piece her back together in (mostly) (if asked nicely) the right order

- Haarsink, who also knows shapeling arts and can probably apply them in a much less biologically creative manner in a medical setting, but is second on the list because showing up bleeding at his place would stress him the hell out (ask me how I know lol)

- Oversol, who although being a deeply trusted safe place to go has no particular medical knowledge or skills and will probably just call a very expensive doctor and/or pick Hallowrove up and sprint her to a hospital, while being VERY stressed either way

Hallowrove's List Of Who He'd Go To If Badly Injured, by what inevitably actually ends up happening:

- Oversol

- Haarsink that one time

- But other than that it's always Oversol

- Good lord Hallowrove you are going to put this poor man into heart failure we have got to stop letting this happen so often -

#ask game #worst part is 'that one time' with Haarsink was only AFTER being sprinted there by Oversol jdhfhfjsj - #Hallowrove ends up badly banged up a lot from monster hunting or from crossing the wrong people and by now can usually deal with it #but there have been just an awful lot of times where they've either gotten hurt in Oversol's presence or he's the closest door to stumble to #or the first option they can pull into a hazy mind while stumbling through the dark #they're really conscious about stressing him especially at the current stage in the plot #but the two of them have crashed on each other's couches enough times that there's few states of disrepair they haven't seen each other in #and there's no one Hallowrove would rather have around for the aftermath and recovery of an injury，even if Oversol does fuss terribly #have to shout out Haarsink again though. poor man got home from a day's work to find one friend bleeding on his floor and another panicking #and. #.....okay i did just remember how he dealt with the other half of the situation but the Hallowrove part at least he dealt with well hdhfhfhs #my guy's got a neat twisted up Shapeling Arts scar now where a knife wound used to be #ANYWAY. excessive blorbo rambling is my passion #Hallowrove tag

[theramblingvoid]

Peppermint for Hallowrove?

I didn't forget about these what are you talking about

Peppermint: How does your OC handle the cold?

Never thought about this before! With a warm stove and hot drinks, usually. In terms of going outside, I can see them bundling up with a scarf and good boots, but I think it's a pretty common occurrence for them to walk out the door in the casual everyday level of cold preparedness and end up wishing they'd worn 'you are now damp and somewhat in the middle of the swamp because you heard a weird noise and decided to follow it' level of clothing. Not that they'd do that or anything. The current level of dampness is completely unrelated.

#voidrambles #ask game #Hallowrove tag #idk what it is about Hallowrove getting soaked to the bone but it just keeps happening and I'll keep making it happen #it's never not funny

[theramblingvoid]

"📚 Your OC has to improvise a 10 minute lecture about a topic of their choosing. What do they chose?" and "🪤 What is one thing that could be used to lure your OC into a trap?" for a beast(s) of your choosing !!

📚

Hallowrove: Now see, the expected answer here would be monsters, and they definitely could give a 10 minute lecture on Beastes, but their love of monsters is much more practical and experience-based than theoretical or biological so that's not what this lecture is about. Nope, this one is about workers' rights. Sit down listen up and hear this guy who started out job hopping between different metalworking/mechanical trades on the Surface and then came down here and met Mr Fires talk about unionization and workplace power dynamics. The doors are locked. The 10 minutes starts now.

Null: They wanted to plagiarize Hallowrove's speech but they have surveyed public interest and determined that it wouldn't get a very high approval rating. Instead they will be talking about literary analysis but only of the Ministry of Public Decency's most popular approved books and only using points they overheard in Veilgarden.

🪤

Hallowrove: *Deep, long-suffering sigh* In order of canonical events: 1. Something to pique their curiosity, 2. A friend in a situation too dangerous for them to handle, and 3. A hunt that they've started, that takes up more and more of their mind and energy, that by the time they realize what's happening they are too entranced by to break away. Although maybe that last one is also the trap in its own right. I wouldn't call Hallowrove easy to lure, exactly...but...yeah actually yes I would. Who am I kidding. This guy left a stable job to move to a cave full of space bats. They're getting trapped the second something makes a weird noise and they go to see what made it. (Keeping them trapped, however, that's the real issue. Good Luck.)

Null: Literally anything. This guy would walk under a box propped up on a stick for a rusty silver fork. And then try to take the box and stick too.

#voidrambles #ask game #Hallowrove tag #Null tag #this continues to be incredibly amusing to me dhdhfhs #also thank you for copying the questions you are so cool and based

[theramblingvoid]

A Furcation of Pathways

(Fallen London OC fic 3577 words)

You, an Over-Inquisitive Monster Hunter by the name of Dola Hallowrove, have decided to track down an illusive zee beast that nearly sank your zub on more than one occasion. Now, with the hunt a success, you get your long-awaited chance to investigate the creature and learn what secrets its body might be hiding in the depths. …The aftermath may prove to be a little more than what you bargained for, but, well. What else is new in London?

(Based off the Signs of Pursuit card from the Zailing opportunity deck and loosely inspired by the Teratomancy cards from monster hunter professional activities)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46888936

#Fallen London #shade writes #Dola Hallowrove #me? posting writing? it's more likely than you think #originally meant to just share this with a couple friends but #got convinced by them it would be interesting to other flondonfolk who appreciate the monster hunting and Weird Creature side of things #so. if you've ever wished there was more to that one card #or if you happen to know who Hallowrove is and want to see them fuck around and find out #well. here you go :] #Hallowrove tag

[peliginspeaks]

I can't believe they named the premier port on the roof after Dola Hallowrove.

I haven't had the chance to get into the update yet and probably won't for a while, but I did notice that. Firmament is really made for them, isn't it. This Just Keeps Happening

#hallowrove tag #'oh hey airship update - my guy has a history with those' (since before last summer' #'oh haha that's the exact type of deal they'd take just for the excuse to go see what's up there' #'...the main port is called what now' #very excited #unfortunately. also Very Overwhelmed at the moment re: irl but we'll get there!!

[peliginspeaks]

hallowrove out here making the forever weed brownie fr

Item:

Persistently Inebriating Pastry, +1 KT +1 Bizarre

One would hope you were not thinking to come down any time soon, because you're bound to be like that for a LONG time. Also I've invited over all your contacts and acquaintances and your patrons and your Aunt and they're all coming over for hours!! Don't let them know you're fucking HIGH Hallowrove! More like hallowSTONED XDD

#hallowrove tag #WHY AM I TAGGING THIS HHDHDHFHFHDHS #god i wish i had time and energy to redraw the forever weed brownie comic #I'd definitely draw them as pinkie pie for it though hdhhfh #there are just too many funny options for fluttershy #I can't believe there's been two separate instances of Hallowrove weed joke today #fake game qualities

[theramblingvoid]

oc ask game: i cant do emojis but shiny rock for both

-mleem

🪨 Someone gifts your OC a shiny rock. What do they do with it?

Hallowrove: It's an odd gift, but they've recieved weirder from Rubbery friends and zailors with superstitious good-luck charms. If it seems meaningful to you in the giving, they'll keep it and cherish it, probably on a shelf in their upstairs office next to a few other gifts and assorted oddities and souvenirs from hunts. They don't tend to be sentimental about objects or decorations in general, but a good simple gift goes a long way.

Null: They will hoard it. And then realize that you are now a known source of shiny rocks, and immediately start figuring out how they might get more from you, all that you have, all that you might possibly be able to get. Your shiny rocks will line their mantel. You will know no peace. Every night they will pick them up one by one just to hold them, and feel their weight, and know that that weight is in the accumulation of what in the world is theirs. They might also swallow one eventually. You know how it is.

#voidrambles #Hallowrove tag #Null tag #i wasn't expecting Hallowrove to be a gifts person necessarily but it's really not unexpected given the fact that i very much am one #i know i like gifts a lot in part because it's a mark a friend leaves on my life，a proof that they were there that I can look back on later #I don't think Hallowrove shares that same mentality #i think they more just keep good track of gifts because of the amount of care and warmth they can feel through them from friends #and wanting to make them feel warm too by how much they are appreciated #interestingly enough Hallowrove isn't too much of a gift giver themself though #they prefer to show affection through lots of time spent with people and doing practical things to benefit them #and gifting things like food that have a use and can be consumed #they're definitely the friend that helps you move，now that i think about it #as for the Null answer. well. #it's Null #Good Luck hdhfhfhs #enjoy being extorted for shiny rocks

[theramblingvoid]

tea ask game :D! Oolong and matcha ☕!

:D answering for both guys!

Oolong: How does your OC decorate their space?

Hallowrove: Her cabin is furnished with slightly mismatched and mostly outdated furniture, quite obviously having come with the place and not been replaced. For most of their stay in the Neath the rest of it was much the same, but I think now that he's chosen to stay long term and is trying his best to make it into a home it's a little more cosy and personalized. The curtains have been replaced with some nice green fabric, the mantle and shelves in some rooms have gifts from friends on them with varying degrees of oddness and ornamentation. I think there's a lot of blankets set around the living spaces, because the swamp can get chilly but also for visitors. It's...still a bit of a struggle for Hallowrove to settle in to somewhere properly, so there are spots on the walls that seem a little too bare and a few places where you can see something started being used out of convenience and hasn't been replaced since, but overall what the place lacks in decoration it makes up for in lived-in warmth. (Colour wise: I think it's mostly greens, warm browns, and that sort of vintage-y peach/orange tone, you know the one)

Null: The walls are starkly bare. The furniture is as nice as they can afford, verging on ostentatious, and in any given room there's way too much of it. Decorative items crowd every horizontal surface, placed strangely and artlessly, as if with no care for visuals and simply trying to slot in as many as the space will hold. Every "family photo" type decoration has a different set of faces in it. There are a couple rooms - the entry and the parlour, mostly - that are not like this, but instead staged almost like a magazine, uncomfortably positioned for visitors to look and not touch.

Matcha: What is your OC’s preferred little treat?

Hallowrove: Pastry with almonds and honey! Usually with tea, although the quality and preparation depends on whether they're taking it with Oversol.

Null: (deep long-suffering sigh) Slab of raw meat. Big as they come.

#voidrambles #ask game #Hallowrove tag #Null tag #thank you this was very fun to answer :]

[theramblingvoid]

Tea asks: lemon balm and ginger!

(answering for Null and Hallowrove since it wasn't specified)

Lemon Balm: Does your OC have any bedtime habits or rituals?

Hallowrove: Filling Sneeve's bucket with fresh mud (mandrakes are fussy, it doubles as an alarm clock because he whines when it gets too dry). Checking that their door is secured, a good habit in the marsh but also a bit of an old tick from that part in Bag a Legend where all the nuns are after you. Putting his goggles on the nightstand, same place out of habit but also because the slight glow is probably good enough to light a lamp or candle by when he needs to get up in the morning.

Null: Picking up or touching every belonging in their lodgings. All the trinkets they've collected and stolen from people, all the expensive gifts they've seduced away from people at the court. They might even pick up armfulls of it all and hold it for a bit, just to feel the weight, as much as they can carry. It only makes them want more, of course, but knowing all of it is Theirs is the closest to satisfaction they can get at the end of a day.

Ginger: What always brightens your OC’s day?

Hallowrove: Finding something unexpected, especially a new creature or unexplored area that could take several hours or days to get to know. Also spontaneous visits from friends - her best friend is a Silverer so it's not too hard to go visiting via mirrors, and everyday life often leaves excuses to go look in on friends at the University while delivering samples or drop by remote spots in the swamp to meet a fellow monster hunter.

Null: Null doesn't exactly have the emotional capacity to get their day "brightened", but making a new connection to exploit might get something akin to excitement from them. A new person enamoured with them at court or a way to incur debt from a spy in the Great Game would make a day much more worthwhile. That or getting hold of a rather large supply of raw meat.

#voidrambles #ask game #Hallowrove tag #Null tag #I love these guys they're both so normal and typical #(Hallowrove is my main and Null is my Seeker alt who was fucked up long before Seeking anyway) #(love thinking about the blorbos everyday lives so much)