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the-honqueror · 10 months
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Your dashboard has been visited by Manny! Reblog to help him along on his adventure~
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asha-mage · 6 months
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I feel like I am going to be having random WoT Finale thoughts for the next six months, but one I especially want to hit up now:
The actual logistics of the Whitecloak attack on Falme, from the military tactics to the geo politics of it all are so perfectly on point that it's like something Jordan would have written himself.
In the books the Whitecloaks are on Tomon Head for unrelated reasons to the Seanchan (ones that would be hard to establish properly in a tv format where we don't have the time to follow Bornhold Sr for six odd scenes), so the show runners shifted it so that they are explicitly answering a call for aid from a foreign throne. The Whitecloaks are a autonomous military body beholden to no nation that operates with pseudo-legality in most places that are not under their influence, and the idea of expanding that influence to another nation is far to tempting to resist, especially when no other power is answering the Falme's call for aid, including the White Tower, who are the Whitecloak's primary rival. On principles it seems like they are stepping up to help a victimized nation that the 'witches' have abandoned, or even orchestrated the fall of.
And then on a practical level, the actual tactics they employ are fiendishly clever. Using incense burners to create a fog to hide their approach and blunt the effectiveness of the enemy channelers (who need to be able to see something to target their weaves). This also makes sense on a world building level- the Whitecloaks probably have a dozen tactics in their back pockets to deal with an outright war against the Aes Sedai if it ever breaks out. Then once the Whitecloaks close up to the walls, they send in their cavalry first, to overwhelm enemy defenses before they can get the gates shut, then send in the infantry to secure and pacify the remaining resistance not taken out by the shock charge. At this point the Seanchan have to focus their fighting to the streets of Falme, and the best way to do that is to gather their damane on the nearby tower and rain down artillery fire in an attempt to break the Whitecloaks into retreat- a brutal strategy likely to result in the deaths of their own troops and civilians, but necessary if they are going to have any hope of holding the city.
And then is where things get INSANE. See, conventional medieval military wisdom dictates that in a situation where the gates are breached already siege engines have no use. Their too clumsy, taking to much time to aim and fire to be much use in a melee brawl like this. Siege engines are useful for breaking fortifications, toppling walls, etc, so if used offensively almost always come out first. That means that no one is expecting them to roll out of that fog and hurl stones at the damane's position. In one strike Bornhold Senior decapitates the enemy's primary advantage over him and tilts the battle in his favor. (And even if the damane had managed to counter the strike, they would be weakened significantly, having to focus on blocking further attacks and counter attacking the siege engines- not easy with the fog- instead of keeping the fighting in the streets under control).
This might be one of those things that only I care about, but good employment of medieval military tactics combined with magical fantasy elements always makes me go
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ckarlova · 2 months
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Grian as a Sky cotl kid…the new sparrow wings reminded me of Grian
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altriancloud · 7 months
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birbnest-in-the-sky · 7 months
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This has to be my favorite mural.
Not only does it portray the spirits as a team, it also includes the Skykid. We became a member of their team, their little family.
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jjoneechan · 2 months
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give me six nine characters that remind you of me!
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Did this on stream thought it was a fun challenge! I liked the various art styles! Very curious how I give off these vibes lmao?
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noboking · 2 months
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Another older piece that I’m still happy with
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hollypies · 2 months
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I impulse bought the nine colored deer antlers + moon mask ... oh wel it is pretty
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sauntering-downstairs · 11 months
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When you’ve got two whole constellations full of “moth” and one of em shows up
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inkedcitruses · 3 months
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Sky cotl doodle
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hugsandchaos · 1 year
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FELLOW SKY CHILDREN!!!
What if we based in-game age off how many seasons we’ve been through, and anyone who’s been here for 2-5 seasons is considered an adult?
I’m 7 seasons old. What about you?
Edit I forgot to make and feel bad for forgetting: Huge thank you to @dragonindigo245, they hit it right on the mark. Here was their interpretation of this idea: 0-1 seasons old means you’re a moth, 2-4 means you’re a sky kid, 5-9 makes you an adult, and 10+ means you’re a veteran or elder.
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kitsskyblog · 26 days
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skykidnas · 8 days
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My friend and I decided it was time for a new start. A new journey. Together. But this time we are going to take our time and enjoy the game just how it should be. Be a moth, be a butterfly, don't rush, there is plenty of things to do for you.
The start can be chaotic, maybe even scary! But don't let that hold you down and keep going. Even in the darkest of times there will always be a little light waiting for you. Whenever you're ready.
Hopefully we can make a lot of new memories as moths, having lots of fun, even share some of it with you all. There may not be a lot who will see this, but every single skid of you is worth the world.
© for the pic to my dear friend <3
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justyeex · 8 months
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The night mantas in the Vault are ghosts of regular mantas, whose bones are entombed in the Vault of Knowledge.
The proof: the little pile of bones that, when a manta call is done, summons a little spirit manta. Those are its bones. The giant bones floating in the Vault belong to the multi-winged manta that carries the lanterns. The Vault is not a library, it's a tomb.
This is also evidenced by Praying Acolyte. She is praying to tombstones of other spirits. The last tombstone, where she doesn't appear and we have to collect that little light? That is her tombstone, it's why she isn't there to pray. We pray at her tomb at the end.
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birbnest-in-the-sky · 8 months
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Unpopular opinion: I really love the concept of the Event Currency they introduced during Days of Color. I waited for Days of Harmony to pass to fully make my opinion on them, and I am genuinely in awe. And I have different reasons for why I like them:
They make you engage with the event. Before them, we basically just went to the event location on the first day and checked it out and got all the cosmetics. And that's that. There wasn't anything else to really do around there besides maybe collecting the wax. Now we stay there, and have to fulfill little task next to get them (next to searching for the currency scattered around).
You don't have to grind until exhaustion (which can really be time consuming and take the joy from the game) anymore to somehow get enough candles for the cosmetics. Which automatically means you do not have to buy actual candle packs either anymore. With that being said-
The new Event Currency allows us players to slow down a bit. Go at our own pace. Enjoy the game a bit more again. Actually gives us time to play Sky and enjoy the mechanics, the environment, the social interactions with strangers and friends.
And last but not least. It gives every player the same chances to get all the igc cosmetics. Every single player starts at 0 with the currency. And it doesn't require our candles nor a long time spent in the game. Not even actual money (another pos that we can't buy more of them with money). It includes new players. It includes players that haven't played in a while. It includes broke players (both financially and/or in game) and players that don't have that much time to grind hard every day.
All in all, I love the Event Currency concept. I've wanted something like this for quite a long time because I always thought that the Events 1) don't feel like actual Events and 2) exclude especially new players.
If you read until the very end, thanks for coming to my Ted talk.
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