I had vague plans to be cheeky and try my hand at a full Dragon Bash rewrite, but there's remarkably little work to be done because the verses focus on the bashers boasting about how their enemy ain't all that and they can take 'em together, not dwelling on the dragon-ness of it all. It would really just be a matter of pronoun massaging (it -> they) and a few key noun (creature, lizard, beast) replacements to pull it just far enough out of its original context. You can even leave stuff like "minions" intact and it scans fine.
This world has lived in shadow from a pair of demonās wings,
But none here fear the future or the darkness that it brings.
The monster puts on quite a show, expecting us to yield,
But thereās just one course of action when we take up sword and shieldā¦
BASH THE DRAGON! SMASH THE DRAGON!
Drive it right back into its den!
BASH THE DRAGON! SMASH THE DRAGON!
May it never rise up again!
We send our best and bravest to attack with all their might,
The skillful and the willful each line up to join the fight.
The beast may leave corruption in a swath across the land,
But we wonāt leave it breathing when our heroes make a standā¦
BASH THE DRAGON! SMASH THE DRAGON!
Drive it right back into its den!
BASH THE DRAGON! SMASH THE DRAGON!
May it never rise up again!
Minions come in dozens from the peaks and from the shore,
But we face each wave with brav'ry and weāll never lose this war.
In every brawl a few may fall but more will join the queue,
and if that lizard shows its head then this is what weāll doā¦
BASH THE DRAGON! SMASH THE DRAGON!
Drive it right back into its den!
BASH THE DRAGON! SMASH THE DRAGON!
May it never rise up again!
[additional verse added later, not in this recording]
We wake from every nightmare and adapt to what weāve learned,
It wonāt be long until our place in legend has been earned.
The creature grows in power but itās not in us to flee,
So when they ask whoāll join the charge on this we all agreeā¦
BASH THE DRAGON! SMASH THE DRAGON!
Drive it right back into its den!
BASH THE DRAGON! SMASH THE DRAGON!
May it never rise up again!
BASH THE DRAGON! SMASH THE DRAGON!
May it never rise up again!
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The two lads of the Tail warband are hopping in the ring for a good Fangs-n-Claws tournament! Like any good Charr they know that you need to work the crowd before you get into the action! Want them to be cheering for YOU after all!
Lets hope for them their match goes well... (or not!)
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he died as a cub but he's better now. developed a fascination with magic and necromancy from his sire. lost the ability to feel after dying so he's strange and offputting to everyone else (people don't appreciate his lack of qualms about using living creatures as cannon fodder to boost his own strength. or the way he stares with his large scary eyes. he is pathologically incapable of caring about this). he was never part of a warband so he has no surname. he doesn't wound himself out of any sense of psychological distress, he just needs blood for his magic. he dresses like that for the same reason. edit: he's also bald as hell, i don't know how evident it is from the drawing but the black of his body isn't fur. it's his skin. death has made his coat unhealthy and unable to regrow on most of his body
i've been obsessed with this video so i downloaded the video file off of youtube so even if the internet goes down i can always watch frogtimelapse.mp4
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A sequel to the first batch of cubs (always following my hcs about charr cubs).
A cub's baby fur is often different in color (lighter, darker and/or duller) and more homogeneous than what it's going to be in their adulthood.
However, within their 6th month of life their new coat has usually grown in place of the baby fuzz, and their actual colors and markings start coming in. Some pelts remain more or less the same since birth, while others change a lot.
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Both Remus and Ellara grew spikes on their face at the start of puberty, and until then one could kinda see and definitely feel the tiny, bony protrusions just under their skin.
Both of them were born almost fully white-gray, with only the darker markings on their face and spine being a well-defined gray. Their fur immediately started to grow darker under the baby fuzz and kept going after their first shed, reaching their final colors around puberty.
The progression was really visible in their mane, which their dam tied it back in 3-4 tiny ponytails. Once the 4-years-younger Ellara joined the same fahrar as Remus, they braided each other's mane whenever possible.
"Lupin" was a farily scrawny cub, all ears and scruffy fur, so much he was eventually nicknamed a rat or skritt. Ironically he grew into the nickname in an unforeseeable way.
His fur stayed pretty much the same since birth, only sleeking out with age.
Farka was a quiet and timid cub, one seldom seen away from parents as she preferred to observe them work rather than play with other cubs her age. She rarely smiled, usually when her dam and sire allowed her to "help" with artillery assembling.
She was a very fuzzy baby and the supersoft fur matched her paler color. She was still not done losing it by her sixth month of life.
Adamas took a lot of his face from his dam's side, with only the colors reconnecting him to his sire's. The spiky fluff around his eyes is all his mama's though.
As a newborn his markings were less defined and a lighter gray, but they got lighter and more defined pretty fast.
Most of Deryn's memories around this age were of her dam, who fell ill due to complications during her birth and died within the year. As sad as those times were, she mostly remembers the warmest memories.
Her markings were less defined and her pelt lighter, but within a couple of years they settled on their final color.
Favian was a very shy cub who rarely left his dam's side, always asking her to tell more stories about the Black Citadel and their old enemies.
His fur started out as fully sandy and muted, only darkening and becoming shinier as the years went by and he grew more outward.
Up until the event that disfigured his arm and sobered him up to the reality of the Flame Legion settlement where he was born, little Daunte was actually a pretty sociable and cheery cub, finding joy even in that suffucating environment and sneaking out of the fahrar to go show his loving dam and uncaring sire his developing magic.
His fur stayed pretty much the same since birth, and its bright colors were something the shaman noted as a sign of great potential.
Born and raised on a pirate ship, "Bob" was a certified little shit from a young age. He was an unmannered menace with a huge attitude from the moment he learned his way around the ship's rigging, but the crew were so fond of him that they kept him around even after he became an orphan.
He was born solid brown with just a stripe of lighter fur across the back of his neck and muzzle, then he roaned out and developed some darker markings.
What is Mabakiās background story, like how he is turned to be sylvari he is? I donāt know if someone has already ask you this š
Yo, never thought I'd get this question from an anon lmao, so genuinely, thank you. I get too shy to ramble about Mbk, because he was never intended to be in the 'spotlight' like the Commander gets to (but now in circumstances he's Co-Wayfinder now, i dont take it too seriously, but also kinda do- you know what I mean??)
I've never actually written a document or whatever to keep track of his lore, and it was always kind-of loose in my head... aha. I'm lazy LOL and not really a 'lore' person. So his early years are not concrete but there's a baseline somewhat.
Because of his timeline, he misses a few major fights the Commander goes through (he wishes he was there lmaooo)
Considering he's like what, 12...? this year in September? There's 'a lot'. So this got really long LMAO. I tried to keep it short.
[TLDR]
1325 AE, Mabaki Awakens
Explores Tyria
Joins a guild and enters the Mist Wars
Leaves WvW/Guild to join the Vigil/Pact
Tower of Nightmares changes him
LWS1 ~ PoF, Vigil/Pact Soldier
LWS4/IBS, Meets Caira, It's a rocky start, they start dating, then get married.
EoD, Adopts 3 saplings
SotO, Caira disappears and comes back as Wayfinder
JW, Angst season within their relationship
VoE, It's vacation mode, babyyyy
[TIMELINE]
1325 AE, Mabaki Awakens.
Average curious Sylvari. He is not there for the Pact forming and defeat of Zhaitan. He wishes he was, and saw the events here and there in his Dream.
Explores Tyria
as one curious Sylvari does (My excuse to level him to 80 and gain world experience)
Joins a guild and enters the Mist Wars.
Lured by the idea of adventure and fighting. He bulks up there. IIRC time moves differently in WvW and it actually does 'reset', so to me I take that as him seeing all the horrors of repeatedly seeing his comrades and enemies brutally die in a neverending war for a duration of 'few yeas'. He figures, this isn't where he wants to stay forever. With a push from a certain Charr, he gets out (aka me binge-playing WvW lmao).
Leaves the guild to join The Vigil/Pact
Still wants the thrill of adventure, but something new instead of the grueling war of the Mists. He gains a sense of duty, somehow.
1326 AE, Goes through Tower of Nightmares
Probably his first 'big' mission. Went through the tower with a faulty gas mask. Barely survives the tower and comes out injured, and has been slowly inhaling the toxins. I decided this would just alter him mentally and physically. (I get shy about this aspect because it feels a bit 'edgy' to me lmao:) His intrusive thoughts manifest as a sort of mental entity. I call him "Bad-baki" lmao. He's the reason Mbk develops anger and ego-issues, and starts acting a bit more brash towards others. Though his sense of 'duty' to the Vigil/Pact remains strong. He ignores the voice of his intrusive thoughts as best he can.
Bad-Baki is not physical, he's in Mbk's head (hnm~ must be something related to Sylvari's mental... capabilities). Mbk doesn't know he even exists, hence it's his 'intrusive thoughts'. Above is the art I drew of this for myself in 2023, Just to play with the idea of Mbk changing physically and metaphorically. He also gains his skill/power to control Dreamthistles / Toxic Spores / Vines.
1327 ~ 1331 AE, He goes on to partake in the rest of LWS1, LWS2, HoT, LWS3, and PoF as a Vigil/Pact member
- He doesn't get taken over by Mordremoth because his 'intrusive thoughts' had taken up space in his head and forcefully shielded Mbk from Mordy's influence.
- Gets sent around Tyria to either 'clean-up' Pact messes, short expeditions, or sent out to train new recruits (mostly for the Vigil).
- Promoted to Lieutenant rank quickly, then eventually Warmaster, but he turns that down as he doesn't want more responsibility.
- Mbk is not part of the main Pact that goes off to face Kralkatorrik. He's the reserve/backup that's still going around in areas the Heart of Maguuma and Central Tyria.
- Becomes 'friends' with Dhrax (My rev Charr). Mbk was totally annoyed with Dhrax at first, denies they are friends (but they really are friends and Dhrax will not let that up. Both work together as Lieutenants)
- He's still dealing with the intrusive thoughts and picked up a few habits to deal with it, like meditating and smoking early on.
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This is where the ship stuff starts lmao sorry
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1332 AE, meets Caira (LWS4/IBS)
She approached him first. After their introduction, he's starting to notice this pink Sylvari around the camps and expeditions he's going through. Learns that she's part of the Priory, interested in history, and she's valuable in terms of collecting dangerous artifacts (KNOWLEDGEmeme.gif). Hence, on occasion, his group is sent out with hers together. He finds her totally irritating at first, because she would. not. stop. rambling. Everything he's learned about her early on was 'against his will' lmao.
First artwork by @mme-chouette
1333 AE, first confession
Naturally, as one spends time with someone, they get closer... just a little. Mbk originally was not interested in relationships (even friends, okay? LMAO). He enjoyed the freedom of 'fooling around' as he saw fit. But he's forced to come to terms that she might be the closest person to him yet (other than Dhrax but he vehemently denies that lol). The first time Caira is gravely injured, he wasn't there to help her. This ate away at him for a while during her recovery. Once she was well enough to move around, he goes through his first confession: "You are someone important to me," (In a flower field, specifically).
1334 AE, Hectic year, 2nd confession.
- His intrusive thoughts are getting worse now that he's starting to warm up to someone. It does not like that Mbk is forming a connection, and tries to cause a split-up. Mbk is on occasion hurtful and cold to Caira. He's disrespectful towards a few higher-ranks than him in the Pact.
- He goes through a humiliating defeat in a fight he initiated. In shame, to deal with the overwhelming thoughts, he leaves (on and off, first a few weeks, then a few months) to go 'meditate', hoping this would solve the issue. He eventually returns after half a year (in total), but has not improved.
- Distraught, Caira tells Mbk this isn't viable between them, and he needs to figure something out (Because of Mbk's on-and-off attitude, and with him disappearing for so long, she has cut her leaf-hair and has grown it to her current vine and rose hair).
- In anger, and the constant voice in his head berating him, Mbk loses control of his vines, (instigated by Bad-baki) that lash out to attack Caira, but he blocks it using himself as a shield.
- Distraught that he almost injured her, he breaks down and begs for help, he no longer wants to hear anymore of his intrusive thoughts. They're distressing and painful.
- I won't dive into too much detail, but with Caira's mesmer magic, and help from the Pale Tree, they manage to suppress and seal Mbk's intrusive thoughts away. It's always there, just a small flicker. He will gradually learn to control his anger and ego issues.
- After a week passes and he's able to think clearly for once, he has time to come to terms with his feelings for Caira, and confesses to her a 2nd time. Promises to be hers for as long as she lets him. They officially start dating.
1335 AE, they get married (3rd confession).
How it sort-of happened. It was a small and intimate wedding.
Adopts 3 saplings. (EoD)
- They are still stuck in Central Tyria, they explore Cantha eventually later, but not while the Commander is doing commander things.
- I won't divulge too much into them. If you'd like to read about them more, Check this post.
- There is also Vinca, who belongs to @kasimova-dariia. It started as a joke but he is now semi-adopted (He's welcome to be part of the family but he wants his own independence. "A stray cat who keeps coming back."). There is no clear timeline for this, for now.
The first three adopted saplings, Rosa, Vince, and Laurane.
1336 AE, Caira Disappears and comes back as Wayfinder (SotO)
- Technically for the timeline, the commander would be Fen's, Commander Fenrele. She is Caira's sister. At the start of EoD, Caira is asked by the Commander to look into the new ruckus. Caira is the one that gets teleported to Nayos / Cerus intro, so she essentially disappears, and goes through the events of SotO.
- Mbk is extremely distraught that his wife is missing. (Cue the "WHERE'S MY WIFE" breakdown). He stays in Tyria to fight off the Kryptis waves that keep spawning, holding out on hope that Caira is alive and well.... (he did get 1 letter during the whole time from her).
- Caira fights Eparch alongside Peitha and comes back as Wayfinder. She has lost her left arm, and had lied about her well-being in the letter.
1337, 1338 AE, (JW)
- During downtime between SotO and JW, Mbk and Caira talk about everything during the past year and a half, getting caught up with each other. The topic of her arm comes up and he comforts her to not hide it.
- Caira admits that the role of Wayfinder is an ordeal on herself and that it is a difficult position to uphold. Mbk offers to step-up and help her as Co-Wayfinder (Caira tells Isgarren to make him so).
- Mbk develops a sort of anxiety and paranoia that his wife might disappear and become injured again. As they explore Lowland Shore, he watches Caira carry out her position as Wayfinder and it's jarring. It really does hit him that he has missed out on her growth for a whole year.
- His anxiety causes him to become overbearingly protective, figures out why he feels hurt: she kept her arm a secret to not worry him, when previously they shared everything between each other. They end up fighting verbally.
- It takes the entire journey of Lowland Shore and Syntri to talk it over, and to fix their miscommunication. By the time they get to Bava Nisos, they have made up.
- After the events of JW, Mbk re-does his vows with her.
It really do be like that.
1338 (VoE)
Mbk is practically treating this expansion as a vacation, for real. LOL I'll come up with the proper lore once this expac is finished.
And thats it. SORRY IF THERE'S SPELLING MISTAKES.
One major change I hope I managed was his anger-issues and how he deals with his problems. Instead of blowing up as a first reaction, he's more calculating (unless its for the funnies then he still blows up hahahaaaaaa)
If you read it this far, thanks and wow you're crazy LMAO
I end with soggybaki
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