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it's his dream to bring about a world in which no more wars need to be fought, and he'll step in and step up and seek to bring peace and justice to restore the realm to the harmony it held before the Midnight Powers were unleashed when his father's clan was killed.

and he is the son of HollowStar and ShallowRiver (HollowStar is the sole survivor and lost prince of the Quasar Solarflare Pony-Pegasus Clan (led, of course, by High Witch Priestess NebularaAlchemancerOblivimane The Hexacorn), whom all but one were killed by their ancient enemies the Umbra Frost-Fire Unicorn Clan, who had harnessed the Midnight Powers of The Dark Heart Of Wyvronoctra by aligning themselves with the evil Dragons Of The Mountain (led by Ash-Lord Falhanorim "The Storm Of Red Eyes" Drakynfeir, Elder King Of The Dragon Tribes Of The First Storm) to corner the Quasar Solarflare Pony-Pegasus Clan in the Mistral Hills Of Alrum Altirostra, where ShadowHand DawnWeilder (crown aspirant of the Umbra Frost-Fire Unicorn Clan) used the Midnight Powers to rend them into cold fire and trap them in the Howling Stones Of Night, and where The Old Ranger Gorrananx "The Lightning-Singed" of the Dragons Of The Mountain engaged HollowStar in a duel, leaving him forever wounded in one leg, one eye, and both wings, and he would've killed HollowStar if not for the noble sacrifice of HollowStar's once brother and long time rival turned nemesis FrostGleam, who struck Gorrananx down and gave HollowStar just enough time for him and his wife (ShallowRiver, a member of the Seaglass Glade Kelpie Clan) to escape (with a foal StarPrince tucked away under ShallowRivers cloak and mane))

in this world a horse gets given a name when they are born but its common for a horse to get a new name given to them by their comrades or for them to give themself a new name after pivotal events in their life.

In an instant, Amy is pulled into the depths of the dark, cool murk. Jack's body moves without thinking - she's on her knees, reaching into the void, clasping her hand. Amy gasps as her head resurfaces, inky black tears in her eyes, gripping Jack's arm tight.

okay you guys got me started on dishonored (the series) fucking IMMACULATE art direction. I'm going to try and sum it up but I'm honestly better with art than words so I'll try my best.

dishonored is fucking unparaelled when it comes to art direction. from when you first start the game, each level has a distinct style, color, and vibe. dunwall is dominated by cool greys, towering, imposing structures like dark sentinels watching over the land. twisting, rotting trees and an ever-present smog that overtakes the city. dunwall is inky blue darkness.

HOWEVER, from a gameplay perspective, there are visual points of interest still that stops you from getting lost in a wash of blue. dishonored is a master of using lighting and color to lead you to areas that it wants you to go.

for example, in the corner of a window you might see glowing purple lighting. these are void shrines - where the outsider will appear and share knowledge harass you. usually around shrines there are walls of writing, strange twisted words that lead you further into the mystique surrounding what the outsider is and what he *does*.

you might think the game is just awash in dull colors, but its not. one of the most beautiful and striking levels takes place in lady boyle's mansion, and it's INSANE how different it looks, because it's supposed to be a stark contrast. surrounding her mansion are the remains of a dying city destroyed by a plague. within her mansion, however, is decadence and debauchery gone awry.

it's amazing with a game that was made TWELVE YEARS AGO how this still holds up and looks fantastic. this is because they went for a stylized art direction. it's stylized, almost painterly. it looks fantastic. here is some of the amazing character design

(this is from dishonored 2, done by Sergey Kolesov )

Sidenote: Delilah in that portrait is stunning lesbian energy

And then the portraits created by Delilah?????? In the sequel?????

Look at all these??? Seriously stunnibn and the levelcrafting is a work of art on it’s own. The art direction in these games still hold up TODAY. Seriously even BETTER than a lot of modern day AAA games. Absolutely amazing art direction by the team. The man who lead the team ALSO did Half-Life 2’s art direction as well, I believe.

Seriously Dunwall is a fantastic setting. It’s so fucking depressing and just AWFUL of a cuty. Itms damp, and disgusting and ragged and every citizen who lives there hates it. Even in dishonored 2. Actually ESPECIALLY in dishonored 2. They despise it before and after the events of the game. It’s gorgeously sunken. I can’t find the post but it was something like how some city settings are just so fucking depressing and cancerous, rotting from the inside. Nothing about the city is good.

In the SECOND game, it’s Karnaca. The southern par tof the empire, the jewel of the empire. And it is STUNNING. Lovely golden rays and yellows and reds and beautiful blue oceans. Meanwhile the city is filled with red guts of whales on the docks and the dusty and absolutely horrid, taken over mountains by mines. Plagued by bloodsucking flies and buried in despair and dust, which if it wasn’t there, would be GORGEOUS