And here’s my (totally normal) notes on how it works

The jagged purpose of thorns

Based on Max Taylor’s ‘Bohimian Love 2’

The taking of a thrall

Based on an untitled work by Beksiński

The darkblade

Based on Böcklin’s ‘Self-portrait with Death playing the fiddle’

The Warpriest prepares his god for battle

Based on Tintoretto’s ‘Baptism of Christ’

A forward charge

Based on Michael’s ‘Joan of Arc Leading Her Men Holding the Standard’

No way but forward

Based on Ricci’s ‘The Triumph of Galatea’

Below the Martian ice

Based on David’s ‘Napoleon at the Great St. Bernard’

This love is war

Based on Bellows’s ‘Stag at Sharkey’s’

The traitor Taox flees for the Hydrogen Fountain, as three siblings return home

Based on West’s ‘Lot Fleeing From Sodom’

Nothing ever really ends

Based on Millais’s ‘Ophelia’

Harmony falls into the accretion disk as the Gift Mast shatters.

Based on Martin’s ‘The Great Day of His Wrath’

Assault on the Flotilla

Based on Luny’s ‘The Battle of Algiers, 27th August 1816’

The betrayal of the Dakaua

Based off Waterhouse’s ‘Medal of Honor’

A lesson in Ontology

Based off Goya’s ‘Witches' Sabbath’

The only gift you will ever receive

Based off Carracci’s ‘Man with Monkey’