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All the time! Actually the entire World of Looming Gaia series was inspired by the music of Devin Townsend, way back in 2011. I sneaked a reference to his lyrics into each story to pay homage to that. Some references are more obvious than others. Even some of the story titles are lyrics of his ("Ocean Returns to the Sea" and "Celestial Signals").

A lot of the characters, the environments, and many of the plotlines came together while I was listening to his music. I don't always remember what song inspired what specific thing, but I'll list the songs I associate with different characters, arcs, and concepts and you can interpret them yourself. ;)

Evan: Storm | Traveller | Terminal | Ki | Loud

Lukas: Things Beyond Things | Nobody's Here | Stagnant | Seams | As You Were | Quietus

Glenvar: The Complex | Sky Blue | Stars

Alaine: Seventh Wave | Jupiter | Hyperdrive | Coast

Jeimos: Random Analysis | Universal Flame | Secret Sciences

Isaac: Awake | The Fluke | Fly | Save Our Now | The Greys | Believe | Midnight Sun | Forever | Before We Die | Higher

Linde: Winter

Balthazaar: Funeral

Skel: Kingdom

Javaan: Babysong | Bend it Like Bender | Little Pig

Elska: Fallout | Into the Sun

Mr. Ocean: Hide Nowhere | Greetings | The Death of Music | Sit in the Mountain | Deadhead | A New Reign

Zeffer: Bastard | Noisy Pink Bubbles | Deep Peace | Quiet Riot | Supercrush | Failure

Lilian: Sunshine and Happiness

Dario: Vampira | Gato | Mind Wasp

Karenza: Feather | Texada | Grace | Hold On | Angel | Happy Birthday | Take My Ego (can't find a link for this one) | Offer Your Light

Mankind's Disgrace: Pixellate | Judgement | Disruptr | Stand | Juular | Sumeria | From The Heart

Itchy: Canucklehead | Let it Roll

Deanne: Rain City

Sovereign: Support the Cause

Destiny: Warrior | Celestial Signals

Oceanic Resistance: Resolve

Burmek Commonwealth: Earth Day

Divines: Triumph

Minervae: Numbered | The Ones Who Love

Zareen Empire: More

Damijana: Rejoice | Processional

There are probably more than this, but these are the ones I can think of at the moment. Enjoy!

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Woah that’s a perfect voice for her now that you mention it! Personally I always thought she’d sound like Mrs. Brisby from Secret of Nimh, but Pearl is great too!

I have a few voices in mind. I’ll include Youtube links for examples. Itchy’s voice is described as “gruff” or “scratchy” in the series, so I think he’d probably have a Kurt Cobain thing going on.

I can’t imagine anyone else but Angela Gossow as Elska,

I think Mr. Ocean’s voice was described as soft-spoken but raspy/sickly at some point, so something akin to Chino Moreno maybe? Or just Salad Fingers. That works too.

I think Courtney Love and Gwen Stefani have fitting voices for Alaine. Both are kind of nasally, spunky, and tomboyish in a way.

Speaking of Steven Universe, I think Estelle (Garnet) has a good voice for Jeimos.

I’ve had a few voices in mind for Evan, but lately I’ve been stuck on Roger Clark, who played Arthur Morgan in RDR2. I don’t imagine Evan having Arthur’s thick American accent, but sounding more like Roger’s natural speaking voice. I think it’s the perfect blend of smooth and gruff for a big sweet lycanthrope dude. Someone once said they imagined Patrick Warburton voicing Evan, which I think is also a good fit.

Lukas probably sounds similar to Trevor Belmont from the Netflix Castlevania series.

Linde can sound like nothing less than a Disney Princess. How ‘bout Mulan? I think Tara Strong could be appropriate too.

Dave King from Flogging Molly is my first choice for Glenvar. And you might laugh at me for my second choice, but hear me out…Vinesauce Joel. The roughness mixed with the slight Swedish accent just works imo.

Zeffer…Peter Steele. Not his deep singing voice, but his normal speaking voice.

I can’t get David Bowie’s voice out of my head whenever I’m writing Dario. I think his performance as the Goblin King is perfect for him, it has that elegant yet threatening and vaguely douchey quality to it.

Tress Mcnielle doing her Agnes voice is spot-on for Morbus imo. A similar voice would work for Calamity too.

I forgot her name, but the actress who played Sally Acorn in that old Sonic cartoon had a really distinct voice that fits Flora super well.

I remember MetallicaFangirl suggested that the guy who plays Zuko in Avatar would be a good fit for Connor. I think so too!

Balthazaar sounds similar to Sgt. Hatred in my head. I don’t know why.

Titania: ultra solo (por su depresión y nula ganas de vivir)

Morgause: queen of mean ( si se piensa bien morgause tiene orígenes muy comprensible. Imagina que tu madre prohíba tu magia y mandé a tu clase hasta a abajo, fácilmente me la imagino cantando está cancion)

Oberon: mujeriego (no tengo que explicar)

Chua: una serpiente andaba por el bosque

Sovereign: no se

Ethor: la vaca

Roz: tampoco se

Indiga: cordero de dios ( o "cordero de la humanidad" en su caso)

Los que quedan......no se que canción les quedaria

(Translated via Google Translate)

Songs that I think stay with world leaders: Titania: ultra alone (due to her depression and lack of desire to live) Morgause: queen of mean (if you think about it, Morgause has very understandable origins. Imagine that your mother banned your magic and sent your class down, I can easily imagine her singing this song) Oberon: womanizer (I don't have to explain) Chua: a snake was walking through the forest Sovereign: I don't know Ethor: the cow Roz: I don't know either. Indiga: lamb of god (or "lamb of humanity" in his case) Those that remain......I don't know what song would be left

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I love stuff like this, thank you so much for sharing! I'm only familiar with a couple of these songs, but from what I know they are indeed accurate to the characters! I'm going to see if I can find the rest and check them out too. I'm always looking for new music to listen to!

Sometimes music reminds me of certain characters too. Here's a few songs:

Feztavi: Nicki Minaj - I'm the Best

Itchy: Euringer - That's How Jimmy Gets Down

Morganya: Diamanda Galas - O Death (Diamanda was actually the inspiration for Morganya's vibes and aesthetic. This song in particular captures the character's misery and creepiness!)

Erasmos: Mindless Self-Indulgence - It Gets Worse

Lukas: Delerium - Self-Saboteur

Isaac: Mr. Bungle - Golem II The Bionic Vapour Boy (literally about a boy made from clay)

Zeffer: Dog Fashion Disco - Gardenia (His paranoia causes him to kill damn near everyone he meets, he knows he's losing his sanity but doesn't know how to stop it)

Lilian: Depeche Mode - Lilian (from the perspective of Zeffer and Dario)

Lilian: Antihoney - Dove (from her own perspective)

There are definitely more, but that's all I can think of right now.

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Lore Masterpost

Good question! However it's a hard one to answer, because within most Great Kingdoms are many different regions, and within those regions are many different peoples, and those peoples are further divided into different cultures which may prefer the sounds of very different instruments.

For example, within Matuzu Kingdom you have a region called the Midland Jungle. Uekoro and Iwezi are two different territories in this jungle with two very different cultures. Drums are the most popular instrument in Uekoro, while the sitar is most popular in Iwezi. In fact, it's believed that the Iwezites invented the sitar. But you will rarely hear a sitar in Uekoro, because the Uekoran people just don't value the sound of that instrument like the Iwezites do.

That said, if I had to simplify the answer down to one or two instruments per kingdom...

Folkvar: Lute

Matuzu: Flute

Lamai: Rattle

Yerim-Mor: Didgeridoo

Zareen: Electric guitar, brasses

Evangeline: Piano, accordion

Mogdir: Zither

Etios: Drum, pan pipes

Seelie: Clavichord

Unseelie: Bassoon

Damijana: Synth keyboard

Alliance: Vocals (usually enhanced with magic)

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