#dragonus

🌕Me and my shadow🌑

My old unfinished work inspired by the release of the new arcana

There's this piece of lore between two characters, Skywrath Mage and Vengeful Spirit that has always fascinated me because the ANGST is... unmatched.

I'll just leave this here:

and this one too:

So, they basically knew each other before the whole coup, he had feelings for her, but he couldn't save her when everything happened because he wasn't aware of her sister's plans. And now, there's nothing he can do because his powers are sealed to the queen he serves.

FEEL THE ANGST.

There's also lines that can be triggered during certain events on the game, like meeting an ally or killing an hero, but most important of all, it's very interesting way to understand the relationship between 2 characters. These are Vengeful Spirit lines when killing Dragonus:

Like... She hates him. She truly believes he knew about the coup and didn't do anything to help her, when in reality, he truly didn't know.

His lines, on the other hand:

In other words: BOY IS A SIMP. Simple as that.

I started to play dota 2 in 2013 and, as a good fangirl that I am, of course these two picked my interest because LOOK AT THIS. So tragic. So much potential.

And then, in the year of our Lord 2024, Valve decided to launch a game event with items, game modes, blabla, AND A COMIC that basically continues Venge and Sky story. Link is here: https://www.dota2.com/crownfall/comic

Super cool. But the best part comes now:

Yeah.

THEY'VE BEEN TOGETHER ALL THIS TIME. I REPEAT, THEY'VE BEEN TOGETHER ALL THIS TIME.

OMG I WON SO MUCH TODAY, GUYS. I'm sure no one cares about Dota 2 lore but I just needed to share with the world HOW MUCH I WON TODAY.

(Why all the hate lines for him? I don't know, maybe Dragonus managed to talk to Shendel along the way and they have been together since then? Maybe she's faking because she doesn't want her sister to kill her lover? So many theories OMG.)

GOOD GUYS

Wildwing: Bi, Aromatic. Type, Canard & Tanya. His heart belongs to his childhood best friend Canard, but I think Tanya could’ve made him happy too, if you want to go that route.

Canard: Gay. Type, Wildwing. It’s always been Wildwing. He thinks he’s being subtle but everyone can see it, except Wildwing of course.🙄😑🤷🏻‍♀️

Nosedive: Straight, but open minded if the right guy came along. Type, he thinks it’s “gorgeous and sexy” (typical teenage boy), but it’s really “fun and quirky”. So basically thinks it’s Lucretia when it’s actually Tanya lol. For guys, someone caring and wise like Duke or Grin, but they’re too old for him, so they’re just friends.

Duke: Pan with a female preference. I blame Falcone for scaring him emotionally and making him hesitant to try men again. He is a little attracted to Wildwing but there’s the age difference and the whole he’s the leader thing, it’d be too much drama.

Tanya: Same scenario as Duke, Pan with a preference for males, because Lucretia messed with her head and heart so badly in the past. She keeps herself busy so she has an excuse not to try again.

Grin: Ace. Ace-est of the Ace. King of Aces. Ace-Zilla. Mountain of Ace. You get the idea.

Mallory: Straight as she shoots. I like to think she had a little crush on Canard back in the day but it was really just misinterpreted respect and admiration. She’s subconsciously attracted to “bad boys” (*cough*Duke*cough*).

Thrash: Pan, Asexual. In a polygamist relationship with his two roommates, one guy and one gal.

Mookie: Lesbian with a steady live-in girlfriend she’s been dating since Junior High. If they ever broke up, Mookie would ugly-cry.

Phil: Closet Gay. Not even the Ducks know. He dates but only when out of town and eventually all his relationships end sadly, because of his unwillingness to be open about them. He’s worried being outed will ruin his business aspersions (keep in mind, the show was set in mid to late nineties after all, things were even harder for the LGBTQA+ community back then, especially in California).

Captain Kleghorn: Straight, widower turned voluntary bachelor. He has lady friends he invites to important events and goes dancing with, but it’s very clearly a “just as friends” thing for lonely seniors.

BAD GUYS

Lucretia: Lesbian, but knows she’s extremely attractive to most people with an interest in females and uses it to her full advantage. Seduces for fun and/or profit. Curses herself for actually falling for Tanya, because that ship has not only sailed, it sank a LONG time ago.

Falcone: The term “Disaster Gay” looks like a tailored made suit on this fella. He’s still down to F, but Duke ain’t stupid. Not happening, nope!

Dragonus: Gay. I mean, come on! Tim Curry is his voice actor, that accent is too delicious to waste on Heterosexuality lol. Dragonus was extremely popular on his homeworld but his egotism and violent streak ruined all his relationships.

Wrath: Ace by choice. Tony Jay made him sound just so done with the universe in general lol! I headcannon that Wrath is so old, he’s seen and done everything and has better things to do with his time than date.

Chameleon: Pan. I tend to think all shapeshifters are Pan. I mean, when you literally can become ANYTHING… 🤷🏻‍♀️ I like to think he has a little crush on Siege, but the big bulldozer is too stupid to notice, and Chameleon is ok with that.

Siege: Straight, but he’s an idiot, so he’s got no game.😛

SHIPS

Wildwing/Canard. They’ve been in love since they were Ducklings, but both we’re afraid of ruining their friendship, so they dated other people. Eventually they got themselves in a row (get it? Because they’re Ducks? 🦆😜) and end up together. No one is surprised.🙄😑😅 Ship names preference is Team Captains, but I also like Leadership, always was a sucker for a good pun.😁👍🏼

Nosedive/Tanya: No one saw this coming, not even them, but it oddly works so well for them. Like an opposites attract kind of thing. Grin calls it “Karmic Convergence”, which makes protective big brother Wildwing very uncomfortable lol! 😅 Duke and Mallory are also protective of Tanya, whom Duke thinks of as a little sister and Mal as her best friend, so there’s a lot of “Shovel Talking” going on at first. Grin and Canard just try to stay out of it but privately approve of how the couple balance each other out. I’ve never heard a ship name for them, so I’m inventing VanderFlash, a combo of their family names, Vanderflock and Flashblade. It just sounds cool.🤷🏻‍♀️😅

Duke/Mallory: Blatant “Hostility is actually Mutual Reluctant Attraction” if I ever saw it. Practically canon. They, like Nosedive and Tanya, are opposites who attract, except Duke and Mal are chaotic lol! Again, I can’t recall any ship names. Please educate me if you know any really good ones💜😊😘

============================================================= BIOGRAPHY**Dota 2 REAL NAME:               | Dragonus FIRST APPEARANCE:   | DOTA  V#6.73 (2011)/ DOTA 2 #6.80 (Jan 2013) HEIGHT:                    | "6'2" studied height **no official height given

"6'8" w/ Helmet (??) ALIAS:                       | the Skywrath Mage =============================================================

ahem..

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY SKYWRATH SET GOT ADDED TO THE GAME!! 

I’m absolutely blown away by the particles and animations the artists at Valve gave him, it’s everything I hoped for and more!! A huge thanks to my collaborator Zipfinator for their hard work on this set, and to Valve for all the extra FX!!