#fanwalkerasks

In some ways, but mostly minor. It gives a bit of context to his childhood, and something for him to have a distaste for, the Futurists' use of the ancestral art he calls his own. It also affects who imposed the memory lock on him and sparked him, can't quite have it be The Sister of Flesh in the current story, but it does give more info on what he actually did by accident that day, open another merging point.

Elrick's spark was actually stolen from him by someone he loved and trusted. It's one of the (many) reasons why he is a bit cynical and has a lot of trust issues now. (I don't want to reveal too many details just in case I decide to actually write all this as a story but i'll say another one of my walkers gained a spark the very same day, huh weird)

At first he was terribly bitter about the whole situation. He's over 300 years old and sparked when he was 14 so it had been a part of him for almost his whole life AND he had known oldwalker power for a time. He adopted his daughter (Myree) at this time and having this little life dependent on him helped ground him.

Tormanu first hatched on the plane of Ergamon.

Tormanu's intelligence is unlike most sapient creatures. No individual head is intelligent enough to read, speak, or reason through abstract concepts. But with all seven heads working in harmony through the magic of their music, collectively they produce an emergent intelligence that is smarter and wiser than most humanoid individuals.

Rock on.

Hmm. I’m gonna assume you mean “what inspired [me] to make him.” If you meant something else, let me know!

I can't remember the day I created Joseph, but I remember it being a result of my desire to role play back in, um, middle school, I think. I had a band of friends I hung out with (some of which I still do), and we all played Magic together. We also used to love role playing and writing stories about the stuff we liked, and Magic was one of those things.

I remember as a kid, when I was just getting into Magic, reading the advertising on the package. "You are a Planeswalker," it said. I instantly fell in love with that. I love games that let me be a part of them, and this was no different. To a younger version of myself, this was a chance to be someone I wasn’t, and I ran with it.

That advertising, my friends playing Magic, it got me brainstorming, and Joseph was born. That's right, he's kind of a self insert, if it wasn’t already obvious, but I love him regardless. I used to be ashamed of this fact, but honestly, anymore, I try to embrace it a bit. I like seeing myself in fantasy, and as mentioned, the advertising of Magic kind of embraced it.

Fun fact, I’m not sure I ever stated this here before, but the way I got his surname, Kabox, is from an old cipher that came out of a Burger King meal promoting Men in Black. You could put letters in it, and it would swap them with other letters. I put my last name in it, and got Kabox. It was kind of my go-to fantasy surname for a long time, until I pinned it to Joseph near exclusively many years after the fact.

He started as a power fantasy, someone I wanted to be, or at least thought I wanted to be, but then something changed. I began to see myself differently, and realized I didn't want to be a powerful warrior. In time, Joseph changed with me, though I don't think he remained a fantasy of what I want to be, but more a fantasy of who I already am. A guy shaped by the world and events around him, simply wanting to find his own path. As time went on, and I made his story less self-inserty, he somehow became a bigger self insert, if that makes any sense.

But anyway, before I ramble too much further, that's kind of where he came from. In fact, here’s one of the first cards I ever made of him (I don’t think it’s the first, but it’s old). Excuse how bad it is, I was young.

The art was done by one Ethrimista, who used to be around on DeviantArt, but no longer is, otherwise I’d link them.

That’s right, he actually started out in Naya colors, as I started playing the game exclusively in Red and Green, only later shifting to White as my main color, and eventually ditching Red altogether. This was him before Innistrad was revealed to the public, before I had him raised on Bant. This is unlike the Joseph I have today, in so many ways. Maybe one day I’ll tell more about him, but for now, he’s a relic of the past.

So the list isn’t really in any sort of order, just how quickly they come to mind.

She’s in a vague relationship with @voiceofallmtg‘s Moiselle? They’ve dated and more and they very much professed their feeling for each other, but I can’t remember for the life of me if they ever made an official stance or announcement or anything if they are an official couple.

@circlesmadeofglass‘s Bica was probably one of her first friends I drew her with.

She’s on good enough terms with @isharton‘s Latir to go out drinking and hit on her dad and has shown up as a guest in their comic. By extention, I’d imagine she’s at least on good terms with Bom too. We’ve both done pics of her and Dorabella too, but I don’t know if that’s any sort of “canon” for the comic either.

She’s still friends with @hazoret‘s Ivaria even though they haven’t seen each other in a while. I don’t think we actually ever talked how well she knows Vaset although Haz has said they’d be on good terms.

She’s friends with @maris-solstice‘s Maris and @foxcoloredcat‘s Isolde to the point we’ve joked on how she’d babysit their child. Going off more of fox’s ones, she’s gotten advice from Haruka, much to the fortune teller’s confusion, and works part-time for Petra.

It’s been a while since she’s seen @bobstropajo‘s Alek. She’s probably heard he returned after his absence, but I she hasn’t stopped by yet.

Everytime she meets up with @thetalesofthereneverwood‘s Theren, she always seems to be a bit late on the big adventures. Although she was there for that one time he lost his spark and the other time he was two people.

She’s run into @niuttuc‘s Ivegard a few times, but I don’t think they’ve had a deep conversation or anything like that?

She’s stumbled upon @pepperstrawberry‘s Prisma’s place and I really feel like they’d get onto some naughty shenanigans more if they met up more often.

She knows various members of @inudono‘s fanwatch to varying degrees. Kerridun, Kirin, and Rildra are the main ones that come to mind although I’d imagine she’s vaguely aware of the rest by extension.

She used to go drinking at @asmund-scion-of-ice‘s Asmund’s meadery, but that has died down some since the before the war began.