#fanwalkerfriday

So, Perenia, the plane of seasons and cycles. Mechanically it is a shard-factioned world. The seasons are physically brought to the world by avatars/incarnations of these seasons. Each country is the origin of one of these avatars and is where that season/avatar is most celebrated. These avatars are worshipped as gods and leaders take inspiration from them, but they are in fact forces of nature and not truly active or a part of ruling or directing anything.

Now Perenia does only have the 4 regular seasons that our world has, so where does the 5th avatar come in? Originally Perenia only had the 4 avatars. Eventually a young man sparked and traveled the multiverse. In his travels he found that other worlds had seasonal cycles that just happened and wondered why his world couldn’t be that way. After years of travel and learning (and oldwalker powers) he returns and attempts to kill Perenia’s avatars. While he is technically successful, the avatars are a part of the very fabric of Perenia and were reborn. Realizing that route was fruitless, he decided to use his affinity for artifacts to create an artificial avatar. This mechanical creature was able to negate the powers of the other avatars. This Oldwalker managed to create a following and with their new avatar took over a large expanse of unwanted land (inhospitable and barren) and they created their own faction. He also used his Oldwalker powers to seed his faction with peoples from across the multiverse. This would have happened ~200 years ago on our current magic timeline.

This new faction is now fairly well established and mostly accepted as a part of Perenia now, though there is still a lot of tension. The land of spring has never forgiven the slaying of their avatar, even if he did return to them. The land of winter was the most accepting of this new faction as their artifacts are very helpful for survival.

The land of Spring (name in process) is white-blue-green. Their avatar is known as Fergaes the Awakener and is a unicorn.

The land of Summer (capitol is Hiviny) is white-red-green. Their avatar is known as Matriarch Mellifauna and is a giant honey bee.

The land of Autumn (name in process) is black-red-green. Their avatar is known as Poulios, Cultivator of Ashes and is a phoenix.

The land of Winter (The Stillfrost Archipelago) is white-blue-black. Their avatar is known as Svellmani, the Harbinger of Frost and is a drake.

The fifth faction (name in process) is blue-black-red. Their avatar is known as Umbril the Perverter (or if you are part of the faction, Umrbril the Liberator) and is an artifact chimaera.

Their name is

H A R M O N Y

Their color identity is White, Blue, and Green

and they're not really a planeswalker in the traditional sense, see... they don't have a body. They're just a... very contagious idea.

Harmony is older than even they remember. They've forgotten their original appearance, of their original life even. They were originally a mind mage on a war-torn plane, who thought that, if only people could put aside their differences and truly understand each other, then maybe, just maybe, the world might know true peace. They tried to use their influence to quell the eternal conflict, but they just couldn't be everywhere at once.

And then it hit them. Why couldn't they? They started small, a simple spell. To implant a tiny version of themselves in someone else's mind. A soldier. And it worked. Now the soldier understood. But it wouldn't be enough. So they changed the spell. Just a tiny change. To let that little piece of them spread. Let the soldier share the idea. The idea of peace.

So, now that tiny voice could ask a question. Any question. And if the answer was "Yes", then, within the mind of the answerer, a new copy would grow.

And so it happened. They grew, slowly at first, then in families, cities, continents, til at last, they were everywhere. They were everyone.

And the world knew peace.

Until one day, someone new came, from nowhere. No. Not nowhere. Somewhere else. And when that person became one of them, Harmony learned that this world, sea to sky, was merely one of many. Many worlds, waiting, wanting the peace they could bring.

And so they stepped, in this new body, through the aether, to grow, and fill the multiverse with peace.

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Their power is very simple. They sit in the back of your mind, gently pushing you towards their goal. It's easier if you agree with their ideals. It's harder if you notice them. It's easiest if you don't know they're even there.

And sometimes, you ask a question. A question you won't remember asking. It's easier if you forget. Your eyes glow gold, just for a moment. It could be a trick of the light. And if the answer is yes?

Then there you are.

A quick birthday sketch for @maris-solstice of their eponymous fanwalker. He’s one of my favourites.

FANWALKER FRIDAY BABEEEEY 

Introducing my Falkenrath boy Maleko!! 

Lines by me, Colors and BG done by my darling Ris @dragons-suck !!! (Who I would die for uwu 💖💖)

Maleko is from Innistrad, from the bloodline Falkenrath. He sparked during Emrakul’s invasion, when his mind and mental state began to get altered by her influence. Due to some lasting corruption, he is prone to states of blood frenzy where he becomes incredibly unpredictable and dangerous to everyone around him, often leaving a path of destruction and slaughter behind him.