#gw2 elementalist

Summertime

Something summery before the summer ends ☀️ It has been almost six months since I last time rendered anything, so I am a bit rusty xD

had somebody whisper me to say that they never wore capes but I might have inspired them to give it a try and "happy Pride!"

obviously I cannot take credit for this idea; I saw a bunch of people wearing it at the Tyria Pride march and had to give it a go. It's become an iconic part of Halennia's look for me such that I can't imagine her without it.

am sure I've mentioned this before but Halennia is loosely based on the Germanic and/or Celtic 2nd-3rd century goddess Nehalennia, who was a protector of travelers and merchants in the North Sea, and may have also been a fertility deity (but who wasn't in those days).

Halennia is very maternal. She has a habit of adopting orphans (even adult ones) and likes to cook for and feed people (even strangers). She has a steading near Hoelbrak where the hearth fire is always burning (her surname is Hearthfire) and there's always at least a pot of dolyak stew simmering and some fresh bread. If she is not there, there's always a few of the aforementioned orphans around to serve some food and offer travelers a place by the fire.

Halennia does like to go roving at times. Her personal passion project is the original Norn language, samples and examples of which she collects and archives to help with its reconstruction. As a side project she has a personal vendetta against the Sons of Svanir, but most of my Norn ladies do, for what I think are probably obvious reasons.

she is also a sapphic leaning bisexual, something I don't know that I've ever explicitly stated but which is also an iconic part of her character. She was the first character I took on the Pride march.

so yeah that whisper from a random stranger really kind of made my week, you know?

I mean that's really overdramatic but this is not the first time I've crawled out from under some mind-rotting depression thanks to one of my GW2 characters

(and the big sad is still there, don't get me wrong, but I actually played and hung out with my friends for the first time in almost six months so that's gotta be something)

(also laughing that it's my heavily maternal character who is doing it this time)

here's Halennia looking buff for tax purposes

I really like the casters, it seems