#mesmeroth

My god, finally something that actually is true to this blog's initial intent: Mesmeroth!

In the style of AFK Journey. xD He may be from the Oceanhorn franchise but he'd make a pretty cool Hypogean. He has Lightbearer origins, but he might be something like Quaedam, crazy enough to dabble so much with the arts of magic (and technology) that he's powerful enough to take a god's place. His motivations may have started "innocent" enough (he's got his fair share of tragic), but once you are willing to go over corpses for your goals, you do belong on the "wrong" side of the story. Man, I love this guy. Such a shame that apparently no one knows of this game.

Ask me anything about him, and I will not shut up. ;-)

Yeah, I can't believe I am all alone in the fandom sphere of

Oceanhorn, including the games Monster of Uncharted Seas and Knights of the Lost Realm (and Chronos Dungeon)

These games have sold over one million copies each and are available now on PS4/PS5/Xbox/AppleArcade/Android.

They are stylized adventure games akin to Zelda, of which there are WAY too few out there. They have a great universe (fantasy, magic, gods and ROBOTS), great characters and an intriguing storyline throughout all! (Not to mention an incredibly awesome "bad guy" ;-) Definitely worth looking into!

I have a dedicated blog for them, too:

I don't understand how I have only 2 followers and 0 (ZERO!) interactions on these posts. It is like the world doesn't know these games exist!

But here is a funny fact: the world DOES know about Miraak. I bet YOU have heard of Miraak. Would you like to know which posts of mine have at least SOME interaction? Hahahaha, yeah, those with Miraak in it. xD

I am NOT crying for likes or reblogs ... I am just so flabbergasted and devastated that there is apparently no one who has heard of the games to begin with.

I just don't understand.

Why? LOOK AT THEM!

*sigh* anyway, if you need 30+ hours to spend in a world full of magic, technology, gods, fish- and birdpeople, jungles, beaches and big cities, two dudes about to destroy the world and a young couple (to-be) caught in-between trying to save the planet then go and play Oceanhorn!

My Year of Art.❤️

JANUARY - Actually my last big piece for Oceanhorn. Depicted is Chronos, the god of time and space, about to give judgement...

FEBRUARY - ... judgement for this man: Mesmeroth. Here without the mask in a more modern setting. I aaaaaactually did this in Jan, too, but I have nothing for February .... T_T

MARCH - Due to the new job, I couldn't finish the illustrations for an Oceanhorn short story. But I shared what I had.

APRIL - The only thing I published was another part of a year-long commission: telling the story of Ivan Dreyar from Fairy Tail. (Oh, also, AFK Journey dropped but no art yet).

MAY - Help. Valen arrived. I didn't think I'd draw more. I seriously did NOT think I'd draw more.

JUNE - Still not believing I'd draw so much more. But, I was too tempted to draw Valen in AFK Arena style, so...

JULY - More doodles and sketches. Also this small masterpiece: a pin-up Valen.

AUGUST - My famous art trade with @feli026 . The start of my AFKJ style journey. <3 I am finally joining the Discord and apply for the EsperiArt role.

SEPTEMBER - There we go. The new Season came round and I celebrated it with a Sinbad (before I knew his personality). I also completed my Knight Of The Dark story with Lavinia (a great achievement for me).

OCTOBER - That's why she's properly featured for October: Lavinia, my AFK Journey OC.

NOVEMBER - Toughest group picture to date: Thanksgiving for the Maulers. I am exhausted from work, but I am looking forward to the Christmas break.

DECEMBER - Finally a chance to draw a Christmas themed image featuring Hogan, Valen and Fay. A worthy conclusion to the year, full of colourful art, new friends made and a great game experienced.

As long as they don't have to fight over the SAME REALM, I think these two could be buddies! At least, I'd like them to be... hahahaha! xD

Inter-dimensional crossover buddies! xD LOL

I apologise for the dragon flight image for it's shouting bromance all over! It's kinda cute, though. xDDD

Give them knowledge. No gods may interrupt in the pursuit of (forbidden) knowledge!

Judgement

A mood piece, really. Imagine you aim for a sort of immortality and taking over the job of the local gods in controlling the powers to maintain nature and the balance of the world.

This plan kinda fails, you have done a lot of damage, were stuck inside a machine for a thousand years and in your final moments you lose the fight to a little boy.

And you die, because you have, after all, a mortal body and soul. And then you stand in front of the true god and you realise how dang little you and all your ambitions were. xD The sheer audacity to ever have thought you could defy this all-mighty god in front of you.

I don't think Mesmeroth could utter even a single word. What's the point? Justifications are useless. His plan failed, his sacrifices were for nothing, and his life meant nothing but the destruction of the world. What would await him now in death?

Oceanhorn Chronos Dungeon features special items that allow the heroes to transform into either Mesmeroth, Gen or OH2's protagonist. The pixel sprites are damn adorable! 😍 And drawing them out like this, just makes them even more so! 🤣💕 JUST LOOK AT GEN!!! Cutest robot ever.

The above image is a redraw of the pixel-art that appears when you choose the Mesmeroth-Totem. His special attack is totally a spoiler for his abilities in OH2 and I absolutely LOVE the reference/connection made. xD

Mesmeroth: You love him, don't you? Trin: ... Mesmeroth: You will stay here. And when all this is over, you and him will take your rightful places as King and Queen of Arcadia.