#nikador

im so behind no one look

i definitely overestimated myself committing to a full piece for my first art square but it was fun and really good practice. i havent done a fully rendered scene like this in. a very long time ??? and ive improved a lot since my last one. def some things id do differently but overall im happy with the result

aiming for a bingo with the leftmost column 🙏 no clue which one i wanna tackle next but i have ideas for all of them

Part 1 of my thoughts about Phainon

Continuing that train of thoughts:

So it's confirmed that the titans are simulations of the aeons

Oronyx | Time - Fuli | Remembrance

Cerces | Reason - Nous | Erudition

Thanatos | Death - Hooh | Equilibrium

Zagreus | Trickery - Aha | Elation

I'm gonna point out the obvious and say that Worldbearing is the simulation of the Trailblaze. Which is actually pretty interesting when we think about how Akivili just disappeared and Kephale fell silent. Phainon aka Khaslana is most likely a narrative parallel to us, the Trailblazer, especially since we're supposed to face Nanook at some point.

With the thing that Dan Heng said in his drip marketing for DH Permansor Terrae I'm gonna assume that Georios is the simulated version of Long and the Permanence.

Kephale | Worldbearing - Akivili | Trailblaze

Georios | Earth - Long | Permanence

For Janus I'd take Terminus as the counterpart. Both Janus and Terminus are the names for Roman gods, Janus is the god of passage and Terminus is one who protected boundaries. There is also the fact that the Aeon and Titan are both connected to prophecies and Janus is said to be the first titan to have been 'born' while Terminus has the whole paradoxical reverse time thingy.

Phagousa is a lot harder to pin point in my opinion. Is what I first thought. The rivalry with Georios - the simulation of Long, the Permanence - and the meaning of their name makes it pretty obvious that this is the simulation of Tayzzyronth, the Propagation. For the record, according to the wiki Phagousa can be interpreted as "she who ate"/"she who has eaten"/"she who has devoured"/"she who squanders." Which is a very obvious indication for Tayzzyronth and the whole eating half the universe thing.

(literally no idea why I didn't think of Nihility and IX like oh my god it is so obvious in hindsight)

For Aquila I'm a little torn but mostly leaning towards Ena, the Order. Eye stuff, sky imagery, control, restriction, ect ect I had considered Ena as a possible origin for Talanton too because of the whole control thing. I had also considered Yaoshi for Aquila but ultimately think that Ena is the more likely option.

Mnestia, Titan of Romance, is almost definitely the simulation of Idrila, the Beauty. I don't think I need to explain that train of thought.

Nikador is maybe a simulation of Nanook? Maybe Lan? I'm not sure tbh (I was making blind guesses at this point)

Same can be said for Talanton. I had considered Ena, maybe Hooh idk

Alternatives:

About Georios and Phagousa, while I did say that it's probably Permanence and Propagation, I also think it's entirely possible for it to be Perservation and Voracity. A lot of the paths do overlap a little and Qlipoth and Oroboros do have a similar kind of opposition to another as Long and Tayzzyronth had since Qlipoth has that thing with leviathans and Oroboros is a leviathan.

I was also surprised to see that Zagreus is a simulation of Aha since I personally would've guessed that it was Mythos, the Enigmata. Especially because of Cipher's whole "lying/mental suggestion" thing and the things the History Fictionologist do.