The round table

theres even a couple of sheds out there he hasent got around to cleaning up, leaving a small wall of sticky notes and a desk setup for making paper cartridges, Purchasing his first Real house shortly before Xan rocked Falconreach... which he completely forgave Xan for and is not even alittle bitter... trust Later purchasing some ruins near Falconreach intending to make a nice little bro fort, even fixed up the place before realizing he has no idea how to decorate... so mostly used it for storage, In earlier days stashing anything that could Possibly be useful hoarding every kind of weapon for later, around the end of book1 committing to clean up, giving away weapons to arm the town, even giving Kain a spare key, Since defrosting Pizza found the town had near cleaned out his remaining armory, Now his little fort resembles a more developed shed, with some chairs and a table, dragon bed, training props, some Books and work bench for weaving and gun maintenance, and a wall made of sticky notes relating to current events and Everything he can find about the Shadowscythe and "Iron titans" there are many strings and several photos, visitors out not be overly concerned at seeing there photo in it every table like surface has beverage cup rings on it, keeps buying new coasters, Nettle and Linus keep stealing them Nettle is dragon Prince Linus reputation proceeds him and requires no introduction

To many songs i can think of but heres a few that just Fit very well, These are very "Vibe" based I like the idea that the Helping Hand of DragonFable is Very fireside acoustic (replace every If with When, you will understand), The avenging Red Fist of MechQuest is Rock, Both grounded in a Ballad about duty old as time, His music swings between those points based on the events, Side note, i reckon the difference between MQ and DF Pizza's personality is the difference between Still Unbroken (DF) and Free Bird (most of MQ)

as for taste almost anything with Good guitar regardless of time, In DF Sea Shanties! and a good cowboy Banjo by the fire always sparks joy, More modern like MQ, Rock and lots of it, Screaming Pirate metal for studying, Classic Rock for jamming, a rock for every occasion, Now and then he'd jam to something softer... but only with headphones because no one can know that he listens to hipster music

It's okay! Even if I didn't know what that was, I'd ask about it and look it up; wouldn't that be a way to start a friendship?

Anyway my DragonFable opinion of the day is that technically speaking, majority of the Land of Dragons is an empire in just as much capacity as the Shapeless Empire and should be described as such.

More below the cut because I have a LOT to say, including footnotes!

At the start of book1 Pizza was allot more straight forward and thought about conflict on a very personal scale, sure he fought for others and was aided in tern but at the end of the day it was always His war, his to Fight and Win His way this attitude shifted through book1 but never completely left, During book2 he felt Irritatingly mortal and the occasional sense of dejavu became a near constant sensation, When Pizza was put on ice in his core was cemented this sense of mortality... so since thawing he makes a conscious decision to be far more weary of words, to avoid being tricked but also for its own sake, To listen to peoples silly things, the things he would normally care little for, intent to make the most of every moment spent with those around him, Sometimes even permitting something genuine to slip through his normal deluge of swagger and sarcasm, And in some ways thawing has been reassuring, if the sky didnt fall on everyone without him then perhaps theres hope for them yet and maybe he neednt bare its weight alone. still a tad peeved about getting fridged though... and never turning his back on a brooding teenager again! the Pizza has been iced once and no one wants double defrosted pizza, that sounds gross,

When Pizza was on ice a few people had a crack at it, A crew of Gnomes led by Airheart that he'd helped find Resettlement and employment considered a few ideas, Heat ray! (discarded for fear it would just cook him inside the ice) Repurposed chickencow rotisserie! (couldnt get a bonfire permit from Sir Curity) Heat blanket? (local animal kept stealing them, and no one volunteered to wrestle the lizard to get them back) The gnomes stopped after the Rose instituted a minimum height requirement for poking the ice cube,

Alz ein stopped by a couple times she considers Pizza a rather odd shrub but fun to be around, even if he had kept mispronouncing "Atealan" as "Atelean" she moved the popsicle a couple times to give Pizza a change of scenery (Oaklore Keep had a good scare when the ice cube vanished for a week without notice)

Tomix couldnt find the ice cube,

Aegis feared that to much magical habidashery might cause unforeseen problems dew to Pizzas lack of wizardry aptitude, so opted for a slow defrost and spent his efforts ensuring that both body and mind remained intact in the meantime an unseen warden of the frozen goods,

Captain Rhubarb visited once, poured some root bear on the ice and went home, like a hero

While in frozen slumber Pizza dreamed of conversations with friends that never happened, of dieing alone, victory and duties left unfulfilled undercut with the laughter of a damned titan normal stuff like that...

Story wise he has a limited mana capacity and not being raised learning weaving he usually prefers more basic weaves, things he can perform quickly or while moving, and generally things to augment physical combat such as weaving physical weapons a shield and Speed, Pizza finds weaving a wonderfully versatile thing and the arm blade particularly fun and mana efficient!

Mana shouldnt be wasted and Blades arnt the optimal solution for every problem so he equips for the occasion, Smoke bombs, grenades, pistols maybe a shot gun, the only constants are a sword and weavers gauntlet,

One more thing on mentality one must make a distinction between a Duel and Fight, a Duel has things like rules and fair play so he will stick to weaving or a sword, anything else would be cheating and behavior unfit for a hero or a man

This has been one of those projects that i play with from time to time, though its been long enough that ide like to get the opinion of a fresh pair of eyes

This being my base reference

using This head,

funny enough i did make both head versions, hadnt seriously considered combining them though, thats probably the coolist thing so far also had a go at a rough open animation XD -not sure how to make the vid appear here so uh google dock link

When Danielle arrived at the Falconreach Park by the river, she was happy to see her friend already there, leaning back against a tree, his single Soulweaver gauntlet’s twin gems gleaning in the sunlight. When he saw her he rose with a grin and called, “Red! It’s been a while!”

Danielle smiled sheepishly. “Sorry, Piz. The business at Dragesvard took longer than I expected. We could spar twice this month to make up for it?” 

“No worries!” Pizza said breezily, rising to his feet. “This isn’t some world-saving quest, we’re here for fun.”

“Right,” she murmured. It was starting to be hard to remember nowadays, with the ongoing race for the Elemental Orbs and everything, but her and Pizza’s monthly sparring sessions were meant to be simple fun. She shook her head, as though to shake off all her worries, lifted her DragonLord shield and resumed a fighting stance. “Ready?” she called, excitement ringing in her voice. 

Pizza tapped his Soulweaver gauntlet, and the blade sprung out, shining like the gems which powered it. “Let’s go!” he cried, and charged at her. 

Danielle sidestepped the attack, summoning an Energy Dragon Spirit to strike back. Pizza huffed and, with incredible agility, seemed to run in a circle around her for a moment before hitting her from an unexpected angle. 

They were both setting up combos, Danielle realized, and grinned. She sprouted her Dragon Wings, flying at her opponent and slashing one, two, three, four times, and when she landed her auburn hair was tousled and her heart sang with joy and thrill. 

Pizza staggered from her attack, regained his footing and jumped towards her, hit, behind her, up, forward, down, hit, hit, hit, leaving her slightly out of breath and very grateful for her draconic armor. 

She infused her blade with a Fire Dragon Spirit and stabbed forward, sending the Spirit flying towards him; he paid her back with a magical swarm flying in her face. 

Their final attacks met in the middle - Pizza with a spectral katana, Danielle with her blade acting as a Dragon’s Claw. The burst of energy that followed sent them both flying, rolling in the grass as they fell to the ground. 

Danielle couldn’t remember when last she’d laughed like this, with all her heart. 

She turned her head a little to look at Pizza, and found his blue hair messy and his eyes unusually sad; he had the same look in his eyes when they’d first met - on the frontline defending Falconreach from Sepulchure’s undead attack. She had been new to hero-ing then, fresh out of her home village in the forests of Oaklore, and he had seemed like a seasoned and capable fighter. 

“You alright?” Danielle asked, smiling awkwardly to hide the chill that ran down her spine; for a second, the older Soulweaver almost seemed sad. 

In a blink, it was gone, and he was his normal self again. “Yeah,” he said, “just had a lot of fun with you today, Red.” 

Danielle relaxed and softened. “Me too, Piz.”