. “GAH!” Alinua cries, losing her focus. The sense slips away.
. “Hey–!” the mermaid starts.
. “Back, Selach!” the Captain snaps, catching up to them. “And do not let her touch you again.” Putting themself between the mermaid and Alinua, they point their hooked spear at the Life mage.
. “But Captain–” Selach starts.
. “I can’t see them,” Alinua says softly, staring down at her hands. “I can’t see anything but that thing in the water.” She blinks, fraught. “What IS it? Why is it in so much pain?”
. “You will watch your tone, wind-blower,” the Captain growls, glaring at her. “You speak of the Northern Wyrm, spirit of the waters that flow from the ice. Protector of the Reefspire and its children, bulwark against the mountain’s rage.
And as for her suffering — do you not recognize the handiwork of one of your own?” Alinua looks at them, eyes widening as they continue, their voice rising. “She is mad with pain and poison, trapped in her corrupted incarnation. She does not speak anymore, not even to the Deep Ones — because she was twisted into this by mortal hands!”
Considering Ali could modify Kendal, to the point that even Vash can’t heal the body like he used to, I don’t find it that surprising, since the vessels we’ve seen seem to be physical (for the most part).
Yes but Aluina is an incarnation of Life and she didn’t so much modify him as she did reanimate him, while I do agree that the Collector could do horrible things with Kendal… she can’t do that, or at the very least I hope she can’t.
She did modify him, actually — remember when Vash said that he couldn’t repair Kendal anymore? Even a relatively ‘organic’ vessel isn’t built to survive separate from it’s god, so Alinua had to ‘modify’ Kendal to allow him to live on his own.
Now I’m just thinking about how that would look. Would he swell to some kind of monstrous proportion? Would Kendal (the sword) fuse into him? Would his mouth/face split open, being something like The Collector’s signature? All questions…
Okay, confirmed Northern Wyrm god turned into a chimera. Interesting that a chimeric incarnation functions as a trap.
By whose hands, tho?
Collector would easily have the power, but I don’t see the motivation. Why trap a perfectly good divine soul inside a feral chimera? Why create a feral chimera rather than one she’s truly in control of? Self-defense maybe? Did the Wyrm attack her and she saw no other way to defend herself than to mutate her body beyond recognition?
I could imagine it’s more of a Jolon-type life mage experimenting with chimeras specifically.
Well it could be an early experiment. She didn’t arrive at the Orb For Vash instantly after all. She could have tried chimerizing an incarnation in hopes she could keep it under control and then just left it there when it didn’t pan out.
It seems to have happened somewhat recently for the Captain to remember (?) what it was like before. The Collector’s been catching minor gods and spirits for a very long time before Vash.
If it really was the Collector, she would almost have to have done this before Vash, but not long enough ago that she didn’t yet know how to capture souls. It’s possible, but I currently don’t think it was her.
it is stated by red that chimeric alterations can cause not just insanity but also soul degradation, its very possible that the collector wanted to see what would happen if a god was mutated into a chimera and if she can use it for her purposes
as for why is it a wild one? what else would she do with the wyrm after she was done with it, its a ocean god and a gigantic one at that she cant exactly take it to places
I’m thinking that it can’t be the Collector since she shouldn’t have been able to catch up so quick and, as Rai626 noted, it isn’t being controlled by a single will, which makes this more intriguing.
the collector has been experimenting with nature gods for a century now, it wouldnt be that absurd for the floof squad to just stumble upon her old experiments
Guys, can someone ask Red what’s the historical context that caused the Sekrai to develop the term ‘wind-blower’ ? The ‘flesh-shaper’ one I get, but ‘wind-blower’ is pretty interesting but not as intuitive.
I’m curious what these ‘Deep ones’ are, the way it’s phrased in opposition to ‘mortal hands’ suggests they’re not mortal and the fact it’s capitalised means it’s a proper-noun so it makes me wonder are there eldritch Cthulhu style gods in Aurora.
I know ‘Deep one’ could technically mean anything but whatever’s considered deep by people who live underwater, must pretty deep.
There is a type of Sekrai called ‘Deep Sekrai’ who are hairless, bioluminescent, and live in the deep sea. They apparently interact with Kiska, god of the sea and the Sekrai, more than other sekrai do, so the same may be true of their interactions with other ocean gods/nature spirits.
And there are ‘eldritch Cthulu style gods’ in Aurora, though they aren’t ‘gods’ as it is defined within Aurora. They are the Primordials! However, it seems that most of them are properly dead by now (apart from Life, VD and LD)
Oh right thanks.
I forgot that Primordials were essentially that, like how Life’s full form has six arms, ten eyes and other strange features, thanks for reminding me of that and the Sekrai.
Makes me wonder just what the other Primordials looked like.
Are you getting the published book? Because a sneak peak on Red’s youtube channel shows some extra material with them in it…
Of the ones we know from the comic, Stone has armour that is seemingly part of his body, like a Primordial, humanoid armadillo.
I think the only reason why we can’t see any stress-tears here is because Alinua’s already in the water. It’s not that they’re not there, we just can’t see them.
“Hm I wonder how Vash’s vessel stood up and walked away. It sure would be handy if there were a nearby Vessel of flesh and blood I could experiment on. Oh hey!”
Selach: But Captain! She could help with the Northern Wyrm!
Captain: Enough! Unless she has experience fixing godly incarnations, freeing chimeras from their pain, and fighting giant dragons, she isn’t going anywhere.
Alinua: … You’re not going to believe this, but-
Ah, so a lot of people’s theories about the Northern Wyrm were right! Including at least one hypothesis that N.W. is trapped in their mutated incarnation. When Gleicann mentioned in 1-9-19 that his form would be ripped from his control and run wild if it underwent a mutation, I assumed at the time he would also be ejected from said form.
But this shows that losing control of an incantation also means losing the means to de-incarnate. Trapped in an unknown body, forced to keep it active, and with no means to control or stop it; that is so much worse that I thought.
Yeah, can’t blame the captain for keeping Selach away from Alinua after seeing what a life mage can do to the Wyrm. Though while the captain’s tone is harsh, she’s not being unreasonable; she corrects and cautions Ali that she’s talking about a god, not a beast, and while she states the Wyrm was harmed by life mage hands, she doesn’t accuse Alinua of being responsible.
Well it looks like Alinua is going to have to solve this problem, to help these people, free the god from the torment she acutely feels, and to ensure the gang have safe passage to Helm. While it’s a much bigger chimera than she’s previously dealt with, the fact there’s a god behind it, not a mindless beast, could make it easier.
Then again, this is assuming she can deal with the Wyrm like she did the chimera bear in Hilltop; if this is a Collector mutation, which all signs are pointing to, it might be more complicated than just draining excess energy.
There is the small possibility that the seafolk (I’ve going to use this to refer to merfolk and sekrai together) are assuming that the Northern Wyrm is trapped in the incarnation because they aren’t aware that divine bodies can even function separate from a god. Since the ‘god’ hasn’t interacted normally with them, and god’s can’t really interact at all without incarnating, they can’t really confirm that the god’s still in there without some magic god-sense.
And the only party member with the god sense is probably climbing the mountain to see Rakhn right now … or would he still be floating in the vine ball Alinua wrapped him in?
Hard to judge time with the ball potentially rocked about in the storm and with no idea how long Ali’s been unconscious.
Kriska and the Wyrm are different gods, I think. Kriska is the god of the sea and the life in it, and the Sekrai specifically, while the Wyrm is a local nature god of a ocean currents.
Ohh. Firstly, kudos to everyone who connected the chimeric danger noodle to the Northern Wyrm! You were right!
Secondly, this doesn’t excuse their earlier treatment of Alinua. It does, however, explain it and put it into context. Someone with (seemingly) similar mutation-causing powers has put a god they revere into a terrible, miserable state. I can understand why the Captain would be afraid of that kind of power. Still not cool to tie up an unconscious person who wasn’t responsible for this, talk about her as if she’s not there, and refer to her as a potential weapon, though.
I still think the Collector might be responsible for the Wyrm’s mutations. The multi-jaw, multi-eye mutation reminds me of her work. Maybe she was experimenting, bit off more than she could chew with the Wyrm, and abandoned her errant creation to try again with a more careful, calculated assault on Vash. I’ll hold this theory until the comic proves me wrong.
Regardless, it looks like Alinua has a reason to collaborate with the seafolk and deal with the wyrm now. It’s in the way of her sensing her friends! She has also felt its pain, and her empathy for other living things may be a secondary motivator. But last time Alinua handled a chimera (1-8-18), she didn’t know how to fix it, only how to put it down as gently as could be hoped for. I wonder if this will have a similar outcome, or if she’ll somehow accomplish something different… Maybe if she drains the corrupting Life energy, the Wyrm could repair, disassemble, or at least escape its incarnation (if the Captain is right and the Wyrm is, in fact, trapped in there).
To be fair to them, Alinua shouldn’t have been able to see or hear at those depths. In fact, just before her eyes and ears were adapted, they did ask her if she could understand them, and she couldn’t. So they can hardly be blamed for speaking about her like she wasn’t there.
They were looking at her when her eyes and ears adapted, though, and obviously saw it, then turned away afterward. I can (and will) blame them a little.
She was trying to, though, and the adaptations are visually recognizable. That’s enough for me to think they should have kept trying to communicate with her. I stand by what I said before. I also recognize you have a different read of this and that our opinions cannot be reconciled.
I try to see things from other people’s perspectives, but I’m definitely on Alinua’s side here! They don’t seem horrible or awful to me, but they certainly aren’t being nice or helpful in what is a potentially incredibly traumatic experience for someone. They seem scared and desperate, and are at lest trying to cooperate with her despite their limited understanding of her whole deal, but that’s a *reason* not an excuse. I expect that this has somewhat dulled Alinua’s desire to meet a mermaid.
Sorry if i came off as confrontational, it can be hard to communicate effectively online, and i didn’t mean anything of the sort!
It’s okay, and I’m also sorry!
They don’t seem awful or horrible in a universal or black-and-white way to me either, but as a mixed bag and inconsiderate toward Alinua, with the Captain coming across as worse than Selach. Selach reads to me as meaning well overall but royally putting their tail in their mouth with the “if not an ally at least a weapon?” line, while the Captain is reading to me mostly as rude, prejudiced, unkind, and, yes, scared and desperate. The one positive quality I see in the Captain so far is that they seem to care about both the Wyrm and the Reefspire… And yes, I’m sure this experience has burst Alinua’s bubble for meeting mermaids. 🙁
I wonder what the Wyrm’s pronouns are? Apparently gods dont have the same gender concepts as us, and their pronouns are incarnation-specific. For example, Argist uses he/him in the incarnation that we saw him in, but she/they in her merfolk form for underwater diplomacy, because all merfolk use she/they.
Since the Wyrm’s incarnation is not a ‘person’ but rather a seaserpent (a type of water influenced dragon) this may influence their pronouns. Dragons are all female, I think, as they all lay eggs and reproduce via parthenogenesis. Dragons rely on very extreme elemental adaptation within the egg to adapt them to new environments, rather than genetic adaption. So the Wyrm probably uses she/they/it, due to its incarnation.
Ok, so previously I thought that Alinua’s life vision thing relied on plants, like she could see what the surrounding plant life had near by, but now I realize that is completely unnecessary. Admin permissions is correct, dear god.
Pain of the Wyrm keeps her friends from sight
As Captain informs of a spirit not right
Ice-flow protector in warped incarnation
No longer speaks words due to mage caused mutation
It’s interesting that Selach refers to the Wyrm as “it” and the Captain with “she”. And that Selach would use Allinua as a weapon against the Wyrm… I’m gessing Selach doesn’t feel the reverence towards the Wyrm that the Captain does.
If I may offer my own two cents, I have my own theory about what element the two dragons once were: desire. VD is all about hunger and consumption, while LD is probably love or something. I suspect this due to the conversation Tahrim had with Danix when he was filled with void corruption, and desire felt like the most likely “emotion” Danix transmuted the hunger into, especially since Falsy was right there after.
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Alt-text: cool motive still shipwreck
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it seems cal has taken up the job as tumblr text messenger but bluesky text is still undecided… good job and ty cal
Anyone’s free to do the tumblr text, I just tend to get there first lol
Bluesky Text: new insult just dropped
. “GAH!” Alinua cries, losing her focus. The sense slips away.
. “Hey–!” the mermaid starts.
. “Back, Selach!” the Captain snaps, catching up to them. “And do not let her touch you again.” Putting themself between the mermaid and Alinua, they point their hooked spear at the Life mage.
. “But Captain–” Selach starts.
. “I can’t see them,” Alinua says softly, staring down at her hands. “I can’t see anything but that thing in the water.” She blinks, fraught. “What IS it? Why is it in so much pain?”
. “You will watch your tone, wind-blower,” the Captain growls, glaring at her. “You speak of the Northern Wyrm, spirit of the waters that flow from the ice. Protector of the Reefspire and its children, bulwark against the mountain’s rage.
And as for her suffering — do you not recognize the handiwork of one of your own?” Alinua looks at them, eyes widening as they continue, their voice rising. “She is mad with pain and poison, trapped in her corrupted incarnation. She does not speak anymore, not even to the Deep Ones — because she was twisted into this by mortal hands!”
goated b99 reference
The fact that the Collecter can turn Gods vessels into chimera makes me glad she didn’t realize that Kendal was still alive.
Oh god. I didn’t think about that, good point
Considering Ali could modify Kendal, to the point that even Vash can’t heal the body like he used to, I don’t find it that surprising, since the vessels we’ve seen seem to be physical (for the most part).
That’s actually a worrying and interesting point. Could Alinua fix what was done to the Wyrm, considering how she kind of messed up with Kendal?
Yes but Aluina is an incarnation of Life and she didn’t so much modify him as she did reanimate him, while I do agree that the Collector could do horrible things with Kendal… she can’t do that, or at the very least I hope she can’t.
She did modify him, actually — remember when Vash said that he couldn’t repair Kendal anymore? Even a relatively ‘organic’ vessel isn’t built to survive separate from it’s god, so Alinua had to ‘modify’ Kendal to allow him to live on his own.
Now I’m just thinking about how that would look. Would he swell to some kind of monstrous proportion? Would Kendal (the sword) fuse into him? Would his mouth/face split open, being something like The Collector’s signature? All questions…
“Wind blower” new slur unlocked
it kinda makes me wonder how they know cloud elves well enough to have a slur for them
I interpreted it as more a generic slur for any surface dweller. Like “Air breather” but with more venom.
Red confirmed on tumblr that “wind-blower” is an insult to all surface people, not just cloud elves specifically.
I’m pretty sure it’s a slur for anyone who breaths air
Namor ahh
Okay, confirmed Northern Wyrm god turned into a chimera. Interesting that a chimeric incarnation functions as a trap.
By whose hands, tho?
Collector would easily have the power, but I don’t see the motivation. Why trap a perfectly good divine soul inside a feral chimera? Why create a feral chimera rather than one she’s truly in control of? Self-defense maybe? Did the Wyrm attack her and she saw no other way to defend herself than to mutate her body beyond recognition?
I could imagine it’s more of a Jolon-type life mage experimenting with chimeras specifically.
Well it could be an early experiment. She didn’t arrive at the Orb For Vash instantly after all. She could have tried chimerizing an incarnation in hopes she could keep it under control and then just left it there when it didn’t pan out.
It seems to have happened somewhat recently for the Captain to remember (?) what it was like before. The Collector’s been catching minor gods and spirits for a very long time before Vash.
If it really was the Collector, she would almost have to have done this before Vash, but not long enough ago that she didn’t yet know how to capture souls. It’s possible, but I currently don’t think it was her.
Argist mentioned the Reefspire experienced chimeric activity around Ishva’s Turn. That’s about 4 sindahlans (i.e. months) ago.
it is stated by red that chimeric alterations can cause not just insanity but also soul degradation, its very possible that the collector wanted to see what would happen if a god was mutated into a chimera and if she can use it for her purposes
as for why is it a wild one? what else would she do with the wyrm after she was done with it, its a ocean god and a gigantic one at that she cant exactly take it to places
I think this is my favourite theory about this that I’ve seen yet!
I’m thinking that it can’t be the Collector since she shouldn’t have been able to catch up so quick and, as Rai626 noted, it isn’t being controlled by a single will, which makes this more intriguing.
It doesn’t have be something new the collector whipped for this pursuit, could be one of her past godcatching experiments.
I think the seafolk would have noticed if the Wyrm had been kidnapped.
I would normally agree, but the spirits of Vash’s people strongly hinted that the Collector was close by near the end of 2.2.
‘She’s coming’ doesnt mean she’s close. It could just mean that she knows about Kendal and is following them.
the collector has been experimenting with nature gods for a century now, it wouldnt be that absurd for the floof squad to just stumble upon her old experiments
Well looks like someone’s got a side quest now
If the next page doesn’t contain an exasperated realization from Alinua, I’m gonna be disappointed.
If you’re early enough, you can’t see the comments lol
This is unrelated, but I have reread thus comic SO many times and only now I realized that Erin is left handed
Guys, can someone ask Red what’s the historical context that caused the Sekrai to develop the term ‘wind-blower’ ? The ‘flesh-shaper’ one I get, but ‘wind-blower’ is pretty interesting but not as intuitive.
Even ‘uninfluenced’ elves have a slightly stronger link to Wind and Lightning, so it could be their name for elves?
I assumed it’s an insult for someone who breathes air. (Blowing wind.)
I imagine its a more general insult/term for people who live on the surface- referring to people who breath air and allat
Good news, someone did: https://comicaurora.tumblr.com/post/789238069001961473/what-exactly-does-wind-blower-mean-is-it-a-term Short answer, it’s a rude term used by ocean dwellers to refer to anyone who lives on land/breathes air.
oh nice! thx guys!
Gotta love that sweet, sweet fantasy racism.
I’m curious what these ‘Deep ones’ are, the way it’s phrased in opposition to ‘mortal hands’ suggests they’re not mortal and the fact it’s capitalised means it’s a proper-noun so it makes me wonder are there eldritch Cthulhu style gods in Aurora.
I know ‘Deep one’ could technically mean anything but whatever’s considered deep by people who live underwater, must pretty deep.
There is a type of Sekrai called ‘Deep Sekrai’ who are hairless, bioluminescent, and live in the deep sea. They apparently interact with Kiska, god of the sea and the Sekrai, more than other sekrai do, so the same may be true of their interactions with other ocean gods/nature spirits.
And there are ‘eldritch Cthulu style gods’ in Aurora, though they aren’t ‘gods’ as it is defined within Aurora. They are the Primordials! However, it seems that most of them are properly dead by now (apart from Life, VD and LD)
Oh right thanks.
I forgot that Primordials were essentially that, like how Life’s full form has six arms, ten eyes and other strange features, thanks for reminding me of that and the Sekrai.
Makes me wonder just what the other Primordials looked like.
Are you getting the published book? Because a sneak peak on Red’s youtube channel shows some extra material with them in it…
Of the ones we know from the comic, Stone has armour that is seemingly part of his body, like a Primordial, humanoid armadillo.
I intend to when I get the chance, the added content sounds really interesting so I’ll look forward to that.
I’ve preordered it! I can’t wait. Im a little bit miffed that I can’t get the stickers, though, since I’m from not from the USA
Ali doesn’t look so good in that first panel…
The last time she used Life-vision on her own, it made her cry… it didn’t this time, but i imagine the Wyrms aura was a bit overwhelming
I think the only reason why we can’t see any stress-tears here is because Alinua’s already in the water. It’s not that they’re not there, we just can’t see them.
Oh, true!
“Hm I wonder how Vash’s vessel stood up and walked away. It sure would be handy if there were a nearby Vessel of flesh and blood I could experiment on. Oh hey!”
“I’ve ensured that the ride will be as smooth as possible” – Erin, 2024
Selach: But Captain! She could help with the Northern Wyrm!
Captain: Enough! Unless she has experience fixing godly incarnations, freeing chimeras from their pain, and fighting giant dragons, she isn’t going anywhere.
Alinua: … You’re not going to believe this, but-
Ah, so a lot of people’s theories about the Northern Wyrm were right! Including at least one hypothesis that N.W. is trapped in their mutated incarnation. When Gleicann mentioned in 1-9-19 that his form would be ripped from his control and run wild if it underwent a mutation, I assumed at the time he would also be ejected from said form.
But this shows that losing control of an incantation also means losing the means to de-incarnate. Trapped in an unknown body, forced to keep it active, and with no means to control or stop it; that is so much worse that I thought.
Yeah, can’t blame the captain for keeping Selach away from Alinua after seeing what a life mage can do to the Wyrm. Though while the captain’s tone is harsh, she’s not being unreasonable; she corrects and cautions Ali that she’s talking about a god, not a beast, and while she states the Wyrm was harmed by life mage hands, she doesn’t accuse Alinua of being responsible.
Well it looks like Alinua is going to have to solve this problem, to help these people, free the god from the torment she acutely feels, and to ensure the gang have safe passage to Helm. While it’s a much bigger chimera than she’s previously dealt with, the fact there’s a god behind it, not a mindless beast, could make it easier.
Then again, this is assuming she can deal with the Wyrm like she did the chimera bear in Hilltop; if this is a Collector mutation, which all signs are pointing to, it might be more complicated than just draining excess energy.
There is the small possibility that the seafolk (I’ve going to use this to refer to merfolk and sekrai together) are assuming that the Northern Wyrm is trapped in the incarnation because they aren’t aware that divine bodies can even function separate from a god. Since the ‘god’ hasn’t interacted normally with them, and god’s can’t really interact at all without incarnating, they can’t really confirm that the god’s still in there without some magic god-sense.
And the only party member with the god sense is probably climbing the mountain to see Rakhn right now … or would he still be floating in the vine ball Alinua wrapped him in?
Hard to judge time with the ball potentially rocked about in the storm and with no idea how long Ali’s been unconscious.
Not all land dwellers know each other… rude ass
Oh my god, the Wyrm is Kriska? Did the Collector do it? Thats insane!
Kriska and the Wyrm are different gods, I think. Kriska is the god of the sea and the life in it, and the Sekrai specifically, while the Wyrm is a local nature god of a ocean currents.
Ohh. Firstly, kudos to everyone who connected the chimeric danger noodle to the Northern Wyrm! You were right!
Secondly, this doesn’t excuse their earlier treatment of Alinua. It does, however, explain it and put it into context. Someone with (seemingly) similar mutation-causing powers has put a god they revere into a terrible, miserable state. I can understand why the Captain would be afraid of that kind of power. Still not cool to tie up an unconscious person who wasn’t responsible for this, talk about her as if she’s not there, and refer to her as a potential weapon, though.
I still think the Collector might be responsible for the Wyrm’s mutations. The multi-jaw, multi-eye mutation reminds me of her work. Maybe she was experimenting, bit off more than she could chew with the Wyrm, and abandoned her errant creation to try again with a more careful, calculated assault on Vash. I’ll hold this theory until the comic proves me wrong.
Regardless, it looks like Alinua has a reason to collaborate with the seafolk and deal with the wyrm now. It’s in the way of her sensing her friends! She has also felt its pain, and her empathy for other living things may be a secondary motivator. But last time Alinua handled a chimera (1-8-18), she didn’t know how to fix it, only how to put it down as gently as could be hoped for. I wonder if this will have a similar outcome, or if she’ll somehow accomplish something different… Maybe if she drains the corrupting Life energy, the Wyrm could repair, disassemble, or at least escape its incarnation (if the Captain is right and the Wyrm is, in fact, trapped in there).
To be fair to them, Alinua shouldn’t have been able to see or hear at those depths. In fact, just before her eyes and ears were adapted, they did ask her if she could understand them, and she couldn’t. So they can hardly be blamed for speaking about her like she wasn’t there.
They were looking at her when her eyes and ears adapted, though, and obviously saw it, then turned away afterward. I can (and will) blame them a little.
Those kinds of changes are highly unusual, and she still didn’t give any impression of understanding them, though
She was trying to, though, and the adaptations are visually recognizable. That’s enough for me to think they should have kept trying to communicate with her. I stand by what I said before. I also recognize you have a different read of this and that our opinions cannot be reconciled.
I try to see things from other people’s perspectives, but I’m definitely on Alinua’s side here! They don’t seem horrible or awful to me, but they certainly aren’t being nice or helpful in what is a potentially incredibly traumatic experience for someone. They seem scared and desperate, and are at lest trying to cooperate with her despite their limited understanding of her whole deal, but that’s a *reason* not an excuse. I expect that this has somewhat dulled Alinua’s desire to meet a mermaid.
Sorry if i came off as confrontational, it can be hard to communicate effectively online, and i didn’t mean anything of the sort!
It’s okay, and I’m also sorry!
They don’t seem awful or horrible in a universal or black-and-white way to me either, but as a mixed bag and inconsiderate toward Alinua, with the Captain coming across as worse than Selach. Selach reads to me as meaning well overall but royally putting their tail in their mouth with the “if not an ally at least a weapon?” line, while the Captain is reading to me mostly as rude, prejudiced, unkind, and, yes, scared and desperate. The one positive quality I see in the Captain so far is that they seem to care about both the Wyrm and the Reefspire… And yes, I’m sure this experience has burst Alinua’s bubble for meeting mermaids. 🙁
Yes, i mostly agree with this! 😀
I wonder what the Wyrm’s pronouns are? Apparently gods dont have the same gender concepts as us, and their pronouns are incarnation-specific. For example, Argist uses he/him in the incarnation that we saw him in, but she/they in her merfolk form for underwater diplomacy, because all merfolk use she/they.
Since the Wyrm’s incarnation is not a ‘person’ but rather a seaserpent (a type of water influenced dragon) this may influence their pronouns. Dragons are all female, I think, as they all lay eggs and reproduce via parthenogenesis. Dragons rely on very extreme elemental adaptation within the egg to adapt them to new environments, rather than genetic adaption. So the Wyrm probably uses she/they/it, due to its incarnation.
Seems to be ‘she’ here.
Oop! Yeah, I missed that
So…what they are saying is the wyrm is now a chimera? Well that isn’t gonna go well for whoever did it to the wyrm.
oh wait, is Alinua gonna get the GNW on her side, and then go up against Kendal and Rakhn? oops. . .
Alinua better figure out how to fix chimeras real fast
The wyrm in the depth blinds all attempts to scan
And it aches since it’s form was forced on it by man
one of my fave couplets yet 😀
Is this why she (The Wyrm) was messing with Rahkn?
Nah, he’s just fun to mess with lol
— the Wyrm, probably
Ok, so previously I thought that Alinua’s life vision thing relied on plants, like she could see what the surrounding plant life had near by, but now I realize that is completely unnecessary. Admin permissions is correct, dear god.
Pain of the Wyrm keeps her friends from sight
As Captain informs of a spirit not right
Ice-flow protector in warped incarnation
No longer speaks words due to mage caused mutation
The Collector: “who the FUCK you calling ‘mortal’, b*tch”
*sounds of more chimeras*
How many people had to Google “bulwark”?
That is the kind of word you run into, just reading and watching in english.
Also if you play TTRPGs or videogames in english.
English is my first language I just have less years of experience than the average speaker (aka a child)
I’ve never seen it either, but from context, I would say “bulwark” means something like blockade or wall.
Cool I was right, it means ‘a defensive wall’.
I knew it well enough not to need to look it up, but i couldnt give a definition!
Guys don’t forget the Festival of Everyone Yells At the Elemental Magus is coming up on July 22 (pg 2.2.22)
I’ll put it on my calender! XD
“Can you fix it?”
“Yes, I can.”
– Audience and Alinua
Giant evil worm monster nopenopenopenopenope
Well that explains the life magic
“wind-blower” wow dude 😲 kiss your mother with that mouth?
Would regular old pollution/poison or bad magic juju really drive a god mad, I find the Collector to be the more plausible culprit at this point…
It’s interesting that Selach refers to the Wyrm as “it” and the Captain with “she”. And that Selach would use Allinua as a weapon against the Wyrm… I’m gessing Selach doesn’t feel the reverence towards the Wyrm that the Captain does.
If I may offer my own two cents, I have my own theory about what element the two dragons once were: desire. VD is all about hunger and consumption, while LD is probably love or something. I suspect this due to the conversation Tahrim had with Danix when he was filled with void corruption, and desire felt like the most likely “emotion” Danix transmuted the hunger into, especially since Falsy was right there after.
See Levy is friendly!