Stormblood Artwork Countdown

[Driavna]

Man! How come paladins get all the fame! Why is there never a shot of a dark knight protecting the weak and unprivileged!

Really wish they'd stop painting my class as a solitary, depressed and anti-social creature and more as a 'knight', defending and protecting those often forgotten or mistreated by society (wasn't that the whole point of becoming a dark knight).

Because DK are that, level 30 to 50 quest line explain it and 50 to 60 confirm it. Your average DK is a guy filled with rage and hatred, protect the weak and mistreated is just an excuse to kill. The class is an anti-hero, Paladin is the poster child of a hero.

[Kacho_Nacho]

Lala of course. VIVI!!! <3



Yeah you raise a good point, would be nice to see a DRK all hero-y.

Wow! I love 6 and 7! That miqo'te is wonderful and that lala is fantastic! Can't you tell I'm a sucker for lalafell art?

I also agree about dark knights. I would great to see one portrayed heroically or tenderly instead of the usual brooding angst.

[Dualgunner]

Because DK are that, level 30 to 50 quest line explain it and 50 to 60 confirm it. Your average DK is a guy filled with rage and hatred, protect the weak and mistreated is just an excuse to kill. The class is an anti-hero, Paladin is the poster child of a hero.

That is not at all what I got from the 30-50 or 50-60 questlines for Dark Knight. 30-50 was coming to terms with the trauma of being a hero--of facing down gods and other mind-shattering monstrosities only to be treated like less than the mud beneath a merchant's heel. It's not succumbing to that pain, it's surpassing it and using it. The 50-60 questlines, much less about mastering the self than before, further explain that Dark Knight's power comes not from angsty evil, but just from the pure power of emotion.

Fray died defending a little girl from injustice. Sidurgu nearly did the same. Neither of them became Dark Knights "for an excuse to kill" and neither did my character.

[Daralii]

THE CUTE! We seem to have jumped from 7 to 5 lol.
EDIT: Must have been a mistake, they have taken down the post hehe. I'll update with number 6 when it pops up.

The HW countdown also had a male paladin holding a female miqo'te, only she was an adult. Is herding cats just part of the job?

[Odstarva]

That is not at all what I got from the 30-50 or 50-60 questlines for Dark Knight. 30-50 was coming to terms with the trauma of being a hero--of facing down gods and other mind-shattering monstrosities only to be treated like less than the mud beneath a merchant's heel. It's not succumbing to that pain, it's surpassing it and using it. The 50-60 questlines, much less about mastering the self than before, further explain that Dark Knight's power comes not from angsty evil, but just from the pure power of emotion.

Fray died defending a little girl from injustice. Sidurgu nearly did the same. Neither of them became Dark Knights "for an excuse to kill" and neither did my character.

My feelings exactly. You expressed in words something I couldn't have.

[Driavna]

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I don't agree, to me the whole 30-50 arc represent a character at the brink of snapping (after all what happen before HW), in fact at the end the game let you clear that you are still under control "..for now" (but since WoL is "special" he will be fine). The second act is all about Sid protecting Rielle for all the wrong reasons, she even complains about this. At the end he learns a new way sure, but before that he main concern was killing others.

Also, the whole theme of DK is dark, edgy and almost evil, as I said the class is your typical anti-hero. DK do what's need to be done and don't play by the rules like a paladin is bound to do.

[Kaelah]

Pretty Highlady!

[Kaelah]

Mancat! x3

[Kacho_Nacho]

I'm digging all the distinctive art styles. There's so much talent put into these works.

As far as #4, I'd love to be so proficient at drawing as the artist, but for the life of me, I can't figure out what that highlander is doing with her weapon. Is she holding the lance out to show it to us? It looks so awkward to grasp the weapon with both hands underneath.

[Kaelah]

RDM turn. ^-^ I guess SAM tomorrow.