I Am In Love With This!!!! This Is So Amazing!!!

I am in love with this!!!! This is so amazing!!!

Tried my hand at designing a collective sigil for the Marda clan as a whole (because individuals don't have crests) thanks to seeing @importantdestinydefendor 's crest design and being inspired by it.

It's a stylized pine tree flanked by mountains, with phases of the moon up above.

I am not satisfied with this, this was just me testing the waters and my god was this thing fucking stressful to draw. I don't ever wanna do it again.

Arslan's crest in this AU would bear similarities to this, albeit with the borders/circle of Shapur and Isfan's crests, a bird replacing the mountains and pine tree (though maintaining the general silhouette and the details on the pine). I'm not gonna draw it anytime soon, it was really stressful T_T

This is a good question 👀 I like this one…..mmmh ok here I go

-Kishward vs. Shapur

-Sam vs Shapur

I think both pairs had train a lot together but I don’t know if this is explicitly described. But on the other hand I really would like to see it 😂

Then…….

Kubard vs. Bahadur (man this would be a fight between giants)

Isfan vs. Kubard I think I have seen this in the post from @tired-reader-writer and yes, yes, yes!!!!! We need this one!

Kishward vs. Rajendra

Gieve vs. Kishward

Daryun vs. Isfan and maybe Zaravant together (sorry guys but I think it is clear who will win this)

Zandeh vs. Isfan

Zandeh vs. Jimsa

Narsus vs. Guiscard (Don’t know either if this is non-canon or canon but…..yeah I would line to see it)

Gieve vs. Bodin

Ok I think this is it so far 😂😂😂

As I say: I don’t know if every pair is non-canon so please bear with me for this.

Okay ArSen fans what are the non-canonical duels you'd most like to see? Mine is currently Isfan vs. Zandeh!

Night Sky Brim Hat⭐✨🌟

More witch hat designs inspired by the manga Witch Hat Atelier~

Currently designing Azar's mother in a portrait style, but I can't decide on her family crest 🥲

When I tried to think about what could be on it, I have a void in my head. Even when I use the other's as reference, nothing comes up😭

Can some of you give me inspiration, please???

(This is before she married Azar's father, btw)

Saam is a wise man with perceptive eyes, he knows what he needs to say to get Hilmes to accept this, he knows what Hilmes has tied his worth to, he knows and he is willing to step forth and say it for the good of his liege.

Saam is an excellent retainer to have on your side.

(*thinks about what happened between them recently* *tries not to cry* *cries*)

The ponytail is one thing but it even has an ahoge, OMG. Zandeh!

I don't know what I could say here that @innerchorus hasn't already said before bc they're the Team Hilmes expert here but man. Poor Zandeh, hhhh. Somebody hug this puppy man! And Hilmes is right, Saam does make a good point! Why hurry for those bastards indeed!

Oh man Saam really is popular among folks, huh.

Was not expecting this guy to appear again when I first read the chapter so this was a pleasant surprise for me back then! Yes Zandeh, hug the man. And all of your father's men too.

Not much in terms of commentary, just that Andycakes really really has no faith in these sorts of things huh. I don't know how he reacts to Team Zahhak in the novel but shouldn't he be... even a little shook about being proven wrong? Then again, it's Andragoras. He's nigh unflappable.

Araya the Younger (OC) was also a blessed child and he still died, whoops.

He's not talking about Arslan here. Even if I hadn't known about the spoilery thing I would've still noted the wording as odd.

A smiling Zandeh! What was I gonna say for this part again? Oh, yeah, morale does play a big part in battles and wars, yeah? You gotta look to increase yours while demolishing the enemy's as much as possible. Hope is an impetus, there was even a scientific experiment thing where they put rats in water and forced them to swim endlessly though they were taken out when they gave up— and when put inside the water a second time the rats swam for longer bc they had hope that they'd be rescued.

Why'd I put that there? I dunno, just fun fact!

Aww, Saam is overjoyed. I think it goes beyond just being happy a fellow marzban who could be an ally is nearby, it really sounds like he's glad to hear a friend is alive.