Priestess - Tumblr Posts
Goretober Day 17: Burning "S..Seinaru.. I-I just..wanted to protect her.. .....why...?"
----------------------------------------
Now this one isn't surprising, based it off of a scene from a roleplay, except I made a little change.
Akane belongs to me. A ref for her can be seen here in Picrew. sta.sh/01wimired7js
Hymn by yagaminoue
its been a while since i did a lineless render.
I haven’t decided if i like this as botw zelda’s mamma, or hylia, or if i’d like it better as a different incarnation of zelda. oh well.
Koláže vytvorené k Bivojovi. 1 - Bivoj 2 - Kazi, Teta a Libuše 3 - Hordag a Ašiga 4 - Rusalky
Zdroj - Ďuro Červenák Fans na facebook.com
El posible destino de Tammy como sacerdotisa
Hola ¿cómo están? Espero que hayan disfrutado de mis anteriores publicaciones, en español y en inglés. Esta vez nos enfocaremos en el posible destino de Tammy si sigue siendo sacerdotisa.
Una de las mayores pistas se encuentra en el capítulo 7, este inicia en el momento de la revolución académica, específicamente en el ataque al palacio, creo que después que Gregoire usara su huevo Fabergé fumador en la fiesta. Tammy corre en medio de la matanza hacia el santuario de los espíritus y el espíritu de ahí encendió todas mis alarmas
Se parece demasiado a Tammy
Diablos, cuando iba a acabar su contrato original antes que regresara Harris, le adornan el cabello con cuentas doradas y flores rojas en los costados, en el mismo estilo del espíritu real.
No solo eso, ambas comparten el mismo collar
Y tienen el mismo color de pelo ¿Demasiada coincidencia?
Luego recordé a los espíritus Torstenn
Notan un ligero parecido, solo que lady Thorne tiene su pelo liso rizado al final.
Luego me fije en estos detalles
La enorme cantidad de dibujos donde Tammy tiene cerca o puesta la misma mascara parecida a la de los espíritus, y como casi siempre está acompañada de una jaula.
Se me vino a la cabeza el anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica, en esa serie las chicas también hacen un contrato a cambio de un deseo y se convierten en chicas mágicas cuyo deber es derrotar a las brujas, hasta que ellas mismas se conviertan en una. Esto es muy parecido al webcomic, las niñas hacen contratos con espíritus a cambio de un deseo, se trasforman en sacerdotisas cuyo deber es cuidar de un blindsprings, si me siguen y son listos ya saben lo que viene, las sacerdotisas acaban volviéndose espíritus. Su parecido se debe a que todas están relacionadas consanguíneamente pues pertenecen a la misma familia.
Ahora como, cuando y porque, lo desconozco aún no hay pistas al respecto.
Pero sí que ellas son sacrificios
Sacrificios a las espíritus, primero como servidumbre, después como sucesoras.
Toda la escena me olio a una apresurada ceremonia de transformación.
Y la reacción de Gregoire me lo confirma.
Gregoire debe saber esto, por eso intenta evitar que Tammy termine de orar pues dejara de ser humana, su objetivo es salvarla de ese destino. ¿Cómo lo sabe? Creo que él debe ser su padre biológico, y fue usado para crearla con ese fin, pero hablare de esa teoría con más detalle en la próxima publicación. Lo más probable es que Tammy desconozca este destino por ello no ha dicho nada aun y se negó a ser recatada por Gregoire o Harris, y ella es demasiado dulce para permitir que esto le ocurra a sus amigas.
Para finalizar deseo con toda mi alma equivocarme no quiero eso para Tammy, Street, Imogen y cualquiera otra sacerdotisa. Si tienen alguna pregunta, detalle que no me fije o algún comentario, no duden en escribírmelo, quiero hacer este blog junto a ustedes.
Hasta la próxima.
Tammy's possible fate as a priestess
Hello how are you? I hope you have enjoyed my previous posts, in Spanish and English. This time we will focus on Tammy's possible fate if she remains a priestess. One of the biggest clues is in chapter 7, this begins at the time of the academic revolution, specifically in the attack on the palace, I think after Gregoire used his smoking Fabergé egg at the party. Tammy runs in the middle of the slaughter towards the sanctuary of the spirits and the spirit there set off all my alarms
She looks too much like Tammy
Hell, when he was going to finish his original contract before Harris returned, they adorn his hair with gold beads and red flowers on the sides, in the same style of the royal spirit. Not only that, they both share the same necklace
And they have the same hair color. Too much of a match? Then I remembered the Torstenn spirits
They notice a slight resemblance, only that Lady Thorne has her straight hair curled at the end. Then I looked at these details
The enormous amount of drawings where Tammy has the same mask similar to that of the spirits, and as almost always it is accompanied by a cage. The anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica came to mind, in that series the girls also make a contract in exchange for a wish and become magical girls whose duty is to defeat the witches, until they themselves become one. This is very similar to the webcomic, the girls make contracts with spirits in exchange for a wish, they become priestesses whose duty it is to take care of a blindsprings, if they follow me and are smart they already know what is coming, the priestesses end up becoming spirits. Their resemblance is due to the fact that they are all related by blood, since they belong to the same family. Now how, when and why, I do not know yet there are no clues about it. But they are sacrifices
Sacrifices to spirits, first as servitude, then as successors.
The whole scene smelled like a hasty transformation ceremony.
And Gregoire's reaction confirms it for me.
Gregoire must know this, that's why he tries to prevent Tammy from finishing praying because she will stop being human, her goal is to save her from that fate. How does he know? I think he must be her biological father of hers, and he was used to create her for that purpose, but I'll talk about that theory in more detail in the next post. Most likely, Tammy is unaware of this fate so she has not said anything yet and she refused to be demure by Gregoire or Harris, and she is too sweet to allow this to happen to her friends. Finally, I wish with all my soul to be wrong. I don't want that for Tammy, Street, Imogen and any other priestess. If you have any questions, details that I did not notice or any comments, do not hesitate to write me, I want to make this blog with you.
Until next time.
oooh my god this is cool i’m actually a little ashamed that i never knew about this or that happening but GAH all of that is so cool!!!!
Um question
during one of my “endlessly scrolling through tumblr looking at people’s opinions on Sky lore” nights I noticed one of your posts about a Valley Priestess? Several other people had drawn/talked about Valley Priestess and I am incredibly confused as to who she is
*RUNS FULL SPEED AT YOU *GRABS YOU OH MY DEAR FRIEND YOU HAVE **NO** IDEA WHAT YOU HAVE JUST AWAKENED. PRIESTESS IS MY FAVORITE CHARACTER EVER AND MY HYPERFIXATED ASS WILL TALK ABOUT HER JUST GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY.
SIT DOWN FELLA THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG ONE.
-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~
Let's go back in time, circa 2017-2018, when Sky was still in development, and was yet to hit the shelves. During that time, TGC presented their pre-release concepts of what was back then known as Sky: Light Awaits, at CAFA GAME ART 2018 exhibition, held at Cetral Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China from september 8 to October 7. In that exhibition, TGC presented the crowd with a bunch of concept art, story directions and ideas, and some world-building of their upcoming game. If you are interested in seeing the exhibits TGC put up, you can check those links:
1. Layout 2. World overview 3. Storyline 4. World Map 5. Character Designs 6. Level designs 7. Interaction and customization 8. Journey comparison 9. Bits and pieces
However, for the specifc question you asked, we need to focus on number 3. Storyline. More specifically, this bit right here:
You see this? Right here? "Descendants summon and challenge and ancient (priestess)" YUP, THERE SHE IS, RIGHT HERE!! That is one of the first, and frankly, the last times she gets officially mentioned. Why? Because she was replaced by the Valley twins. That is also why the twins share one name: Samekh, because they used to be one elder, to whom this name belonged. How do we know this? Because in the concept art where the twins start to appear, they are both labeled Samekh... Just like in this very little and crunchy concept art:
You see her? In the corner?
There she is! As we can see, this singular figure is also labeled Samekh. And since we know that Samekh is the name of the valley elders and the singular Valley elder for the Priestess, we can conclude this is a concept art of her :) if you want to know more about elders' names, you can always check out Grandpa's (@grapeless-seeds) very neat doc right here!
Now, you may be asking: "If she is just a scraped elder that was already replaced by other elders, how did she resurface again?" That is a very good question! And it has a VERY long and VERY interesting history behind it.
Despite her being in the concept art, not many acknowledged her existence, moreover being anyway related to the current Valley elders. Even though many asked themselves the question "Why were there two Valley elders, and why are they so much younger than the rest of them?", a big part of the fandom agreed on the headcanon that the twins were simply two parts of one being who got split. And so, Priestess laid dormant in the discarded concept art. But things were about to change.
Let's jump into the future, circa 2020-2021, when the fandom's love for lore and elders was at it's height. Theories were flowing left and right, and as you know, Sky lore enjoyers often dig through countless concept art for crumbs of lore we usually don't get in the game. And one of said concepts through which a certain group of people dug through was the concept of Priestess. Unconciouslly, her image rooted itself in the minds of elder lore enthusiasts.
In 2020, Grandpa, who was a pretty influential Sky artist and theorist on Skyblr and the western Sky fandom, posted this headcanon on her twitter:
This, as far as I'm aware, was one of the first instances of the idea that not only the twins aren't just two halves of one being, but that they are actually children of an elder long gone: the Priestess.
Soon enough after it, a sketch by @artificial-radiance Was posted on Skyblr, featuring this idea yet again.
While the headcanon was still really obscure, it did manage to trickle down into the hearts of some very passionate (and lowkey insane) people, like me. I mean, How could it not! It was a perfect setup for drama, mystery, and the "dead mom" trope! It could finally give a much spicier explanation for the twins being younger than the rest of the elders than the "split theory" we knew beforehand. And a few more fan arts and headcanons started showing up, here are some examples:
(two old sketches by me, inspired by artificial radiance)
(a short comic by @dogedepan also inspired by artificial radiance)
As you can see, back then the design for her was really close to the single concept art piece we had - a hooded silhouette with not a lot of unique features.
The awareness of Priestess and the idea of her being the mother of the current Valley elders rooted itself stronger. But you know what really made it bloom?
Eldertwt.
Eldertwt was a joke roleplay a bunch of sky fans started on Twitter dot com, where each created a profile after an elder or a Sky spirit, interacting and making a bunch of shenanigans. The whole thing was filled with deez nuts and gay jokes, and it really didn't seem to be going anywhere serious...
Until, Grandpa, yet again, dropped a priestess bomb. In a, surprisingly, heartwrenching Eldertwt storyline (no I'm serious, you HAD to be there when it went down), Grandpa introduced Priestess again, finally forever basing Priestess as an existing character and the mother of the twins. With Grandpa drawing her in her style, a change in the way she was drawn was done
(credit to @grapeless-seeds)
And many who proceeded to draw her for Eldertwt based on Grandpa's design really hammered it down. Here are some examples
(credit to @dogedepan)
(credit to @fiomeras)
(credit to @krillcandles)
(credit to @thatskymoz)
As you can see, Priestess went from a hooded silhouette in a crunchy concept art into a full-fledged character with hair, face, and personality. With Priestess stopped being an obscured piece of concept art, she found her way into the hearts of many.
Before long, the simple little headcanon grew into a full-fledged fanon, with fanart, theories, ships, and fanfics being produced with priestess as a character in them. And honestly? This perhaps was one of the most favorite things I got to experience in Sky fandom. How a bunch of strangers came together and out of pure love and interest took a piece of concept art and a little text that never made it past development, and turned it into a full, recognizable character. And yes, this fanon might not be the most popular, and most people still go by the "split elder" theory for twins. But Priestess is THERE. She is no longer a forgotten and discarded piece of art. She is a character who holds importance to many, including me.
And you might say "Well, isn't it silly, to turn a character that doesn't even exist in the final game into a full-fledged fanon?" And you would be right, it is silly. But it's fun. And in a game like Sky, where most of what we know is through concept art, is it really a stretch to give importance to a piece of it?
Besides... Once you learn about Priestess...
You start to notice that perhaps, she isn't gone from the game entirely 😉
Anyway, I hope I answered your question! SOryy for making this SO long, it's just I love this character so so so so much, AND the history behind her is fascinating!!!
FIELDS OF MISTRIA (2024) 🐉 Dragon Priestess
