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Here’s something a little different. I’ve been working on this one for a while, and now I can share my interpretation of my favourite empire on the server! First off we’ve got Mezalean trade ships crossing the Ocean Queen’s domain, approaching the distant Anthill and the glittering copper roofs of the Pixandrian port. And then of course there’s the Vigil!
My own headcanon is that Mezalea’s ships dye their sails just as brightly as everything else as a display of the kingdom’s wealth and grandeur, so I used my own design of their banner to decorate the sails. And in the fantasy map that Pixlriffs uses in his videos sometimes it shows that while the kingdom of Pixandria borders the coast, the “heart” of the kingdom is much further inland, in the shadow of the Anthill, so they would probably have these thriving, culturally rich port cities that are the nation’s main gate to the outside world. Mezalea, as one of their allies, trades dyes and terracotta in exchange for copper—and while they still use hot air balloons for travel, the blessings of the Ocean Queen ensure that trips by sea are almost always smooth.
When it comes to the Vigil, I love the idea of it as a solemn monument in an otherwise bustling city where the Pixandrian citizens can come to find a quiet moment. I really enjoyed designing the copper lanterns!
One of my favourite parts of the Empires fandom is the worldbuilding, so I thought I’d join in! I’ve never really tried painting an environment-focused scene like this before and I had a ton of fun adapting Pixlriffs’ builds in my own way :3 Let me know what you think!
Here we go again baby! This one was in the wips for at least two months it’s honestly wild, bc for most of it it was practically finished. Empires!fWhip my beloved, the man, the myth the legend. I loved his pov so much! Go off redstone infested Dracula wanna be.
The next one is already in the making so look out for that!
Transparent ones under the cut if you guys want to use them as stickers (no need to ask me for permission but I’d love to see them if you do use them!)
Context: A Reddit thread from r/EmpiresSMP asking about who would be in Season 2 of Empires
[Image Description: 2 comments from a Reddit thread. The first is from a blurred out user that says
“Pixlriffs won’t be there. RIP. But I do think-“
The second is from Pixlriffs, with a user flair of [Verified] Team Pixlriffs. It reads:
“I’ll be there. I initially didn’t plan to join for Season 2, but then I had some ideas that I really wanted to try out. Plus I really love this group. So yes, I will be doing Season 2”
[Image Description: Two images of the Lime Llamas Team from two separate MCCs: one MCC 22 and the other MCC 17. The MCC 22 team consists of Quig, as well as the Empires SMP S1 Members Scott Smajor, Solidarity “Jimmy” Gaming and PearlescentMoon. The MCC 17 team consists of Quig, as well as the Empires SMP S1 Members GeminiTay, fWhip, and Solidarity “Jimmy” Gaming. End ID]
[ ID: A full body drawing of Joey from Empires SMP. He’s bent backwards at an unnatural angle, looking at the viewer upside down. He has his arms crossed over his chest and his hands posed hovering around his neck. His feet are turned inwards and look bird-like. He has a pair of flimsy looking brown wings raised upward. He’s crying, but his tears are floating upward. He has a blank expression and is frowning, though from the viewer’s perspective it looks like a cartoonish smile. His tears, mouth, and nose are all bright green. He’s wearing a long red skirt and a matching set of golden ankle and wrist bracers. Above him are the words “speak to me”. End ID ]
i’m thinking again about that post-empires concept where lizzie and jimmy both forget who they are thanks to their curse but end up in the same harbor town, and lizzie ends up picking up jimmy to help her run her scam tourist shop, and they get into shenanigans. and jimmy’s like “my boss is insane” and lizzie is taking advantage of jimmy’s very bully-able face and honestly, they could have ditched each other a while ago but they’re having fun so they stick together.
meanwhile, joel - or, well, one of the joels, he’s finally figured out though that ‘being a hivemind’ isn’t a normal state of being - has found them as a trader from the last standing city on the continent empires stands on, a mezalean trader bringing things that no one else can get anymore. and he… knows who they are. but he also can’t just tell lizzie and jimmy because, one, he tried that and they both panicked and then, worse, forgot again, and two, it feels probably kinda rude to tell someone that he’s their husband when she wouldn’t know that? so he’s just in heartache, which is a horrible state of being for a joel to be in. he’s not made to experience emotions like heartache. loss isn’t a thing mezaleans normally like, deal with, what with the hivemind retaining the memories, but - there they are, and he can’t tell them who he is, and here he is, hurting like, a lot. but he won’t just leave them, either, so he becomes their reluctant third member that helps them get out of problems and brings them things and ends up surprisingly often the voice of reason if only because he can’t lose them again, even if he doesn’t quite have them anymore.
anyway so lizzie finds a book about an ancient cursed ocean treasure and gets it in her head that she and jimmy should go hunt for it. and joel is like. okay. their curse is making them forget everything i try to tell them about who they should be and it’s tearing me apart. but if i like. trick them into breaking it themselves… curse can’t undo that, right?
and so an adventure begins and i don’t know if they succeed or if they’re just doomed from the start but end up forming a family almost in the shape its meant to be again or what, and i don’t have the time/energy to write this, but… i think about this au a lot, with lizzie and her underling jimmy and then joel, their friend (and unbeknownst to them, their link to a past life they’ve lost).
i mostly also just think about empires!joel and the seablings a lot to be honest,
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