heavisintheditch
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Currently taking bits from a bunch of a videos I recorded of sabine's quests so even more shit of her coming :3
Overlord
[Illustration by Alex Milne; commissioned by @emperor-kumquat for the Transformers Mercy fan game]
(I’ve recently been getting into Transformers and it turns out there’s so much lore I’ve been missing out on!)
Since the event is backkkkkkk- SABINE
Dragon hors..
Been building onto and reworking my sso timeline, and I may just have to let “sso in 2024” go
I based that guess on Elizabeth’s removed journal age (47), but a LOT of the journal ages are faulty and/or straight up contradicted in the game. Furthermore, It would make eight years pass between the old sisterhood breaking up and Catherine dying.
But I also can’t make the former soul riders too young bc Thomas, who’s around their age, is stated in actual game dialogue to be 45. Also, Eva needs to be old enough to be Anne’s mom, and I never really got the impression that she was a young parent like Catherine.
I think I’m gonna go off of Sigry’s journal age (44) instead. The old soul riders are all born around 1977 (Caroline’s canon birth year)-1978 (Catherine’s canon birth year), because Catherine says they’re “all her age”.
If we say Sigry is also born in 77, that means that sso’s main starts in 2021. We lose Anne at the olympics but at least five years seems like a more reasonable gap between the sisterhood breaking up and Catherine dying.
SSO timeline (REWORKED)
Consider the old timeline outdated! I’ve found new timestamps and made a few guesses based on character ages and relations to each other.
We have a few things to go off of: It’s been 20 years since Catherine died, and it’s been 45 years since the baroness left Mr Sands and Thomas was born. The old sisterhood, canonically all being born in 1977-1978, should be in their mid 40s. While I used to say Elizabeth’s age was a good jumping off-point, I think 47 is a bit too old considering the other people in her generation (like Sigry and Avalon). It would also make the gap between the failed sisterhood and Catherine’s death a bit too large.
So new theory! Sigry is 44 in the journals and probably born in 1977, and that is our reference point for the timestamps going forward. The journal ages are unreliable, but I’ll consider them canon unless contradicted by the games or books. In case of contradictions between different sso media, my canon hierarchy goes: Newer quests (Post-2018) > Books > Older quests > Journal ages > SSL.
I’ll put the source of my timeline claims in brackets. Confirmed, unmovable timestamps will be marked in green. Unclear time estimates will be marked with a ~. Let’s get into it!
1218
Jon Jarl arrives on Jorvik. [Starstable Online]
~1773
John Sandman and Rosalinda are born, ~25 years before Rosalinda’s death
1798
Rosalinda dies. She and John Sandman are engaged to be married, so they’re probably in their mid-20s. [The Legend Awakens]
1871
Mr Sanders fishes up a deep-sea creature, likely connected to Garnok. [Starshine Legacy]
1890
Owen D Sands establishes Deep Core Drilling Company on Jorvik. [Starshine Legacy]
~1890-1900
At some point during this time period, Mississippi Jones looks for the horn of Araxia. He is pursued by the presumed dead John Sandman. [Starstable Online]
1903
A cave-in/gas incident kills 211 workers and 14 civilians during a Deep Core drilling. (Sounds very similar to what happened in Old Hillcrest…theories…) [Starshine Legacy]
1904
Deep Core is forced to shut down. [Starshine Legacy]
1921
Beatrice, a soul rider of a former sisterhood, is born. She turns 100 years old in present day. [Ghost Stories from Jorvik]
1933
A former reincarnation of Starshine saves four girls who went missing on a school trip to a grave field north of Jorvik City. (Maybe this would be Beatrice’s eventual sisterhood?) [Starshine legacy]
1936
Annabelle Silverglade is born. [Starstable Online]
~1937-1940
Beatrice’s sisterhood is active.
~1949
Pi is born, most likely right inbetween Beatrice and Elizabeth.
1953
Esmeralda Holdsworth is born. [Starstable Online]
1954
Jasper Holbrook is born. [Starstable Online]
1959
John Sandman is on the Firgrove council. Herman Wetton is presumably born around this time, as he claims to have grown up in the 60s. [Starstable Online and Darkness Falling]
1964
Annabelle Silverglade marries John Sandman. [Starstable Online]
1965
Elsa Einstein is born. [Starstable ad]
~1965-1969
Pi is part of a soul rider sisterhood. [Aideen’s gift]
1970
Evergray is born. [Starstable Online]
1976
Annabelle Silverglade divorces John Sandman 45 years before present day. Thomas Moorland is born. [Starstable Online]
1977
Sigry Varanger and Caroline Westfall are born. [The Prisoner of Pandoria]
1978
Catherine Holbrook is born. [Starstable Online]
1979
Avalon is born. [Starstable Online]
1985
Dr Eiren Doyle is born. [Starstable Online]
1987
Ms. Drake is born. [Starstable Online]
1988
Rhiannon is born. [Starstable Online]
1989
Darko is born. [Starstable ad]
1995
Elizabeth arrives on Jorvik. She, Eva, Sigry and Caroline form a soul rider sisterhood. [Shadows Over Jorvik]
~1996
Catherine joins the sisterhood, but grows distant after a failed light ride. [Starstable Online]
~1997
Caroline goes missing and is never seen again. [Starstable Online]
~1999
Catherine’s horse dies after being part of a dangerous ritual. Evergray is presumably banished shortly thereafter. [Starstable Online]
~2000
Catherine and Thomas get married. Josh B’gosh is born. [Starstable Online, Starstable ad]
2001
Catherine dies. Justin is born. [Starstable Online]
2002
Rania Varanger is born. [Starstable Online]
2003
Linda Chanda, Alex Cloudmill, Lisa Peterson and Anne von Blyssen are born in the same year. Derek, Maya, Tan and Loretta are also born this year. [Starstable Online, Jorvik Calling, Starstable ad]
2010
Madison Hightower is born. [Starstable Online]
2011
Rhiannon arrives on Jorvik, ten years before the beginning of SSO. [Starstable Online]
2019
Lisa Peterson arrives on Jorvik, two years before the beginning of SSO. [Starstable Online]
2021-2022
Main story of Starstable Online.
PUTTING JORVIK ON THE MAP: SIZE AND LOCATION
WHERE IS JORVIK?
Finding Jorvik’s exact location is actually pretty easy.
”Jorvik, located somewhere between Norway, Iceland, and the British Isles, of which it was once part, is a nexus of worlds.” - Jorvik Calling, Prologue.
This is still a pretty large area, but one that’s significantly narrowed down by reading Four Stories from Jorvik. Anne’s segment Midnight Sun establishes that Jorvik is at the very least partly above the arctic circle, to the point where Anne can see it while riding by Jorvik Stables in the middle of the night. This also puts Jorvik pretty close to the tectonic rift between the European and American continental plates, which handily explains why Jorvik is a volcanic Island.
HOW BIG IS JORVIK?
Jorvik’s size requires a bit more speculation, and I’m relying on two book sources.
1: Jorvik stables is a bus trip from Jorvik city.
Anne lives in Jorvik City but goes to school with the other soul riders in Jarlaheim, and has her horse at Jorvik stables. We know that she goes there by bus, so the distance between Jarlaheim and Jorvik City shouldn’t be too large; I’m capping the max length of the bus ride to about an hour.
2: Valedale is less than a day’s ride from the wineyard.
In The Legend Awakens, Elizabeth and the soul riders are heading to Pi’s Swamp and sleep over at the Wineyard. The soul riders wake up late and leave after having eaten breakfast and lunch. The sun is ”at its highest point in the sky” when they leave, so probably around 1-2PM. It’s twilight when they arrive, and the Baroness comments that they showed up in time for the evening feeding of the horses. Since the days are shorter in late October/early November, which is when this chapter takes place, we can guess that they arrived at around 5-6 PM.
Mapping out the most likely routes for these two trips, the route to the Wineyard is about a third of the bus route from Jorvik City to Jarlaheim. Additionally, the bus would drive on average ~70 km/h because of Jorvik’s smaller roads. The average walking speed of a horse is 6 km/h.
Now, the Valedale-Wineyard trip could take anywhere between 3-5 hours, but I’m inclined to believe that it’s on the lower end of that scale to keep Anne’s commute as short as possible. That leaves us with a 18 km long ride, and a 54 km long bus tour that takes 46 minutes. Pretty reasonable!
RESULTS
With these new measurements, we can figure out the actual distance between different places on Jorvik. Most importantly, we can measure the absolute width from Jorviks westernmost to easternmost point: 92 km, or ~57 miles!
Having figured out an estimate of the island’s size and location, we can now put Jorvik on the map!
i uh.... found our old phone..?
I hate the terms "Sire" and "Carrier" so here are the alternatives I created for Cyberaligned (also I have been getting some questions from people about why some characters said Adsero or Alma)
Parents:
Parensnatales
Parens: Parents; Mother; Father
Natales: birth; origin; family
Almatonia (alma) = "carrier"
Alma: Nourishing; Kind; Soul
Tonia: Priceless; Praiseworthy
Adserodux (adsero) = "sire"
Adsero: protect; preserve
Dux: leader; to lead
And a breakdown of these terms in Cybertronian culture and society
Unlike human culture, Cybertronian culture does not have the concept of gender, which makes both of these terms gender neutral terms. The title is given to a mech who shows the qualities of the term's meaning.
An example of this would be the pairing of Ratchet, Optimus Prime, and Elita 1. Optimus and Elita would be referred to as Adserodux, due to their protective and leadership qualities. Ratchet on the other hand, who is a much more nurturing mech, would be referred to as Almatonia.
Another example would be my pairing of Heatwave and Quickshadow. Both are protective mechs, who in their own right are leaders. Both of them would be referred to as Adserodux.
Hopefully this breakdown makes sense for everyone. If anyone has further questions, I am happy to answer them!
Can you draw a draft horse plz?? I love ur art style sm!!!
sure can 👍
which race in SSO do you hate the most and why is it the Jackalope Race from Scott Buttergood
Horse breed of the day: Poitevin
Height: 15-17 hh
Common coat colors: Dun, various roans, bay and grey
Place of origin: France
yes, you can.
(sound on | insp)
Chat I somehow made the gen3 frezzy look cute
Transformers: Ember
Designs of my transformers au comic in progress!
An Iacon's enforcer disappeared after being recalled to his hometown. His case led Agent Orion Pax and Consultant Ratchet of C.D.H.S. to Praxus, the epicenter of functionalism, for a covert investigation. They witnessed more than one collective murder.
XVI. The Devil- Sabine
After a long break (for which I'm sorry :c), the fanbase favourite- Sabine, as The Devil card. Meanings of this card include: violence, force, extraordinary efforts.
Katja!!!
The woods
Actually love how this turned out, i hope it makes you think of Starshine Legacy and i hope i did it justice!
YEAAAH my new tradition drawing with my lovely Galloper
every october I have to draw something with him.
well, maybe not just october.
I also made a wider version for myself to set on my wallpaper. maybe someone could use it! it's suitable for 16x9 resolution.
seeing at least one person stuck in the ground is the sign of a fair winter
Gonna start posting a bit more so ye :> here's my newest horsie Iron/Ironhide
🚨GORE WARNING🚨
Next character bios! Sorry that it’s hard to read
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Click picture for better quality 🧟♀️
I finally brought the selle and holy fck THEIR AMAZING
horses have been made into the ideal worker over thousands of years of breeding and domestication and yet now are made to race to the point of exhaustion and injury and sometimes death to entertain the rich if they fail they are killed and if they succeed they are spared until they stop succeeding and then they are killed
even the most successful racehorses often end up beaten and starving in kill pens despite spending their lives earning millions of dollars for their stables their owners and thousands of sports betters
humans and horses are alike in our struggle under the boot of uncaring aristocracy
do not forget the love that fuels you in your anger do not let them break you and make you into their idea of animals they do not know that animals too have love and courage and reason and camaraderie they do not know that we have always been animals and animals feel so much more than their beloved hate and fear