DragonWatch Archives is back!

 Hi everyone!

I'm back after a (very) long break. And so does Valiriane and Nerodias!
It has been nearly 16 months since the last update. I apologize for having been silent for so long. I should have posted something from time to time, at least that I was alive. I really thank you for those who kept following me despite the situation.

What happened exactly:

- First, my main graphics card broke down a few days after the new year 2016 (obviously, the year wasn't starting very well). I had to wait for 4 months to get a good one (as I had to change my graphics, it was a good opportunity to get one of the best for 3D rendering at that moment): a nVidia GTX 980 with 4Go Ram seemed the best choice at that time (my former one was a GTX 880).

- With this brand new Graphics card grew an already existing dilemna: I though of switching the rendering engine I was using. I started with 3Delight (all the previous renders on this tumblr were made with it) to Iray, the rendering engine by nVidia. Beside the fact that Iray can give a photorealistic result, it also gives the opportunity to scale the rendering speed depending of the graphics card power, and freeing the processor of the motherboard for other things (something impossible with 3Delight). I finally opted for Iray, but there was a catch. The reason I hesitated for so long was to learn from scratch again a lot of stuff, as the rendering parameter were greatly different between 3Delight to Iray. So back to square one, at least for a moment. That took a few additional months.

- As I was going to restart from scratch, I thought if I had to make big changes, it was maybe for the best to make them all at the same times: All my characters were created with the Genesis 2 base models from the DAZ company. As the Genesis 3 base was release for some time now, that there was optimizations for Iray rendering and the models were significantly more lifelike and realistic, I started to remake most of my main characters (today Nerodias is one of the three "survivors" from the Genesis 2 generation among my characters). That took a few additional months as well.

- These last four months I've advanced quite a lot on many characters, but I didn't post anything. Why? because I hadn't anything final to show. However I decided to show "work in progress" stuff in the future, to prevent gaps too big between posts on the tumblr. Only final renders will be posted on Hentai Foundry though. I will also post a bit more about the story on tumblr (because, yes, despite I've just mentioned until now, there is a real story!

So all in all, I'm back with a new graphics card, new rendering engine and new characters. I hope you like the preview of Valiriane and Nerodias new version ;)
Expect more to come in the near future!

Cheers!
Korothir.

Race Description: Minotaurs

Physical Attributes & Behavior:

A few Minotaurs can cause great havoc, if they're up to raid cities. Their skin is made of very thick leather, which is already an efficient armor against many things, especially projectiles like arrows. So when they are equipped with heavy armor, very few creatures can hope deals significant damage to them. Each of them has also the strength of a half-dozen humans, which make them nearly unstoppable as well. Fortunately for other civilized races, Minotaurs raids are very rare. They are not expansionists and they generally don't want to have many interactions with other races, on any level (be it diplomacy, trade or war). However, they are very territorial. If some people enter their domain without being invited, they will learn soon enough what "Minotaur's Wrath" means, the painful way.

Sexuality:

While Minotaur females are never seen outside their cities, Minotaur males are known to be particularly attracted by humanoid females, especially human and elven ones. In fact, this is mainly the most common topic of discord, starting a conflict with other races: as their own females are always welcoming males when they want to mate, they don't understand why females of other races are so shy or reluctant about it. Combine that with the fact they have incredible sexual stamina, and this create cases of rape, often leading to a tragic end for the human or elf female, exhausting her to death during the sexual act. However, in the rare case the female survives (whether because she was of strong constitution or being rescued before the Minotaur has satisfied completely his urges), it has been documented that Minotaurs mating with a human or elf female can generate offspring. When this happens, it appears the child is mostly of Minotaur lineage. He might get a few physical features from his mother, but he will be mostly a Minotaur every time.

A few words about Species and Races on DodeKahedron!

Time to give some love to this Blog: here is a long overdue update!

Living beings in DodeKahedron world are divided in species, groups which are themselves subdivided in subspecies (or races). Most predominant species are the following: Humanoids, Beastfolks, Demons, Abominations, Undeads and Draconians.

• In the Humanoid group, there are Humans (note: While humans with different color skins exist on DodeKahedron, they are all considered as one global race. To differentiate them, the term "ethnicity" is used), Elves, Dwarves, Halflings, Orcs, Goblins, Ogres and Trolls.

• In the Beastfolk group, there are Beastmen, Minotaurs, Anubisians, Catfolks and Monkeyfolks. Minotaurs and Anubisians have migrated to the Surface centuries ago. Other races are remaining in Limbo.

• The Demon group is a bit particular: it appeared at some point, on the fiery plane of Inferno. Due to the mysteries surrounding its origin, the number of races composing this group is currently unknown. The known races will be detailed in another blog post.

• Abominations are an unclear group as well: like the Demons, there come from the subterranean planes of DodeKahedron. Very few living beings of other species keep contact or try to study them as it is rumored the longer you are in their vicinity, the higher chance you get to become mad.

• The Undeads are also a special case: in fact, this group is composed of no specific race. When a living being die and is reanimated through magic means, the creature is considered both a being of her former species as well as being part of the undead group from now on. Undeads are considered like one big family where each non-living being has his place, defined by the power he has gathered.

• The Draconian group is the one known to be nearly extinct: Reptilians, Drakes and Dragons are known to be the three big races. Reptilian people can still be encountered in some regions of DodeKahedron, but Drakes have become quite rare. And Dragons are even more so since the great Draconic War several millennia ago, even considered as just legends now in some parts of the world.

 

Main Characters Update

Short update about the main characters in the first chapters:
Shayna and Nialcyne join the team! :)

Main Characters in the first chapters:

Valiriane
Original name in elven tongue: Vahal'Lirianeth
Language spoken: Elven, Common, Orc (a little)
Status: Elf Ranger Captain

She became recently the youngest captain of the Green Hoods (an elven scout militia) patrolling in the vicinity of the elven city Caer'Daekyn. Her strong-willed and leading attitude, combined with her exceptional combat skills made her rise quickly among the scouts. She is a childhood friend of Talvan, the half-Elf adopted by the last Dragonwatch Patriarch of Caer'Daekyn. At the beginning of the story, she's also Kalanyr's lover. However, Valiriane comes from a lineage subject to controversy - the House Dy'Vantir - and this "detail" will trigger a chain of events that will change her life forever.

Talvan

Original name in elven tongue: Talvaniel
Language spoken: Elven, Dwarven, Common, Orc, Demonic and Draconic
Status: Half-Elf DragonWatch Scholar

He has not inherited many elven attributes from his mother beside his pointy ears: Having a face looking mostly human, he's considered "ugly" by many elves in Caer'Daekyn (but Valiriane is not one of them). To make things worse, he also inherited a weak constitution. He had a very difficult childhood as her mother was considered a "whore" after she gave birth to him. She died when he was seven. From there, he was adopted by his uncle, the current Dragonwatch patriarch of Caer'Daekyn. From that time to the current days, he had very little contact with elves of the town, beside his uncle and other Dragonwatch scholars. When he entered the order, it has been both a relief and a grief for Talvan: Relief as bullying towards him stopped the day he joined the order. Grief as he was not allowed anymore to have any contact with Valiriane, his only childhood true friend.

Shayna
Original name in elven tongue: Shayn'Adrill
Language spoken: Elven, Common, Dwarven (a little), Drow (a little)
Status: Elf Mercenary Warrior

Shayna is an elven warrior who has wandered in many parts of DodeKahedron's world as a sellsword. Her body is unusually muscular for an elven woman, and while most elven women think it's disgraceful, Shayna is quite proud of her anatomy. Beside adventuring and discovering new places she loves sex a lot. While Shayna enjoys sex with men, she have a preference for women, and elven women in particular. For the time being, she takes a break from adventures, staying at Caer'Daekyn. She recently met Valiriane, and her interest for the red-haired elf grew more and more since then, even if the feeling doesn't seem to be mutual... at least for now.

 

Kalanyr

Original name in elven tongue: Kalan'Nyrr
Language spoken: Elven, Common (barely). not interested that much in Linguistics.
Status: Elf City Guard Captain

From the ruling family of Caer'Daekyn - House Dy'Slanarion - who have given birth to many skilled warriors and charismatic leaders across the centuries, Kalanyr has followed the path of his ancestor: Athletic, handsome, charming and captain of the City Guards, he's a target for most elven maidens of Caer'Daekyn. However, it's not exactly a secret that he was after Valiriane. He succeeded recently in seducing her. But he's far from perfect: he's also arrogant, impulsive, care for nobody but himself and has a very little amount of morality... As Valiriane will discover soon enough.

Nialcyne

Original name in elven tongue: Nial'Cynneth
Language spoken: Elven, Dwarven, Common, Orc, Demonic and Draconic
Status: Elf DragonWatch Scholar

Nialcyne is Talvan's closest friend in the DragonWatch Order of Caer'Daekyn. She respects him for his intellect and his way of thinking and finally comes to love him very much through the years they spent together among the books. She's well aware of Talvan's feelings for Valiriane. But she doesn't mind, as long as he accepts her to be at his side. Nialcyne isn't a jealous person, especially because she perfectly understand Talvan's sorrow as she endured similar experience in the past: Born in Syn'Redill, she flirted with a tainted elf she was supposed to watch without creating contact. Back then, it wasn't really love, but more feverish sexual attraction. Once her relationship was discovered, she was sent to the DragonWatch in Caer'Daekyn to punish this unsettling breach of protocol. While the noble family she was part of was quite ashamed by what she did, Nialcyne wasn't shunned by her parents, which is quite rare among elves.