A Myth's Voyage AU - Blog Posts

These cliffnotes are getting wild

Snippet Saga 7:

Wisdom Saga: Love in Paradise

Close Ups:

Base Lining & Sketch:

Kuervo experiencing the genuine fear of death from another human for the first time ever 👍

Snippet Saga 6:

Thunder Saga: Mutiny

Full Picture:

Sketch & Base Lining:

The sensory overload of having you're entire past, present, and future dissected in front of your eyes

Snippet Saga 5:

Underworld Saga: No Longer You

Close Ups:

Sketch & Base Lining:

Don't you want to eat a totally normal flower from the unhinged man you ran into in the woods?

Snippet Saga 4:

Circe Saga: Wouldn't You Like

Base Lining & Sketch:

Close Ups:

Breaking: Giant Ocean Queen wants you (dead at the bottom of the ocean)!!

Snippet Saga 3:

Ocean Saga: Ruthlessness

Sketch:

Snippet Saga 2: Cyclops Saga

My Goodbye

Sausage- sausage please that guy is 7 ft taller than you stop picking fights--

Make love not war or something like that.

Snippet Saga 1:

Troy Saga: Open Arms

Sketch & Base Lining:

I have an idea for what I'm gonna do with the empty days of inktober :>

A Myth's Voyage:

Character Introduction I

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Here we begin the final pennings of the mv cast, starting off with the power trio (don't worry about them later down the line they're fiiiine)

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•~[Captain and honorary King Sausage Mythos leads the fleet of 600 throughout the War of the Isles. He's a carefree if not occasionally passive-aggressive man who uses a friendly demeanor to let the guard down of those around him but is not one to shy away from using more aggressive means to get his way. Over the 10 years of battle with his fleet, he's grown close with and cherishes those of his fleet and especially those of his own ship. After finally putting an end to the War, there's nothing that Sausage wants more than to get home to his long awaited family and the safe comfort of his own island.]

•~[Second in command of Mythos' ship, Kuervo Fang comes off as cold and stubborn to most of the crew, even if a good few can see right through him. He's got a skewed sense of justice and loyalty that even fewer can interpret & he proves himself to be one of the deadliest fighters the crew has to offer. Over the 10 years, Kuervo has reluctantly become close with his crew & finds it unfortunate how they fall into a protective, soft spot for him. Not that he'd admit it. Supposedly, not even on his life.] 🐦‍⬛

•~[Will Renais serves as a determined and caring member of the fleet. Though perhaps too forgiving for his own good, Will takes pride in being a person many put their trust into. He sees beauty in life and warmth in safe understandings and does what they can to help keep the peace when able. They're perhaps Sausage's closest companion on the fleet & Kuervo's most trusted person. Will mediates between the two to keep them off of each others' throats & has become an expert at keeping their communications steady. Over the 10 years of being apart of the fleet, Will has threaded himself deeply throughout the crewmates & is highly regarded among them.]🗺

Also, fun news

I've set up an "ask the character" type blog for if any of you guys wanna ask directed questions to the cast of the Myths Voyage AU crew.

It sounded fun and as those things go, asks will be answered as though that character were answering.

General asks or anything at all can still be sent here, I just thought it'd be fun for a separate character blog

Go wild: @ask-a-myths-voyage

• Iris, the newly fallen Ruler and often seen dictator of the Following. Power hunger and righteousness became her untimely downfall, along with anyone on her side and her very own child.

• Ivy, prisoner of the Following. Saving her from imprisonment became an ultimate goal. Her own sister locked her away in claims of containing a so called corruption that fueled Ivy's veins.

• The "Lotus Eaters": groups of lost and convinced cultists found themselves in bliss and over-indulgence as they found the island of mindless fruits.

• Additional monsters of the Codfather's island: while the other entities of the island were prone to belittle and tease the disfigured cod, they were still intent to protect him. They don't tend to be too fond of false alarms, however.

• The man-eaters: this story's Laestrygonians, Queen Lizzie created an entirely new species of seemingly mutated fish creatures, most in resemblance to Axolotls. They are hungry for any unfortunate soul who falls into their waters.

The Underworld

• Will & Eddie: two souls who miss their friends and loved ones dearly. Each were happy to see those they cherish on their journey through the Underworld. Though brief, they did what they could to give the remaining crew some sense of comfort and love they once were so overabunted in giving.

• Michela & Redd: two souls filled with bitterness and resentment. While they could find themselves forgiving their friends for foolish choices & careless disregards, wounds are too fresh for them to have a clear mind. Floods of their friends have come in, screaming their tragedies and fueling more hatred among plenty of them towards the unfortunate survivors.

Monsters

• A reflection shown to a captain long in need of a wake up call

• Scylla: a monsterous amalgamation of history's corruptions. She takes on her most recent host's appearence. From that of convincing fae, to fungal viruses that took over their hosts minds, Scylla hungers and she will feed.

Alt. Gods

• Aeor: a more casual, human esque appearence. He takes on this look for those He typically doesn't expect to live long enough to remember. He takes on this look to make sure any mortal will hear what He has to say.

• Exor: a more casual, friendly appearence. Years have passed and they wish to appear approachable as they can manage as they approach the son of someone they would once and wish to call their friend.

• Sausage, the island of paradise. He just wants to go home. He just wants to feel home.

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Pt.1 || Pt. 2 || Pt. 3 || Pt. 4 || Pt. 5 [Here]

Okay I cannot physically think of anymore characters or important appearances I need to add. I am crossing my fingers that this will finally be the end of the sketches.

The looks are rushed cos I did all these sketches today in hopes of getting a post out before the end of the month so here we are.

This project is bringing me so much joy I won't lie.

The wisdom Saga is also making me Feel Things /pos

Welcoming in a few of our more prominent members of the Isles.

• Joel Beans, the still so-called temporary head of the Isles for the past 20 years. He's grown cold and distant to most outside of his love for his son. A well hidden paranoia has set in, those around him and trying to dethrone him effective in having him have his guard on high at all times.

• Hermes Mythos-Beans, the loosely-titled prince of the Isles, he's become something of a symbol for the creation of the new-era of the Isles. He's seen more with his artwork or instruments rather than with any sort of political or fighting scenes. He tries hard to uphold padre's name and even harder to keep his father safe as much as he can.

• Eddie Mythos, a loved and respected man of the Isles. He was once a cherished father figure to many of the Kestrals & still so for some pirates outside of the Faction. Since his passing, he still remains a quite positive memory among any pirates who knew him in life.

• Scott Denholm, the last survivor of the grand-standing family name. He's more away from home than not nowadays, tending to be one to keep others at arms length. Since his abrupt return and prolonged stay on the Isles, he's made a face for himself of being a major supporter of the left-behind Mythos family.

• Owen Orange, a charismatic and eerily persuasive character on the Isles. She's not shy to voice her thoughts, clear on how he views Joel as some undeserving intruder on their Isles. Many find it hard to say no to him and she's become rather savvy at rallying people to her side, however he may have that play out.

• Martyn Woods, a snappy and stubborn member. Many have noticed an odd shift in his personality since the first Fall of the Isles. Most attribute it a reaction to such an event or to the rumored rejection & built rivalry of sorts between him & a certain ex-Heron captain.

Important faces seen during the journey through the sirens.

• Siren Joel: an imposter's face plastered on a monster. An uncanny resemblance to the partner of our story's Captain.

• The true face of the lead siren, it's disguise falling off after finding the danger they're in.

• Another captured siren, baring a striking resemblance to their captor's long-passed partner.

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Pt. 1 || Pt. 2 || Pt. 3 || Pt.4 [Here] || Pt. 5

As it now stands, I am done with the character sketch line up. Up next is the pennings which are going great and then I can start exploding with my nonsense <3.

I did rush the out-of-disguise designs of the sirens but I will clean them up in the pennings.

As always, questions and comments are always appreciated and my askbox is wide open for them.

• Three of the men of Sausage's crew: Kyle Eef, Red D. Doons, & Apo Kuna. Close knit & having each other's back in plenty of cases, these three will be seen frequently throughout the Stories of the Crew.

• Two of the ladies on Sausage's ship, Guqqie & Michela are two of the closest friends you'll see on the crew.

• More of Sausages crew: Ros, Graecie, & Puffy. While Ros and Puffy also are found on Sausage'a main ship, Graecie acts as the head for one of his other ships during the voyage.

• The "Brilliant Prophet," Acho Denholm. In death, stars been gifted powers of premonition & cursed with the helplessness & growing hollowness that comes from being a prophet in the Underworld

• A mysterious shifter and God of sorts & a creature of a shattered spirit, they have taken to the name "Major." He's taken a starkly similar appearence to another in Sausage's life who could have had his heart once upon a time.

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Pt. 1 || Pt. 2 || Pt. 3 [Here] || Pt.4 || Pt. 5

Here is the 3rd batch of characters, there should only be one left after this I swear--

I'm very excited to post the pennings and then starting full images on this AU. Do enjoy your time and as always, asks are welcome.

Also I do love this batch a lot but I am so incredibly happy with how Michela, Ros, & Guqqie turned out, goodness.

• Pearl, Titled Aeolus, the whimsical Ruler of the Winds: As friendly as she is to visitors, she does have a rather hard time resisting causing some trouble now and then.

• Fwhip, the unpredictable Messenger God of travel, luck, & speed: He's considered unpredictable at best and borderline maniacal at worst. He falls far past the line of a "trouble-maker" but can't help himself in becoming a close companion of Sausage's (at least, as "close" as the Gods can be considered).

• Gemini, the dangerous & protective Goddess & Sorceress: She's shrouded in warnings of her power & her silver-tongue. While stories will call her a "Witch" or "Temptress," she considers herself a guardian who who will do whatever it takes to protect the one's she loves.

•[Gods of "The God Games"]•

-> when they're properly & fully revealed in the musical, I'll be able to give proper descriptions/character to them all. These are more-or-less base concepts of them <-

• Oli, the God of the Sun, music, & archery

• Pixl, the God of the Forge, fire, & craft

• Lady Katherine, the righteous Goddess of Love, beauty, & war

• Shrub, the combative God of War & bravery

• Joey, the spiteful God of marriage & family

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Pt. 1 || Pt. 2 [Here] || Pt. 3 || Pt.4 || Pt. 5

Round 2 of the characters complied!

I look forward to fleshing out some of these characters more as they're revealed but, as of now, these are gonna be the concepts for The God.

While it doesn't fully effect how the characters are going to be portrayed, I'm more than open to getting information or stories on the Greek Gods equivalents of these characters.

I'm not fully versed in the stories & representations of the Gods aside from some Google searches now and then. I also love learning mythology and all that comes with it.

I do believe there will be One or two more character posts after this before i start working on penning & story-line art.

In the meantime, feel free to continue asking whatever your hearts desire.

Do enjoy your time here.

Captian Sausage and his two most trusted crewmates, Krow & Will. Sure hope nothing tragic happens to this close trio

The Regent Monarch Joel & his son, Hermes. 10 years into waiting for Sausage to return, they hold steady on the Isles, rebuilding and keeping steady.

Two of our biggest gods of the story, Aeor & Exor. Aeor, the cold & powerful. The one that will see things through the way he sees fit. Exor, the strategic & brutal. The one to hold their Champion close but will not hesitate to put one in their place.

The "Cyclopes" Codfather Jimmy & the Goddess Ocean Queen Lizzie. After an attack of desperation causing a tidal wave of a ripple effect, the Ocean Queen is unhesitant to show careless "travelers" just how ruthless she can be.

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Pt. 1 [Here] || Pt. 2 || Pt. 3 || Pt.4 || Pt. 5

Here we have our first round of characters. Some of the most or first shown, here and ready for whatever totally not-tragic tale awaits them.

The next round will be gods-focused (unfortunately Pearl didn't make it in this post but she'll be here promise).

I can't wait to post the penning, it's going well & looks loads cleaner

Hello hello!! Absolutely pumped for the Myth’s Voyage AU :DD!!

What made you pick certain characters for certain roles? I’m particularly interested by Owen as Antinous 👀👀

Bare with me this is gonna be a doozy

I'll be honest. It all started with me being real emotionally attached to p!Will & me falling down a rabbit hole of associating the song "Open Arms" with him because- even if I'm not fully read on p!Will's story & character- the way I've come to view him is a relatively forgiving and optimistic type of person. So him as Polities came natually.

I also have a frequent habit of doing a thing where when I associate one character to one song/character of a musical, I start to try and figure if there's way to fit in other characters.

I believe what came next was Sausage and if I recall correctly, that was due to 1. Me just liking Sausage all together and 2. Me seeing him as the most "Captian-Like" guy in pirates. Also revolving around headcanons, others' interpretations, and maybe an artist or two's ways of drawing him. After that, Joel & Hermes as Penelope and Telemachus came pretty easy. I've also played around with previous ideas of "What if Joel was in Pirates SMP" and added in my constant Empires Brainrot ™️, that all just fell into place.

I believe Lizzie was my first established God cos. Giant fish/ocean associated person, yk. And then Jimmy as Polyphemus due to fishy relations and then I think Fwhip was actually my next one due to the "silly & unhinged" vibes I got from Epic Hermes. Then with a lot more stubborn brain storming, more and more gods fell into place as I started following an Empires Season 1 pattern with the Gods

Krow was also a fun one to workshop in cos I also don't know much about his Canon character but what I do know & just the fascination I've gotten with him, I thought he fit the role of Eurylochus pretty well. Mostly on the side of more of a survivor when it comes down to a "You vs Me" mentality & leaning more on aggressive tactics when it comes to handling certain situations. He is one of the ones I'm certain doesn't fall into complete Canon-type of personality, but I like how my au's Krow is a lot.

Now. The fun situation with the suitors and Ithica in general.

I can explain a bit further if anyone's interested, but the way my storyline worked out is that there's actually no Herons that are part of Sausage's crew in the story. They're either still on the Faction Isles or traveling elsewhere. Having said that, when I came around to figuring out Antinous, it was right when I was finding out very bare-bones about him. And given that the Heron characters will ideally be characters shown on "Ithica" I was working to see if anyone would fit that roll.

Having said that, Antinous was noted down in my "Working-Out" list with the note of "Mr. Steal your wife and kill your son" and while discussing my character plans with my partner, we started to joke about Antinous being Owen. Given her more player-esque personality, at the time I figured it'd be a decent fit- or at least a place holder- for a character who I started to think was just someone wanting to court "Penelope".

However, thinking more on it & finding out better how Antinous plays in this story, I started getting more invested in the idea of Owen still being him. The idea of Owen becoming a villain, manipulative with his charm and almost vindictive in her motives just started to appeal more and more to me.

When this takes place, it's 20 years since the rough-end of Pirates SMP, following Epic the Musical's timeline. A lot can change in a person in 20 years. Seeing the Factions fall, loves in your life die or disappear, people coming into power that you feel either don't deserve it or are strangers who don't understand all that's happened here or you feel are too weak irresponsible to handle it. It can grate on a person, certainly.

P!Owen is, once again, another character I'm unfortunately not fully familiar with, though that may change if i have a chance to watch his pov in the future. And who knows, maybe I'll workshop the story, change e!Owen's personality or motives, maybe even choose someone else entirely to fit the role.

But as it stands, the idea of e!Owen, 20 years in the future with heavens knows how much baggage and pent up anger and frustrations left on his shoulders starting to get desperate or almost hungry even for some sort of control or power or just even a sense of stability in her life just seems to be a very interesting & fun-to-work-with storyline to me.

Thinking about seeing Owen getting aggressive and animalistic and breaking that carefully-crafted facade of charm and control when it comes to fighting and trying to kill someone just. It's so interesting and fascinating in my mind, you've no idea.

And, again, I'm awfully weak to villain Owen nonesense so that certainly doesn't help.

There you have it. My essay & a half summary over some of my reasonings.

Again, things are always subject to change and sometimes I get a little Silly with my trains of thoughts but, hey, it'll be fun either way. If you're interested in me trying to explain my through process for more characters, feel free to ask, I just figured I'd keep this as short as i can physically manage. If it comes off as a bit rambling or you want me to clear anything up, you're always welcome to ask. It's technically super late for me so my writing compression might be a bit off.

Tl;Dr, I zone out to music and play "Song Association Games" too much & Owen as Antinous started off as a silly joke but now it's eating my brain whole so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Some quick, probably important notes for how I'm going about the Voyage AU btw:

• it's relatively loose on the Pirates SMP Canon

-> my knowledge of Pirates comes mostly from what I've been able to gather from Tumblr posts and whatever Scott & Apokuna have on YouTube so. It's not perfect by any means

• I'm going to be testing out new posting style in that I'm not going to be fully coloring in order to post.

-> I'll be posting both the Sketches & Penning of whatever I make and maybe some coloring but focusing on the first two will let me post more often so. Fun.

• Character Designs are up to change; the concepts will be posted soon but they may chance as I continue

• Characters from Sagas of Epic that have not been released are up to change technically. As its currently listed, they'll probably stay, but if i find characters that fit the roles better, then things will change.

I think that's all for now, just figured I'd have a couple of added notes in place.

I'm hoping to post some of the characters tomorrow. See ya.

Behold my polished Master Post for my lovely passion project

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Welcome to "A Myth's Voyage AU"

Essentially this is a Pirates SMP & Empires SMP x Epic The Musical AU. It follows a loose Canon of Pirates, the storyline of Epic, and my nonsense & shenanigans thrown into the mix.

~•~•Behold our lovely Cast & Crew•~•~

『•The Crew & The Faction Isles•』

• Sausage Mythos as Odysseus 「#Odysseus!Sausage」, the Captain and protagonist of our story

• Joel Beans as Penelope 「#Penelope!Joel」, Sausage's spouse & stand-in head of the Isles

• Hermes Mythos-Beans as Telemachus 「#Telemachus!Hermes」, Sausage & Joel's son

• Kuervo Fang as Eurylochus 「#Eurylochus!Kuervo」, 2nd in command

• Will Renais as Polites 「#Polites!Will」, 3rd in command & Sausage's closest crewmate

• Kyle Eef as Permides 「#Permides!Kyle」, pilot of the head ship

• Red D. Doons as Elpenor 「#Elpenor!Redd」, member of Sausage's main crew

• Guqqie Mey, 「#m!Guqqie」 member of Sausage's main crew

• Michela Ray, 「#m!Michela」 member of Sausage's main crew

• Ros Cumber, 「#m!Ros」 member of Sausage's main crew

• Puffy Kara, 「#m!Puffy」 member of Sausage's main crew

• Graecie Elaine, 「#m!Graecie」 head of another ship on Sausage's fleet

• Owen Orange as Antinous 「#Antinous!Owen」, lead suitor & attempted usurper of the "throne"

• Martyn Littlewood as Eurymachus 「#Eurymachus!Martyn」, Owen's right hand man & co-conspirator against the royal family

• Scar Thymes as Melanthius 「#Scar!Melanthius」, instigator & sly pirate on the Isles

• Eddie Mythos as Anticlea 「#Eddie!Anticlea」, Sausage's father & lead dockworker

• Scott Denholm, noble pirate & close companion to the royal family

『•The Gods•』

• Aeor as Zeus 「#Zeus!Aeor」, God of Life & Disaster

• Exor as Athena 「#Athena!Exor」, God of Death & Perception

• Ocean Queen Lizzie as Poseidon 「#Poseidon!Lizzie」, Goddess of the Ocean

• Pearl Moon as Aeolus 「#Aeolus!Pearl」, Goddess of the Winds

• Fwhip Grim as Hermes 「#Hermes!Fwhip」, Messenger God of Travel & Havoc

• Oli Orion as Apollo 「#Apollo!Oli」, God of the Sun & Music

• Pixlriffs as Hephaestus 「#Hephaestus!Pix」, God of the Forge & Craft

• Katherine Elizabeth as Aphrodite 「#Aphrodite!Katherine」, Goddess of Love & Equality

• Shrub Berry as Ares 「#Ares!Shrub」, God of War & Justice

• Joey Graceffa as Hera 「#Hera!Joey」, God of Matrimony & Family

『•Other Beings of the Worlds•』

• Gemini Tay Grim as Circe 「#Circe!Gem」, Goddess & Sorceress of Magic

• Acho Denholm as Tiresias 「#Tiresias!Acho」, the Celestial Prophet

• Codfather Jimmy as Polyphemus 「#Polyphemus!Jimmy」, a giant bipedal fish monster, "Cyclops"

• 【Scott】 Major as Calypso 「#Calypso!Major」, Nymph of the Sea, a shapeshifter

〔Relevant Tags〕

• #AMyth'sVoyageAU -> Main tag for the AU

• #VoyageQueries -> Tag for questions about the AU

• #VoyageTapestries -> Tag for art related to the AU

• #VoyageGossip -> Tag for random rambles or thoughts on the AU

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Now with Epic fully released music, I've polished & primmed up my AU to my satisfaction. Tags may be added if needed, but this is trustworthy for now.

I am eager to get proper cracking at this and I am excited to share my works with you all.

My ask box is always open for those who have curiosities or perhaps scene requests

/nudgenudge/

Enjoy your time & enjoy the story