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New tlo painting 'The Worm Rail', alt text for full description
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A large reptilian 'thrall' rests on a bed of wormlike creatures in a heavy industrial train carriage. The desolate landscape behind is overshadowed by the looming hulks of broken down bio-machines. -- Mining in Savic territory is highly regulated, but the badlands surrounding the South Front are not. Some antique rail lines are intact, if dangerous, allowing miners to move south. The booming trade along these lines is known as the Worm Rail, and their methods are illegal in the interior. Worming is a rapid, low cost and highly effective method of extracting ore. Enormous, magically engineered worms are released in ore-rich soil. From there they burrow into the surrounding rock. Their digestive systems refine ore as they move, gradually filling their expandable bodies. At full capacity the worms reach almost half a mile in length, growing lethargic as their short lifespan draws to an end. At this point the miners return. They summon worms to a collection point using either small explosive charges or deafening tonal blasts from the train itself. When the worms reach the surface, workers load them into the train as they quietly expire. Their bodies can then be processed at factories in Savic industrial centers. Worming can be relatively environmentally friendly, when the number of worms are limited. Unsurprisingly, though, nobody is limiting worm numbers. Landslides and sinkholes are commonplace in worm-mined land. In some cases rivers have been diverted through underground channels, causing regional droughts. Thralls are often employed on the Worm Rail as guards against frequent inter-corporate robberies. Or as the robbers themselves. As long as a worm load arrives at a port, it will be sold with few questions asked. What happens on the Front stays on the Front!
January 2, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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Odalisque
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December 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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December 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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I may return to this at some point to drop in some color for a more finished look after I finish up other works in the queue

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November 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Poison War #theloyalones
September 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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May 6, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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sketchy TLO portraits. The thrall on right is in home (humanoid) form, but its on the very nonhuman end of the spectrum. Nice robe tho! #theloyalones
January 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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loading up #theloyalones
January 23, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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January 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Two titanic, vaguely reptilian creatures haul loads of construction materials in the background. In the foreground two superficially human looking men lounge on a rafter taking a smoke break. Closer inspection reveals many of the same features as the creatures in back. These are thralls, the enslaved laborers and soldiers of the Loyal Ones universe.
December 19, 2024 at 9:56 PM
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A high society portrait of a mage aristocrat and thrall. A lot of these status symbol paintings were burned during the Revolt. #theloyalones
August 6, 2023 at 2:08 AM
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Thrall construction workers. #TheLoyalOnes
2 large kaiju-reminiscent creatures (thralls) do construction work in the background, in the foreground thralls in humanlike 'home' form lounge about smoking on a break.
August 6, 2023 at 2:01 AM