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Digital illustrations of Ikarus (left) and Hildebrandt (right) from the video game The Adventures of Elliot: the Millennium Tales done in a chibi style. Ikarus stands at the ready with a sword pointing forward, blue stylized wisps around him. Hildebrandt stands snuggly with one hand under his chin and the other propping up the other elbow; two thaumata cores float at his left and right. The canvas is a milky white with a golden, textured symbol used to denote the Age of Magic.
Work in progress digital illustration of a chibi styled Ikarus from the video game The Adventures of Elliot: the Millennium Tales.
A zine preview image showing a cropped photograph of a cosplay of Z'aanta from Octopath Traveler. Across the top of the template in a black rectangle it reads "8isforoctopath.carrd.co," and across the bottom it reads "Eight is for OCTO" in all caps and "Celebrating Octopath Traveler's 8th Anniversary" underneath that.
The stereotypical image succession used for the rise and fall of the Roman Empire meme, but instead of the popular quote for "Hard times create strong men..." it instead reads "YAOI" in descending order.
Edited meme that reads in large, white text with a black outline: "Hey guys when you say something is for [Monster] and [Hunter] can you include me in that as well? [Monster Hunter] and [Z'aanta] if it's not too much trouble thanks guys." The text for "Monster" and "Hunter" is the text taken from the video game series Monster Hunter's logo.
Digital illustration of a tan middle-aged man straddling a younger man with long purple hair at the hip, gripping his arm as he bends over the other. The middle-aged man is dressed in black with red accents, and the younger man wears baggy white pants with a black crop top and red cropped jacket.
Fan art of Kazan from the video game Octopath Traveler II in which he is posed to display his Path Action as seen in the mobile game Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent. In full render, Kazan stands tall in a toast, holding high a red sake cup in his right hand and a bottle guard lower in his left, with a wide smile and flushed face. He wears his standard garments of a white robe over a green top and maroon-ish burgundy bottoms. On his feet are brown boots that cut off at the bottom of the calf. The canvas is of a solid mute green fill and behind Kazan figure reads his name in Orsterran text as well as "Kazan, Traveler 241" underneath it in smaller print.
Cropped screenshot taken from the mobile game Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent of part of a mini-game for the Mid-Year Festival 2026. The crop shows a letter stamp that has the picture of a wolf on it. Underneath the stamp it reads “Hägen.”
Sketch illustration of Flanagan Grutte from the video game Triangle Strategy. The sketch is mostly line art with minimal, monotone blue coloring.
Photo taken with a cellphone camera of a blue Mii, wearing its default blue clothes and blue dragon wings accessory.
Digital illustration of Z'aanta from Octopath Traveler. The man is looking over his shoulder, positioned to show off his scarred back.
Screenshot of the mobile game Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent. Z’aanta, Kazan, and Hägen stand in the Montwise Underground Arena entrance area as seen in Side Solistia during night. The sprites for Z’aanta and Kazan are turned towards each other, Hägen standing there judging them as much as pixels can.
Title card for an Octopath Traveler 2×Octopath Traveler crossover fan fiction titled "Unto My Fellow Man." The title is written in a condensed serif typeface, and underneath it is written "Explicit, Kazan/Z'aanta, 2.1k" to denote rating, pairing, and word count. The graphic used alongside the design is of that old drawing that had gone around the internet because it shows a person bending over, having discarded their sword, face into the crotch of another person who wields a sword high to strike down their opponent, the assumed other person.
Photo taken with a cellphone camera. The caption reads “Z’aanta is beginning to tell a legendary story involving Z’aanta.” Both instances of “Z’aanta” are written in orange instead of black text.
Screenshot of the mobile game Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent taken from the Band Log on the page for Traveler rewards. H’aanit is the first in the column, her reward Verse reading “nock a second and try again.” At the bottom of the column, Z’aanta’s Verse reads: “If the first arrow faileth.”
Screenshot taken from the mobile game Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent. It is of a beach scene where Rondo, Hugo, and Eltrix and company are meeting. There is a word bubble above Hugo’s head that reads: “From this day forth, you are reassigned to the Knights Ardante Coastal Guard Division.”
A crop of a screenshot taken from Monster Hunter Stories 3 Monsterpedia page for Magnamalo. It says “Observations: The Key to Courtship. This monster’s crescent-shaped horns are used to attract females, but they can never be regrown. Those with broken horns become more aggressive and focus on expanding territory rather than breeding. Leads: Valorous Horns.”’
Photograph of two cosplayers in a convention hall, both dressed as Osvald the Scholar from the video game Octopath Traveler II. The Osvald on the left stands ready with a fisted hand and holding a red book while the Osvald on the right stands rather goofily, firing a rainbow light up toy revolver as to be the “One Trye Magic.”
Photograph of paper stickers of the original poster’s artwork of a chibi styled Z’aanta from Octopath Traveler. The stickers sit on top of each other to condense them, and around them, golden fur and a cosplay “dragon claw cloak clasp” can be seen.
Digital illustration depicting Z'aanta from Octopath Traveler wearing one of those novelty flip-up t-shirts that reveal a picture when pulled over the head from the front. The t-shirt being worn reads "ask me about my wolf," and once flipped it shows a print of a snarling wolf with its mouth open and teeth exposed. Instead of modern garments for the lower half, for the bottom, he appears to be wearing chausses tied to be around his hip at his braies undergarment.
Illustration WIP of a matured man wearing a t-shirt that reads "Ask me about my wolf" in all caps across the chest. The man is grinning, exposing a sharp canine, and his arms are raised with curled fingers as a gesture to be ferocious. However, his expression suggests a playful intent.
Product image for a grey t-shirt that says “Ask me about my wolf” and printed on the inside is a ferocious looking wolf head when turned over the head.
Digital fanart of Fabius as seen in the video game Monster Hunter Wilds dressed in the raiment of Olberic Eisenberg from Octopath Traveler as the two characters share the same English voice actor. Fabius stands imposingly, left leg stepping atop of a rocky ground and holding his lance pointed upward. The garments and Fabius's hair appear blustering off to the left, but in bright daylight and a clear sky in the background.
Screenshot of a pokémon team planner. The six pokemon listed are Zorua (Hisuian), Growlithe (Hisuian), Hoothoot, Rowlet, Mimikyu, and Feebas.
Pokémon 30th anniversary logo: Bisharp
Pokémon 30th anniversary logo: Aggron
Digital illustration of Director Clavell from the video games Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. On the left, Clavell is wearing his red blazer jacket as seen in Pokémon Scarlet. On the right, he is mirrored and wearing his purple blazer jacket as seen in Pokémon Violet. Between them there is vertical text that reads "Pokemon Day." Behind that text, " 'February 27th' " is written in Japanese (2月27日).
Screenshot taken from the mobile game Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent in which two Solon are seen standing in the castle town square of Altinia. One Solon is a unit character (in the party alone) and the other, NPC Solon is seen with a yellow speech bubble above his head.
Screenshot of the Square Enix Store of a “New,” “Pre-Order” listing of a Varuna figure from the video game Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner published by ATLUS. The product listing reads “Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga FIRM-ISM Figure - VARNA. $69.99. Pre-Order Now.”
Screenshot taken from OP’s Drafts on their tumblr account. The top portion of the drafted post has labels added by tumblr that reads “! Potentially mature content” and “We reviewed your post and determined it needed a Content Label.”
In-progress, grayscale illustration, currently standing at line art of a shirtless, mature man winking at the viewer and pulling an arrow out of a quiver from over his shoulder. His body is blocked out in a gray with a pair of wings behind him in a lighter gray. Part of a strung bow can be seen at rest on the right.
A redraw of the "Congratulations Canines!!! ITS A FULL MOON!!!!" meme-esque image that is originally of an amateurly photo edited image of a man standing with a grey wolf head t-shirt on, a dachshund with a yellow hoodie on, and a wolf howling with a full moon behind it. This recreation is a doodle to fit for the video game series Octopath Traveler in which it is Z'aanta seen standing with his tunic, a wolf head not printed onto it, Hagen his dire wolf companion wearing a black cap as worn by Susanna Grotoff, and the Divine Beast Lykaon from Champions of the Continent howling in front of a full moon. In the same style as the original image, there is text that reads "Congrats Canines!!!" at the top right, and "ITS A FULL MOON!!!!" on the bottom, almost centered.
Edited photograph of a cosplayer dressed as Z'aanta from the video game Octopath Traveler. The cosplayer crouches in a wooded area, designed to resemble or promote inspiration from his slash art as used in Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent. A wolf has been edited into the image to serve as his dire wolf companion, Hägen.
Digital illustration of Z'aanta from the video game Octopath Traveler in which he is given a fan design to accommodate the Scholar Job. Z'aanta, a matured man, stands in front of a black background and gold, sun-like "halo" in which he holds his left hand high to his chest near a ball of bright light; his right hand is places slack and low, a blinding white book falling from his hold. Z'aanta stands in the scholars' black and gold robe as seen in the original Octopath Traveler, worn over his shoulder like a cape. The hood of the robe is placed over the man's head. Underneath he wears a black and gold-trimmed top, a slowing white poets shirt underneath, grey-black pants, and black leather boots.
Screenshot of a fanfic that reads “Z'aanta. You, you fuck like a dog in heat, hah-HA! I think I was seein' stars for a bit there… Don’t think for a moment I hadn’t had the same thoughts runnin' 'round my head 'bout you either. 'Cause fuck, Zan.” Like a dog hearing their name from a master, Z'aanta did take attention to that, ears up, however somethings else were still cluttering the space between his ears. “Thou… thou thinkest of me a bitch…?” Z'aanta groaned, tired and uncertain. “Hmph, that be a rathrre bold claime giveneth 'twas I who hadde— —!”
Screenshot of a fanfic that reads: “...Ya, ya sure you haven’t done this before?” Elder Fugen said, catching his breath, “ 'Cause with moves like that, woulda thought ya were Kamura born an' bred! Bwaha! Ah… ha…” Amused, Z'aanta chuckled along between his own huffing pants. In truth he was no novice with acts such as this, whichever way he was placed, but he was also equally one to gladly wear a role if it meant its fun. “Borne mayhap not,” he managed, eyes lazily lowering to Fugen, “but bredde, well… thou hast finished surely, O monster of Kamura. And here I still be mountede snug upon thee full, no? Lest I be mistaken.”
A 9 block square showcasing 8 fan art illustrations and 1 cosplay done throughout the year of 2025. From left to right, top to bottom, the cropped images shown are the following: a black, white, and red themed Raidou (Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha), a muzzled Z'aanta (Octopath Traveler), a wintery Hugo of the Knights Ardante (Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent). A warm, fiery themed Fugen (Monster Hunter Rise), a photograph of a Z'aanta cosplay crafted by the poster, and a close up of a flushed Z'aanta. A fan-design for a Starseer!Z'aanta, a close up crop of a dog-like collar with a gold Sacred Flame emblem tag around Z'aanta's neck, and ship art of Fugen (Monster Hunter Rise)/Z'aanta (Octopath Traveler) in which the two are near-kiss, a bright, blue flame wishing between their mouths.
Photo taken with the in-game camera from the video game Monster Hunter Wilds in which the player character Hunter is seen atop a white and crystalline seikret, a bird-like mount, dressed in red and white furred holiday themed armor (Orion top and bottom recovered red and off white, leather coil recollected black). The Hunter is waving high and smiling at the camera as he holds the reins of the seikret. In the background, blurred, huge cascading ice formations can be seen.
Digital fan art illustration of Redeye, Z'aanta, and Hägen from the video game Octopath Traveler done in a festive composition for the Christmas holiday. Redeye, a black grotesque skeleton-like creature, dons a gaudy red nose, reindeer antler headband, and a red collar with gold sleigh bells to parody its pretense as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Hägen can be seen farther off, driving a red sleigh, and Z'aanta in Santa Claus-esque garments can be seen in a starry sky in a gradient of transparency.
Photo of the poster wearing a knit Redeye sweater from the graniph × Octopath Traveler collaboration line.
Title card graphic for a fanfiction titled "The Lives We Have Taken." The title is typed across the top of the graphic in a condensed serif font, and underneath reads "a character study of Z'aanta of the Darkwood" in which some blank space is filled on each side of that line with a cut illustration of an arrow: the fletchings on the left, the arrowhead on the right. The image used to promote the fic is of a deer looking at the camera in a wooded area. Between its legs of the deer reads the text "Octopath Traveler, Mature, 888 Words" to denote fandom, fic rating, and word count.
Product image for a Redeye sweater/“jacket” in which it is showing a close up of the pixel spite used in Octopath Traveler to designate a petrified Z’aanta in the Spectrewood as seen on the backside of the garment.
Product preview of the character Solon’s new splash art/key art illustration in Octopath Traveler 0 for a popup shop that will be held in Japan. The new artwork features Solon sitting in a chair, facing towards the viewer to display his full body, and a desk is on his right. He is looking at a piece of paper in his right hand, arm resting on the desk. There is a servant/herald bowing behind him, holding a rolled up paper in their left hand.
Digital illustration of a crossover ship, Fugen from Monster Hunter Rise and Z'aanta from Octopath Traveler. Fugen is placed to the left, in which his size requires him to tilt his head downward to meet Z'aanta's lips, right before a kiss. Around him, engulfing his body, are intense blue flames which illuminate him and Z'aanta's face to have a blue highlight; even Fugen's hair is rendered blue like the flames to imitate the fire around him. Z'aanta is positioned on the right, tilting his head up and taking his left hand to come and cup the side and back of Fugen's head. His chin is being lifted upward by Fugen's fingers, which has wiping purple flames coming forth from the cracks in his clutch. Similar flames wisp off of Z'aanta's fur mantel and the backside of his head, however they are not as fierce or overbearing upon him as the blue flames are with Fugen. In between the almost-kiss, a small, bright blue flame is shared within their mouths.
[BL] らくがき中のフゲンとザンター、キスしようとしている。絵は基礎的な色があります
Cosplayer in the garments for Z’aanta from Octopath Traveler lying on the ground in a bunch of fallen autumn leaves. In the spirit of Halloween, the cosplayer has donned gray and white animal ears, fangs with canine-esque makeup on the nose and black lips, and black nails. The arms are positioned to be vaguely “ferocious” or “threatening.”
Cropped screenshot of the Player Hunter standing inside the camp tent as seen when equipping armor.
Screenshot taken with Monster Hunter Wilds’ in-game camera of the Player Hunter model dressed in blueish grey toned armor and fur during the Dreamspell event. The Hunter stands in focus, looking directly at the camera, and is wearing a horned bone helmet and clawed gauntlets. His hands are gesturing, mid beckon, where the fingers are curled loosely. In the background, blue flower blooms and large plant roots can be seen darkened and desaturated.
In-progress digital illustration of a shirtless mature man bearing his fanged teeth at the viewer. The top half of his torso and head is placed within a shadow, but his eyes shine while as if having tapetum lucidum.
Screenshot taken from Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection’s website of the description for Magnamalo under its Monsters page. It reads: “Magnamalo. A Fanged Wyvern clad in a heavy carapace. It consumes even the bones of its prey to satiate its voracious appetite. The hellfire expelled from its body is a byproduct of metabolism.”
Fan art of Kazan from the video game Octopath Traveler II in which he is posed to display his Path Action as seen in the mobile game Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent. In full render, Kazan stands tall in a toast, holding high a red sake cup in his right hand and a bottle guard lower in his left, with a wide smile and flushed face. He wears his standard garments of a white robe over a green top and maroon-ish burgundy bottoms. On his feet are brown boots that cut off at the bottom of the calf. The canvas is of a solid mute green fill and behind Kazan figure reads his name in Orsterran text as well as "Kazan, Traveler 241" underneath it in smaller print.
Fan art of Z'aanta from the video game Octopath Traveler done in a chibi, or super deformed, style. He is giving a toothy, fanged smile as he draws his bow, legs positioned as if leaping upward with one knee high. A circle element in the background is roughly shaded as if to depict the moon. The illustration is cool with a graduated deep purple background.
Photo taken with Monster Hunter Wilds’ in-game camera of the player character Hunter that is modeled and dressed in layered armor meant to evoke Z’aanta from Octopath Traveler. The Hunter stands high above atop a bone over the Grand Hub in which a Hope bow is at the ready, arrow almost nocked as shown for the “battle ready” pose for the weapon.
Photo taken with Monster Hunter Wilds’ in-game camera of the player character Hunter dressed in layered armor meant to resemble Z’aanta from Octopath Traveler. The Hunter is placed high above atop a large bone that curves over the Grand Hub with a mountainside showing in the distance. A Hope switch axe is resting over his shoulder with one hand as displayed in the “battle ready” pose for the weapon.
Screenshot of a preview for Monster Hunters Stories 3: Twisted Reflection in which a baby Magnamalo monstie is shown after hatching.