Celtic Heroes

Username: Mirage (Level 150 Rogue)
World: Crom

A phoenix is a mythical bird that is a fire spirit with a colorful plumage and a tail of gold and scarlet (or purple, blue, and green according to some legends). It has a 500 to 1000 year life-cycle, near the end of which it builds itself a nest of twigs that then ignites; both nest and bird burn fiercely and are reduced to ashes, from which a new, young phoenix or phoenix egg arises, reborn anew to live again. The new phoenix is destined to live as long as its old self. It is said that the bird's cry is that of a beautiful song. The Phoenix's ability to be reborn from its own ashes implies that it is immortal.

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Sapphire Phoenix of Blizzards
This fiery blue phoenix is said to be the legendary mount of the Celtic sun god himself—Lugh. It increases your movement speed by 80% and can summon a blizzard doing up to 2000 cold damage to all nearby enemies. After dying and respawning, the phoenix rises from the ashes, resetting all skill cool downs and refilling full energy.*
Infinite Uses
Slot: Main Hand
Piercing Damage: 50
Cold Damage: 100
Poison Damage: 100
Attack Speed: 3000
Proc Skill: Phoenix Blizzard
Proc Chance: 10%
Weight: 20
Level Requirement: 150

* Rising from the ashes only occurs after respawn. You still must respawn at the leystone or use an idol—the phoenix does not resurrect you for free. Also, the phoenix cannot rise from the ashes (reset energy and cool downs) if it dies with Curse of the Fallen.

Variants
Ruby Phoenix of Wildfires (fire version)
Emerald Phoenix of Storms (magic version)

Notes
I came up with this idea by looking at the two biggest mage problems at boss fights.
1. Dying and losing your attunement, which severely drops your DPS.
2. Not having enough energy to continue casting spells.

I had an "Aha!" moment when I realized what mount would fit perfectly to solve these problems. Phoenixes are well known for "rising from the ashes." So, why not have a phoenix rise from the ashes while resetting the rider's energy and cool downs?

As for how this connects to Celtic mythology—it directly relates to the current event, so there's your link.

The drawing you see above is my fourth (or fifth?) attempt. It wasn't too easy sketching and coloring it. I planned on drawing Armo as the phoenix rider, but I cut him out because I messed up too many times. Drawing birds is way easier than drawing people.

I also originally planned on coloring it with the classic red/orange/yellow (fiery) colors, but I didn't have enough different shades to create a smooth gradient. Since I had about 10 different shades of blue, I went for an icy phoenix.

Color scheme — blue for the feathers, purple for the armor, black for the talons/claws/beak, gray for the bones.

Looks like ARTICUNO!

Can we ****** stop these multiple accounts? Like seriously... all these desperate **** (or just one desperate nigglet) have made up 60% of the thread.

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It could always be some one new to the forum or some one who never had an acc who made an acc just to join this contest.

10 or 15 makes sense, but there are way more.

Looks like ARTICUNO!

Certainly an inspiration from these birds. Not copied entirely though.

Looks like ARTICUNO!

Certainly an inspiration from these birds. Not copied entirely though.

No, I was not inspired by those birds. That is the first time I have seen or heard about them.

Also, I'm not a huge fan of the undertone here… Every single entry posted on this topic somewhat or exactly resembles something else.

Any flying stick somewhat resembles the flying sticks currently in game. Any animal-like mount will resemble the corresponding animal. Obviously, if I draw a phoenix, it will look similar to another phoenix (or other bird).