
"Truly, the best way to understand a people is to walk among them. Even better when they can't observe you."
As a master illusionist, turning himself invisible is trivial to Enigma. When he wants to get a better feel for the goings-on in district or township, he'll use this power to walk among the people, present and yet undetected. It is also a useful talent to have when you need to infiltrate a more heavily guarded area without alerting anyone.
You might also notice that there are humans in the backdrop of this piece. That wasn't an accident, or a slip-up. The plane now known as Crossroads is populated by both anthros and humans, though the majority of its inhabitants are anthros.
Long ago, when planeswalkers of old still had their godlike abilities, they would come to this plane to do battle, summoning people, especially from the various "lesser" beast tribes, to fight on their behalf. While all such conflicts inevitable end, those brought here would remain, unable to return to their home planes, ripped forever from their home.
So they built new lives here, and the current population consists both of their decedents and planeswalkers who traveled here and chose to settle of their own accord. As a sort of nexus, or road stop, in interplanar travel, the people here are acutely aware of the worlds beyond their own, even if most of them will never be able to experience them firsthand. Enigma was born on this world, knowing what planeswalking was long before he knew he was capable of doing it himself.
Thanks so much to
Danza for his care, attention to detail, and professionalism while drawing this piece. It was an absolutely pleasure to work with him, and he was extremely courtesy in asking the right questions to get all of the details exactly right.
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Danza
Enigma and Crossroads belong to me.
As a master illusionist, turning himself invisible is trivial to Enigma. When he wants to get a better feel for the goings-on in district or township, he'll use this power to walk among the people, present and yet undetected. It is also a useful talent to have when you need to infiltrate a more heavily guarded area without alerting anyone.
You might also notice that there are humans in the backdrop of this piece. That wasn't an accident, or a slip-up. The plane now known as Crossroads is populated by both anthros and humans, though the majority of its inhabitants are anthros.
Long ago, when planeswalkers of old still had their godlike abilities, they would come to this plane to do battle, summoning people, especially from the various "lesser" beast tribes, to fight on their behalf. While all such conflicts inevitable end, those brought here would remain, unable to return to their home planes, ripped forever from their home.
So they built new lives here, and the current population consists both of their decedents and planeswalkers who traveled here and chose to settle of their own accord. As a sort of nexus, or road stop, in interplanar travel, the people here are acutely aware of the worlds beyond their own, even if most of them will never be able to experience them firsthand. Enigma was born on this world, knowing what planeswalking was long before he knew he was capable of doing it himself.
Thanks so much to

Please favorite his post of this picture here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/37968700/
Art by

Enigma and Crossroads belong to me.
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It definitely helps, especially when you don't know a town that well and wish to quietly observe.
If I may offer some advice, a dragon of your talents could use his wings to get up onto the rooftops. In my experience, people rarely look up, which makes that a good vantage point if you want to try a similar form of sneaking around.
If I may offer some advice, a dragon of your talents could use his wings to get up onto the rooftops. In my experience, people rarely look up, which makes that a good vantage point if you want to try a similar form of sneaking around.
Ah yes, the art of learning about others, Danza really did a great job, I like that medieval magic theme.
My OC nicknamed Jack does that too but sometimes he prefers to reveal himself fully, to observe the reactions of others and their minds as he calmly passes by. It's really interesting to him to watch the reactions of others to his natural behavior because it's like the complete opposite of one would expect from what he looks like.
My OC nicknamed Jack does that too but sometimes he prefers to reveal himself fully, to observe the reactions of others and their minds as he calmly passes by. It's really interesting to him to watch the reactions of others to his natural behavior because it's like the complete opposite of one would expect from what he looks like.
Being a phasewalker does make one used to seeing weird stuff, that's for sure, weirdness is like the most fun part of traveling between worlds.
Also, does Enigma read the minds of others by entering them or just by observing the thoughts? If reading minds is what he does while exploring, invisible.
Also, does Enigma read the minds of others by entering them or just by observing the thoughts? If reading minds is what he does while exploring, invisible.
It's something that he can do almost unconsciously. He certainly can dive into someone's mind, either for more precision or to show someone else a memory he feels he needs to see, but this is a rare occurrence.
Most of the time, it's more passive than that. It's more of an opening of his own mind to the memories and immediate thoughts of others. He can see what's directly on the top on a person's head as if it was written on their shirt. It's often easier to just ask a question the makes the subject think about it's answer to it, then seize on the opportunity to read or extract the memory conjured up than to take a tedious trek into their mind.
Most of the time, it's more passive than that. It's more of an opening of his own mind to the memories and immediate thoughts of others. He can see what's directly on the top on a person's head as if it was written on their shirt. It's often easier to just ask a question the makes the subject think about it's answer to it, then seize on the opportunity to read or extract the memory conjured up than to take a tedious trek into their mind.
As if I heard someone talking about Jack
His eyes allow him to see many planes of existence, he can switch between seeing different realms including the thoughts and the construction of the mind, he often asks a question in order to see how the person is going to react even though he probably already knows the answer.
I don't think I've seen anyone else whose OC is a curious Mindbender who likes to explore not only different worlds but also the minds of different beings he meets on the way.
I find the topic of minds so interesting, I'm surprised more people don't explore the wonders of their construction.
His eyes allow him to see many planes of existence, he can switch between seeing different realms including the thoughts and the construction of the mind, he often asks a question in order to see how the person is going to react even though he probably already knows the answer.
I don't think I've seen anyone else whose OC is a curious Mindbender who likes to explore not only different worlds but also the minds of different beings he meets on the way.
I find the topic of minds so interesting, I'm surprised more people don't explore the wonders of their construction.
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