Welcome, here I aim to help you understand me and how I became Sublime Theros

Hi, I’m Tristan but for the purpose of this site I am Theros.

Who is Theros?

If your asking the players of my D&D group Theros is an omnipotent warlock that seeks to maintain balance and order within the worlds he observes. That however is just a game and in truth I am just a young man finding his own way in the world, a student learning the intricacies of game design and 3D modelling aiming to go on to University

What is this site?

This site is a portfolio of my college work and some of the Dungeons and Dragons adventures that I want to talk about. At some point I will talk about the challenges I have faced living with my autism diagnosis: Aspergers & PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance)

What led me here?

When I was 13 I discovered a cooking book called “Recipes from Around the World: Pan-Cooked Chicken Dishes”. I loved the food I made following the recipes in the book so I focused on cooking in school and attempted to go into the catering industry where I really struggled due to the demands of the work affecting my PDA. I decided to move away from that industry and while doing a business Level 2 I spoke to a careers advisor about my options as I had focused hard on catering during my secondary education. They told me I would need a level 2 qualification in IT to even be considered, as the industry is growing massively and those wanting in will need to have proof of their abilities. the following year I did my level 2 in which I learnt that I had found an industry that I had as much and maybe more passion for as cooking. As I reached the end of my level 2 my teachers encouraged me to do the level 3 course and look at a degree course as they believed I was capable of completing it.

My interests

Pokémon

When I was 5 my parents and sister went on a skiing holiday and due to me only just learning how to ski, my parents thought it wise to have me stay with my grandparents. To make sure I enjoyed my holiday as well they bought me a Gameboy Advance with Pokémon Ruby. I loved my little Mudkip: Mudy, spelt incorrectly because I didn’t know how to spell it yet. I loved the adventure of the game, roaming the world catching new Pokémon. I even tried to get into the competitive side of the game in 2017 on Pokémon Ultra Sun. My strongest memory of Pokémon is from the spin off game Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky. In that game you stop the planets paralysis but you travel from the future with your Pokmon Grovyle to fix the world so when the player saves the day all the pokemon from the future will be erased as their timeline is erased. Grovyle manages to talk around his nemesis Dusknoir by explaining his reasoning with him which I will leave at bottom of this page

Doctor Who

When I was 6 I was watching TV on a Sunday night and I caught the end of a rerun of the episode the Satan Pit with David Tennant’s tenth doctor. He fought a monster that was meant to be the inspiration for the devil throughout the universe. I needed to watch more so I found out it was on and watch it week after week. It became my favourite TV show. The Doctor who resonated most with me was Peter Capaldi, his portrayal taught me how to self reflect and grow from the inside. In the 12th Doctor’s second Christmas special he has to accept the end of his time with his wife River Song as a crashing spaceship lands them on the planet their final night together is spent. The Doctor knows this as in his 10th incarnation met River and she died in front of him and she told him that the last place she saw him was at the singing towers of Darillium. This episode helped me cope with the loss of my grandparents as when the Doctor is sad River consoles him by reminding him that happily ever after doesn’t mean forever it just means time, little time. Knowing my grandparents got to spend their final years with each other, in my opinion that would be their happily ever after.

Fire Emblem

When I was 13 I was out of school for a while due to struggling to find a school that could cope with my difficulties. I was trying every demo the Nintendo eshop had to offer on my Nintendo 3DS and I played and enjoyed the demo for Fire Emblem Awakening. So I bought the full game. The bonds of friendship that the game showed me, that true strength comes from those around you and that strength can overcome any evil. I was hooked on the game and when it’s successor Fire Emblem Fates came out I played that too. It showed me that family is what you make of it, that the world is not black and white it is a muddled and grey. I played the next game when it came out; Fire Emblem: Three Houses. This game showed me that I needed to forge my own path in this world or be trodden underfoot of all those carelessly reaching for the sky and that we must defend the present, after all it is all we truly have. Three Houses had a side game following the same story but from a different angle, Fire Emblem: Three Hopes. This game spoke to me as it showed me that no matter the power of your darkness there is always a way to overcome it and not let it define you. The most recent game Fire Emblem: Engage was released as I lost two of my grandparents within a couple of months. The game theme of connection really spoke to me in my grief and brought me through the worst of it

Dungeons & Dragons

When I was 16 I was approached by a teacher that I shared an interest in Pokémon and he suggested I join the new lunchtime Dungeons & Dragons group. I join and enjoyed playing the pre-made Rouge character I had named Valric Rumhand. For the next campaign I wanted to make an original character and build a background and stats from the ground up. I then created Theros an Arcane Trickster Rouge. I enjoyed playing Theros a lot and enjoyed the combination of magic and swordplay so my Dungeon Master (DM) told me to make my next Theros a Hexblade Warlock. This created the character that would be part of my campaigns for years to come. I was encouraged to write my own tale as a DM which I took to and I now run a group on Sundays.

“Who I am is where I stand. Where I stand, is where I fall”

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The 12th Doctor (Doctor Who)

“All we’re asking for is the ability to live as we think best. Is that really so bad?”

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Gray (Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia)

“Power itself is neutral the good or evil comes from the one who wields it”

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Arval (Fire Emblem Three Hopes)

In The Doctor Falls, the Doctor makes an appeal to Missy and The Master, hoping that the childhood friend is still there and appealing to the good he’s seen grow in Missy over the course of that regeneration. He asks the opposing Time Lord “what would you die for”. This resonates with me because it showed me that having good principals that you stand by for success or to fall makes a good person.

In the final battle against a dragon seeking control of the world with might and terror. Alm and Celica’s Armies stand against Duma and as each character makes their first move they make a speech about why they stand against Duma and for Gray he seeks freedom to make his own choices whatever the cost. For me this resonates with me as I have faced controlling forces and to me all that matters to me is that I have my voice heard and be able to make informed choices without be told how I should live my life.

In Three Hopes Arval uses these words to comfort Shez the protagonist after realising that his power comes from an evil source, they say that it does not matter where his power comes from it matters what he does with that power. It comes to a head facing the final boss of the game where Shez defiantly say “Don’t get the wrong idea – my power’s got nothing to do with this, I’m standing here of my own free will!” This resonates with me as it does not matter where or how I got the skills and power I have, its about the change and tomorrow I make with it.

“Everything ends eventually. Even if history is not changed… Even if the world of darkness continues in its current state… Eventually the day will come when I won’t be here anymore. Since that’s the case, the timing of it doesn’t matter. The important thing is not how long you live… It’s what you accomplish with your life.
While I live, I want to shine. I want to prove that I exist. If I could do something really important… That would definitely carry on into the future. No… Not just into the future. In my friend’s futures too… My spirit has become part of them, I believe. In them, my spirit is alive. And that spirit could be passed along to others. And so, if I were to disappear…I think all that I have accomplished will go on. That is… That would mean…that it’s living, right?” – Grovyle – PMD: Explorers of Sky