DEVIL'S TRAIN || COMPLETE Albatross and Fathom M.A.P. 

Fathom... The fragile innocent soul who got roped into the bloodiest horror and came out clean. Ever since the incident with his grandfather, he was horrified of himself, and the world was horrified of him too. He lived for years in isolation, he swore to never have dragonets, and he was forbidden to be with his true love. Nothing could ever seem more hopeless than his position in that point in his life. He really didn’t have a single reason to keep going. And then one day he was given the chance to prevent someone else from ending up like his grandfather, but that someone encouraged him to risk ending up like him instead. He was both stressed and horrified but he never gave in. His big heart prevented him from ever falling into the madness of losing his soul. But that meant he would have to watch someone close to him fall to the madness of their power once again. Right from the start Fathom was doomed to a life of both misery and terror. He was born with a special gift that nearly everyone around him either wanted to exploit or get rid of. Most of those around him either feared him or wanted to use him. It was practically impossible for him to find a way out of the nightmare and end his story with a smile. But despite all that, he managed to get his happy ending. He got to be with his true love and a family of their own. And thanks to his innocent soul, he never had to worry about losing it to the magic. His hard effort to stay good had paid off.

Poor Fathom. Poor Albatross. Both deserved better. In reality, it was Lagoon who drove Albatross to insanity by constantly saying he was replaceable. A monster. Someone who could never escape her. She even wanted him to kill his own daughter, but he refused! Lagoon, I hate you.

Ngl, those end credits with the Tomas the train soundtrack really got me! X,D AHHH!!! Ive been waiting to see this map for so long!!! everyone did so amazingly!!!

I love the touch of Albatross's blood being blue, it suggests that Icewing blood is relatively new to Seawing royalty (as in the trait for blue blood hasn't yet been bred out of the line yet.) I honestly wonder how an Icewing and a Seawing ended up together, was it arranged? Maybe there was some sort of alliance thing. The Icewings didn't seem upset that the Seawings have animus powers now, maybe it's because their animus returned home/married into another royal family instead of staying away/marrying a common dragon

The Thomas the Train music at the end-

YES IT’S HERE!

ohH!!! It's finnaly out! Let me watch it >:) woo!! great map! Good job to all the participants :] the outro song is great

me; watches this the end; plays thomas the train music me; is that- me; goes back to begining to avoid insanity

Darkstalker conceal carry darkstalker violence darkstalker anger darkstalker war crimes darkstalker vehicular manslaughter darkstalker eye witness testimony darkstal

EVERYONE DID SO AMAZING AAAAAA But dang, my part is so old fhdhfdh

The lyrics in some of this is so good XD Like: "I lost it, that was when my grandpa's carcass emerged from the dark, gurgling his words of carnage but he couldn't talk. Something about the vert of sadness. I scurried off, I was on the verge of madness!" SO BOOTIFUL. The lyrics matches him BEAUTIFULLY! I even like how it says "granddad" because Albatross WAS his grandpa in the books. F in the chat for Fathom. He has been through so much. He cared about his grandfather deeply and looked up to him so much. They started to actually hang out but then he had to be the one to end him. Fathom must have been so strucken by the fact that the Albatross he knew that told him stories and made jokes, mentoring him and all of that stuff. He must have been so confused and shocked that his grandpa turned out that way and killed his entire family. Then, after he had to suffer through the most horrifying event in Wof history, he got separated from Indigo and everyone treated him like he was just like Albatross. That messed with his brain, because when he was at the Night Kingdom, multiple times, he tells Indigo he isnt safe. Like he is going to end up like his grandfather and everyone is going to die. Then, Fathom starts to hang out AGAIN with Darkstalker just to see him slowly go insane, just like with Albatross. His best friend, Dark, helped him out whenever he felt scared, they had fun together, and in the books, it mentioned that he could start to forget what happened to his entire family. Darkstalker just keeps ignoring Fathom while Fathom is trying to convince Darkstalker to stop using magic. Then Indigo "disappears" and abandons him, so now Fathom also feels like no one cares about him. And then, when Darkstalker enchanted his father and told him to kill himself. Clearsight takes his scroll away and tells Fathom "It's too late, he is crazy." So, poor Fathom had to enchant his friend to basically "die" like what he did to his grandfather (not really, but it might feel that way to him) a dragon he really cared about. So yeah, he has been through quite a lot, so lets get some sympathy in the chat

1:54 Let's all take a moment to appreciate this frame like omg

Me: Watches murder dragon map and not scared Thomas train song starts playing Me: AHHHhHhHhHhHHHH!!!!!

HOLY HECC ITS DONE!!! AAA Thank you so much for letting me participate Mars! I can't wait to see the final product!

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Okay, I cannot wait for this! I have been waiting for so long! ;DDDDD See ya in 6 hours!

WOOHOO THAT WAS EPIC :D GOOD JOB EVERYONE!

OH MY GOD LETS GO!!!!!

This turned out absolutely amazing!! Seeing everyone's parts all together is so cool! Everyone did such a great job. And seeing this all come together over the course of the last year, has been amazing to watch. You've done such an amazing job on this whole thing. And it has left such an impression on me. Thank you so much for letting me have a part in it. It's a dream come true, and the fact that it has introduced me to so many great friends is something that will stick with me forever

IVE WAITED SOOOOOO LONG IM SO HAPPY!!!!

Oh my gOD THIS WAS AMAZING- I CANNOT EVEN SAY HOW EXCITED I WAS! Marslowell you and all the other amazing animators did such a great job with this! When I first heard this song I just didn’t particularly like it, but then I got to a point where I couldn’t get ENOUGH of it and just MY GOD- I LOVE THE SONG AND CONCEPT, AND MAN ALBATROSS IS THE BEST- no joke this is gonna go down as one of my absolute FAVORITE MAPS in HISTORY! APPLAUSE FOR Y’ALL WHO WORKED ON THIS! 👏👏👏

You know how this is about Fathoms chapters in Darkstalkers book? I kinda want a book on his sister Pearl. I mean everyone died and she became the Queen of the Seawings overnight I think it would be cool to learn about her time ruling the Seawings.

Omg this premieres right after i get out of work Yessss

IT'S COMINGGG AHH I'VE BEEN WATCHING FOR THIS MAP I'M SO EXCITED!!!

It has been 1000000 years and yet it might be poggers

What if I told you I want to re do my part- (jkjkjk) I can’t wait to see this finished! It’s been almost a year ;0;

OH MY GOSH EVERYONES PARTS ARE JUST STUNNING!! Thank you so much for letting me participate :D I would definitely join future projects like this! The Tomas music at the end XD Congratulations on the thumbnail winner!! Glad I participate! Now time to advertise the devils train out of this map!

You know your early when your families have been blessed about 30 times

Feels so good to see this complete! I finished my part about a week before starting college, and now I'm a week away from my freshman year being complete - this MAP means a lot to me :)

Fathom and Albatross are the two best character sin this entire series and no one can change my mind. The amount of complexity around each of their character arcs is just insane. I could reread that subplot over and over and still get chills up my spine when Albatross is slowly losing it and then starts hunting his family. Freaking awesome

OMG IM AO PUMPED UP IM SO SO SOOOO EXCITED BEO THIS IS GPNNA BE SO AWESOME

Why does this song actually fit perfectly

2:54 Excellent work! Love the expressions and the details!

I MISSED THE PREMIERE NOOOO THANK YOU SO MUCH MARS FOR LETTING ME JOIN, I MET SO MUCH AMAZING PEOPLE

Guess what? I am going to sit in a lonley dark corner and wait

OMG I LOVED IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH MARS FOR LETTING ME PARTICIPATE

Oh my- That was STUNNING. (This one’s going into my special playlist for SURE.) The animations were fantastic, the music was a fantastic choice (both the actual song and the Thomas theme🤣), the story is portrayed in a way that made me feel so many emotions. I was laughing, almost crying, gasping in awe, and feeling chills go down my back at the last five parts or so 👏👏👏 AMAZING JOB TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED!

GOD,, THIS MAP CAME OUT AMAZING!! THE EDITING AND PARTS AND I JUST,,, AM BLOWN AWAY I AM LITERALLY SO HAPPY TO SEE THIS FINISHED, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME JOIN THIS IS AMAZING AHHH

THIS WAS AMAZING! Air immediately left my nose when I saw the credits lmao.

Just set an alarm so I can watch this live! So excited, everyone did so good 🥺

I like at 5:02 how it shows that fathom got startled when darkstalker put his wing around him by flashing his scales a little bit. (I just appreciate the little details 👍) Amazing Map btw!!

YOOOOO IM SO EXITEDDD!!!!!!

Omggg the credits thooooo HOW DUDE ITS SO AMAZING Such a smart idea But anyway I still sad that I was at school when this premiered but WOW ITS FINALLY DONE WOOOOOO EVERYOJE HAS DONE SO AMAZINGGG WOW

AHHHH YES!!! Everyone did such a fantastic job on their parts, giving darkstalker and albatross creepy vibes in all the right spots! Thanks again to mars for being an excellent host and collab partner! And thanks for letting me join! I had a blast working on my parts and working with you! :) Also the credits are SOOOO enjoyable to watch mars and mav did a spectacular job with it!!

AAAA IM EXCITEDDDD SO EXCITEDDD

Theory: Animus magic is the devil in Wings of Fire, it gives the dragon that has animus powers the ability to do anything, literally, anything, but while also slowly draining their soul and making them insane. Animuses have tried to protect their souls (DarkStalker and Anemone, for an example), but still the ability to do anything slowly drained their sanity, just like it’s often mentioned in Talons of Power, animus magic is often used to make the dragon’s life better and easier, for an example if I was an animus I would enchant the dishes to wash themself after I made food, or enchanted the food to make itself. But still, with the dishes washing themself and the food cooking itself, unlike in the reality where I cooked the food and washed the dishes, in the reality with magic dishes and sh*t I wouldn’t feel accomplished after doing it. And so on, I’d be enchanting more simple things to make my life easier, but still I would lack that feeling of accomplishment completely, if I enchanted my pen to write only the correct answers on an exam and got an A, and told my parents, which would be proud, but I’d still have that rotting feeling of fake success in myself, and it bottling up with many other fake accomplishments. I could enchant something to have a partner, be rich, have no job to do. And I’d have infinite time, instead of constantly working hard to get some free time to relax and have that amazing feeling. I’d soon fall into depression amongst many other mental illnesses (dbdbdbbdhd i already have depression LMAO), and soon take my life, to end my suffering, and then find myself in hell (Suicide is an unforgivable sin? I dunno i’m atheist lol). Work is one of the things that makes people happy. Remember that time when you made your family your first meal? Sure it might’ve been bad or good, but you felt good for a moment. The hard work paid off, you’ve felt that feeling, like you matter, you put effort into something for yourself and others, accomplishment. Without that, you could just enchant the food to cook itself and be great. Your family would compliment you and say it’s good, you’d thank them but that dark thought, the food wasn’t made by you, you’re not good, you’re not capable of anything without help, you’re bad, you’re dumb, you don’t deserve to live. Do you agree with me? (Also, excuse my grammar and spelling mistakes, this is an overused excuse but I’m not English, hope you liked my theory, thanks for understanding! :>)

this is my favorite map ever and i am so thrilled and proud i got to be apart of suck a wonderful project with so many wonderful artists~!

i talked so much in the live chat lmao edit: if anyone was wondering what the live chat was talking about before it started, we were making among us references and talking to ex queen scarlet

I LOVE the way you Depict the way Queen Lagoon's Death The way they bob there heads just cracks me up! You did a FREAT JOB marslowell!

MY LIFE HAS GAINED MEANING

Darkstalker: you waiting on a train Fathom: ya waiting for the train that takws you to h311

Love the credits! 🤣

ooo this map is great! but i was NOT expecting the outro music...

DUDE YES I WAS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE THIS, ITS SO COOL EVERYONES ART AND ANIMATION IS AMAZING keep up the good work!!!! :DD

I think that is was pretty cool how the words matched with the actual MAP, that's something you don't see much.

I headcanon that there's a very real possibility, that if Indigo didn't go with Fathom... that Darkstalker wouldn't have become evil... or, at least not as bad as he ended up being, But then, Fathom would probably... well... lets just say, wouldn't want to live anymore after the events of Darkstalker took place. All his family essentially hates him, and wants nothing to do with him because of his magic.. same with his entire tribe. Then on top of that, witnessing something that caused him serious PTSD, and then one of his own friends becoming evil, and he himself had to do something to stop it... All of this, put together, and given the right situations, would lead Fathom to be so isolated, and alone, that there would be nothing left for him no matter where he went. It's painful to think about, but for me... that feels like such a real possibility, that I can't rule out the idea that it could have happened.

Ah! The map was so good! And I nearly burst out laughing at the song you chose for the credits!

I love how Lagoon is on the front of the train just looking terrified on the credits and Great Map!

BRO THE THOMAS THE TRAIN INTRO IN THE CREDITS GOT ME LAGUTHING

This map is so great! I think this is already one of the most iconic maps in the community- ive been waiting for this for so long! Im disappointed I missed the premiere, of course, but not at all disappointed in the final product. Amazing job all animators!

Absolutely incredible work from so many talented artists and animators! I had no idea this MAP was going to be as big and long as it turned out being, but it was well worth the wait. Great work!!

The emotion that this song, and then thomas the tank engine music immediately after cuases is very fascinating

OMG YOU DON'T KNOW HOW HYPED UP I WAS FOR THISSSSSSSSSS IT'S SO GOOOOD IT WAS SO WORTH THE WAIT

I'm so glad it's here!! It was so much fun to work and participate in the MAProject, everyone was so chill! Thanks so much for hosting it! The editing is also pretty amazing :00

OMG IT WAS FINISHED AND I DIDNT KNOW! ok but seriously things amazing, everyone’s parts are awesome!

The map was amazing! I could never draw so well. (Also the way you did the credits, perfect, wonderful, amazing!)

Honestly the way you did the credits is amazing-

This is one of my favorite Seawings videos . This is awesome. Amazing job!!

I finally finished Darkstalker, now I’m going to reward myself with this MAP

it was SO amazing seeing everyone's hard work as a finished product! this map is absolutely full of amazing artists and I'm so happy it's complete!

THIS WAS EPIC!! My part did like a warp thing and it’s old which makes me cringe buT the map was gorgeous,,,and the cars????? Yeah that’s the only reason my life has purpose anymore Seriously thank you for being an awesome host and letting me be your little unofficial co-conductor, it was a blast!!! 💕💕💕💕

Video: About a traumatized dragon scared of his power. Also video: *Thomas the Tank Engine theme intensifies*

Everyone did such an amazing job! Thank you for this mars!!

I forgot to comment on this once I watched it but this MAP was amazing! All the animators' parts were awesome! And I think the song choice was good, too! Honestly just watched it again, probably already the tenth time I've watched this MAP, its so freaking good!

Oh my goodness, this came out so well! Thank you for having me, it was an honor to work with so many incredible people!

It was so well worth the wait! Couldn't make it for the premier because of an orchestra concert, but it was so well done! Good job to everyone who did a part and who helped out in the MAP! Also, the ending was 😩👌

I still watch this after a year, its just so unbelievably good! Also I love this because albatross is my favorite character lol

BRO I CANT BELIVE HOW GOOD THIS CAME OUT! ITS AMAZING!

Whoaaa, great job to everyone who participated! Looks great :)

MY GOD I'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS BEING DEVELOPED! HOW DID I MISS THIS AAAAAAAAAAAA EVERYONE DID SO GOOD, I AM SCREAMING AAAAAA

This is amazing! Eevryone did such a good job!

I was planning to watch it ever since this came out. I’m not in the WoF fandom anymore, but now that I just watched this, it makes me want to come back.

BROOOOOOO THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING OMG. ALL THE ANIMATORS DID SO WELL

Holy mother this is perfect in ever way

I LOVE your art style marslowell! It gives me a happy feeling

FINALLY NOW I AM IN PEACE!!!

everyone did amazing!! This map IS POGCHAMP! Also love the ending *wheeze*

YOO ive been waiting for this :D

IT'S FINALLY HERE !! EVERYONE DID SUCH A GOOD JOB

I absolutely frickin love the way you set up the credits 😂

ok, i have been waiting so long... WORTH EVERY SECOND!

This is going to be epic!! Can't wait to watch it!

I’m so excited!! Might miss the premiere but I’ll have to wait and see.

Very good job, I think you captured the Darkstalker book very well. (Also the credits cracked me up)

BIG BIG POGGERS!!!!!! I was at golf so I wasnt able to watch it at the premiere sadly ;-;. During my whole practice this song was STUCK IN MY HEAD AAAA!!! Watching this now the wait was totally worth it it looks AWESOME!!!! Everyone is so talented and they all did so awesome!! Both MAP participants and thumbnail participants!! I had so much fun making my part and hanging out with everyone on the Discord server!!! Thank you so much for hosting this glorious MAP Mars and thanks so much for letting me join!!

THIS IS SO GOING TO BE EPIC!

it turned out so well and everyone did an amazing job!!! ahhhh!!!!

I WAS SO DESPERATE TO SEE THE FINISHED MAP MARS AIISDIDIISIRUFBT THIS IS SO FANTASTIC I HOPE TO JOIN YOUR MAPS IN FUTURE TIME AAAAAAAA

That’s beautiful, everyone did so well!

YES this turned out absolutely gorgeous!! Congrats and good job to everyone in it!!

Holy MOLY I CANT WAIT!!!! It’s dooooooone!!