{"id":24221,"date":"2025-12-18T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=24221"},"modified":"2025-11-26T20:11:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T04:11:54","slug":"sylum-advent-2025-day-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-advent-2025-day-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylum Advent 2025: Day 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23877\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-advent-2025-check-in-2\/bar-banner_advent2025\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bar-banner_advent2025.jpg?fit=500%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,150\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bar-banner_advent2025\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bar-banner_advent2025.jpg?fit=500%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23877 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bar-banner_advent2025.jpg?resize=500%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bar-banner_advent2025.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bar-banner_advent2025.jpg?resize=400%2C120&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bar-banner_advent2025.jpg?resize=150%2C45&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bar-banner_advent2025.jpg?resize=490%2C147&amp;ssl=1 490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Artwork:<\/strong> Thorin &amp; Smaug (AI)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Artist:<\/strong> Bj Jones<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> Oh Dear God &#8211; Smaug was a pain in the ass!\u00a0 Thorin was to.\u00a0 Bastards the both of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23899\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-advent-2025-day-18\/202ce890-6203-4ddc-b894-463b75420d1c\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/202CE890-6203-4DDC-B894-463B75420D1C.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"202CE890-6203-4DDC-B894-463B75420D1C\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/202CE890-6203-4DDC-B894-463B75420D1C.jpg?fit=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-23899 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/202CE890-6203-4DDC-B894-463B75420D1C.jpg?resize=800%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/202CE890-6203-4DDC-B894-463B75420D1C.jpg?resize=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/202CE890-6203-4DDC-B894-463B75420D1C.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/202CE890-6203-4DDC-B894-463B75420D1C.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/202CE890-6203-4DDC-B894-463B75420D1C.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/202CE890-6203-4DDC-B894-463B75420D1C.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/202CE890-6203-4DDC-B894-463B75420D1C.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Yes he&#8217;s in his assassin gear!\u00a0 Plus a moving image!<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 960px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-24221-1\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/N02fnX42ISDiJMAys7yg-kling-1-6-std-cjg2n.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/N02fnX42ISDiJMAys7yg-kling-1-6-std-cjg2n.mp4\">https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/N02fnX42ISDiJMAys7yg-kling-1-6-std-cjg2n.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artwork: Thorin &amp; Smaug (AI) Artist: Bj Jones Note: Oh Dear God &#8211; Smaug was a pain in the ass!\u00a0 Thorin was to.\u00a0 Bastards the both of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1137,137],"tags":[1136,50,1138],"class_list":["post-24221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sylum-advent-2025","category-sylum-events","tag-ai-images","tag-bj-jones","tag-sylum-advent-2025"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Da1M-6iF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21686,"url":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-advent-2023-day-twenty-one\/","url_meta":{"origin":24221,"position":0},"title":"Sylum Advent 2023: Day Twenty-One","author":"Nicolaus Meridius","date":"December 21, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Aesthetic: Thorin Durin Artist: Bj Jones \u00a0","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sylum Advent: 2023&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Sylum Advent: 2023","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/category\/sylum-events\/sylum-advent-2023\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bar-banner_advent2023.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":21650,"url":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-advent-2023-day-nine\/","url_meta":{"origin":24221,"position":1},"title":"Sylum Advent 2023: Day Nine","author":"Nicolaus Meridius","date":"December 9, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Aesthetic: Smaug Artist: Bj Jones Artist Note:\u00a0 He demanded his own along with the rest of the group","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sylum Advent: 2023&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Sylum Advent: 2023","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/category\/sylum-events\/sylum-advent-2023\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bjjones_Smaug_Aesthetic.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bjjones_Smaug_Aesthetic.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bjjones_Smaug_Aesthetic.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24214,"url":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-advent-2025-day-16\/","url_meta":{"origin":24221,"position":2},"title":"Sylum Advent 2025: Day 16","author":"Nicolaus Meridius","date":"December 16, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Artwork: Joshua Faraday (AI) Artist; 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