Well,
here they are! Listed by character, the best
Escaflowne guy shrines on the web. Hopefully
someday I'll have so many to list that I'll need to
split them off into separate pages, but for now one
will do. The high proportion of Dilandau sites does
not reflect any prejudice on my part - there are
simply more good shrines to him in existence. It
may seem conceited that I include my own sites in
this list; well, it is, but it's also because if my
own shrines didn't meet my standards for
Good Stuff I wouldn't bother with them. Anyway,
please enjoy these sites, and maybe they'll inspire
you to create your own! Quick
Navigation *
Jajuka *
Ruhm *
Home <<prettyboy
from
hell>>
The webmistress' own shrine, replete with
information, images and insanity. Read an awfully
long fanfic, check out my thoughts on the deeper
meaning of Dilandau, or drop by the Battle Arena to
take in a fight. Dilandau's
Lair
- Syrena Doné's excellent site devoted
to Dilandau and his loyal Dragonslayers. The fanart
section is highly recommended. See also the
Burning
Fortress,
a continuation of the Lair with even more neat
stuff, including some wonderful scan
galleries. alseid
- quite simply, one of the strangest li'l Dil-pages
out there. Captures the spirit of the boy! Come for
the peculiar poetry, stay for the Celebrity
Jeopardy. Moero
Moero
- the name means 'burn, baby, burn' *^.^* A snazzy
and snappy Dilandau shrine by the author of
Crusader (see below - Allen). Angry
Raspberry
- I always think of him as more of a cranberry, but
the keeper of this very stylish little shrine feels
differently. There are a lot of fun little features
- I especially like the 'coupling' one, if only
because the results make me giggle
immoderately. The
Lost Ones
- an expanded version of The Scar, a good solid
Dilandau shrine in the classical fire-and-brimstone
mode. Features 'The Gaea Gazette,' to keep you
up-to-date on issues for Esca fans, and I
believe Aphreal Danae is also working on a fandub
of the series. Doujinshi scans, too! Now includes
sections for Celena and the
Dragonslayers. dilandau
albatou
- says what it is and is what it says. This site
has some very interesting features, including a
numerological analysis of Dilandau's name (yes,
really!) and a piece entitled 'Dilandau vs. Freud'
which is really worth the visit *^.^*
Original and cool. Yummy
Dilly
- a fun, silly Dilandau-fantasy site that also
manages to fit in lots of pertinent information.
Used to be called Dillycious, but someone
complained that that was the name of her
site. Hmph! I've never heard of that
Dillycious! *^.^* The
Track
- yes, it's an actual Amano shrine! Your one-stop
shop for information and images relating to
Hitomi's dreamy sempai - and her best friend Yukari
too. This is by the same webmistress as Those Who
Hunt Dragons (see below), and it has the same
enjoyable writing style. The
Dragonpuff
Boys
- a small, sweet, silly work of fandom offering an,
um, interesting variant backstory for the
Dragonslayers. serenity
- at the moment, Chesta is my pet Dragonslayer, so
I was delighted to find such a good little shrine
to my ickle mushroom-head. *ahem* Gallery, stats,
information on both the movie and the series,
fanfic - good stuff. Vanity
Fair
- a Dalet shrine, of all things - elegantly pretty
(you'll need IE 5+, or the new Netscape if they
ever get it unsucky), featuring excellent fanart,
and overall yummy. SlayGround
- the parent site to Vanity Fair, showing
oodles of creativity and wit. Besides information,
opinion, fanfic and fanart, neat stuff like the
Doppelganger Free Zone, pretty wallpapers (how
could wallpaper of the Dragonslayers be anything
but pretty) and just general chewy
goodness. Those
Who Hunt
Dragons
- a simple but growing site dedicated to pretty
much everyone on the Vione, with original
commentary and a nice touch of humour. Neglected!!
- a shrine just for Migel Labariel. Which means I
got to take 'any individual Dragonslayer' off the
Shrineless list! I know that a Chesta shrine called
'Abused' existed but there was hardly anything in
it - where as Neglected!! has a respectable amount
of content, especially for such a minor character.
Nice! gattilicious
- now Gatti has a shrine too! From the mind that
brought you serenity. brothers
in arms
- a joint Folken and Van shrine, which I place here
'cause Folken's older *^.^* Absolutely beautiful
design, perceptive, informative writing, a class
act any way you look at it. The
Folken Sanctum
- Now incorporating material from the sadly-defunct
fallen*angel, this is a sharply-designed and
very informative Folken shrine, with wonderful
galleries. {{
Black Dragon }}
-
This took me forever so you'd better like it *^.^*
All my thoughts on the sexy Strategos, with
galleries, entertaining miscellany and even some
information you don't read everywhere. 2000 was the
Year of the Dragon; 2001 is the year of space
oddities, which is quite fitting as Folken looks a
bit Bowiesque. Walking
Shadow
- A thoughtful and well-written Folken shrine which
doesn't shy away from topics like... *ominous
chords* The Mullet. Wins the Most Intellectual Gong
for quoting Juvenal on the index page. Strategos
- a neat little Folken shrine from the creator of
Zaibach Soldier (sadly lost to us).
Entertaining and informative, with lots of fanfic
too. I always enjoy the way Remalna Marguerite
writes about characters. The
Garnet-Eyed
Ones
- a good small shrine for Folken and Dilandau,
everyone's favourite... sinister guys with red
eyes. Features information, images and
fanart. dragon
* wings
- a Van-and-Hitomi shrine, very well made. My
favourite feature is 'Fate,' because it's so
appropriate, and this is also a good site for
information and images. Used to be IE-only, but now
works for Netscape too! Winged
Warrior
- a stylish, well-written and informative Van
shrine which features some really lovely fanart. As
of this writing, it's under heavy construction and
not all areas are active, but what you can see is
of an exceptionally high standard. happy
happy hyper temple of
Van-ness
- now, I know what you're thinking. Happy happy
hyper and Van Fanel? Do those go? But
the idea here is to be happy happy hyper about
Van, and that definitely works! It strikes a
delightful balance between actual information and
resources about Van, and... um... being very
strange. Viva Van's Pants. But watch out for
trouble in the image galleries, whose Javascript
(or maybe it's the frames) may cause some browsers
to quit. Mystic
Eyes
- sounds like it's gonna be a Hitomi shrine, but
actually it's about Hitomi and Van together, their
relationship. Sharp design, thoughtful writing and
fun stuff to keep you smiling. Kicks
butt. Promises
Not Needed
- another combined Van-and-Hitomi shrine, very
pretty, very perceptive, very much a pleasure to
visit. I've always been what X-Files fans
refer to as 'a shipper,' so I love sites like this.
Says some smart things about Allen, too, by the
way. FANELIA
- the kingdom of Van
Fanel
- revamped and in a new home, this was, according
to its webmistress, the first ever
Escaflowne guy shrine, which really
impresses me no matter what. It's looking much
smarter and there are plans for new additions; as
it stands, it's a solid shrine to our sweet
prince. Merchant
Prince
- My own little offering and my *counts on fingers*
third? Esca-guy shrine. On a similar scale to Oh My
Gadeth! (see below), this is an attempt to give
Dryden just a little of the glory he deserves -
c'mon, he has John Lennon glasses and more brains
than you can shake a stick at! He's cool!
Well, I wouldn't kick him out of bed for
eating crackers. See what you think. O
Noble
Merchantman
- Aria Nereid Fassa's 'shrine of adoration' for
Dryden is small but perfectly formed. Sounds
of Fortune
- a sound shrine to Dryden, so you can hear that
lovely deep voice, and all those wise-ass comments,
any time you like *^.^* Oh
My Gaddes!
- Another of my own productions, right down to the
horrible pun in the title *^.^* A smaller shrine to
my favourite secondary character and crush-object,
with the biggest (if not only) Gaddes image gallery
on the Web. Guardian
Force
- Another growing Jajuka shrine - this should be
considered under heavy construction, but the early
technical glitches seem to be fixed, and it looks
likely to be very good. And I think it's absolutely
great that Jajuka has fans besides me and my friend
Kevin. I mean, we're loyal, but we're sort of weird
and embarrassing. The
Moleman Worship
Page
- I am not making this up. There is really a Mr
Mole shrine. Little bit of fanart, little bit of
writing, but what I find really striking
is... just check out 'The Millerna-Moleman
Connection.' I just think it's cool that this place
exists. Simply
Ruhm
- a neat mini-shrine to Ruhm, the Fanelian wolfman.
About as big as you would expect from a shrine to a
character with such a tiny part to play, but
well-executed and with some nice thoughts. Older
versions of Netscape can't view it; try Internet
Explorer or Netscape 6.0. the
gallant
swordsman
- A sleek and exuberant new shrine for ol'
blue-eyes (or ol' aoi hitomi, as you might like to
call him after browsing through). emmy loves Allen
- if you do too, you'll have fun here. The
Allen Schezar
Project
- I had this gestating for so long I started to
feel like a pregnant elephant. Anyway, here it is,
my very own Allen Schezar shrine! Lots of pretty
pictures, heaps of original commentary, and, well,
a great deal of Allen. Full of salty goodness
*^.^* Crusader
-
Apart from being attractive, stylish and well
thought-out, this mini-shrine contains the most
twisted and brilliant piece of Allen fanart I've
ever seen. A
Knight's Honor
- Once just a mini-shrine to Allen, this has
undergone extensive renovation and expansion,
emerging with elegant design (it won the *escaboys
Beauty Award), thoughtful commentary and more
images than you can shake a stick at, especially
movie screencaps. Badass black-leather Allen -
rrrowr *^.^* Allen
Schezar Online
- A big, bouncy, black-and-blue Allen shrine,
expansive but unfortunately irregularly
maintained. Mr
T versus
Escaflowne
- I really was remiss in not linking to this
sooner. It's brilliant. It's insane. I can't
believe how much work must have gone into it and
it's absolutely ridiculous. I mean that as the
highest possible compliment *^.^* Go. Pee yourself
laughing. I don't know, I just love the fact that
people put hours of their lives into making stuff
like this up. Still
Shrineless If
you want to make an Escaflowne guy shrine
but you also want to do something new and fresh,
why not focus on one or more of these guys? They're
all special in their own way, but I'm still looking
for sites on them that I can feature. Yes,
okay, I'm kidding about Dornkirk *^.^* (Actually,
I've heard that the keepers of www.Dilandau.com and
the Moleman Worship Page are planning to
collaborate on a shrine to him! I find this very
scary but sort of cool.) Most of these guys, of
course, have smaller rôles to play in the
series - but that doesn't mean they're not cool and
shrineworthy! (I always think of Balgus as Obi-Wan
Kenobi played by an elderly Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Which means my Dad would consider him a
god.) Other
Excellent Escaflowne Resources The
Vision of Escaflowne Compendium
sites
Man
Prettyboy's Best
Friend
- (I don't know how visible that is, but 'Man' is
meant to be struck out) A well-made and thorough
little shrine for Dilandau's most loyal companion,
and the coolest bipedal dog in the world, by a good
friend of mine, but that's not why it's in here,
honestly!
* Lord Dornkirk * Leon Schezar *home