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“Once upon a time, in land long since burned to ash, there lived a young princess who loved her kingdom… ”

I absolutely adore Aelin’s story! I started reading this series in August and it grew very dear to me over the last few months. It was a wonderful time and it really hurt to say goodbye to this world and the characters when I finished Kingdom of Ash

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The full sleeve art for the Barnes & Noble edition of Kingdom of Ash!

I was honored to be involved in the final installment, both Sarah and the series definitely shaped my life a little bit. Hope you all enjoy the final book! 

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Throne of Glass characters as Hamilton lyrics

Aelin: I probably shouldn't brag but dag I amaze and astonish

Rowan: When I fight I make the other side panicky

Nehemia: I will lay down my life if it sets us free

Aedion: No one has more resilience or matches my practical tactical brilliance

Lysandra: I never had a group of friends before I promise that I'll make y'all proud

Dorian: Life doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints

Manon: Turn around, bend over I'll show you where my shoe fits

Elide: He looked at me like I was stupid I'm not stupid

Asterin: If they dont reach a peace that's alright, time to get some pistols and a doctor on site

Nesryn: I joined a rebellion cause I know it's my chance to socially advance

Fenrys: Give me a position show me where the ammunition is!

Rolfe: Boom goes the cannon watch the blood and the shit spray

Erawan: They say the price of my war's not a price that they're willing to pay

Maeve: I'm never gonna stop until I make em drop and burn em up and scatter their remains

Chaol: So what'd I miss?

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Once you were made of the sky do you remember that? Before they told you what you were supposed to be Before they destroyed your elegant wings. Before they tricked you and chained you to an idea to a prison they made for you branded you with a label, with pain Tried to remold you into something easier for them to understand. But your blood didn’t let you forget, did it? The taste of the sky, The memories of flying to the horizon just to kiss the sun before he fell asleep. Once Apollo himself loved you so much, that he softened the sun’s heat so it could not melt your wings. He is still waiting for you to remember who you were before they turned you into something they understood. Come, you have always known what it would take to eat those chains, to fly free again. Nothing about this was ever going to be easy Freedom was built on backs and bones and blood. Take the thing that is owed to you. Forge new wings in the belly of betrayal. Watch them quiver as you rise again, this time breathing fire your spine made of fury. Show them what happens when they try to take the voice from those born of the sky Become your own battlecry.

Nikita Gill, Freedom (via meanwhilepoetry)

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We Are All Guilty

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I started a new blog that deals with my graduate school and community development. Feel free to follow!

The Beginning

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Sketching up Aelin and Rowan from the latest book from the “Throne of Glass” series by Sarah J. Maas.

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Aang: I love your hair.

Katara: What?

Aang: No, I-I… I love… the air…

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random tolkien edit: [10/?]

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character posters: Arwen

“For mine is the choice of Luthien, and as she so have I chosen, both the sweet and the bitter.”

requested by @eveenstar and @synystergays.

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In Memory of the Elves

They have shed their blood to defend this land

They have given everything they had to give

They sacrificed so much

For they loved Middle Earth

They loved the peace after the war

But in time, all evil things come forth

Some things must end

Even after thousands of years, endings still must come

But there was hope for the Eldar and to the Sea they went

Paths will always lead home, even for the fairest of folk

I bid you all a very fond farewell 

Namarië

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Reasons Why I love Tolkien

Reason Number One: He wrote strong female characters into his work before women really had a voice and his women are still stronger than many women writers invent today. 

Reason Number Two: Tolkien was an amazing linguist and inventor. Many of his languages stem from others (Quenya was modeled after Finnish) but they are all original and provide such a rich depth to his work. 

Reason Number Three: Tolkien invented an entire mythology and provided a rich history for all of his worlds. No one had ever written an entire invented mythology just for books before and his mythology was indeed very detailed. 

Reason Number Four: Tolkien drew and designed maps. Maps are awesome. I love all of the visual imagery shown in these maps and how detailed everything is that Tolkien thought up. 

Reason Number Five: Tolkien did not use the common, perfect heroes. Instead, he used ordinary, unlikely people to accomplish heroic feats. Everyone had to work together to save the world; Elves, Dwarves, and Men had to get along. But, it was all because of the brave Hobbits that the quest succeeded. “Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.”

There are many other reasons why I love Tolkien’s works so much, but these are my top five!!!