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GODDESS OF THE MOON AND STARS KHROSTEIA

ASSOCIATED WITH : Death, madness, and alchemy SACRED PLANTS : oleander, deadly nightshade, and angel’s trumpet. SACRED ANIMAL (s): wolves, serpents, ravens, and butterflies.

the goddess of the moon and stars, she also is affiliated with illusions and transformation. the popular myth razmir’s labyrinth makes her the lover of the mortal alchemist after he faces her trials. Divine Mother, moons and stars supernova'd from her essence.

Khrosteia is favored as patron goddess of scholars, alchemists, and mages. there are many arcane secrets that are rumored to have been revealed to mortals by Khrosteia. her greatest worshippers are known to brand their bodies with arrays that come from “khrosteia’s gift”. these mages and alchemists are exceptionally powerful. she is also associated with seers, the oracles rely on her moonlight to illuminate the paths in their visions, and it is ill-advised to ask an oracle for a prophecy on a moonless night, as Khrosteia will not deliver her blessing to see through the illusions that the oracle may see.

in general, khrosteia is known as a goddess who works for her own benefit. sometimes her desires will be beneficial to mortals, and sometimes they won’t be.

Blood sacrifices in pursuit of knowledge will surely bring you good fortune from this goddess. She values those who delve into what is forbidden to further their own gains, especially those who would sacrifice all else to make that happen. She values those that are willing to feel pain for their goals, adoring those that will kill or bleed to succeed. She loves to watch the madness of others come out.

Compose harrowing arias of battle and bloodshed - involve passionate love and sharp violins in her name. Operatic is preferred, but she will accept any different kind if the story reaches her strongly enough. Piece together her altar with dim candles, bones and brambles, surround by a wreathe of roses and Belladonna berries, feathers to decorate and pray to her with. Performing alchemy on or near her altar will greatly please her.

Her appearance is that of a dark-skinned, naked goddess wrapped in a pure white silken robe. Striking silver hair falls far past her heels, large black caprinae horns wrap her head like a laurel, with bright red eyes to capture your attention immediately. On her back she will be able to grow large and formidable wings of bone and sinew, with the rest of her body decorated with many alchemical symbols. Her third eye proudly on display, looking deeply into your truth.

one could consider the Goddess Khrosteia to be a goddess forbidden by the more morally lawful of scholars. though she takes great care of her patrons, she is not exactly known for her goodness. there is no benevolence. once weakness is sensed, weakness is punished swiftly. she will rip through bone and flesh, tear apart the brain that so dares to forget their piety.

a show of weakness as her patron is a direct sign of contempt. of mockery. disrespect. Most of, if not all, of Qistina's nature is a direct result of Khrosteia's soul. Qistina is not a traditional reincarnation, as alchemy is not a power of humans. rather, it is a power of gods. specifically, Khrosteia, who dared to show her power against the other gods before her. She is rebellious and utterly thirsty to remain free. Khrosteia comes forth against Qistina's soul every time she uses alchemy to overexertion. Her body simply cannot contain the goddess's power within, she would break apart. However.

in moments, there is a certain catalyst that sparks against her abilities as an alchemist. when soul of Qistina and soul of Khrosteia join as one. her body may disappear, but what remains is the very thing found beyond the end of the light. She becomes an EinSof - a god before gods were born. power compressed within a body of blinding light. a eye to give sight to the soul within sits in the middle of what could be a 'face'.

it is not death itself. it is a creature that exceeds humanity and cosmic being alike. both Qistina and Khrosteia fight from within. Qistina remains alive because of Khrosteia, and Khrosteia is still alive because of Qistina. In this, they become One and their souls join with that EinSof, that creature that sits beyond soul and eldritch knowledge. She will be different, yet the same. Such a joining has only happened once, if ever so briefly ― the moment when both the lives of Qistina and Khrosteia were in danger. Tied to the witches pyre for her crucifixion, killing all life in the village. All person and leaf and soil and air. Though it quickly returned to her soul at the behest of Khrosteia's soul, having just awakened from Qistina's constant discovery of alchemy. Qistina does not know to this extent, but there will come a time when she does. The madness of Khrosteia will surely bring about this second coming and further destroy the world for its betrayal of Her.

qistina consumes. when the goddess khrosteia's soul seeps strongly through her thoughts in times of alchemical performances, she will be prone to consuming her enemies. tearing through ribs to snag at the heart, remove it by the swiftness of needle through cloth. crack the skull to drink deeply the mind that so carried a daring to go against her power -

she is the moon. the beautiful moon. powerful enough to sway the tides, make calm the uncontrollable - make violent the quiet. brighten even the darkest of nights, frighten lost souls when hidden behind wispy clouds of grey. she gives hope to the hopeless, and dreams to the uncertain. qistina, is certainly a woman like this. she became her own moon, even without the power of Khrosteia ( the moon herself ) a powerful soul to break even the unbreakable, and a shining light in the darkness. but frightening and more beautiful than anything one could imagine.

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Top New Fantasy Books July 2020

The Book of Dragons: An Anthology by Jonathan Strahan

Type: Anthology Publisher: Harper Voyager Release date: July 7

Den of Geek says: I’m always looking for a good book about dragons, and this incredible list of authors promises adventurous and unique stories. Anne Leckie, Zen Cho, Seanan Maguire, J.Y. Yang, Patricia A McKillip, Brooke Bolander … it’s an astounding, literary-flavored list of people qualified to write cool creatures.

Publisher’s summary: Here there be dragons . . .

From China to Europe, Africa to North America, dragons have long captured our imagination in myth and legend. Whether they are rampaging beasts awaiting a brave hero to slay or benevolent sages who have much to teach humanity, dragons are intrinsically connected to stories of creation, adventure, and struggle beloved for generations.

Bringing together nearly thirty stories and poems from some of the greatest science fiction and fantasy writers working today— Garth Nix, Scott Lynch, R.F. Kuang, Ann Leckie & Rachel Swirsky, Daniel Abraham, Peter S. Beagle, Beth Cato, Zen Cho, C. S. E Cooney, Aliette de Bodard, Amal El-Mohtar, Kate Elliott, Theodora Goss, Ellen Klages, Ken Liu, Seanan Maguire, Patricia A McKillip, K. J. Parker, Kelly Robson, Michael Swanwick, Jo Walton, Elle Katharine White, Jane Yolen, Kelly Barnhill, Brooke Bolander, Sarah Gailey, and J. Y. Yang—and illustrated by award-nominated artist Rovina Cai with black-and-white line drawings specific to each entry throughout, this extraordinary collection vividly breathes fire and life into one of our most captivating and feared magical creatures as never before and is sure to become a treasured keepsake for fans of fantasy, science fiction, and fairy tales.

Buy The Book of Dragons by Jonathan Strahan on Amazon.

Or What You Will by Joe Walton

Type: Novel Publisher: Tor Books Release date: July 7

Den of Geek says: Jo Walton is a writer’s writer, highly praised but still generally skating under the radar. I found her 2014 My Real Children to not nearly live up to its very high concept, but she’s one of those authors with technical prowess who is at least worth checking out for context for women’s science fiction. The metafiction plot sounds fun.

Publisher’s summary: He has been too many things to count. He has been a dragon with a boy on his back. He has been a scholar, a warrior, a lover, and a thief. He has been dream and dreamer. He has been a god.

But “he” is in fact nothing more than a spark of idea, a character in the mind of Sylvia Harrison, 73, award-winning author of thirty novels over forty years. He has played a part in most of those novels, and in the recesses of her mind, Sylvia has conversed with him for years.

But Sylvia won’t live forever, any more than any human does. And he’s trapped inside her cave of bone, her hollow of skull. When she dies, so will he.

Now Sylvia is starting a new novel, a fantasy for adult readers, set in Thalia, the Florence-resembling imaginary city that was the setting for a successful YA trilogy she published decades before. Of course he’s got a part in it. But he also has a notion. He thinks he knows how he and Sylvia can step off the wheel of mortality altogether. All he has to do is convince her.

Buy Or What You Will by Jo Walton on Amazon.

The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal

Type: Graphic Novel Publisher: First Second Release date: July 14

Den of Geek says: The Adventure Zone is a wildly popular humorous fantasy podcast. It’s part of the big 2010s wave of Dungeons & Dragons coming back into the geek space. Especially for someone who might not want to listen to hundreds of episodes of a podcast, the illustrated version does a good job of smoothing out the story into a graphic novel format without removing the goofy chaos of the original podcast.

Publisher’s summary: START YOUR ENGINES, friends, Clint McElroy and sons Griffin, Justin, and Travis hit the road again with Taako, Magnus and Merle, the beloved agents of chaos from the #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novels illustrated by Carey Pietsch, The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins and The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited.

Our boys have gone full-time at the Bureau of Balance, and their next assignment is a real thorny one: apprehending The Raven, a master thief who’s tapped into the power of a Grand Relic to ransack the city of Goldcliff. Local life-saver Lieutenant Hurley pulls them out of the woods, only to throw them headlong into the world of battle wagon racing, Goldcliff’s favorite high-stakes low-legality sport and The Raven’s chosen battlefield. Will the boys and Hurley be able to reclaim the Relic and pull The Raven back from the brink, or will they get lost in the weeds?

Based on the beloved blockbuster podcast where three brothers and their dad play a tabletop RPG in real time, The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal has it all: blossoming new friendships, pining for outlaw lovers, and a rollicking race you can root for!

Buy The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal on Amazon.

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deathleadsarc · 2 years ago

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#🜎 | know that the alchemist has power over the stars and not the stars over him. | alchemy #khrosteia tbt.#🜎 a history of poison and creations most pleasantly foul | history

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deathleadsarc · 1 year ago

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the Cult of Khrosteia

As Khrosteia is favored as patron goddess of scholars, alchemists, and mages, there are many arcane secrets that are rumored to have been revealed to mortals by Khrosteia. her greatest worshippers are known to brand their bodies with arrays that come from “khrosteia’s gift”. these mages and alchemists are exceptionally powerful. she is also associated with seers, the oracles rely on her moonlight to illuminate the paths in their visions, and it is ill-advised to ask an oracle for a prophecy on a moonless night, as Khrosteia will not deliver her blessing to see through the illusions that the oracle may see.

her followers disguise themselves to blend more seamlessly into their surroundings and can only be told apart by the distinct alchemical arrays over their bodies. For some, the arrays will only appear when using alchemy, with each transmutation a direct offering to Khrosteia and her blessings. Though many tiers of followers exist to serve her, those of the highest tiers were permitted to drink of her blood and gain just a drop of her divine power. These followers are considered to have authority just below Khrosteia herself ( and Qistina, by extension )

in certain moments of extreme displays of power, there is a catalyst that sparks against her abilities as an alchemist. when soul of Qistina and soul of Khrosteia join as one. her body may disappear, but what remains is the very thing found beyond the end of the light. She becomes an EinSof - a god before gods were born. power compressed within a body of blinding light. a eye to give sight to the soul within sits in the middle of what could be a 'face'.

And so, such first tier followers will be distinguished not only by arrays, but by the red eye that crowns their foreheads like a diadem.

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Khrosteia has lived since the dawn of time with her fellow gods. One of the First, born far before the creation of earth. By the time of the Cambrian explosion to what is known now as humans, mortal life has existed long enough to lay eyes on her. Unlike her fellow gods, Khrosteia is not shy about making her presence known. Though her godly family has a designated 'most powerful' and therefore 'king', they had been all in agreement not to interact with the Earth or the growing intelligence of Humans. She aided them in exchange for sacrifices. She devoured enemies and gave birth to creatures that could give assistance; rough, lizard-like, hard scales and powerful jaws such as dragons.

Because of her lack of loyalty toward her siblings, the Great EinSof, even The One that Ruled them all, Khrosteia was made an enemy of all that surrounded her. She fell in love with a mortal alchemist in the 800's, and chose to live as a mortal as well ( though still retaining godhood ). When Razmir died, she chose to return to her god-siblings and face their punishments. It was The One that Ruled that finally killed her. The god of the void, Tohu wa-Bohu, or simply, Bohu. It was Bohu's husband Tikkun that chose to allow her soul to be reborn into the race that she loved and tortured so much.

She would be reborn in the 1400's within a mortal body

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Significant Creatures of Alchemy / various important names and theories related to her Alchemy and story

Nymph / Undina ( latin ) - Element Water. Sylph / Sylvestris ( latin ) - Element Air Pygmy / Gnomus ( latin ) - Element Earth Salamander / Vulcanus ( latin ) - Element Fire

The Sprites of fiery Termagants in Flame Mount up, and take a Salamander's name. Soft yielding minds to Water glide away, And sip, with Nymphs, their elemental Tea. The graver Prude sinks downward to a Gnome, In search of mischief still on Earth to roam. The light Coquettes in Sylphs aloft repair, And sport and flutter in the fields of Air.

alchemical properties and future creatures and theories based upon the works of Jābir ibn Hayyān and Paracelsus Hohenheim. Jabir's ultimate goal was Takwin, the artificial creation of life in the alchemical laboratory, up to, and including, human life. He analyzed each Aristotelian element in terms of four basic qualities of hotness, coldness, dryness, and moistness. According to Jabir, in each metal two of these qualities were interior and two were exterior. For example, lead was externally cold and dry, while gold was hot and moist.

Thus, Jabir theorized, by rearranging the qualities of one metal, a different metal would result. By this reasoning, the search for the philosopher's stone was introduced to Western alchemy. Jabir developed an elaborate numerology whereby the root letters of a substance's name in Arabic, when treated with various transformations, held correspondences to the element's physical properties.

The atomic theory of corpuscularianism, where all physical bodies possess an inner and outer layer of minute particles or corpuscles, also has its origins in the work of Jabir, while Paracelsus pioneered the use of chemicals and minerals in medicine and wrote, " Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines

there is so much to sift through, so much, but piecing it all together and shifting into a true world for her is going to be fun! her basic principles will be the same, but the beginning of that universe will be different. i cant wait to piece it all together properly

#🜎 | know that the alchemist has power over the stars and not the stars over him. | alchemy #🜎 a history of poison and creations most pleasantly foul | history #yes her alchemy is being reworked now due to uhhhh Khrosteia haha #i have a good plan to simplify it #but yes. creatures are being included in her world

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after thinking thoroughly, i think i should have a masterlist of all the Kingdoms around the one qissy is living in so I can keep up with it. and you know... for Lore reasons :> of course, i'll be running it by knight since our lore should be built together and all

for ex. Konigreich des Stolzes is ruled under King Mutigsten. With a flag so deeply green with silver in its border and emblem, boldly displaying the outline of a creature. In the form of an animal called a ‘lion’, with the shape of magnificent wings protruding from its back, its long tail curling around the legs like a snake. The closer you looked at the head of that lion, it seemed as if horns had sprouted to crown its intimidating appearance.

The Kings Knights consist of 6 very skilled and brilliant alchemists, accompanied often by the learning and aspiring squires ( who know little of impressive alchemy, but are quick to learn ) All squires were under the service of the King, either themselves or their family members, and are required to do a 'blood' test to be certain they are 'capable' of performing Alchemy in His Service. With the exception of a single squire by the name of Atlas, who is believed to be the reincarnation of the god of strength - Poros.

#🜎 a history of poison and creations most pleasantly foul | history #hmm??? hmmmmmmmmm????#an extra on the new carrd????#Her World #i ought to go into detail of how the kingdom even works but im trying to get a lot of detailed info on medieval living #some only covers the US but I specifically need germany haha so its taking a bit to piece together #naturally. i could go with the Us but just shift some details since its not based in reality regardless #idkidkidkidk

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important characters and places |

Alfons. Sahar. Frida. Kreszentia. Zahir. Eleonore. Heinrich. Hildebrand. Ludwig. Felix. Charlotte. Bartholomäus. Wolfram. Raffaela. Salim. Baldur. currently living children.

Seraphina. toddler. Wilhelm. 75. overseeing and teaching other relatives of the original Hawthorne children.

The Eldest Living Son of the Hurricane and Belladonna, Wilhelm James Hawthorne. Aged 75. Current speaker and head alchemist for the order of Atropa ― a society of alchemists born from the love of alchemy, working towards a greater answer in life. Protecting one another from the pursuit of the King's Knights. Founded by the firstborn son of the Hurricane and Belladonna ― Alfons, born in early winter of 1510, only a few years after his mothers escape from the King's Castle.

The order is primarily run by members of Qistina and Atlas' lineage and is found in England, but there are few trusted individuals allowed to take refuge from all across the world. Students unrelated to that ancient alchemist or the children who hold titles and power so beyond the normal human being. members are distinct by their violently red eyes and lightly colored hair, along with the curiously drawn line around the wrists ( and transmutation circle upon the palms ). They live to learn. They learn to continue living.

Jack Hawthorne. The youngest living grandchild of Wilhelm, currently a member of Atropa. he's barely 23 and takes after his great-grandmother. He was born in 2000 and his name is Jack Hawthorne. He'll be one of the muses featured alongside Qistina on the new blog, but I still have to color him.

Chamai. is a name from Zimbabwe that means 'belonging to mother', he is nearly 108. very frail but sprightly in his movements. an alchemist with stark white hair and deeply deeply dark skin, white freckles scatter across his face and body like stars across a night sky. And yes, red eyes. His voice is just as frail and shaky, but filled with kindness. Chamai is the first adult to show her genuine concern and compassion. he taught her the basics of Alchemy.

The Atropa manor is vast and filled as if trapped in the edwardian era, despite its continued use since the 1700's. A greater explanation of this manor will come along in due-time, but be for certain: There IS a large painting of Qistina and Atlas with their first-born Alfons in the manor's largest room - the foyer. Many other paintings and photographs of Qistina and Atlas' children and relatives litter the manor as well, with no signs of aging from the ancient couple.

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🜎 a history of poison and creations most pleasantly foul | history 🜎 the sanctuary of the witch | home of the belladonna 🜎 the sanctuary of her children | home of the atropa

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A sweet child who longs for freedom. To grow and to know all that gives her world life — yet her bright and passive life will slowly become shrouded by the looming threats of creatures, knights, alchemists, and religion of the king.

Epitaph / 1498 / Unintelligible / The Eye / The Squire / 1501 / Chamai / Law / Worry / Chance Encounter / Red

#Several rough drafts of Qistina's Lore and Novel are available to read!#― a history of creations most pleasantly foul | history

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deathleadsarc · 2 years ago

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Qistina’s Philosopher’s Stone & Alchemy. Origin & Creation.

A first Note: As this muse was born in the FMA canon, pieces of her story are inspired by the means and methods of alchemy in that universe. Most are of my own thoughts. If you want to know which was taken as inspiration from FMA, just ask! ( though I may make addendums when applicable. )

I. ― For a start, let’s go over some important definitions within Alchemy.

Qistina’s repeated mantra of ‘ Equivalent Exchange ’ is pivotal to the understanding and transmutations of alchemy.

The Law of Conservation of Mass, which states that energy and matter can neither be created from nothing nor destroyed to the point of elemental nonexistence. In other words, to create an object with the mass of one kilogram, at least one kilogram of material is necessary; destroying an object with the mass of one kilogram would reduce it to a set of parts, the sum of which would have the mass of one kilogram.*

The Law of Natural Providence, which states that an object or material made of a particular substance or element can only be transmuted into another object with the same basic makeup and properties of that initial material. In other words, an object or material made mostly of water can only be transmuted into another object with the attributes of water.*

II. ― ‘ To obtain, something of equal value must be lost ’. Attempting to bypass this Law of Equivalent Exchange will result in a REBOUND. Too much attempted out of too little, when alchemical forces are thrown out of balance on either side of the equation will fluctuate wildly of their own accord in order to stabilize themselves - taking or giving more than what was intended is often unpredictable and catastrophic in ways such as accidental mutation, serious injury, or death. This is why false philosopher’s stone are incredibly dangerous to use.

Alchemy itself is learned by the understanding of constructing and deconstructing matter, channeling that power through the matrix of a circle - an array. ( or the pressing of array against array ) However, simply knowing Alchemy is not enough. One must use a transmutation circle with the appropriate runes in order to transmute, unless the person is a matrix. For example, you can know how to boil water, but you need a fire and a pot to do so.

III. ― Each person contains a Gate of god - Of Infinity - The Ein Sof. The Gate is inscribed with the Tree of Life / the Sefirot, and within that gate is the Truth to all. The TRUTH is the world. it is ALL. it is ONE. it is You.

IV. ― Through the ten emanations on the sefirot, the Ein Sof ( The Infinite ) reveals itself and continuously creates both the physical realm and the chain of higher metaphysical realms. The Ein Sof represents the formless state of the universe before the self-materialization of god. In other words, the Ein Sof is god before he decided to become god as we now know him. Through this connection to god and infinity, one is able to perform alchemy.

The sefirot etched upon the gate is a complex array of the soul that houses ten emanations. To go within that gate is to have pure knowledge about the world, the universe, alchemy, and everything be forced into the alchemist's mind as the Truth, as god, breaks them down both physically and mentally, to become a part of the flow of the universe. However, through a proper toll is the Alchemist able to escape unharmed with their learned knowledge intact. Closer to godhood, still alive. A painful toll always taken as a meaningful lesson. Never to kill the alchemist, but to make them learn. They have no say in the matter.

When the alchemist returns from the gate, they have seen the Eye of God. Gazed into Infinity. Therefore, they do not need a matrix made of blood, ink, or otherwise. They become that matrix, and do not need an array to transmute - they need only press their hands together.

V. ― The words inscribed around her array directly from the sefirot / not the symbols themselves ( see the Alchemy tab on my carrd for a further explanation of her array ) :

Yesod - It is seen as a vehicle allowing movement from one thing or condition to another ( the power of connection ) Da'at - In Daʻat, all sefirot exist in their perfected state of infinite sharing. Gevurah - " the essence of judgment (DIN) and limitation ", and corresponds to awe and the element of fire Chokmah - Wisdom. " the potential of what is ", or, " the potential to be. "

All in One. The Truth is within gods realm. Within that realm is the Ein Sof/Gate. Within that gate is god before it was god. Anywhere, everywhere.

VI. ― The earth itself in her universe is a massive organism, and therefore, has a gate of its own. The truth behind that Ein Sof is, in simple terms, the god of all. Therefore is indeed possibility to create a true Philosopher’s Stone. By entering the gate of the earth, an Alchemist can essentially obtain any amount of information for however long they wish without physical consequence. However, once an Alchemist has made this choice, their soul will not return to the gods domain to experience everlasting eternity until reincarnation. Their soul will remain within the realms of both their own Gate and the gate of Earth in a state of existence and non-existence.

VII. ― The Philosopher’s Stone she transmuted was created by method of accessing Earth’s Gate. Through that endless knowledge. It is made of everything and nothing all at once. You could say it is a concentrated stone with god as its only and every ingredient. Boundless power, eternal life, one’s soul that is transfixed with the Truth’s. Calling upon ALL to transmute, ignoring the laws of Equivalent Exchange.

VIII. ― The stone is not a ‘stone’. It is only labeled as a stone. It is closer to mercury or mercury sulfide.

ex. explanation of mercury. its appearance, etc. ( hint. it’s one of the reasons I refer to her eyes as Vermillion, as the pigment was historically made of mercury sulfide, and why I’ve included it as a symbol on her array )

IX. ― Qistina first drew upon the gate of Earth, using the little bit of knowledge learned to transmute, she could look at it without consequence, though still following equivalent exchange ( even her transmutation of Basker/ a chimera ) , she continued to learn from it up until her flight from her village in the mid 1500′s. When placed upon the pyre in town, to be burned alive as a ‘ witch ’ , she entered a state of both life and death. Because of this, she could enter within the gate this time, rather than simply gazing upon it. Taking the power of the earth and her own learned knowledge, she destroyed the town and its people and gave herself her freedom. Through no physical consequence, but, her soul would be married to the soul of that entity. A fact she would not learn until she created the stone itself, and met once more with ‘god’.

X. ― Even in this method, it could be said that her slaughter of the village was indeed a toll paid to create the stone. To live with the guilt. To kill the ones whom she desired acceptance from the most. Sometime after this incident, after being captured by the King of that country for several years, she created a true Philosopher’s Stone. Drank from it. And made her escape once again, killing any and all who happened to be in her way.

XI. ― So long as the stone exists, she exists. So long as the earth exists, she exists. Her only respite from life is self destruction. No matter the eradication of her physical form, her soul will be forever tied to the earth itself, thus she will always come back.

#🜎 | know that the alchemist has power over the stars and not the stars over him. | ALCHEMY #🜎 A History of Poison and Creations most Pleasantly Foul | HISTORY #long post #i am vibrating into space #i may reword a few things but... damn this took a while #i also need to add a few things to my rules regarding how non-humans could possibly see her soul/etc #for now.... here u go

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― 🜛 ― The mystique of the Mountain Alchemist-Witch Qistina Leota is well known within a town situated just north of the Harz mountains, in the district of Harz in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Just several miles within Quedlinburg's surrounding forestry lay the home of a Witch ― legend goes that nearly five hundred and fifty years prior, is a quaint village hidden within those woods with what would be known as one of the most bizarre mass murder mysteries of the world. On the morning of late December of 1507, the King's Court made the grizzly discovery that the entirety of the village had been massacred. Hundreds dead and mutilated, blood coating the roads as if the sky itself had been flayed open ― thus leading the King to believe that the deed had been done by a Witch.

Signs within the village had led to such a conclusion ― as a pyre had shown embers of use. Long strands of purely white hair speckled with blood had mixed with the tawny hue of the hay at the pyre's foot, along with tufts of thick animal fur ( a tuft which sits preserved in the Louvre with what is believed to be an original notebook from the witch herself ). One side of history believes that this witch and her familiar were simply. . . hunted. Hunted by the people of the village, for practicing medicines far beyond even the modern medical world ― while the other side stands firm at the evidence at hand ; a wicked and evil witch with her massive familiar who slaughtered the village mercilessly.

One could claim to hear her, even by the forest edge. Lo there do you see her shining in the daylight? Gleaming in the moonlight? The curtain of a silvery river that wafts gently without breeze? Her howls of pain, her shrieks of delight? The song of her companion?

For several hundred years, many have ventured to the village itself ( stood to this day exactly as the day it was found, a reminder of humans tragedies ) with a memorial in sight to guide their way. Headstones which depict each and every victim of the alchemist witch's powers sit made of concrete at the base of the pyre where the hay once burned, while the name of the only missing villager was etched into a plaque on the wooden pyre itself, as originally written by one of the King's Court members, translated by historians for all the world to know.

Rise from the Ashes, O' Beloved Witch Qistina. Returneth to thine Lord, Returneth to the Earth thine Mercy. Seek not further Retribution. Praise her name! Praise her name! 1487 ― 1507

Visitors of her woods have taken to etch their own praises to the witch within the very stake that once held her.

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