#Kingpriest

[severinkaart]

[honore-art]

Kingpriest of Istar

[the-pale-chancellor]

Some official art for the new "The Last Trial" rock opera

Translations: Raistlin: "The black moon devoured the morning" Crysania: "Creator, it is not my will, but yours" Caramon: "People will follow you" The Kingpriest: "I am called upon to purge evil with fire"

Art credits: https://vk.com/valtor_fabulos The last trial blog: https://vk.com/neoposledneepi

[camille-lachenille]

Evil laughter No one can stop me!

[skull-bearer]

Chapters: 2/? Fandom: Dragonlance - Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dalamar the Dark/Raistlin Majere Characters: Raistlin Majere, Dalamar the Dark, Mari, William Sweetwater, Par-Salian (Dragonlance), Justarius (Dragonlance), Ladonna (Dragonlance), Original Male Character(s), Original Female Character(s) Additional Tags: Coming Back, Second Chances, Changing the Darkness, Towers of High Sorcery, Return, Mind Control Aftermath & Recovery, Optimism, Definitely Upbeat, Friendship, Dating, Alternate Universe - Flower Shop, ish, Healing, Cuddles, Things Get Better, Secret Identity, Secret Identity Fail, magic shows, Raistlin actually having fun for once Series: Part 2 of A Second Chance Summary:

Raistlin is alive again, and determined to make the most of it. He meets old friends, and some both old and new.

Chapter 2 Raistlin and Mari reach Losacrum, and get to work.

[majeremorozova]

This scene hurt so much to watch. Tantai Jin is realizing that his whole life has been predetermined by the Devil God. He feels like no decision has been his and he has had no free will.

It reminded me a lot of this passage from "War of the Twins" by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman For those unfamiliar, the Black Robe wizard, Raistlin Majere has a plan to become a god, but he needs a Cleric of Paladine. a god of good, to help him enter the Abyss to kill Takhisis, the Queen of Darkness, so he can take her place. They travel in time, but they take the places of the previous people, who attempted to enter into the Abyss. Raistlin ends up feeling like he has been walking in the footsteps of Fistandantilus:

 “Master of Past and Present!” Raistlin laughed hollowly—bitter, mocking laughter. “I am Master of nothing! All this power, and I am trapped! Trapped! Following in his footsteps, knowing that every second that passes has passed before! I see people I’ve never seen, yet I know them! I hear the echo of my own words before I speak them! This face!” His hands pressed against his cheeks. “This face! His face! Not mine! Not mine! Who am I? I am my own executioner!”

I also choose to hope like Crysania that together, Tantai Jin and Li Susu can change the ending like she says here:

“No,” she said softly, her gray eyes looking up at him, shining in the bright sunlight that filtered through the leaves, holding him with her steadfast gaze, “we will alter time, you and I! You are more powerful than Fistandantilus. I am stronger in my faith than Denubis! I heard the Kingpriest’s demands of the gods. I know his mistake! Paladine will answer my prayers as he has in the past. Together, we will change the ending … you and I.…”

[hubrisbracket]

list of characters with only 1 submission under the cut

characters need more than 1 submission to qualify, so if your blorbo is on this list, submit them!

sorted alphabetically by fandom:

Manfred Von Karma - Ace Attorney

Dahlia Hawthorne - Ace Attorney

Princess Bubblegum - Adventure Time

Sasha Waybright - Amphibia

Gale - Baldur's Gate 3

Vess Derogna - Critical Role (Campaign 2) (mostly a joke by mod bee bc i really like her)

Zerxus Ilrez - Critical Role (Exandria Unlimited Calamity)

Vegeta - Dragon Ball Z

The Kingpriest - Dragonlance

Legarde - Fear and Hunger

Berkut - Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadow of Valentia

Victor Frankenstein - Frankenstein

Ibex/Attar Rose - Friends At The Table: Counter/weight

Scaramouche - Genshin Impact

Lucilius - Granblue Fantasy

Bill Cipher - Gravity Falls

Prometheus - Greek Mythology

Narcissus - Greek Mythology

Zeus - Greek Mythology

Bellerophon - Greek Mythology

Jason Dean/JD - Heathers

The Pale King - Hollow Knight

Rose Lalonde - Homestuck

Vriska - Homestuck

Simon - Infinity Train

Amelia Hughes - Infinity Train

John Hammond - Jurassic Park (Novel)

Dan Kuroto- Kamen Rider (Ex Aid)

Tendou Souji/Kamen Rider - Kamen Rider Kabuto (2006)

Clutch Powers - Lego Ninjago

Morro - Lego Ninjago

Muu Kusunoki - Milgram (by Deco*27)

Gabriel Agreste - Miraculous Ladybug

Wei Wuxian - Mo Dao Zu Shi/Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation

Queen Chrysalis - My Little Pony

Cozy Glow - My Little Pony

Hannibal Lecter - NBC Hannibal

François Toulour/The Night Fox - Ocean’s 12

The Shapeshifter - Odd Squad

Top - Only Friends

Goro Akechi - Persona 5

Marcus - Pokemon The Movie: Arceus And The Jewel Of Life

Homura Akemi - Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Maya Tendou - Revue Starlight

Dr. Frank n Futer - Rocky Horror Picture Show

Catra - She Ra

Dr. Eggman - Sonic

Medic - Team Fortress 2

Lucretia - The Adventure Zone: Balance

Lucifer - The Bible

Ghirahim - The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Scar - The Lion King

Zira - The Lion King 2

Henry Winter - The Secret History

Number Five Hargreeves - The Umbrella Academy

Edward Kendal Sheridan Lionheart - Theatre of Blood

Fei Wong Reed - Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle by CLAMP

Gabriel - Ultrakill

V2 - Ultrakill

[darklordazalin]

Azalin Reviews: Darklord Soth

Domain: Sithicus Domain Formation: 720 BC Power Level: 💀💀💀💀💀 Sources: 3e: Ravenloft, Secrets of the Dread Realms, Gazetteer IV; 2e: Domains of Dread, Domains and Denizens, When Black Roses Bloom, The Evil Eye, Tales of the Lance; 5e: VRGTR; Novels: Knight of the Black Rose, Spectre of the Black Rose, Tales of Ravenloft; CW: Spousal abuse Since the new Dragonlance book came out this week, I thought I’d do a throw back Wednesday (I’m a King, I do what I want) for Lord Loren Soth, everyone’s favorite overcooked BBQ Knight of the Rusty Bucket. Creator arguments aside, Soth’s history is a bit complicated and at times convoluted, so I will be sticking mostly to how he arrived in Ravenloft and the dust he collected while there.

Lord Soth is the embodiment of what a Knight should not be wrapped in a burnt tin can covering the remains of an overdone sausage. Once a member of the highly esteemed Order of the Rose of the Knights of Solamnia, Soth was known for his so-called good deeds throughout Krynn. Now, if such good deeds are done for one’s ego and not selflessness, what are they really?

No one can doubt Soth’s devotion to the Order of the Rose after he not so subtly designed his castle, Dargaard Keep, to resemble a rose. A lack of many tall towers and skulls in my opinion, but there is no accounting for taste.

Soth had an arranged marriage with lady Gladria of Kalaman. Their marriage was a loveless and barren one. A story a bit too familiar for my tastes, so we will move on. As unhappy at home mangers tend to do, Soth forced his 13 loyal Knights to roam the relatively peaceful country side with him to “do good” so he could spend more time working than being a family man. One day they saved a group of elf maidens from ogres and Soth fell in love with one of their number, Isolde.

Soth broke his Knightly vows through his infidelity with Isolde and instead of stepping down from the Order as his womanizing father before him did, he decided the best course of action was to have his Seneschal, Caradoc, murder Gladria so he would be free to marry Isolde. And with Gladria’s corpse still warm, he did just that.

Surprisingly, the Knights of Solamnia can count to 9 and upon seeing how very pregnant Isolde was after a month of marriage figured things out. Soth was stripped of his Knightly Orders and imprisoned for his crimes. He was shortly after rescued by his 13 loyal knights and, lacking any actual plan of escape, they returned to Dargaard Keep.

Shortly thereafter, the Knights laid siege on Dargaard, demanding justice against Soth’s crimes. Stirring behind the stone pedals of his keep, Soth became physically and, at times, mentally, abusive to his men and his wife.

In a rare moment of clarity, Soth realized what a rusty old piece of junk he was being and prayed to Paladine for redemption. Why do religious types go directly to their gods? Perhaps not beating your wife and facing punishment for murdering your other wife is the actual answer here? No? Too easy? Well, as gods tend to do, Paladine offered Soth a chance at redemption – stop the power-hungry Kingpriest of Istar from binding the gods to his whim or Paladine will send a giant meteor to destroy all of Istar. Paladine: God of Ultimatums.

A little background for those unfamiliar with Istar. Istar was a center of peace for a long time but slowly descended into corruption after declaring itself to be the center of “good” and “light” in the world. The Kingpriest’s orders became more and more corrupt, eventually declaring a mere “evil” thought as a crime. He planned on binding the gods to his will and this is what Paladine sent Soth to stop.

Soth, being the dried out husk of a Labrador retriever that he is, set forth to do just that. However, he came across some of Isolde’s companions while on the road and they convinced him Isolde was being unfaithful. Soth, having no confidence in his abilities to please a woman, believed their tale without question and ran back home to yell at his wife.

As he confronted his wife, who did everything to shield their son from him, Paladine’s Cataclysm struck, setting Dargaard Keep ablaze and knocking a rather conveniently placed chandelier on top of Isolde and their son. She held out their son to him, begging Soth to save him, but he ignored her. As they died, she cursed him to “live the life of all those he had doomed”.

The flames consumed Soth and he rose as a Death Knight and the only remaining etching on his once fine armor was a single, burnt rose earning him the moniker “The Knight of the Black Rose”. His loyal Knights turned into mindless skeletons, Isolde’s elven companions into banshees, and Caradoc into a ghost.

In Krynn Soth served the dragon deity Takhisis for many years and eventually became obsessed with the Dragon Highlord, Kitiara. Ignoring his duties once more, Soth planned on trapping Kitiara’s soul in a gemstone while Takhisis was throughly distracted fighting Raistlin. Not one to do his own work, Soth sent Caradoc to collect Kit’s soul and promised Caradoc his returned mortality if he did so. Caradoc might have been considered a “fop” by most, but he was smart enough to realize that Soth would not fulfill that bargain and hid Kitiara’s trapped soul to ensure his side of the deal.

Soth, who solves all things with violence, managed to snap the neck of the ghostly Caradoc instead of bowing before him to get the soul gem. At the same time, the two were enveloped by the Mists and transported to Barovia.

In Barovia, Caradoc was under von Zarovich’s so-called protection. Caradoc stayed at the Castle Ravenloft and informed Strahd about Soth’s character and Strahd used that information against the Death Knight.

Soth’s time in Barovia mainly amounted to him falling for von Zarovich’s obvious manipulations as he ran around with the werebadger Azrael and the Vistana Magda. This resulted in one dead red dragon and Gundar’s disturbing progeny before Soth realized Caradoc was with Strahd the entire time.

After swinging his sword at everything von Zarovich could throw at him, the Count gave in and handed over Caradoc to the Death Knight. Seems bad tactics to send an army of undead against a Death Knight without using any destructive spells in his arsenal…but Strahd was not the best of students.

His ghostly seneschal back by his side, Soth proceeded to go about killing him (again), but he was denied this as the Mists came for him, forming Sithicus as his Domain.

Sithicus is a land dominated by elves, songs of lament, and a rusty Death Knight gathering dust on his throne as he stares at the Memory Mirrors Tindalfalus fashioned for him. There he was gifted with Nedragaard Keep (literally means “not Dargaard”), which resembles his old home but its shifting nature irritates the orderly soldier. He has command over his 13 skeletal knights and 13 banshees continually inform him of how horrible he his. On the full moon he must sing of all the wrongs he’s done, which in Sithicus is about every 8 days.

While Soth was collecting dust, Azrael carved a position of rulership for himself. Azrael’s machinations lead him to conduct a ritual within the Black Chapel of the Veidrava Salt Mines in order to gain control of every shadow within Sithicus and thereby grant him the power to destroy Soth and claim the throne. 

Azrael was thwarted by some do-goer. The interruption of his ritual resulted in a giant ball of negative energy smashing into Nedragaard Keep. Soth was unharmed and granted a chance to undo his past by reliving the moment where he refused to save his son. He refused once more, yet was removed from Ravenloft. Depending on which source you wish to believe, back in Krynn, he found redemption after refusing service to Takhisis, which caused the goddess to grant him mortality and a swift death. Alternatively, Sithicus is now part of Klorr in 5e where all the failed Domains delve. Lord Soth may be among them.

Before all that, Soth was quite active in his Domain – seeking a way back to Krynn, obsessing over Kitiara, annoying the elves he decided he hated, and creating the most horrifying type of vampire – vampire Kender. He’s a formidable opponent with only a few spells, but of the powerful/destructive type. He has control of vast undead armies and is unstoppable force that will beat down anything in his way until it crumbles.

When not doing his best statue impersonation, Soth is not one I would want to face without sufficient preparation. His power level is certainly a 5 out of 5. Personality on the other hand…I’m not sure he has one.

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Canticle of the Dragon

Hear the sage as his song descends

like heaven's rain or tears,

and washes the years, the dust of the many stories

from the High Tale of the Dragonlance.

For in ages deep, past memory and word,

in the first blush of the world

when the three moons rose from the lap of the forest,

dragons, terrible and great,

made war on this world of Krynn.

Yet out of the darkness of dragons,

out of our cries for light

in the blank face of the black moon soaring,

a banked light flared in Solamnia,

a knight of truth and of power

who called down the gods themselves

and forged the mighty Dragonlance, piercing the soul

of dragonkind, driving the shade of their wings

from the brightening shores of Krynn.

Thus Huma, Knight of Solamnia,

Lightbringer, First Lancer,

followed his light to the foot of the Khalkist Mountains,

to the stone feet of the gods,

to the crouched silence of their temple.

He called down the Lancemakers, he took on

their unspeakable power to crush the unspeakable evil,

to thrust the coiling darkness

back down the tunnel of the dragon's throat.

Paladine, the Great God of Good,

shone at the side of Huma,

strengthening the lance of his strong right arm,

and Huma, ablaze in a thousand moons,

banished the Queen of Darkness,

banished the swarm of her shrieking hosts

back to the senseless kingdom of death, where their curses

swooped upon nothing and nothing

deep below the brightening land.

Thus ended in thunder the Age of Dreams

and began the Age of Might,

When Istar, kingdom of light and truth, arose in the east,

where minarets of white and gold

spired to the sun and to the sun's glory,

announcing the passing of evil,

and Istar, who mothered and cradled the long summers of good,

shone like a meteor

in the white skies of the just.

Yet in the fullness of sunlight

the Kingpriest of Istar saw shadows:

At night he saw the trees as things with daggers, the streams

blackened and thickened under the silent moon.

He searched books for the paths of Huma,

for scrolls, signs, and spells

so that he, too, might summon the gods, might find

their aid in his holy aims,

might purge the world of sin.

Then came the time of dark and death

as the gods turned from the world.

A mountain of fire crashed like a comet through Istar,

the city split like a skull in the flames,

mountains burst from once-fertile valleys,

seas poured into the graves of mountains,

the deserts sighed on abandoned floors of the seas,

the highways of Krynn erupted

and became the paths of the dead.

Thus began the Age of Despair.

The roads were tangled.

The winds and the sandstorms dwelt in the husks of cities,

The plains and mountains became our home.

As the old gods lost their power,

we called to the blank sky

into the cold, dividing gray to the ears of new gods.

The sky is calm, silent, unmoving.

We have yet to hear their answer.

"DragonLance Chronicles: Dragons of Autumn Twilight" - Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

[vivianvixen]

The alignment framework in Dragonlance is fucked

First of all, the setting makes a huge deal about how important balance is, but also the good gods are more correct than the others and the evil gods are the most wrong, at least when it comes to how they are to deal with mortals. So clearly the High God has a favorite side.

But that's not the worst of it, oh no. Let's talk about the Cataclysm, the event that shaped the world of the original Dragonlance modules. The gods tossed a mountain on Istar to punish the Kingpriest for his hubris. But what was said hubris?

At the height of the Holy Empire of Istar, the forces of good had decisively won, basically ruling the entire continent of Ansalon. They went on to destroy the churches of the evil and neutral gods, legalize slavery, and enact genocide against goblins and minotaurs. So the argument seems to be that if the forces of good aren't balanced by the forces of evil, they'll do all the same things that the forces of evil would, but just in the name of good, which is some epic level "both sides" horseshoe theory nonsense.

Is this what the gods, specifically the good ones, punished Istar for? No, not really. They did send various calamities as warnings, but the people just assumed it was the doing of the evil gods, because why would they think anything else? And the last straw for the good gods wasn't all the slavery and genocide, it was when the Kingpriest asked them to be made a god.

And all the while, the Kingpriest remained lawful good.

[therealkrynnsub]

[kait-draws-vanguard]

moar memes

[skull-bearer]

Invictus Fans

For the sequel,

Andras Rannoch POC character y/n?

Or, for those who haven't read the Kingpriest trilogy-

Andras Rannoch is the mage who cursed the tower after being brainwashed and completely fucked over by Fistandantilus. He has been brought back to life as of end of Invictus, and I am seriously tempted to make him a POV character.

He still isn't aware the Cataclysm happened,

[penume]

Day 46. Tympanum of the chosen of Horu. The angels who rose up from the post-mutant-cybernetic-vampire strain of dwarves were appreciated for their beauty mostly in the acoustic realm. Some of them had saggy chinsacks that were not appreciated by other folk. #digitalpainting #drawingoftheday #drawnonmyphone #autodesksketchbook #dwarf #tympanum #bookproject #conceptart #highking #kingpriest #angel Also BBQ'd a huge roast as small part of a big dinner tonight for some amazing babes.

[cerviero]

[silverglass83]

The Darkness and The Light

“You fear the darkness, don't you, Lady Crysania?” his soft voice whispered dangerously. “You seek to snuff it out at all costs.”

Her gray eyes hardened. “There is nothing but evil within the darkness. The light of Paladine will scour the wicked from this world! I do not fear the darkness, Raistlin Majere,” she declared and snapped her head away from him, breaking his grip on her chin. “I stand in opposition of it!”

“You are a fool,” Raistlin said. “And you sound just like the Kingpriest.”

Excerpt from The Star and The Hourglass, part 1 of a Dragonlance Fanfic series on Ao3 Moodboard by me using pinterest finds and images of the gorgeous Elena Minina and the amazing Yaroslav Bayarunas, both actors in the Russian Musical The Last Trial