#Querehsha

[sayonara363]

My favorite solo leveling au which I created is kid Jinwoo who stoped the war just by existing.

So the idea here is that kid Jinwoo somehow travels throw time and space to the world of chaos directly to one of the monarchs. Maybe Baran or Antares. They spend a bit time with him and when they fully desire that “yea, I am adopting him” and then Jinwoo travels throw SPACE again and to the other monarch. Has the same conclusion with them and to the next one and repeat that with every single monarch.

And then he travels to the rulers who don’t know what to do with him. Like at all. They also in the process of planing of how to kill and Absolute being so they just don’t have time to deal with the unspecified object.

And during that time Ashborn is still a ruler and is kinda distancing himself off from his siblings. Here comes Jinwoo who kinda becomes his emotional support pet who finally allows him to break down.

Yara yara monarchs are finally understood that they want to adopt the same kid who disappeared and now all out on trying to find him. Rulers are finally off to kill the absolute being but now Ashborn isn’t there to stop them because he is busy with Jinwoo and discovering his new shadow powers. How don’t ask.

Ruler killed an absolute being and now Ashborn is heartbroken and locked himself in the shadow realm. With Jinwoo.

So now rulers who also now want to adopt Jinwoo AND monarchs made a temporary agreement not to attack each other until they find Jinwoo.

Yara yara Ashborn is now out of depression state and now became a neutral person. Not on rulers side neither on monarch’s. And also I guess Jinwoo.

Everybody is happy the war is over (with the power of adorable kid and his tears) and they lived happily ever after.

Except Jinwoo travels throw time and space and comes back to earth where his parents were on a brink of insanity because they were such a bad parents who allowed their kid to disappear.

So now we have a season 2 of monarchs and rulers working together to find their kid.

Does it makes any logical sense! No! And that is the fun of it! Pure comedy that does no sense and a found family!

May as well throw a few details about the au.

Tarnak is the primary caretaker but Querehsha is the one that has him most of the time. Rakan is teaching him how to hunt and Sillad is his teacher of etiquette and the most strict.

Yogumunt the one that is like a cool magician uncle who likes to show off and Baran is babysitter when nobody can take Jinwoo.

Legia likes to draw with Jinwoo.

Everybody other from Antares and Ashborn are called uncles and aunties. Antares has deserved the name of a “father” but Ashborn has a more smooth name of a “papa”.

Antares is a bit scary for Jinwoo but he still likes to spoil him . He is also has close to zero emotions so Jinwoo can’t read him.

Ashborn at the other hand is Jinwoo’s favorite person who has him most of the time.

Rulers are making intellectual games for Jinwoo to grow up smart and also the ones responsible for food. And his daily routine.

That is all I have sadly… not much to be said about this AU other than monarchs and rulers being absolutely the worst at raising a child. You know it takes a village to raise one… in our situation the whole world of chaos

[the-first-nerve]

K im back, i didnt post for so long cuz i had to write 2 paper or whatever in history class and now i have to make 2 more so yea i was busy anyway....idk

Esil got a big ass forehea mf megamind she got bees in that big cranium.

I drew Rakan as a butcher cuz yea.... Cuz hes a beast.... And he likes meat (damn my braincells are working way too much to make that sentence).

Yea i have nothing else to say

Also yogumunts name sounds like yogurt

[manawari]

How their interaction reminded me of:

[shamefulzombie]

some monarchs doodles

[colorfulrook]

(Y/n) laid in the cold, damp cell, the flickering torchlight casting long shadows across the cave walls. The air was thick with the stench of decay, a constant reminder of the Plague Monarch’s cruelty.

She didn't know what she wanted or why she was needed alive. Days began to blend together as Querehsha subjected her to torture. Poison was fed to her daily while masked women with insect-like features scribbled on her body in a language she didn’t understand. The first time it happened, she flailed wildly, horrified to see that the ink was absorbed into her skin.

The hunter knew that running away now was nearly impossible. Her party had been slaughtered, and although they were not as strong as her, they were still a force not to be taken lightly as a whole. So, she did what she thought was best: she shut up and bided her time.

"I'm not dead," she mumbled, her throat hoarse from the poison. She was not dead, and that was enough for her, because it meant she could help Jinwoo find her. If she did her calculations correctly, she knew that one week must have passed in the real world—one week where she knew her lover was going completely insane while searching for her.

Her eyes shifted to the ring on her finger, a promise of a wedding that was supposed to happen in a few months from now. The thought of him, angry yet helpless, gnawed at her heart. She had to get out of here. She had to find a way back to him.

Her resistance to the monarch poison was developing, but she could still feel it—slowly burning away her magic strength, replacing it with something else that, truth be told, scared her to face.

Her fingers brushed against the ring. The promise of a future with Jinwoo pulled her up, her bones protesting in pain, but she ignored them. She wouldn’t die in this place.

"Jinwoo..." she whispered, almost feeling a distant pull in her chest. She would find a way out, even if she had to tear this dungeon apart brick by brick.

She couldn’t escape, but she could call to him. She could use her raw power to tear through the dungeon’s defenses, enough to send a signal—just enough for Jinwoo to find her.

Her heart clenched at the thought of him, frantic and searching for her, yet so far away. If she could reach him...

With a deep, shaky breath, she focused all her remaining strength on her aura. She would pour every last drop of power into it, every fragment of will she could muster. She couldn’t run, but she could open the dungeon.

It wasn’t much, but it was something. A way to let Jinwoo feel her, even from a distance.

She closed her eyes again, her breath slow and deliberate as she focused on the faint pulse of magic deep within her. It was weak—so weak—but it was still there. It had to be enough.

Her aura, faint at first, began to pulse, a dim, glowing light that flickered like a heartbeat in the darkness of the dungeon. She focused on it, pushing against the bars of her cell, hell, against the whole dungeon.

"I'm still here. I'm still alive," she willed her energy to flow, so it could find a path to get out, to get to him. The aura crackled in the air around her, small pulses of energy surging in waves.

"I'm still here. I won’t die now." A faint glow filled the cell, too weak to open the gates of her prison but just powerful enough to send a ripple through the very fabric of the dungeon.

And then, just as her vision faded to darkness, she felt it—his arms around her, pulling her close, his warmth enveloping her like a shield against the cold.

"I found you."

-- Did I forget to sleep to write a bit again? Possibly

Did I add a new piece of the jumbled mess that is Vessel of the Plague? You bet I did!

Every comment is appreciated, I am always trying to improve since english is not my first language so I am super open on every tip (just don't be mean about it please ahahah),

love you all - Rook

[stormdragon23]

More Solo Leveling AUs

ChoiBaek Power Swap AU: Choi Jongin has the ability to transform into a kitsune, and Baek Yoonho is a mage who specializes in curse magic (I imagine Jongin being flirty with Yoonho in this AU, and Yoonho internally screaming because of it)

Solo Leveling Alice in Wonderland AU: Cha Haein as Alice, Woo Jinchul as the White Rabbit, Sung Jinwoo as the Mad Hatter, Baek Yoonho as the Cheshire Cat, Choi Jongin as the Caterpillar, Antares as the King of Hearts (More of a concept. Their personalities and looks would be the same with just a few changes, and the story would be different. I know there are more characters in Alice in Wonderland, but I don't remember them jlksdfjds)

ChoiBaek Pride and Prejudice AU: Baek Yoonho as Elizabeth Bennet and Choi Jongin as Mr. Darcy Yoonho's siblings: Sung Jinwoo, Min Byung-gyu, Taegyu Jongin's friends: Woo Jinchul, Cha Haein, Lee Joohee (I just want to see them in one of the classic enemies-to-lovers universes. Roles could be switched honestly. Feel free to ask for more details since I don't know how many people actually know Pride and Prejudice)

SungPark Sleeping Beauty AU: Kyung-Hye as Aurora, Il-Hwan as Phillip, Querehsha as Maleficent, the shadow generals as the fairy godmothers (I mean it's basically half-canon-)

[dysiver]

Querehsha is so hot but we only got to see her in very few scenes 🫠

She died far too quickly for having that hot ass design

RIP her

[simon-newman]

Querehsha the Queen of Insects and the Monarch of Plagues.

So she’s a “Big tiddy plague mommy”.

Shadow Monarch is someone else ENTIRELY.

[cryoverkiltmilk]

[fyotituti]

now she is sexy as fuck WOAH

[sayonara363]

I have only one question.

I am an enjoyed of characters that aren’t as popular aka monarchs.

(If you don’t mind an adult language you can continue reading)

Nobody loves them the way I do.

I love Querehsha my Queen, i love Tarnak, i love Rakan, my love Ashborn, I love Legia, I love Yogumunt, I love Sillad my old man, I love Antares.

They all deserve so much more💔 so that is why I decided to not only to write a fic about all of them but to also include Fanarts from me and the important part: EVERYBODY GETS A HAPPY ENDING (except for Absolute being shall you rot whenever you are).

And I wanted to make a Fanart to this fic. You know, I am not a great artist but neither am I bad and being the biggest simp for Querehsha I thought that drawing other monarchs isn’t going to be so hard. Yes I had a hard time drawing my beatiful queen because of her hair but that is just because of how messy it is. I am sure nothing is going to happ-

I then got shot 57 times.

So my question is… what in the actual FUCK is happening with their hair. Why in the whole world does Tarnak has a little bang of hair that looks like a bang of feathers that chocobo has.

Why Ashborn has such a complicated armour like god forbid what is your face my guy.

What the fuck is your rope Yogumunt. Where is your mouth. WHAT IS YOUR CLOTHES. WHAT IS IT????

Pass on Legia. He’s chill, love his bear.

What can’t you just throw that one hair back Sillad💔 just why💔

Baran… what is going on with you 😭why are you looking so different in the game i can not-

Rakan… pass on you too because it is just my skill issue.

And now Antares. He kinda easy to draw ngl. Easiest out of all of them but his clothes doesn’t give me break.

And oh also let me add Zhigang. What are those cockroache’s antennas my guy 💔. I am not the only one having problems drawing them my friend couldn’t draw them either and she draws GORGEOUSLY

Also at that point I am not sure if I am going to chose between my sanity and continuing drawing them. Or trying to at least.

Also I may going to write some headcanons about Monarch(s)/Jinwoo. Because why not

[the-first-nerve]

Do not ask me why i draw these cuz idk (its because i didnt saw any solo leveling fanart of the monarchs and i really love them)

Headcanon: Beast Monarch, Frost Monarch and Querehsha are best friends cuz i said so

Also im very sad that the Frost Monarch doesnt get much recognition cuz hes actually my favorite (i would marry him and im kinda dissapointed of myself) (i also really love The Absolute Being) (damn im talking too much) (texting rather) (FUCK)

[manawari]

Tawata Kanae as the Plague Monarch's successor!

It was that one post from @i-bring-crack, but I can't remember which one. The idea lingered just then! Especially when I have another AU in the works ;)

Both Kanae and Querehsha have red eyes, purple lips, and pure badass, girlboss energy! I think her lore could be put this way:

Querehsha appeared in Kanae's dreams and offered her new powers. Kanae refused and told the monarch to screw off, which caught the Plague Queen off-guard, but was impressed with the hunter's crude attitude. So, Querehsha then offered Kanae to bring all her guild mates back to life — Goto, Akari, Ippei, you name it! Kanae, who was still deeply grieving for her deceased acquaintances, agreed. The entity smirked and a bright green light flashed around them both. Kanae jerked awake. At first, she thought the dream was faux until she received a call from none other than Goto Ryuji, demanding her where she was.

Needless to say, Kanae had never been so happy as much as she felt indebted to the Plague Monarch.

The catch is: she would be used as a puppet in a plan Querehsha was scheming.

Kanae would soon feel rage against Jin-woo, someone whom she had no idea of, but the mention of his name made her blood boil. From what Querehsha told her, Jin-woo had stolen the army that would've been Kanae's. The ants should've been hers.

Also, this could be a funny idea the dynamic Kanae and Jin-woo would have in this AU. Kanae holding a grudge against Jin-woo, who's like "wtf did I ever do to you?!" and then he'd start hating her back.

Everyone being so shocked when Kanae was suddenly determined to get close to Beru, the ant who had wiped the majority of her guild, and what was even more confusing to them was how Jin-woo seemed to hate her more than he hated Goto.

"THAT ANT SHOULD'VE BEEN MINE!"

"FINDERS KEEPERS YOU PIECE OF SHIT!"

[shamefulzombie]

rkgk

[colorfulrook]

Vessel of the Plague

A/N: So! After almost drowing in uni work I finally coughed up some words for this ongoing story! Thank you all for your patience and happy reading... or not...

The room was quiet safe from the occasional hums of the shadows that guarded your home, Jinwoo didn't even comanded then, they just took position and casted a safe aura around their queen.

The event of the past week were starting to settle in your body and mind. You laid awoke, beads of sweat forming on your forehead as you woke up from yet another nightmare, the smells of the dungeon's rot still fightnened you.

But you were safe, that was the most important thing. Jinwoo managed to find you and take you to the White Tiger guild where they treated your injuries, or at least tried to. Physically, you were healing, though the shadows of the Plague Monarch’s magic still lingered beneath your skin. The symbols carved into your body, once vivid and burning with dark power, were now little more than faint, ghostly marks — but the feeling of something inside you, waiting, never left.

The poison they made you drink not only aftected your body in the beginning but your mind as well. Everytime you would close your eyes you could feel her, whispering seductively in the back of your brain — it's not over yet, my darling hunter, we are just getting started.

Quehresha's influence was small for the moment, but still there nonetheless. Sometimes you felt an unexplainable desire to be close to Jinwoo, to drain him, to see him weakened — Just a little, the honeyed voice would whisper.

Maintaining control was getting harder by the day, sometimes you even began to wonder when your own thought ended and hers began, dread licked your back when those moments happened.

You wanted to tell Jinwoo, to warn about her, but how could you? How could you tell about the one infesting your mind, trying to steal your body and your thoughts, when you could feel the her cold fingers closing on your mind whenever you tried to speak? How much more could you maintain control? Of that you weren't sure.

Even now, as you laid awake between the comfort of Jinwoo's arms you could sense her, stirring in the darkness. You shivered at the feeling, fingers gripping the blanket as you tried to focus on the presence of your lover, on how his slow breaths grounded you.

"You can't stop me dear vessel, not forever" Quehresha whispered in your mind, silk voice caressed your skin "I can feel you cracking under me"

"Get out of my head"

Cold enveloped your body, you tried to move closer to Jinwoo, to finally break and call out for him, but your body felt... sluggish, you voice muted. Scared eyes moved to his sleeping form.

"Let me have your body vessel, let me get my revenge"

The idea was enough to make your stomach twist. You couldn’t let her have him. You couldn’t. But how much longer could you resist? The panic must have set off your powers, which mingled and coiled around Jinwoo's own, effectively waking him up.

“(Y/N)...” His voice was soft, almost hesitant. “Are you alright?” he blinked in the dark, vision adjusting to better look at you. A hand was placed tenderly on your cheek, thumb brushing softly your skin.

You didn’t move at first. Didn’t respond. His concerned gaze flickered over your face, searching for any sign of you, the real you. And then it hit you: He can't see it, he can't feel it, the change, her presence.

You could sense his confusion and some part of your treatorous brain relished at that, Querehsha's delight evident "He knows something is wrong but he can't understant it, oh you little monarch, the fun is only beginning"

You looked up at him then, meeting his gaze, a strange smile twisting your lips. It wasn’t yours — it was hers.

And then, you felt it. The shudder of awareness in your chest as her influence made its move.

“Jinwoo…” Your voice was hoarse, distant from your conciousness. “I’m just... tired. I need rest.”

The words felt strange, foreign even, the accent slighly off. The heavy sensation of her control pushed against you harder, cold, venomous fingers caressed your thoughts. But still, you held on, willing your lips not to form a smile, Jinwoo had to notice.

Your lover frowned, sitting up to look at you.

“You’ve been through too much… But I’m here now. I won’t let you go through this alone.”

You swallowed, fighting back the urge to let go and let her take over. The longer you resisted, the harder it got. His eyes searched yours, his face filled with such love and devotion that it almost broke your heart.

“I’m not leaving,” he whispered softly. “I love you.”

The words broke through the fog of control, and for a moment, you felt yourself — the real you — fighting to break free just enough to desperately brush your lips against him.

"Jinwoo I'm-" Querehsha’s claws on you tightened once again and this time for good.

You pulled away from his touch, shaking your head slightly. “I… I’m fine,” you parroted, the words strained, and something cold—inhuman—shone in your eyes.

Jinwoo’s brow furrowed, the concern evident in his voice. “Are you sure?”

"Of course" you assured him, mischief glinted in your eyes as your body pushed into his lap "I have just been so stressed by everything, my dearest"

Jinwoo’s hand hovered uncertainly above your shoulder, his usual confidence wavering as his eyes locked with yours, trying to read what lay behind them, to see her. The tension in the room weighted down on you.

His fingers twitched, his instincts telling him something was wrong, violet eyes shining, pining you down with his cold stare.

Strong hands flipped you over as Jinwoo analyzed you, who were you? A shapeshifter? A double?.

"Who are you? And where is (Y/n)?"

Your heart thundered in your chest. You wanted to scream, to shout that you were still in here, that you weren’t lost, but the words caught in your throat, strangled by the suffocating grip of Querehsha. A twisted smile spread across your face.

"Smart little monarch that you are" you heard yourself chuckle as you wrapped your legs around Jinwoo's arm to distract him as you conjured a dagger that was slottled in the hunter's side, effectively surprising him "But not smart enough".

His hand instinctively reached for your wrist, not to hurt you—but to steady you. To bring you back.

"My love stop, what is happening to you"

Querehsha whispered through your mouth, her grin stretching your features in ways they never should. "All that power, and still… so human where it counts, how you were chosen is beyond me"

In your mind you began to slam your fist agaisnt the invisible cage of the other woman's conciousness, you had to stop.

“Jinwoo…” Your voice, soft and strangled, broke through. “I didn’t mean… I didn’t want to…” tears welled in your eyes as you felt small, barely holding up to the monarch's wave of power

“I know,” he said instantly, gripping the hand that held the weapon. His blood seeped between your fingers, warm and grounding. “I’ve got you.”

But Querehsha wasn’t satisfied yet, he was going to watch her destroy everything he loved, starting by your body and mind.

Your body jerked violently as she surged again, this time with more force.

“You think love can save her?” she spat through your lips, twisting them into a cruel smirk. “You think you can undo what’s already begun? I am already inside her, breaking her until she will give me this body"

Jinwoo watched as her fingers gripped his body before letting yourself fall into a portal that opened under you, taking him as well.

He quickly jumped away from you, daggers already in hands, his reflexes kicking in, only he couldn't hurt you. How could he? He stood still, torn as he though of it.

She—you—stepped back, the flicker of her power corrupting the very air around you. Plague seeped from your skin, the marks in your body glowing dangerously.

“Get out of her,” he growled, voice shaking with restraint.

The smirk deepened. “No.”

She came at him then—you came at him, fast, faster than you'd ever moved before. A dark blade formed from corrupted mana in your hand, and he only had a second to react, parrying it with one of his own. The clash rang through the room, echoing like thunder. The force sent both of you back, but you landed with ease, twisting unnaturally as your body obeyed her instead of you.

Jinwoo hesitated. Just a half-second. But it was all she needed to lunge again, blade slashing toward his ribs, the strike meant to injure, to provoke, to make him angry enough to fight back.

He blocked it. Again. Again. Again.

The blows came faster, her movement erratic and terrifying, a whirlwind of precision and madness wrapped in your form. And Jinwoo—he blocked every one, eyes burning not with rage but with pain.

“Fight me, Jinwoo,” she mocked, your voice curling around him like smoke. “You’re afraid. Because hurting me means hurting her. And you just can’t, can you?” a kick in his site followed this question, sending him to the other side of the room "You humanity sickens me, all this power and you can't fight me"

She dashed in his direction again, Quehresha's fighting style mixed with your own, making you feel as if you were the one hurting Jinwoo all along.

“You’re strong,” he murmured under his breath. “But you don’t know her like I do.”

Another strike—parried.

“She’s not gone,” he said louder, sweat and blood glistening on his skin. “I won’t lose her again.”

“Oh, but you already have.”

The next hit sent him flying back, slamming into the wall hard enough to crack stone. He coughed, vision swimming, but still pushed himself up. Her—your—form stalked toward him with deadly grace. Your face morphed into something more human, scared as she looked at him, "Jinwoo please, please help me find me" she choked out mocking him.

The shadows erupted behind him, screaming in rage towards the mockery. They surged forward, but he screamed ordering them back.

"She was strong at first, I'll give her that, resisting to that much torture is commendable, I get it why you chose her" She chuckled before letting out whines of hurt, mimicking the ones you let out during the last days of your imprisonment.

“I will give her everything,” Querehsha purred. “Power. Freedom. Strength. And when she finally breaks—when she will begs for it—I will make you watch as I remove every trace of her whole being and take her bo-"

And then—your body twitched.

Just slightly.

It was so fast, so small, that Querehsha didn’t catch it.

But Jinwoo did.

And the flicker in your eyes— the colour of your real eyes

It wasn’t her.

Your hands moved again, holding the dagger you had conjured — the one still faintly glowing with your aura. It was held low, too low, and Jinwoo’s sharp gaze noticed. Your stance had shifted. Not for an attack.

“No—” he breathed, stepping forward a second too late.

Your arm moved with unnatural fast, disorienting Querehsha's control.

But not toward him.

The blade was turning — inward.

Straight toward your own stomach.

"Better me than you," you whispered in a trembling voice that was finally yours again, tears spilling down your cheeks. “I'm sorry Jinwoo"

And you drove the blade into yourself.

——————

A/N: Boy do I love a good cliffhanger on a story! Stay tuned for the next part, what will happen next? Finally some happyness? Despair? Our dear Jinwoo will save her? Only time will now!

Special thanks to @minh907 that with her support I am able to push forward!

[stormdragon23]

No idea if this has been brought up before but was thinking about cards and Solo Leveling, and that somehow turned into thinking about Solo Leveling characters as cards? Like-

Hearts (Korean Hunters):

Ace: Go Gunhee

King: Sung Jin-Woo

Queen: Cha Hae-In

Jack: Woo Jin-Chul

10-2: Sung Il-Hwan, Choi Jong-In, Baek Yoon-Ho, Ma Dong-Wook, Lim Tae-Gyu, Min Byung-Gyu, Eun-Seok, Park Hee-Jin, Lee Ju-Hee

Diamonds (Japanese):

Ace: Goto Ryuji

King: Reiji Sugimoto

Queen: Kanae Tawata

Jack: Minoru Hoshino

10-2: Akari Shimizu‎‎, Atsushi Kumamoto‎‎, Ippei Izawa‎‎, Kei‎‎, Kenzo Tanaka‎‎, Mari Ishida‎‎, Tatsumi Fujishima‎‎, Hanekawa, Matsumoto Shigeo (ran out of hunters near the end)

Spades (Supernatural beings):

Ace: Absolute Being

King: Antares

Queen: Querehsha

Jack: Ashborn

10-2: Architect, Frost Monarch, Beast Monarch, Iron Body Monarch, Legia, Yogumunt, Baran, Esil Radiru, Baruka

Clubs (International Hunters):

Ace: Liu Zhigang

King: Thomas Andre

Queen: Laura (not a hunter, but I like her)

Jack: Christopher Reed

10-2: Lennart Niermann, Siddharth Bachchan, Jonas, Yuri Orloff (is this it?...)

I ran out of ideas near the end-

Take this as a very loose interpretation of my attempt to explain myself. 10-2 characters aren't in any particular order