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merymoonbeam · 10 months ago

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A Tool of Creation

CC3 spoiler. You have been warned.

In acomaf we learn that book of breathings was made to control the cauldron.

“When the Cauldron was made,” the carver interrupted, “its dark maker used the last of the molten ore to forge a book. The Book of Breathings. In it, written between the carved words, are the spells to negate the Cauldron’s power—or control it wholly. But after the War, it was split into two pieces. One went to the Fae, one to the six human queens. It was part of the Treaty, purely symbolic, as the Cauldron had been lost for millennia and considered mere myth. The Book was believed harmless, because like calls to like—and only that which was Made can speak those spells and summon its power. No creature born of the earth may wield it, so the High Lords and humans dismissed it as little more than a historical heirloom, but if the Book were in the hands of something reforged … You would have to test such a theory, of course—but … it might be possible.” (acomaf)

So...only made can use its magic.

Made = Feyre , Nesta and Elain

And later in the book we learn that the book is written in Holy Tongue—Leshon Hakodesh.

She stared and stared at the Book—as if it were a ghost, as if it were a miracle—and said, “It is the Leshon Hakodesh. The Holy Tongue.” Those quicksilver eyes shifted to Rhysand, and I realized she’d understood, too, why she’d gone. Rhysand said, “I heard a legend that it was written in a tongue of mighty beings who feared the Cauldron’s power and made the Book to combat it. Mighty beings who were here … and then vanished. You are the only one who can uncode it.” (acomaf)

Might beings: Daglan/Asteri

And this is confirmed in Hofas.

Amren turned to Rhysand and said in that new, strange language—their language: “The glowing letters inked on her back … they’re the same as those in the Book of Breathings.” (hofas)

Bryce's tattoo is in the holy language.

And later in hofas Rigelus says that it was his people's language.

“I can teach you things you’ve never even dreamed of,” Rigelus promised. “The language inked on your back—it is our language. From our home world. I can teach you how to wield it. Any world might be open to you, Bryce Quinlan. Name the world, and it shall be yours.”(hofas)

So the book of breathings can control cauldron and it can "open any world" to who can wield it.

Also in Hofas we learn that Asteri corrupted the Cauldron.

The Cauldron was of our world, our heritage. But upon arriving here, the Daglan captured it and used their powers to warp it. To turn it from what it had been into something deadlier. No longer just a tool of creation, but of destruction. And the horrors it produced … those, too, my parents would turn to their advantage.(hofas)

So asteri turned it from tool of creation to tool of destruction.

Once upon a time...cauldron was good.

Can we use Book Of Breathings to uncorrupt the Cauldron? To bring it back to its natural "tool of creation" state?

In Hoeab we learn that the book of breathings is in crescent city. In jesiba's library.

Micah loomed over her. She stretched her arm out—toward the shelf. Her tingling fingers brushed over the titles. On the Divine Number; The Walking Dead; The Book of Breathings; The Queen with Many Faces …

Do we need to get book of breathings from crescent city? Is the crossover not over yet? Are IC going to think with bryce having the language of book of breathings tattooed to her body she might have had access to book of breathings at some point? Are we going back to cc in the next acotar book?

Also it is a great time to add that Cauldron is obsessed with Elain.

“You stole from the Cauldron,” I said to Nesta, who seemed ready to jump between all of us and Elain. “But what if the Cauldron gave something to Elain?” (acowar)

The Cauldron purred in Elain’s presence as the King of Hybern slumped to his knees, clawing at the knife jutting through his throat. Elain backed away a step (Acowar)

The Cauldron seemed to realize what she’d done, too, as his head thumped onto the mossy ground. That Elain … Elain had defended this thief. Elain, who it had gifted with such powers, found her so lovely it had wanted to give her something … It would not harm Elain, even in its hunt to reclaim what had been taken. It retreated the moment Elain’s eyes fell on our dead father lying in the adjacent clearing. The moment the scream came out of her.(Acowar

Why did it give elain such powers? Does it want someone to see how it was corrupted? Does it want to turn into tool of creation state again? Does it see elain as its salvation? (As @riddlecrux talked to me about). All the others saw cauldron as a thing to be used. A thing to be control. But it was only elain who had never stolen from it as nesta did while she was in the cauldron. It found Elain so lovely that it gave her the seer ability.

And from acotar we know that elain look at things as hope.

I gazed again at that sad, dark house—the place that had been a prison. Elain had said she missed it, and I wondered what she saw when she looked at the cottage. If she beheld not a prison but a shelter—a shelter from a world that had possessed so little good, but she tried to find it anyway, even if it had seemed foolish and useless to me. She had looked at it that cottage with hope; I had looked at it with nothing but hatred. And I knew which one of us had been stronger. (Acotar)

So maybe all cauldron needs for someone to look at it with hope. Also @riddlecrux told me that in cauldron myths and legends someone goes willingly into the cauldron to destroy it. Maybe in this case someone willingly going inside it uncorrupts the Cauldron..."Through love all is possible"

And we know that Cauldron is the most important thing in acotar

“Long ago, before the High Fae, before man, there was a Cauldron … They say all the magic was contained inside it, that the world was born in it. But it fell into the wrong hands. And great and horrible things were done with it. Things were forged with it. Such wicked things that the Cauldron was eventually stolen back at great cost. It could not be destroyed, for it had Made all things, and if it were broken, then life would cease to be. So it was hidden. And forgotten. Only with that Cauldron could something that is dead be reforged like that.” (Acomaf)

And in Hofas we learn that Daglan/Asteri made the Cauldron a kill switch.

“Once we left our home world, our powers began to dim. Too late, we realized that we had been dependent on our land’s inherent magic. The magic in other worlds was not potent enough. Yet we could not find the way back home. Those of us who ventured here found ways to amplify that power, thanks to the gifts of the land. We pooled our power, and imbued those gifts into the Cauldron so that it would work our will. We Made the Trove from it. And then bound the very essence of the Cauldron to the soul of this world.” Solas. “So destroy the Cauldron …” “And you destroy this world. One cannot exist without the other.”

In my Mystic&Seers post I connected The Void and Cauldron to each other.

I managed to stand. To take one step before I felt it. The … thing in the Cauldron. Or lack of it. It was lack and substance, absence and presence. And … it was leaking into the world.I dared a step toward it. And what I beheld in those ruins of the Cauldron… It was a void. But also not a void—a growth.It did not belong here. Belong anywhere. (Acowar)

The darkness paused. “You are impertinent as well. Do you not know where I come from? My father was the Void, the Being That Existed Before. Chaos was his bride and my dam. It is to them that we shall all one day return, and their mighty powers that run in my blood.” (hosab)

And from Hofas we know that the Void is actually a blackhole.

The only force in the universe that ate light, so strong no light could ever escape it. A portal to nowhere. To a black hole. Wasn’t that the unholy power that Apollion possessed? The power of the Void. The antithesis of light.

And you know how Elain was when she came out of the Cauldron?

She had been always so full of light. Perhaps that was why she now kept all the curtains open. To fill the void that existed where all of that light had once been. And now nothing remained

The power of the Void...The antithesis of Light.

Elain got rid of that murkiness in her eyes. When Azriel understood what was wrong with her.

It made sense, I supposed, that Azriel alone had listened to her. The male who heard things others could not … Perhaps he, too, had suffered as Elain had before he understood what gift he possessed. He asked Elain, “There is another queen?”

Elain blinked and blinked, eyes clearing again. As if the understanding, our understanding … it freed her from whatever murky realm she’d been in.

Maybe thats all Cauldron needs. So maybe we just need to get rid of the Void, to make sure Cauldron returns to its natural state—a tool of creation.

Also in my Mystic&Seer posts. I looked up what Mysticism is.

Mysticism is popularly known as becoming one with God or the Absolute, but may refer to any kind of ecstasy or altered state of consciousness which is given a religious or spiritual meaning. It may also refer to the attainment of insight in ultimate or hidden truths, and to human transformation supported by various practices and experiences.

Cauldron is the absolute. We looked up that above.

The hidden truths part.

When theia and fionn overthorwn the daglan they didn't learn all their secrets.

They fought the Daglan and won, she went on. Using the Daglan’s own weapons, they destroyed them. Yet my parents did not think to learn the Daglan’s other secrets—they were too weary, too eager to leave the past behind.

And Cauldron made Elain a seer. Maybe to see to learn the other secrets The Daglan had?

We can't even ask Amren because her timeline doesn't even match.

In acosf we learn this.

Rhys shook his head. “Only vaguely now. From what I’ve gleaned, she arrived during those years before Fionn and Gwydion rose, and went into the Prison during the Age of Legends—the time when this land was full of heroic figures who were keen to hunt down the last members of their former masters’ race. They feared Amren, believing her one of their enemies, and threw her into the Prison. When she emerged again, she’d missed Fionn’s fall and the loss of Gwydion, and found the High Lords ruling.”

The problem is how can she go into prison when there was no...prison.

Silene made the prison what it was after she returned from Crescent City. So before fionn's fall...there were no Prison. Actually theia ruled from the Prison Island.

Our home had been left empty since we’d vanished. As if the other Fae thought it cursed. So I made it truly cursed. Damned it all.

One after another, I hunted monsters—the remaining pets of the Daglan—until many of the lowest rooms were filled with them. Until my once-beautiful home became a prison. Until even the land was so disgusted by the evil I’d gathered here that the islands shriveled and the earth became barren. The winged horses who hadn’t gone with my mother to Midgard, who had once flown in the skies, playing in the surf … they were nearly gone. Not a single living soul remained, except for the monstrosities in the mountain.

So even Amren doesn't know. She is even confused in hofas.

Amren picked at an invisible speck on her silk blouse. “It’s murky. I went in before …” She shook her head. “But when I came out, there were rumors. That a great number of people had vanished, as if they had never been. Some said to another world, others said they’d moved on to distant lands, still others said they’d been chosen by the Cauldron and spirited away somewhere.”

So who is better to learn these secret than a Cauldron Made seer?

Also in hofas we learn that Cauldron sits on top of Ramiel.

“The Cauldron,” Nesta said hours later, pointing to yet another carving on the wall. It indeed showed a giant cauldron, perched atop what seemed to be a barren mountain peak with three stars above it. Azriel halted, angling his head. “That’s Ramiel.” At Bryce’s questioning look, he explained, “A mountain sacred to the Illyrians.”

And from Acosf we know that nobody went to look at what lies under ramiel. Sure enough Eris says "secrets". Maybe like daglan secrets???

Eris shrugged, and Nesta knew Cassian monitored his every breath. “There are three of them, you know. Sister peaks. This one, the mountain called the Prison, and the one the Illyrian brutes call Ramiel. All bald, barren mountains at odds with those around them.”

Eris gave him a mocking smile, but continued, “Unsurprisingly, the Illyrians were never curious enough to see what secrets lie beneath Ramiel. If it, too, was carved up like the others by ancient hands.”

What if there is more to under ramiel than we thought? What if its a secret Daglan hideout? I went into detail and what could have inspired it in my Wild Hunt post if you want to read it.

Also we know from acosf that Enalius tried to stop the "enemy" from reaching the stone on top of Ramiel.

Emerie’s eyes shone. “Long ago—so long ago they don’t even have a precise date for it—a great war was fought between the Fae and the ancient beings who oppressed them. One of its key battles was here, in these mountains. Our forces were battered and outnumbered, and for some reason, the enemy was desperate to reach the stone at the top of Ramiel. We were never taught the reason why; I think it’s been forgotten. But a young Illyrian warrior named Enalius held the line against the enemy soldiers for days. He found a natural archway of stone amongst the tangle of boulders and made that his bottleneck. He died in the end, but he held off the enemy long enough for our allies to reach us. This Rite is all to honor him. So much of the history has been lost, but the memory of his bravery remains.”

It was forgotten? Or was it never learned? What if it wasnt The stone the daglan was trying to reach but Cauldron as we know it stood on top of Ramiel? What if they were trying to reach that?

We also learn more about Enalius in hofas.

“You are no creator of mine,” Azriel said coldly. The Starsword gleamed in his other hand. If they bothered him, if they called to him, he didn’t let on. Neither hand so much as twitched. The Asteri’s eyes flared with recognition at the long blade. “Did Fionn send you, then? To slay me in my sleep? Or was it that traitor Enalius? I see that you bear his dagger—as his emissary? Or his assassin?”

The Truth-teller was Enalius's dagger. How did Azriel come to possess it? And we know that after Enalius's dead Fionn took possession of it as it was his friends dagger.

My father had never shown himself to be giving—long had he kept Gwydion and never once offered it to my mother. The dagger that had belonged to his dear friend, slain during the war, hung at his side, unused. But not for long.

And we know that Elain used the TT to kill the King of Hybern.

But as a black blade broke through the king’s throat, spraying blood, I realized someone else had. Elain stepped out of a shadow behind him, and rammed Truth-Teller to the hilt through the back of the king’s neck as she snarled in his ear, “Don’t you touch my sister.”

So how did Elain stepped out of a shadow?

The asteri under Prison says Azriel doesnt know it use—its full potential.

Vesperus took another step, steadier now, and smiled past Bryce. At Azriel, at Truth-Teller. “You don’t know how to use it, do you?” Azriel pointed the dagger toward the advancing Asteri. “Pretty sure this end’s the one that’ll go through your gut.” Vesperus chuckled, her dark hair swaying with each inching step closer. “Typical of your kind. You want to play with our weapons, but have no concept of their true abilities. Your mind couldn’t hold all the possibilities at once.”

True abilities? All possibilities? There is more than just creating a portal to nowhere with gwydion? Maybe that's how Elain could step out of a shadow? The "unknown" abilities of the Truth-Teller?

Also Autumn king says this:

“The Starsword is Made, as you called it.” He waved an idle hand, sparks at his fingertips. “The knife can Unmake things. Made and Unmade. Matter and antimatter. With the right influx of power—a command from the one destined to wield them—they can be merged. And they can create a place where no life, no light exists. A place that is nothing. Nowhere.”

As @offtorivendell theorised in her mating bond theory. Did the Asteri messed with the mating bonds too?

Can the Truth-teller unmake a mating bond? As it looks the cauldron was corrupted? It even ties to Book Of Breathings and what it said in acomaf:

Unmade and Made; Made and Unmade—that is the cycle. Like calls to like.

And don't ever forget that...

"What if the Cauldron was wrong?" 🫡

#elriel #cc3 spoilers #cauldron #my brain hurts #I wrote all this and accidently deleted it so this is the second post that I had to rewrite #Im dying #hofas

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starsreminisce · 3 months ago

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Amren shook her head, hair swaying. “Nothing is a fluke. The Cauldron’s power flows through Nesta, and could use her as a puppet without her knowledge. It wanted those weapons Made, and thus they were Made. It wanted Rhysand to have them and thus the blacksmith brought them to you. To you, Rhysand, not to Nesta. And do not forget that Nesta herself—and Elain, with whatever powers she has—is here. Feyre is here. All three sisters blessed by fate and gifted with powers to match your own. Feyre alone doubles your strength. Nesta makes you unstoppable. Especially if she were to march into battle wearing the Mask. No enemy could stand against her. She’d slay Beron’s soldiers, then raise them from the dead and turn them on him.” Cassian’s blood chilled. Yes, Nesta would be unstoppable. But at what cost to her soul?

So, departing from my usual content (not really though), I came across this passage in SF and immediately connected it to HOFAS, where Cassian was most furious at Nesta for handing over the mask.

HOFAS tells us that Nesta no longer has complete control over the mask. Once she could easily remove it in SF, now Azriel needs to list names in order for the mask to relinquish control. Some theories suggested Nesta's limited powers as the reason for the struggle, but it doesn't make sense when Helion reacted strongly against it, and Lucien went pale over Nesta's training, wondering if something shouldn't be awoken.

Helion shuddered, and Nesta threw the cloth over the Mask. As if the cloth somehow blinded it to their presence. “Perhaps an ancestor of mine once used it, and the warning of its cost is imprinted upon my blood.” Helion shook out a breath.

Nesta revealed that Cassian was the one who was more furious with her. This, to me, gives more insight as to why he opposed Nesta's actions. Rather than his loyalty to Rhys, it was due to having direct knowledge of the consequences of using the mask, especially when Nesta was shown needing assistance in removing it.

Bryce wore the mask, and she does not have the same power as Nesta, yet she seemed to remove it with ease when she wielded it during her battle against the Asteri. She too described the sensations that Cassian feared would have happened to Nesta.

Bryce slid the mask back on, and its ungodly, leeching presence ate into her soul. But the star inside her seemed to hold the mask at bay.

I wonder what happened in the months between the Valkyries' win and Bryce's arrival that made Rhys so angry about Nesta handing over the mask to someone who escaped with Truth-Teller. Where even Cassian didn't support Nesta's decision.

I still maintain that the mask will link Crescent City for ACOTAR-only readers, and I don't think Azriel and Gwyn will tell that story, especially when Azriel stopped Elain from searching the trove due to its darkness. Elain and Nesta have yet to resolve their fight from SF regarding the trove, and Nesta's powers flared at her sister's names, making me believe it was rehashed.

I believe that Azriel's presence in CC is meant to show that he supports Nesta's decision in whatever argument she had with Elain, considering he has been consistent in supporting her in SF, and Elain's name was the penultimate name he listed. We were also given bits and pieces of how Az was faring since the solstice. No, he does not have a mate or anyone in his life for that matter. Yes, he has been going to pleasure halls as Rhys suggested. Actually, he does seem to go back to revering The Cauldron considering how quick he was to correct Bryce.

There is still this thread that connects Lucien to the mask itself, as well as his unresolved plotlines regarding his real father, who bears the cost of wearing the mask imprinted on his blood.

The mask's history is more important than Truth-Teller, especially when Rigelus saw it and said Bryce has no idea what she's playing with.

"You have no idea what powers you toy with, girl," Rigelus said. "The mask will curse your very soul—"

So, Lucien is connected to the mask, and Elain is connected to the wearer. This seems like the type of scenario a reluctant fated mate couple would need to push aside their feelings towards each other in order to save her sister's soul.

If Nesta saved Feyre in SF as proof of her love, it makes more sense for Elain to save Nesta from whatever cost she accumulated from using the mask.

Nesta saving Feyre came from the perception she didn't love Feyre. Elain saving Nesta would stem from her non-action.

And Azriel? Well, he just found out that the Illyrians were Daglan-created creatures that broke away from their control, and they celebrate this every year with the Blood Rite. I think he'll be preoccupied with the impending identity crisis. What does it mean to be an Illyrian, especially considering that Gwyn, a non-Illyrian, holds a title earned through the Blood Rite? Emerie is Illyrian by birth, but what does that mean now that she also holds a title?

Elucien's book is next to explain this gap, especially given the history we learned about Fionn and Theia. Gwynriel's book is what follows when Nesta received Gwydion, possibly a couple of months after the fact.

#elucien #gwynriel #nessian #lucien vanserra #elain archeron #nesta archeron #cassian acotar #long post is long

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the-dark-artifices-trees · 9 months ago

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The importance of the number 7 in crescent city

Throughout the entirety of the crescent city series, the number 7 plays a huge role in both a symbolic and a literal way

⚠️ House of Flame and Shadow spoilers ⚠️

7 Asteri on Midgard

Rigelus (title- The Bright Hand)

Eosporos (title- The Morning Star)

Hesperus (title- The Evening Star)

Polaris (title- The North Star)

Octartis (title- The Southern Star)

Austrus (title- unknown)

Sirius (title- The Wolf Star)

7 Princes of Hel/ Circles of Hel

Hunt also mentions that “Type-Seven is only for the princes themselves, and given what this thing can do, I’d bet it’d be deemed a Six” in chapter 29 of HOEAB, when talking about the demons and princes of Hel

7 districts in crescent city/ city heads/ gates

7 “Made” objects *

Mask (made by Cauldron)

Crown (made by Cauldron)

Harp (made by Cauldron)

Horn (made by Cauldron)

Starsword (made by Cauldron)

Truth-Teller (made by Cauldron)

Ataraxia (made by Nesta)

*now while nesta did make another sword and dagger, we don’t know if they possess any magic and they don’t have any names either*

7 members of the Pack of Devils

Danika Fendyr (alpha)

Connor Holstrom (second)

Nathalie (third)

Bronson

Thorne

Zach

Zelda

7 courts in prythian

Night Court

Dawn Court

Day Court

Spring Court

Summer Court

Winter Court

Autumn Court

7 tog books (not including novella)

Throne of Glass

Crown of Midnight

Heir of Fire

Queen of Shadows

Empire of Storms

Tower of Dawn

Kingdom of Ash

Known starborn fae *

Fionn

Theia

Pelias

Helena

Silene

Bryce Quinlan

Ruhn Danaan

*The term Starborn describes the descendants of High King Fionn and High Queen Theia.

1. Also when bryce traded places so Danika would get into the Bone quarter, she said the vow (“I wish to trade my place.”) 7 times:

“She’d tossed a Death Mark into the Istros, payment to the Under-King—a coin of pure iron from an ancient, long-gone kingdom across the sea. Passage for a mortal on a boat.

And then she’d knelt on the crumbling stone steps, the river mere feet behind her, the arches of the bone gates above her, and waited.

The Under-King, veiled in black and silent as death, had appeared moments later.

It has been an age since a mortal dared set foot on my isle.

The voice had been old and young, male and female, kind and full of hatred. She’d never heard anything so hideous—and beckoning.

I wish to trade my place. (1)

I know why you are here, Bryce Quinlan. Whose passage you seek to barter. An amused pause. Do you not wish to one day dwell here among the honored dead? Your balance remains skewed toward acceptance—continue on your path, and you shall be welcomed when your time comes.

I wish to trade my place. For Danika Fendyr. (2)

Do this and know that no other Quiet Realms of Midgard shall be open to you. Not the Bone Quarter, not the Catacombs of the Eternal City, not the Summer Isles of the north. None, Bryce Quinlan. To barter your resting place here is to barter your place everywhere.

I wish to trade my place. (3)

You are young, and you are weighed with grief. Consider that your life may seem long, but it is a mere flutter of eternity.

I wish to trade my place. (4)

Are you so certain Danika Fendyr will be denied welcome? Have you so little faith in her actions and deeds that you must make this bargain?

I wish to trade my place. She’d sobbed the words. (5)

There is no undoing this.

I wish to trade my place. (6)

Then say it, Bryce Quinlan, and let the trade be done. Say it a seventh and final time, and let the gods and the dead and all those between hear your vow. Say it, and it shall be done.

She hadn’t hesitated, knowing this was the ancient rite. She’d looked it up in the gallery archives. Had stolen the Death Mark from there, too. It had been given to Jesiba by the Under-King himself, the sorceress had told her, when she’d sworn fealty to the House of Flame and Shadow.

I wish to trade my place. (7)

And so it had been done.”

- HOEAB, chapter 62

2. Hunt was in the Asteri dungeon’s for 7 years

“How long did they do that to you—after Mount Hermon?”

“Seven years.”

She closed her eyes as the weight of those words rippled through her.

Hunt said, “I lost track of time, too. The Asteri dungeons are so far beneath the earth, so lightless, that days are years and years are days and … When they let me out, I went right to the Archangel Ramuel. My first … handler. He continued the pattern for two years, got bored with it, and realized that I’d be more useful dispatching demons and doing his bidding than rotting away in his torture chambers.”

“Burning Solas, Hunt,” she whispered.” -HOEAB, chapter 35

“We need to get out of here,” Ruhn said, and nothing had ever sounded more stupid. Of course they needed to get out of here. For so many fucking reasons.

But Athalar cracked open an eye. Met his stare. Pain and rage and determination shone there, unbroken despite the halo and slave brand on his wrist. “Then talk to your … person.” Girlfriend, the angel didn’t say.

Ruhn ground his teeth, and his ravaged mouth gave a burst of pain. He’d rather die here than beg the Hind for help. “Another way.”

“I was in these dungeons … for seven years,” Hunt said. “No way out. Especially not with Pollux so invested in ripping us apart.” -HOFAS, Chapter 11

3. Apollion (7th prince of Hel) ate the Sirius (7th Asteri)

“No one would dare say his name, not after the Prince of the Pit became the first and only being to ever kill an Asteri. His butchering of the seventh holy star—Sirius, the Wolf Star—during the First Wars remained a favorite ballad around war-camp fires. And what he’d done to Sirius after slaying her had earned him that awful title: Star-Eater” -HOEAB, chapter 51

4. The slave tattoos has seven stars in it

“For there was also no hiding the second tattoo, stamped on their right wrists: SPQM.

It adorned every flag and letterhead of the Republic—the four letters encircled with seven stars—and adorned the wrist of every being owned by it.” -HOEAB, Chapter 6

“Ruhn spied their own solar system in the center of it all. Seven planets around a massive star. Seven Asteri—technically six now—to rule Midgard. Seven Princes of Hel to challenge them.

Seven Gates in this city through which Hel had tried to invade this spring.

Seven and seven and seven and seven—always that holy number. Always—” -HOSAB, Chapter 25

5. 7 is a holy number

“Seven—the holy number. Or unholy, depending on who was worshipping. Seven Asteri, seven hills in their Eternal City, seven neighborhoods and seven Gates in Crescent City; seven planets, and seven circles in Hel, with seven princes who ruled them, each darker than the last” - HOEAB, Chapter 19

“Micah had left the latter��s body up. Justinian would hang there for seven full days and then be pulled off the crucifix—and dumped into the Istros” -HOEAB, Chapter 69

6. Hypaxia and necromancy

“So this is it?” Ithan asked Hypaxia, gesturing with a hand to the seven candles she’d arranged on the ground. “Light the candles and wait?” -HOSAB, Chapter 61

“It took Hypaxia seven hours, seven minutes, and seven seconds to raise Sigrid.

Ithan barely moved from his stool the entire time Hypaxia stood over the corpse and chanted. Jesiba left, came back with her laptop, and worked for some of the time. She even offered Ithan some food, which he refused.

He had no appetite. If this didn’t work …” -HOFAS, Chapter 48

7. Sailings happen on the 7th day after the death

Don’t come to the Sailing tomorrow. You’re not welcome there.

She’d listened to it over and over, the first words to echo in her silent head.

Her mother hadn’t woken from the bed beside hers when Bryce had exited the hotel room on Fae-soft feet, taking the service elevator and leaving through the unwatched alley door. She hadn’t left that room for six days, just sat staring vacantly at the floral hotel wallpaper. And now, with the seventh dawning … Only for this would she leave. Would she remember how to move her body, how to speak.” -HOEAB, Chapter 7

8. Midgard geography

““Seven—the holy number. Or unholy, depending on who was worshipping. Seven Asteri, seven hills in their Eternal City, seven neighborhoods and seven Gates in Crescent City; seven planets, and seven circles in Hel, with seven princes who ruled them, each darker than the last.” -HOEAB, chapter 18

“Bryce didn’t wait for them before trailing the old male up the walkway as the seven planets aligned themselves perfectly, stars glittering in the far reaches of the room.” -HOSAB, chapter 38

“Bryce halted after a turn in the stairs and assessed the long hallway ahead. When it revealed no guards, she stepped into it.

There were no doors. Only this hall, perhaps seventy feet long and fifteen feet wide. Likely fourteen feet, to be a multiple of seven. The holy number.” -HOSAB, Chapter 71

“She’d studied Fury’s rough map of the palace layout. This area was seven levels below the throne room, where the Asteri sat on crystal thrones” -HOSAB, chapter 71

“They could fly no further. The massive black wall stretched for miles in either direction before curving northward, with wards protecting the airspace above it. Hunt knew from maps that the area the wall encircled was forty-nine miles in diameter—seven times seven, the holiest of numbers—and that at its center, somewhere in the barren, snow-blasted terrain, lay the Northern Rift, shrouded in mist. Barriers upon barriers protected Midgard from the Rift, and Hel beyond it.” -HOFAS, Chapter 70

9. Ithan & the number 7

“Sabine stared down at the seven shards the Fendyr sword had broken into, then lifted her furious gaze to Ithan.

Ithan shifted back into his humanoid body with a near-instant flash. “It’s just a piece of steel,” he said, panting, the metallic tang of the blade lingering in his mouth. “All those years you obsessed over it, resented Danika for having it … It’s just a piece of metal. - HOFAS, Chapter 74

“You have seven minutes” -HOFAS, Chapter 81 (when Ithan was talking to Connor)

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etdraconis · 9 months ago

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Updated Muse List

Bold denotes primary/main muses, underlined denotes secondary muses, Italics denotes tertiary/low muse, * denotes request only

Dragon Age Canons:

Cremisius Aclassi

Anders

Zevran Arainai

Blackwall

Eleanor Cousland

Fergus Cousland

Fenris

Bethany Hawke

Carver Hawke

Nathaniel Howe

Thomas Howe

The Iron Bull

Anora Mac Tir

Loghain Mac Tir

Josephine Montilyet

Dorian Pavus

Cassandra Pentaghast

Cullen Rutherford

Varric Tethras

Alistair Theirin

Cailan Theirin

Maric Theirin

Dragon Age OCs:

Arden Aclassi

August Amell

Elizabeth Amell

Julian Amell

Oliver Amell

Rosalie Amell

Pyke Brosca

Elysia Caius

Amara Cousland

Brennon Cousland

Lauryl Cousland

Victoire Ducet

Callum Hawke

Kenton Hawke

Leanore Hawke

Hava Lavellan

Theron Mahariel

Kalva Sabrae

Alim Surana

Aurelia Tabris

Claire Trevelyan

Declan Trevelyan

Evelyn Trevelyan

Everett Trevelyan

Maxwell Trevelyan

Persephone Trevelyan

A Court of Thorns and Roses

Elain Archeron

Feyre Archeron

Nesta Archeron

Azriel

Cassian

Jurian

Kallias

Rhysand

Tarquin

Eris Vanserra

Lucien Vanserra

Bridgerton

Sophie Beckett

Benedict Bridgerton

Colin Bridgerton

Eloise Bridgerton

Francesca Bridgerton

Gregory Bridgerton

Hyacinth Bridgerton

Felicity Featherington

Penelope Featherington

Gareth St. Claire

Gwendolyn Sinclaire

Kendall Sinclaire

Alexander Thorne

Charlotte Thorne

Lillian Thorne

Sebastian Thorne

William Thorne

Crescent City

Aidas

Juniper Andromeda

Fury Axtar

Baxian Argos

Ariadne

Hunt Athalar

Lidia Cervos

Ruhn Danaan

Declan Emmet

Hypaxia Enador

Danika Fendyr

Tristan Flynn

Connor Holstrom

Ithan Holstrom

Tharion Ketos

Bryce Quinlan

Rigelus

The Empyrean Saga

Andarna

Jack Barlowe

Imogen Cardulo

Ridoc Gamlyn

Aaric Greycastle

Liam Mairi

Sloane Mairi

Rhiannon Matthias

Brennan Sorrengail

Lilith Sorrengail

Mira Sorrengail

Violet Sorrengail

Grishaverse

Kaz Brekker

The Darkling

Jesper Fahey

Inej Ghafa

Matthias Helvar

Fedyor Kaminsky

Tamar Kir-Bataar

David Kostyk

Nikolai Lantzov

Zoya Nazyalensky

Genya Safin

Alina Starkov

Wylan Van Eck

Tolya Yul-Bataar

Nina Zenik

Percy Jackson

Annabeth Chase

Nico Di Angelo

Jason Grace

Percy Jackson

Piper McLean

Will Solace

Leo Valdez

Throne of Glass

Aedion Ashryver*

Sam Cortland

Lysandra Ennar

Aelin Galathynius

Evalin Galathynius

Dorian Havilliard

Fenrys Moonbeam

Chaol Westfall

Rowan Whitethorn*

The Witcher

Jaskier

Geralt of Rivia

Yennifer of Vengerberg

Other Book Muses

Daniel Arlington V (Ninth House)

Aziraphale (Good Omens)

Crowley (Good Omens)

Alexander Clairemont-Diaz (Red, White, and Royal Blue)

Arthur Delacey (Gwen and Art Are Not in Love)

Galaxy Stern (Ninth House)

Greek Mythology

Aphrodite

Apollo

Ares

Aristeus

Artemis

Asclepius

Hades

Hera

Hermes

Patroclus

Persephone

Poseidon

Zeus

DnD/Fantasy OCs

Jalana Astorio (human warlock)

Tarquin Auglathia (sea-elf rogue)

Nedri Autumnblaze (half-orc ranger)

Azure (water genasi monk)

Anders Brightwood (human bard)

Caerlin (tiefling arcane trickster rogue)

Drake (Wild Hunt shifter ranger)

Elianis Galonodel (half-elf druid)

Naivara Galonodel (half-elf mastermind rogue)

Taron Galonodel (wood elf bard)

Rhys Le'Quella (eladrin wizard)

Makaria (tiefling paladin)

Reya (tiefling storm sorcerer)

Alwyn Sulian (sun elf paladin)

Auryn Sulian (sun elf fighter)

Cerys Sulian (sun elf celestial warlock)

Emrys Sulian (sun elf shadow magic sorcerer)

Cloak Timbers (gnome cleric)

Hollis Tremaine (human fighter)

Other/modern OCs

Destin Michaels (merman)

Novah Michaels (mermaid)

Cassian Sage (werewolf)

Sophie Sage (werewolf)

Reina Solace (werewolf)

Hazel Thatcher (werewolf)

Nicolai Voss (vampire)

#[chaos mode]&ooc #i did it!#will update as needed #and also link in my pinned post #character pages and spreadsheet to come #feel free to message me for any extra info #especially for any of my ocs #bc i love talking about them

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emilystheories · 2 years ago

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Artist credit for the art used in my Tik Toks!

(WORK IN PROGRESS)

Aelin, Nesta, Bryce and the eight-pointed star theory:

Title photos: mftfernandez

Aelin, blue fire: AlexandraCurte

Cauldron: ACOTAR Official Coloring Book

Nesta and her sword: Swiftyfox

Nesta and her star tattoo: izziesdrawings

Bryce and her Horn tattoo: JanaRunneck

Bryce with the star on her chest: diana.dreamsart

Bryce, crescent moon backdrop: lauregal

Bryce, star lighting up: bethgilbertart

Bryce and Danika, rose gate: mftfernandez

Bryce and Danika, desert backdrop: bethgilbertart

Bryce hugging Danika: heyvossie

Bryce and Danika, the Drop: Gabrielle Ragusi

Bryce and Danika, tongues out: CLXE art

Danika portait: mftfernandez

Danika and her wolf form: espadadevalkiria

Elain is a mystic theory:

Elain manipulating strings (title photo): avoccatt_art

Ariadne: elizianna.the.one

Bat Boys: TaliaNobel

Elain, portait: sage.and.other.herbs

Elain tracking the Suriel: sketchesanmin

Nesta and the Cauldron: ACOTAR Official Coloring Book

Elain with a knife: krasnyzmeya

Maeve: Morgana0anagrom

Rigelus: elizianna.the.one

Erawan: Morgana0anagrom

Frat House, Crescent City: madschofield

Aelin: aiphos.s

Bryce is the 7th Asteri theory:

Bryce, title slide: mftfernandez

Bryce, third slide, holding sword: mftfernandez

Ithan: elizianna.the.one

Connor: Stacia Reverie

Bryce, crescent moon backdrop: thedustyshop

Bryce, headshot portrait: alrun.art

Bryce and Hunt, kissing: thalia_art_

Hypaxia: elizianna.the.one

Bryce, standing shot, white shirt: elizianna.the.one

Bryce and Ember: artywings

Bryce, holding starlight: m.alinki

Hunt, portrait: Bloodydamnit

Bryce, white dress: Morgana0anagrom

Red-haired fae woman: plushchimera

Mor as a Banshee theory:

Mor, title slide: Wictorianart

Eris: Morgana0anagrom

Mor, holding wine: bethgilbert_art

Mor, flowing red dress: dianadworak

Mor, headshot: Morgana0anagrom

Mor, leaning on balcony: mftfernandez

Mor, official art: Charlie Bowater

Cassian, official art: Charlie Bowater

Mor, long-sleeved red dress: starofvelaris

Mor, Azriel and Cassian: jenna.draw

Mor, plunging red dress: rounnac

Mor, hair flowing to the left: adamar.art

Danika: sncinderart

Inner Circle: aiphos.s

Maeve is Queen Theia theory:

Maeve, title slide: Morgana0anagrom

Rhys and Ruhn comparison art: cebanart

Rhys, headshot: whett_paint

Ruhn, headshot: whett_paint

Maeve, spiderweb backdrop: sncinderart

Rhys, shadows: RioBurtonArtist

Rhys, headshot, white background: arz28

Maeve, headshot: eelistraie

Ruhn, headshot, purple background: faeriereverie

Maeve, lounging: evilienne

Erawan: Morgana0anagrom

Ruhn, headshot, gray background: faeriereverie

Maeve, standing shot: evilienne

Cormac: elizianna.the.one

Maeve, side facing head shot: (unknown, cannot locate artist).

Library: ACOTAR Official Coloring Book

Aelin, falling through worlds: AliceMariaPower

Aelin, holding sword: elsalikesbooks

Aelin, standing on balcony: demihu

Rhys and Feyre, starfall: Emi D

Nesta and Dread Trove: mistilteinn.art

Kallias and Viviane: starofvelaris

Whitethorns: Thalia

Gavriel: Morgana0anagrom

Aedion: Morgana0anagrom

Tamlin: Dominique Wesson

Thesan: Moragana0anagrom

Yrene: Rachel Hanke

Maeve, sitting on throne: mistillteinn.art

ACOTAR careers video:

Inner Circle, title slide: Charlie Bowater

Feyre: bethgilbert_art

Elain: bethgilbert_art

Rhys: Charlie Bowater

Nesta: bethgilbert_art

Azriel: Moragana0anagrom

Cassian: Morgana0anagrom

Tamlin: Dominique Wesson

Gwyn: mftfernandez

Lucien: Dominique Wesson

Ianthe: Moragana0anagrom

Emerie: mftfernandez

Mor: bethgilbert_art

Amren: bethgilbert_art

Suriel: madschofield

Beron: Moragana0anagrom

Helion, lounging: The Beautiful Darkness

Helion, portrait: Moragana0anagrom

Azriel and Bryce as mates theory:

Azriel, title slide: jessdraw.s

Azriel blindfolding Bryce: witchlingsart

Bryce, star shining on chest: bethgilbert_art

Azriel, zoom in on knife: rosalynnart

Bryce, zoom in on sword: carlosgzz003

Bryce, yellow dress: sashac_art

Bryce, white/gold plunging dress: mftfernandez

Azriel: Moragana0anagrom

Bryce and Azriel: brielyasmin

Azriel, glancing sideways: rosalynnart

Azriel, holding knife: naarielart

Bryce, pale gold dress and leather jacket: mftfernandez

Cormac: elizianna.the.one

Jesiba: Moragana0anagrom

Einar Danaan: elizianna.the.one

Azriel, back facing: anawinarts

Bryce, headshot portrait: alrun.art

Azriel, torso up portrait: Dominique Wesson

Hunt: faeriereverie

Bryce, standing shot, white shirt: elizianna.the.one

Azriel and Elain: caitlin

Azriel and Gwyn: witchlingsart

Bryce and Hunt: myhopeart

Bryce and Azriel: mbohnet_art

Hunt will die, but he will be resurrected in the Dusk Court theory:

Hunt, title slide: sashac_art

Hunt, mid-air, electricity in hand: emiliesnaith_art

Hunt, head shot, crown of thorns: Ivy Gwendolline

Hunt, head shot, portrait: Bloodydamnit

Hunt, arms crossed: ghostinthegvrden

Bryce, sword behind back: mftfernandez

Ruhn, portrait: faeriereverie

Cormac: elizianna.the.one

Danika, back turned: mftfernandez

Bryce and Danika: Xena Fay

Yrene, purple dress: artzzofkae

Yrene, portrait, blue dress: Moragana0anagrom

Danika, forward facing: alrun.art

Danika and Baxian: arospaintbrush

Danika, back turned, long ponytail: Moragana0anagrom

Bryce and Hunt, kissing: thalia_art_

Danika and Bryce: sncinderart

Nesta and Cassian: Leah Fry Art

Rhys and Feyre, starfall: clarywhy

Danika and Bryce, sitting, back facing: megmontrey

Hunt and Bryce, embracing: gabsgabx

The Princes of Hel are the Valg theory:

Aidas, title slide: sncinderart

Valg demon, title slide: evilienne

Aidas, standing, crossed hands: Moragana0anagrom

Aidas, Bryce and Hunt: sncinderart

Aelin and Valg: may12324

Erawan: Official art, TOG card game

Nesta with her sword: mystery.artistz

Long blond haired man: toherys

Ramiel: doodlesbyclo

Yrene: Moragana0anagrom

Bryce, headshot portrait: alrun.art

Yrene, using her power: Demi Hu

Rigelus: elizianna.the.one

Nesta and Dread Trove: mistilteinn.art

Amren, angel form: ACOTAR Official Coloring Book

Rhys, lounging on throne: p.dulcis

Cassian: aconitte

Nesta, glowing: StarbitArt

Nesta, star tattoo: izziesdrawings

Nesta and Cassian: Leah Fry Art

Aidas, portrait: faeriereverie

"Why don't you just give up" SJM trend video:

Aelin, fire background: arzis

Elide and Lorcan, flood: ilik_art

Yrene, using her power: Demi Hu

Gavriel and Aedion: emiliesnaith_art

Manon and Abraxos: emmih

Feyre, music UTM: palesile

Elain killing Hybern: theclevercrow

Valkyries: ellyness5

Lehabah's final stand: ajn_art

Bryce and Danika, "light it up!": radiance_and_reveries.art

Hunt's father theory:

Hunt, title slide: mftfernandez

Hunt, arms crossed: ghostinthegvrden

Amren: bethgilbert_art

Amren, angel form: inkfaeart

Amren, holding wine glass (left): p.dulcis

Hunt, head shot: Bloodydamnit

Amren, holding wine glass (right): mftfernandez

Hunt, sword behind back: nessiarts

Hunt, crown of thorns: sashac_art

Hunt, looking sideways, lightning in hand: rachelsrealm

SJM parallel universe theory:

Feyre, Bryce, Aelin, title slide: Kyn Erie

Aelin, falling through worlds: AliceMariaPower

Nesta and Dread Trove: mistilteinn.art

Rhys, headshot: whett_paint

Ruhn, headshot: whett_paint

Valg demon: evilienne

Ruhn and Rhys, back to back: _julpers

Aelin: mftfernandez

Lidia: mftfernandez

Lorcan: Moragana0anagrom

Azriel: Moragana0anagrom

Fury: Xena Fay

Amren: alrun.art

Gavriel: The Beautiful Darkness

Tamlin: mftfernandez

Lucien: mftfernandez

Bryce: mftfernandez

Jesiba: Moragana0anagrom

Manon: Katie Morgan

Merrill: Rezwana Dimechkan

Rowan: Moragana0anagrom

Jurian: Morgana0anagrom

Yrene: artzzofkae

Thesan: janarunneck

Asterin: Moragana0anagrom

Nesta: Moragana0anagrom

Elide: Moragana0anagrom

Elain: Moragana0anagrom

Hunt: sncinderart

Cassian: Moragana0anagrom

Danika: Kenya Powers

Aidas: sncinderart

Aelin, Bryce, Feyre, back facing: gabsgabx

Tamlin's character video:

Blond long-haired man, title slide: Q5E4 (?)

Blond child, sideways facing: (unknown artist)

Blond child, sky background: sharandula

Blond man standing, holding guitar: BoA

Tamlin, playing fiddle: mbohnet_art

Blond royal, facing right: Katy-K

Blond royal, kneeling down: Katie S

Tamlin, portrait: LadyKalynne

Amarantha: Coralie Jubénot

Blond man carrying wounded woman: Nami64

Tamlin and Feyre, back facing: dreamkingdomstudios

Tamlin and Feyre, embracing: olegleus

Feyre holds knife, Tamlin on ground: ACOTAR Official Coloring Book

Tamlin, depressed: naarielart

Feyre, crying at bottom of stairs: LuminaCrest

Tamlin, holding rose: p.dulcis

Rhys kissing Feyre: arz28

Feyre consoling Tamlin, Rhys behind: meridyan-art

Rowan and Aelin: montherox

Manon: Morgana0anagrom

Azriel: Morgana0anagrom

Nesta: jheedit.s

Blond man, pulling at sleeve: Alinurart

Tamlin, sideways facing: mftfernandez

Rhys: Charlie Bowater

Feyre and Tamlin embracing, Feyre reaching for Rhys: rachelsrealm

Tamlin crying: inkfaeart

Long-haired man, looking forward: kimberly08

Tamlin on tree stump, hunched over: wilderheart13

Blond-haired man, head tilted: noteye

Tamlin's beast form: (unknown?)

Man playing fiddle in garden: Applibot

Elain is possessed by Koschei theory:

Elain with a knife: krasnyzmeya

Elain looking out window: ya-ariart

Mr Archeron: (unknown?)

Valg demon: evilienne

King of Hybern: Morgana0anagrom

'Evil' Elain: inkfaeart

Elain and Azriel: ACOTAR Official Coloring Book

Nesta and the Cauldron: ACOTAR Official Coloring Book

Azriel, holding knife: naarielart

Elain and Azriel, linking arms: arti.ris

Elain, portrait: mftfernandez

Lucien: TKadoura

Elain, back facing: uurtemis

Kaltain: Morgana0anagrom

Elain, black hovering crown: vincry

Elain stabbing Hybern: KrasnyZmeya

Throne of Glass word no longer exists theory:

Aelin and Rowan, cover photo: Emile Smith

Aelin, back facing: demihu

Bryce, back facing: Alexandra Curte

Bryce, necklace: unknown artist

Bone Carver: Charlie Bowater

Aelin and Rowan: mistilteinn.art

Valg possession: evilienne

Danika: mftfernandez

Tharion: sncinderart

Yrene: Rikki does art

Danika and Bryce, desert backdrop: Beth Gilbert

Yrene, using powers: demihu

Bryce, using powers: Isabelle Smith

Lidia: mftfernandez

Aelin: mftfernandez

Aelin on Lord of the North: montherox

Aelin and Rowan's rings: drawnexplore

Day and Night: FeyLuna

Aelin, portrait: Morgana0anagrom

Ruhn, portrait: faeriereverie

3 MC's and 3 MC love interest photos: Kynerie

Gavriel: Morgana0anagrom

Aedion: Morgana0anagrom

Tamlin: Dominique Wesson

TOG characters: Charlie Bowater

ACOTAR characters: Jess.draws

CC characters: Stacia.reveries.

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yanny-77 · 1 year ago

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A Crescent City vignette for all the Ithan stans out there:

Spoilers ahead for CC2

Ithan Holstrom hadn’t shifted properly since the day his pack threw him out. He’d wanted to, but it felt wrong, something inside him had been broken irrevocably that day. A wolf without a pack is no wolf at all.

Shift, you idiot, he willed himself, but nothing happened. No matter how hard he tried, he still had hands and fingers. His fangs and claws wouldn’t appear.

And it fucking sucked.

If there was ever a time he needed to shift, it was now. This was it. The big show. The final battle. And Ithan was on the sidelines like the pathetic pup that he was.

Baxian was fading fast; he’d lost too much blood. Pollux had Ruhn in a chokehold, squeezing tighter and tighter on his neck as his face purples. Flynn and the dragon were locked in a fierce battle with Polaris and the North Star was winning. One of the fire sprites, Rithi, had already been lost.

They were all going to die and Ithan was powerless to save his friends.

They’d die heroes. He’d die a coward too afraid to face the creature within him, even now.

A scream filled the air. Ithan’s head jerked up to see Hunt fall from the sky. It was all over.

Rigelus turned to face him, a wicked smile stretching across that young face, his prior opponent defeated. Those immortal eyes sparkled with the thrill of the kill. Strangely, a sense of relief filled Ithan’s chest. He was ready for his shame to finally end.

Rigelus’s hand rose before him, crackling with power. And Ithan lowered his head, ready to take the fatal blow. At least it would be quick.

But it didn’t come.

Instead a howl wrenched through the air. A giant wolf, bigger than Danika even, stood before him. The true heir of the prime of the wolves.

Her beautiful Snow White fur stained red with blood. A snarl ripped from her throat as she bared her teeth at Rigelus, ready to go down defending her mate.

Ithan’s stomach curdled at the sight of her. His mate was ready to sacrifice herself for him and he’d never felt fear like he did in that moment. He couldn’t let this happen. He couldn’t let her die for him.

She was the one who needed to survive this fight. She was the future of the wolves. The den, the pack, the world needed her.

All Ithan’s doubts disappeared as he willed the change. There was no way he could allow her to face the Bright Hand alone. He wasn’t a pup. He wasn’t a dog.

Ithan Holstrom was a wolf.

I wrote this for a discord server I’m in and figured I might as well share it on tumblr since I haven’t written anything new to post in ages.

#ithan holstrom #Ithan Holstrom was a wolf #crescent city fanfic #crescentcity #crescent city #Fendyr heir

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luxmaeastra · 1 year ago

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Orion opened the letter in his barracks, he was surprised Creon even knew where he was stationed.

He stared at the letter re-reading it again and again. Surely this was a horrible joke? Surely Nehemiah hadn't demanded the both of them?!

But of course it was something their dear sister would do. He could see her look as she'd penned the letter to Creon. Her eyes like their mother's not taking a no for an answer.

He shoved the guilt, he'd tore into her 200 years ago when she'd come to see him in those cells. How dare she come here? How dare she see him like that? How dare she mate the things that they were fighting against?!

All she'd done was apologized, trying to hold his hand. He'd burned her, had spat her - said every horrible thing he could think till she'd been hysterical. Till Galan had come to drag her away and not listened when she demanded he be free to.

Perhaps their parents had told her he'd calmed down. Or that he'd wondered how she was doing. He hadn't thought it would come to this. But of course it wouldn't it? The Asteri in Midgard was the bulwark against the demons across the sea. A wall and wards seperated them but Midgard was the first line of defense.

He couldn't imagine sometimes how powerful Galan's family had to be to be the Emperor of the Asteri and keep the Council of Asteri in the Eternal City in check.

He couldn't imagine what his willful, hopeful, and beautiful sister had seen in something like Galan. He wouldn't put it past the snake to charm and keep his sister.

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Orion sipped at his beer looking at Bryce. She and Rigelus were friends right? Perhaps he'd told her and he'd at least have a friend to attend this insanity.

"Remember I told you when I had an older brother and sister high up in the government?"

He sighed and set his bottle down, rubbing at the back of his neck.

"Creon works under my sister, I suppose her specific title would be the Empress of the Asteri."

He frowned at the title and shuddered.

"I can't see it, I still can't see why she agreed to take one as a mate. Anyway, my...I suppose one of my nieces is of marrying age. She's coming to Crescent City to live here and plan Cultural events to raise money for the arts."

He played with his food, his frown more pronounced.

"According to my brother's letter she's hoping Helena and Rigelus hit it off and marry."

He rolled his eyes stabbing at his food.

"A barbaric tradition right? I mean I have no idea what Helena wants. And I can't even stomach the idea of even meeting her you know? Gods, I hope she isn't some vapid socialite."

He had shared some things about his family life, the small insights that she could gain when he wouldn't completely shut down. This brief insights to who he was, how he came to be who he was.

"You had mentioned it in passing." She confirmed. Despite everything his family had been through, the little he had shared, they had found their footing again. Deep in the ranks of the Asteri.

Bryce folded her arms as she leaned forwards, her head tilted slightly as she mulled over what he was saying.

There were connections. She sat back, nodding slightly as she made note of what he was saying, this would mean she probably would cross paths with Juniper.

"Barbaric, but they are not our own. If that was the case I am sure my father would have married off the moment I started looking at boys," she countered before she took a sip of her drink. "You don't really have to met her, you can attend if you want but keep your distance."

#Muse | Bryce

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