#SPELLBREAKER

[erosia-rhodes]

It took me 14 months to write my fic, but it only took 2 months to turn it into this:

That’s right, y’all. I learned the art of bookbinding. This is the dark path fic writing can lead you down. I wanted a copy of my 220K-word monstrosity on my shelf, but paying to have it bound is illegal. (Damn you, intellectual property law!) When I learned I’d have to make it myself, I was like, are you fucking kidding me? No way. That is insane. Then 24 hours later I was like, okay, I guess I’m learning bookbinding? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Then I started to enjoy it! Rejecting a life of crime gave me a new hobby. And it does look nice sitting on the shelf next to the Scholomance series that inspired it.

It really is gorgeous to me, mostly because I created the whole thing from concept to hardcase. I wrote the story, created the typeset, designed the cover, and bound it—all by myself! I feel a bit like Gwen Higgins creating that healing patch for El: tilling the soil, planting the linen seeds, spinning it into thread, and then weaving it into a patch. (Okay, I didn’t make the paper or the ink or the heat transfer vinyl, but we have to set boundaries somewhere.)

It was rather exhausting though. I feel like I’ve completed a never-ending quest full of side missions that each required a different set of skills and required me to obtain a wide variety of obscure supplies. I also spent a bunch of money that I don’t really have, which makes this the most expensive book I’ve ever owned BY FAR, which is ridiculous because all the flaws in its construction undoubtedly decrease its value. It cost so much that I feel obligated to bind a whole bunch of more books to bring down the average cost per project. That, or I’ll have to eat all the supplies instead of buying groceries next month.

I plan on writing a series of posts about how I made this thing, including all my trips to the hardware store, the fraudster on Amazon who sent me weird paper, and my newfound love for craft knives and bone folders. When I do, I’ll post the links down below.

In the meantime, if anyone has an urge to bind a copy of my fic themselves, here are links to zip files of the signatures and the cover images: Spellbreaker signatures | Spellbreaker cover images

Oh, and here’s a link to the fic on AO3. Spellbreaker: A Scholomance Sequel by Erosia Rhodes. Enjoy!

[galderthefuzzy]

Brigade Christmas - Zeliel

Zeliel Runesworn was born into a family of commoners, primarily blacksmiths who created arms for the Thalassian military. His early days were spent observing or training at the forge, but one fateful morning the captain of one of the Silvermoon spellbreaker units, picking up a shipment of weaponry, sensed a rare potential in Zeliel. And so Zeliel was nearly immediately apprenticed. Even with a strict training regimen, it took years for Runesworn to be officially welcomed into the spellbreaker order. That day was a proud one indeed for Zeliel and his family, to whom Zeliel brought some of the greatest honors. But from then on, his life was never the same as he was drawn into wars and conflicts, both away from and on the soil of his beloved Quel'thalas.

Now an old soldier, Zeliel has since joined up with the Brigade to offer his skills as a spellbreaker instructor, and to be closer to his adopted son, Deuce. Brash, strict, and resistant to change at this point in his lifetime, the whole ordeal has been interesting, to say the least. Still, there are moments when he is reminded of his youthful days, when he first graduated from his training. And he can't help but smile...secretly. When no one is looking.

I have finished this piece as a present for the wonderful @astralfox0893 . Vectors have been my love long before the stained glass, and I think I'll be returning to them in 2025. I hope you like how it turned out.

[retrocgads]

USA 1993

[caribeandthebooks]

Caribe's Historical Fiction TBR - Part 2

[justabunnyxx]

Sleepover with the emos!!!!

[damage-cloud]

Spellbreaker Invisiclues Art

[frankenipple]

Some outfits for an oc

[tetrabytez]

YO, IF YOU LIKED SPELLBREAK, READ THIS!

Apparently there's a community download for the game where private server events and more are held via the Discord owner. I REALLY hate to see the game almost completely dying, so I'd love it if word could spread around some more! And again, Fuck You Blizzard!

The Discord link is here!

[ciceroandlucien]

Daedric Artifacts (part one?)

[golmac]

Gold Machine is finally through with the Zork and Enchanter trilogies. What a ride!

[crazify]

Can we talk about Spellbreaker and Spellmaker for a minute? Absolutely incredible book series, especially if you love things like Pride and Prejudice. Elsie Camden is a wonderful character and I adore this series with all my heart

[lilly-the-goblin]

I miss spellbreak. That shit was so fun. I wish they had an option to play against bots on Xbox, I really enjoyed when I tried it a few months ago. Rip Spellbreak

[daekie-gw2]

in possession of a color scheme i affectionately call 'bowling alley carpet': amaris mal*ette! human spellbreaker. 20something barmaid, also an adventurer-for-hire; blessed by balthazar but her god doth protest too much, yikes, totally cringe.

she has a parasocial crush on both marjory delaqua and kasmeer meade that she’s very embarrassed about.

(*normally she writes it mallette but someone got it wrong on the paperwork once, and it sounds exactly the same, so, yknow. that's not the hill she wants to die on. you gotta pick what stupid hills you want to die on and that's not hers, hers is calling jormag a dilf

she once did this while the commander and braham eirsson were in earshot and somehow resisted the urge to crawl under a table and die in a hole. emotionally she says she has never fully recovered. the worst part was having to explain to the commander what the phrase meant in the first place)

[chalantcunt]

all of the lights in here babyyyy extra bright i want yall to see this 😹

[englishbookscomtr]

The orphaned Elsie Camden learned as a girl that there were two kinds of wizards in the world: those who pay for the power to cast spells and those, like her, born with the ability to break them. But as an unlicensed magic user, her gift is a crime. Commissioned by an underground group known as the Cowls, Elsie uses her spellbreaking to push back against the aristocrats and help the common man. She always did love the tale of Robin Hood.

[craigofinspiration]

Spellbreaker | Magic Shield

Check out the Spellbreaker, a powerful magic shield made of rare Aechronite that can reflect spells back at their caster. #dnd

Spellbreaker, +1 Shield Wondrous Item, very rare (requires attunement) This large, circular shield is made of a rough, black and gold obsidian-like ore called aechronite. Its surface is pock-marked and shimmers slightly in the light. When spells are cast at the user, the shield emits a faint purple glow as it reflects the magic back at the caster. While holding this Spellbreaker shield you…