#Sebastien De Castell

[schweizercomics]

Hey, there, friends! I'm going to be releasing a collection of one hundred sword drawings from my recent visits to museums in NYC, Leeds, London, and Paris. I hope you'll visit the kickstarter preview here and click the "Notify Me" button - I'll be launching soon!

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Apparently I have a thing for books that have a small fandom (and a mmc called Kel) 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🫠

[mizeliza]

I've started reading the greatcoats books and I'm obsessed with how the country, constantly derided and referred to as corrupted and degenerate, is named tristia. the land of sadness.

[leafandlore]

Finished reading Play of Shadows by Sebastien de Castell and I desperately need for there to be a Greatcoats fandom on here. But alas, I am but one of few who even seem to know these books exist. 😔

[emrysofstorybrooke]

I'm rereading Spellslinger after reading the first two Argosi books and I just... I loved Ferius before. She's basically one of my favorite characters in any book I've ever read. But I just somehow have way more respect for than I even did before. I mean, this woman has so many reasons to hate the Jan'Tep (though, let's be real, they're the worst anyway), and assuming the massive hints in the Argosi books aren't super misleading, Kellen's family in particular. But literally the first thing she does when she shows up is save Kellen's life, and then even when she knows who he is, she KEEPS HELPING HIM. Like. Talk about overcoming adversity and being the bigger person.

Ferius Parfax may not be a lady, but she is a queen among women.

[unorthodoxiguana]

Kellen spent the the first half of his life having complete faith in Jan'tep propaganda whilst living a privileged lifestyle.

Kellen spent the second half of his life on the run, juggling his survival with the expectations of those around him.

Kellen is usually surrounded by people who are functioning adults that know who they are, what they want (unlike Kellen who doesn't), and often demand something of him, regardless of which half of his life you are talking about.

People constantly criticise Kellen's immaturity.

What the fuck.

[ace7librarian]

Just finished fall of the argosi. I need to scream. I need this series to have a bigger fandom. I need so much fanfics.

[squeeze-the-lemon]

The best part about rereading the Spellslinger series is that you realise what a whiny child Kellen was in the first book and you can see how much he grew from that into the man he became by Crownbreaker

Now that's character development

[oneletternames]

i feel like ferius would wear platforms boots everywhere and with anything. like wear a really pretty dress, a hideous stupidly fluffy cardigan and platform boots. probably with some funky socks poking out of the top.

[schweizercomics]

Hey, friends!

One thing I'm very, very excited about with A DREAM OF SWORDS (in its last week on Kickstarter!) is that one of my favorite contemporary authors, Sebastien de Castell, has written its introduction, an essay about the outsized impact that swords have on the popular imagination.

If you haven't read his GREATCOATS series, I really love it. It's a great high adventure swashbuckling fantasy, and it's got some stellar audiobook narrations by Joe Jameson. There's a very good chance that your library has them, and if not, they're on Audible or you can find links to the retailer of your choice through his website. There's heavy, gritty subject matter, and sometimes ain't for the squeamish, but unlike some darker fantasy stuff there's an undercurrent of hope and idealism that permeates the whole thing. I'm a sucker for idealism in fiction and I can think of few folks in modern times that have done it better than has Sebastien (another top contender is Avatar: The Last Airbender).

(the above is my attempt to capture the lead of the book, Falcio, and his two best friends/brothers-in-arms).

I wrote at length about the books here, if you're inclined to read.

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this took me a while

[bookcoversonly]

Title: Fate of the Argosi | Author: Sebastien de Castell | Publisher: Hot Key Books (2023)

[corviine]

kest drawing for @algifs feat. her faceclaim choice! anyway i adore him.

[emrysofstorybrooke]

It's kinda crazy how the thing Kellen wanted more than anything in Spellslinger feels like a slap in the face when he gets it in Queenslayer.

[unorthodoxiguana]

I'm not sorry

[hephestiasson]

Ra'meth: This is a matter of the law. That foul creature of yours comes with us.

Ke'heops after looking at Shalla, Ferius, & Kellen: Of which foul creature do you speak? I seem to be plagued with them tonight.

Bro did you just insult both your children and your guest?! Ferius saved your son's life! That's rich coming from someone who counterbanded his own son and practically stripped him of his ability to use magic.