#THANK YOU VERIN

[black-ajah-hq]

There's a reason why she's my favorite Aes Sedai!!!!

[paintedwarpony]

VERIN

VERIN FINALLY

MATT DID VERIN IN THE CAMPAIGN. VERIN. VERIN. HE HAS A DEEP VOICE AND HE'S SUCJ A SWEETIE VERINVERINVERINVERIN

[ariadne-mouse]

RE the doodle requests, mayhaps Verin opening his Ashari book to find Essek filled it with jam as revenge (ifykyk)

Even worse, it's Keyleth who finds out

[markantonys]

physically i'm here, mentally i'm at gawyn's birthday party in caemlyn

[ofthebrownajah]

[authoruio]

∅ Anyone for Grey and Kumo ?

Ahoy Fumi!!

Took me a while because research was killing the braincells I had left

I think someone with a communication problem is a good duo for a chaotic and energetic puppet! UiO and Grey would either be the wildest cards in writing stories yet. (I don't even want to know what theyre writing about.)

UiO being as you know, well, curious and friendly would be patient to understand what's in with Grey and she's very interested! The only downside is that UiO wouldn't really understand what he means with words and thats gonna take a while.

UiO would also be very interested in things he'd do, even if she doesn't know what it is or just wants to watch, she'd be there asking Grey how things works.

Kumo on the other hand with Verin..

Oh boy, this can either be enemies to long-term rivals or enemies to questionable friendship.

Verin's unfriendly approach and his sharp tongue interact with Kumo's hard heart that needs time? You can bet things are not going to have a positive outcome ever. Verin is a stuck-up and he is DEFINITELY not seeing Kumo in a good light. Verin is a pretty organized person and most certainly will notice if something is missing from his person.

Worst-case scenario they'd be at each other's throats that cannot possibly be stopped unless by force. Turning to questionable friends though? They'd still be at each other's throat but Verin would lower the sharpness of his quips.

[maacbrem]

Absolutely insane about the Thelyss brothers in Vasselheim cause like

Essek the Bright Queen is RIGHT THERE SIR PLEASE - but then, so is his brother, his little brother he probably still thinks of as a child because they were allowed to be children so briefly before anamnesis failed to come and they had to make something of themselves as new souls in an ancient Den, and Verin is the youngest Taskhand of Bazzoxan and a highly accomplished Echo Knight but he’s going to war??? Against aliens and would-be god killers and Ludinus Da’leth???? And Essek is a heretic fugitive and selfish to his bones, but he loved his brother even when he didn’t think he was capable of love at all, even if he wasn’t very good at it. So he stays in Vasselheim and he makes sure that these strange, awe-inspiring legendary heroes know his brother’s face, his voice, his armour, so that maybe if he falls one of them will deign to pick him up. He thinks about his friends, far from him now (Caleb, out of his reach and likely preparing to do something reckless but too brilliant to be called foolish), and looks at his brother, who will also go, who might never come back.

And Verin??? The youngest son of his Den, the second new soul prodigy by necessity who never really understood his brother but loved him anyway, who mourned their father so hard that he tried to become him by throwing himself against the endless hordes of the Hells, who now answers the call of all the gods and Exandria itself to fight a war with impossible odds, offering himself and his soldiers as potential cannon fodder so that the legendary heroes of the age might emerge victorious? I need to know how long he’s known what Essek did (because I know that Essek confessed and part of him hoped that Verin would condemn him, his righteous, devoted brother), and I need to know if Essek faked his death or just vanished, and I need to know if Verin wept for him. Verin who loves his people and his country and his god, who believes in things like faith and loyalty because he’s never really had cause not to, who has to find a way to believe in his brother, too. He learns to recognize this Archivist disguise and a few others that Essek favours, and he stops referring to his brother by name ever just so he doesn’t forget at the wrong moment, and he carries the beat-up booklet of Ashari poetry that he first learned to read Common from that still has child-Essek’s penmanship in the margins and he thinks about how seasons change and how winter doesn’t really kill, it just rests, and the process of a butterfly’s metamorphosis isn’t really that far off from the Luxon’s decree to become your ever-bettering self.

Essek doesn’t say “come back” but he does say “fight smart” and Verin knows what he means. Verin wraps him in a spine-cracking bear hug, uncomfortable in his armour but Essek has gotten better about physical affection in the past few years and one day Verin intends to thank the Mighty Nein personally for that. Verin says “stay sharp” and then quieter he says “i’ll see you again” and Essek hears ‘in this life or the next’ and he very calmly and sanely doesn’t start screaming, but he does press a pearl to Verin’s forehead (Caleb’s variation of the somatics, a useless bit of sentimentality made powerful that Essek adores). And then they have to part ways before Verin rejoins the Kryn contingent and Essek disappears back into the crowd, two brothers finally on the same side but unable to stand together.

Anyway, I think they’re neat.

[firefrightfic]

Verin Thelyss sensitive soul who like poetry is 100% the correct direction, I don't how we didn't predict it like everything else

But I will have that he absolutely does write his own and Essek was subjected to so much baby poetry where Luxon was somehow rhymed with buxom now, thank you Mr. Mercer

[gods-perfect-idiots]

was overcome with the urge to draw "wade tenderly caressing logan's face while he's Feeling Big Angsty Stuff" and then the parallel urge to do a follow-up of "logan kissing wade's hand/holding onto him for dear life"

(anyway hope you like it - I have been looking at this for too long and so of course I hate it now 🫠 art is hard guys lol)

some details below the cut because I am happy with some small aspects - still really enjoying the painting part of doing Wade's scars for example (thanks again @woof-verine for that inspo it is just baked into my psyche now, and also for being a forever enjoyer of pointy ears Logan - sorry couldn't quite get the fangs in this time but they are there trust me!!)

ps. was listening to She Calls Me Back by Noah Kahan for this one. idk it just hits for me in my poolverine-addled state lol

[ariadne-mouse]

the holy trinity

behind the scenes of me trying to scrounge up new esseks to reblog on shadowhand sundays XD

[spoopderman]

Everyone say thank you to @woof-verine for coming up with the fantastic concept of Wade and Logan taking Laura to go rollerskating (it was mostly Wades idea).

[ariadne-mouse]

5 min prompt: Luc and Verin are plotting Shenanigans together 😼

They're definitely up to something.

[amemoryofwot]

Introducing our beautiful Aes Sedai ….

Esnaem Tumblragoran :)

(For her first name say it out loud, and I’ll take an extreme liberty making “agoran” a Malkieri suffix much like “nhald” is Taraboner and “ghan” is Cairhien)

And thank you to the 750 (!) people who voted! Let’s break it down!

We’ve already voted her into Malkieri heritage from our previous poll. From the top of this poll she was solidly voted into the Grey Ajah. The Ajahs corresponding to a lesser vote percentage were at a disadvantage due to the meta game of trying to vote her evil, but I’m happy she settled into a slightly less represented Ajah. She was Black for a good chunk of the time which lead to some of my favourite tags:

Age was a little trickier to assign, keeping in mind her Malkieri heritage needs her to be at least say, 50 to 60. So that vote percentage of a total lifespan doesn’t really make sense, so I think easiest thing is just to move that decimal place and make her 96 years old.

Personality wise she’s haughty about half again as much as she is serene which, yknow, fits.

Strength in the Power was a bit challenging as you all know that RJ’s wack leveling system puts Lanfear at level 1 and the highest, so MORE votes would make her weaker in this regard. Helpfully, the Thirteenth Repository has a power level chart that fits better here. If we round her up to Level 8, it makes her powerful enough to travel and puts her on par with such channellers as Verin, Alviarin, Alanna, Annoura, Meidani, and Seonid.

We did it everyone, we voted her to be TWENTY FIVE percent tits. Leading again to another favourite tag.

We voted her into the 6.3 percentile for height, which correlates to about 4’11 and a quarter (the quarter is very important) for the average woman. I looked up general weight range for this height and went with 45kg, which means she’s about 11kg of boobs so uh. Yeah. I tried looking up weight of breast size which I don’t think is even really a thing but the chart I found capped out at 1.5kg per H cup breast. Idk like I said before short and stacked. Fun fact the last screenshot I have of the early poll results show it took over 75 votes before anybody started voting for height which to me was even funnier than the bosom sweep.

She’s got about 5% vote for angreal so let’s give her five angreal of her very own, perhaps even some Malkieri artifacts she is preserving.

She has 8.5% vote for Warders, which is a challenge considering she’s Grey. To keep with the Ajah rules perhaps she only has one officially bonded Warder, but is caretaking a gaggle of aging Malkieri soldiers that are joked to be her Warders.

Most importantly, she has been voted about 21 pillowfriends. Another fun fact this is a higher number than confirmed pillowfriends and lesbians in WoT (I counted something like 18 from the wiki) so girl gets around.

And there you have her, Esnaem Tumblragoran, gilf Malkieri Sister of the Grey Ajah

[cinlat]

I am so happy with this. Thank you dingoat! I love their bg3 style so much.

What is a best friend and an obnoxious brother supposed to do when Fynta has a bad day? Smooch Ambush of course! You know these two idiots had fun planning the perfect opportunity of attack. Sometimes Fynta needs to be reminded that she doesn't have to carry it all alone.

"And I'm enough."

Ahaaaha so happy that it gets to be @cinlat 's lovely Fynta being smooch-attacked by Cormac and Verin for this one, also super fun drawing some swtor OCs that are also bg3 OCs at the same time.

[the-chaos-axolotl]

I decided to place verin through valfrey's honor code! (Valfrey belongs to @gethoce)

One must live their life for a purpose such as serving a shogun or protecting one's people

Verins doesn't really protect anyone besides her family or friends, even then she isn't doing the greatest job.

If left without a purpose one must make it their mission to find one.

Verins still navigating through her life and trying to rid all the habits and thoughts Lydia gave her. It's gonna take her a while to find a purpose that isn't just something to make others proud.

Be the master of one's emotions, yet Do not rob yourself of your whimsy for it’d poison your mind

She's not good at showing negative emotions 👍

Always be honest unless doing so risks the safety of those you swore to protect.

She's more of a snake than a moth

Do not steal unless it is to protect.

Verins favorite thing to do is to steal lamps, it's what she was originally raised to do by her former mother

Do not sneak attack when a fair battle is possible.

Verin wouldn't sneak attack, but would fight dirty.

There is no honour in being outnumbered, use usually unfair tactics to even the playing field when the odds are stacked against you.

That's the only way she knows! ��💅

Respect yourself, keep yourself healthy and well groomed.

Verin doesn't respect herself but is very healthy and clean, thanks to her new parents.

Stay true to your principles.

Verins principles are very flexable so its easy to stay true to them.

Do not slaughter your own kin (members of your clan or similar concepts) unless they strike first.

If Lydia didn't want to be murdered than she shouldn't have chopper of her wings🤷‍♂️

Take vengeance on those who have wronged you or your kin.

Verin loves vengeance ♡

Be polite and respectful to those who deserve it.

She's polite to everyone!

If one serves something like a clan or leader that disrespects them or otherwise goes against their principles the clan does no longer deserve to be named kin.

Idk about this one but verin would beat the shit out of poeple who disrespect her parents

Do not distespect Valfrey

Verin would never disrespect valfrey

Here's some doodles I did btw

[vagabondfirelily]

A cat rubs against his legs, its fur grey, ears short and rounded, and one eye missing. Verin heard Essek call her Kestal. She meows at him once and he bends down to scratch her behind the ears before she turns away and makes herself comfortable on one of the armchairs in the sitting room. With a small smile etched on his lips, he goes back to looking out the window. From here, he can just about spot Essek in the garden outside.

The sun has already begun to set, but the air is still warm with the peaceful embrace of summer. Essek kneels in the dirt, a large sun hat on his head, rose-printed gloves on his hands, and a wicker basket by his side as he plucks fresh vegetables from the ground for dinner. (Caleb mentioned a vegetable stew, to which Essek immediately lit up and told Verin he had to try it.)

Verin watches his brother work in a shirt one size too big, the sleeves rolled up. It looks like it could belong to Caleb, but Verin knows better. He can see Essek’s taste in the dark colors and the softness of the material, in the way it comfortably swallows his frame. Low sunlight glints off his silver ear cuffs. He’s barefoot. He has been all day.

The sound of light footsteps reaches his ears from behind and he turns just in time to see Caleb enter the room with a steaming cup of tea held between his hands. Two cats trail behind him, tails and heads raised expectantly. Amusement bubbles in Verin’s chest, he’s still getting used to sights like this. Caleb approaches him slowly.

“One of Caduceus’s newer blends. I believe it will be to your liking.”

He sets the tea carefully on the table in the middle of the sitting area and Verin sends him a smile.

“Thank you.”

He can feel Caleb shuffle behind him as he turns to look back at Essek. He’s been doing that a lot today.

“She used to walk barefoot. Our mother. Back when we were still in the creche. She was always easier on me than she was on Essek. I do not know why I remember that.”

His words are somewhat halting, startling even to himself. He cannot tell what brought this on. It’s just that he saw Essek this morning – comfortable clothes, a small hesitant smile and bare feet on the ground – and a weight has settled over his chest.

If Caleb’s surprised, he makes no sign of it.

“Does he tell you about her?”

“Not much.”

There’s a soft clatter and Verin hears Caleb reprimand gently one of the cats in Zemnian.

“I did not think he would. They never got along well with each other. I think he’s always been afraid of how similar he is to her. He has her eyes, though.”

He turns his head to Caleb and flashes him a fanged smile. Caleb smiles back, mirth kindling in his eyes.

“I would assume then that you have your father’s.”

“And you would be correct.”

Verin laughs brightly for a second before his eyes stray back to his brother outside the window, smile slowly fading away.

“I think she’s always haunted him in a way. I think they both have.”

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