#ancientsau

[ancha-aus]

Finished uploading my main story

Just uploaded the last chapter for Ancients and Champions.

I can't believe that after two years I actually finished the story.

Feels a bit double but I am happy I managed to complete it and fully upload it.

For those who are unaware, the story:

It is over there. Actually completed and finished!

I am both happy but also a bit sad to actually finish it. it is strange.

[deatni]

Hello, it's been a while since I posted here, so I brought just a little drawing of our beloved Classic Sans. ( :D, I had fun creating this little drawing, an attempt was made TwT) inspired by part of the Ancients and Champions series, "Dressing Up", well that's it, bye.

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THIS IS GORGEOUS!

Look at the baby! Baby Goth is tooooo cute!

Also I kinda love the hood. Kinda fits in with the fam with Reaper with his own cloak/hood and tiny Goth with his mini hood.

THE FLOOFY WINGS! THEY ARE SO TINY!

I love it!

Baby Goth

for @ancientschampionau because i said id draw these two <3

this is for THIS fic, which you should all totally read! ;)

r.e, the hood: so.. this is slightly embarrassing i MAY have forgotten which sans i was drawing, and i only realised it wasnt supposed to be there until after i started shading and rendering, so, Geno gets a slightly translucent hood now, cus, yeah

I very almost drew Reaper in too, but i forgot, cus i couldnt get a good ref for how i wanted him, oopsies

anyway, isnt Goth a little cutie?! <3 spitting image hehe

GO READ THE FIC YOU LOT!

[ancha-aus]

Things I am working on

I figured just an update on general projects would be fun (Yes they are all Undertale related):

Being writen/in progress

Ancients and Champions - 100% writen. 95% edited. uploads every sunday

Mermaid prompt list 2022 (No name yet, will most likely stay that) - 100% writen. 85% edited. Uploads will happen after I finish uploading A&C

Bitty surprise (name pending) - 100% writen. 15% edited. In the works in the background

Family Ties - 25% writen (ish?). 25% edited. General storyline in my head, just need to actually write the thing

Story ideas that seem fun to me/ stuff i am thinking about writing:

UT Zombie apocalyse story.

Background story on Error and Geno and their time growing up - A&C related

Story on what would happen to the multiverse if there was NO negativity, the consequences to an only positive multi-universe

another mermaid story but pairing focus dustXsans

story where all the sanses are just actors and they do a series together (no idea how i would make this work in writing gonna be real with you)

Story were Nightmare gets deaged and the gang is trying to take care of him (prompt story lastest drabble)

Updated 7 may 2024

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Family tree - Skeletons

Or at least so far without spoilers.

Look at this absolute mess.

I had to shimmy things over so many times.

You can also see I gave up trying to make enough lines between the gang and Error and Nightmare. So they just get the adoption box and I called it a day.

I also very quickly went to colour coding because the standard family tree formation was not going to work but I tried!

I however did give up on trying to add the whole of the undertale gang as I quickly realised I would not have the space and so I concentrated on the skeletons for now.

(Also, don't worry about those lines leading into nothing :) Those are not explained or came up or were referred to in the story and so they don't matter at the moment :) )

[ancha-aus]

I did it

I actually did it.

What did I do you may ask?

I finished it.

I just completed the main story for Ancients & Champions!!

The story I am talking about.

Rambling under the read more line

Okay! So. Obviously this is not the final final wordcount. Seeing as I will still need to edit the chapters and reread stuff but this is about the final wordcount.

And let me tell you. The last time i did an update like this I had just hit chapter 91 with writing and felt like I was close to the ending and said that if I had to write another 10 chapters I would go insane.

Oh silly me. Oh how I was wrong.

Because here we are. Not only did I write those last ten chapters but i OVERSHOT it.

It feels strange at this point to actually be done with writing the main story and main storyline. Again it isn't yet finished finished but the story has ended and it is... strange.

I should be relieved honestly. I have been writing this in my off time since we were still in a pandemic, 2021, and I am close to counting three years with writing it.

It was a journey and a half and honestly I think I am a better writer now than when I started. Hell when i reread some of the stuff i wrote near the start i still get the feeling i want to change some wording or characterization because along the process i really settled on hwo i wanted everyone to act and be. (really considering rewriting the sidestory about Error's backstory but i will contain myself for now)

The thing is. I never actually finished a fanficiton before. (and then she writes a 430K thing yes i can see the irony) it is just. I lost interest in the stories i wrote before so it is strange to actually finish this absolute monster of a fanfiction (aaayyyy i will show myself out)

I am not done with this universe I ended up creating just yet. The fact I started this whole thing because i wanted NightmareXSansXError things is still real funny to me. It just got out of hand so quickly and because i started with just writing for only myself it just kept growing.

But I loved the journey and everyone who on AO3 followed along and the few people here who are nice enough to follow me and my story.

It was a fun ride and as i said. I am not quite done with this universe just yet. But I would be lying if it isn't great that i now have more space to write other ideas i had. and i had quite a few ideas. We will see what the future brings.

See you people around and if i see you at the story, remember, updates every sunday until we are done.

See you sunday.

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Look at them!! They are staring at the new baby!! They are absolutely enchanted by tiny Goth!!

Stop they are too cute!! Thank you!! It is just perfect!

@ancientschampionau

Cross and dust staring at the new baby

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Do you have a height list for the characters I started to reread (I'm @ chapter but 64) I'm still missing Killer Dust Cross Geno & Reapers heights

I kinda do actually!

It isn't mentioned too much because it is kinda hard to have it in the story but:

Sans: 4 feet 5 Error: 5 feet 4 Cross: 5 feet 7 (sshhh he is still a growing boy) Dust & killer: 5 feet 9 (Killer will also grow a bit more but Dust is 5 feet 9 ) Nightmare: 6 feet 3 (5 feet 8 uncorrupted) Horror: 7 feet.

I don't have a canon height for either Reaper or Geno. Geno is just a bit taller than Error but still short and Reaper is taller and lankier than Geno.

I just kinda picked something and went with it. Hope it helps!

[ancha-aus]

So instead of working on the last few chapters of the main fic I, once again, decided to write a side story because why wouldn't I?

Side note. This now leaves me with a new word doc of 11K words that I have to reread and edit.

Which is not even talking about the idea I had for another side story/expansion. And the thought to actually put a family tree (or two) together...

Why am I like this?

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Magic Relations

The magical diagraph to get a general idea on how stuff relates to one another in my story (mostly Ancients and Champions but generally in all my stories):

And which Ancient is connected to which soultrait.

Determination/Survival = Fate Perseverance = Nim Patience = Past and Future Integrity = Death Kindness = Life Justice = Judge Bravery = Knight

The circle also shows which magical traits are easiest to use for each person with certain traits.

Example (obverse the coloured dots in each coloured area for reference): Someone with a kindness soul main ability and magic will come from the kindness area. But, each soul trait has overlap with the other soultraits, meaning each soul can in theory do stuff from other soul traits. The amount however differce a person. Someone with a kindness soul can be born in the area which only has the magic of the kindness soul (the area with the green dot (life)) will be able to do all the magic with a green dot but not any of the area's without a green dot but, the soul can also have been born in the area of the green and yellow area (green and yellow dots) which means that soul will be able to do both that area, and the purely yellow and purely green area.

As you can imagine, This can become a lot for a soul to handle and the soul will start to pick and choice what it can do.

Example: Papyrus has been born in the little grey area right near the middle but still in the Bravery zone. Meaning he has a large field of things he can do and only a very little zone of things he can't do. But because he has the ability to use as many of the zones as he has this is hardly noticeable.

Example: Error is on the other side of this spectrum. He only has integrity but thanks to his own skill and stubborness he has managed to copy every other zone wiht the use of little overlap his own magic field has and a lot of stubborn energy.

As you can see, depending on where in the 'zone' each soul is born it depends on which skills the soul has available. The soul itself may have the Justice trait but the magical abilitys would be equally bravery as it is justice.

And that is a very short explanation on soultrait and magic connections and how it all influences stuff and why two people of the same soultrait may have completely different abilities.

[deatni]

Ok, this is just a small sketch, it's part of the story "Ancients & Champions", "Vistoso", I tried to finish it, but I still have my thesis unfinished, so I just finished the sketch and my excitement to upload it is much more hahaha (since I'm here I'll upload other extra drawings, they're not part of the story but I don't want to lose them) ;)

[ancha-aus]

Howdy! I recently made a blog for recommending fics & I made a post on my personal recommendations, one of those being your Ancients & Champions fic. Is this alright? I find myself going back to my favorite parts & rereading. (Especially the scene with the reveal of Chara & Asriel. So emotion filled!)

Aw that is so nice of you!

It is such a honour and I am happy my story managed to bring you some joy and even made it to the recommended list.

And no worries! Just link me to it so I can check it out ;)

Thank you for asking however. I appreciate it :)

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Coloured Sketch of Judge

With a Sans for scale.

Ancients overview.

Judge, being about 18 feet in height. Is mostly incorporeal and that shows with their form. They also really don't like to be even visible or physical. It is why Judge is normally a much more hidden presence and works by influencing the choices of their Champion.

And before they decided on even getting a Champion they would remain with one of their fellow Ancients to not have to deal with mortals.

Judge is still new to having a Champion but is learning as they go. Maybe in a few millenia they will have a different form or more Champions but for now Judge functions best with having one Champion that they stick to and with.

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me chilling. me: I should actually finish the sketches for the Ancients. *one quick sketch of Death and one quick sketch of Knight later* yes yes. this is going great. gets to past and future. me: .... fuck... I have no idea what i want you to look like...

Why is this the type of issue i keep running into? I haven't even thought about Fate yet :/

I am a writer, not a designer :(

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Well I bit the bullet, here is the coloured sketch of Nim from my AU. (with a little 5feet dude for scale) ((Very very loosely based on the original dreamtale AU but it is isn't much alike or any way connected to that original AU))

Ancients Overview.

Nim is the Ancient of Perseverance, and magic.

Nim, at her full strength is about 70 feet tall and appears like a large deer like creature. Her antlers resemble a willow tree. When she settles in a place she likes the grow a tree directly on the ley lines. Makes her have an easy connection to what is her domain. She is mainly purple in colour which reflects her trait but she also has the other colours as is in the nature of magic. Her antlers also grow more of her apples.

In this AU her apples are much more connected to magic over emotions. If one were to eat an apple a number of things could happen.

If a normal monster eats one they become a boss monster. if a boss monster eats one they would get the power of a boss monster who absorbed a human soul.

If a human eats an apple they would become a mage, a human able to use magic. If a mage ate an apple they would gain the power as if they absorbed a boss monster soul.

No one has eaten one after that stage and Nim is unsure what would happen then, she assumes the mortal body of the one who ate the apple at that point would not be able to withstand the magic and die, but Nim is not sure.

Nim's personality in this is overall friendly and curious. she loves interacting with the mortals around her and when she had still been at full power she often forms a connection to the communities living near her. She used to take a form looking like a mortal to mingle better with those around her or ride with her Champion to be able to fully experience the world around her.

When she made Dream and Nightmare she lost a lot of her power that had been slow to recover. Now after the events of the main story she lives within the ley lines in the earth where she is recovering before finding a new place to permanently reside.

If she were to have a champion it would just be one who would be a Guardian. The Guardian would be there to guard her as she works on infusing this world with magic.

She is one of the oldest Ancients and was one of the first to pick her domain.

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Ancients & Champions MasterPost

The masterpost for my Ancients and Champions story. Partly for myself to keep track of everything. Partly to get some overview of it all.

Tag for these kinda posts in case you want to exclude them all: 'AncientsAU' 'AncientsAndChampions' All one word

Main story AO3 link

Side stories in the serie tab.

Skeleton house

The Ancients

How do traits and magic affect one another?

Skeleton family tree

How is an Ancient made/born?

Fanart. Some amazing people have made fanart and I could impossibly not link them <3

@a-whispering-echo has made multiple things here and here

@deatni Has also made multiple amazing drawings you can check out here, here, here and here

@blueshystargazer has also made some very pretty art which you can admire here and here!

Please for the love of everything if I accidentally missed you please please tell me so I can add you to the fanart list. I am sorry in case i forgot you i got a horrible horrible system to keep track of these things as it is just my memory.

And I want to thank everyone who came to visit and interact with my silly AU <3 I love the positivity and the good vibes we got going on and I am happy to share it as it has been fun <3