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askvectorprime · 11 months ago
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Do you know Alpha Trion personally?
Dear Prime Petitioner,
That question is much harder to answer than you might have guessed. Despite having been forged alongside Alpha Trion, the more I explore the reaches of the multiverse, the more I have… questions.
I see a pattern replaying over and over throughout generations. The name is unimportant, the hint of the insignia remains. Alpha Trion, A3, Primon, Alpha Prime, Sig-Omega, The Old One, Solomus, Arrius. The mentor, ancient beyond reckoning. I see others standing by his side. A previous generation, a guiding hand, a covenant.
Things become blurred with time, and I find myself with all the time in the world. Sometimes I begin to wonder. Are we Thirteen because we were created to be? Or were my siblings and I all who remained, after Unicron and the Dark Gods were stopped?
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theextendedzodiacas · 9 months ago
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The Extended Zodiac as Moodboards: Punk Arrius Seer with good vibes
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homestuck-hell · 1 year ago
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Bullut Eteves, Prince of Hope, Derse
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SPORTSBALL!!!
More of a sports fan than a player
Thinks he can unite everyone over the passion of sports
Land of Flags and Goals
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tc-tertiarycolor · 2 years ago
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Your name is NOVIKO CARTEN. and you are dead. Sucks to be you. You find yourself wandering this material plane feeling SORRY FOR YOURSELF and wondering when it all went WRONG. It's not your fault you were martyred by the DARK CARNIVAL, who knew running a cult would result in this?
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tentativeauthor · 1 year ago
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Tiny transparent Rust signs! Click for better quality. Thinking about doing this to the rest of the signs, thought I'd post this to see if there's any want for the rest.
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pedroam-bang · 2 years ago
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Ben-Hur (1959)
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iusod · 2 years ago
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What are the ROs reactions to MC leaning very close to them, like almost kiss, only to reach for something behind them, wink and then leave?
This took forever! Anon I'm sorry! 😖😖.
Sascha
The MC would be tossed over the desk to receive their punishment. Sascha doesn't like being teased. He's not a patient man either Anon. If the pc does something like this be prepared to not be able to walk for a few days. (Its good to be young).
Anais/Arrius
Would not think anything of it. But their body would stiffen. They're conflicted about their feelings towards the MC. They have a mission to accomplish Anon. The MC doing things like this will make them do something they'll sure to regret in the morning. They'll most certainly avoid the MC for sometime because of this.
Alonso/Alannah
They would panic. Their heart would go into a frenzy. They know that this isn't a feeling that they should have towards the Lord of the underworld spouse, but they cannot help themself. They would use the excuse of going over the mc 'new mission' to keep them in their office. 😏. They would then pin the mc down on the couch and "tease" them back.....
Thank you for the ask! And enjoy the rest of your day anon!
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wujczak · 23 days ago
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Undead Knight for this year's halloween
Original model Arrius the Black, Undead Warrior from Reaper Miniatures
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trial of Titus Annius Milo
date: 52 BCE, Milo charged on March 26, trial on April 4-7/[8]) charge: lex Pompeia de vi (murder of Clodius) defendant: T. Annius Milo pr. 55 advocates: M. Claudius Marcellus cos. 51 M. Tullius Cicero cos. 63 (Crawford, Orations 72)  prosecutors: M. Antonius q. 51, cos. 44, 34 (subscr.) Ap. Claudius Pulcher cos. 38 (nom. del.) Ap. Claudius Pulcher sen.? (subscr.) P. Valerius Nepos (subscr.)  quaesitor: L. Domitius Ahenobarbus cos. 54 jurors: Q. Petilius M. Porcius Cato pr. 54 (voted A) P. Varius witnesses: Q. Arrius pr. before 63 = ? Q. Arrius pr. 73 C. Causinius Schola of Interamna C. Clodius Fulvia M. Porcius Cato pr. 54 Sempronia residents of Bovillae virgines Albanae 
Cic. Mil.; Liv. Per. 107; Vell. 2.47.4-5; Asc. 30-56; Quint. Inst. 3.6.93, 3.11.15 and 17; 4.1.20; 4.2.25, 4.3.17, 6.3.49, 10.1.23; Plut. Cic. 35; App. BCiv. 2.21-22, 24; Dio 40.54-55.1; Schol. Bob. 111-125St; Schol. Gronov. D 322-323St; see also Cic. Att. 5.8.2-3, 6.4.3, 6.5.1-2
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tastesoftamriel · 1 year ago
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The Cheydinhal Bridge Inn
The Niben's best kept secret, specialising in Cheydinhal's signature Dunmeri fusion
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Harlun's Watch famous beef pie, with tender beef brisket, Harlun's Watch Stilton, locally-foraged mushrooms, and a wickwheat crust
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Hlaalu-style ash-baked chicken, with fresh roasted vegetables from Cheydinhal Market
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Corbolo River grilled salmon, with a sweet teriyaki glaze, pickled comberries and radish, and egg fried saltrice
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Nibenay Basin wild rabbit, braised in port, sujamma, and served with ash yam gratin
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Cheydinhal roast goose, with plum and comberry sauce and creamed hacklo-lo
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Lake Arrius creamy slaughterfish and mudcrab bake, served atop cheesy saltrice
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Jerall Mountains venison roast, with black pepper gravy and spicy ash yam wedges
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scales-like-ash · 2 months ago
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The last night...
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This was the last night Sharp and I shared, it was intense... It's not the first time we had done it but most of the time it was to simply relieve the stress before I left our home in Vvardenfell to fight in Cyrodiil.
If I had known that this was the last time we would see and embrace eachother... I wouldn't have left for Arrius Keep... But the threads of Fate work in their own way...
Art by Hyuron_shiro96
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julescarstairs · 1 year ago
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Meet The Gang: That Which Is Precious and Lost Edition!
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So, for those of you playing along at home, my best friend @tsc-reader and I have been writing a TSC Next-Generation Fanfic about our fanon kids of Kierarktina, Blackstairs, Kitty and Morgenthorn for two whole years now, over on Instagram. It’s called That Which Is Precious and Lost. We’ve written a complete instalment of 52 Chapters (which we call Book 1) and are currently working on a sequel, titled That Which is Gracious and Cruel (which we usually abbreviate to TWIPAL2, since TWIGAC makes us uncomfy ✨) as we speak!
Book 1 follows the kids as they embark on an epic journey to save their parents from a certain faerie matriarch, who is holding each of them captive for ransom — what ransom, you ask? Why, it’s none other than an ancient faerie spellbook called the Sage Scripts, which has long since been lost to the sands of time. Sands of time or not, the kids have a meagre fourteen days to find and retrieve the Scripts, and return them to the Seelie Queen’s hands — or run the risk of losing their family once and for all.
In book 2, the stakes grow higher, but there’s not much more I can tell you other than that, lest I spoil some big pointers from Book 1 for you 🤭 what I can tell you is that Book 2 introduces a staggering six more characters to the cast — five of which who are love interests for five of our main kids (and one who is honestly there solely to be an annoyance. You will hate how much we love pulling him into things. We’ll introduce you to those six on a different post, though.)
But I bet you’re wondering just who these kids are — and we would love to introduce them to you! See below the cut to meet our babies: The TWIPAL GANG!
1. Arrius ‘Ari’ Blackthorn-Kingson-Rosales
‘Ari passed a hand over his face and took the time to ask himself why he had to be born into such a ride or die family. He loved them all dearly, but this was getting ridiculous.’
— That Which Is Precious and Lost, Chapter Twenty Three: A Saccharine Melody (Written by @julescarstairs )
Ari is the eldest of our ragtag team of Shadowhunters at age 18, and is the son of Mark, Cristina and Kieran. A new adult, he takes it upon himself to guide his baby cousins, and younger sister Celeste, through the trying times that rise before them when their parents are kidnapped and held to ransom. His hair falls in short curls of medium brown, which lightens to a dirty blonde in the sun, and has the signature Blackthorn-Blue eyes, a trait shared by himself and only two other of his cousins. He stands at a staggering six foot four inches tall, though no one can really work out why or how he is that tall (not even us, the authors, but we love him for it anyway.) Ari simply grew, and everyone has come to accept that.
Much like Mark and Kieran, Ari chose a bow and arrows as his weapon of choice. Whilst he is capable with a balisong or a handful of knives, he prefers to work at a distance. In his childhood, he spent hours upon hours of his time mastering the art. Though often humble, Ari isn’t afraid to tell you he never misses.
Ari is a very mellow individual, often seen as the calm, grounding ‘rock’ in the lives of most of his younger family members. He is patient, thoughtful, but if you can scratch away that shell of responsibility that he so often hides himself away in, you will find that he does, indeed, have a sense of humour! (Ask Luc, he’ll tell you.) He loves very deeply, especially his younger sister Celeste, who he spent some periods of his childhood babysitting when his parents were busy with the Shadowhunter-Downworlder alliance, or, you know, ruling the Unseelie Court. Despite being Mark’s son, Ari bears a lot of resemblance to Julian personality-wise, and quite often looks to his Uncle for advice and guidance where his parents’ doesn’t quite suffice.
Ari’s fatal flaw is his stubbornness and his temperament. It takes a lot to send Ari into a fit of rage, given his cool and calm demeanour at the best of times, but if he is pushed over the edge, it’s hard to make him see reason. Like a bull with a red flag, Ari won’t stop something if he has his mind set on doing it, and will do anything he has to in order to get his way. His is a cold, quiet anger, which is frightening in its own regard and amplified by the fact that he stands over most people. The only person, aside from Celeste or his own parents, who has the ability to bring him back from such a dark anger, is Eleanor Blackthorn-Carstairs, who is only one year younger than him but not afraid to square up against him when he isn’t seeing the forest among the trees.
2. Celeste Blackthorn-Kingson-Rosales
‘Celeste let out a breath. Maybe it wasn't that she was part Shadowhunter. Maybe it was just that it had been a very, very long time since the Unseelie Courts had had a Queen. Now that she thought about it, Celeste wasn't sure there had ever been a Queen of Unseelie. The thought made her lift her chin defiantly. She would be a good ruler. Even if it was just for a short period of time, until her father got back. She would show her people that there was no reason to doubt her.’
— That Which Is Precious and Lost, Chapter Ten: Forgotten Memories (written by @tsc-reader )
Celeste is Ari’s younger sister, coming in at 16 years old to her brother’s two years senior. The daughter of Kieran, Cristina and Mark, she has her Father’s blue hair, which changes colour and value with her mood, and her mother’s warm, brown eyes. In a baffling contrast to her brother’s stature, Celeste is among one of the shortest of the TWIPAL twelve’s lineup, if not the shortest.
But don’t let that deter you. Celeste is a pocket rocket, and — much like her brother — won’t stop until she has what she wants, or achieves what she wants to achieve. Promises are like liquid gold to Celeste: when she promises you something, she will not break it, and will not forget about it. She’ll shake on it, pinky-swear, write it in blood if she has to, and will always follow through with what she claims. If ever she is rendered unable to do so, it breaks her heart. Minimum four business days should be allowed for her recovery. And if you break a promise with Celeste? I’d recommend digging your grave in advance, because she will come for you. She might even make it quick, since you did some of the dirty work for her.
Being Kieran’s biological daughter, Celeste takes her role as Heiress to the Unseelie Court throne very seriously. During the course of TWIPAL, Celeste actually splits off from the main gang to take her Father’s place on the throne, since Kieran is rendered unable to do so. She puts a lot of pressure on herself to do well, to do her Father justice and respect him and his wishes in every decision she makes. Every year, on her birthday, Kieran would take her on a walk through Unseelie Tower, showing her anything and everything he possibly could. The year she turned fifteen, Kieran gifted Celeste Windspear, his steed, just as Adaon had handed him down to him.
Celeste’s weapon of choice is a balisong, much like her mother. Unlike Ari, who likes to keep a distance from his enemies, Celeste likes to get up close and personal. She is very easily swept up in the fierce thrill of fighting. Though faeries may fight remarkably cleanly, Celeste does not. She’ll roll around in the dirt if it means she’ll win.
Celeste’s fatal flaw is her perfectionism. Because she so often strives to be perfect, to be everything everybody wants her to be, it makes her a bit of a control freak. Being raised by who she was raised by, Celeste recognises and admires her own autonomy and individuality, so any situation where that autonomy is taken away from her frightens her more than anything. She wouldn’t wish that on her worst enemy, let alone herself…
3. Eleanor ‘Ellie’ Blackthorn-Carstairs
‘Eleanor Blackthorn-Carstairs seldom ever found her home empty— at least, not without a note on the kitchen bench, or a text from her Mom or Dad letting her know they were going out. But when she returned to Blackthorn Hall from patrol, she found the vast home dark and so silent you could hear a pin drop, and there was not a single text on her phone. Maybe some teenagers her age wouldn't mind their parents stepping out without saying anything. Maybe some would savour the quiet ambiance: the faint chirping of crickets out the window, or the hum of wind as it blew past the curtains... But this was not a comfortable sort of quiet. And Eleanor's parents NEVER stepped out without letting her know.’
— That Which Is Precious and Lost, Chapter One: Pure Distilled Horror (Written by @julescarstairs )
Fun fact! Eleanor was the first of the TWIPAL gang to be born from our collective mess of brainstorming. Coming in at the second eldest of the cousins, Eleanor is an only child of age seventeen. She’s Emma and Julian’s daughter, and you would be able to see it from a mile away. She’s got Emma’s blonde hair and Julian’s blackthorn-blue eyes, as well as a face full of freckles, a trait often attributed to the Blackthorn bloodline.
Eleanor is just as chaotic and energetic as her mother is, often bouncing off her younger cousin Luc’s obnoxious, sardonic energy with witty remarks of her own (can you tell that Luc is going to be an important character to the narrative? I’ve mentioned him in two other characters’ descriptions already.) She is a strong swordswoman and she knows it, and as a result she has a competitive edge. She isn’t arrogant, but she knows her strength and her worth. She isn’t backwards in coming forwards about the things she wants.
But, despite everything, Eleanor is a balanced individual. Whilst she can be loud, bubbly and barbaric, she also has her Father’s maternal/paternal instinct, and is very quick to swoop in and lift people up when they’re falling apart inside. Where Ari is the dad of the TWIPAL gang, Ellie is very much the mom (but she’s not a regular mom, she’s a cool mom!) and it’s BECAUSE of their shared maternal instinct that Eleanor can call Ari out when he’s out of balance. She knows him better than he wants to admit, and will back him to the ends of the earth — as she will all of her cousins, especially LJ, whom she wants to be Parabatai with desperately, if her deep fear of the Parabatai bond wouldn’t keep holding her back.
Eleanor’s weapon of choice is Cortana, since she inherited it from her Mother. She values the heirloom dearly, and loathes being parted from it more than anything. Whilst she will always be found with Cortana strapped to her back, she is also quite competent with a crossbow, thanks to her dear old Dad.
Eleanor’s greatest weakness is her trust — or rather, her inability to trust. This excludes her family, of course, since she’s grown up among them and knows them better than she knows herself. But whenever new people come into her family, she isn’t quick to trust them. This is all primarily due to one person, who blindsided both her and her family into believing he was in love with her, only to drop her and walk away in a heartbeat. Whilst trusting too easily can be a flaw, being afraid to trust can put strain on new relationships she develops over time.
4. Livia ‘LJ’ Blackthorn-Herondale
‘LJ’s feet had barely touched the floor when she began to run. She sprinted through the hallways of the upstairs of her house, overcome with fear. Something was wrong. Something was very, very wrong. She could hear the commotion coming from the floor below, something crashing to the ground, metal clanging against metal. When she got to the banister, LJ didn't hesitate. She jumped. There was the brief feeling of weightlessness as she fell, before she landed hard in a crouch on the floor. LJ burst through the doorway ofher living room, just in time to see a flash of blonde hair, a glint of gray eyes, and the spark of a Portal disappearing into nothingness.’
— That Which Is Precious and Lost, Chapter Two: Stuff of Nightmares (written by @tsc-reader )
LJ is the third youngest of the TWIPAL gang, at fifteen years old. (She’s only the ‘third youngest’ because the last couple of characters in the lineup are twins, and were born two months after her.) The adoptive daughter of Kit Herondale and Ty Blackthorn, LJ has long, black, curly hair and dark eyes to suit. In average lighting, her eyes seem black — but in the sun, or if a lamp or campfire hits her eyes just right, you’ll find that they’re actually a dark violet. LJ, despite being the youngest girly in the gang, happens to be the tallest, standing above both Ellie and Celeste but below Ari and the twins (who you will meet below.)
LJ was found on Kit and Ty’s doorstep, a classic image of a baby in a basket, swaddled in blankets. Neither Kit nor Ty know who left her there, only that the mysterious individual trusted them to look after her, and that they were going to look after her with their whole hearts. Sure, there must be a reason why they were chosen to look after baby LJ, but that was a fact they were yet to learn. With Livvy’s endorsement (because, yes, she is still here as a ghost), they named her Livia as well, but her whole family calls her LJ — with the exceptions being Kit, Ty and later Eleanor, who call her Liv.
LJ is a very, very bright young woman, nothing short of a brainiac. She is the first to seek logic and reason in everything she and her cousins come across — even in matters of magic, when logic and reason don’t really come into the picture. She’s also, possibly, the most levelheaded character in the entire gang. I’m convinced she carries their collective braincell 99% of the time (and the other 1% of the time is taken up by Ari and Oberon, who can lead when their siblings aren’t driving them insane.) In a way, LJ idolises her Father, Ty, for his intelligence and innovation. She spent hours upon hours of her childhood sitting with him in his study, watching him work on projects and inventions, and as a result she has developed an inventive streak within herself as well.
Liv’s weapon of choice is the Herondale dagger, handed down to her by Kit. When the dagger isn’t feasible, however, she also has a keen hand for throwing knives. Any small, sharp object — a dagger, a knife, a dart — is LJ’s specialty, but thats not to say she hasn’t at least made herself competent at every other weapon she can get her hands on. On top of that, LJ trained herself to be ambidextrous, not only to be able to handle weaponry better, but to be able to work on projects and experiments for longer periods at a time whilst minimising fatigue.
LJ’s biggest weakness is how she feels restricted by how little she knows. LJ can often spiral into a state of self-deprecation if she can’t solve a problem or puzzle herself. Even if her intelligence runs rings around that of her cousins’ — Ari himself actually comments on this — she beats herself up endlessly if she cannot work something out that flew over their heads. Liv puts a lot of pressure on herself to be great, to know the answers to anything and everything when it’s physically impossible for her to do so. She gets herself down a lot, but Ellie is the first to lift her back up and remind her that if she doesn’t know now, she will find out soon.
Second to Eleanor, LJ’s closest companion among her cousins is none other than Oberon Morgenstern, one of the twins. Oberon often finds himself recruited by LJ as her lab assistant, whether it be voluntary or not. He doesn’t mind, though, because if helping LJ means seeing her smiling and happy, then he’d do it any day of the week. The two are close, a dynamic explored regularly through TWIPAL’s fifty-two chapters, in a number of ways.
Speaking of Oberon, that brings us to our next character in the lineup…
5. Oberon Morgenstern
Oberon rarely ever lost his cool in bad situations, but his twin brother lying unconscious on the ground was clearly the exception. He sped downwards, the world turning to a blur around him. He landed in a crouch, bracing himself on the ground with his hand. Ari looked over at him, surprise touching his face at Oberon's sudden appearance, but he sat back on his heels, letting him take over. Whipping out his stele, Oberon sketched a neat iratze on Luc's arm. "Come on, brother," Oberon said softly. "Come back to me. Stay with me." He touched Luc's cheek lightly with his fingertips. His twin's face was icy, his pale curls plastered to his forehead with sweat. A few seconds passed.
Then Luc's eyes fluttered open, ocean blue behind his eyelashes. "Oberon," Luc said, his voice hoarse. "Im okay."
"Lucas Andrew Morgenstern, you are not okay." Oberon said, his fear coming out as anger. "Stop being an idiot, and tell me what's wrong.”
— That Which Is Precious and Lost, Chapter Twenty-Four: An Exquisite Dance (written by @tsc-reader )
Listen, we don’t pick favourites in this household, but the Morgenthorn twins are definitely a step above the rest. Oberon, and his brother Luc, who you’ll hear about next, are fraternal twin brothers, both the sons of Drusilla Blackthorn and Ash Morgenstern. Oberon is the older twin, and even though there were only a few minutes between their births, he isn’t afraid to tell you, your friend, or even Luc himself that he’s older. He takes his role as ‘the older twin’ very seriously, much to Luc’s irritation at times. Oberon is a gentle soul, with his mother’s dark brown hair — which falls in picture-perfect curls around his face no matter how many times he runs his hands through it — and his Father’s green eyes, reminiscent of his Fairchild heritage. Much like Celeste, Ari and his brother, Oberon has the tapered ears unique only to the fair folk, though they aren’t quite as pointed as a full blooded faerie gentry. He stands at five foot ten inches at age fifteen, which renders him the second tallest of the TWIPAL gang, second only to Ari (he is about one inch taller than his brother, which he also may or may not rub in his face from time to time. Oberon isn’t arrogant, but will take any opportunity to humble Luc when it arises.)
One thing that sets Oberon apart from his faerie family members is his wings, which he also inherited from his father, Ash. At age ten, a pair of black-feathered wings sprouted from his spine, taking permanent purchase between his shoulder blades. It was only a matter of time before Oberon — and Luc, for that matter — found that these wings were integral to his way of life. As a result, he is very skilled in the ways of flight, and utilises his higher vantage point regularly during battles and patrol.
Oberon is a deeply, deeply loving young man, a gift who keeps on giving even when his heart has been scraped dry, trodden on, broken and put back together again. His open, forthcoming kindness and friendliness may seem quite startling to most people when they first meet him, but it can also be very deceptive — because underneath that warm, loving teddy-bear that Oberon so often is, lies a dark, determined warrior who isn’t afraid to stand between anyone and anything if it means protecting those he loves. He is a very intelligent young man with a gift for strategy and deception. If it weren’t for his heart, for the fact that he loves and is loved by his family (and his boyfriend, Aaron Longford, who you will meet on another post), Oberon would make for quite the terrifying enemy.
Oberon is protective of no one more than he is protective of Luc. He and his brother have a very special bond, unlike no other. They are seldom seen apart, and when they are separated, it’s cause for concern. Their connection transcends the waking world, so much so that if they’re found sleeping side by side, they’ll often sleep-talk to each other. Oberon loves Luc so much that is causes him a lot of pain and heartache, especially as the narrative grows thicker, deeper and darker. Oberon hasn’t known a time in his life without Luc, and will do everything in his power to keep it that way. Wherever Luc is, Oberon will never be far behind. No matter how far Luc falls from grace (because, believe me, he can be ungraceful sometimes) Oberon will be there to catch him. Oberon and Luc were born into a social climate where people are still wary of the Morgenstern name, and as a result, the boys have always believed that, in part, it’s been them against the world. Oberon made it his mission to change the Council’s perception of the Morgenstern name. This means keeping both himself and his brother in line.
Oberon’s weapon of choice is Phaesphoros, the first of two Morgenstern family swords. Though the ‘normal’ world’s Phaesphoros was destroyed along with Sebastian Morgenstern during the Dark War, it is said that Ash brought both Heosphoros and Phaesphoros back from Thule with him (at least, in the TWIPALverse he did.) When the boys turned 10, and were old enough to bear marks and start their formal Shadowhunter training, Ash laid the two swords before his sons at let the blades choose their bearers. The connection was almost instant: Phaesphoros chose Oberon, Heosphoros chose Luc. It only made sense, after all, for the twin brothers to have twin blades.
Oberon’s biggest weakness, his fatal flaw, is his tendency to self-sacrifice. Whilst he might be a gift that keeps on giving, this doesn’t always work in his favour. He is quick to throw himself under the bus or in front of a train if it means preserving the wellbeing of those he loves most in the world. Whilst he performs these grand, sweeping gestures of self sacrifice under the pretence of nobility, he’s rarely met with the reactions he was expecting to get from them. It’s actually Eleanor, during a late night conversation in TWIPAL’s epilogue, that expresses how Oberon’s selflessness concerns her. There is a fine line between selflessness and not valuing your own life, after all. But, for all the conflict it causes, Oberon is steadfast in his decisions, as he is in everything he does, and firmly believes that every sacrifice he makes, no matter how big or small, is for the better of those he loves: of Luc, of Aaron, of everyone.
Even if Luc disagrees.
6. Lucas ‘Luc’ Morgenstern
‘… a whirlwind of memories rose before his very eyes: Luc falling out of bed the first time he and Oberon had slept in their new bunk bed, and Oberon being the one to help him up off of the ground. Oberon being unable to sleep the night before they got their first marks, and Luc being the one who sat awake with him until he lulled himself to sleep. Luc crafting matching bracelets for himself and his brother with teardrop-shaped agates as the centrepieces - agates, because they symbolised safety and security, and there was nowhere Luc felt safer than by his brother's side. Oberon throwing himself into Luc's arms, sobbing, when they finally reunited in the labyrinth.
The deluge of memories struck Luc like many punches to the gut, leaving him doubling over and gasping. He had always thought that he needed Oberon more than Oberon needed him, but watching his life laid out before him now, Luc realised that he was wrong, so very wrong. Because Luc was half of Oberon just as much as Oberon was half of him. Together they made a formidable warrior, in which Luc was the sword and Oberon the shield. But what good was a shield without a sword? A sword without a shield? Without one or the other, they were incomplete.’
— That Which Is Precious and Lost, Chapter Forty-One: My Sword, Your Shield (written by @julescarstairs )
Luc Morgenstern is the firecracker to Oberon’s lit candle. Despite being twins on paper, Luc couldn’t look any more different to his brother in terms of colour palette. He has Ash’s platinum blonde hair, which manages to stay stylishly spiky as Oberon’s stays stylishly wavy, and the signature Blackthorn Blue eyes, which give him the appearance of a high-brow Snow Prince. But despite his difference in hair and eye colour, both he and his brother share near-identical bone structure. There’s no mistaking that they’re twins, no matter how different they may seem at first glance. Both Luc and Oberon (which I forgot to mention above) have faces full of freckles, a trait brought out by many of their days spent outside in the Los Angeles sun. Like Oberon, Luc has a pair of silken black wings, which sprouted from his back at the ripe age of ten. He has mastered the art of flight alongside his swordsmanship, rendering him a highly skilled and agile opponent (something Luc himself will tell you, even if you didn’t ask.)
Luc has a loud personality.He’s proud, cocky, obnoxious and dramatic in the best possible way, to the point where it’s charming — because as confident as Luc is in himself and his abilities as a Shadowhunter, he never actively puts anybody else down in order to make himself look good (unless you put him down first, in which he will engage in verbal combat, but don’t take any of it to heart.) Luc can be quite hotheaded, a stark contrast to his brother’s colder, quieter anger, and struggles to curb his temper, especially when people challenge his pride. He’s got all the witty, sarcastic comebacks, something he shares in common with his older cousin, Eleanor. Luc is also the self-proclaimed President of The Disaster Blondes, a group consisting of three people — Himself, Eleanor, and Skylar, Celeste’s girlfriend — who have banded together for two reasons, and two reasons alone: one, they’re all blonde, and two, they’re all down to try any batshit crazy scheme under the sun, even if it’s to their detriment.
But despite Luc’s loud, self-assured exterior, he is actually very self conscious, deep down. He cares deeply what people think of him, and how they perceive him as a person. He worries, often, that he is seen as a bad person, and doesn’t believe that he is able to be loved. He experiences a sort of imposter syndrome, where he believes that he shouldn’t be among these people who love him so much, that he doesn’t deserve the good things that come his way. This is a trait that develops more in the latter half of TWIPAL, but a trait that presents itself all the same. It interferes with his relationships regularly, both past ones, present ones and future ones.
It’s Oberon that keeps Luc in balance, even when he isn’t actively trying to. Luc depends on Oberon more than he realises, sometimes, and often feels like he needs his older brother more than Oberon needs him, even when this isn’t the case at all. Luc would die for Oberon, just as Oberon would die for him, but he would also kill for his brother, get his hands dirty, if it means that Oberon is safe, well and happy. It terrifies him, how much he is willing to do for Oberon. He wants nothing more in his life than to be Parabatai with his brother, to reinforce the strength and power of their bond with an oath signed in blood and fire.
(Luc can also be found third-wheeling on a lot of Oberon and Aaron’s dates, but Oberon doesn’t really mind. Nor does Aaron, who has just accepted that his brother in law will be down to hang at any given opportunity.)
Luc’s weapon of choice is the shortsword Heosphoros. Like Eleanor, he has a very personal connection to his sword, often talking to it and reminding it (yes, the sword) how much he loves it. Luc trains ruthlessly, with the desire to be one of the best Shadowhunters of his generation, if not the best. Combat is also a release to Luc, who can be found decompressing and letting off steam in the training room of the L.A. Institute, just as often as he is found formally training.
Where Oberon’s greatest weakness is his tendency to self sacrifice, Luc’s is his tendency to self sabotage. Luc is fast to deny himself good things and positive outcomes purely because he himself doesn’t believe he deserves them. Aside from his tendency to self-sabotage, his only other weak point would be Oberon himself. If not for Oberon’s bottomless love and faith in him, Luc would tumble into an irreversible darkness. As much as Luc desperately wants to rewrite his own legacy, independent of his family’s sinister history, if Oberon were to give up on him, Luc fears that he, too, would be the one to light a match and watch the world burn.
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There you have it! After nearly 3,000 words of ceaseless rambling, you’ve met the core six characters of @tsc-reader and I’s TSC fic, That Which Is Precious and Lost. Whilst the story in full is accessible on our Instagram accounts, we are more than happy to reformat and repost the chapters here on tumblr if there’s enough interest in them 🤭💗 (so, if you would like to see TWIPAL make an appearance here on Tumblr, let us know! )
We would also LOVE to hear your thoughts on the main six! We’re always open to feedback, and will take any opportunity we can to talk about these silly little guys 🤭🥹💗)
Also going to tag a few peeps down here who I think might find this interesting:
@princeash
@bookishjules
(Also, there was one person here who posted a whole post about their fanon kids of the TSC gangs but I CANNOT find you. I am so sorry. If you’re seeing this please, give me a sign.)
And, of course, my best partner in crime @tsc-reader who I have already tagged copious times in this post 🤭🥹💗 love you, girl!
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wispstalk · 1 year ago
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in which the hero of kvatch gets his ass whooped
Tanis opens the door to Grandmaster Jauffre’s quarters without knocking. In the time since his return from Lake Arrius, the two of them have engaged in a careful dance, avoiding any room the other occupies. It's for the best, considering how they snipe at each other. But there are only so many rooms in the temple.
“Irathi?” Jauffre looks up from his writing desk with a suspicious tilt to his head. “Is something wrong?”
“I came to tell you that I let Uriel die.” He crosses his arms over his chest. “I stood there and watched the assassin open his throat and I didn’t lift a finger.”
A spasm of pain crosses the Grandmaster’s face. “Why?” he whispers.
“Because fuck him, that’s why.”
Jauffre’s eyes turn hard, and he opens his mouth as if to argue. Go on, Tanis urges silently. Challenge me, and I’ll tell you exactly what the Blight does to a body. I’ll tell you how the smugglers snuck past Uriel’s embargo to gouge the sick and starving. I’ll heap all my dead at your door.
But the Grandmaster calls his rage to heel in half a breath. When he speaks, his voice is as expressionless as ever. “Why are you still here, then?”
“I reckon when you’re born in a palace, and the first thing you learn about yourself is that the world belongs to you, it turns you into kind of a shit.” He jerks his head back, toward the great hall, where he knows without seeing that the priest is surely sitting by the fire, brow furrowed, nose in a book. “He didn’t have all that. So maybe he’ll be different.”
“Maybe so.” Jauffre twines his hands beneath his chin. “Or maybe we are cruel to pin all our hopes on him. He knows nothing of statecraft. Why would he?”
“You don’t pay me enough to care about that.”
“I don’t pay you at all, as you oft remind me. What was your intent in coming here?”
“I felt like pissing you off. I don’t like you. You don’t like me either. It doesn’t matter if we like each other or not, but if we’re going to work together, we’d best have it out.” He cracks a savage grin and pats the sword at his hip.
“I am an old man,” Jauffre replies. “I have spent my autumn years in the still and simple life of a monk. Surely you don’t need proof that you can best me.”
Jauffre makes his voice quavery, paper-thin. He does look old, suddenly, as if age has settled on him like a dusting of snow— his shoulders stooped, his hooded smile drawing up the wrinkles in his face, his bony hands dry-washing each other. As if Tanis hadn’t seen those same hands wielding an elegant sword at the priory, the economy of every strike. For all that he’d like to spit in the face of every Blade, he’s been itching for another demonstration of what it takes to become their Grandmaster.
“You’re a good liar,” he says.
“It comes with the job,” Jauffre says as he follows Tanis to the sparring yard.
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sodapops0lstice · 9 months ago
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Rating Extended Zodiac Sign Titles by how accurate I think they are
Rating done from the personalities from trolls with that sign or just generally how I jive with them
Rustbloods
True Aries- Sign of the Excavator 10/10 no notes, those girls do excavate
Arsces- Sign of the Pilgrim 4/10 I like how it sticks to the adventurous nature of rusties but ehhhhh..... For a canon dreamspect I'd expect a little more pizzaz
Arrius- Sign of the Visualizer 3/10 huh??? I can kinda see the Ampora connections with them being daydreamers/fantasizers but unless this is a very long roundabout Burger Tulpa reference what does visualization have to do with Diemen???
Ariborn- Sign of the Escapee 9/10 I was originally gonna give this a 1 since I kinda thought this had nothing to do with Xefros and then I remembered... Xefros is very much an escapee. Cruelty to my favourite boy knocks a point off.
Arittarius- Sign of the Astronaut 2/10 what? Doesn't have ANYTHING to do with marsti nor rusties in general. Point gained from astronaut being a nice word
Arpia- Sign of the Examiner 8/10 OBSESSED with the implications of the derse/light sign for the rustbloods being the Examiner. Sooooo many implications. Would of been a full 10 if the sign had two extra arrows to make it look even more roseian
Arza- Sign of the Inevitable 1/10 edgy and vague YAWN
Arga- Sign of the Trailblazer 9/10 I'm biased. Fuck you.
Aro- Sign of the Lost 10/10 THE IMPLICATIONS (fyi this is fozzers sign so IF U KNOW U KNOW)
Arcen- Sign of the Companion 10/10 once again, no notes. Blood aspect tied in perfectly.
Armini- Sign of the Reconciler 10/10 the rust sign... That has sollux's dreamspect.... Is the reconciler AUGHHHHH MY POOR ARASOL HWART
Arun- Sign of the Impetuous 9/10 makes sense with dreamspect and caste. Nothing to say. Other than being an annoying word that I had to search up
Arist- Sign of the Headstrong 7/10 Time players and Prospitians tend to be headstrong... Other than that not much else to it
Arsci- Sign of the Medic- 3/10 would of been AWESOME if the Prospit/Life jade or tealblood (jades r carers, teal 4 jane) was the medic but rust? Nahhh...... Nah.
Arnius- Sign of the Heedless 3/10 after ~5 signs that all basically say "rough and tough and kinda stupid" you kinda just get a bit tired of them doesn't really make sense for prospit/hope neither. Jake was kinda heedless but it wasn't like that had to do with his dreamspect
Aricorn- Sign of the Runaway 8/10 once again THE IMPLICATIONS
Arittanius- Sign of the Voyager 3/10 once again the void signs making 0 sense. Was amused how we have the astronaut and the voyager
Arpio- Sign of the Seeker- The vriska dreamspect for the rustbloods being the *seeker*? AOAHDJSJSU MY ARAVRIS HEART<3<
Arra- Sign of the Wayward 4/10 disappointing tbh, could be a callback to the revenge cycle and aradia being a "wayward" soul but ehhhhh thats a stretch
Argo- Sign of the Zenith 5/10 I bet whoever named this one thought they were being REAL cute calling a SPACE sign the ZENITH (upper region of the sky) well they were right. It was cute. Still doesn't make sense for rusties though
Arlo- Sign of the Mirage 1/10 yeah.... No. No idea.
Arcer- Sign of the Officer 3/10 COULD be a reference to karkat being a threshie but... Disappointed. Especially with how cool a sign it is
Armino- Sign of the Static 2/10 no clue on this one either.
Arus- Sign of the Wanderer 7/10 rounding us off on a good average one which fits the dreamspect, canon character and caste. Well done arus, well done.
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popsartattic · 11 months ago
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art done during artfight 2023 of @lake-arrius-caverns's character Arvelos Sadryon
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rosette-dragonborn · 1 year ago
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Tagged by @bretongirlwrites for a WIP extract. This is from my ongoing Morrowind fanfic. Redyn is very unsure of himself at the beginning of his story. This just cracks me up at how annoyed Caius is with Redyn at just their first meeting.
Caius grabbed a purse of coins from a locked drawer and set it on the table in front of Redyn, looking at him now with at least a little sympathy. "Yes, it's much to take in, and you're not ready for any orders yet. You're new, pilgrim, and you definitely look it. Take this. It's three hundred septims. Get some new gear and join a guild in town. You'll need a cover identity. Here, 'freelance adventurer' is a popular trade. Get your feet wet, improve your skills, and return to me when you've had some experience." He jotted something down on a piece of paper and handed it to him. "Here is a list of Blades trainers around Vvardenfell. They give discounts to fellow members, and may even give you some useful items. You with me?" Redyn fidgeted with his fingers. "Uh… do I have a choice in this, sir?" Caius' brow furrowed. "No. You are a citizen of the Empire, and the Emperor has given you an order. Don't even think about fleeing the moment you get out of here. To disobey it would be treason, and you would end up right back where you were, or worse. Do I make myself clear?" Redyn was filled with dread at the thought of being caged again, or worse, as Caius had put it, which definitely meant executed… He gulped. "Y-yes sir…" he said, looking at the floor and grimacing. Caius looked him up and down again with a scrutinizing eye, no doubt concerned about his skinny frame. "You've never even swung a sword, have you?" His gaze remained on the floor. "No sir." "What are you, an infant? Look me in the eyes like a man!" snapped Caius. Frightened at the loud bellow, Redyn snapped to attention. Caius let out a disappointed sigh and resumed the conversation.  "Do you know any spells?" Redyn shook his head. "I don't think so." "You either know spells or you don't. So which is it, boy?" "Well, I know a weak fire spell, which I mainly used for cooking. But I don't know if I still know it, since being in… prison, and all." Caius puffed out air and looked up at the ceiling in thought, his brow deeply furrowed, obviously exasperated at this incompetent man that was thrust into his lap. "Do you have any skills?" Redyn perked up a little. "Uh, I can play the lute! Although, again, since being in prison, I'm-" "Strumming a damn tune is not what I mean! And I don't care what you were in prison for, as long as you straighten up now. Like I said, join a guild, or two. Two of the Blades trainers, Tyermallion and Rithleen, live just down the path. It's all in those notes. They'll help you out." Redyn attempted a smile. "Thank you, sir."
I'll tag @oblivions-dawn , @changelingsandothernonsense , @lake-arrius-caverns , and whoever else wishes to do this.
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