#ars magna reign

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Another Shima

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Hi I wondered?

Would you guys be interested if I like, had this “watch diary”, where I watched a show (or read a book/played a game) and then wrote my thoughts/and some analysis after I watched a couple of episodes?

Really want to do this as I have a hugeass backlog, but suck at watching/reading/playing things. I usually start a show/book/game and then accidentally drop it after a few episodes. In addition I have a memory of a goldfish, so I can easily forget what happened in those episodes. So having a watch diary could give a bit of motivation

Most of it won’t be Bionicle related (obviously given that I already have read most of the canon material at least once and while I am in progress of rereading/reading the material I haven’t read, it won’t be that interesting to go through), but it would still have the style to the Bionicle meta I write so hopefully not that alienating. In addition a lot of the media I’d consider have this “watch diary for�� do have some similarities to Bionicle, so it’s not that it’d be alienating a f.

Right now, I have a few animes and books in mind. The main animes would be either some kind of superhero, tokusatsu esq show (Cyborg 009, Cashern Sins and Gatchaman Crowds come to mind) or somewhat niche yet beloved scifi/fantasy/mecha show (for scifi I’m thinking Kaiba, for fantasy either Kemono no Souja no Eirin, Seirei no Morbito for some slower stuff or Saint Seiya Lost Canvas for shonen fare, for mecha deef Eureka Seven tho there are a couple of other mecha shows I want to chck out). A lot of these shows are either shows I started a while back or shows that are VERY HIGH UP MY WATCH LIST. A friends also recced me Durara so may go for that too. As for books, I do want to check out Redwall, been curious of those funky mices. I also borrowed a scifi book thats about ants, could read that too. Or some other weird scifi-fantasy thing. As for games/VNs,... Utawaerumono maybe??? Not really sure what ame I’d watch diary like this, except it’d probably have to be something that’s story driven to some extent. I don’t think any of you guys would be interested in seeing me liveblog my tireless attempts at trying to clear a Touhou Game. In addition most of the VNs I want to read...don’t really fit the aesthetic this acc kinda has as they can be rather dark, edgy and..adult. Even besides the NSFT ones that are for younger audience s too(like Zero Escape) are still not really that fitting for this blogs aesthetic if that makes sense.

That being said, while I am mostly leaving Bionicle out of this, there are a couple of exceptions as there ar. The main one by far has to be most of 2009 story, including Raid on Vulcanus, the sole Bara Magna novel that has been praised by some as some of the series best. Really want to check that out, along with 2009 as whole since if I’m being honest....Legend Reborn and Reign of shadows are the only storythings I have actually consumed. It’s possible I have consumed the other two serials nad MAYBE one of the comics, but I remember barely nothing of them. There’s also some odd novels I haven’t read, believe it or not I haven’t read the Kathy Hapka Books, Tales of the masks or most of the 2006/7 novels (and if I have it has been such a while I don’t remember much of them).

So, anyone interested? If so, tell me which media of the ones I listed would you be the most interested in seeing me covering? Alternatively, do you have any recs?

I think I will do the Bionicle stuff first but since I am going through the series in semi-order (read want to be done w all 2001-2008 material before 2009) it will take a while before I get to 2009. So I may check out some of the other stuff first before getting to the 2009.

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MUSES

BY FANDOM:

9-1-1:

Lucy Donato Harvin Jacobs (OC)

BAD BOYS:

Kelly Lewis

BITTEN:

Elena Michaels BRIDGERTON:

Daphne Bridgerton                                                     Kate Sheffield/Sharma Sophie Beckett Emma Ashwell (OC) Eliza Montgomery (OC)

BUFFY/ANGEL:

Cordelia Chase                                                           Faith Lehane 

CHICAGO FIRE:

Stella Kidd Sylvie Brett Lucianna Garcia (OC)

CHICAGO MED:

Jenna Isaacs (OC) (v)

CHICAGO PD:

Hailey Upton Kim Burgess                                      

CRAZY RICH ASIANS:

Astrid Leong

DCEU

Harley Quinn (Selective)

DEMI-GODDESS

Cleopatra Kent (OC) Daughter of Ares Mika Bishop (OC) Daughter of Athena Alba Murphy (OC) Daughter of Iris Lorelai Lakes (OC) Daughter of Hecate Sullivan Thromby (OC) Daughter of Hades

DISNEY: (live action fcs)

Princess Jasmine                                                     Megara

DIVERGENT

Christina

FANTASTIC BEASTS

Lally Hicks

FEAR STREET

Cindy Berman

GAME OF THRONES:

Margaery Tyrell                                                       Seraphina Varley (OC) (v)

HANSEL AND GRETEL:WITCH HUNTERS:

Gretel (With AU verses)

HARRY POTTER:

Astoria Greengrass          Demelza Robbins                     Ginny Weasley Hermione Granger          Padma Patil                                                           Parvati Patil Pansy Parkinson                 Victoire Weasley     Lily Evans/Potter      Rowena Ravenclaw                                        Everly Keeler (OC) Violet Kerrington (OC)

HEMLOCK GROVE:

Letha Godfrey

HUNGER GAMES:

Madge Undersee

JAMES BOND

Paloma Becka Leithold-Bond (OC)

KINGSMAN:

Roxy Morton

KNIVES OUT: THE GLASS ONION:

Whiskey

LAST KINGDOM:

Eadith of Mercia Katri Mäkinen (OC) (v) Magna Sigurdsdottir (OC) (v) Renia Leifsdottir (OC) (v) Seraphina Varley (OC) (v) Freya Rixon (OC) (v) Rosalia Menendez (OC) (v)

LITTLE WOMEN

Amy March

LOCKWOOD AND CO:

Lucy Carlyle Rylie Theakston (OC) (v)

MCU:

Kate Bishop                                          Maria Hill Michelle ‘MJ’ Jones                                               Natasha Romanoff Sharon Carter              Yelena Belova Amelia Hudson (OC)                                             Peyton Coyle (OC) Seraphina Varley (OC) (v)

MUSKETEERS

Anne of Austria Constance Bonacieux Bea Browne (OC) Prudence Mallorey (OC)

MYTH/LEGEND/LORE:

Amphitrite (Greek)                                                 Artemis/Autumn (Greek) Hera/Helena (Greek)               Persephone (Greek)            Athena (Greek) Aphrodite (Greek)      Mina Harker (Dracula) Guinevere (Arthurian)

NATIONAL TREASURE: EDGE OF HISTORY:

Jesusita Valenzuela

NARNIA:

Susan Pevensie Freya Rixon (OC) (v) Seraphina Varley (OC) (v)

NIGHT AGENT:

Rose Larkin (Currently Single Ship)

OUTER BANKS:

Kiara Carrera Kelsey Heyward (OC) Cece Roachford (OC)(v) Morgan Kendell (OC)(v)

REIGN:

Mary Stuart Lola Narcisse Katri Mäkinen (OC) (v) Rosalia Menendez (OC) (v)

ROBIN HOOD (BBC):

Marian of Knighton Seraphina Varley (OC) (v)

The ROOKIE:

Grace Sawyer Lucy Chen

SECRET CIRCLE

Diana Meade (Book based)

SHADOWHUNTERS:

Tessa Gray (Infernal Devices)           Izzy Lightwood (Show based) Sawyer McIntrye (OC) (v)

The SHANARA CHRONICLES

Eretria

The SOCIETY

Helena Wu Kelly Aldrich

STRANGER THINGS:

Chrissy Cunningham Nancy Wheeler Nicole Holloway (OC) Katherine Hopper (OC) Cassandra Meyer (OC) Audrey Meyer (OC) Flora Cartwright  (OC) Morgan Kendall (OC) (v) Walker Benson (OC)(v) Heather Ryder (OC)(v) Eva Timothee (OC)(v) Leah Teverson (OC)

SUPERNATURAL:

Bela Talbot                                         Claire Novak Lisa Braeden                                     Jo Harvelle Donna Hanscum        Sarah Blake       Alana West: (OC)                          Grace Harrington (OC) (v) Oria Hernedez (OC) (v) Gretel (Canon with Verse) Henley Knight (OC) Sawyer McIntrye (OC) (v) Harper Tripp (OC) (v) Isla Perkiss (OC) (v) Rylie Theakston (OC) Maya Rallings (OC) (v)

TEEN WOLF:

Lydia Martin             Hayden Romero Cora Hale Laura Hale Julia Hale (OC) Dani Delgado (OC)              Harper Tripp (OC) (v) Emmy Janson (OC)(v) Rylie Theakston (OC) Maya Rallings (OC) (v) Sofia Perez (OC) (v)

THIS IS US

Sophie Inman

TITANS:

Dawn Granger                               Donna Troy

TRUE BLOOD:

Jessica Hamby                           Nora Gainesborough Sookie Stackhouse

The UMBRELLA ACADEMY:

Sloane Hargreeves Lila Pitts                       Samara Akerman (OC)

VAMPIRE ACADEMY:

Rose Hathaway                       Sydney Sage Lissa Dragomir

VAMPIRE DIARIES:

Bonnie Bennett Caroline Forbes Katherine Pierce Rebekah Mikaelson

VIKINGS:

Amma Katia Lagertha Katri Mäkinen (OC) (v) Magda Sigurdsdottir (OC) Renia Leifsdottir (OC) Seraphina Varley (OC) (v) Freya Rixon (OC) (v) Rosalia Menendez (OC) (v)

VIRGIN RIVER

Mel Monroe

WEDNESDAY

Wednesday Addams Astra Kernals (OC) (v) Violet Kerrington (OC)- can fit into fandom

The WITCHER:

Renfri Seraphina Varley (OC) (v)

WOLF PACK:

Luna Briggs   Emmy Janson (OC) (v) Sofia Perez  (OC) (v) Maya Rallings (OC) (v)

OTHER OC’S: though all OCs can be fandomless too

Sidney Hemmingway: Abilities- Sense and Water Augmentation Sloan Hemmingway: Abilities- Camouflage and Projection  Adrian Houston - Cop - works in - stranger things, 9-1-1, One Chicago Paige Temple: Paleontologist/Archaeologist Lara Matthews: Abilities: Empath Jenna Isaacs - Med Student Ava Jackson: Bartender/Owner of the Cellardoor Bar Cameron Yates: Bartender at Cellardoor Bar Meredith Price: Museum Curator Gabriella Diaz: Mechanic Sierra Wesley: Traveller  Odette Sevigny: French Heiress Harper Tripp: Phoenix - works in: Supernatural, Teen Wolf Avery Collingwood - Marketing executive Lizzie Marsden - Vampire Sawyer McIntrye: Nephilim - works in: Shadowhunters, Supernatural Juliana “Jules” Silva: Teacher Keely Sumners: Art Dealer Taylor Brockhart: Multiverse (Powers, Werewolf, Fandomless) Sofia Perez: Werewolf - works in: Teen Wolf, Supernatural, Wolf Pack Brooke Wilsher: Witch Kate Steiner: Fandomless - works in: Cobra Kai Charlotte Deighton: CEO Isla Perkiss: Witches Familiar - works in: Supernatural, Charmed Emmy Janson: Wolf - works in- Teen wolf, Supernatural, Wolf Pack Lucianna Garcia - EMT OC  - works in - One Chicago, 9-1-1      Grace Harrington - Witch OC - works in: Supernatural Oria Hernedez - Demon OC - works in Supernatural Kennedy Waite - Single mother/waitress OC  Walker Benson - Precog OC - Verses in - Stranger things, Supernatural Tallulah Spencer - Abilities- Elemental Sadie Hart - Half Fae Faye Sibley - Journalist OC Delia Costillo - Events Planner Rylie Theakston - Abilities - works in - Teen Wolf, Supernatural, Lockwood &Co.  Quinn Ashwood - Student Norah Parrish - Yoga Instructor/Fitness Instructor Greyson Ferris - Marine Biologist Amy Hartwell -Single Mum Clara Pennington - Interior Designer Kamile Acer - Hotel Manager/Receptionist Kayleigh Brunton - Singer/Songwriter Blair Kytes - Movie trailer producer Selene Underseth - Water Nymph Maya Rallings - Werewolf Sarah Foster - Photographer Morgan Kendell - Lifeguard - works in - Stranger things, OBX, has Nymph verse Beatrix Browne - Historical OC - works in - Merlin, Last Kingdom, Musketeers Aiyla Kartal - Multiverse - Harry Potter, Royalty, fandomless

SINGLE SHIP Winnet Mallorey: (Single Ship) Second Gen Musketeer child Olivia Isaacs: (singleShip) Chef May Page:  (Single Ship) Abilities: Gravitokinesis Ryan Loughman: (Single Ship) Cop Ember Rodriguez:  (Single Ship) Pyrokinesis Alyson Kent: (single ship) English Professor - Mother of Cleo Nicole Robinson (Single ship) Sister of Cassie Robinson Zoey Upstead (Single Ship) Ex Fiance of Peter Sutherland

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AR denarius Septimus / Septimius Severus, Rome mint 202-210 A.D.

Obverse: SEVERVS PIVS AVG

Reverse: FELICITAS AVGG, Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae

Born in Leptis Magna in the Roman province of Africa, Severus advanced under the reigns of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, seizing power after the death of Pertinax in 193 during the Year of the Five Emperors.

Severus travelled to Britain in 208, strengthening Hadrian's Wall and reoccupying the Antonine Wall. In AD 209 he invaded Caledonia with an army of 50,000 men but his ambitions were cut short when he fell fatally ill of an infectious disease in late 210 dying in early 211 at Eboracum (York). He was succeeded by his sons, thus founding the Severan dynasty, the last dynasty of the Roman Empire before the Crisis of the Third Century.

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2. Vikings and Middle Ages

VIKINGS AND THE BEGGINING OF NORMAN BRITAIN

-VIKINGS INVASION 

The Vikings' homeland was Scandinavia: modern Norway, Sweden and Denmark. From here they travelled great distances, mainly by sea and river.

What we call the Viking Age lasted from approximately 800 to 1150 AD. During this period, around 200,000 people left Scandinavia to settle in other lands, mainly Newfoundland (Canada), Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, England, Scotland, the islands around Britain, France (where they became the Normans), Sicily. 

At 789 the Vikings begin their attacks on England. The first place the Vikings raided in Britain was the monastery at Lindisfarne, a small holy island located off the northeast coast of England. Some of the monks were drowned in the sea, others killed or taken away as slaves along with many treasures of the church.

In the years that followed, villages near the sea, monasteries and even cities found themselves besieged by these sea-based foreign intruders. Soon no region of the British Isles (Britain and nearby islands) was safe from the Vikings. They attacked villages and towns in Wales, Scotland, Ireland, the Isle of Man and England.

By 866 the Vikings had arrived in York. They made York (or Jorvik as they called it) the second biggest city in the country after London.

The last major Viking battle took place at Stamford Bridge near York in 1066, but the threat of further Scandinavian invasion, with ambitions to conquer and rule, did not diminish until well after the Norman Conquest of 1066 when William the Conqueror became King of England after the Battle of Hastings.

-KING AFRED. DANELAW. 

Alfred became king in AD871 when his elder brother died.

During his reign he was advised by a council of nobles and church leaders. This council was called the Witan.

Alfred made good laws and believed education was important. He had books translated from Latin into English, so people could read them. He also told monks to begin writing the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

To help protect his kingdom from Viking attacks, Alfred built forts and walled towns known as ‘burhs’. He also built warships to guard the coast from raiders and organised his army into two parts. While half the men were at home on their farms, the rest were ready to fight Vikings.

Alfred died in 899 and was buried at his capital city of Winchester.

The Danelaw was an area that covered the north and east of England during the 9th and 10th centuries. It was mainly controlled by Danish (not Norwegian) Vikings, and the Dane's law was used to rule the people (hence Danelaw). 

The Danelaw area came about because the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were not powerful enough to beat back the arrival of the Danish army under King Guthrum. The only real resistance was by the Saxons, and even they were beaten back at first. The only reason they did not overrun the west was because the Danes were supplied from the east, and the west of England was simply too far for them to get supplies to their army. 

This gave the Saxon King Alfred the time to regroup and form an effective defensive army.

-EDWARD “THE CONFESSOR” AND HIS SUCCESSION

Edward "The Confessor" was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England. He was born in 1003 and died in 1066. Son of Æthereld "The Unready" and Emma of Normandy, Edward began his reign in 1042, after his brother's death. His deep religious habits made him gain the nickname "The Confessor". He wasn't a vigorous leader, but he was eventually canonized and became St Edward "The Confessor" after his death. This event lead to the dispute for the throne between Earl Harold (friend of the late king), Duke William of Normandy (Edward's first cousin) and Edgard Aetheling. William "The Conqueror" imposed his rule on the new kingdom.

-BATTLE OF HASTINGS 

King Harold II of England is defeated by the Norman forces of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings, fought on Senlac Hill, seven miles from Hastings, England. At the end of the all-day battle, Harold was killed–shot in the eye with an arrow, according to legend, and his forces were destroyed. He was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England.

Two weeks before, William, the duke of Normandy, had invaded England, claiming his right to the English throne. In 1051, William is believed to have visited England and met with his cousin Edward the Confessor, the childless English king. According to Norman historians, Edward promised to make William his heir. On his deathbed Edward granted the kingdom to Harold Godwine, head of the leading noble family in England and more powerful than the king himself. In January 1066, King Edward died, and Harold Godwine was proclaimed King Harold II. William immediately disputed his claim.

On September 28 1066, William landed in England at Pevensey, on Britain’s southeast coast, with approximately 7,000 troops and cavalry. Seizing Pevensey, he then marched to Hastings, where he paused to organize his forces. On October 13, Harold arrived near Hastings with his army, and the next day William led his forces out to give battle.

After his victory at the Battle of Hastings, William marched on London and received the city’s submission. On Christmas Day, 1066, he became  the first Norman king of England, in Westminster Abbey, and the Anglo-Saxon phase of English history came to an end. French became the language of the king’s court and gradually blended with the Anglo-Saxon tongue to give birth to modern English. William I proved an effective king of England, and the “Domesday Book,” a great census of the lands and people of England. Upon the death of William I in 1087, his son, William, became William II, the second Norman king of England.

MIDDLE AGES

-WILLIAM I 

Also known as Guillaume le Bâtard. 

He became the first by the first Normand King of England. He was born at Falaise, at 1028 and he died in 1087 in Rouen, the capital of the Normandy. Also, he became Duke of Normandy as William II, and became king of England as William I. He succeeded because of his bravery as a soldier and also, as a rule during the Middle Age. He earned lots of prestige as the mightiest noble in France, due his success during the conquest of England.

-FEUDAL SYSTEM

The Middle Ages are known for their political and military social structure. This was based on the holdings of lands in fief and on the resulting relations between lord and vassal. 

This structured the society in this way: 

-King & Queen: they possessed all of the power and have a large amount of influence on the people they rule. They only answered to the societal welfare of their people and the roman catholic church. 

-Barons: lords and nobels would attend to business matters in relation to his land. Reports would be heard regarding estate crops, harvests and supplies. They would answer to the royal family. 

-Knights: the were pardoned by the pope of all past and future sins when they gave service. They were usually utilized or crusades. Also, they had the primary obligation to the roman catholic church and pope and their service relieved them of their sins. They also served the king and queen in war. 

-Villeins: they were the majority of the population and the lowest in the feudal system. Life as a pleasant would be very difficult as they had to work as farmers daily. They had an obligation to everyone in a higher feudal class especially their king and queen. 

-HENRY II 

King Henry II was born the 5 of March of 1133 at France and died the 6 of July of 1189 ar Chinon Castle. He was the son of Geoffrey, Cound of Anjou and Empress Matilda. He was lord of Scotland, Ireland and Wales and Count of Anjou, Brittany, Poitou, Normandy, Maine and Gascony. 

His reign falls in a century flanked by the Norman Conquest and Magna Carta. He inherited his father’s duchy and became Duke of Normandy by the age of 18. At 21 he succeeded to the English throne and by 1172, the British Isles and Ireland had acknowledged him as their overlord and he ruled more of France than any monarch since the fall of the Carolingian dynasty in 891. It was Henry who set England on a path to becoming one of the world’s most dominant nations.

He married Eleanor of AquitaineEleanor of Aquitaine, the daughter of William X, Duke of Aquitaine and Aenor de Chatellerault. She had previously been the wife of Louis VII, King of France, who had divorced her prior to her marriage to Henry

Henry's carousing chum and chief administrator was a cleric by the name of Thomas a Becket. When the See of Canterbury fell empty in 1162 Henry convinced a very reluctant Becket to become the new Archbishop. Henry, of course, assumed that his friend would be sympathetic to the royal cause in the escalating battle between church and state. At that time anyone in orders could only be tried in church courts. In practice, the number of clerics was huge, including several levels of lay priests and clerks. Henry, anxious to assert the power of royal justice, claimed that the "criminous clerks" should be tried in royal courts. To his surprise, Becket refused to agree. 

The Archbishop fled to France after defying Henry. They eventually were reconciled with the aid of the pope, and Becket returned. He immediately infuriated Henry by excommunicating those bishops who had prudently supported the king during Becket's exile. Henry flew into one of his famous rages. Four knights, perhaps seeking to curry favour with the king, rode from Westminster to Canterbury and killed Becket in front of the main altar of the Cathedral when he refused to relent.

-CATHOLIC CHURCH: MONASTERIES, NUNNERIES AND FRIARS

The Church was the single most dominant institution in medieval life, its influence pervading almost every aspect of people's lives. Its religious observances gave shape to the calendar; its sacramental rituals marked important moments in an individual's life (including baptism, confirmation, marriage, the eucharist, penance, holy orders and the last rites); and its teachings underpinned mainstream beliefs about ethics, the meaning of life and the afterlife. 

During the Middle Ages, English clergy and laity made important contributions to the life and activities of the Roman Catholic Church. The English church, however, shared in the religious unrest characteristic of the later Middle Ages. John Wycliffe, the 14th-century reformer and theologian, became a revolutionary critic of the papacy and is considered a major influence on the 16th-century Protestant Reformation.

The break with the Roman papacy and the establishment of an independent Church of England came during the reign of Henry VIII (1509–47). When Pope Clement VII refused to approve the annulment of Henry’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon, the English Parliament, at Henry’s insistence, passed a series of acts that separated the English church from the Roman hierarchy and in 1534 made the English monarch the head of the English church. The monasteries were suppressed, but few other changes were immediately made, since Henry intended that the English church would remain Catholic, though separated from Rome.

-BLACKDEATH

The Vikings invaded Europe due to the overpopulation in Scandinavia. The high population levels resulted in limited amounts of farm land. These farm lands had to produce an abundance of food in order to sustain the current population. Scandinavians were forced to move into new houses, find new jobs and land. They invaded Scotland, Ireland and Britain. 

The people of Scotland, Ireland, and Britain reacted with anger and fear, when the vikings invaded their homeland. Soon the towns and houses of Europe were evacuated. This act prevented the vikings from attacking. The vikings preferred effortless targets, while vacated towns were not as desirable. Once some areas of Europe were attacked, the Vikings began to settle in the attacked areas of town. This frustrated the people of Europe. 

The Black Plague was also known as the Black Death.                                    The disease was spread through rodents. The rodents fleas that carried the disease. These rodents roamed the infecting millions of people.

-RICHARD I “LIONHEART˝

1. King Richard was born in Oxford in 1157 but during his 10-year reign he only spent about six months in England. 

2. It is not even clear how much English he could speak. His main languages were French and Occitan, which is now the language of Catalonia. 

3. His main aim was to recapture Jerusalem from the Moslem forces of Saladin. He failed to do so despite almost bankrupting England in his efforts 

-KING JOHN. MAGNA CARTA. 

The reign of King John shows what often happened in the Middle Ages when a monarchlost a war – his authority was completely undermined. The barons rebelled and, on 15 June 1215, they forced John to agree to Magna Carta (The Great Charter) - a set of demands by which the barons tried to limit the power of the king to their advantage.

The reign of King John was a turning point in the history of England's government. The barons – successfully – had said 'no' to the king, and made him do as they wanted. The charter only spoke about freemen and not the majority of people who were peasants. No monarch of England ever had unrestricted, or 'absolute', power again and within a century England saw the beginnings of Parliament.

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More supporting character art. A nice variation on Shima.

And some concept art of Mr. Arkana, that decidely looks like Matt Mercer and Trent Reznor had a baby.

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Soft Bogey, Warm Bogey,

Little Ball of Mur(der)

Hungry Bogey, Sleepy Bogey,

Mur Mur der

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Finally figured out what would comprise one of their earliest outfits. A Firefighter's pants, a random Ill fitting but appropriate top and so much blood that isn't their's.

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Concept Art for the "Lady of Shadows" abilities in Reign.

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Okay I think I found Shima's look for Reign.

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So this was an interesting version to make. While they're very much the child of the 'Fear of the Dark/Unknown' they're still a being, a person, so they have their time as being fun or lighthearted, sometimes even sweet but they're very much built around terrifying and tricking humans.

To consume one on occasion.

So they sometimes are hungry, to the point of becoming... hungry and terrifying. So here they are as the actual 'Bogeyman'. For their siblings in the past who targeted children they'd simply yank out of windows after hearing them being loud and disobedient. In the youngest version, they target anyone who disobeys or who act out of natural order, people with no head for their own safety.

Also here's a Che Guevara version that I find, myself, off-putting to look at.

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Some character concept art for my future project.

I've had this concept for a tongue-in-cheek magical trickster man-eater for a while now. I just really liked the idea of the bogeyman but a modern, aware version of the bogeyman. They know what they are and just embrace this pop culture version of themself to disarm their meals.

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Here is their 'Blood Tree' monster form, a homage to that Tree from The Evil Dead and the one from the 20 year old Sleepy Hollow movie

I've had this character kicking around in various incarnations over the years. Originally as a City of Villains mutant that used illusions and toxins as their way to deceive and weaken. Then made a demon possessed version for short stories. Before really leaning into the bogeyman aspect where I played with the Black Annis version that had a massive Oak Tree outside their cave where they snatched children.

Overall, in 'Reign' I'm aiming to take this character in a new direction that is less a terrifying villain and more a force of nature that has embraced the Hot Topic and Ghost Hunters zeitgeist.

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So it looks like I'm dipping my toe back into original fiction and doing a sequel to my old series from the early 2000s.

Now that I'm in the habit of making my own art its pretty fun doing it for an actual serial and characters that are of my own design. Sadly due to my memory issues I'm going to have to reread my own stuff and relearn Sheila, Cheryl, Lina, the Sin Sisters Seven, and the rest of the Talisman / Ars Magna cast.

Plus Stephen King apparently has dibs on Talisman I'll just roll them all under the Ars Magna banner.

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From my broken recollection my Talisman serial was my go at a magical version of Pokemon. Mostly written for an audience of one, my editor at the time back in 2002. Sheila Torrance was a young Aussie girl and ends up buying a statuette from a curio shop and gets into all sorts of danger.

Ars Magna came out about a year and a half later with Sheila having moved and gets embroiled with her Father's extended family and a roguish twenty-something Mage who acted as her mentor. Seraphim Wing was an alternate universe take on Sheila where she embraced the duty of her marriage and became The Lady of Shadows, or I could be wrong and that's the other Alternative Universe where a Sheila variant is a Talisman mecha pilot. Either way, Sheila's enemies start coming from alternate worlds and space.

Time skip came in the later half of the story and she was Eighteen trying to escape an arranged marriage by her Dad's family. With later one off stories having Sheila with a daughter of her own still in hiding. She's working various jobs living like a magic John Connor trying to avoid her fate: taking care of the family duties and serving as the wife of a cruel monster, protecting her daughter from the possibility she may or may not be her arranged husband's.

Ars Magna: Reign is me taking all that craziness from my college days, and applying all my experience and the like retraining myself to write again, to turn the above into the fuel for an adult former 'magic girl' to turn her experience, traumas, and power around and go after her enemies.

I showed my former editor my cover and they were demanding details, so that's a good sign I'll have at least one reader for this.