#ashdrinker

[medu-nefer]

so i wrote a thing 👉👈 more Baron babey 😎

Chapters: 1/1 (15 871 words)

Fandom: Empire of the Vampire - Jay Kristoff

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death

Relationships: Aaron de Coste/Baptiste Sa-Ismael, Aaron de Coste & Gabriel de León

Characters: Aaron de Coste (EotV), Baptiste Sa-Ismael (EotV), Gabriel de León (EotV), Lachlan a Craeg (EotV), Dior Lachance (EotV), Celene Castia (EotV), Ashdrinker (EotV)

Additional Tags: Fix-It of Sorts, Blood and Injury, Temporary Character Death, though not really??, Fear of Death, Graphic Description, Grief/Mourning, a lot of crying, Sad with a Happy Ending, blasphemous use of religious themes for sex, Smut, Anal Sex, Oral Sex, Worship, top baptiste, Bottom Aaron, Established Relationship, Male Friendship, fluff at the end, Post-EotV3

Summary: 

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SPOILERS FOR "EMPIRE OF THE DAMNED" (but no spoilers for "Empire of the Dawn")

De Coste took a deep breath before remembering, once again, there was no need for it anymore. He nodded slow and shifted his foot, finally letting Ashdrinker go. ‘Are you certain?’ The coldblood looked sidelong at his oldest friend. He took in the tensed muscles in his jaw and the fire burning in his grey eyes as he stared stubbornly ahead, desperately avoiding his gaze. ‘I can feel it, Gabe,’ he said quietly. ‘Celene can, too.’

The daysdeath has been ended - and along it, the curse of the vampires. No coldblood will live to see the first dawn. But the prophecy that foretold the end to the nightmare might also hide the secret of atonement for the Dead.

Which is something Aaron de Coste's found famille would truly appreciate.

[cerseisvintagered]

Chloe Sauvage and Astrid Rennier because I’ve been sitting in musical rehearsals the whole day and so I might as well reread Empire Of The Vampire and draw my favorite nuns in training.

[empireofthesilverclad]

Chapters: 2/2 (16 395 words)

Fandom: Empire of the Vampire - Jay Kristoff

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Descriptions of Violence, Major Character Death

Relationships: Aaron de Coste/Baptiste Sa-Ismael, Aaron de Coste & Gabriel de León

Characters: Aaron de Coste (EotV), Baptiste Sa-Ismael (EotV), Gabriel de León (EotV), Lachlan a Craeg (EotV), Dior Lachance (EotV), Celene Castia (EotV), Ashdrinker (EotV), Reyne a Maergenn (EotV)

Additional Tags: Fix-It of Sorts, Blood and Injury, Graphic Description, Temporary Character Death, though not really??, Fear of Death, Grief/Mourning, a lot of crying, Sad with a Happy Ending, Established Relationship, Male Friendship, fluff at the end, Post-EotV3, Gay Sex, blasphemous use of religious themes for sex, i guess it ended up being an everybody-lives AU?, Aaron-centric, Aaron/Baptiste-centric

Summary:

⚠︎ ⚠︎ ⚠︎ SPOILERS FOR “EMPIRE OF THE DAMNED” (but no spoilers for “Empire of the Dawn”) ⚠︎ ⚠︎ ⚠︎

And with this darkened veil reversed, By whelming guilt of fallen cursed; Three nights of boundless crimson thirst, Shall retrieve the lives dispersed.

San Dior has ended daysdeath and all in Elidaen are awaiting the first dawn in nearly 30 years with bated breath. But unbeknownst to most, when the sun finally rises as it used to in days past, it will be over an earth unmarred by the vampiric scourge. Aaron de Coste and Celene Castia can feel the cold fingers of death finally catching up with them.

But like with most curses, there's a prophecy tied to it. A prophecy of hope for the damned and the mortals loving them.

[that-house]

Top 5 swords‼️

Ashdrinker from Empire of the Vampire :)

BORK

Willbreaker being the sword logic embodied in a weapon is sick as fuck

Stormbringer seems cool

the Fuller Seven as a collective <- reference to writing of mine that will probably never be posted lol

hm. seems to be a lot of cool swords named Thingdoer

[buriedyou]

𝐆𝐀𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐋 𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐎́𝐍.

previously found at: silvresaint.

Gabriel is from the Empire of the Vampire books, but fuck J.ay K.ristoff. Consider this portrayal inspired by multiple sources of vampire media. The primary world Gabriel exists within assumes the existence of many supernatural elements. Gabe is not generally kind or likeable, nor is he even distinctly approachable; please keep this in mind if interacting and plotting, which is highly encouraged because of his nature. PLEASE NOTE: Gabriel is an addict. As a half-vampire, he is always hungry for blood; however, as a Silversaint, he does not partake in this thirst the traditional way, relying heavily on a powdered blood-compound stimulant called sanguine. Not only does it quell his hunger, it also enhances his vampire abilities and strength. If he can get his hands on it, he will smoke it. I will do my best to treat the topic of addiction with respect and do my due diligence in researching the topic, but if ever I slip up, please do not hesitate to reach out to me about it. I do not ever want to treat this topic without care and I am wholly open to being called in about any insensitivity on my part.

FULL NAME: Gabriel de León EPITHET(S): Silversaint, The Black Lion GENDER: Cis-male SPECIES: Vampire ORIGIN: Blood Esani HEIGHT: 6'4” AGE: 36 years old

HAIR: Long, several inches past his shoulders. Glossy black and straight. EYES: Eerily grey in color. Silver, even, in some light. SKIN TONE: Pale as the moon where it isn't covered in silver ink. BODY TYPE: Mesomorph. VOICE: Low and rough from years of sanguine smoke inhalation. Almost always dry in its humor, given his propensity for sarcasm and disdain. WEAPON: His sword, Ashdrinker. NOTABLE FEATURE(S): His dozens upon dozens of tattoos which cover him from neck to ankle.

VULNERABILITIES: As a half-vampire, he is sensitive to the sun, though it is not lethal. Silver-made weapons do him more harm than any normal ones. Long exposure to hunger, as well as withdrawal symptoms, are detrimental to his health, both mentally and physically. ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Neutral

CURRENTLY.

the last silversaint. SETTING FLEXIBLE. tbd.

BIOGRAPHY

the world pretends it doesn't know what lies in wait around every dark corner. humans are stupid like that. but no amount of ignorance can keep away the dark and all the things hiding within it. daysdeath happens that way; one moment, everything is as it always was. in the next, there's only the blood. there's only the fear.

daysdeath happens to us all. it's an inevitability, an unpleasant one that shatters any hopes and dreams except the only one that matters: survival. because it's either that or you become one of them. and if you become one of them, it's only a matter of time before you have to turn someone else. and maybe that someone else is your mother or your husband or your friend. hunger doesn't care who they are to you. hunger only cares what they are to you. a fresh meal, a veritable feast, the only thing that matters in the end. if you're lucky, you're too far gone to understand what you're doing. but what does death care for luck?

gabriel was still a boy when daysdeath came for him. when you live in a world where those around you had their daysdeath already, you don't understand their fear. fear, to gabriel, was in the switch to his back when papa is angrier than he usually is. fear, to gabriel, was papa with a bottle of liquor and only his head the target of that breakable glass. fear, to gabriel, was split skin and bleeding lips and doing something wrong. until one day it's impossible that papa was ever the only thing worth fearing.

he watches his sister die on his daysdeath. her cries had dragged him from work even at the risk of papa's fury. the thing attacking her should have reminded him of fear, but all he knew was that same rage that stirred the same in him then as it always had in his papa. it is not simple strength alone that frightens that thing away; his hands are all fire when they rip its face from his sister's throat, leaching it of the black in its veins faster than he can realize what happens. it crumbles in his hands. but it's too late for little celene already dead at his feet.

little lion, his mother called him, knowing exactly what he was from the moment he was born. the hunger only woke in him when that daysdeath finally fell. there was a girl with soft lips and softer thighs, and hunger was the taste of both. it isn't until she's screaming and there's blood pooling in the bed beneath her, pooling in his mouth, that he wakes to the world gone black. her father chases him across town and the town joins him. his mother weeps and weeps and weeps. what is wrong with me? he cries amongst the throng of those who want him killed. and because mother is god, it's mother who both saves and damns him.

she'd sent for the man on the horse all those weeks ago when celene had fallen. little lion, she'd said as that man frightens the crowd enough that they relent their demand for gabriel's head. be brave for me now. it's the only goodbye he's afforded before the man on the horse takes him away. papa doesn't even look at him.

thus, gabriel begins his life in the wake of his daysdeath. he was not just a boy. he was born with that hunger, cursed with it, and was tasked now to use it. far from home, he learned how to destroy those things which destroyed his sister and he learned how to destroy himself piece by piece. trials by blood and trials by death earn him his slaying sword, ashdrinker, and the role of silversaint. soaked in the holy ink of angels and the blood of devils, gabriel was crowned the black lion and kingslayer. and when those monsters triumphed over the brotherhood, he was deemed the last silversaint and retreated into obscurity, leaving humanity to their fate.

NOTES

The Silversaint is a dying breed. Once a flourishing and holy brotherhood called The Silver Order tasked with relieving the world of those bloodlusted creatures of the night, only Gabriel remains in the wake of a cleansing which has destroyed a centuries-old faith that even he can barely hold space for within his chest.

Gabriel may or may not be known to your muse. He has many epithets and his legacy precedes him; if your muse runs in the right circles, they very well could recognize him by his name, his face, or even by the various markers of his reputation such as his tattoos or his sword. I welcome however your muse might react to his presence whether with fear, awe, or disinterest. It's always fun when he's respected; it's even more fun when he's underestimated.

Gabriel is a widower and is still very much in love with his late wife. On top of that, he has also lost his only daughter with her. Astrid and Patience were his everything. Gabriel is vulgar and he will flirt; he might even be open to a tumble in the sheets, but romantic and exclusive sexual relationships are hard to come by. Other dynamics are more than welcome, including but not limited to antagonistic, familial, convenience and work related, and platonic. Gabriel claims a preference for solitude, but he is lonely and family and loyalty are at the core of his ideals and beliefs.

ALT VERSES TBD...

[yeines]

“We will walk the dark as they do, and they shall know our names and despair. For so long as they burn, we shall be flame. So long as they bleed, we shall be blades. So long as they sin, we shall be saints.”

Empire of the Vampire

[bookcup]

brb, kinda busy becoming my sword's best friend

[naoadays]

Q: What's been your favorite spooky book you've read recently?. I'm still not over House of Hollow by @km_sutherland and highly recommend it - October is winding down but that doesn't mean the spooky season has to stop! I still have plenty of books I'm looking forward to this fall and I'm always open to more recommendations!. The September @illumicrate box was -chefs kiss- wonderful. They announced ahead of time the book would be #EmpireoftheVampire and this edition does not disappoint! Swipe to see the amazing stenciled edges! #IllumicrateSept2021 What's in the box: 🦇 Empire of the Vampire by @misterkristoff. This version features an exclusive cover, sprayed and stenciled edges, foiling on the hardcover and signed by the author! 🦇 Monthly Collectors Pin inspired by Gabriel’s Sword Ashdrinker from Empire of the Vampire. Designed by @stacey.mcevoy.caunt 🦇Riptide Sword Replica inspired by Percy Jackson. Designed by @stacey.mcevoy.caunt 🦇Manon and Abraxos Zipper Pouch inspired by the Throne of Glass series. Artwork by @winterofherdiscontent 🦇Wild & Improbable Shoe Charms inspired by Strange the Dreamer. Designed by @blissfullybookishtees 🦇Always Victorious Magnets inspired by An Ember in the Ashes. Artwork by @jhocaaa 🦇White Flowers and Scarlet Chain Pin Set inspired by These Violet Delights. Designed by @novemberandmay.shop So I know the pouch is Throne of Glass, but it kinda gave me Game of Thrones vibes too and I always love a good pouch. The Percy Jackson dagger is so cool too!. #Illumicrate #BookLovers #BookBox #JayKristoff #Unboxing #illumicratephotochallenge #EOTV #BeautifulBooks #VampireBooks #BookishFlatlay #CreativeBookstagram #Bookstagrammer #UnboxingTime #ReadingTime #BookPhoto #ReadReadRead #AdultFantasyBooks #FantasyBooks #AdultBooks #PercyJackson #ThroneOfGlass #StrangeTheDreamer #TheseViolentDelights #AnEmberintheAshes #boostingya https://www.instagram.com/p/CVXvOrmrcVh/?utm_medium=tumblr

[8lueash-blog]

Drinking beer with friends at 성내탭룸. After excercising, drink... drink... -lots of beer taps regarding to its store space. - Don't expect its food too much. - good place to drink. - 장소는 작은데 다양한 맥주탭이 있어서 놀람. - 맥주 1잔의 양은 개인적으로 좀 실망함. - 물물교환이 가능한 곳(?) : 책 -> 맥주. 책을 가져오시면 맥주를 드립니다(???) #beer #ashdrinking #술스타그램 #drink #맥주 #성내탭룸

[that-house]

What's your favorite named fantasy weapon?

Ashdrinker from Empire of the Vampire. Broken sentient weapon that spouts poetry and soup recipes in combat? Oh babey

If you’re a fan of vampires, dark fantasy, and some genius fucking storytelling I cannot recommend Empire of the Vampire enough

[8lueash-blog]

BEER Review : canned Berliner Kindl Pisener The taste is between lager and pilsner. Not much bitter. That color is the same as lager's. 맛은 카스에 필스너 우르켈 섞은 듯한 맛입니다. 처음은 조금 쌉쌀한 감이 있으나 끝맛은 완전 라거. 색도 라거에 가깝습니다. 투명항 금빛 노락색이예요. 캔맥주하는 것을 감안해도 개인적으로 가벼운 맥주를 좋아하지 않기 때문에 다시 사먹지 않을거같네요. 구매가격 : 2,500원 구입처 : 이마트 #beer #AshDrinking #beer review #canned beer #1starbeer #Berlinerkindl #berlinerkindlpilsener

[8lueash-blog]

Christmas holidays with family. - wine made by a local winery. Food, drinks and Family. Merry Christmas! 크리스마스에 가족끼리 식사했습니다. 오코노미야끼와 라자냐, 과카몰리를 로제와인에! 6번째 크리스마스요리. 메리 크리스마스☆ #크리스마스 #와인 #오코노미야끼 #라자냐 #ash술 #AshDrinking #술스타그램 #술

[8lueash-blog]

Tasting White wine! I stop by the shop. I like this wine. 놀러갔다가 한 잔 마시게 되었습니다♡ 알콜향도 적고 가격이 2만원 가격대인데 마실만하네요. 차가울때 신맛이 조금나는 물같아요.스파클링은 아닌듯합니다 #술스타그램 #와인 #화이트와인 #wine #AshDrinking #ash술

[8lueash-blog]

Dark Ale at Nine Ales -Dark Ale brewed by KABREW Type : Porter ABV : 4.5% Flavor : Coffee When I saw this pub to return some books. I couldn't go home. Happy Sunday with Dark Ale! If I don't post, I would not mean I stop drinking. 길동에 있는 나인에일즈입니다. 강동도서관에 가다가 발견했고, 다크에일이 있어서 너무 좋았습니다. 다크에일맛은 무난해요! 쓰고 약간의 탄맛과 조금의 쉰맛? 제게 익숙한 맛입니다! 맥주 1잔 시켰는데 땅콩과 견과류도 주셨습니다. 다른 테이블도 마찬가지던데, 감사합니다. 도서관 올 때 자주 들리고 싶네요. #AshDrinks #AshDrinking #Ash술 #술스타그램 #술 #맥주 #beer #nineales #kabrew #카브루 #darkale #나인에일즈

[8lueash-blog]

Drink w/ a friend No.2 Tap Beer: -Merlin Balck Lager large (left) - Platinum Stout large(right) I prefer Stout to Black Lager. However my friend told me that it had a bitter taste. 둘다 맛있었지만 제 입맛에는 역시 스타우트! #AshDrinks #AshDrinking #Ash술 #술스타그램 #술 #맥주 #beer #stout #lager #치맥 #먹스타그램 #chickenandbeer #friedchicken #치킨 #카퍼룸

[8lueash-blog]

MiniBar 3. Midori Sour_1 - Midori 60ml - Lemon Juice 30ml - Sugar 2 tea spoons Sweet and Sour with Mellon Smell. It tastes like Sour Power Belts Mellon. Ash미니바 3. 미도리샤워1 《재료》 - 미도리 60ml - 레몬주스 30ml - 설탕2티스푼 달콤한 메론향이 나는 달고 신맛. 신맛 벨트젤리의 메론버전같다. 처음에는 적당한 단맛이 느껴지나 뒤로갈수록 신맛이 강하다. #ash미니바 #미니바 #술스타그램 #술 #칵테일 #미도리 #리큐르 #cocktails #AshDrinks #AshDrinking #ash술 #AshMiniBar