#ashen-crest

[ladyazulina]

I took a quiz just to have fun and because it was @ashen-crest the one who sent it to me in her latest newsletter, I thought "What if I do get ending up with Ambrose?"

Hmmm?! What if?!

Your Result:

Ambrose

You are… Ambrose Beake! Reserved, polite, brilliant, and utterly professional. Your ideal evening involves a good book, a cup of tea, and a hearty dollop of peace and quiet. You may come across as prickly to those who don’t know you, but under the surface, you are a passionate friend who would do anything for those you care about. Read A RIVAL MOST VIAL: POTIONEERING FOR LOVE AND PROFIT to learn more!

[talesofsorrowandofruin]

What are the vibes of Gracemeadow Manor like?

Thanks! :D Eerie and gothic-novel-like. Imagine Crimson Peak in a semi-modern setting, and you've got the general idea :D

[lacependragon]

Pay day!!! Which means I can finally get these! Gosh I'm excited.

First one is How to Sell your Blood and Fall in Love by @brynwrites. Already own the first novel in the series (which is a companion) and am currently reading and loving it.

Second one is A Rival Most Vial by @ashen-crest.

I have been so hype to buy both of these. I love filling my shelves with indie paperbacks. Something really satisfying about it.

[by-allison-kai]

So I've finished @ashen-crest's A Rival Most Vial, and I can't discuss the emotional punches with my wife (yet), so I'm gonna ramble here.

Spoilers ahead, obviously.

Also tw for personal trauma, shitty families, and abandonment issues.

AC, you are masterful at crafting characters that tug at the heartstrings!

As someone who's still untangling my own issues re; abandonment and general family shittiness, Ambrose's story prompted such a visceral reaction that my wife had to make sure I was okay.

(To be clear, I'm fine!)

"Apparently, he was very easy to leave behind." OW. My heart!

And that shitty letter from Pearce, the thin-as-vellum excuse for not coming back to the shop for its anniversary? Oof. I wanted to hug Ambrose again. And punch Pearce.

Anyway, this post isn't to dig into my trauma, but to applaud how brilliantly you write these emotions and situations.

[drabbleitout]

DIO I had a dream about garnet and Beau and Ives! Someone was trying to kidnap Beau and make him be evil, but this was before he knew Garnet, and they ended up traveling together? I have no idea, but Garnet helped him out so everything is fine

!!! RK that's amazing!! But I am so sorry these gremlins were pestering you in your sleep!! (I'm actually flailing at the idea!) But I'd love to hear details! 😆 Was Beau still a robot? Did he meet Garnet by chance? Was Ives having to keep the peace?

But this sounds like it could have been pure chaos or hilarious maybe both. Was this like a road trip scenario? I can't even imagine being stuck with those two on a road trip. But I'm so glad everything was fine! A road trip AU actually sounds like a lot of fun and now you've got me thinking!!

Thank you for telling me about this! I hope they don't pester you in the future, but if they do I'd love to hear about it 🤭

[oblivions-dawn]

Wing: share a snippet that you daydreamed about before writing it (or a snippet that you were really looking forward to writing.)

Talon: share a snippet that tugs at your heartstrings- can be sad or happy!

Wing:

“Aren’t you thirsty, Lady Serana?” Vigdis turned. Every pair of orange eyes stared back at her, perfectly still; a pack of wolves awaiting to descend upon their vulnerable prey. The hunter instinctively moved her freckled hand to reach for her dagger— Her wrist was snatched within a cold, firm grasp. She looked back and found Serana’s persimmon gaze, wide and pleading. Vigdis’ breaths were hard yet steady as she matched the vampire’s silent question with her own bewildered expression. Serana merely tightened her grip in response. There was no other way. “I won’t hurt you.” Vigdis twisted her arm, the inside of her wrist face-up. Serana shifted her grip; her thumb slipped beneath her sleeve and shoved the cuff back to reveal the freckled yet heavily scarred skin that lurked beneath. The vampire’s nail traced the faint blue veins that streaked across the rosy flesh, stiff under her touch. The hunter forced a harsh exhale through her nose as the nail pierced her skin. Blood pooled, then trickled down her arm. Serana held the chalice beneath the wound, and both watched as the ichor dripped into the spiked cup. When Serana’s grip loosened, Vigdis pulled her arm away. Her ice-blue eyes flickered to the vampire’s face, whose gaze was intensely fixed on the chalice. Serana swallowed hard, then lifted the goblet to her lips, and tilted it up. [Good fucking--FUCK. This was an idea that sort of came to me VERY early on in the chapter or before, and I--oh my god. I spent days upon days dreaming about it, giddy for the moment when I would write it--and it still to this day is one of my absolute favrouite scenes. It just came out so so well. It's so TENSE and--ughughugh.]

Talon:

He raised the dagger above his head— Serana shot an ice shard into his neck. Vyrthur’s persimmon eyes grew wide. He dropped the dagger, and it clattered beside her ear. He sputtered; choked; gurgled. Blood gushed from his mouth and splattered onto Serana’s cheek. He leaned back, then fell onto his side. Serana seized his blade—then stabbed him again, and again, and again. Tears streamed down her bloodstained face as she drowned in fear; the air she breathed was fire and water that consumed her. Vyrthur’s expression burned behind her eyes, matched with that of the Daedric Prince she once blindly worshipped. She was nothing but a caged animal; a prize to be won and coveted; a vessel for evil. Strong hands clutched her arms and jerked her back. Serana whipped around, the dagger still in her hand—only to face familiar ice-blue eyes that stared at her. As she took in the expression before her, the sun prickled at her skin; a breeze ghosted through her dark hair and brushed her damp cheeks. Vigdis’ faint scent drifted to Serana’s nose—sweat, blood, earth, and rain swelled in her lungs. The smell was unmistakable; it belonged, undoubtedly, to the red-haired hunter, who was real and alive, whose warm hands wrapped so firmly around her arms that it hurt, whose icy eyes burned amongst the constellations of her freckles. “I . . .” Serana tried, her breath shaky. Vigdis shook her head. “You don’t have to explain. Not to me.” [I could really choose any scene that sends Vigdis or Serana into a PTSD spiral but this . . . . this tugs my heartstrings just right. It's another favourite of course lkdxjgkdmgkf. My only complaint is that's all Vig says HHAHAHAHAHA]

[memento-morri-writes]

favorite music to listen to while writing??

I actually don't listen to much music while writing. If I do, it's usually just my liked songs on spotify or something. I'm really, really picky about the music I put on my wip-inspired playlists. In fact, the only wip that has a playlist is ATQH because of that.

[jadeglas]

A coffee (or Monster Rehab, the yellow ones) + headphones and a playlist that's appropriate for what I'm trying to write. Then I just jam out until inspiration comes back, but I'm still in a better mood, even if it doesn't.

(Am I supposed to tag you back? I can't remember... I'll do it just in case)

(@ashen-crest )

question time!

what do you do when you’re in a writing funk?

do you have a book you re-read, or a show you watch, or a place you go to? is it helpful for you to try a different project, a different hobby, or nothing at all?

[knightscanfeeltoo]

Oscar can't help but Wonder if the Undead was Once a Knight like him or if they just took the Armour from a Corpse...

(I still HATE Dark Souls F*CKING 3 and also My F*CKING Self because I still Love the Fallen Knight Set from that Same F*CKING Game...)

[diphthongsfordays]

IT HAS ARRIVED!!

@ashen-crest I am SO EXCITED!!

[oh-no-another-idea]

@ashen-crest I wish you could've heard the gasp I gasped when I first saw this. Thank you so much, I adore my mood-board, it really captures the feelings and aesthetics I'm going for! <3

Community event! We had something like this earlier in the month, but we’re going to revisit the topic today. The writeblr community is large and vast. Sharing work is at the heart of it, our own and others. Today, I want you to make a moodboard for someone else’s story. Make it as a gift, inspired by another writeblr’s characters, wip, or general vibe aesthetics.

Let’s make each other smile, even if our characters are suffering!

[magic-is-something-we-create]

favorite goddess in the ehlverse for WBW?

hi hello!!! im late answering this bc ive had a deficit of spoons the last couple days, but thank you for sending it in, becca!!!! <3

Okay, SO, I talked about my top two favorite Goddesses here this week as well, but now I want to talk about the runner-up, Luma!!

Luma is the patron of Vigor, Battle, Legends, and Siblinghood, but when talking about her domains, Vigor is also often translated/portrayed as Youth! She's who everyone in the Maelands devotes to until they're ~15, as she's basically the Goddess of Childhood (literally, her indirect titles include The Daughter and The Child (but in Emarye, she's called The Legend!)) and devoting to her is seen as a protective blessing!

One of the reasons I like her so much is because, when I was coming up with what devotion ceremonies looked like, I decided her thing was getting a piercing! So every year you choose to devote to Luma, you get a new earring, lip ring, nose ring, etc. etc. So the longest-devoted Priestesses of hers are these strong old women with so many piercings that their ears sag with the weight!! And these Priestesses are often both bards and super battle-heavy - and because Luma is often depicted with a battleax and a lute, you'll just see these super punk-looking old women around the Ehlverse with a bajillion piercings, fuckoff huge battleaxes, and instruments on their person at random!!

But yeah!! I love Luma, and I love her role in the story as well (Tieling is a Prophet of Luma, the prophecy that led to him being Chosen was granted by Luma to his mother during his birth, and she's the most revered of the Goddesses in Sieril, alongside Erra, hence the Warriors of Luma a.k.a. Lu'Siire) and I could talk about her and the other Goddesses literally all day

[dragon-swords-prophecies]

Hi Copper! Happy Valentines Day! I’m your writeblr secret admirer!

I absolutely ADORE that your wips are inspired by dragons and D&D, aka some of my favorite things. I hope your day is filled with fun, dragons, creative inspiration, dragons, good food, and also dragons. You deserve only the best!!

!!!!!!!

thank you!!! I watched the third lord of the rings movie with my friend who had never seen it before, so there were indeed (almost) dragons!!!

[ehliena]

Going through the list of Crests and characters and I'm like... woah Blue Eagles has SIX crested students AND one of them is a MAJOR crest (Felix is Special)???

[world-of-fire-and-flight]

Ohh I'll make snacks! #TeamTom

FINALLY getting to read @ashen-crest's A Rival Most Vial! I'm such a sucker for a grumpy x sunshine romance, and the D&D-esque setting is so much fun. So, so excited to watch this relationship unfold...may cheer when they smooch, we'll see

(If you want to see the very satisfying video of me brewing this potion, it's here on my Instagram...I've watched this like, 100 times.)

[pikaclan]

Moon 530

Season: Newleaf

Overarching Events

Not enough healthy medicine cats!

Ceremonies

Seedthrift has chosen to use their skills and experience to help solve the Clan's disagreements. A meeting and called, and they become the Clan's newest, and currently only, mediator. Mintpaw is re-apprenticed to Maplelaurel.

Deaths

Rumors reach your Clan that the loner Frostyshatter died recently

Mistglint, Wish, Stonemound, Moorfur, Leapsummit, Ashenzoom, Brokenkit, Mako, and Heathkit go missing in the night. Some cats gossip about Shadow Cats coming and stealing their Clan-mates in the night. Others are convinced this is punishment for Cinderstar not exiling Swampwhistle and her kits

Ebonyeye feels as though they're living through a nightmare as they grieve Mistglint and is grief-stricken Hollowminnow grieves but is not stricken

Blotchjay grieves Leapsummit but is not stricken

Gravelmimic grieves but is not stricken

Swampwhistle grieves but is not stricken

So much grief and death has taken its toll on the cats of PikaClan. Snipgorse and Runningleaf are particularly shaken by it

Misc

Crowdawn finds maple seeds while out on a walk and decides to keep them

Dancingpaw received a present, petals, from Cloudbeam, and decided to keep it with them on their pelt

Needlepaw is re-apprenticed to Worm

Crestpaw realized she-cat doesn't describe how they feel anymore

They are nonbinary!

Flowerkit is scolded for sneaking out of camp

Health

Raccoonrock hopes for a small litter and moves to the nursery Ebonyeye has a headache this moon Worm's running nose abated Boobearbubble's injury is infected Dancingpaw's claw-wound healed

Patrols

Mintpaw is trailing behind the patrol when the cliff crumbles beneath them. Hurt and wheezing, Mintpaw hears the patrol panicking as they drift to StarClan

The patrol cautiously moves towards the sound of barking and sees a dog chasing a cat. The patrol jumps into action and as the rest distract the dog, Rockshriek stays hidden and helps the cat.

Frosttooth (female) joined the Clan. She is intact