#ashfire

[shadowsofcrystals]

AshFire

Gonna start making reference sheets for the most important characters. We'll see how far I'll get lmao

[hamstyandfriends]

AshFire & SilverBloom

The night when AshKit's littermates died, and he gained his burn scars, his life changed. He had to stay in the medicine den for a good amount of time, and still has to go on moonly checkups to this day

One night, when AshKit was still in the medicine den, a newly made warrior, SilverBloom came to visit. He felt sorry for the little kit, and wanted to make sure that he was alright. The medicine cats and other authority figures of SunClan were all concerned; What if AshKit will never be able to be a warrior? SilverBloom decided to take the first step, talk to CanarySong. The older medicine cat was a littermate of SunClan's leader, MorningCrystal, so SilverBloom knew that he's the only cat who could make his idea come to reality. He asked to mentor AshKit when he is ready. And luckily, CanarySong managed to convince MorningCrystal to let this happen

SilverBloom, despite being a young and inexperienced mentor, still tried his best to teach AshPaw. He was always patient with the apprentice, and comforted him when he had his doubts. AshPaw had it a little harder than his denmates; His scars often made it hard for him to move and train like any other cat. Especially with his weakened back leg, he had some trouble learning how to run or jump with it, but eventually managed to make up his own way of doing things. His mother, MistyHeart and SilverBloom helped him embrace who he is, and so did his best friend, KestrelPaw

KestrelCloud was made into a warrior a few moons earlier than AshPaw, despite being younger than him, but he didn't mind it. In fact, he was incredibly happy for his friend, and couldn't wait to join her as a warrior when his own time comes. AshPaw spent a great amount of time daydreaming about his own warrior ceremony; What would his full name be? Maybe AshHeart, after his mother? Or AshSpeck, after his late father? Or maybe AshPebble, AshSmoke? Maybe something completely different, like AshFur? AshTail? AshLeg or AshFoot would be a little bit ironic, wouldn't they? Then maybe AshFall? AshCloud, so he could match with KestrelCloud? Maybe. He didn't know, but he couldn't wait to find out

When the special day came, AshPaw felt like he was flying. As he sat under the Great High, waiting for MorningCrystal to announce his name, he imagined CrystalClan gathered all around him. And then she said...

... "AshFire"

Fire? Really? How could MorningCrystal name him after the very thing that scarred him? The tragedy that he has no memories, but nightmares of? Is this some kind of sick joke, made by CrystalClan? He didn't understand. But he didn't need to. Whatever this name meant, he was sure that it had a proper reason behind it. And what really mattered was, that he was ready to prove to all of SunClan that he could be the best warrior they ever had. The name AshFire will be remembered, and never to be made fun of. And that's a promise

[rescuebabiesau]

I did all of these and the first two pages this afternoon... I need to take a break, me thinks XD

Previous: https://www.tumblr.com/rescuebabiesau/717697861370986496/how-inconvenient-and-peculiar-previous?source=share

[namedafterflowerstournament]

Botanic Tournament : The Guardian Herd Bracket !

Round 2 Poll 5

(The pictures are actually pictures of other horses in the series. These ones didn't have official pictures)

[art-ally]

I’m really glad I redid this piece because I love how it came out! Again I must recommend the phenomenal trilogy Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau Preto each book is so amazing and I love them so much!

[checkoutmybookshelf]

OMG YOU GUYS FINALLY!!! I loved The Stardust Thief and I'm psyched we finally have a release date for The Ashfire King!!!

[a-calico-rabbit]

Þat is clearly apista in a cat costume

[luce1ence]

need to reread the stardust thief, I miss mazen 😔

[ninja-muse]

2025 Release TBR

🏳️‍🌈 - queer MC     🇨🇦 - Canadian author    ⭐️ - BIPOC MC 📘 - have an ARC bold - new added

The Songbird - Stacy Lynn Miller (historical fiction) - January 7

Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear - Seanan McGuire (fantasy) - January 7

Rebellious Grace - Jeri Westerson (historical mystery) 🏳️‍🌈 - January 7

The Betrayal of Thomas True - A.J. West (historical mystery) 🏳️‍🌈 - January 14

An African History of Africa - Zeinab Badawi (history) ⭐️ - January 14

Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales - Heather Fawcett (fantasy) 🇨🇦 - February 11

Upon a Starlit Tide - Kell Woods (fantasy) - February 18

Greenteeth - Molly O’Neill (fantasy) 🏳️‍🌈 - February 25

Once Was Willem - M.R. Carey (historical fantasy) - March 4

May Contain Murder - Orlando Murrin (cozy mystery) 🏳️‍🌈 - March 11

The Tomb of Dragons - Katherine Addison (fantasy/mystery) 🏳️‍🌈 - March 11

Installment Immortality - Seanan McGuire (urban fantasy) - March 11

The Duke at Hazard - KJ Charles (historical romance) 🏳️‍🌈 - March 11

Malinalli - Veronica Chapa (historical fiction) ⭐️ 📘- March 11

Alterations - Kate Maruyama (historical fiction) ⭐️ - March 11

Love and Other Paradoxes - Catriona Silvey (time travel/romance) 📘- March 11

The Hymn to Dionysus - Natasha Pulley (fantasy/retelling) 🏳️‍🌈 - March 18

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter - Stephan Graham Jones (horror)⭐️ - March 18

Aunt Tigress - Emily Yu-Xuan Qin (contemporary fantasy) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 - March 25

Murder by Memory - Olivia Waite (cozy science fiction/mystery) 🏳️‍🌈 - March 18

The Chow Maniac - Vivien Chien (cozy mystery) ⭐️ - April 1

Direct Descendant - Tanya Huff (cozy fantasy/horror) 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 - April 1

Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) - Jesse Q. Sutanto (cozy mystery) ⭐️ - April 1

The Ashfire King - Chelsea Abdullah (fantasy) ⭐️ - April 15

Saga, Vol. 12 - Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (graphic science fiction) 🇨🇦 - April 15

Great Big Beautiful Life - Emily Henry (contemporary romance) - April 22

Overgrowth - Mira Grant (science fiction/horror) - May 6

Austen at Sea - Natalie Jenner (historical fiction) 🇨🇦 - May 6

The Country Under Heaven - Frederic S. Durbin (weird western) - May 13

Strange New World - Vivian Shaw (urban fantasy) - May 20

Baking Across America - B. Dylan Hollis (cookbook) 🏳️‍🌈 - May 20

Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Except Me) - Django Wexler (fantasy) 🏳️‍🌈 - May 27

The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association - Caitlin Rozakis (comic fantasy) - May 27

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil - V.E. Schwab (horror/fantasy) 🏳️‍🌈 - June 10

The Mercy Makers - Tessa Gratton (fantasy) - June 17

A Far Better Thing - H.G. Parry (historical fantasy) - June 17

The Rushworth Family Plot - Claudia Gray (historical mystery) - June 17

Stone and Sky - Ben Aaronovitch (urban fantasy) ⭐️ - July 8

The Frozen People - Elly Griffiths (science fiction/mystery) - July 8

Algospeak - Adam Aleksic (linguistics) - July 15

Mayhem at a Halloween Wedding - Emmeline Duncan (cozy mystery) - July 29

Automatic Noodle - Annalee Newitz (cozy science fiction) - August 5

Hemlock and Silver - T. Kingfisher (fantasy) - August 19

Katabasis - R.F. Kuang (dark academia/fantasy) - August 26

Boudicca’s Daughter - Elodie Harper (historical fiction) - August 28

Hot Wax - M.L. Rio (fiction) - September 9

The Haunting of William Thorn - Ben Alderton (gothic horror) 🏳️‍🌈 - September 9

A Tangle in Time - Josiah Bancroft (steampunk/mystery) - September 9

Lady Like - Mackenzi Lee (historical romance) 🏳️‍🌈- September 9

The Summer War - Naomi Novik (fantasy) - September 16

Ladies in Hating - Alexandra Vasti (historical romance) 🏳️‍🌈 - September 25

The Gnomes of Lychford - Paul Cornell (contemporary fantasy) - September 25

What Stalks the Deep - T. Kingfisher (horror) 🏳️‍🌈 - September 30

Silver and Lead - Seanan McGuire (urban fantasy) - September 30

Cinder House - Freya Marske (horror/retelling) 🏳️‍🌈 - October 7

The Bakery Dragon and the Fairy Cake - Devin Elle Kurtz (cozy fantasy/picture book) - October 7

He’s So Possessed With Me - Corey Liu (YA horror) 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 - October 14

The Everlasting - Alix E. Harrow (fantasy) - October 25

The Keeper of Magical Things - Julie Leong (cozy fantasy) ⭐️ - November 4

Brigands and Breadknives - Travis Baldree (cozy fantasy) - November 11

Audrey Lane Stirs the Pot - Alexis Hall (contemporary romance) 🏳️‍🌈 - December 9

[blueberreads]

25 in 2025

Thank you @logarithmicpanda for the tag! 💜

Last year's list was a success since I started... 4 books. Out of 24. And finished 1. So um let's make a list of books I probably won't read in 2025!

From last year's list

1. Sailing By Orion’s Star by Katie Crabb

2. Perception Check by Astrid Knight

3. Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston by Esme Symes-Smith

4. When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb

5. The Bone Ships by R. J. Barker

6. Notorious Sorcerer by Davina Evans

7. The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

Sequels

8. Blood Like Fate by Liselle Sambury

9. Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao

10. The Summer Queen by Rochelle Hassan

11. The Ending Fire by Saara El-Arifi

12. Confounding Oaths by Alexis Hall

13. Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett

14. The Dragon Republic by R. F. Kuang

15. The Ashfire King by Chelsea Abdullah

Recommended

16. Breath of the Dragon by Fonda Lee and Shannon Lee

17. The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door by H. G. Parry

18. Shoestring Theory by Mariana Costa

19. The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard

Recently acquired

20. Kindling by Traci Chee

21. Lucy Undying by Kiersten White

22. The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong

23. The Devourer by Alison Ames

24. Til Death Do Us Bard by Rose Black

25. Saltblood by Francesca De Tores

No pressure tags: @traeumenvonbuechern @denizbevan @lumiilys @amatheho, and anyone who'd like to join!

[blackcat2907]

*cracks knuckles*

Let's do this with as little spoilers as I can! Basically, Avalkyra Ashfire dies at the end of Wings of Shadow with her Strix (a phoenix of shadow that feeds on life to survive).

I had an au a long time ago where Val (her nickname) woke up in the PJO verse and joined (more like took over) the TA. She used her Strix to feed on Kronos' soul in the golden casket. Kronos is out of the picture, but now, Val is in charge. She goes through a short redemption arc where she goes from someone super power hungry and entitled to a fierce warrior queen who protects her subjects (the demigods).

In this au, I think that Nico would be drawn to the Strix as a fellow being of death. So, Nico joins the TA, but makes a case that not all the gods have to die. He and Luke (along with Ethan and Silena) explain everything to Avalkyra, each one giving a case on which gods need to die and which ones need to survive. (though Luke would be happy if all of them die.) I also think Val would see parts of herself in Luke and would be proud of him.

Also, spoilers about Val from the books. She died but was reincarnated. So she looks like she is seventeen, BUT she has the memories of her old life and the maturity of someone who is 35 (she was 18 when she died in her first life). She also has animal magic which allows her to communicate and control animals. And shadow magic, which allows her to enter people's minds and control them or communicate with them. (BONUS: Val is an aroace Icon)

YOU! Have you read Crown of Feathers? Because I have an idea that's been festering for a long time.

Hi Kat!!! 🥺🥺🥺 So happy to see you in the askbox btw I've missed you. I, however tragically, haven't read Crown of Feathers though. But if you don't mind a clueless yet attentive audience, I'm all ears!

[shadowsofcrystals]

AshFire fanart!!

It was a gift by my pookie @eat-the-lemons <33 TYSM!! <333

[hamstyandfriends]

I swear I'm doing something with my life

(I'm not)

Anyways... SoC minis

KestrelCloud

AshFire

CinnamonCloud

HoneyLeaf

MoonDancer

SunChaser

FireFlake

StormFrost. I swear i'll explain someday

[rescuebabiesau]

Wait wait wait wait wait- Quickshadow's triplet? Explain yourself because I think I got lost about that

In my other AU, several of the bots have sparklings, and Quickshadow has triplets: Ashfire, Vibrato, and Reverberate (Rev)

I haven't touched on that AU in a while, but last I did, these three wished on a star that their cousins would get siblings, and their wishes were granted

[namedafterflowerstournament]

Botanic Tournament : The Guardian Herd Bracket !

Round 2 Poll 4

(The picture for Ashfire is, actually, a picture of another horse in the series. Ashfire didn't have official pictures)

[art-ally]

Finished the Crown of Feathers trilogy by Nicki Pau Preto and oh my gosh it is so good!! If you loved the How to Train Your Dragon movies then I highly recommend this book!! I will be redoing this piece digitally so keep an eye out for that in a few days!