#cassius (witcher)

[slowpokegamer]

Sometimes I get struck with the evil, overwhelming guilt that my comfort character is Dandelion, because I genuinely know in the books he is such a piece of shit and sometimes when I engage in meta and discussions about the Witcher I feel like. A weird imposter syndrome if that makes sense??

Like man I love diving into this world and reading and discussing different interpretations and meta on the series, but however I am unfortunately completely fucking stupid, and sometimes I don't understand stuff as well as I want to, and I can struggle to understand and process more in depth takes on the Witcher books. And then I feel the guilt of a thousand suns because I'm like

"man... All these cool people who's posts I love to read are looking at me and they think I'm stupid and my favorite character is Dandelion and they're gonna think I'm so annoying and don't understand what I'm talking about I have to jump now"

Man has biggest fear of being obnoxious. Please forgive my crimes of having autism and hyperfixating on literally the worst dude in the world /lh

[sad-endings-suck]

ship wars and love triangles confuse me, because nine times out of ten the answer is always polyamory

[shanastoryteller]

HAPPY HOLIDAYS 2022 POMPTS MASTERLIST

AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER Lu Ten and Zuko, Part 16 Dragon Husband and Water Bride, Part 12 Yue/Zuko/Sokka, Part 22 Lu Ten and Zuko, Part 17 Lu Ten and Zuko, Part 18 Dragon Husband and Water Bride, Part 13 Zuko and Azula, Part 29

BOKU NO HERO ACADEMIA Secret Identity, Part 15

ENOLA HOLMES Family Dinners, Part 7 Family Dinners, Part 8

FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST Bartender AU, Part 3 Sacrifice is Free, Part 10 Ed and Ling are Betrothed, Part 8 Colonel Elric, Part 3 Sacrifice is Free, Part 11

GODS AND MONSTERS Ares and King Arthur, Part 12

HARRY POTTER SIAT Teachers Betting Slytherin Harry, Part 13 Draco and the Twins, Part 31 Gryffindor Draco Year 2, Part 3 Mermaid Draco, Part 18 Elf Draco, Part 4 Triwizard Champion Draco, Part 11 Parselmouth Draco, Part 3 Time Travel Drarry, Part 4 Gryffindor Draco Year 2, Part 4 SIAT Cassius and George Slytherin Harry, Part 14 Steamy Wolfstar Bengali Harry SIAT Tonks and Snape SIAT Zaira SIAT Future Draco and Narcissa SIAT Percy and Tonks SIAT Future Pansy the Designer

UNTAMED Girl Wei Wuxian, Part 10 Lady Mo, Part 17 Marriage Assassin WQ, Part 6 Jiang Cheng Time Travel Mountain Mound Monster, Part 2 Lady Mo, Part 18 Lady Mo, Part 19 Lady Mo, Part 20 Lady Mo, Part 21 Lady Mo, Part 22 Lady Mo, Part 23 Girl Wei Wuxian, Part 11

WITCHER Husbands and Yennefer, Part 2

[junnyh-o]

Pinned!

About Me

Cassius Ashborn Fenrir

23

Polyam Nonbinary Butch Lesbian

BPD with a dash of adhd/autism

Stuff I Like

You'll see me rb a lot of shit, but i deeply enjoy:

Baldur's Gate 3

Destiny 2

Castlevania

Witcher

Darkest Dungeon

Many more I don't remember

Tags

Tags are broken btw. I can't fix em! Click the tag in search, then the tag on the posts to see everything!!

#Ref: References for writing/art or anything i deem important

#A reminder. for myself: Reminders for mental health

#*Insert Name* Behavior: Posts that remind me of my ocs! There's Rara, Reid, Doc, Lumi, Vera and Ashes (I have more, but these 6 are my faves)

For curious, there's more about my ocs under keep reading!

OCs

Rara, Reid, Doc are the protags of my wip book series: Of Gods and Mortals! Lumi and Vera are my DND OCs, Lumi being in a Star Guardian campaign and Vera in a Vermintide! Ashes is my BG3 Durge~

Rara (she/her): Most tired and done witch in the world. Monster slayer with a huge passion for cooking. A softie underneath that armor.

Reid (she/her): Silver tongued former pirate with an ego that would put the gods to shame. Femme fatale but make her a butch. Secretly a dork AND a nerd.

Doc (she/her): Your grumpy, neurotic doctor who has seen too much. Feels like she's a wolf in sheep's clothing. Hater of gods.

Lumi (he/they/she): The irritable smart asshole with a god complex. Wicked observant, reads people like a book. The most non magical girl-y magical girl.

Vera (she/her): Softest and sweetest paladin you'll ever meet. Would move the mountains and conquer the seas to protect you. So, so, emotional and caring.

Ashes (they/she): A somber, stoic paladin who seems... A bit off. Extremely devoted to their girlfriend, would do anything for her, and destroy the whole world if someone dared to hurt her. Tries so hard to be soft and gentle with bloodied hands.

Note: Vera and Ashes are each other's unintended mirrors! Reid and Lumi on the other hand would be each other's (sorta) mirrors.

[sleepingdragonhq]

Under the cut you will find the list of everyone’s costumes as well as lists for the couples romantic and platonic. The voting for the costume contest this year will be done here. We ask that you choose your top 5 favorites in each category but then rank the order in which you’d rate them in the ‘other’ option. If you’ve got any questions about how that works, do not hesitate to ask us. The ranking per usual goes five points for first place, four points for second and so on so please put your votes in order accordingly. Please vote before the 10th of November as we will be announcing the winners from that point onward before the end of the event. If we have missed any contestants/costumes on any of the lists please shoot us a message so we can fix that !! 

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Aaron Hale - Werewolf

Adeline Mulciber - Harley Quinn (DC)

Alastair Watson - Danny Phantom (Danny Phantom)

Alessandra Macnair - Roxie Hart (Chicago)

Alexus Callahan - Spider

Alice Longbottom II - Woody (Toy Story/Pixar)

Alison Wood - Glinda (Wicked)

Andromeda Marshall - Lydia Deetz (Beetlejuice)

Aryana Robins - Layla El-Faouly/Scarlet Scarab (Marvel)

Ariella Belefleur - Lizzie McGuire (The Lizzie McGuire Movie)

Astrid Mendez - Betty Boop

Auden Wilkes - Charlie Spring (Heartstopper)

August Fawley - Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas)

Aurora Claremont - Alex (Totally Spies)

Axel Wolffe - Waving Inflatable Tube Guy

Beatriz Calderon-Boot - Kuzco (Emperor’s New Groove)

Benjamin Ollivander - Pirate

Bentley Lockhart - Superman (DC)

Briar Bellchant - Evil Queen

Caleb Cresswell - 70s Vision (Marvel)

Camille McGonagall - Alice (Alice in Wonderland)

Casey Abrams - Lady (Lady and the Tramp/Disney)

Cassius Cresswell - Thor (Marvel)

Cedrella Weasley II - Sam (Totally Spies)

Charlotte Watson - Emily the Corpse Bride (Corpse Bride)

Chloé Bonaccord - Britney Spears

Clara Arquette - Catwoman (DC)

Clementine Delacour-Laurent - Shuri/Black Panther (Marvel)

Colm McCarthy - Darth Vader (Star Wars)

Cynthia Clearwater - Elphaba (Wicked)

Cyrus Clearwater - Steve (Blue’s Clues)

Damien Launier - Milo Thatch (Atlantis/Disney)

Delilah Hartwell - Spider-Gwen (Marvel)

Diana Rosier - Scarecrow

Dominique Weasley - She-Ra/Adora

Edward Lupin - Doris the Ugly Stepsister (Shrek)

Elara Macmillan-Bones - Cotton Candy

Elena Flores - Bride of Frankenstein

Elias Hopkirk- Linguini (Ratatouille/Disney)

Elijah Westenberg - Frankenstein’s Monster

Erin McCormack - Kim Possible (Kim Possible)

Evan Parkinson - Dr. Doofenshmirtz (Phineas and Ferb)

Evangeline Pickering - Sharpay Evans (High School Musical/Disney Channel)

Evelyn Moon - Stain Glass Window

Ezra Broadmoor - Mafia/Mob Boss

Finnley Wood - Ash (Fantastic Mr. Fox)

Francesca Zabini - Yip Yip (Sesame Street)

Frank Longbottom II - Tramp (Lady and the Tramp/Disney)

Frederick Hayes - Kida (Atlantis/Disney)

Freya MacDougal - Harley Quinn (DC)

Gabriel Larkin - Gambit (X-Men/Marvel)

Gwendolyn Hawkes - Pirate

Halley Macmillan-Bones - Hot Cheeto

Hazel Macdougal - Sexy Cryptologist

Hunter Adams - Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher)

Ingrid Hagen - Ellie Sattler (Jurassic Park)

Iris Lestrange - Scary Bunny

Isabelle Durant - Elf

Jaiyash Dewan - Loki (Marvel)

James Ashcroft - Tony Stark (Marvel)

James Sirius Potter - Shrek (Shrek)

Jasper Locklear - Elvis Presley

Jaxon Dequan - Thomas Shelby (Peaky Blinder)

Jia Rookwood - Yip Yip (Sesame Street)

Jonah Finch - Beetlejuice

Joseph O’Reilly - Lord Farquaad (Shrek)

Joséphine Flamel - Jessie (Team Rocket/Pokémon)

Juliet Highmore - Supergirl (DC)

Laurel Ollivander - Loki Variant (Marvel)

Liam Alvarez - Ian Malcom (Jurassic Park)

Lily Luna Potter - Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story/Pixar)

Lorenzo Roshan - Hannah Montana (Disney Channel)

Lucas Harper - Creepy Owl

Lucienne Wolffe - Fortune Teller

Lucy Weasley - Woody Pride (Toy Story/Pixar)

Luke Dawson - Marty McFly (Back to the Future) 

Lyra Malfoy - Isabella Parigi (The Lizzie McGuire Movie)

Lysander Scamander - Scarlet Witch (Marvel)

Mackenzie Finnigan-Thomas Potter - Fiona (Shrek)

Madeline Brown - Sexy Mothman

Mae Levesque - Velma Kelly (Chicago)

Maeve Finch - Mia Thermopolis (The Princess Diaries)

Manon Flamel - Marcus/Kevin (White Chicks)

Marcus Carson - Cowboy

Mason Jones - Waving Inflatable Tube Guy

Matthew Asprey - Swedish Chef (Sesame Street)

Melora Flamel - Marcus/Kevin (White Chicks)

Meredith Wayfelle - Perry the Platypus (Phineas and Ferb)

Merle Rappaport - 70s Wanda Maximoff (Marvel)

Molly Weasley II - Beldam (Coraline)

Natalya Dolohova - Rogue (X-Men/Marvel)

Nate Wood - Alan Grant (Jurassic Park)

Nathaniel Marshall - Skeleton

Nicholas Vexmoor - James (Team Rocket/Pokémon)

Octavia Coleman - Shego (Kim Possible)

Oliver Mulciber - Flynn Rider (Tangled/Disney)

Orion Macmillan-Bones - Legit Snack

Orlando Lockhart - Maleficent (Disney)

Peggy Carson - Sam Manson (Danny Phantom)

Penelope Hawthorne - Barbie

Pepper Rosewood - Michele (Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion)

Perseus Mulciber - Alan (The Hangover) 

Piper Wilkinson - Golden Angel

Pippa Rosewood - Romy (Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion)

Reid Anderson - Jareth (Labyrinth)

Rory Goldstein - Sharpay Evans (High School Musical/Disney Channel)

Rose Granger-Weasley - Sally (The Nightmare Before Christmas)

Samantha O’Reilly - Jenna Rink (13 Going on 30)

Scorpius Malfoy - John Constantine (DC)

Seraphina MacAuley - Clover (Totally Spies)

Seung Krum - Wybie (Coraline)

Silas Zabini - Satyr

Sophia Parkinson - Bloody Skeleton

Stella Macmillan-Bones - Pop-Tart 

Talia Kiraz-Mulciber - Rapunzel (Tangled/Disney)

Tallulah Abbot - Voodoo Doll

Thea Cresswell - Mighty Thor (Marvel)

Theodore Dubanowski - Blondie (The Good, The Bad and The Ugly)

Theodore Oliver - Mad Hatter (Alice in Wonderland)

Theseus McLaggen - Mad Hatter (Alice in Wonderland)

Valeria Sanchez - La Muerte (The Book of Life)

Vera McKinnon - Poison Ivy (DC)

Verity Nott - Pepper Potts (Marvel)

Victoire Weasley - Aurora (Sleeping Beauty/Disney)

William Ashcroft - Agent (Men in Black)

Willow Picquery - Valkyrie (Marvel)

Xavier Dupont - The Priest (Fleabag)

platonic couples costumes

Alessandra Macnair & Mae Levesque - Roxie Hart & Velma Kelly (Chicago)

Alice Longbottom II & Lily Luna Potter - Woody & Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story/Pixar)

Ariella Belefleur & Lyra Malfoy - Lizzie McGuire & Isabella Parigi (The Lizzie McGuire Movie)

Axel Wolffe & Mason Jones - Waving Inflatable Tube Guys

Bentley Lockhart & Juliet Highmore - Superman & Supergirl (DC)

Camille McGonagall & Theseus McLaggen - Alice & Mad Hatter (Alice in Wonderland)

Cedrella Weasley II, Seraphina MacAuley & Aurora Claremont - Sam, Clover & Alex (Totally Spies)

Damien Launier & Frederick Hayes - Milo Thatch & Kida (Atlantis/Disney)

Elena Flores & Elijah Westenberg - Bride of Frankenstein & Frankenstein’s Monster

Evangeline Pickering & Rory Goldstein - Sharpay Evans & Sharpay Evans (High School Musical/Disney Channel)

Freya MacDougal & Vera McKinnon - Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy (DC)

Hazel Macdougal & Madeline Brown - Sexy Mothman & Sexy Cryptologist

Jia Rookwood & Francesca Zabini - Yip Yips (Sesame Street)

Liam Alvarez & Nate Wood - Ian Malcon & Alan Grant (Jurassic Park)

Melora Flamel & Manon Flamel -  Marcus & Kevin (White Chicks)

Meredith Wayfelle & Evan Parkinson - Perry the Platypus & Dr. Doofenshmirtz (Phineas and Ferb)

Natalaya Dolohova & Gabriel Larkin - Rogue & Gambit (X-Men/Marvel)

Nicholas Vexmoor & Joséphine Flamel - Jessie & James from Team Rocket (Pokémon)

Octavia Coleman & Erin McCormack - Shego & Kim Possible (Kim Possible)

Orion Macmillan-Bones, Halley Macmillan-Bones, Stella Macmillan-Bones & Elara Macmillan-Bones - Legit Snack, Hot Cheeto, Pop-Tart & Cotton Candy (Snacks)

Pepper Rosewood & Pippa Rosewood - Romy & Michele (Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion)

Seung Krum & Molly Weasley II - Wybie & Beldam (Coraline)

Thea Cresswell & Willow Picquery - Mighty Thor & Valkyrie (Marvel)

romantic couples costumes

Alastair Watson & Peggy Carson - Danny Phantom & Sam Manson (Danny Phantom)

August Fawley & Rose Granger-Weasley - Jack Skellington & Sally (The Nightmare Before Christmas)

Casey Abrams & Frank Longbottom II - Lady & Tramp (Lady and the Tramp/Disney)

Clara Arquette & Kai Arquette - Catwoman & Batman (DC)

Cynthia Clearwater & Alison Wood - Elphaba & Glinda (Wicked)

Gwendolyn Hawkes & Benjamin Ollivander - Pirates

James Ashcroft & Verity Nott - Tony Stark & Pepper Potts (Marvel)

James Sirius Potter & Mackenzie Finnigan-Thomas Potter - Shrek & Fiona (Shrek)

Merle Rappaport & Caleb Cresswell - 70s Wanda Maximoff & Vision (Marvel)

Oliver Mulciber & Talia Kiraz-Mulciber - Flynn Rider & Rapunzel (Tangled/Disney)

[upwards-descent]

Good (whatever time of day it is when you see this)! How do you decide how your ocs should sound? I think you've given some of them voice actors to compare them to but what's the process for figuring out what sounds right?

Ahh what a fun question 🥰 I have a couple examples

For Autumn, I knew I wanted him to have a deep voice that was equal parts scary and charming. I watch a lot of cartoons and I adore voice actors so I immediately thought of Ron Pearlman's performance as Slade in Teen Titans. That voice is also exactly what I wanted, deep, commanding and scary but also sexy, so it just fit. The Lich from Adventure Time also suits him since it's a very similar performance. I actually did a lazy animation once synching the Lich's Fall monologue to some drawings of Autumn.

Some OCs I know exactly who'd they'd sound like, like having Faren voiced by Travis Willingham (in part due to his character Fjord in Critical Role) or having Chrys voiced by Henry Cavill (because of Geralt from the Netflix The Witcher series)

Some are a bit more nebulous, mostly because I haven't found that EXACT perfect voice yet. That's more like Dawn since his voice is both androgynous and calm, a lot of androgynous voices are peppy (I usually think of women playing young men like Naruto or Ash Ketchum) or like Cassius who I have a playlist of singers that suit his vibe (PoorMansPoison, Colter Wall, Sans Red)

The last thing I'll do is play audio related to whatever voice I've picked and think of my OC lip syncing to it. If it fits, it fits. If not, I try to find someone else 🥰

[whumpiary]

Cassius. Golden boy. Ace. The lines are blurry. Blurring. Blurred. He’s all of them. None of them. Something else all together. Cass.

[laureliere]

Lighting study using a screenshot from The Witcher on Netflix, but with Cassius!

What could he be thinking about?

[leftsidebonfire]

Hello and welcome to Leftside Bonfire, where we always go left! 👈🔥

A blog for my OCs and self ships as well as me shitposting sometimes. It's a little bit of everything. Main interests include: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Dungeons and Dragons, The Witcher, Assassins Creed, The Aquabats! And most recently, One Piece!

🧝‍♀️ You can call me Katie, or Elfie, or even address me by any OCs, I'm really not picky. (Cis female, She/Her, 24) 😁

My OCs are always open for RP and interactions, whenever you wish (and they multiship!) They all correspond with a Jojo part, however I like to put them in an "Everyone Lives AU" where they can all co-exist, so don't worry about having to match a character to the correct part 💕 Most of them are characters in current/past/hopefully future dnd campaigns that I have adapted to fit Jojo lore. So many of them have both Canon and JJBA backstories.

🔥🔥🔥

🍷 Phantom Blood: Amaryllis, Vassia, Caroline, Kallias

🌠 Battle Tendency: Jocasta

🏜 Stardust Crusaders: Avidia Zeppeli, Herias, B.G. May

💎 Diamond is Unbreakable: Joanna "Jett" Melanthios, Slash

🐞 Golden Wind: Tagliata Scottato

Random OC with no assigned Place: Xavier the himbo, Yorick 😊

OCs for different Fandoms!

☠️ One Piece: Unaek Seveer, Eleni Santiana, Jocasta, Rose Thorn, Phaedra

🐺 The Witcher: Ziona

🚲 Stranger Things: Virginia Campbell

I've got FanKids now!! They are also open for RP.

Cassius Zeppeli (Son of Vassia and Will Zeppeli)

William Zeppeli II (Son of Caesar and Jocasta)

Kieven Joestar (Son of Joseph and Jocasta)

Charlotte Polnareff (Daughter of Ziona and Polnareff. AKA my own FanKid)

🔥🔥🔥

Fic List:

Tea For Thugs: (Amaryllis and Speedwagon)

https://leftsidebonfire.tumblr.com/post/654643196772614144/tea-for-thugs

Tea For Thugs 2:

https://leftsidebonfire.tumblr.com/post/657618178635186176/tea-for-thugs

At Our Place, We Do Four (KatPol self ship Fic)

https://leftsidebonfire.tumblr.com/post/661530354451202048/at-my-place-we-do-four-katpol

Breathe Me (Joseph and Jocasta):

https://leftsidebonfire.tumblr.com/post/666305720205082624/breathe-me-be-my-friend-hold-me-wrap-me-up

Hey Jealousy (KatPol Self Ship)

https://leftsidebonfire.tumblr.com/post/669689689403441152/hey-jealousy-the-past-is-gone-but-something

Wouldn't Hurt A Fly (Unaek and Sanji)

Rules:

1. Don't be a dick.

That's about it. We like good vibes around the campfire. So all I ask is just, well, Be Excellent to Each Other and Party on, Dudes!

Backstory to my blog name: In a dnd campaign, my character Jocasta made it through that entire campaign relying mainly on one spell and one superstition alone: Create Bonfire and Go Left. It became a running joke to the point where "Go Left" saved our characters lives many times over. Her canon story is done now, so I wanted to commemorate one of the coolest story arcs I'd ever been involved in 💕

[sonofhighrock]

Muses and Rules please read!!

Edmund Anjou

Lanius Aurelius

Edmund Anjou

Age: 30

Birthdate: March 14th

Height: 5’6

Gender: Male

Pronouns: He/Him

Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual

Family: Older brother Henry Anjou, younger sister Anne Anjou. Parents: Geoffrey and Eleanor Anjou.

Verses: Skyrim, Witcher, Dragon Age, Modern, Regency, Medieval, Roman, Vikings, Mass Effect, Star Wars Old Republic.

Faceclaim: Aidan Turner

Lanius Aurelius

Age: 29

Birthdate: July 30th

Height: 5’11

Gender Male

Pronouns: He/Him

Sexual Orientation: Pansexual

Family: Brothers Marius and Quintus. Father and mother Cassius and Lucy Aurelius.

Verses: Skyrim, Witcher, Dragon Age, Modern, Regency, Roman, Medieval, Vikings, Mass Effect; Star Wars the Old Republic

Faceclaim: Rege Jean Page

Rules:

Edmund, and Lanius are my original characters, so please no godmodding, I will dictate their movements and speech.

There will be NSFW content on this blog and will be tagged accordingly, also no NSFW content with anyone under the age of 18.

I can write any length of replies, whatever the mood hits I’ll write either short or long. Do not feel the need to reply with the same amount that I have written.

All the muses are multi ship and they are various AUs for their relationships

Please keep drama off of tumblr and let’s just have fun with writing.

[eljackinton]

Today see’s the release of Part Three of my second Sea of Spheres story, A Question of Conscience.

A big thank you to Windlass (twitter @ MusketAnna/), who not only did the artwork but was also instrumental in forming the direction of the story and the themes I wanted to explore. They really helped me bring this world to life.

As with No Route to Guide You, this story takes inspiration from all fields and genres, but is heavily influenced by works like Dune, The Witcher and, as ever Planescape: Torment.

Having strove against peril and disaster, Oleanna's group finally makes it to the town of Ribcage, where she reunites with an old acquaintance in pacifist Cassius Freeman. Soon enough, Oleanna heads to finally face down the interloping Arcadians, but a violent confrontation only leads to greater mysteries surrounding their presence.

You can read it here:

Concludes Sunday

[slowpokegamer]

I can't ever change my icon for reasons, but it would be a shame not to post this icon commission my friend Fluffy did for me the other day

Their work is always so lovely, and ALSO JSUT LOOK AT HOW THEY DRAW DANDELION IM GONNA REAAAGHHHRAAAAGGHHHHH

[sunonyoreface]

Forest Nymph | Geralt of Rivia Pt.3

Hello!! Thank you so much for taking the time to read my fanfic!  This is part three of my first series and I can’t wait to see where this series takes us!

Warnings: swearing

Word count: 2105

Thank you to @movies-music-series​ for letting me use their gif!

Geralt awakes with a jolt.  His eyes snap open and are immediately alert.  There is no such thing as a good night’s rest for a Witcher.  Not for Geralt at least.  

Something is watching him.  He can feel it and yet, his pendant is deadly still.  He rises with caution and scans the forest surrounding him. Nothing.  Yet he can’t shake the feeling that he’s being watched.

Then he notices you are gone.  You left without a trace sometime in the dead of night.  That’s probably for the best, he thinks.  And yet… Geralt can’t get his mind off of your angelic features.  The delicacy in the way you walk, how your feet barely touch the ground they travel upon.  His mind wanders to your touch, and the electrical current which seemed to surprise you as much as him.  Despite the shock, your hands were soft and gentle.  How he yearns to feel your touch again.

The sound of Roach whinnying alerts Geralt to a possible danger, to which he realizes he cannot see him anywhere.  Geralt’s heart rate picks up at the thought of losing Roach; he starts running in the direction of the call.  His eyes quickly scan the surrounding trees, searching for a threat he may have missed the first time.  After several minutes of searching, he comes across Roach, who excitedly munches at an apple growing from a young apple tree.  The tree is short and easily accessible, with smooth unscathed bark around its stump, the sort of tree that would not normally bear fruit for another five years, and yet, here it is.  Clearly one of your works of art.  Roach must be in love with her, he thinks.  

You left as soon as the embers died and no longer gave off any light. You feel confused and left out of options as to what to do.  If the Witcher chooses not to kill you, then what?  The villagers hire someone who will?  Your options are limited, but right now, you need to get back to your cottage, at least for a little while to think things through.

To the untrained eye, your cozy little cottage blends in with the slightly larger than normal thicket.  Nothing that unusual, unless you know what to look for.  You grew the walls and made them of tightly weaved stalks that keep out the rain.  The trees have since continued to grow on their own to home many smaller inhabitants in their upper branches.  They twist and turn in unnatural angles to allow for extensive windows that let in the warm natural light.  Inside, your floors are covered in a carpet of soft moss.  You almost never wear shoes inside.  All of your furniture is made of natural materials.  Of old trees which toppled over ready for repurposing, uniquely shaped rocks that work perfectly as benches, and anything else you might be able to forage from the bountiful area.  

When you step inside a scent of familiarity wraps around you.  The smell of home.  It’s quiet.  The usual sounds of wind, squirrels, and birds which normally fill the air fade away into the background.  The silence makes you tired.  Oh, how you long for a solid night’s worth of sleep.  So, naturally, your feet instinctually carry you off to your soft, embracing bed. Finally, you sigh.

Geralt doesn’t know what to tell the king.  Maybe he doesn’t tell him anything.  After all, all the king wanted was for him to look into what was damaging their crops.  He never mentioned that Geralt had to take any action against you.  He has a feeling that won’t cut it.  Then again, what harm could really come from telling the king about the dryad?  Geralt isn’t going to kill her, and the King’s army couldn’t find her if they tried. She’s too sneaky, and they're too incompetent at everything they do.  The farmers are too busy getting shitfaced at the alehouse, he doubts they can see past their own feet.  

He was supposed to meet the king for lunch.  It’s currently mid-afternoon.  Maybe closer to late afternoon, he thinks.  It’s hard to see the sun under the canopy of trees.  Either way, Geralt doesn’t care.  The King doesn’t matter.  None of them do.  He has lived through hundreds of kings and none of them stick out as important. They spend their time implementing new policies which really aren’t new, then destroying ones that their past rulers have made and so on.  Nothing has changed in Geralt’s hundred or so years on this Earth.  Humans operate in circles; they always have and will continue to do so until they cease to exist.  Maybe that’s too pessimistic.

Villagers bustle around the center of the town in a lively matter. Why wouldn’t they? Tomorrow is their day of rest and worship; they have the whole night to commit unholy sins. Geralt wonders where Jaskier has gone off too.  The alehouse probably.  Or maybe he is serenading some poor wenches.  What would he think of the forest nymph?

King Cassius of Asenguard lives in a castle so enormous that he has likely never been in every room.  It towers over his kingdom and peers into every grimy rut he rules over.  His people live in the slums while he has never truly worked a day in his life.  Geralt has a special kind of hatred for this kind of man, if one would even go so far as to call him that.  However, his large pocket is quite persuasive.  

“Ah! Mr. Witcher, so nice of you to join us today! I was almost about to send out my cavalry to search for you.” He laughs seemingly in good humour, but the room is tense.  The servants have witnessed enough of his behaviour to know that an outburst is about to happen.  Geralt doesn’t laugh.  He doesn’t even smile.  Cassius’ snarky joke only vexes him.

“My deepest apologies King Cassius, I was too busy cleaning the shit off my boots on your doorstep.  Your kingdom’s full of it.”  Geralt jabs back at him.  The snarky smile is wiped off of Cassius’ face.  He is not used to being talked back to.  While he is technically in charge, the Witcher emanates power.  If things become physical, the King and his guards will stand no chance, and in the back of his head, he knows that.  

“That’s enough, Mr. Witcher,” He drawls. “I just want to know if you have gotten rid of whatever is pissing my farmers off, they’re very persuasive people you know. They even threatened my bread production.  My God, what would we do without bread?”

“I did what you paid me to do.” He responds, the words tight in his mouth through his clenched jaw.

“What so you found the blasted demon wrecking my land, but didn’t kill it? I thought you were the Butcher of Blaviken? The White Wolf? Your job is to kill monsters.  That’s what I am paying you to do.”  The level of threat in the King’s voice raises exponentially.

“You asked me to find out what was causing your little problem.  That’s it.” Geralt spits back.  “You will pay me for my service.”

“Will I?”

“If you want to keep your head, then yes.” The Witcher’s eyes look as though they have turned to flames.  The threat is real, King Cassius, as inept as he is, can sense that much.

“Fine.” He huffs in annoyance. “Then what is it I am paying for? What is the wretched thing eating away at my land?”  

“A witch.”  Geralt states.

“Just a witch?”

“Just a witch.” He confirms.

“You couldn’t kill just a witch?”  Geralt’s hands twitch at his side.  The urge to reach for his sword is overwhelming.

“Just give me my coin.”

“Fine.” he tosses a small bag filled with coins at the Witcher, “Here you go. Now unless you are hunting that witch get the hell out of my kingdom.”

“My pleasure.” But first, he has to find Jaskier.

The first place Geralt checks is the alehouse.  And he is right.  He’s almost scarily right when it comes to Jaskier’s whereabouts, not that they deviate much.  It was the alehouse or the brothel and if he is anywhere else then something is likely wrong.

“We need to go, Jaskier.”  Geralt says before he has fully approached him.

“Well hello to you too!  You just got here, why don’t you have a drink?”

“No, Jaskier, we need to go.”  He is fully aware of the eyes already on him.  The whole village thought he was going to solve their “demon” problem and now he hasn’t.  He has about five minutes before they start throwing food at him and Jaskier both.

“Just relax for once Geralt.  Have a drink! Celebrate! I just finished telling Fleming over there how you are going to kill the thing wrecking their crops.” He laughs unknowingly.  Fleming, a large man sitting only a few chairs over, raises his mug to cheers with Jaskier before taking a large swig of ale.

“I will explain outside but we need to go.” Geralt urges once more.

“I’ll catch up with you.”

“No, Jaskier.” He whispers, “I didn’t kill her and your friend Fleming over there is not going to like that.” The underlying threat is clear in his tone, and finally, Jaskier takes the hint.

“Oh, right then.” A look of guilt crosses his face. “Fleming, don’t you worry, I will be right back!”

They are barely out of the alehouse when a voice calls out from behind an alley.

“Aye! That’s him. That’s the Witcher!”  A man standing with a group of drunks yells out.  “A little birdy tells me you didn’t kill the wretched thing wrecking our crops!”

Geralt doesn’t respond.  

“Well?” He takes a swig from his mug, “Why the fuck not?”

“You seem to be able to handle the situation fine on your own.” He states. With that, they go to leave, but the sound of a sword being drawn brings Geralt’s attention back to the group of men. An odd straggler, likely drunker than the rest of them, honestly thinks he stands a chance.

“Yeah? Well fuck you!” He shouts.

“Yeah!” some other men cheer him on.  This isn’t good.  Before Geralt can talk his way out of this, the man charges at him, sword held high, ready to fight.  Left no choice, Geralt conjures the Sign of Aard and uses it to blast the overly confident drunk and his friends back.  They go flying back, their limbs sprawled every which way, drinks thrown from their hands, until their hurled bodies finally make a rough impact with a ground. That should stop them, he thinks. Time to get out of this shitty village.

Once out of the village, Geralt and Jaskier continue into dusk at a slower than average pace.  The evening is actually quite nice.  Not too hot or cold, almost perfect.  The sky is clear, and the stars will start to come out within the hour.  The birds chatter to each other quietly in the background. Jaskier, while still a bit tipsy, is wound up in telling Geralt about a woman in a beautiful pink dress who was more than happy to have him stay the night in her hot, steamy bed.  Something you could have seen coming from miles away.

Suddenly, a doe jumps out from the forest line, then freezes in the middle of the dirt road.  She looks between them for a moment before sprinting off again, almost as if nothing happened.

“Geralt, why didn’t you get her? That would’ve been dinner for the next week!” Jaskier huffs in disappointment.  While rabbits are easy to trap, he would take venison over them any day.  

Two more deer jump out from the treeline, this time neither pause to look at Geralt or Jaskier, who barely notices their presence.  Geralt pulls back on Roach’s reins.  Roach reluctantly stops.

“Something is wrong.” He whispers to himself.

“What?” Asks Jaskier.  “Geralt I can’t hear you when you mumble.”

The birds have stopped chirping.  The forest is deathly silent.  Something is definitely wrong.  Another group of deer bound onto the road as though the two of them aren’t even there.  More animals now, rabbits, foxes and larger, more unpleasant creatures sprint across the road paying them no attention.  

The wind switches direction and the smell of smoke overwhelms their senses.  Geralt turns around to see the far-off horizon glowing orange.  Sparks explode out of a daunting wall of smoke.  The Asenguard forest is burning relentlessly with no signs of stopping.

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Pt.1

https://sunonyoreface.tumblr.com/post/613040114715820032/forest-nymph-geralt-of-rivia-pt-1-hi-this-is-my

Pt.2

https://sunonyoreface.tumblr.com/post/613171373679034368/forest-nymph-geralt-of-rivia-pt2

Pt.4

https://sunonyoreface.tumblr.com/post/613676968381136896/forest-nymph-geralt-of-rivia-pt4

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[garland-on-thy-brow]

“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in their reflection in the pond“

[odrseasonone]

so i was thinking about two things - 1) my fear of rowena becoming an inactive big bad and 2) my feeling that we need to foreshadow rowena making dragons into batteries and i thought *voila!* plot idea!!

so, maybe the dragonriders, when they weren’t defending justice were defending the innocent a la the witcher and fighting various monsters and things, including but not limited to wild dragons a la king vortigern and merlin or smth idK, and so maybe cassius continues to do that when the odd beast shows up to terrorize aragoth ++ tbh rowena regardless is deF signed up for all the dragon-sighting media blasts.  

anyway, maybe as a result is there’s a wild dragon (or, if we wanna do away w the kill-the-rider-kill-the-dragon thing it could be a dragonr survivor but yeah idk if we wanna do that?) out there and a message is sent to the capitol to send cassius to deal w it...but rowena intercepts it, doesn’t tell cassius, and goes to deal w it, herself.  and of course she’d struggle w it and not get it right at first and then ultimately end up sucking the life out of it (and probs a local village, too #meatsbackonthemenuboys) to heal herself after that but yeaH.  i can also see where at first she’d hoped to maybe tame it and replace the need for a dragonrider by essentially becoming one herself but i deF don’t think that one was ever gonna work out for her ahahaha

anyway, idk if this is a good idea, a stupid idea, or a completely indifferent one, but there’s a thought

[paragon-vestra]

3, 11, 14, 21, and 29 for Avery, Cassius, & one of your choice!

Thanks so much!! Gods it’s been so long since I’ve done this!!

3.  does your oc go beyond what they have to do or do they usually do just enough work to get by?

Avery goes beyond as much as they can in specific circumstances, as they have a bit of a fondness for curse-breaking and an addiction to complexity. When a contract can be solved peacefully and rescue some poor cursed soul, Avery will do their level best to do so, no matter the cost. This has bitten them before, however, and they are smart enough to know which monsters can’t be dealt with this way. Often they will still tell the story in such a way that it involves a dramatic fight, for their reputation’s sake

Cassius didn’t exactly go beyond the call of duty intentionally in his creation of Tenzin, but he did sort of slip and fall past the call of duty, getting needlessly in-depth about Tenzin’s habits and hobbies that totally aren’t a projection of what Cassius wanted for himself as a child, gods no, not at all.

Ashley Ostertag tended not to question orders back in the day, and that lead to him killing a few people who didn’t actually deserve it. His shame and guilt has led him to become more thorough in how he goes about things, even if doing what it takes to survive is still his top priority

11.  are they critical of others?

Avery is intensely critical of people who are irresponsible with power of any kind, but has enough tact to keep it to themself. They don’t judge people who act out of ignorance or desperation, even if their job is sometimes made more difficult by such people. However, if a rich lord sits on his haunches and watches a situation get worse - or worsens it himself - Avery will be intense in their retribution

Cassius is conditioned to be intensely critical of anyone who isn’t a patriot of his homeland, but Tenzin is an easygoing sort, sticks to a rule of live-and-let-live, and avoids getting wrapped up in others’ conflicts, though he’s an excellent listener and advisor.

Ashley personally feels he has lost any right to be critical of others’ life choices with the deeds he’s done, with the exception of his former employers. Then again, the criticism he has for his former employers is more “direct threats” than anything

14. is your oc a good listener?

Avery is an enthusiastically good listener, always ready to ask more questions and get details, offering advice and their services when relevant. Comes with how they go about their job, really

Cassius listens to orders and his orders are to be a spy, so yes he’s good for listening and gathering information. Tenzin is the softer kind of good listener, offering reassurance and advice to any worried souls.

Ashley’s kinda garbage at listening. Once he was too wrapped up in arrogance to care for the nuances of what people told him, and now he’s so wrapped up in his shame, trauma, and scheming for some redemptive act that he’s often only half-listening to people speak.

21.  what are some skills your oc has a talent for and what are some that they worked for?

Avery has more of a natural inclination towards magic than many other witchers, and while they still had to train they use their signs with uncommon ease. Their fighting, on the other hand, is more stiff and ever so slightly slower than most witchers - though still beyond that of most ordinary people - as they try to remember the strictly-taught stances and methods of their training

Cassius was always a loyal soldier, and always an excellent storyteller, though he would never admit that to most people. This is what makes Tenzin such a complete cover and such an absorbing character. However, he struggled to learn languages while training for the mission, and he is inexperienced to actually being a travelling merchant

Ashley has always been quick and precise, king of snowball fights in his youth, and those instincts served him well when he trained with a revolver. However, he is taking his time and being careful in how he learns alchemy and magic, which don’t come quite so naturally to him.

29.  is your oc detail oriented or do they focus more on the big picture?

Avery’s very much a details person, refusing to engage with any situation until they have some degree of nuanced information to work off of

Cassius is detail-oriented in how he has crafted the persona of Tenzin, but has subconsciously blocked out the details of the regime he serves under, thinking only of vague notions of his people’s alleged prosperity

Ashley has become significantly more detail-oriented since his epiphany about his career’s immorality. Before he would dismiss nuance in favour of ending a problem efficiently and effectively, but he is gradually learning to try to take a step back and don’t go for his first instinct