#certain it has smth to do with like. whatever ritual he was a part of as a kid hut

[cassyapper]

i know the whole chapter is a dream sequence so it’s not real but i still think it’s so funny that john just turned into that little thing in chapter two. and like theres no explanation as to what it even is hes just that little pile of goop with eyes. and then hes fine

[angeltism]

TELL ME ABOUT YOUR OC'S NOW /nf/silly

AHHH YAY ANON YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THIS MADE MELCHIOR SMILE!!

Under the cut because the idol of gloomy dreams holds no doubt this'll get long, ehe ^^ (SPOILER FROM "VAL BUT LATER" — 1.8K WORDS. XE THINKS. SMTH LIKE THAT. SO YEAH.)

In this, I’ll be covering Caspian’s universe, as Nym and Mephistopheles are technically fandom characters although.. She’s trying to make them their own universe since both of them diverge a LOT from their existing universe. He got too creative. No such thing, actually, so nvm. Onto the rambles!

Caspian’s story, of which he is the villain of, takes place on a planet like earth, just.. Fantasy in ways that make it still quite similar to earth. Sort of. Tis complicated, and honestly Reverie has spent a little too much time thinking about Caspian instead of actually doing world building.. But he’ll say what xe can!!

In this universe, there’s a loooot of different gods and goddesses.. Typical fantasy stuff, right? Welllll, each gemstone in this universe is made in the image of one of them, so although they might consider it like that, to put it simply for us; Each divine being is represented by a crystal/mineral, and they are referred to as that stone ++ share colors/patterns with their respective stones.

They all work together in some capacity to keep the universe functioning, keeping the balance, all that divinity stuff. However, because of a prestigious organization that also holds an academy in the “center” of the world (whether this is figuratively or literally valentin has nawt decided yet), they also occasionally give blessings to the humans who are part of this organization.

The organization itself (bad melchior! You were supposed to think of a name, not sit around thinking of the silly villain guy!!) works a lot, doing various things around the world. Mainly teaching people about the gods and goddesses, upholding peace in cities and doing charity work. The academy that they run provides training and higher education on the topics of the gods/goddesses, the properties of gemstones and alll about the blessings one can receive from divinity.

Now.. how does one go about getting a blessing? Well, in the olden days, people just happened to stumble upon magical areas that just so happened to provide a gateway into the realm of a random gem, and then they got their opportunity to ask for a blessing. Nowadays, it's a much more widespread yet pretty controlled thing. Members of the organization are permitted to perform rituals that have been perfected over the course of centuries to open up their own gateway, where they can choose which divine being to contact, as opposed to just having to hope the random enchanted gate you found while hunting is for the god you want to get a specific blessing from. When a blessing is given, the person who received it will also be given the gemstone made in the being's image, which can help a lot with being respected and considered important. People tend to make them into earrings, add them to clothes or other items, or just find any way that they can to show them off.

Certain divine beings specialize in specific domains (like amber would be your best bet for things related to time, like being able to live longer or whatever) but basically all of em have the capability to do anything. Well. Anything? Really? Not quite! Turning to the divine beings/gods and goddesses/gems, who I'll just be reffering to as the first one of those, for a second.. They don't really care what mortals are doing, like. They really just Do Not Care. They occasionally don't bless certain people or give out certain things that they feel could risk tipping off the balance of the universe, but otherwise they're pretty chill. They're also not a big fan of people breaking their gems, as it's technically a part of them, so that's also a factor in whether or not they may bless someone.

Ookay.. so the divine beings seem okay with giving people basically anything they want. Why not just try to get as many as you can and speed-run existence and become a demigod through all their blessings the moment you learn how to make your own gateways? Welll, see, there's some modern rules for that..

Unless stumbled upon naturally, individuals at the academy (which is the only place you'd learn to do those rituals, and you're kinda sworn to not just. give that info out for free.) must wait to achieve certain milestones before they're allowed to make a certain amount of visits to the divine beings. There's three main ranks, which are basically just differentiated by uniform, but otherwise it's basically a seamless transition between all of em and instead of being "tier 1" "tier 2" "tier 3" it's more of a gradient. What tier someone is in is usually judged by high tier 3 people, and someone may spend years in mid tier 2, or go from low tier 1 to low tier 2 within a year because they're dedicated/naturally talented/did something important/etc

Ranking up is usually when people are given the "go ahead" to pursue getting another blessing, but occasionally it'll happen for other things too (like maybe you do something super heroic, or you discover something new and important, or whatever). If someone is believed to have gotten a blessing when they shouldn't have (like a drought kills everyone's crops but this one guy's farmer family's entire field is somehow untouched despite literally everyone else having dead drops or whatever) they'll be investigated and, if they do have a blessing, their gem will be taken away and shattered.

This doesn't really do anything to the person themself, however it makes the divine beings go "hm actually Fuck You you irresponsible mortal" and their punishment from them might be worse than anything mere mortals could do..

This also ties into the divine beings taking into account if this'll happen if they bless someone or not. if they realize "hey you're gonna get your door kicked down and this piece of me is gonna get crushed" they'll turn down whoever is trying to get their blessing.

Nowwww… who could be the mysterious person who founded this oh-so important and influencial organization? Well, it couldn't be anyone else except Caspian! He's made thousands of deals with the divine beings, at least two for each one (which if you look at all the different types of gems there are.. that's a lot!) and is basically immortal, super strong, etc etc everything you'd find on a Mary Sue character ref sheet. But it's okay! He's a benevolent and kind ruler who doesn't overuse his powers, abuse them, or do anything like that, right? In fact, he's just a background character, only mentioned in the world building of this story and is totally irrelevant to the quest the main character will go on-

WRONG. You know everything I said up there? The rules that apply to everyone else? Now throw them out of the window. The universe, even. Just while you think about this evil little (6ft 4in) man. As I said, he's gotten countless blessings and is.. nearly a divine being himself. Why would the divine beings allow this? What if he tried to take over? Well, he's just that manipulative. Every single time he opens a gateway it's basically just him going "I just wanna help my organization keep working!! I'm so wise, kind and trustworthy and would neeeever do anything to betray my pals, the gems, who've done sooo much for me 😊😊😊 Why would I do that? I'm such a good person. Now gimme +100 years of life pretty please." and it WORKS. If the divine beings get suspicious? Get blessings from some of the less known ones or just take a break for a few decades. It's basically like minutes for him anyways.

He's. Basically planning on trying to ascend to godhood. And Valentin LOVES him. He's such a terrible person. But he's never done anything wrong in his life. He's xer poor little meowmeow who even he has forgotten why he's doing all this!! He's suppressed all his trauma so deep down that it's basically rotted away in his memory for hundreds of years. He needs a therapist but no living being is good enough to listen to him. At least, from his pov..

And now because the fool cannot think of anything else, she'll just mention that Caspian in xer mind is like. REALLY ATTRACTIVE. But she can never draw him the way she imagined!! Like whatever he's old but among all those blessings that may or may not be storing up power to become a god, he's definitely gotten some "make me stay attractive for forever" blessings here and there, y'know?? Anyways Reverie is VERY sane about him (lying) (lying) (lying)

Ok it's currently midnight xe has no idea if at some points this is awkward and he was gonna make all the (brackets) small text but she is NAWT going through all that again just to edit it. Same for spelling mistakes honestly. If her spelling is off just blame his autocorrect for not doing a good enough job ig!!