#changeling Gunmar

[gentleeclipsey]

A commission for @xdeusxmachinax ! Changeling Gunmar and Strickler bein old lovers, can't help the sweet moments qwq no stickers below cut! I had a lotta fun drawing the old couple, I've missed goin ham scribbly!

[cf8wrk4u-us]

In TCP, how do you picture Jotnar's pre-killahead/before being a changeling stone skin? I know it has been described as black as Gunmar's and Bular's but, would it have those white tears like Gunmar's or fully black like Bular's?

I know some authors describe a Troll's skin as if they were made of real life precious stones so I'm curious about your interpretation of it

Jotnar skin is a dark stone color the same color as his brother and father, but his markings are similar to Gunmar that there both colored.

Only Gunmars are more electric blue while Jotnar are more icy pale blues.

Out of his two sons, Jotnar happens the too look the most like him, something that makes Bular pretty jealous and even paranoid that Jotnar may be his father's favorite. This unfortunately leads to bullying by Bular to his younger sibling.

Art done by @nikeofmars

[enniyart]

My headcanon version of Morgana's story

Well, I want to start with the idea that I absolutely hate the way she was written in Wizards so I've read some information about her in English legends and want to share with you some of my thoughts

Firstly, according to legends about king Arthur there was said that Morgana was older maternal half-sister of Arthur and I decided that it would be pretty interesting if mother left her alone in some village and went to the palace to her another husband (the king and future father of Arthur). Growing up with ordinary people Morgana learned about her magical abilities and began using it. Some time later the acting king was attacked by his wife and some other wizards but with Merlin's help kingdom didn't get a lot of damage. After that incident a decree was issued on the extermination of witches. Morgana was handed over by her fellow villagers and she was supposed to be burned at the stake. But at the start of execution merlin saved her and took to the palace to teach the young witch how to use her magic abilities in the right way. He healed her wounds, but left scars so that she would remember about the possible punishment.

Morgana started her career in the palace as Merlin's first student. At the same time she was conducting experiments on trolls and human kids to make first changelings and was keeping it in secret. Some time later Morgana leaving the kingdom and makes a pact with Gunar to create an army of changelings to start the war between humanity and Gum-Gumms.

And at the end i want to say !!pls give her a lot of white hair!! she is strong witch who is using black magic very often!! thanks!

[urlocalirk]

For anyone who followed me for the D6 content, no worries, I'm still gonna post them, but rn I'm working on a New Au where the D6 are Trolls/Changelings from Trollhunters

[wubblebubbleballxtream]

tales of arcadia... american arcadia.... arcadia...... swap...........

[dragoninahumancostume]

Arguing with characters is so fucking funny

[daylightisminetoconsume]

Kat gave Lunch his own leather jacket. now the pupper's roaming in style.

"...How did you---- Oh, sure. You'll wear the jacket for her, but you won't wear the football jersey for me!"

[saturnniidae]

This just reminded me! Strickler definitely wasn't fully correct when he said "when I transform, I go from fully troll to fully human." Seeing as changelings 1) leave behind skeletal remains, unlike all other trolls that just fully turn to stone upon death and 2) when in human form, Nomura coughed up purple blood

I totally forgot that Merlin's potion to turn Jim into a troll required the femur of a changeling. ik Jim obviously couldn't transform back and forth like one, but would that make him at least biologically part changeling?

[a-estevane]

Fanart I made for @cf8wrk4u-us 's amazing fanfic The Changeling Prince where Jim is gunmar's son, I just loved it so much I had to draw Jotnar, or at least how I interpreted him c:

I originally was going to go for a different shading style but after working on it for quite some time I just didn't like how it was coming along, so I decided to scrape it and start over lol

[feather-dancer]

Tales of Arcadia fanfic recommendations part 8

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7 - Part 8

If at all interested in my own writing you can find it here! Several of my own are currently getting scrubbed for improvement to make them more readable. Currently goal is for all of Spotlight being completed by the end of the year.

Been a while huh? This has still been sitting in my drafts though even when my brain decided “Nope not reading” for a while. Still got quite a hefty backlog to read through along with authors I’m subscribed to for their most recent works as and when they pop up. Regardless, determined to get back on top of it and unearth things I want to give a shoutout to because it’s cool shit :)

To you, fans past and present and surviors of RotT Tales of Arcadia fandom.

General Tales of Arcadia

But Everything Hurts - You don’t come back from death with a free pass and Douxie’s fall from the castle cost was chronic pain for an immortal’s lifetime. He was told to learn how to live once, now it is learning to manage.

Of Hunger Pains and Old Habits - Food is hard when you’ve spent a very young life without it until life takes a strange turn and it becomes plentiful. Died in habits are hard though, Douxie will hear the unconvinced whispers for the rest of his life.

almost there - When Jim heads off until the Darklands alone Toby and Claire try to hold themselves together not knowing if he’ll ever return. This is set post season 1 and is wonderfully bittersweet.

Our Little Viginette - Moppet faces the end of an era with the fall of Camelot and (Temporary) loss of Merlin after the Battle of Killahead.

A way to cope - Jim pretends to cope with the trauma of being in the Darklands a lot better than he actually is, as long as he keeps the breakdowns out of sight then nobody can worry right?

dandelion eyes - In which Bellroc discovers the concept of nail polish.

Adieu - The final moments of Angor Rot

Saudade - It’s perfect. They beat Gunmar, nobody died and he can finally enjoy being a teenager again, Thinks Jim. Then why if he stops ignoring the feeling for even a few seconds does it all seem so hollow...?

Rise of the Titans

The Last Changeling - Jim escaped the timeline filled with mistakes in hopes of making things right. He didn’t account for those left behind to grieve or the changeling that suddenly found himself as the last.

I Can't Pull the Sword From the Stone - Jim went back and now Toby is the new Trollhunter which should be smooth sailing right? Except history is refusing to repeat it’s self exactly, little elements are already changing and Jim’s experiences have left him tainted with magic he can’t control along with all the memories and traumas. It’s hard to grieve for someone who is technically still alive but everything you had is gone without a soul out there to understand.

More is all you need - Jim has gone back, something stupid by his own admittance, however in sorting through his thoughts he comes to a realisation.

Stricklake

Comes Around - Post Trollhunters season 3, it’s a struggle to figure out what to do when you have a cradlestone full of babies and a changeling that no longer is but you have to just try and muddle through somehow... Perhaps a chance to try figure out what your relationship is meant to be too now things have calmed down a bit.

Media Consumption - Wholesome fluff that also involves Wally and creating an addict to the HtTyD franchise early on.  

A Measure of Intellect - The goblins are breaking into the stricklake household and they’ve already stolen the blender. The fun part is figuring out exactly what they’re up to. Related to Media Consumption.

enough - Figuring out a normal in the mundane of after everything has happened is quite a lot for a jaded changeling. Very fluffy.

The Wild Hunt - Letting your troll boyfriend hunt is good enrichment but the prize for capture is even better.

The Armour of Daylight - A little glimpse into a high fantasy world where everyone might just be a little bit cursed.

The School Of Janus - This is an AU while also being Stricklake so it lives here. The Darklands are the most prestigious educational process in the world according to their promo material and Jim is prepping to head there while putting off most of his packing as long as humanly possible. Good thing he does really the banter is delightful.

Ink Stains - An AU making an escape in the name of shipping again. Here Barbara married into court politics with her husband being an heir for Camelot and changelings are a secret guard force protecting those important hiding away in plain sight. Incredibly cool world building going on here.

Keen Swimmers 2023 - A collection from last year mostly in AU territory and very tasty. Read the summaries and off you go!

Special Delivery - Very short and sweet, if you’re interested in the ship just trust me and click it.

Locked Rooms - Barbara lost her memory. She doesn’t know how and she doesn’t really know why either. All she does know is that whatever they are seem to be behind a locked door and that strange imagery is leaking into her dreams.

Alternate Universe

Dig your eight graves - It was only supposed to be a fun trek out for Halloween for the Arcadia kids, test out the set up and give feedback so the owner could improve them for when it would officially open the next year. Nobody could have predicted how it’d go so horribly wrong.

Content warning: This fic is marked Mature for character death, body horror, desecration of corpses and for being of the general slasher genre. Please check the tags before proceeding.

Between Daylight and Darkness - The Sunshine AU is back and it’s time for the team to go Trollhunting.So how many spanners can Jim being the nearest equivilent to a were-troll throw into the works of canon? Well hopefully nothing fatal...

Toby's Appointment - Sometimes you need to read very silly things and this is probably the funniest possibility you could find in the dentist waiting room.

The Grave of the Felled Forest - A boy and his familiar go to check out Merlin’s places of power/various stash spots to make sure all is still well. They are not anticipating visitors or his intent to be poked. Part of The Heart of Janus AU.

[elegantjellyfishwerewolf]

Trollhunters! Nomura Au

Final

The third part(2/2)<

This AU was made me and @enniyart

While part of the team, consisting of Nomura, Angor, Blinky, Draal, Aaarrgh, Toby and Jim, went in search of Merlin. Another part of the team with Steve and Eli stayed to look after the exhausted Claire in the Lake house (due to recent events, the house was empty for a very long time).

The journey to the tomb is uneventful. The only interesting moment happens when Merlin wakes up and Nomura says that she is now a trollhunter. This statement makes the Wizard surprised, for a second he looks at Jim, but quickly assumes the usual cynical expression on his face and together with the others goes to Arcadia where an unpleasant surprise awaits them.... The fact is that while the trollhunter and the others were looking for Merlin's tomb, the Creepslayerz, who were left to look after Claire, witnessed her obsession with Morgana (due to the fact that there was more concentration of dark magic in Claire, Morgana's possession occurred earlier than in the original). Steve was already ready to say goodbye to life, but fortunately Eli watched all seasons of "Supernatural", so the first thing he does is throw a jar of salt into the obsessed Claire and lock her in the basement to wait for the rest of the team.

After the rest of the team returns, Morgana is tied up in the same way as the original and they think about how to return Claire to her body. They decide to send a couple of team members to the world of shadows to pull Claire's soul out of illusions. Jim and Toby are called to go to the world of shadows, Angor remains to keep the portal open, and the rest remain to watch the queen of the Eldrich.

While Jim and Toby search for Claire, Morgana tries to manipulate the remaining members of the team. But Merlin begins to do what he does best, infuriate others, and Morgan is already being led to his manipulations and jokes.

Just like in the original, Jim and Toby find Claire's soul and together they expel the witch from her body.

At this time, Gunmar, with the help of Avalon's staff and Strickler, frees Morgana. Gunmar decides that he no longer needs changelings, but Strickler stops him saying that of all those present, only he is aware of what is happening in the world (and with the help of his connections has a great influence in the human world), he also says that he should not underestimate the superiority of people in technical terms. Strickler proposes a plan according to which his changelings penetrate into all important spheres of humanity, and when Gunmar decides to begin conquering the upper lands, humanity will already be destroyed from within and will not be able to provide proper resistance to the Gumgum army. Morgana, who has just been released, agrees with Strickler's plan and Gunmar and Morgana go into the shadows for a while to regain strength after a long imprisonment.

After all she's been through, Claire decides that her parents deserve the right to know what's really going on. At first, Ophelia and Javier do not believe their daughter, but when her teacher from the "exchange school" appears, all doubts disappear instantly.

Thanks to the help of a member of the Nunez council, the team is better able to hide trolls from the trollmarket.

A team of hunters is discussing a plan to defeat Gunmar and Morgana. Merlin tells about the stones of the three shadows capable of summoning the eclipse sword. The trollhunter already has the eye of Gunmar, and therefore the whole team goes for the rest of the stones. It turns out to be quite simple to get the stones of death and birth. Only in the process of extracting the second Draal accidentally turns into a human (he and Nomura even manage to go on a date to a human restaurant. The date itself happened surprisingly well, until Draal started eating curtains). After learning about this, Merlin and Angor finally figure out how to defeat Morgana once and for all. They decide to prepare a potion that, like with Draal, will turn Morgana into a human and when she will become mortal, they will finally be able to kill her.

Angor also decides that they need all the

powers they have and therefore helps Claire create her own shadow staff.

Blinky and Aaarrrgh, as well as in the original, gather allies among the trolls to fight back against Gunmar.

Gunmar also wasted no time and while the trollhunter was looking for the stones of the three shadows, he attacked troll settlements and replenished his army, simultaneously absorbing their hearts of stone, becoming even bigger and stronger because of this.

After that, Morgana begins eternal night (she also breaks Merlin's staff), but when they come to the surface, gumgums do not find a single person.

The fact is that council member Nunez is seeking consent to conduct a training evacuation of the entire city, so all residents of Arcadia are safe.

Morgana, seeing this, immediately begins to ask Strickler what is going on, and then it turns out that Walter has long betrayed her and sided with Gunmar. Morgana is about to kill the changeling, but she is attacked by an Angor that appeared from the portal and takes them to another battle location.

Gunmar at the same time starts a fight against Nomura in the eclipse armor and Draal.

Merlin goes to the ruined market to get a staff, and the rest of the team, together with the Order of Janus, fight against the Gumgum army.

The trollhunters' plan is that Angor should get close to Morgana and poison her with a poison that turns into a human (Angor himself understood that he was unlikely to be able to get out of the battle alive). Claire, when the witch finally turns into a mortal, will deal a fatal blow to the exhausted Morgan, thereby canceling eternal night. At this time, Nomura and Draal will try to restrain Gunmar in an open area, so that when the sky dissipated and the sun appeared, Gunmar fell under his direct rays and turned into stone (the fact is that he became so huge that Merlin was not sure whether the eclipse blade would be enough to kill Gunmar). The task of the rest of the team is to restrain Gunmar's army so that she could not come to his or Morgana's aid.The task of the rest of the team is to restrain Gunmar's army so that she could not come to his or Morgana's aid.

Angor and Morgana begin their battle during which the staff of the shadow breaks and Morgana kills Angor, but he manages to cut her with a poisoned blade. Morgana notices that her wounds do not recover, but remain and begin to bleed. In a panic, she tries to escape to regain her strength and stop the effect of the poison, but Claire, with a new staff of shadow, blocks her path. A long fight ensues between them during which Claire loses her right eye and is again in a dying state, but still she manages to kill the witch.

Gunmar finds himself right under the withering rays of the sun. He tries to find shelter (his skin has almost turned to stone and has become very fragile), but at that moment Nomura and Draal decapitate him. Gunnar dies, but also due to a strong surge of magic, the stone in the amulet splits, and Draal also loses his right arm.

The remaining gumgums, which did not have time to eliminate, are destroyed by themselves due to the death of Gunmar, as in the original.

Eternal Night ends (Merlin, due to the fact that Morgana broke the staff of Avalon, does not regain her powers).

Residents of Arcadia are returning to the city (a little oh.evayut when they see the consequences of the battle against Morgana and Gunmar). And when the team of hunters relaxes, the changelings take over the city and Strickler declares that his plan remains unchanged. Changelings will also destroy humanity from the inside, and then using human weapons they will strike at all the deposits of stone hearts, so the world will belong only to changelings (the world did not want to accept them, and they are not going to accept this world).

Claire goes to the hospital. Draal also becomes incapacitated due to the loss of his arm. Steve, Eli and Toby say that they will fight with the others, but Nomura does not want the children to participate in the massacre, so takes them to the pantry and locks them for a while until it's all over. Jim looks at all this from the side, and then follows Nomura (she did not look for him because time was running out, and she thought that he would have enough brains not to follow her (not enough)).

Nomura (already without the amulet, armed with khopesh), Merlin (still with 10% of his magic), Blinky, Aaarrrgh and the remaining surviving trolls go to storm the Order of Janus.

At this time, it is not Enrique who goes to the dark lands for familiars (let's accept the fact that the Darklands were not destroyed during eternal night).

While the rest of the trolls are fighting the changelings, Nomura infiltrates the headquarters of the Order of Janus (Jim slips behind her unnoticed) where Strickler is now. A fight ensues between Nomura and Strickler during which Strickler prepares to deliver a fatal blow to the hunter....

*BANG*

Jim picks up a crossbow lying on the floor and shoots his history teacher.

The surviving changelings escape from Arcadia. It is NotEnrique who successfully gets out of the Darklands with the familiars in the cradle stone.

Afterword: after the finale, Jimmy and Claire start dating (they fell in love with each other at joint sessions with a psychologist).

Claire continues to practice shadow magic (after the battle, she picks up a piece root of the Angor Rot body and now it grows in her pot).

Nomura, Draal, Blinky and Merlin, along with the rest of the trolls from the market, leave for New Jersey. Aaarrrgh stays with Toby and the others to protect Arcadia.

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The air was heavy with energy, and the light of dusk had long fallen. Gnasha had spent the day hunting, but had only found meager bones and scraps to eat. The great beast of a she-troll approached the stone, gently cooing as she entered into the naturally hallow heart. Her soft coos gently ricocheted off the humming walls as she approached on all fours. In the center there was a large, freshly turned nest, and within laid the Ancient One. Her fur was thick, luxurious, her mane just as beautiful and bright. Gnasha felt jealousy against Strickler, such a warlord should've known he was lucky to set his hands on such a worthy Queen. It was quite the shock when the winged beast had taken the furred firemane as his wife, but not a day had passed that Gnasha wavered in her diligence.

The carcass was set down gently, and the broad, odd nose softly delved into the recently cleaned fur of the soft troll's neck sniffing deeply and feeling her pulse. Once Gnasha was sure all was well, she laid a gentle kiss onto the fellow she-troll's head, and another on her gently swollen belly. Two wards, for centuries Gnasha had been unwaving in watching over them, and for centuries more she would happily remain. Gnasha slumped gently to sit, beginning to feed as she hummed softly, speaking between bites to the Queen as if she were awake. Neither female had aged since they'd been placed here, and they wouldn't age as long as they remained. In some deep part of Gnasha she felt guilt for eating while the Queen slept, but she also knew to save the best hunts for when the Queen and their Heir would awaken.

But for now, Gnasha ate the scraps, tail gently entangled against the Queen's back, humming softly to her between bites.

[cf8wrk4u-us]

I don't remember if you've mentioned this before in your fic but, how much younger than Bular is Jotnar? :0

Troll ages are pretty tricky given they live a long time and mature both fast and slowly.

But I have to say that Bular is possibly 20 years older, or in human years possibly 6 years older than Jotnar even.

Basically, Bular was young when Jotnar was born but not super young.

But of course this did cause issues for Gunmar, given that he now had two young whelps who needed attention and guidance. Which didn't bode well around Bular who was already feeling fiercely jealous and territorial for his father's attention.

Too many times, Gunmar had caught a little Bular trying to push his sibling out of their shared nest or snap at him while they were eating.

Gunmar was stuck in a precious situation for awhile, he had two young children. He was a warlord, a tribe leader, and now a single father of two.

One who was still a hatchling who wasn't even old enough to master his bowl on his own and his oldest who was already old enough to grip a knife and needed his training.

So he made a decision to have someone else look after Jotnar while he got Bular started on his training. Someone who wouldn't take advantage of the position and twist his sons loyalty. Aaaarrrgh seemed like the best choice, had a good record with training and rearing young trolls. Not to meantion he was loyal too boot.

Though to be honest, Gunmar wasn't in the mood for the "boring" part of raising a young whelp, which is why he prioritized Bular.

Bular was his eldest and heir, Jotnar his youngest and only Ice-Troll.

And together the perfect warriors that would bring their father victory.

[enniyart]

"my ex trains you terribly, kid"

AU where Gunmar lost mind control over Draal a bit earlier and spiky boy caught Jim by training with changelings and his reaction was eww, trollhunter they fight like shit u cant learn something good from them and Nomura answered something like man if you taught him to fight well we shouldn't do this job (YOUR job!!). And then there was awkward silence between them and searing glances to each other

[wolfasketch]

I've started falling back into TrollHunters again. Name: Mira(felled) Nomura Age: 16 Mother: Zelda Nomura Father: Draal the Deadly

Nicknames/Other Names: Nymph/Little Nymph(Nomura), Secret Charm/Favorite Niece/Young Morrigan(Strickler), Mira-Mira(Toby), MiMi(Mary/Darci), Lady Mira(Blinky), Bat-Wielding Fleshbag/Bat-Wielding Menace/Pebble(Draal), Cousin(NotEnrique), Tainted Troll/Impure Spawn(Bular), Traitorous Whelp/Impure Spawn(Gunmar/Dic), TrollHunters' Pet(Gunmar)

Other Relatives: Kanjigar(bio-grandfather), Strickler(adoptive uncle) Love Interest: N/A Weapon: Bat Story: Managing to steal some of Draal's birthstone while they were a couple, Nomura created Mira as a pawn against the TrollHunter, counting on Kanjigar not wanting to attack one of his bloodline. What she didn't count on was falling in love with her child. Adorning to whelp in iron to keep her from changing into her changling/troll form and swearing Strickler to secrecy, Nomura raised Mira in the sun, far from the shadows of the Troll world and Bular, as well as Mira's true identity. What she didn't expect was for her daughter to befriend the boy who would become the first human TrollHunter. Sidenotes:

• Mira finds out her mother is a changeling in the 'Waka-Chaka' ep.

• She discovers her troll side at the end of 'Win Lose or Draal', after the Draal vs. Nomura fight.

• She finds out Draal is her father in the 'The Battle of Two Bridges' ep, before Nomura is sucked into the portal.

[pinkytoothlesso11]

For week one of Stricklake month: Myth

Decided to do some traditional art, and have Barbara as a unicorn, as they are symbols of healing sometimes and have the ability to draw out poison from unclean water.

This is set during mediveal times, so Strickler is still a changeling spy, but meeting a unicorn changes his belief that the world is going to fall to Gunmar.

Also, Barbara's coat pattern is called strawberry roan, thought it would be fitting.