#clovis grant

[vixnarts]

I whipped up this cute drawing I did of Nico di Angelo and Clovis Grant. When I started reading TLH, I immediately started to ship Nico with Clovis. I absolutely love Clovis. I may change Clovis’s design and give vitiligo.

[astradreaming]

Dating Clovis Grant

MY MAN! HIM! JUST HIM <;33

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clovis is arguably the best boyfriend ever.

☆ not only does he give the most amazing hugs and cuddles but the man can cook up a storm. so expect homemade meals and desserts when your feeling down

☆ hes such an attentive boyfriend, he always knows when your having a bad day and knows just what you need to feel better

☆ he's one of the only people in camp who can get away with having you stay overnight. so expect sleepovers

☆ speaking of, he 100% joins you in your dreams and even though when you wake up you can't always remember them, he holds those moments close

☆ you were with him through the entire war, when he was unclaimed in cabin 11 to when he was finally claimed and had zero control over his powers

☆ with determination and your support clovis was able to keep his powers under control. every now and then he still needs a break and is found asleep in random corners of camp

☆ you definitely became his personal pillow when he was unable to control his powers and now he still lies down on you when he's tired almost as a inside joke

☆ now that he's got control the two of you definitely train together and he's an amazing swordsman especially when he figured out how to put his opponents to sleep

☆ whatever hobbies you have he will sit and listen to your rambles, he will ask questions and buy things that remind him of said hobby for you

☆ he makes sure you don't have nightmare but he can't stop most demigod dreams (seeing as most of them are in link with a prophecy/quest) but he's aware of them and goes straight to your cabin when he senses something's wrong.

☆ hes the type of boyfriend to buy two drinks and whichever one you dislike more he'll happily have.

☆ OLIVE THEORY BOYFRIEND RIGHT HERE

☆ yk those guys getting married who smoosh the cake in the brides face even though they know the bride doesn't want them too but they do it anyway? yeah clovis would rather die even think of being like that

☆ he also definitely hasn't fully planned out your wedding, and totally hasn't see it play out in one of his dreams

☆ he's the type of guy who would wait all year for the release of a movie then wait for the dvd to come out just because he knows you don't like the same movies as him and he's not going to force you to sit through a movie you won't like. and going to the movies without you? without. you. ??? no.

☆ he has the best pajamas and without a doubt lets you borrow them

☆ he would also love the matching pajamas/onesies. he might beg you to wear them with him

☆ speaking of begging, that man has the cruelest puppy eyes ever. one bat of his big brown eyes and your crumbling (your pretty sure it's even worked on chiron)

☆ he's the best guy to bring home as well, he is the perfect gentleman and he's so charismatic. whoever's at home with you will instantly accept and love him

☆ and please don't even get me started on how pretty he is

☆ because ugh he's gorgeous

☆ his wild and curly brown hair with his doe brown eyes. he has the cutest dimples and when he gets super tired he gets the slightest lisp

☆ he owns a pair of light blue bunny slippers he wears unironically and it's the cutest thing ever

☆ hes always on your side no matter what, and when he loves someone he loves them with all his heart

UGH CLOVIS IS THE BEST

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Priene: So, how was “holding hands” with Clovis? Mercedes: Eep! Great, actually. I know you two have—wait, are you upset with me? Priene: Oh, please. As if a guy could ever stand between us. Mercedes: Right!

[cactusringed]

I miss being able to breathe..... I had no idea how good I had it........ Shout-out to breathing....

[secretmellowblog]

Happy Julius Caesar gets stabbed day! Here’s a Les Mis take on the subject, courtesy of Grantaire’s Drunken Rambles:

Whom do you admire, the slain or the slayer, Cæsar or Brutus? Generally men are in favor of the slayer. Long live Brutus, he has slain! There lies the virtue. Virtue, granted, but madness also. There are queer spots on those great men. The Brutus who killed Cæsar was in love with the statue of a little boy. This statue was from the hand of the Greek sculptor Strongylion, who also carved that figure of an Amazon known as the Beautiful Leg, Eucnemos, which Nero carried with him in his travels. This Strongylion left but two statues which placed Nero and Brutus in accord. Brutus was in love with the one, Nero with the other. All history is nothing but wearisome repetition. One century is the plagiarist of the other. The battle of Marengo copies the battle of Pydna; the Tolbiac of Clovis and the Austerlitz of Napoleon are as like each other as two drops of water. I don’t attach much importance to victory. Nothing is so stupid as to conquer; true glory lies in convincing. But try to prove something! If you are content with success, what mediocrity, and with conquering, what wretchedness! Alas, vanity and cowardice everywhere. Everything obeys success, even grammar. Si volet usus, says Horace. Therefore I disdain the human race.

[inexplicifics]

ooooh if you cared to expound upon the isnliv wips, I would be all hearteyes, i love ISNLIV to itty bitty teeny tiny pieces. Also question: on the WIP list you have a few that are J/W - I'm assuming J is Jaskier, but who is W? or does that mean Witcher (generic)?

Here's a little bit of Coën pining, just a little, for his Wolves:

He’d found their brethren good company, too, when he made it up the Trail to Kaer Morhen - most of them, at least. Old Vesemir is a bastion of strength and wisdom, Frank and Gwen good-natured and willing to grant a strange beta space as long as he doesn’t overstep, and Clovis is, as far as Coën can tell, just irritable by nature. They aren’t replacements for his lost Schoolmates, who he knew as well as he does himself, but it’s good to be around other witchers all the same. But then this year - this year, and Gardis, and Aubry. Coën has never met anyone quite like Gardis and Aubry before.

"W" in this context is "Wolves" - since I didn't want to write out all of their initials!

[csolarstorm]

AZ's Floette & The Circle of Arceus

Image from: Forgotten Dex, the Lost Forms

Back when I was writing Eternal Flower Files: Sacred Geometry, I figured out that the Eternal Flower that belongs to AZ's Floette maps really well onto the Circle of Arceus.

Here's a breakdown that shows how the Circle of Arceus fits the design of the flower:

It matches so well that I don't think it's a coincidence - GameFreak probably designed this strange flower to match up with the circle.

Now, there are a lot of hexagram-based symbols in anime. This article from Comic Book Resources does a great job explaining the significance of the hexagram in the east and west, and why it's a shorthand for divinity and magic in anime.

But I think there's more to it than both shapes just being hexagrams.

I think this design choice comes down to two things. One, the Eternal Flower is probably based on the Philosopher's Stone, the divine substance in alchemy that grants eternal life.

Even though Floette is the one that was brought back to life, the machine that revived her looks like a giant Eternal Flower itself. There are definitely organic petals emanating from the center during the blast.

Two, Eternal Flower Floette is almost definitely inspired by the fleur de lys. To recap, legend has it that the first King of France, King Clovis, adopted the fleur de lys as the symbol of France after he was given a lily by the Virgin Mary during his baptism.

This divine lily is said to have sprung up from the tears of Eve as she left Eden. (Source) Like the Philosopher's Stone, lilies are symbols of rebirth.

Image from: clker.com

So if Eternal Flower Floette is partially based on this holy lily, this flower of light so entwined with the mythology of France, it would make sense to connect it to Arceus, this non-denominational Poke-god that combines myths from all over the world.

And we see this divine symbolism further with Eternal Flower Floette's signature move, Light of Ruin. It feels like something that would turn you into a pillar of salt if you looked at it. Then again, the Ultimate Weapon's power turned Pokemon to pillars of stone.

What does this mean for Legends: Z-A? I have a feeling that Z-A is more of a sequel to Legends: Arceus that we'd expect from a Kalos game. I think Arceus will still have a presence in Z-A as the Alpha to Zygarde's Zed, even if it's just in spirit.

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This is the latest entry in The Eternal Flower Files, my series about analyzing Eternal Flower Floette, King AZ, and their part in the history of Kalos.

The Eternal Flower Files: The Sun King

The Eternal Flower Files: Flowers of the Fleur de Lys

Eternal Flower Files Short: Thismia

The Eternal Flower Files: Sacred Geometry

[thorough-witness-enjoyer]

Extremely, incredibly loose train of self-deprived thought, but something that Destiny touches upon in numerous ways that I really enjoy is the concept of entitlement and being deserving, especially with Destiny’s context of the Winnower and Gardener.

A sense of entitlement is embedded in many of the beliefs of antagonistic characters that allows them to feel justified in committing large scale acts of “might makes right”. They elevate themselves beyond everyone else in existence, often to the point of claiming godhood, on bases such as believing their understanding of the universe is superior to all others, their strength or cunning gives them the right to overpower others, their ability to climb up from rough origins is evidence that they are owed more from the cosmos than others, and more.

There are plenty of beliefs in Destiny that hinge on the fact that there are ways to prove that you are more deserving of power over others and existence than anyone else; that you are impressive enough that the universe should reward your adamance and your voice should resound louder than whole civilizations.

To a lot of characters with an enlarged sense of self, the inhabitants of the universe are pieces in a game meant for them to compete against or utilize in order to win; means to an end that will give them a sense of purpose or fulfillment that will remain when all else threatens to fall to the inevitability the Winnower tells of.

The competitiveness the Winnower cherishes is mimicked in these supposed certainties, even from beings that don’t claim fealty to it.

People look at the struggles of existence and confuse that for the most prominent, and therefore most important, facet of existing. They think they can “win” at existence by triumphing against its struggles and perpetuating them, no matter its cost to others who must “lose”.

Yet, when I think of characters feeling entitled to a higher position that allows them to determine what treatment everyone should be granted by them, I think of the quote from the game A Night in the Woods that goes “So I believe in a universe that doesn’t care, and people who do”.

Satisfyingly enough, these Destiny characters meet resistance and circumstances that show their feelings of “objective” superiority can be shattered by those they try to conquer, showing that there is no way to truly elevate yourself above others in a way the universe respects enough to defend, only ways to deceive yourself into thinking you are different from beings exactly like you and that life is to be won, not merely experienced.

There are always people who care and will join together to defeat those that think that if they deserve more, others must deserve less, and time after time, the communal show the entitled that the universe didn’t care about them before their “ascent” and won’t care about them after.

The Winnower’s conditional love and approval won’t save you from it seeking others when the cycle of life and death finds you like any other. The Winnower will not come to you in your hour of need.

Villainous characters spend so much of their lives letting the cruelty of reality determine the extent of their philosophies instead of understanding that they are cheating themselves out of the value of communal support and the infinite possibilities of living no objective purpose allows for.

When Ghaul reasoned that him climbing out of his life as an abandoned orphan to become Dominus should mean he deserved the light more than others, he forfeited what he was already entitled to (a chance of defining his own life and creating his own meaning) to gain what had no inherent value (the approval of a “god”) at the expense of forming potential bonds with those he trampled over.

Clovis Bray’s obsession with assuring the importance of his bloodline at any cost lead to him losing the respect of his family and everyone who would meet him for what in return? Him stroking his own ego? The ability to brag about what he achieved to forests that don’t have to be dark?

“I am reminded of my home. I am reminded of the warmth of the sun and the embrace of my family. I am reminded of my father’s face. I am reminded of everyone I betrayed. All the blood spilled in the name of immortality. The warmth of the sun burns me with its memory. What is this feeling? I do not want it.” - Savathûn, Hawkmoon lore tab

Destiny often speaks about things that it believes everyone is entitled to, in line with the philosophies of the Gardener, based solely off of the fact that they are a being with sentience: free will, autonomy, an individual pursuit for purpose, etc.

These do not have to be earned or won, let alone proven to those who make themselves the judges of others while standing on the same level as them. You are alive and that is enough.

The acknowledgment that others being alive is enough for them to deserve the ability to make their own fate, free from the violence of others, allows for acts of mutualism/commensalism when others only prioritize individual adaptive fitness.

You have just as much as a say on where you think meaning lies as people who seem grander than reality, and by acknowledging that you don’t have to submit to conclusions that could possibly be drawn from natural laws or the silence of the stars, you open up the possibility of the enrichment community can bring.

By seeing your existence and freedom as an entitlement, you make it non-negotiable and by respecting the entitlements of others, you open up the possibility of joining arms to find against those who think autonomy should not be a guarantee.

I think I’ve thought about this for far too long and written about it too poorly.

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Georges Bizet

Georges Bizet (1838-1875) was a French Romantic composer best known for his opera Carmen and the instrumental music for the play L'Arlésienne. None of his earlier operas had enjoyed any great success, and even Carmen took several months to gain public and critical acclaim, too late for the composer, who died of a heart attack aged 36, to witness.

Early Life

Alexandre César Leopold Bizet (later known simply as Georges Bizet) was born in Paris on 25 October 1838. His father, Adolphe Bizet, was a wig-maker and hairdresser, but he taught singing occasionally. Georges's mother, Aiméé Delsarte, was the daughter of a successful businessman, and she also had musical talent, this time as a pianist. Georges showed his own great musical talent at an early age, and he was enrolled in the Conservatory in Paris aged just nine (one year younger than was usually permitted, but his aunt and maternal uncle pulled some strings). In 1855, when he was just 17, Georges wrote his Symphony in C. Georges was a star pupil at the Conservatory where he won the 1857 Prix de Rome along with several other prizes such as for composition, his entry being the one-act opera Le docteur miracle. Other prizes were gained for his piano and organ playing and for two cantatas, David and Clovis et Clotilde.

One of Bizet's composition teachers was Fromental Halévy (1799-1862), significantly, a composer of operas. Bizet became a great admirer of the German opera composer Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864), whom he described as "a thundering dramatic genius" (Schonberg, 269). Another influence on the young composer was Charles Gounod (1818-1893) whose operas included Faust (1859). Above all, Bizet believed in melody, and he admired those who could produce it.

Upon graduation in 1858, Bizet went to Rome – paid for out of his prizes – where he spent the next three years visiting the ancient sites and composing. Bizet enjoyed Italy and was beginning to find himself. He said, "I am beginning to think of myself as an artist but what howlers, what failures" (Steen, 585). Here in Italy, he composed a comic opera, Don Procopia (not performed until 1906), and various orchestral works but not the mass he was supposed to have composed as a condition of his grant. The orchestral works would be rearranged into the composer's Roma symphony, not fully completed to his satisfaction until 1871. It was in the Italian capital that Bizet first began to have the problem with his throat that plagued him for the rest of his life.

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[a-driftamongopenstars]

thinking about the way Destiny shows obsession.

we have so many examples of it in the lore. Clovis Bray, Eramis, Calus, now Maya Sundaresh, and earleir even Osiris. The Osmium siblings, too. All of them dipping into the darkness in search of salvation and immortality, and dooming themselves. Like a monkey's paw.

Here, have your immortality, but to your senses it will be perverted and dangerous, and the Traveler will reclaim it anyway if it can. Have your salvation in the shape of revenge, but it won't matter, because you are just a pawn. Have your riches and loyalty, but it will not matter, because looking back at you are empty husks.

And then they all, or almost all, die. And everyone else is left to fix it, but maybe they can't.

Not only is it about obsession, it's about the way it directly affects the people around said people. Exos, other Eliksni, the Cabal, now the whole of Neomuni and more. It's like rolling waves, far into the future.

And even more so, that salvation and immortality and favour they are looking for is also everything the Traveler grants. But also as a monkey's paw with... maybe possibly better outcomes? Not sure.

IDK, but it's interesting to me how much Destiny puts these types of characters on the forefront of storytelling, and it IS very compelling. Listening to Chioma Esi's logs put a lot of things into perspective imo.

[ahamkara-apologist]

A choice for you: You get as much time as you want to do whatever you'd like with Taniks. BUT FIRST. you have to take OG Clovis Bray on a date and wholeheartedly convince him that you are utterly enchanted by him. do you have the strength

Anon. Anon how can you do this to me. Anon I want to throttle you. But fine, I'll play your games.

SIGHS. See the thing here is that this can go either incredibly well or incredibly poorly. By incredibly poorly, I'm referring to the fact that I have a pretty spicy temper, a low tolerance for bullshit, and a very low desire to lie unless I'm explicitly doing it to save my ass or spite authority. And the issue is that the OG Clovis Bray reminds me quite a bit of my dad, whom I hate with the fury of a thousand suns and spent most of my life getting into fights with because we get along about as well as oil and water. Pair that with the fact that I am incredibly aromantic and an incredibly low-empthy autistic, and that means that I probably am about as enchanting as a dying mallard. It's just not happening.

By incredibly well, however, the fact that the OG Clovis Bray reminds me a lot about my dad also works great in my favor because I know EXACTLY how easy it is to manipulate a narcissist into thinking that you love them, because I've spent most of my life learning how to do exactly that. Granted, Clovis is much more intellegent than my dad, so that might be difficult, but if it's only one dinner date then that won't give him enough time to learn when I'm faking it. So I do have that advantage going for me, and I can probably swing it even more in my favor by starting up a scientific debate that I deliberately swing in Clovis's favor to make him like me, but that's a win condition that's incredibly niche and very dependant on how the night goes. An additional downside is that Clovis strikes me as incredibly heterosexual (or, if not, as in the 'bi but so in the closet that he just becomes Hetero Prime' sorta way), and I am a short, slightly chubby, fairly hairy trans man, but hey, this is the future, maybe he's fine with that shit.

I'd try my best ofc, because the thought of being able to spend a night with Taniks woud light a fire under my ass, but...hooo boy. No offense to the Clovis fuckers out there, but that's gonna be a ROUGH one for me

[astradreaming]

YOU ARE THE BEST ONG I LIVE FOR CLOVIS GRANT AND IM SO HAPPY SOMEONE HAS FINALLY WRITTEN FOR HIM

He is Deff the type of bf just to go to ur cabin to sleep in ur bed when he misses you

OMG THANK YOU SM!!

CLOVIS IS THE BESTEST BOY <33

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☆ he's the literal definition of a pillow boyfriend. cuddles with that man are so comfy and warm.

☆ the rest of your cabin is used to him just walking in and making himself at home, whether its a the crack at dorm or if he's breaking the rules and staying the night

☆ the only reason your cabinmates don't snitch on you both breaking the rules at night is because once he's asleep everyone else soon follows, they always get better dreams when he's around.

☆ he runs around talking to people in 'dreamworld' for date/gift ideas (which he takes credit for)

☆ and don't even get me started on when he figures out his powers, that man is putting anyone who looks at you funny in a deep nightmare filled sleep for weeks.

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Unfortunately, Clovis attacked Gerry after an unlucky drink… Is this the end to the fraternity friendship?

[a-french-coconut]

Travis Stoll (Part 6)

As soon they both enter, the entrance closes by itself, leaving them in complete darkness

"Will, do the thing."

"I'm not doing the thing, it's ridiculous and embarrassing."

"Dead people don't judge William."

"You judge enough for the lot of them."

"Oh by Hermes, I told you once that you looked like a living lamp !"

"Nobody wants to be compared to an object !"

"Fine, fine, I apologise. Happy now ?"

"No."

"You're insufferable."

"I am not, everybody would have the same reaction as-"

"Shut up."

"What ?"

"Did you hear that ?"

"Travis, this is not the time to be joking."

"Don't be ridiculous Willy, a good joke is always welcome. Now lighten up, please, so that I can see if we are about to be a monster's delicious meal."

A beat passes before Travis hears Will sighs next to him in the darkness.

His friend is now glowing a soft golden light, flickering at the rate of his heartbeat and illuminating the underground corridor.

"Not a word.", warns Will when he notices Travis smiling.

Footsteps coming right toward them stop him from answering to his friend.

Quickly, Travis pushes Will behind a large rock and urges him to stop glowing.

As darkness engulfs them again, the sound gets closer and closer until it's right in front of them.

"You should really stop trying to be on stealth missions amore mio, you suck at them."

Will's glowing comes back with such force, Travis is pretty sure his vision won't ever recover.

"Nico !", exclaims happily Will as he goes hug his boyfriend.

"How did you know we would be here ?", he asks the son of Hades still busy with his own personal sunny leech.

"Clovis sent me a dream about your quest," Nico's face darkens, "I promise you Travis, I'll help you as much as I can to save Connor."

"I know what is it like to lose your sibling after all", he says with a sardonic smile.

Right, what was her name again ? Biana ? No, Bianca. Bianca Di Angelo.

"Thank you Nico, really, I mean it."

"You're welcome. Now come on, we have to hurry up, we don't have a lot of time and Persephone may be hard to convince."

Connor's fate looms over Travis like the sword of Damocles, a constant reminder that his brother could die any moment from now.

How much time has passed since they enter the Underworld ?

How much has he left ?

Dad, I know I've been asking a lot of things but please grant one last favor. Keep me updated about Connor's health, send dreams or whatever other signals.

He doesn't have any offerings to burn for his prayer to reach his father, he can only hope Hermes is paying attention to him.

"You're right Neeks, lead the way."

"Don't call me Neeks, Stoll."

"Do you prefer Nicolas ?"

"Oh I'm keeping that one."

"No I don't and Solace if I ever hear calling me by that name I-"

"Ouch Will, you're on second name basis."

"You're both insufferable."

"For the last time, I am not !"

Despite the sorrow weighing on his heart, Travis cackles the whole way to Hades' Palace at Will and Nico's constant bickering.

part 7 posted !

[queenjunothegreat]

Hi! First off i wanna say i love your work, literally an highlight each week, no matter what i always look forwars to saturday and the updates

I'm wondering if Piper can sense that there's, ehm, something very much not platonic going in between Leo and Jason. I'm pretty sure they don't know (disaster gays) but will anyone figure it out? I can picture Annabeth, like Thalia, just going"🤔".

Also can i just say i love how gay Jason is here? He really is great rep for all disaster queers out there (thank you Jason), from his interaction with Clovis ( i cackled) to him taking for granted Leo was referring to either Cal or Zethes when he talked about his "prom date", to gay panicking every time Leo is being Leo (that boy really likes curly hair). I'm legit thinking he could see Leo with his whole seducing-Narcissus-followers awful outift and just crush even harder. He is such a perfect mirror to Piper-falling in love with every girl I meet-McLean. (Literally twirling her hair while running miles with Thalia, what an icon).

That's so sweet of you!! I'm glad you're enjoying the fic so much!! Thank you for letting me know!! <3

Now, as for Piper, daughter of the goddess of love herself, easily the most emotionally intelligent of the Seven, she absolutely has NO clue about Jason and Leo lmao. Romance flies RIGHT over her head. She is the embodiment of that one meme where the old lady is like "They seem like good friends. :)" She DOES wind up clocking Jason's crush eventually, but it was pretty much a moment of divine inspiration. In fact, I'm pretty sure the only reason she DID figure it out was because Aphrodite was just throwing stuff at her from Mount Olympus. Annabeth does eventually sus it out and tbh Thalia thinks they're already dating. She'll refer to Leo as Jason's boyfriend and Jason thinks she's making fun of him but she's not. She just full on thinks that's his boyfriend. That's why she doesn't take any of Leo's flirting seriously.

And Jason! I have had SO much fun writing him as an absolute disaster queer. He doesn't even fully realize he likes boys yet (he's been BUSY, okay?? There hasn't been a lot of time for soul searching!) but being a gay little mess in baked right into his DNA. No amount of memory nonsense can fix him. Leo does show up covered in motor oil with Sharpie tattoos and Jason is for sure into it. Piper is judging him SO hard, but she doesn't have any room to talk considering she ordered three extra drinks when they went to the movies just because the girl behind the counter was cute and she wanted an excuse to go back and talk to her.

[cruelprincae]

THE LORE DAMP, THE LORE DAMP, THE LORE DAMP

"Mab was born when the world was young," The Thirstlewitch says. "In those days, we Folk were not so diminished as we are now, when there is so much iron. Our giants were as tall as mountains, our trolls like trees. And hags like myself held the power to bring all manner of things into being. Once a century, there is a convocation of hags, where we, the witches and enchanters, the smiths and makers, come together to hone our craft. It is not for outsiders, but Mab dared enter. She besought us for all that she wanted, the power to create. Not a mere glamour or little workings, but the great magic that we alone possessed. Most turned her away, but there was one who did not. That hag gave unto her the power to create from nothing. And in return, she was to take the hag's daughter and raise the witch child as her heir. At first, Mab did as she was bid. She took for herself the title of the Oak Queen, united the smaller Seelie Courts under her banner and began bestowing sentience on living things. Trees would lift their roots at her beckoning. Grass would scurry around, confusing her enemies. Faeries that had never existed before grew from her hands. And she raised three of the Shifting Isles of Elfhame from the sea."

Oak frowns at the dirt. "Has [ Cardan ] inherited some of her power ? Is that why he can - "

"Patience boy," Says the Thistlewitch. "Prince or not I will tell you in full or I will not tell you at all." [ . . . ] The Thistlewitch clears her throat and begins to speak again. "Mab called the child Mellith, which means 'mother's curse'. Not an auspicious beginning. And yet, it was only when her own daughter was born that she began to think of ways to weasel out of the bargain."

"Clovis, who ruled before my grandfather, Eldred."

The thistlewitch includes her head. "Indeed. In the end, it was a simple trick. Mab boasted again and again that she had discovered a means for Clovis to rule until the rumors finally found their way to the hag. Enraged, she swore to kill Clovis. And so, the hag crept up on where the child slept in the night and fell upon the girl she found there, only to discover she had murdered her own daughter. Mab had bested her. But the hag was able to put a final enchantment on her daughter's heart as it beat its last, for her daughter was a hag too and magic sang through her blood. The hag imbued the heart with the power of anihilation, of destruction, of unmaking. And she cursed Mab, so that piece of her child would be forever tied to the queen's power. She would have to keep the heart by her side for her magic to work. And should she not, it's power would unmake all that she created.

As for Mab, you know the rest. She made an alliance with one of the solitary fey and founded the Greenbriar line. A trickle of her power passed down to her grandson, Eldred, granting him fecundity when so much of Faerie is barren, and to the current High King, Cardan, who pulled a fourth isle from the deep. But a large amount of Mab's power stayed trapped with her remains, confined to her reliquary."

THIS IS HUGE THIS IS HUGE, THIS IS HUGE.