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Two Fathers, Two Kingdoms: Understanding Spiritual Identity in a Divided World
Everyone we meet has two fathers. Everyone.[1] They have a biological father and a spiritual father. Biblically, their spiritual father is either God or Satan. The Pharisees incorrectly thought they were children of God, and said to Jesus, “The only Father we have is God himself” (John 8:41). Here’s an example were perception was not equal to reality. Jesus refuted them, saying, “You are from…
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#Bible study#Bible teaching#biblical truth#Christian faith#Christian influence#Christian mission#Christian response#Christian suffering#Christian values#deception#domain of darkness#edifying others#faith alone#fallen world#father of lies#fellowship in Christ#Freedom in Christ#glorifying God#glorifying God in life#God&039;s Word#gospel of grace#gospel preaching#growing in Christ#handling adversity#identity in Christ#liberty in Christ#Living by faith#living for Christ#Love and grace#Mental and emotional stability
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The Bat-Adoption Papers are literal Magic Contracts
So! In the Deified Batman AU (the AU where the Belief of the peoples of Gotham accidentally Ascended Batman to minor godhood), the Bat Adoption Papers would be a fun concept.
Batman is a God of The Night, Fear, and Protection. Specifically, the protection of Children, which is one of his biggest motivators. Meaning, it's a big part of his Divine Domain.
So when he, a God of Protection and Children, adopts his own Child? It's kind of a big deal.
His Adoption Papers basically become Magical Contracts that claim Dick to him as his own Son, basically turning Dick into a Demigod by the fact that he is the Son of a God.
Then each time Batman adopts a kid, they become a Demigod as well. Maybe after enough time, and after they forge their own Identities, they could become Minor Gods of their own? Idk, fun idea
Why do I bring this up?
Well, when Danny eventually joins the JLA, and runs into Batman, all he sees in a God of the Night, who takes one look at him, and then pulls out a Magical Binding Contract from his Belt.
Needless to say, he books it.
#Dpxdc#Dp x dc#Dcxdp#Dc x dp#Danny Phantom#Dc#Dcu#If they did become God's I like to imagine what their Domains would be#Dick becomes The Nightwing#God of Protection Jovality and Children#Jason becomes The Red Hood the God of Wrath Revenge and Protection#Tim becomes The Red Robin God of Intellect Mystery and Restaurants (heh)#Steph becomes The Spoiler Goddess of Mystery Puzzels and Fun (even though she never got adopted. Nobody really knows how she pulled it off)#Cass becomes The Orphan Goddess of Darkness Silence and Mercy#Duke is basically already a Demigod but be would be the God of Light Darkness and Riddles#Damien would be the God of Art Redemption and Animals#Danny saw a God who had multiple children bound by Contract and then saw him pull out that same contract while staring at him#He is rightfully scared#I imagine Constantine has tried to get adopted before so he can get in on that Demigod Making Contract#But he doesn't fit the bill for Adoption#Also he's old enough to be Bruce's Dad sooo...#Bruce is only vaguely aware of how his kids managed to Ascend#He doesn't know it was the Adoption Papers that did it#Also his “Adoption Sense” could actually be a legitimate Power of his now that I think about it
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Halisstra Drow, Blood Domain Cleric.
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Writing Notes: Life Domains
There are a great number of divisions and domains in life (Rojas, 2006; Cummins, 2003; Headey & Wearing, 1992; Veenhoven, 1996), encompassing anywhere from a small range to the infinite possibilities of human activities and areas of being (Rojas, 2006).
Vanderweele (2017) generally suggests that there are 5 domains of human life that should be focused on to promote human flourishing:
Spirituality. This area of life should be prioritized but is often neglected (Moberg & Brusek, 1978). Although the words religion and spirituality are often used interchangeably, a person does not have to practice a faith to be spiritual (Mercadante, 2014). Spirituality enables a purpose in life and dictates how someone may think, feel, and behave to allow them to gain fulfillment (Mercadante, 2014). Spirituality is based on an individual’s principles and focuses on creating a good life for themselves (Dierendonck, 2011). When a person’s actions are not in line with their spiritual beliefs, this can cause an imbalance within this life domain.
Family. An essential but influential domain. Family does not have to be biological. More importantly, it relates to people with whom you have a meaningful relationship (Robins & Tomanec, 1962). The family domain is an area of life that can become imbalanced when a person’s roles and responsibilities are not being fulfilled. This may be because another domain is receiving more attention, such as work (Rao & Indla, 2010). It may be that the beliefs, values, and behaviors of the person are not in line with other family members. When this domain is imbalanced, it results in fractured relationships, estrangement, and separations (Olah, Kotowska, & Richter, 2018).
Work. Plays a fundamental part in the life of most adults throughout all societies. It has an economic and instrumental role because it provides a livelihood (Scoones, 2009). Work provides a will to learn, develop, and accomplish goals. Work also has a psychosocial aspect. It gives meaning to an individual’s life and satisfies their need to be part of society (Sharabi & Harpaz, 2007). It is important that people enjoy what they are doing, where they are working, and who they are working with. If an individual is investing too much time in this domain to the detriment of other domains, it may cause an imbalance.
Health. This domain concerns physical, emotional, and mental health and wellbeing. Individuals can learn how to develop a healthy lifestyle from an early age through education (Cutler & Lleras-Muney, 2014). Physical health can deteriorate from work stress and financial demands. Poor health can affect independent living and the ability to work and engage with family members and the community. This can be detrimental to positive emotional and mental health and wellbeing (Wong, Chan, & Ngan, 2019). It is essential to adopt a healthy lifestyle and promote healthy living. Understanding how to exercise, eat healthily, relax, and connect spiritually helps to promote overall health.
Community. Relationships outside the family are essential (Darling, Hamilton, & Shaver, 2003). These can be with friends or specific communities, such as the neighborhood community, faith or sports-based interests, or hobbies that allow a person to develop a sense of belonging with others (Darling et al., 2003). Community allows people to be united and, like family, allows a sense of safety and security (Bowe et al., 2020). It provides a sense of achievement and fulfillment, especially when an individual is working toward a shared community goal, such as raising money for a good cause or helping others within the community (Bowe et al., 2020). Nevertheless, spending too much time with the community and neglecting other domains, such as family, can cause an imbalance.
This is a simple and easy-to-understand model that illustrates the main life domains recognized by most people. Vanderweele's interpretation is widely recognized and will help you understand how life domains interact with each other and how you can find balance between them.
The following are strategies or techniques that can be used to balance life domains.
Compensation is a technique that increases positive life domains to counteract negative life domains. Decreasing the not-so-good parts of negative life domains reduces the unhappy influence from these domains on overall life satisfaction (Lee & Sirgy, 2018).
Accept and acknowledge that not everything can be done in every domain all the time. There will always be limitations to getting everything done due to constraints on time, energy, and money. The ability to accept ourselves is a crucial factor in improving our overall feelings of emotional wellbeing (MacInnes, 2006).
Breitman and Hatch (2000) wrote a book on a straightforward idea to balance life domains. Their book concerns the art of saying ‘no’ without feeling guilty. The use of this two-letter word can help us rid ourselves of all the things that are preventing us from living positively in all domains.
Planning time and organizing activities that are the main priority can help to minimize stress. Poor organization and time management may cause life domains to feel stretched and overloaded.
Ensure time is scheduled for relaxation. Many studies have found this is important in reducing stress, anxiety, and low mood (Manzoni, Pagnini, Castelnuovo, & Molinari, 2008).
Flourishing - a condition denoting good mental and physical health: the state of being free from illness and distress but, more important, of being filled with vitality and functioning well in one’s personal and social life.
Languishing - the condition of absence of mental health, characterized by ennui, apathy, listlessness, and loss of interest in life.
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#writing reference#life domains#psychology#character development#writeblr#dark academia#literature#writers on tumblr#spilled ink#creative writing#character building#writing prompt#light academia#lit#writing inspiration#writing resources
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Fanfic Classics 📚 The theme for today's batch of covers: atmospheric Drarry fics with islands and/or fics that that deal with magic as an uncontrollable Entity. Also, these covers looked good together, so.
🏝️ The Isle of Ogygia by @citrusses
🛶 Beneath the Wave by @moonflower-rose
🏰 The Compact by astolat
🩸 In Our Blood by secretsalex
art credits below the cut!
Artwork used, in order:
"A lighthouse on fire at night" by Joseph Wright of Derby (1770)
"Isle of the Dead, 2nd Version" by Arnold Böcklin (1880)
"Bacchanal" by Franz Stuck (1905)
"Interior, Artificial Light" by Vilhelm Hammershøi (1909)
(classics covers are inspired by zeziliazink and bubu0h's works! i've been making more fic covers for my kindle here.)
#it's been so stormy and dark recently... matches these fics (at least in terms of the WEATHER/general mood lol)#i'm sure there are more atmospheric/wild-magic drarry fics out there this is just the first batch#kiss my covers#fanfic covers#book covers#drarry fanfic#hpdm#fanfic book covers#drarry book covers#harry x draco#drarry fic recs#citrusses#moonflower-rose#astolat#moonflower_rose#secretsalex#The Isle of Ogygia#Beneath the Wave#The Compact#In Our Blood#public domain art#kiss with a list
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Hetalia World ☆ Stars - Chapter 499 Original
Translation: spaghettifelice // donamoeba Scanlation: nekotalia // eosonera
#hetalia#hetalia world stars#aph molossia#aph slowjamastan#aph ladonia#aph wy#aph sealand#aph kugelmugel#aph the domain and realms of the shadows and the darkness#t:spaghettifelice#t:donamoeba#s:nekotalia#s:eosonera
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blood dripped from Poseidon's mouth, red.
red.
the day they overthrew Kronos, child-eater (stomach acid crawling around them, after maw of teeth grazing his small, child body), his golden ichor bled red.
god blood, degraded into a mortal's.
the day Typhon, father of monsters (as big as their father was, as big as the Titans with sharp claws and teeth) ripped out Zeus' tendons, his blood was red.
Poseidon, god of the tides, son of Kronos, looked up at the dark shape stood above him, his own golden trident in his hand, the teeth like prongs drenched in red.
Odysseus is a mortal. was a human.
sharp webbed ears spread out on the side of their head, scales grew around their neck and arms, shining like a coral reef, illuminated by their growing red eyes, that were shrunken to slits.
Odysseus' teeth glinted in the lightning, showing their unnaturally sharp point.
monster.
#small snippet that i can't develop any further.#this is uh#Ithacan Naga AU#didn't mean to talk about Poseidon's probable trauma with Kronos but here we are. do you think particularly salty or poisoned water reminds#poseidon of stomach acid? do you think the original five olympians are closer knit with each other#from being eaten alive as a child and then growing up in a stomach?#do you think hestia is the goddess of family cause she was the oldest sister and had to care for the others the most? that hades find an un#ealthy comfort in the darkness of the underworld? How do you think stomach acid was for Poseidon; as god of the sea? if that was the closes#he could get to his domain in a /stomach/? The same with demeter? only chewed up food as the closest to agriculture?#do you think hera understood - somehow - that this hurt their mother?#sigh#and all and all Zeus was really only able to lead them so easily afterwards is cause they didn't /know/ what to do after they were freed?#/AND/ Zeus really isn't privy to any of it; cause of course he isn't (nor does he care to know).#didn't mean to rant with that but. yup. anyway#tbh i want to draw a part of this to show the webbed ears w/ head-wings so. yeah. maybe. i'm still getting used to my new drawing tablet an#my sketchbook fell in water a while ago and i've been frozen on how to deal with it. so. yeah.#anyway#600 strike#vengence saga#epic the musical#the vengeance saga#epic the vengeance saga#why do we have so many tags for the same thing ;.)#six hundred strike#odysseus epic#epic odysseus#odysseus#writing#poseidon epic#epic poseidon
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I have also finally finished the campaign tarot set a while ago and will upload them in order and sets of three, just so there is a clean view of each of them!
The fool belongs to an NPC called Delane Taghasse, who is a wizard that was locked into her tower for around 800 years or so. The group freed her and found out that she might have now started a minor manic episode thanks to it.
The two magicians are player characters: Freyn, a death domain cleric, and Esthes, an illusion wizard.
#dnd#homebrew#tarot#the fool#the magician#Freyn Ulfdar#cleric#death domain#Hypoesthes Phyllostachy#Illusion#wizard#dark fantasy#fantasy#tw: blood
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Don't ask me what this is, I needed Jon and Elias at the end of the world
Here and there Jon’s eyes twitched as if he wished they would close; a faint, last echo of blasphemy that Jonah soothed easily with a gentle stroke of his hair. Neither of them talked much anymore — to each other, at least. There was plenty to say and to record, endless horrors to witness and exchange from one mouth to another, but that hardly left time for basic conversation.
Not that they needed it. They were beyond such simplistic notions. They were Gods.
Or, well. Jon was. Jonah was quite content to be the shepherd that had guided him there. After all, who was more powerful? The man who held the whole world in his pupil, or his creator? The monstrous divinity, or the king who’d trapped it in the gaze of his beloved and kept it well-fed and well-loved at his feet?
Jon’s chant against his thigh was melodic, decadent and terrifying; Jonah was not getting tired of it — he knew he would never get tired ever again, for all of eternity. Let everyone else outside weep with fear. Jonah and Jon’s tears were made of ecstasy.
Soon it would be his turn again to carry the voice of the Watcher. Just for a little while — a gift, for offering Jon and the rest of the world to it. A small respite for his archivist, as well; a quiet lull to think, to itch ever closer to Jonah, grasping at him with the hunger of a starving man, cursing him and begging him all at once. Wishing for death. Wishing for more. Remembering that outside, somewhere, there was still a pocket of darkness that escaped their Eyes and not knowing anymore whether this was a threat or merely hope.
Under his fingers Jon shuddered, speaking faster. Jonah licked his lips, curled his hand around the smooth leather of Jon’s collar, and pulled it with no real strength. This, too, had become unnecessary. The smallest gesture built a whole picture that both of them knew and understood in a single heartbeat.
Jon raised his head to meet his gaze; immediately Jonah felt breathless, falling into the beautiful endless dark of Jon’s pupils. He acted fast, bending over his seat to swallow the words right out of Jon’s lips, and they both gasped as more knowledge poured in their heads. Oh, Jonah thought, how hungry he still was, and how powerful they both were, like this, right now, in this perfect equilibrium. Jon whimpered, rising from the ground to get closer. Jonah helped him up, well practised now in manhandling him until Jon was sitting on his lap, his two burning palms pressing over Jonah’s cheeks.
The heavy chains locked over their wrists were long enough for Jonah to wrap his arms around Jon’s waist, nails grazing over the length of his naked back. Jon rocked against him — out of instinct, with no real desire for completion as the God he’d become craved that sort of pleasure even less than his old human self had, and Jonah kept still, too busy devouring all he could from the never ending feast that lived unto Jon’s tongue.
The pain of being granted a small part of the divine was worth it, of course. Eventually Jonah let his head fall back, his throat taken over, his eyes filled to the brim with the beautiful nightmare that their world had been twisted into, and it was only distantly he heard Jon take a sharp breath, forehead falling into the crook of his neck.
“Jonah,” he whispered hoarsely against his skin. “Jonah, they are coming again.”
Let them come, Jonah thought.
“They think — fire. Fire. They made sure we couldn’t run.”
“Would you run?” Jonah’s mouth asked. “Would you preserve this, what we have become, if you could?”
“I— Yes,” Jon breathed. It sounded wretched and guilty and absolutely certain, the horrid truth ripped from him like everything else. “Yes.”
Let them come, Jonah repeated. If we burn, they will burn with us. And if we don’t — all the more to gorge ourselves with, my love.
#the magnus archives#jonelias#they share a domain. they should make out in it#also did i NEED to have Jon half naked with a collar but the both of them are chained together to their seat of power? no.#but does that visual sends me into a frenzy? yes.#Someone writes Jon and Jonah as old terrible Gods of dark Knowledge and secrets trapped together in an eternal embrace#please#tma stories
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One of my favourite little things about Apollo is how casual his and the Fates' relationship was.
Now, this isn't to understate how grave the Fates were in any way, as a matter of fact, it's written multiple times about the complex interplay between the Fates and Zeus (Stobaeus even wrote that the Fates were given the seat closest to Zeus' throne so he could better give counsel on all things from their machinations)
Indeed, even Zeus was beholden to them and even though the Fates usually left things up to natural course (and Zeus in his position as Moiragetes - that is, the Leader of Fates could even intercede on these events, even interrupting when a someone was set to die) in a lot of ways, there are many, many things that even Zeus could never interfere with, things that were above even the King of the Heavens. Some really good examples are things like Persephone's Abduction which the Fates ruled as necessary for the propagation of the seasons and his marriages to Themis and Hera.
By all accounts really, the Fates were incredibly stern, incredibly grave deities who presided over law, order, birth and death and even worked with the Furies to punish those who broke the sacred laws!
And then you have Apollo who was also known by the title Moiragetes (In Delphi, there were only two Moirai depicted and in place of the third was Zeus and Apollo Moiragetes according to Pausanias) but who did things like, checks notes, send the Fates to be the midwives of his paramour Evadne when she had to deliver his son alone in secret (by the way, he also sent the actual goddess of childbirth to help. The Fates absolutely did not need to also be there, he was taking every precaution:
and get the Fates drunk so they would agree to save his bestie Admetus' life:
Keep in mind btw - this con Apollo pulled for Admetus was multi-layered and even included getting Heracles to wrestle Thanatos and keep him still so Apollo could proceed to help Admetus cheat Alcestis away from Fates when Admetus expressed regret for making his wife die in his place:
And I cannot stress enough that Apollo faced zero consequences for this nonsense. NONE. The Fates weren't even cordial with other Gods - they're almost never referred to directly, they were often depicted apart from other deities or described as old, ugly and unable to walk (though, generally speaking they were artistically depicted as young maidens!) and apart from comforting Demeter by going to personally explain what happened to Persephone in some versions of the story, they didn't really get humanised the way most of the other gods or spirits did. Usually they're referred to euphemistically, or someone will speak distantly about a prophecy they once heard was designed by the Fates but Apollo? Apollo knew the Fates! He was good friends with the Fates! And I think it's even cooler when you consider that both instances of Apollo showing off his Fate's Favourite privilege have to deal with birth (of Iamus) and death (of Alcestis/Admetus) which were the two points most deeply associated with the Moirai and why there were usually depictions of them as a pair over that of a triad.
(Excerpts sourced from Theoi, Aeschylus' Eumenides, Pindar's Olympian 6 and Statius' Silvae; though just a note, one instance of the Fates' involvement with Apollo is misquoted on Theoi - that is the Fates being present for Apollo's birth, that's actually a misinterpretation of Evadne's birthing of Iamus.)
#ginger rambles#No because the amount of super cool relationships Apollo had with gods and spirits of different domains is crazy#THE SHIT THIS MAN CONSISTENTLY GOT AWAY WITH Y'ALL#He was everybody's favourite fr#Some fun extra stuff about the Fates#Despite modern depictions usually having them in the Underworld in some deep dark hole most mythological sources agree#That their station of operations was Olympus 99% of the time. There's also a ton of sources agreeing that the Erinyes were the Fate's#And that they sent the Erinyes after those that explicitly broke Fate's ruling#Which is why murder was such a massive no-no#Cutting another mortal's thread before Fate ordained it was a direct and violent violation of The Rules#(Which the Fates also helped write)#Apollo was also partially raised by Themis btw#Something a lot of people neglect or overlook when talking about his connections with laws and truth and all that stuff#I like imagining this boy was raised on a steady diet of law books treaties and oaths#Also one of the instruments of the Fates was a Sundial#Considering Apollo's popular portrayal as a sun-god despite that technically coming much later#Please imagine child Apollo in the Fates' hall learning how to tell time with the sundial by watching Lachesis#That is all#Apollo#Apollo greek god#The Fates#The moirai#Greek mythology#greek myths#ginger chats about greek myths#This was definitely inspired by Pen's way of doing big posts#OH ALMOST FORGOR#evadne#iamus#admetus
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Public Domain Art Showcase #2: Henry Fuseli, The Nightmare (1781)
#18th century art#public domain#art#romanticism#dark aesthetic#gothic#halloween#oil painting#oil on canvas
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Endless Sandman Fanfiction Tropes I Adore (3/?) : ➻ Nightmare of the Endless
#the sandman#sandman#sandman edits#the sandman netflix#dream#dream of the endless#sandman tropes#i mean that trope is also tagged dark dream but hey#mine#hoping for more nightmare dream in season 2#i need him feral#well maybe not feral but you know#terrifying#let the man be a menace on the unconscious more often#i wouldn't mind being privy to richard madoc's scrambled brain for another hour#although I guess that's more Delirium's domain now
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Domain Of Dread: The Obsidian Gauntlet
Hey all! Here's the info for my Gortash themed Domain of Dread and more info about it! This is for the campaign I'm currently running, so it includes my own Durge, but you could plug in your own Durge instead if you wanted to run it, make up another NPC in place, or use the stats I provided! I hope you enjoy it!
The Obsidian Gauntlet
Domain of Clockwork Wonders
Dark Lord: Lord Enver Gortash
Genre: Mad Science, Gothic Horror
Hallmarks: Charismatic tyrant, tragic romance, clockwork horrors, vigilant tyranny
Mist Talismans: A pendant of Ilmater, A golden gauntlet, A clockwork tadpole
Noteworthy Features:
The Obsidian Gauntlet is a Domain based upon an idealized version of The City of Baldur's Gate according to the mind of Lord Enver Gortash. People who dwell In Obsidian Gauntlet know that:
The city is patrolled by The Steel Watch and its commander, The Golden Sentry.
The Watch and all the rest of the city's clockwork wonders were invented by the domain's Dark Lord, Enver Gortash. Most view him as a savior and a genius, but those who don't view him as a tyrant and a conqueror.
Lord Gortash has a beloved daughter who is supposed to be a prodigy who helps her father with his inventions, but no one has ever seen her. The only glimpse of her presence is donations to the less fortunate of the city marked with a seal in the form of a clockwork raccoon.
There is a museum chronicling Lord Gortash's rise to power and storied life at his birth place, Flymm Cobblers. This is the only original building left in the city that has not been updated and instead is kept as aforementioned museum. Sally and Dravo Flymm, the proprietors, are relentlessly cheery, almost to an unsettling degree, and dress in old timey fashions.
There is a strange wicker creature that haunts the woods and fields outside civilization, a behemoth of thorns and flame.
A powerful vampire lord lurks in the mountains, but his apparent fear of Lord Gortash keeps him from attacking the main city.
Settlements and Sites:
The Black City: The Black City is a perfect one to one replica of Baldur's Gate from the world of Toril, but the buildings and features have all been reinforced in steel and infernal metal. Everything in the city is advanced and up to date with street lamps and clockwork soldiers. There are scrying eyes created by Enver and his elite artificers as well as magic mirrors which can project images and recordings across them. The city's visible population appears to be well off and cosmopolitan, dressed in finery and the latest up to date accessories and clockwork technology. But the slums tell a different story as do the factories and work houses near the docks. The city is constantly under complete surveillance and crime, real or imagined, is very swiftly punished by Lord Gortash's upgraded Steel Watch. Patrols from his Golden Sentry are also common, especially when there is talk of dissention.
The Town of Mourn: The Town of Mourn is a small settlement about a day's journey from The Black City. It used to be home to a pious lord and his family, but a circle of mad druids destroyed the town and slaughtered his family. The town has begun a small resurgence, however its people dress strangely, covering up as much of their skin and faces as they can.
San Ojeda: a small, pious town right outside of the gates of the city. A temple to the Faerunian God, Ilmater, is located there run by a kindly old priest and paladin as well as one of their adopted children, a kind and handsome young Paladin who is rumored to be the brother of the original Golden Sentry. The city is considered sacred as the birth place of the hero who inspired The Golden Sentry.
Flymmstown: a slum outside the city, placed where Little Calimshan was located in the proper city of Baldur's Gate back on Toril. Many of the city's poor and Destitute live here out of the public eye to avoid tarnishing Lord Gortash's perfect image.
Martyr's Field: a massive necropolis not far from The Town of Mourn. Great heroes and important political figures are buried here and it is said to be incredibly haunted. There are rumors of a small, clockwork creature collecting treasure and hoarding it in a small mausoleum. Rumors also persist of a haunting by the ghost of a slender teenage tiefling in a long cloak who tends the graves, though no one has seen her up close.
The Junk Heap: a trash Heap outside the city where defunct Watchers, old tech, and other such things that don't fit Lord Gortash's vision of a perfect World are dumped and abandoned. Mad artificers cast out from the city congregate there and build strange monstrosities with the refuse.
The Foundry: an enormous factory located where Candlekeep would be in the proper world of Toril. It is where Lord Gortash's greatest creations are built and sent out into the world. The domain's finest minds are recruited to work there and engage with the DarkLords's greatest secrets.
Lord Enver Gortash:
Enver's Powers and Dominion:
The Golden Sentry: Enver Gortash has a clockwork replica of his lover, Sentry Ojeda, a tiefling Oathbreaker paladin. The being is a specialized custom steel watcher that appears as a handsome male tiefling in his thirties with golden horns and armor, silver hair, and gold tinged skin. While he is physically a perfect replica of Enver's lover, he can only follow direct orders and cannot love Enver on his own or express/form opinions or thoughts of his own.
The Steel Watch: Enver's impressive clockwork army, controlled with altered Illithid tadpoles within the preserved brains of his political enemies and condemned prisoners. The watchers are tall and imposing and his design and their abilities have improved greatly since his first batch back in Baldur's Gate. Enver can summon two Steel Watchers to him as an action once per day in personal combat. Out on the streets of The Black City, an alarm can sound when a crime is observed to summon a company of these clockwork soldiers.
Choking Smog: Once per day, Enver can open and close the borders of his domain by either increasing or decreasing production at The Foundry, raising a polluting smog which acts as this domain's mist.
Enver's Torment:
Enver longs to be seen as a benevolent, all powerful leader who is loved and feared in equal parts, however there will always be people within the domain who view him in either a wholly negative or wholly positive light, never in perfect balance.
Enver cannot be happy with his power and wealth if Sentry and Teela are not there by his side. No matter what he tries, he cannot find and reunite with their souls and his replicas of them are never exactly right.
Although Bane cannot reach Enver within the Domain of Dread, he can still feel the tyrant's breath down his neck as though he is only a few steps behind and ready to close his iron fingers around his soul once again.
Roleplaying Enver:
Lord Enver Gortash, since his failure in the Absolute plot, has been resurrected as A lich by his lover, Sentry Ojeda, Bhaal's son and former chosen. He bears the scars of his torture for failing Bane in the form of elegant but cruel golden scars across his body. He appears handsome and well preserved, but constant pain still racks him from Banes's punishments. When he was brought back, he found himself face to face with his daughter, the child Sentry had given birth to before his unfortunate fall from grace at the hands of Orin.
Enver attempted to connect with his child and earn her trust and love as well as rekindle his connection with Sentry, but right as he seemed on the cusp of achieving this, Bane schemed to regain his hold on Enver's soul and many other beings with interest in tyranny were drawn to Enver as well.
Sentry became the means to which these beings could gain control of Enver ans many sought to capture him or endanger him. Ultimately, Sentry was taken and Enver fought to gain power to get him back, committing atrocities which his daughter, Teela, opposed intensely. Ultimately, Enver and Teela came to blows over his methods and in a fit of rage he accidentally killed her.
Consumed with grief, Enver's atrocities mounted and he was consumed by a thick smog of mist reeking of engine oil and ash.
Enver is outright affable and diplomatic, putting on a winning smile and a friendly face, but underneath lies despair and frustration, for no matter how much he builds and how hard he works, the city is never to his standards and the replicas of Sentry and Teela only do as he commands, never showing the spirit and spark that made his beloved family his only equals.
He is more than willing to treat player characters with similar interests or goals that align with his as potential allies and his first course of action is always diplomacy or subterfuge if confrontation can be avoided.
Adventures in The Obsidian Gauntlet:
A young up and coming artificer hopes to catch Lord Gortash's attention for a job at The Foundry they hired the party to help them give a demonstration of their creations.
A young man from the Ilmatari clergy in San Ojeda feels strangely drawn to The Golden Sentry, almost as if there was a kinship with it. Lord Gortash takes note and hires the party to arrange an introduction.
The ghost in Martyr's Field raises a fuss to gain the party's attention, when they arrive, either to put her down or find out what's wrong, she introduces herself as Teela Gortash and asks for help reaching her father.
Sally and Dravo Flymm task the party with recovering an important item from Enver's childhood for their museum, unfortunately it has made its way to The Junk Heap.
Construction is beginning on a fabulous new section of town, but the feral druids out in the woodlands are vehemently opposed to this, the party is tasked with protecting the workers.
A bounty is placed on the wicker monstrosity that roams the countryside at night, the party accepts a quest to destroy it.
The party receives an invitation from the local vampire lord wishing to discuss an important matter.
The temple of Ilmater is experiencing a strange occurrence at its basement shrine, if there is a cleric or paladin in the party, they may be called to examine it.
More hauntings are being reported at Martyr's Field. When the players investigate, they find renegade artificers from The Junk Heap are stealing body parts and siphoning spirits for their macabre products.
The party are hired either as apprentices or guards at The Foundry and are able to investigate its secrets.
Where Is Sentry?
Sentry's location can be decided by either a roll of the dice or DM’S discretion depending on what works within your world. The only constant is that he has been killed or abducted by a tyrannical power that intends to use him to get to Enver.
Sentry is being held in Bane's domain and tortured, his soul trapped there.
Sentry is the unwilling consort of the demon lord Grazz't , who not only realized he could get to Enver through Sentry but also realized he could breed powerful demons with a Bhaalspawn.
Sentry is frozen in one of Mephistopheles dungeons in Mephistar as vengeance for his and Enver's past transgressions as well as a way to force Enver into an infernal contract.
Sentry is dead, his soul is awaiting its judgment or could even have made it's way to Martyrdom where Ilmater and his adoptive family await him.
Sentry is alive and well at the home he and Halsin share outside of Reithwin on the material plane or the modest manor he and Astarion share in Baldur's Gate.
Sentry's soul has followed Enver to the domain of Dread in the hopes of saving him, he is reincarnated as a local NPC.
Where is Teela?
Teela was accidentally killed by her father in a confrontation over his actions after Sentry's abduction. Her restless spirit haunts the necropolis with her clockwork companion, Trash Can the Raccoon. She hopes to redeem her father or at least put him to rest and end the domain's nightmare, but she lacks the power to do so. Stats:The Golden Sentry: https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/138208049/nG8JNG Teela Gortash: https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/138209185/VzRCcl(Remember to include ghost traits such as incorporeal)
Lord Enver Gortash: https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/138209584/4GUqNF (Include Lich Traits as well)
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The Duchess' bedroom in Château de Chantilly.
📍Domaine de Chantilly . Senlis
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Warlock Mickey
280/365 #hunt the voidcaller
An extra special evil and purple Mickey for ya'll today
I am making 365 new versions of Mickey Mouse for the public domain and releasing them under public domain all year long.
You can join the initiative to #hunt the mouse or suggest a theme yourself via my ask box.
#warlock#dark magic#art#character design#hunt the mouse#public domain#mickey mouse#artwork#mickey#fantasy
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after ep 11 and the marriage contract reveal and seeing a lot of speculation that they are a god of anarchy (already v connected to figs character) i rewatched the scene between her and porter and zara talking about where she gets her powers from fig says about kristen (and cass) “she’s doubt, im rebellion, they go hand in hand” and brennan lays it on thickkk about fig pledging herself to rebellion would also make kristen (and cass) stronger !!!
#d20#dimension 20#fhjy#fig faeth#emily axford#brennan lee mulligan#okay 1 these people are geniuses#kristen applebees#ally beardsley#okay okay listen#fig says rebellion and doubt go hand in hand#ankarna who seems so be some sort of ancient forgotten fiery deity who was MARRIED TO CASSANDRA#i think ankarna is a god of anarchy and rebellion and fire and passion and blaze yknow#to go hand in hand with cassandras cool calming embrace of darkness and mystery#FURTHRERMORE#i am starting to suspect sol had some part in getting rid of ankarna just like how galicaea had her followers do to cass#but i think that sol took all the domains of ankarna and incorporated them into his worship until ankarna had nothing left but rage#and u can definitely scrub clean the name of a god of rage but u cant remove rage from peoples hearts babeyyyy#long live ankarna :)
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