#dq jasmine

[namedafterflowerstournament]

Botanic Tournament : Jasmines Bracket !

Third Place Match

[lampochkaart]

I also drew a fake book cover for Deltora with my vision of characters. Hope you like it!

[cheeseandcake-from-ao3]

My sibling decided to make some Deltora Quest Fanart and I want everyone to look at it-

[venuss0605]

I did this edit

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Lief and Barda eating at Jasmine's nest

[toast-com]

There's a Deltora Quest anime. It's old, but great.

Also, Deltora Quest was a great book series.

I ship Lief and Jasmine so hard.

[milkflavouredpoptart]

Jasmine and DOOM!

Once again, amazing designs go to @transhitman for their Deltora Vivisection project!

I'm still figuring out how tf I make my pictures better quality for tumblr but I guess we'll never know.

I love Doom so much and my people who fuck with Return to Del pages 103+ should know what's gonna come next.

(OK so.....I literally can't walk past my dad's study because that's where they're keeping the dq books.....help I'm giving in)

[seeraphina]

modern day lief moodboard 🤘😌

[sisterofthesouth]

good evening deltora quest enjoyers

[lindalofbroome]

26 - Unknown

The entire spaceship shook as heavy machinery interlocked with the hatch. They had burned through all their fuel trying to escape the Grey Guard’s tractor beam, but to no avail. The bigger ship had been unrelenting, looming in Silence One’s shadow like an omen.

Lief and Barda sat in terrified anticipation. At any moment, the huge grey brutes from Shadow Prime would burst through the hatch and shoot them dead at best or take them hostage at worst.

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The thump of heavy boots rattled the metal floor. The whirl of a drill grew louder as it punched through the hatch door. A dot of light shone through the opening.

‘What—?’ Lief blurted out.

Suddenly, bright green gas whistled through the hole, pouring in, filling the ship. 

‘Beware!’ Barda shouted, scrambling from his seat. ‘Helmets, Lief!’ They raced to their space gear, holding their breath, their helmets clicking into place. The gas swirled around them, soaking through their clothes, their skin, but the air-filters in their helmets prevented them from breathing it in. They would be fine, right?

Lief felt like he was on fire. It started on his hands and ankles, any skin he had exposed. He felt sharp, stinging pains, racing from his extremities towards his torso, like the needle sensation he felt when his feet were numb but so much more worse. 

He raised his hands to check them, almost expecting to see a swarm of insects tearing at his flesh, but there was nothing. 

The pain receded from his hands and feet as it drew closer to his heart, and Lief was startled to realise that he could no longer feel his fingers and toes. He wiggled them in disbelief. His hands fell down, limp by his side, and he staggered to his knees. He dimly heard a clatter of equipment as Barda stumbled into the storage unit housing the rest of their gear.

‘Barda, are you—?’ Lief heard a loud thump as he fell to the floor, but he felt nothing. He could do nothing but watch as the bigger man shook his head as if to deter an annoying insect, and struggled towards Lief’s still form, but he could do nothing to stay aloft, even as the gas began to dissipate. 

‘They have paralysed us so that we still live, but cannot move,’ Barda slurred. ‘They will come for us, and then...' His voice trailed off, as if he dare not imagine. ‘Lief — I have led you to your death!’

‘It is not your fault,’ Lief replied. ‘We took to the stars together. And we are not dead yet!’

The air was losing its green tint, almost as if it never was. As Lief had the thought, there was the sound of air pressure release as the hatch opened a little. Before he could wonder how it opened, a white and blue disc about the size of his spread hand hovered in. It had a black lens at the front, and the disc spun and floated around, seeming to be looking around. Some sort of probe droid, Lief guessed.

It turned and spotted the prone figures of Lief and Barda and made an excited little chirping sound, and zipped over to examine them. Lief could see his face reflected in the glass of the lens as it pushed up to his helmet. It turned to examine Barda, who growled in response, and Lief spotted the letters “K.R.E.E.” along the edge of the droid. 

The droid then rose and seemed to do a final sweep, scanning the ship, before making a short burst of beeps. Lief assumed it called an ‘all clear’ signal.

He braced himself for the soldiers he knew must appear. The brutal warriors of the Grey Fleet that had seized the Deltora system sixteen years ago were giant, fearless and ruthless by all accounts, not just for their battle prowess but also their blind obedience to and technological advantage from their master plotting at Shadow Prime in Deltora’s fallen sister-system. 

The Shadow Army invaded the system, ploughing through Dread Thorn, Somnium A and B on their way to Aurel Major; the other planets were not in their path for the initial sweep, but suffered after they took over Del, Aurel Major’s capital city and home of Deltoran interplanetary politics. 

Lief’s parents, an engineer and a tailor, managed to smuggle Lief and Barda off-planet in a last ditch hope to expel the invaders.

At the dusk of his birthday, Lief’s father had handed him a belt of seven empty medallions. He instantly recognised it as the legendary Belt of Deltora, a story told to him since the cradle. 

Long ago in ancient times, a rainbow meteor shower appeared in the sky of each and every planet. During the event, while the ancient population gazed to their skies in fear or awe, a small meteorite hurtled towards the planet’s surface. It was big enough to not burn up, but small enough to not drastically shift the global ecosystem. 

It impacted six land masses with an explosion of particles, sending a shockwave out on all the planets; all except Aurel Major, whose meteorite landed in the ocean. But the people of Aurel Major are the most curious and adventurous of the original Seven by nature, so perhaps it was destiny for they would be the only ones bothered — excited — to explore the marine depths to investigate the strange occurrence. 

Each of the Seven first populations came to discover a crater, and nestled in the centre was the remains of the meteorite. One brave soul ventured towards the steaming space rock, feeling the heat on their skin from a distance. And then the rock cracked and fell away, revealing a sparkling gemstone. 

Each Gem became a talisman for the Seven, and offered magical power to the people. But it was guarded jealously by each, and kept secret for a long time.

That is, until Adin of Del.

When the Shadow Army first entered the Deltora System centuries ago, there was an engineer who dreamed of seven Gems, united by a strong but beautiful belt. He dreamed that someone wearing the jewelled belt would be key to saving their galaxy.

He awoke and set to work, drawing up the design for the Belt embedded in his mind, and created a device that would channel the Gem’s powers into something greater and unfathomable. When it was complete, he ventured out to the neighbouring planets without telling a soul at home.

He was the first person to explore the solar system beyond their own planet’s orbit. Several of the Seven had developed space travel, including Aurel Major, and the rest were not ready or simply were uninterested in such ventures. But none had strayed far from home. The people of Del, in particular, were thirsting for space travel, but Aurel Major had many moons that were mostly unexplored due to their unique perils. The Councillors of Del, the planet’s highest authority, had decreed space travel forbidden in the name of safety and preservation, after the thirteenth expedition to Silence One were lost to the mysterious Wenn creatures, leaving behind vague reports of droning sounds. 

So, not only was Adin the engineer venturing into the unknown with nothing but his wits and skills, he could not return for fear of punishment.

But against all odds, he retrieved all seven Gems — including his home’s Topaz — and united the galaxy against the Shadow Army, and their alliance and combined power was enough to overcome the enemy. 

That was the story, anyway.

Lief had never known a world like the ones they told in the stories. He half-expected they were lies told to foster some hope and wonder in the Del children, to encourage them to keep Faith, to believe in the power of the Topaz and its siblings in the Belt.

His home had always been overrun with the Greys, their hulking builds patrolling the streets. His people had always been suffering. His family had always been struggling. 

He was tired and he had enough.

So when his parents offered him the chance to fight back, he had jumped eagerly at it. But now, here he was, lying paralysed on the floor.

Was their quest doomed from the start?

The hatch door opened once more, the rushing of air pulling him from his thoughts. He braced himself for the familiar figure of the enemy soldiers, waiting to make their claim on their ship, their possessions, their persons.

Lief was disappointed.

He was greeted by the sight of a small grey figure, with the spiked  breastplate and helmet of a soldier. Where was the towering alien he had seen countless times at home, stomping through the streets like they owned them? Where were the thick, muscled forearms and the double-thumbed hands? Where was the heavy belt of weapons, of ray guns and slings with blister ammunition?

The figure walked inside, heavy boots rattling the metal floor plates, striding purposefully towards them. What was this? Were there other types of Greys that they didn’t know about, perhaps?

‘This will be useful, Filli,’ a voice said, modulated by the helmet. With a shock, Lief saw that there was a fluffy, purple ball on the grey shoulder. It had big eyes filled with curiosity, but also mischief. This, it seemed, was Filli as it chittered in response to its name. The figure leaned down and detached Lief’s helmet. ‘How lucky that we came this way today. If we had left it until tomorrow, the ship would be long gone.’

The probe droid that had been hovering around Lief and Barda made a cheery beeping, rocking a bit in the air as if dancing. The Grey turned to it, holding up Lief’s helmet. ‘See what I have found, Kree! A fine new helmet for us.’ They turned to go, the Filli creature chittering.

It was then that Lief realised who they were.

A scavenger.

‘Wait!’

[namedafterflowerstournament]

Botanic Tournament : Jasmines Bracket !

Semi-Finals Poll 1

[im-a-ramblr]

Note to self, remember to actually flesh out the Real Dain & Faith/Jasmin leaves AU. Here are the bsse points so you don't forget them

Faith is real, alive only because she's was an experiment after Anna died

Half OL like thing

Dain is real and was replaced

Jasmine is faster and gets to Faith then gets out before the others catch up

A heartbroken Leif and Barad free everyone including Dain

Both of them, plus Doom put a lot of their energy into helping him as a way to cope with the lose of Jasmine

D3 plays out, with Dain filling in for Jasmin

After the grey tide Faith ends up getting captured by some guards who think she's an OL

Brings her to Leif, and Jasmine shows up to save her

Faith's background is revealed and Jasmine realized that none of the others knew she existed

Uhhh other stuff happens too

[cheeseandcake-from-ao3]

It’s mentioned that when Jasmine marries Lief she has flowers woven into her hair. Jasmine can to plants. This gives two possibilities:

1. She asked a bush or tree for the flowers, and it allowed her to wear them.

2. Those flowers are from the bushes/trees/plants that are her enemies. She is wearing them in her hair as a warning.

-Or she can only talk to trees and not shrubs and flowers. But option two is funnier and option one is more wholesome.

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Jasmine and the spirit of her mother

[theoakleafpancake]

I’m rereading DQ and sometimes I forget how wild Lief could be lmao. The scene where they’re about to fight the fear and Barda, Jasmine, and even Glock are collectively warning him to stay back—with Glock threatening to carry him and put him on a perch—and he straight up jumps past Barda to get to the cage 😭

[milkflavouredpoptart]

SO I began re-reading Deltora Quest but to my sister, so I have someone to share all this with and I'm realising a), how good these books are again and b), how stupid i was as a kid???

In the first book (!!SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT!!) it says that Jasmine dropped down as lightly as a butterfly, and my brain took that as she was literally a butterfly? so for the entirety of the first series I envisioned her as a human-sized butterfly, and it wasn't until my sister said she thought Barda was an old man that I realised.

Can you imagine a human-sized butterfly just kicking ass?

In my Kid Brain it made sense, cause that's how she could talk to animals and trees, but it makes every other book so much funnier.

Just thought I'd share tee hee