#eichi in my fantasy au now. for SOME reason

[paperconsumption]

where’s that girls who haunt the narrative but don’t inhabit it post

[knightzp]

ooh btw I'm curious what was your process for world building and writing your bb fic?

OOO OKAY OKAYYY i warn you this is going to be long bc overexplaining is my passion and there is just so much for me to say abt this fic

well first i already knew i wanted to write a royalty/fantasy au focused on knights bc i ADORE this type of au and well. they are knights!!!! so who would be better to write an au like this abt!!! it was just too perfect and the bigbang gave me the opportunity and push i needed to start developing this idea

i wanted everything to make sense into the au with the things we know in canon so ofc leo had to be the king and the rest are his close group of loyal knights. i chose to write it focused on the equivalent to ! era instead of !! and not have tsukasa be directly the king bc not only was it relevant to the plot i had in mind (leo Had to be the king for that) but also i wanted to show how leo passed the crown to tsukasa at the end just like in requiem, which is probably my fave knights story so i really really wanted to reference it at the end (and ngl i love ! era and by the time i started with this fic i hadnt read enough !! stories either ajsdk)

for the worldbuilding i wrote some notes abt the characters. i started with knights and wrote abt their past, general situation of each of them and even a bit of their relationships with other characters. here you have them if youre interested o7

but apart from knights there were other characters i had very clear since the beginning that i wanted to include in the fic. like mao mika and sora, bc i wanted to write abt their relationships with ritsu arashi and tsukasa respectively. also i very much wanted to write 2wink for the only reason that i love them and if no one is going to write knights and 2wink together then ill do it myself!!!! i also wanted to include switch as a whole bc they would fit so well into this au as wizards and its a bit of the same with alkaloid as soldiers and ra*bits as forest spirits!

other characters are also mentioned even if they dont really appear. some are just casual tiny cameos i felt like doing like tori or tetora and shinobu but others have a more important relevance like eichi. i figured since he is often described as an emperor, well he could be one in this au fr! that means we have leos kingdom and eichis empire one next to the other in this world (and in my head i was imagining even a third one, like a country for all the characters who arent from yumenosaki, i called it the reimei state but it wasnt relevant at all for the story so its not mentioned in the fic). but well, the existence of the empire was very important because i also wanted to write a sort of backstory referencing checkmate into this au, which ended up being an attack from the empire to leos kingdom and the outcome affected leo so much that he ended up going into lockdown for months just like in canon

soooo with all this now i only needed a plot. i wanted it to be like a silly adventure but also with a deeper meaning behind it and that it let them grow closer together as friends and also grow as individual characters. so a quest to find something was my first idea. and since leo was the king it Had to be his idea so i wanted it to be music related and thats how i came up with the forgotten lyre tadaaaa. i had him reveal it during a ball at the beginning of the story just bc i wanted to write a ball scene and have rtmo and nrmk and izlo and everyone in pretty clothes and dancing together (super self indulgent). as every typical quest they had to encounter different obstacles in their way and i figured each obstacle or stop in their way could be related to a different unit: so switch would give them directions, ra*bits would stop them in an enchanted forest, undead would ambush them at night, alkaloid would pose them some trials before the end and 2wink would be the real final boss and thennnn when they finally got the lyre in their hands, the last chapter had to be tsukasas coronation for the perfect ending

i also made notes of what i wanted to happen in each chapter. this was important to organize myself bc i knew since the beginning there had to be ten chapters in total since i used povs from everyone in knights and so i could have each one of them have two chapters in the end. however its true i didnt have every single detail planned and my teammates helped me a lot giving some ideas in the parts i got a bit stuck

oh and i almost forgot! the prophecy!! tbh this part wasnt planned from the very beginning but rather it was a sudden idea i got while writing switch chapter. i just thought since natsume is interested in divination in canon it could translate to this au giving them a prophecy and making things more interesting!! since i had the plot more or less planned out i could write the prophecy right from the start and then i just had to make sure it all made sense when writing the rest of the chapters. i was a bit worried at first bc writing prophecies can be tricky and i had never done it before but i think it turned out pretty okay in the end!

[tatsumi-harem-chronicles]

we all know abt the quadruplet womb war, but consider: fantasy au

[referencing past post: Lmao it'd b so funny if someone wrote a fantasy au of the quadruplet womb war complete with alliances betrayals and the fate of multiple kingdoms on the line? The killing of each sibling represented by an eye turning gold, whereupon the one to kill all 3 (kills transfer) is granted all seeing prophetic vision or something? But after the cruel deaths of their other siblings (mika mercy killing one, and suzu killing one willingly to avenge the first one's death) they decide to truce instead so no one gets prophetic vision but also neither of them die?] ive been thinking about the womb war fantasy au for the past few minutes ive fleshed it out a bit more but only really really random bits

i dont read enough fantasy stuff to contribute in a meaningful way but go bonkers pensive lay it out

so they all lived in the same kingdom right in the same castle bc its their kingdom and their castle and they bein the heirs but then their parents die and demon/god/diety/eldritch horror(my fave option now tbh) appears and lays out the rules of the curse that determines the rightful heir (bc they were quadruplets ofc they dont know who takes the throne) (btw its there bc either their parents summoned it for some pre-birth deal that impacted their birth or one specific quadruplet summoned it u'll know when i explain them) so the curse says that the rightful heir would have a pair of golden eyes that will see into the future, but in order to unlock the power the others must die. one death for each eye, and a third (done in a ritual) to unlock the ability to use the power. as it stands the siblings are mika (blue), suzu (pink/red), eldest (working name, first born, green) and guy (3rd born, after mika, orange). mika suzu and eldest r like hell naw bc they fam and love each other but orange is not goin for that route bc he really really wants to become more powerful (overshadowed by suzu's magic, eldest's sword, mika's charm) and longs for the throne, and destest the way everyone else has decided that gentile, weak willed eldest should take the throne.

so yea aft some shenangians guy takes control of the castle by force and tries to kill his siblings but with the help of the servants they manage to escape, although spread out in different directions with varying degrees of help. eldest makes it out with a band of 3-5 trusted aids and heads out to the kingdom of one of his friends (my heart telling me either izumi or eichi for some reason), mika is rescued by 2 kind servants (they run into the woods, no real idea where they are but heading in a direction they hope leads to civilization), and suzu escapes alone (making it to the slums of a busy city in their neighboring kingdom the morning after, as dawn breaks over the horizon. hazy mist covers the streets, not blinding but obscuring, the biting cold stings her cheeks, and in that moment she wants nothing but to lay down and sleep in the wake of civilization. but the stabbing pain of light hitting her eyes shakes a molecule of sense back into her, terrifyingly alone, she has no choice to keep moving. as the morning markets begin to set up, she disappears into the crowd of the bustling trade city)

so anyways mika and pals do eventually reach civilization of their own, deciding the best way to keep themselves hidden + ensure their survival is to get work, they do exactly that. managing to get work at the local lord's house, which they realize too late to be the archduke lord itsuki (ik, hold ur shock).

eldest pleads his case to the kingdom he sought refuge in, gaining their support to in creating a rebellion against his brother's rule bc at that point it'd taken weeks for him to get an audience w people high enough to make the decision on what to do with him (a foreign fuckin prince) and in that time he had seen how his brother treated his people, how their suffering didn't even make it into his eyes. his simple plead for sanctuary suddenly turning into an indignant cry for justice. their prince, enamored wiht the fury of a man known for his placidity, agrees after much deliberation with the council. the kingdom casts a discreet call for war, asking for soldiers from only their most trusted nobles, the cards become set.

meanwhile suzu becomes a mercenary and catches the eye of queen anzu (yaasssssssss girl slaaaaaay), who had inherited the throne after her parents died in an epidemic a few years prior, only winning the title from her brother due to her immense prowess in all fields of study. uhhhhhh shenaniganry happens and turns out mika and eldest were actually in the same kingdom! huzzah they have a tearful reunion and shu offers his soldiers to the war efforts. but when mika asks to join shu refuses bc he doesnt want him hurt & he has minimal combat abilities

[1]mika sneaks in anyways lololol and oopsie doopsie turns out the whole thing was a trap bc guy(orange) had started dabbling in Forbidden Magic Of Mass Destruction (tm) which required snackrafices for use and had destructive tolls on the user's magic poewr, mainly that the source of their power slowly becomes corrupted and eventually leaves them unable to use any other power besides FMOMD (tm) which also gives them Big Pain. so yea he fatally wounds eldest and is about to torture him to death when shu fuckin itsuki (:shushock:) storms in and overwhelms him enough to force him into retreat but at that point eldest is still like, y'know dying and shu is very very conflicted on if he has to right to put him out of his misery bc he knows how much he means to mika and even tho eldest is like "milord, it is alright- we both know how this ends" shu is takin no bitches today and yeets him to the infirmary tent where doctors decend upon him like rabid bagers but they're all like "yea, no way. hes dyin" and he's liek "yep im dyin." and says "i am nothing but a fool, a weak hearted coward like guy said. i didn't have the strength to harm him, and this is the result. how dare i, who hath broken my treasured oath, dare to face you all?(a lot of the ppl there r runaways from the quadruplet's kingdom)" and then he tells them to gtfo so he can die in shame and alone and they're like "NAUUUUURRRR" but get dragged away anyways by the neighboring kingdom's knights who had less stake but was touched by the scene and relented to his wishes. but then ya boy, mika kagehara, who had snuck into battle as a supply runner, and was too busy getting bandages in the storage shed to hear abt thsi piping hot tea, accidently runs through the wall of the tent eldest was in and sees him there. thye have a heart to heart, mika cries, eldest's body is slowly shutting down so he can't bring tears but he still looks like hes holding it back and then mika mercy kills him

[2]and then mika gets the first gold eye wooooooooooo so yea the rebellion keeps fighting but mika (who had been found clutching his dearest brother's hand, a vile of their most quick, efficient, painless poison laying on the cot. a tender smile watching over him from beyond the grave) and is Extremely Distraught so shu takes him to a safehouse nearby (either one of his houses or a friend's) for him to recover where he hears news about ongoing news in the west. ok so lets talk abt the west. i just arbitrarily decided that anzu's kingdom is actually a large empire in the west (making her the empress woooooooo!!) and thye have some Really Big problems with monsters and pirates. you see all along the sides of their empire are massive magical forests, dense in monsters and resources. this has allowed their trade to boom as thye became better hunters and gatherers, but their booming trade all stirred up all kinds of trouble from envious kingdoms/groups/whomevers so they have rampant problems with all kinds of bandits and outlaws. so much that it overwhems the amount of knights they have available, so the kingdom created a really strict but highly compent hiring system for mercs, who get paid well for their loyalty assistance. so then suzu, a hyper-competent-only-seen-in-a-thousand-years-wizard rises to great acclaim very fast and word of her exploits + the empress's favor quickly reaches the kingdom valk is in. so shu, who knows everything abt the sitch by now, sends her news of the ongoings of the rebellion and how eldest is dead and mika is dealing Poorly. suzu likewise reacts Poorly and becomes filled with Vengeful Rage and runs over immediately to go kill guy(orange) anzu finds out shes gone by the note she left behind and makes Plans so suzu gets the drop on guy and kills guy boo de hoo and w/o him there to control the puppet soldier/golem things that had been defending the castle the rebellion succeeds Very Quickly

[1]i oculd cry [2]GIRLSLAY SUZU

shu itsuki bursts into the throne room (where guy died) shortly after and meets suzu who he Knows is suzu bc of her eyes and tells her the castle has been captured the the rebellion has won, suzu is relieved and collapses bc Epic Battle Tiring so shu takes her to the safe house mika is staying in for her to rest and get treatment. so the (now) twins are reunited :DD so suzu now has a gold eye, mika has a gold eye, and whoever kills the other inherits their gold eye from the brother they killed + unlocks the power of prophecy … "yea but htey obvs dont want to kill each other" u say, and ur absolutely right except god/demon/elderitch horror really really wants them too and plagues them with horrible night mares and sleep walking spells and after a few small nightime scares and one Very Big nightime Incident where mika had sleepwalked over to suzu with either a pillow or blanket in hand to smother her (which was seen and stopped before anything could happen by a patroling maid) they beomce Very Concered over it and try figuring out what to do when BA BAB BABAAAAAAAAAA ANZU AND ENJI (<-engirls mc, yes this is his name now im taking this name its my ver of cannon now) appear and reveal that while enji is Magicless (tm) he is suprisingly incredibly efficient at the hwole Hypothetical Magic field of study (the same field utilized/abused into the summoning of the thing) and with the power of Deus Ex Machina he and anzu manage to seal away the demon in a ritual that probs involved the twins's blood ngl and so yea woooooooooo after that thye take some days to calm down from the Everythings and eventaully talk about the . the waht happens next. mika admits he isn't a good fit for the throne due to his airheadedness and tendency to misunderstand the machinations of hihg society (& jus doesn't feel like he deserves it), and while suzu has similar inhibitions she knows one of them has to step up bc no one else will and so despite her fears she takes to plunge and accepts the crown

QUEEN SUZU

the kingdoms that helped during the war (anzu's empire+eldest's friend's kingdom) all form alliances as the suzu's kingdom undergoes intense reconstruction, developing a strong focus into research for many fields (mostly medicine, magic, and hypotheticals-a broad term used to emcompass many areas of study people would deem to be fiction, everything from what we[<-fourth wall break lol] consider modern science to the god/demon/elderitch magic that started and ended it all) enji moves there and takes up shop in the kingdom's grand university, becoming one of it's first researchers and lecturers. mika also attends one for a time, learning and researching the medicine that could have saved his brother's life + (accidently) finding a passion for artistic textiles and sewing. anzu and suzu eventually get engaged and circumvent the whole Heir Production thing by using a new hypothetical magic they+enji created that allows the user(s) to insert the blessings of one's bloodline onto anyone they want and proceed to bless two capable and loyal advisers. and while the decision was at first met with harsh criticism, they were eventually proven to have chosen well as the merrits of their successors build and build. oh yea and shu+mika are probs engaged bc why not other notes im toying w the idea of ra*bits also being from suzu's kingdom, but only nazuna managed to escape (by mika's side) while the rest were trapped in the palace with guy. they probs did espionage and helped the rebellion start tho, and defected as soon as they could. arashi's probs the other servant, bc she's mika's bestie. im thinking of making the safe house belong to wataru, bc lmao shu havin to ask a man he's friends w by circumstance for help bc he was the closest n most viable option n must throw away his pride for the one he loves. also bc of that thinkin of the 5 eccentrics all bein in that kingdom and at that point it'd probs make the most sense if it's king was rei huh. meh ill figure it out

mika also attends one for a time, learning and researching the medicine that fould have saved his brother’s life

i could die

[anon4] holy shit i love this

HUZZAH

[nyaitsu-writes]

I HEARD FANTASY AU AND I CAME RUNNING. it's meee.. ♪ the one named after the ball of flames in the sky except im on main again. (・v・；) hi avid fantasy enjoyer. i also have like 30 (dark) fantasy au's. it's crazy it's like a job isnt it?!?

i have a proposal for rei's garderobe if you are accepting offers 🙏 ALSO CAN YOU. can

can you tell us about natsume and switch please if you thought about them. i beg of you ple

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hi hiiii if it isn't my favourite star in the whole universe ( •̀ ω •́ )✧ i’m very much ready to read about those 30 dark fantasy aus,, i like dark fantasy <3 i just,, you can’t expect me not to turn every series i get into to a fantasy au with magic, royals and swords. i can’t. especially when there are so many unit concepts around knights and princes and monsters and... see it’s them, not me (●ˇ∀ˇ●)

i’m totally accepting offers for anything and everything here,, especially if it’s rei related. plus your taste in outfits is just so so good!! feel free to show <33

anyways welcome welcome please sit down and grab something to drink because i have MANY thoughts about natsume in this au.... many many thoughts

natsume is of course a full time magician! i mean. yeah. original aren't you nya ╰(*°▽°*)╯he lives in a little cottage in the middle of this dark and edgy forest people just avoid because bad vibes (tm). which is perfect for him! because he gets this cute little place aaaaall for himself and his research... no, not really sora lives with him but shhhh <3

anyways natsume,, talented as usual, socialization still isn’t his forte but who needs people when you have cats and magic? he’s happy as long as he gets to try new spells and learn all the secret magic he wants. he keeps mumbling over how he could actually overthrow eichi if he wanted to, that he should be grateful natsume has other things to work on or he’d be king already,, see, eichi doesn’t have a good relationship with the oddballs in this universe either~ so yeah natsume is our local extremely powerful (and grumpy) magician

aaaaand sora is a magician in training! he's seen what natsume's real magic looks like and he wants to do something like that, because he wants to make the world a better and happier place (❁´◡`❁) also, someone has to look after natsume or he'll forget to eat and sleep for a week straight when he's too absorbed by his work. sora is there to cheer him up and be the little voice of reason that takes the big alchemy books from his desk when it's waaaay past bed time. and natsume,, thinks a bit of sora like his little brother because i know natsume does this even in usual enstars and this is my au and switch is a family <3

together they run some sort of,, spells on demand place? as long as you have the money and don't ask for anything that contradicts natsume's morals (which are,, kind of interesting on its own) you might get the perfect magical solution for all your troubles! sora is the delivery boy in all of this, he runs from natsume's place to town all day long and also does a huge variety of odd jobs because natsume is as picky as ever when it comes to taking jobs and there are two people in this house. sora the little lifesaver that keeps them well fed ♪(´▽｀)

now mugi! tsumugi is the royal librarian ehehe most people are surprised at how close he is to prince eichi but they've known each other for a loooong time so there's this kind of weird friendship/trust/strange relationship between them. anyways tsumugi is just,, so knowleadgeable about books. and about everything that's going on inside and outside the castle. he keeps tabs on everyone? how? i don't even know but he's friends with literally everyone you can think of. 

so that includes sora too! because he's such a cute boy of course tsumugi is friends with him! which means he is friends with natsume by default, the whole “friends of my friends are my friends”. natsume (as usual) doesn't quite agree with the whole friends part and won't hesitate to close the door on mugi's face every time he comes to visit, saying that if he even tries to push that door open he's going to curse him for the rest of his life and his next 6 lifes. it never works out though. mugi is,, very curse resistant, it seems ehehe

but yeah! sora takes tsumugi to have dinner with them at least once a week and it’s just,, switch being a little (fantasy) family together? in a tiny little cottage in the middle of nowhere? natsume keeps swearing tsumugi won’t come into their house ever again because his curse will definitely work this time but it just. never does. maaaaaybe because he isn’t putting his whole heart into it. so we just turn to the classics and get some little natsume violence. as a treat dfgdfg

i've just realized but. don't they give some howl moving castle vibes? i have a bit of a,, very strong passion for that movie.... the romance is so good... anyways do please imagine “dating natsume the magician” because i’ve already thought about it and (〃 ω 〃) i’m going to stop here before i turn this into a full length book ehehe

[nyaitsu-writes]

So...umm...Hi, once again. I'm very happy to be called Candy Anon, it reminds me of Hinata *COUGHS* Anyways, I was just a tiny, just very very very tiny, a bit curious on that fantasy AU you were talking about if you don't mind sharing, please. (Because I think it's starting to infect my mind now help) - 🍬 anon

omg candy nonnie you don't even know what you've done asking me to talk about my big very big unnecessarily big enstars fantasy au because there's a lot and i don't even know where to start BUT! i'll do my best and try to do a summary (●ˇ∀ˇ●)

once upon a time there was this big biiiig kingdom ruled by everyone’s favourite crown prince, eichi <3 some people say he’s too strict, some people say he’s kind but doesn’t know how to show it, but at least people under his reign do live happily! but alas not everything can be nice and sugary sweet for our prince has an extreme rivalry with someone… and that is demon lord rei! because you know he’s a demon! demons can’t be good people, everyone knows that! and it’s his duty to just,, do something about it! （︶^︶）

and yet the inhabitants of rei’s demon kingdom are pretty pleased with their current situation? human and demons living together under his wing, no bad vibes! i mean yeah things could be a bit better if eichi and rei would stop being passive aggressive to each other every time there’s an attempt at a diplomatic meeting between them but,, give them time, there’s a lot to unpack ehehe

i just,, i know i said summary but lemme go a bit overboard with this… hinata and yuta are rei’s absolutely chaotic but very much beloved sidekicks / accidentally adopted children and they’re a happy family together,, undead + 2wink family rights in each and every thing i write! the aoi twins as cute demons with small bat wings who enjoy playing around and overall just having a good time,, yuta is hinata’s control switch because they always get complaints on the latest prank he pulled on whatever innocent victim he found this time and rei just pretty much lets him do as he pleases because he’s like,, another one of his little siblings. just rei playing big brother on everyone in his kingdom, that’s it, that’s the whole au. maybe that’s because ritsu decided to fly away too soon,, sob sob he misses his official little brother so much. but! hinata and yuta sneaking into other kingdoms to meet people, get new friends and just enjoy life to the fullest o((>ω< ))o

more kingdoms! we get eden ft his highness nagisa and royal prince hiyori. nagisa, who looks like this big and scary ruler everyone is pretty afraid of because he’s always so serious? but he’s actually soft… <3 it’s just his very trusted advisor suggested him to keep that image!! and hiyori! who is having the time of his life just travelling, taking it easy and dragging knight jun with him everywhere. no, no, his duties to the crown start on keeping him entertained so it’s okay! a prince needs his protection!

of course knights does also have a big part in this whole au because… knights being knights + demon lord rei were the two reasons i came up with this whole thing (*/ω＼*) royal guards knights with leo as their captain! ohhh leo being the strong and adventurous hero everyone tells stories about! people say he killed a dragon! that he found a magical crystal in a far away land! he retired from that kind of life and decided to take care of the knights of his kingdom! but leo randomly decides that being a knight isn’t his thing anymore, that he’s tired and you know what? he wants more time to compose. so he pretty much just,, flees the kingdom ehehe and shoves all his responsibilities under poor little tsukasa, one of the lower princes in another kingdom, who decided to follow his heart and join the knights out of admiration for leo and is now charged not only with dealing with all the knights as the newly appointed captain but also finding leo because you just,, can’t do that? you don’t run away like that?? 

leo living his best life as a travelling bard, having fun, playing music and being actually free for once in his life~ he does get tired of going from one place to another and decides to come back, as long as he gets to change his title from captain to royal composer. ohhh yeah. not everyone is pleased with that but leo likes it very much! he almost spends more time with everyone else than he does composing but that’s,, an entirely different story

uwaaa this got so long omg i’m sorry as you can see i have many many many thoughts about it,, i have more or less an idea for most of the characters in enstars ehehe this is what happens when you keep listening to little romance on repeat for days…enstars fantasy otome au,, yup i’m going to name it just like that <3 i will admit that i accidentally came up with all of this for oc purposes but it’s become so big and so complex that i just… casually takes my oc out of this entire thing and proceeds to watch from the sidelines ♪(´▽｀) 

so yeah! if anyone is curious to get more details on this or just want to know what x character does in this universe feel free to ask! especially for my favs i have a lot of info for them ehehehe