#era 0

[w1cksters]

ERA 0 Ghouls!

I think these are right (I cant really tell)

idk I have a strange obsession with era 0. We should totally give these guys a name!! We should also give more of the era 1 and 2 ghouls names as well. Era 0, 1, and 2 are my favorite eras.

[rheian]

MERTHUR AUs

A collection of my Merthur fics that I thoroughly liked. This started out as a fluffy collection, how did this turn out to be a goddamn AU collection?? Also can I just say “Arlin” is such a stupid alt ship name. Glad we stuck with Merthur, christ. This list is a bit shorter than my last one, sorry about that!

If there are fanfiction you cannot access and you do not have an ao3 account then that probably means the fic is restricted, sorry! I highly recommend you to create an ao3 account.

Click “Keep Reading” for the list. ( dividers © )

How (Not) to be a YouTuber: A Comprehensive Guide by Idiots by Imagined, Scarlet_Ribbons ( T | 7k words | one-shot )

Arthur has a gaming channel. Merlin has a gardening channel. The only thing they have in common, it seems, is the fact they're both successful YouTubers, and that their followers want them to do a collab in spite of how different their content is.

Or: In which Arthur and Merlin flirt (despite Merlin’s mysterious fiancé), Morgana dishes out the hottest gossip, Gwaine keeps trying to fight the entire internet, and their fans are maybe just a little too overbearing.

Merlin/Arthur Pendragon | Youtuber AU, Secret Relationship, Social Media

twitterature by cominupforair ( T | 5k words | one-shot )

Arthur is Camelot FC’s star striker. Merlin is Ealdor FC’s starting goalkeeper. And the whole world thinks they’re rivals, but are they?

aka the Social Media/Football/Wedding AU nobody had asked for

Part 1 out of 3 : Camelot FC

Merlin/Arthur Pendragon | Football AU, Idiots in Love, Secret Relationship

Shadowlord and Pirate King by Footloose, mushroomtale ( E | 169k words | completed )

A fast ship, a good crew, a treasure, a Clan to lead -- that's all Arthur Pendragon has ever wanted. He sits on the Council, he supports his father's kingship, and he keeps an eye on the Imperial Conglomerate when they come too close to Pirate space.

One day the Conglomerate infiltrates the Clans and poisons the King. Arthur must search for a cure to keep his father alive and the Clans from civil war.

An escape route, a sharp knife, a target, the shadows at his command -- that's all Merlin has ever needed. He fulfills his assignments, he uses the Sterling to sustain his once-royal House in their exile, and wages a private war against the Imperial Conglomerate.

When he learns of an elaborate plot to assassinate him, Merlin does the opposite of what's expected. He flees onto a Pirate ship.

There's a saying among the Pirates: that one's fate is written in the stars. Destiny will always set to rights what has been made wrong.

Arthur and Merlin know that they were meant for the other from the moment they meet. They can feel it from across the galaxies separating them. Nothing can stop them from being together or from fulfilling an ancient prophecy.

Merlin/Arthur Pendragon | Space / Original AU, Space Opera, futuristic warfare

Noodles Save The Day, Even In Mysterious Ways by Dream_Me_A_Song ( T | 12k words | two-shot )

Arthur has been having a very bad week. Arguments with his father, sister and his best friend. Just got laid of his job. And now made a fool of himself in front of the cute boy from his favorite coffe shop.

Merlin/Arthur Pendragon | Modern AU, Getting Together, First Dates

It's Nice to Finally Tweet You by Pendragons Dragonlord ( T | 15k words | one-shot )

Merlin's eyes scan the headline.

Arthur Pendragon reveals mark in attempt to find the one.

"I pity the guy who's unfortunate enough to get him as a soul mate.”

In which Arthur is a famous celebrity, Merlin is a beloved teacher, and they break Twitter once. Well, twice. Okay so it's a whole bunch of times actually but it's not their fault. Really it's not.

Merlin/Arthur Pendragon | Modern AU, Soulmates AU, Twitter, Angst and Humor

True Love by platonic_boner ( T | 6k words | one-shot )

AU where soulmates can’t lie to each other.

(That’s okay, Merlin wasn’t planning to lie to Arthur anyways! Haha.. ha.. ha…)

Merlin/Arthur Pendragon | Soulmates AU, Angst with a Happy Ending, Mutual Pining, Misunderstandings

Moonlit by TheDragon ( M | 3k words | one-shot )

Prince Arthur is a werwulf—the one thing Camelot hates more than sorcerers. He was bitten back when he was 19, and he vividly remembers spending his first full moon running through the forest, killing every animal in sight.

Nowadays, Arthur hides away on full moons. There's a corridor in the dungeons, with many cells that have certainly seen better days. Arthur spends the whole night locked and shackled in a cell at the end of the corridor, praying to any god that will listen that no one hears his snarls.

He's been lucky these past few years. Very, very lucky.

Unfortunately, it seems his luck has run out. [...]

Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin) | Werewolf AU, Canon-Typical Violence, Captivity

The Prince's Mistress by mayfriend ( M | 97k words | completed ) 

When Uther declared war on the Old Religion after the death of his wife in childbirth, he was warned that there would be consequences to his crusade beyond his worst nightmares. But Uther ignored these warnings, and the purge continued. If he'd known the price his people would pay for his vendetta, perhaps he would have been more wary.

Twenty years have passed since the great purge began, and Uther's subjects have grown barren. Fewer children are born with each passing year, until the very future of the Kingdom was endangered. In a final attempt to save Camelot, Uther decreed that men of the noble class were allowed to take mistresses without fear of condemnation. The social class from which the mistress originated didn't matter, as long as she was able to bear an heir - an heir that would be recognised and legitimised by the court.

Merlin, having been raised outside Camelot, knew little of these problems. If she had, she'd have thought twice before she saved the prat of a prince's life and was made his mistress as a 'reward' by Uther.

A fill from a kinkmeme prompt, which focuses on an canon AU where Merlin is a girl, Arthur's mistress, and the only hope for a waning Camelot.

Merlin/Arthur Pendragon | Gender Swap AU, Canon Divergence, Female Merlin, Assassination Attempt(s)

a half of a whole (cannot truly forget the other) by Steamcraft ( T | 99k words | completed )

From the majority of the patients in Camelot Mental Health Institute, Colin Morgan - or Merlin as he insists to be called - seems the most normal aside from the delusions. Bradley only wishes he'd stop calling him Arthur for gods sake because now he dreams of legends.

Merlin/Arthur Pendragon | Mental Institution AU, Modern AU, Reincarnation, Immortal Merlin, Hospital Malpractice

I Will Share Your Road by PinkGold ( E | 7k words | one-shot )

 ‘Who is this?’

Arthur’s heart was beating fast. He didn’t know what to expect, but whatever he was doing, it felt wrong. He checked to see if the doors had been properly closed, and when he looked down at his forearm again, he had a new message.

‘They call me Emrys.’

Emrys, Arthur mumbled. Weird name.

‘How are you doing this?’

The answer took a while to appear in his skin, right on the inside portion of his upper arm.

‘Magic.’

OR

In which Arthur and Merlin are soulmates who can write on each other's skin.

Merlin/Arthur Pendragon | Soulmates AU, Druid Merlin, Two Person Love Triangle, Insecure Arthur, Idiots in Love

leaves on a pear tree (the you're so young remix) by coricomile ( T | 1k words | one-shot )

“The magic,” Merlin says. “Isn’t it funny that it’s you with it this time around instead of me? Imagine what Uther would say.”

Merlin/Arthur Pendragon | Hogwarts AU, Modern AU, Reincarnation

Deeds by the5leggedCricket ( T | 6k words | completed )

Arthur is coming of age, and that means he’s about to get Deeds—marks on his body telling him of his soulmate’s greatest accomplishments. But as he tries to find his soulmate, he also makes some worrying discoveries about the kind of person his soulmate is.

Merlin/Arthur Pendragon | Soulmates AU, Canon divergence, Oblivious Arthur, Fluff

[autism-ghost-flavored]

I’m sure some mutuals already know this cause we have mentioned it in discord servers and stuff but like. Era 0 ghouls. Silly guys. Don’t know any of their names. Except for the bassist. He is a water ghoul and his name is Bay. We love Bay. He was Nihil’s weird little frog. Was oddly protective of Primo and later Secondo. We have him here and he is lovely. Petition to name him Bay colloquially.

[s8nicpanicc]

Era 0 ghouls in my canon have names that are just slang for smoking weed thanks to my friends

[peepawnihil]

No..

I didn't just violently sob over sister and nihils relationship, I don't know what YOUR talking about.

This picture sent me over the edge. Sobbing, crying, throwing up, running into walls, falling of cliffs. Please.

I love them to much

[mandms-blog-of-silly]

⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️

☆ HI THERE! HI! HI BABIES! HIGH ERA 0 GHOULS! HI MY SILLIES! HI! LOVE YOU! <3

⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️

⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️

[sovaghoul]

A chain of thoughts lead me to naming Nihil's Ghouls. I know it's usually Ignis, Terra, etc.. But consider instead the fixed signs in astrology.

Aquarius - Air (I know)

Leo - Fire

Scorpio - Water

Taurus - Earth

Umbra - Quintessence

Alternatively, maybe the Cardinal signs?

Libra

Aries

Cancer

Capricorn

Animus

And what if the Cirice Ghouls were the Mutable signs??

Gemini

Virgo

Pisces

Sagittarius

Astrum

No the Quint ghouls aren't signs but just what if?

...What if a mix???

Libra

Leo

Pisces

Taurus

Nebula

Suffice to say I have no idea.

[sparxyv]

Have a shitty happy holiday!

What’s better than a late night holiday ritual with the gang?

This was fun to make! Happy Holidays everyone!

The 60s ghouls <3

[duskspring]

I personally don’t like calling the ghouls by just their element since, for example, the name ‘water’ gets used for multiple different water ghouls.

What I do propose is that Nihil’s band was called by just their basic elements because back then ghouls weren’t really seen as anything more than servants.

[th3d0nutl0rd]

I'm literally camping and I'm going insane not being able to draw the new ghouls or anything 😭😭😭

[thermodynamic-comedian]

dont ask me if i took screenshots of young sister imperator in the new lyric video. you already know i did. she is everything to me and i refuse to be normal abt her

also apparently young nihil CAN hit those low second chorus notes despite being a pathetic emogirl. huh

lots and lots to be insane abt with this one ghesties. expect to hear more from me

[w1cksters]

HES ALIVE!!!

MY BABY!!! I shouldnt have made that last post too soon!! I love you earth ghoul

[rheian]

APOLLO / PERCY

*Pops out* hi! there’s apparently controversy surrounding god/mortal ships, so just a reminder to be kind to everyone & keep discourse out of this post, please and thank you! This fic list is a bit shorter than normal, sorry about that!

If there are fanfiction that you cannot access and you do not have an ao3 account then that probably means the fic is restricted. Create an ao3 account even if you won’t write. Trust me, It’ll be a lifesaver.

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Wonder If We Might by mrthology ( T | 3k words | one-shot )

"It's nothing serious, Dad," Percy insisted. He was just glad Triton wasn't a part of the conversation this time. His brother seemed to be personally offended that Percy had even spoken to Apollo, let alone gone to dinner with him. "It was a date. A singular date. That's nothing. And it wasn't even really a date!" [...]

Or Percy went on one date with Apollo. One. It didn't mean anything, right?

Part 12 out of 23 : Percy + Apollo

Apollo/Percy Jackson | Camp Mom Percy Jackson, Protective Poseidon, Fluff You’ll see a lot from that collection lol, i recommend reading everything from that collection.

Going once, going twice, sold! by CalmingJasmineTea ( T | 2k words | one-shot )

The Aphrodite cabin rope Percy into auctioning off a date for a demigod education event. It gets... a bit out of hand when the gods participate in the event.

Apollo/Percy Jackson | Camp Mom Percy Jackson, apollo is a simp, Charity Auctions

River to the Sun by novellaofsonatas ( T | 6k words | one-shot )

Percy always knew the gods were real.

So he decided to pray.

Apollo/Percy Jackson | Pagan Percy Jackson, Gay Percy Jackson, Child Abuse

Here On The Sunny Side by mrthology ( G | 4k words | one-shot )

“Just talk to him.”

Cody blinked. He could do a lot of things, but approaching Percy Jackson and just talking to him was not one of those things.

Or Percy’s part of a group project at NRU. His group mates aren’t exactly sure what to make of him. Or of his mysterious paramour.

Part 20 out of 23 : Percy + Apollo

Apollo/Percy Jackson | POV Outsider, Post-The Trials of Apollo, Attempt at Humor Not really ship focused imo, but it’s there and it’s not a background ship!

Moment by Moment by mrthology ( T | 4k words | one-shot )

Percy has been dating Apollo for three months, two weeks, and three days. Not that he had been counting or anything. Everything was going amazingly well, all things considered. His mother approved, insofar as she would ever approve of him dating a god, his friends all supported him, and Apollo was the definition of the perfect boyfriend. He had never been happier.

Percy just needed to somehow tell his father. And Triton.

Apollo/Percy Jackson | Relationship Reveal, Crack Treated Seriously, Undersea Family

Lovers of Apollo Club by fanamaniac ( G | 6k words | two-shot )

“He has moved on, then?” Hyacinthus asked, breaking the silence. Percy’s eyes snapped up and met the nonjudgmental look of the prince.

Percy cleared his throat. “Yeah,” he responded, “a couple of times since you, but yeah.”

Hyacinthus laughed mirthlessly. “Not quite,” he lamented, “you’re the first since me.”

Apollo/Percy Jackson, Percy Jackson & Hyacinthus | Insecure Percy Jackson “to have loved and have lost is better than never having loved at all” ouch.

painting the sun in your eyes by Sappho_of_Space ( G | 2k words | one-shot )

As a god, Apollo had multiple facets, multiple domains. While he is a destructive god, he is also the god of art.

Apollo will do whatever he must to make Percy appreciate art.

Apollo/Percy Jackson | gods being gods, Forced Immortality, Deity Percy Jackson

Long Ago, That Current Caught Us by mrthology ( M | 25k words | three-shot )

"I'm looking for books about Greek mythology," Percy told the librarian. "About a boy who fell out of the sky."

"That would be Icarus, dear," she said. "He accidentally flew too close to the sun and paid the ultimate price. It's a fascinating myth, if sad. He fell into the sea and drowned."

Or, in another life, Percy was Icarus, the boy who flew too close to the sun. Apollo is still the same.

Part 9 out of 23 : Percy + Apollo

Apollo/Percy Jackson | Reincarnation, Percy Jackson Needs a Hug, Non-Linear Narrative If you can accept the fact that the fic won't tell the tale 1 to 1, this is a 10/10 must read.

It's all a matter of Trust and Time by Kuroishuuha ( T | 1k words | one-shot )

Trust takes years to build, seconds to break, and forever to repair.

Well it's a good thing Apollo ensured that he will have forever.

Apollo/Percy Jackson | Deity Percy Jackson, Forced Immortality, Dark Apollo

it's not that complicated by mrthology ( T | 15k words | completed )

"I’m dating your dad," Percy confessed in a rush.

Will frowned. "Run that by me again?" he asked, "did you just say you're dating my dad? But Annabeth just kissed you goodbye on her way to her Cabin!"

"Oh, I'm still dating Annabeth," Percy said earnestly. "I'm just dating your dad as well."

Will blinked, mouth dropping open. He closed it again after a moment, visibly thinking. "Is Annabeth dating my dad?"

Percy laughed and shook his head. "No, definitely not," he said firmly. "Just me."

Or, Percy is dating Annabeth AND Apollo, and is extremely happy with the arrangement (and feeling more loved than he thought possible). Annabeth and Apollo are absolutely not dating but may (just may) be fast becoming best friends. Not that either of them will ever admit that in a million years.

Part 2 out of 3 : this is my boyfriend percy, and percy's boyfriend, apollo

Annabeth Chase/Percy Jackson, Apollo/Percy Jackson | Domestic Fluff, Polyamory, Bisexual Percy Jackson

My Golden Crown of Sorrow, My Bloody Sword to Swing by mrthology ( T | 8k words | one-shot )

He stepped forwards, Anaklusmos held out in front of him. No one else was in the throne room—not even Annabeth. It was just him and Luke's body. His feet crunched over shattered bits of marble and glass, the steps loud in the echoing silence. He looked up to the black sky above, terror suddenly clogging his throat. Something was wrong here. He had been sure his dreams would end with Kronos' defeat, that he would no longer be haunted by visions of what could be and would no longer have voices clamouring in his mind.

Apparently not.

Or Percy refused godhood standing in the ruins of Olympus, Luke’s body sprawled at his feet. Fate, however, has a different plan for him, and for them all.

Part 7 out of 23 : Percy + Apollo

Apollo/Percy Jackson | Pre-The Heroes of Olympus, Percy Jackson is a God, AU – Canon Divergence

[nuntia]

I noticed, after a long hibernation, that Papa Nihil's Ghouls have been making waves! I get so excited about the name suggestions for them! If you have stories to share, please do so too! I would love to know!

Year Zero Nameless Ghouls' ….Names

first shared on Twitter (follow @untenerin, on tumblr is @agent1030)

[SECRETS FROM THE CLERGY]

It is still law to refer to Ghouls as "Nameless Ghouls", this is due to the purpose for which they were brought to Earth.

However, it is human nature to need to name everything and everyone. It was no different with the first Ghouls in the service of the Ghost project.

There are few written records, and all of them are from diaries or unofficial documents that Siblings of Sin left written. I gathered them all up together and concluded that the following names may have once been of the Ghouls of Year Zero:

Fire Ghoul – Agarat

Named after the similarities with the demon of the same name, who teaches languages, holds fugitives, has the ability to generate earthquakes and is endowed with the honour of bestowing noble titles.

Agarat is, immediately after Special, the ghoul who has the greatest facility with human languages. He is the one who often verbally conveys the needs and quirks of creatures like him so that humans can understand them.

After much hesitation, along with the Water Ghoul, he was one of the first to go to Papa Nihil to comfort him, breaking the old strict rules imposed by the Clergy that they could never ever, unless it is an emergency or required, be in the same room as humans.¹

Water Ghoul – Icarus

An incident witnessed by the Siblings of Sin on a full moon dawn, the Water Ghoul was named as the mythological figure after he leapt from a tree into the great lake of the Abbey with the membranes of his infernal form open.

He is, by the nature of his element, one of the most empathetic. He was the one who went against the rules of the hierarchy for the first time and entered Papa Nihil's room after the fateful day he and Sister Imperator ended their relationship.

He likes to cook, for some unknown reason. However, it never goes well and was the reason for the Ghouls' total ban from working in the kitchen.¹

Earth Ghoul – Rime

Not only is he called that because of his very good rhythmic sense, but because he likes to read and, under the influence of all the poetry books read, he involuntarily speaks in rhyme. At first, Siblings of Sin thought it funny, and then they often dared to go and talk to him just to hear him "talk like a Shakespearean character".¹

He is one of the strictest sticklers for the rules, choosing to stay in his room and appear to the humans only when absolutely necessary. The old cabin where the Earth Ghouls stayed during their heat was built by him, after he nearly collapsed the dungeons when he also activated the Fire Ghoul's heat.²

Air Ghoul – Citrus

Also obsessed with cooking¹, but he didn't know how to peel oranges and tangerines and squeeze them, spreading them everywhere. The smell didn't leave his skin for the next two weeks, as his skin is very porous and absorbs strong odours for a long time.

Three weeks later, the same thing happened with lemons and it was Sister Imperator herself who addressed him as Citrus. In fact, she wrinkled her nose at the strong odour, questioning "Citrus?" more to herself than anyone else. He had come to inform her that Papa Nihil requested her presence in his office, and answered her very simply to the (rhetorical) question "Yes, Ma'am." The Sibling of Sin who heard, began to call him that.

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And here I leave you with this information. If you wish, I can share some more curiosities. Just tell me what you want to know that I will search for all the answers to the last book in the library.

I remind you, however, that it is possible that there are other names by which they referred to these ghouls. If you have any information, don't be shy to share it!

May the Lord Below guide you into the night,

Nuntia

[s8nicpanicc]

Tiktok screenshot redraw for era 0 earth ghoul, Jive , ref below the cut

[hoofpeet]

Mech pilot girl <3