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Horizon to Horizon AU Masterpost!

(And some Saints of Eyes and Ears AU too!)

*this is a work in progress, updates will occur sporadically as I find motivation in drawers and under my bed*

A guide to my fantasy worldbuilding alternate universe built around the Hermitcraft, Empires, Evolution, and Life Series SMPs.

Questions are always welcome, and my ask box is open!

The elevator pitch:

The sun rises, and the moon rises, and the sun sets, and the moon sets, all between the Four Horizons of the world. One to each cardinal direction, and each with it’s own continent: Equinox to the North, Solstice to the south. Sunrise to the East, Sunset to the West. Civilizations rule the Land of the Sunrise, the Birthplace of Day and Night. Empires rule the Land of the Sunset, the Resting Place of Day and Night. Hermits and Emperors make peace and war, trade and explore, live and die and make merry in this First Dimension. The Second, the Nether Below, and the Third, the End Above, are lands of danger ripe for discovery. The lands to the north and south, however… who knows what’s over there, leagues past the vanishing point of plain sight?

More in-depth stuff below the cut! Fair warning, ‘tis very long.

What is the Horizon to Horizon AU?

The Horizon to Horizon AU, or more simply Horizons AU, is an alternate universe fusion containing the characters within the Hermitcraft SMP, Empires SMP, and Evolution, or Evo SMP. It is a high-to-mid fantasy setting, with some sci-fi elements when it comes to redstone.

Fics set in this au, in-universe chronological order:

- Among the mountains of everlong, a story about the Stronghold War (3,451 words, unfinished, on hiatus)

- Cracking like a dry branch in a westward wind, a story about newcomers and old debts (24,980 words, finished!)

- A kindling, of sorts, fluff and banter and all that jazz (3,423 words, unfinished)

- Legend has it that the moss grows on the north side of the trees, or, 2023 Hermittober Chapters, a story about crime and conspiracy (12,875 words, finished but I haven’t uploaded them all yet)

- Give me back my heart, you wingless thing, a story about prophecies and past tragedies (25,025 words, unfinished, a good ways along, currently working on this one)

- We’ll sing a song of days gone by, a story about the forgotten history that ties Horizons to the Saints of Eyes and Ears (unpublished, hammering it out in private at the moment)

Who’s who in this universe?

Between the Horizons, there are two major groups: the Hermits of the Sunrise, and the Emperors of the Sunset. This AU was made during Season 9 of Hermitcraft and Season 2 of Empires, and more specifically was born from a question that came into my mind during the crossover event: What would happen if the Hermits were tasked with ruling nations, like Emperors?

The emperors are pretty much doing the same thing they usually do: ruling empires. But the hermits are split into two main camps: those active in the crossover, who I arbitrarily chose to rule their own civilizations (as having a civilization for each hermit would be… some nonsense), and those not active in the crossover, who live among the civilizations, but do not rule. A full list of Hermits and who they are in alphabetical order follows:

- BdoubleO: The Lord Bee Double Oh of the Moss Throne, moss-faerie, ruler of Livingstone

- cubfan135: The Sovereign Cub Fan Voidstars of the Red Rock Crown, half-vex infected with sculk, ruler of Climbing Spires

- Docm77: The King Doc Mk-77 of the Deepfang Crown, goat-folk-faerie, ruler of The Maw

- ethoslab: Wanderer and freelance redstone technomancer, ambiguous canine-folk

- FalseSymmetry: The Lady False Symmetry of the Darkwood Throne, human(?), ruler of Umbra

- GeminiTay: The Queen Gemini Taylor of the Crown of Needles, deer-faerie, ruler of Evergreen

- Grian: The Sitter Grian Sunset of the Dusk Throne, parrot-folk, ruler of Sunset Coast

- hypnotizd: Mercenary and eyes-for-hire, bat-folk

- impulseSV: The Emperor Impulse Esvee of the Emerald Throne, cat-folk, ruler of The Labyrinth

- iskall85: The Vice-Mayor Iskall Eighty Five, wolf-folk, second-in-command of Iceberg Metropolis

- iJevin: The Crown Prince Eye Jevin of the Clearwater Crown, thinking slime, ruler of The Watering Hole

- joehills: The Administrator Joe Hills of the Other Throne, just a guy, ruler of Elsewhere

- Keralis: The Mayor Keralis of the Blue Ice Crown, wolf-folk, ruler of Iceberg Metropolis

- MumboJumbo: Chief Engineer and Technomancer of Technicolor City, plant-faerie

- PearlescentMoon: The High Priestess of the Throne of Histories, llama-folk, ruler of Great Acacia

- rendog: The King Ren Dog of the Crown of Vines, wolf-folk, ruler of The Tangle

- Skizzleman: Official cross-ocean diplomat between the Hermit Civilizations and the Empires of the Sunset, parrot-folk

- Stressmonster: Wandering trader of information from the little creatures of the world, butterfly-fae

- TangoTek: The King Tango Tek of the Basalt Throne, third-blaze-third-stray-third-human, ruler of The Neverglades

- VintageBeef: Just your local neighborhood innkeeper, tavern-keeper, and quest giver, cow-folk

- Welsknight: Trusted knight and right hand man to Bee Double, human

- xisumavoid: The Commander X of the Dragon Crown, living void?, ruler of The Dragon’s Spine

- Zedaph: Freelance wandering inventor and mad scientist, half-sheep-half-chicken-folk

- ZombieCleo: The Duchess Cleo of the Everfrost Throne, zombie, ruler of Permafrost Springs

And the Emperors of the Sunset, too:

- fwhip: The Duke Fwhip of the Icicle Throne, polar-bear-folk, ruler of Glacier Way

- Jimmy Solidarity: The Trailblazer Jimmy of the Throne of Dust, horse-folk, ruler of Frontier

- Joey Graceffa: The Lord Protector of the Petal Crown, sniffer-folk, ruler of Paradise Mountain

- Katherine Elizabeth: The Maiden Queen Katherine Elizabeth of the Powder Snow Throne, human, ruler of Skytouch

- LDShadowLady: The Lady-Defender Lizzie Shadow-Lady of the Glowing Crown, firefly-faerie, ruler of The Waterways

- MythicalSausage: The Guardian-Emperor Mythical Sausage of the Underthrone, human, ruler of The Thicket

- Pixlriffs: The Emperor Pixl Rifra of the Verdant Crown, parrot-folk, ruler of The Emerald Lands

- Scott Smajor: The Emperor Scott S. Major of the Gilded Crown, half-husk, ruler of Solis

- SmallishBeans: The King Joel S. Beans of the Ivory Crown, goat-folk, ruler of Undermoon (an Emperor in this AU)

- Shubble: The Great Librarían Shubble Shade-Stander of the Copper Throne, fox-folk, ruler of Great Aurora

- TheOrionSound: The Marcher-Lord Oli Sounder of the Crown of Grasses, llama-folk, ruler of Cross-Country

Also kicking around are the members of the Evolution SMP, who are not hermits or emperors, most of whose characters are not entirely fleshed out as of writing. Their descriptions will be updated later, and all are parrot-folk:

- MiniMuka, technomancer

- InTheLittleWood, diplomat and brother to Grian

- Nettyplays

- bigbst4

- SalemsLady, Sensor Systems Operator

- Tomohawk

- systemzee

- Taurtis/Joeyish, Shrieker Systems Operator

And what is the Saints of Eyes and Ears AU?

The Saints of Eyes and Ears AU is… sort of its own thing, and sort of a part of Horizons. It is a retelling of the events of the Life Series SMP through a semi-historical, semi-legendary lens as the cosmology/history of a religion known as Livolutionism. It is mostly based on the history-legends of Christianity, more specifically Catholicism, as that religion is the one I am most familiar with.

The elevator pitch:

In the time before time, when the world was small and the gods were close, an endless line of descendants of descendants lived and died under a sky full of eyes. Saints and sinners, lovers and enemies, bitter rivals and soulbound comrades have lived a thousand lives beneath the watchful gaze of the angels above, and demons below. But what an angel or devil is up to interpretation, as are their opaque intentions.

This will probably get its own post later down the line.

Okay, what are those legends?

The events of the various installments of the life series are collected into various books, which are self-contained tales that each follow a specific Saint, the winner of that particular installment, and the world and people that grow and flourish and crumble and die around them. The books and their Saints are as follows:

- The Book of Thirds, surrounding the life of the Saint Grian of the Desert Sun and the Red Winter War

- The Book of Lasts, surrounding the life of the Saint Scott of the Endless Stars and the Trickery of the Boogymen

- The Book of Doubles, surrounding the life of the Saint Pearl of the Shadowed Moon and the Bonds of the Soulmates

- The Book of Limits, surrounding the life of the Saint Martyn of the Stained Mars and the Chaos of the Clock

- The Book of Secrets, surrounding the life of the Saint Scar of the Blooming Earth and the Keeper’s Whispered Words

- The Real Book, a disputed scripture, surrounding the life of the Saint Cleo of the Fading Comet and the Repeating Lives

[pixxl-axolotl]

i just had a horrible vision about how tommyinnit was canonically religious and worshipped twitch prime (more accurately , church prime / the prime church) and how twitch is a bunch of people watching you live, and that the deities of the prime church were actually watchers, and some convoluted tommyinnit-hermitcraft au flashed through my mind in half a second

[cuteiemonster]

my SECOND piece for the @mcytblraufest !!

this time, for @theminecraftbee 's fic, [ SOLVING COUNTING SHEEP ] !! i had so much fun trying to settle on what scene to draw that i ended up with uh. Major Spoilers. dont worry about it! youll know it when you see it.

was genuinely an honor to work on this with Second, @seawaveleo, and @strifetxt !! o7

[silverechosandblankmasks]

Everyone on, or well, from Evo has feathers on their ears.

It's expected for Grian and Jimmy as bird Hybrids, Avians, but the others definitely get looks once people realize they all have them despite the lack of Avian traits, it's easy to realize it's a weird thing when they all have them despite all odds of genetics or luck.

Nobody will ever know the panic the members went through, both the ones the reconnected and the ones that scattered to the winds, when they first came in before they got Out. That the feathered ears (and for some, in other places too), actually predated Jimmy and Grian presenting as Avians so many years later.

That the others, before Grian knew they were alive, before they knew Grian was alive, held with bated breath until Pearl presented into a Moth hybrid of all things. So it wasn't a premonition of a change to come…. But then they didn't really know what it was then, other than a reminder, or maybe just a marker of what they all went through.

Later, when Grian is informed his players have been found and alive and there's tears and fights and screaming and hugs that bruise, they will notice the wings, and he will notice their lack of and the feathers that are still there, and they will talk, but nothing will come of it.

And if later, during SMP's and Life series, if someone questions their feathers, they will all exchange secretive, searching looks with each other before saying It's nothing important.

If you ask Grian he'll look off into the distance with a plastic smile and say it was a side effect of something from a while back, and will change the conversation, but if you're observant you will see the sliver of guilt that haunts him.

If you ask Jimmy he'll clam up and stutter but will just say he doesn't know, that he's an avian, but maybe it's a confidence of genetics, who knew really? Before distracting and distancing himself from the topic.

If you ask Pearl she'll stop and stare with suddenly cold eyes and say with a polite, smiling voice that's all teeth that says that's sort of rude, isn't it? Her tone will be harsh or teasing depending on who asks and how much she cares about them, but her eyes will still be cold, and her words pointed that she will not be answering.

If you ask Martyn, he'll freeze for just a second before his face darkens, even if his tone is light or aloof. He'll say that's a story for a different day (one that will never come) but say that there was an… incident awhile back, and it left its mark, and that's it really.

If you ask BigB, he'll spout something different every time. His face never wavers, his smile never dips, his tone light and teasing, his words are confusing and lead you in circles of the story, until later you realize nothing he said made much sense, and confused on how he seemed so truthful despite the fact he was obviously lying.

As for the other survivors of Evo, well, they disappeared into the winds the moment they got Out, and nobody makes connections with them because why would they? They have no clue they aren't just normal people who just happen to have feathers on their ears, with nobody to compare or connect to.

And the Truth? The Truth is something they will likely never tell, events and secrets kept close to their chest because they're trying to move on and the feathers, while a reminder, don't mean anything more than that to them. After all, they just grow back, so it's easier to just let the pain they cause fade.

After all, Evo left its mark in many more ways in one for the players trapped there for however long, and the feathers are honestly small potatoes compared to their other scars, both mental and physical.

If you are going to interact, please Reblog instead of Like. Likes do nothing! I appreciate it <3

[grayskythunder]

guided evolution got deleted :(((((((((((((((((

sleepy spiderinnit in snow to cope hajfkgkkajjgjkakjgjakf at least I got the pdf version up to Chap 75 😭😭😭

[iris-the-illustrator]

Listener Netty Swap AU

(I guess its Listener Mumbo now but oh well)

(Also yes I know Netty in my AU is a bushbaby and the Listener so Mumbo should be both as well if it’s a swap AU but I couldn’t get it to look right so I gave it to Grian instead, maybe I’ll try again one day)

[kora-kat]

I've seen mcyt aus where both Grian and Jimmy are living dolls. I propose an au where watchers/listeners all have dolls or sculptures for fake bodies and their real bodies are tucked inside like hermit crabs. They fake bodies don't respawn, they have to sneak back and crawl back inside

[daily-property-police]

property police in the bunker from 60s seconds? (or just general apocalypse bunker)

idk why im thinking about that game again LMAO (i used to be SO normal over it)

Day 525- You have given me so many thoughts about this you have no idea

[luvvs-1820]

I had a vision

Ok Here me out-

[notnewtothescene]

[pixxlotl]

theyre watching

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A sketch I may or may not ink. From left to right, there’s Skizzle Man, Mini Muka, and Salem Lady, the leading rebels of the Red and Gold Uprising. In the Horizons AU, all three are parrot-folk who would eventually follow Grian across the Sea of Guardians to the Land of the Sunrise, alongside the rest of the Evo crew.

[lelsiemeyers]

yeah liking yhs is fun and all because its still relatively unpopular but yknow whats even more unpopular?

grian and yuki as a duo.

the funny part is i have a entire au focussing on them. i have NOTES and LORE and FICS and HYPERFIXTATION ON THESE SILLY LITTLE CHARACTERS

those yandere high school fans please come out of the trenches and talk about them with me

[captain-writes]

For your "Evolutionist's are God's" au, imagine if Pearl and Jimmy decided to gather up the rest of the group, disguise themselves, the go in with bats and crowbars to threaten Aeor and Xeor into dropping the prophecy because for goodness sakes it's been TEN MILLION FUCKING YEARS- The other rulers are wondering the next day why there is now a peace treaty between the stag gods while Jimmy and Pearl have been drawn into a discussion about possibly building an arena with Sausage.

Oh, Jimmy and Pearl are furious that Aeor and Exor are holding this prophecy over Scott and Xornoth.

They would 100% be tempted to gather the rest of the Evolutionists and just go after the gods, but sadly they recognize that their friends are busy doing other things.

That doesn’t mean that they aren’t going to put the fear of the Universe into these lesser gods. After all, they thought they could control people that Jimmy and Pearl loved. They can’t just let that slide.

Aeor and Exor definitely end up agreeing to peace and are suspiciously scared of the Sunflower Queen and Codfather, but everyone assumes that Pearl and Jimmy are just other minor gods. 

At least, they assume that until Pixlriffs pulls out an old tome about some of the Olde Gods, including the Evolutionists.

[imalazypandaaa]

Take Me Home (Backstory to an au called Merge that I made :3)

Rating: Explicit

"When Grian, Jimmy, Pearl, and Martyn got shipped off to Evo they knew it would be a train wreck. But no amount of preparation could have prepared them for this."

[goldenflurry]

Papper sketches that follow my brain rot