#fairy fort castle alliance

[z0mbiew00d]

Is this anything

[allay-uxini]

Does anyone else ever think about the poeticness of the fairy fort changing their alliance to the shadow alliance when they did.

Only changing it after Martyn joined them

Only changing it after they lost Cleo

Only changing it after they lost the fairy fort

Only changing it after they moved to the Shadow Tower that shadows the original fort

ONLY CHANGING AFTER THEY BECAME A SHADOW OF THEIR FORMER SELF

[fizzysodasocarbonated]

lizzie and ren are so special to me (i took the pose from pinterest, i couldnt find credit, im sorry yall :( )

[ruuhkaaika]

dear life series enthusiasts i finished last life..

i was so invested in fairy fort maan their downfall was the biggest tragedy so far </3

now onto double life…

[willofthefish]

forever missing the fairy fort castle alliance :[

[cheetah-roll]

I just rewatched Lizzie’s POV for Last Life and omg Im so normal abt Lizzie and Ren and the whole Shadow/Castle/Fairy Fort alliance vhjvmhgghfghfjg

They all live rent free in my brain they’re my fricking Roman Empire AAAAAAAAA

[foolofatook001]

Faerie Fort Week Day Two -- Blood

Tear My Way In

Be careful of the curse that falls on young lovers— it starts so soft and sweet and turns them to hunters…

When Ren swears his loyalty to the Shadow Lady, the only thing that binds them is his word and a few netherwort sprouts, gladly passed over to solidify their alliance. He is eager for allies, knowing a man who goes through a game like this alone is a man who will not win, and the Shadow Lady and her court made up of the members the Castle on the Hill seem like a reasonable choice. 

The next week, he walks through the gate of the Fairy Fort and sees the Shadow Lady standing there, the white of her underskirts spattered in red and her hands matching them, and the realization that she could have killed him at any time that day— she had come to the tower to see his progress, he had taken her up to the parapet, he had stood by her side and proudly explained each planned feature, basking in the warmth of her approval and her smile— hits him hard. 

She must see it on his face, because she looks at him, a touch of hurt in her expression, and says to the clearing at large, as Cleo and BigB hover at a safe distance, "I wouldn't have gone after any of you, you know. There's no need to look so frightened."

All three of them hurry to reassure her that they hadn't had a doubt, really, it was just a surprise— and she lets it go after a little while, washing away the mistrust as easily as she rinses her hands in the river. Ren, standing guard and keeping an eye out for mobs (or disgruntled Scott and Pearls), watches the pink-tinged water run away from her and hopes he is never faced with such a choice. He remembers what being red was like, last time. If the Boogeyman's Curse is anything like that… Well, he'll say he's impressed by the Shadow Lady's self-restraint, if that's the case. 

He wakes in the morning about a week later and immediately feels something off. There's a need to tear, bite, rend. To taste blood. 

The curse has descended on him. 

He does his best to ignore it; go about his business as usual. It's not terribly effective, however, and the only thing that soothes the bloodlust is digging the pit trap in the bottom of the tower. But the silence of the tower aggravates his already-on-edge nerves, and something— whether a search for distraction or the siren call of hot blood— pulls him out of his hole and into the forest. 

The Shadow Lady is in her circle, building something. He keeps his tone light, unconcerned, as he inquires after any news he's missed while working on the tower. She straightens, and her eyes seem as though they can see through the smiling mask he's holding tight to his face. "Are you the Boogeyman?" she asks.

Every muscle tenses. He's been found out this early? When the Shadow Lady was cursed, she kept it from everyone. Surely she expects the same from him. "No," he lies.

"I don't believe you," she says plainly, and he just barely holds back his flinch. "But I trust you," she continues, and Ren is glad for his sunglasses, because he's staring at her now. 

When he breaks, it's to her compassion, and really, he should have expected it. She knows better than any in their alliance what the curse is like; of course she would understand. She's even trying to help him in what way she can— without breaking the rules, of course. 

When he finally lures Skizz into the trap, he dedicates the kill to his Shadow Queen, and the thread of their oath— once in word only— becomes an unbreakable one, sealed in blood. 

(also on ao3)

(prompt post)

[gammagoop]

here’s a kind-of-masterpost of the notes for my Last Life Fantasy AU !! i will add more to this in the future, but here’s what i’ve got now:

(its long so just click the read more)

General world notes:

Not really kingdoms since theres less than 20 people total but the various alliances do have castles/towers/homes of similar grandeur

There are fantastical creatures, but theyre not as common as normal animals, and none that the players come across are too extremely dangerous.

^ Except for the Wither! In which the Wither is a horrible decaying demonbeast that’s summoned by Grian

^ I’m thinking the typical Minecraft hostile mobs are replaced with things like kobolds and big rodents and . skeletons which ig are still the same

The Boogeyman is genuinely believed to be a curse in this world. No one quite knows where it comes from, but speculation ranges from ghosts to old magic to divine punishment

^ Those cursed by the Boogeyman become snappier, more on edge. There are no physical changes other than being visibly more tense, but it’s very hard to spot if you don’t know how to look for it

^ It’s also popularly believed that the curse will subtly enhance one’s strength and magical power, but also make them more vulnerable to attack

I haven’t decided if the members still have multiple lives, or if its more of an injury thing. I’m leaning toward the latter, in which someone is grievously injured in the place of dying (at least until the final death) because that also leaves room for life-giving to become healing magic. Perhaps one can only heal so many times before they become aggressive and combative in place of a red life? And different people are more or less vulnerable to that insanity

When I describe a person or group as ‘magical’ I mean that they can use magic at will. Any person can use magic if reading a spell that was written by a magic-user, but only some members can use magic without that. <— italics bc its important

^ The most common spells used by non-magic people are healing-related

^ Those with magical ability manifest it through instinct and will, rather than word-for-word spellcasting

Non-magic users can also use magical items, which are items enchanted by a magic user to perform a specific spell (ex. Scar’s crystals)

Fairy Fort/Shadow Alliance:

General:

Fae people. Generally humanoid-looking, if not for their pointed ears and shimmery skin. They have whimsical and nonpowerful magics

Primarily within a magically protected circle of dense trees, which is later burned down by Cleo after she’s betrayed

visually they are kind of 4 seasons coded… Lizzie being Spring, Bigb being Winter, Ren being Fall, and Cleo being Summer

Lizzie:

The strongest magic user of the group. Even so, she doesn’t use it to hurt people directly, more just for evasion and negotiation

BigB:

The boogeyman curse puts him much more on-edge than he normally is. He would have never thought he would kill a teammate, but the jitters and the pressure really got to him

Ren:

Can communicate with animals at a low level (not full conversations, just notions of instincts) due to his magical ties to dogs

Fiercely protective of Lizzie

^ Drawing on myths of fae: maybe he was once a dog himself but was transformed into a person by Lizzie?

Cleo:

Not quite a zombie but has ties to the dead. Generally just a green-skinned fae creature, but her injuries leave more prominent marks

The river over which they were betrayed is said to be cursed with Cleo’s blood

Team BEST:

General:

A team of knights who serve no crown. They serve each other and themselves, a tight but troubled group

This group has no magic users, but are the strongest in non-magical combat

They live in a castle which was once painted white, but has since faced some decay

They ride horses

Bdubs:

Doesn’t like to keep his helmet visor down because it obscures his vision. The visor gets torn off when he gets to his red life

Etho:

Wears a different style of armor from the rest of the team, both due to his own independence and his different fighting style

He prefers ranged combat to melee, meaning his armor is lighter and easier to move in

Skizz:

In the leadership role of this team, but by his own admission he’s not really their leader. He more just organizes plans and makes sure that everyone is on the same page

Highest in ‘rank’ and thus gets fancier armor. It’s not really stronger than any of his teammates’ but he gets a big feather on his helmet and a cape and some cool designs engraved in his armor :D

Tango:

Wears goggles instead of a helmet since he dabbles more in traps than combat. Pretty bad at melee anyway

Nonhuman but humanoid. Likely some infernal species? Not necessarily demonic, but he’s tied to heat and fire

Is more adept at performing spells as a non-magic user and therefore is always called on to heal Bdubs when he goes crazy (thanklessly)

Scottage/GGG:

General:

Wealthy in resources. Not magic users, but have access to various spells and magical items

More reserved than the other teams

Very skilled at less chaotic combat

Small but extravagant (artsy) castle

Pearl:

More combative than Scott

I gotta work the axolotls in somehow but I’m not quite sure how yet…

Scott:

Enjoys wearing more fancy outfits (cloak, gold accessories) but still relatively protected

Cleo:

Happily taken in my Pearl and Scott after leaving the fairy fort, wears much more armor then

Wears less extravagant accessories than Pearl or Scott

Magic Mountain:

General:

The most powerful magic users on the server (due to being wizards)

Not necessarily a team since they don’t work together much, but they have a wizard solidarity with each other

Live separately on the same mountain. Scar lives in a small-ish cobbly tower with lots of trinkets and hidden compartments. Joel lives in a cabin-like house within a small alcove in the mountain

Joel:

Visually more warlockish, but has no patron and therefore is a wizard. Uses his magic more directly and more aggressively than Scar– just replace all his traps in canon with spells (that mostly went wrong)

Not a very accurate magic user, but when he hits he hits hard

Evidence toward the theory that the Boogeyman curse makes you both more powerful and more volatile

Scar:

Rarely uses his magic directly, instead imbues his crystals with (often weak) spells for fun and profit

Is more of an accurate spellcaster than Joel is, but almost always uses his magic for selling and trading rather than attacking. He’s not great at combative spells anyway

Jellie as his familiar…………………thinkin about it

Southlands:

General:

Artisans and philosophers. Not as wealthy in resources as GGG, but they have a good amount at their disposal

^ Haughty A-HA!!!!!

Mostly unmagical, but it’s possible that Grian and Jimmy have some weak or dormant powers

Live in towers, similar to canon but more structural

Mumbo:

Artificer, proficient in small machines and automated farms

Martyn:

Philosopher who speculates on the nature of their world

Impulse:

Similar skills to Mumbo, but plays more of a diplomatic/negotiation role within the team

Builds larger farms and machines than Mumbo does

Jimmy:

Has a more peasant-ish outfit than his teammates

Proficient at building small devices like clocks and spyglasses

Grian:

More combative than his teammates

Astronomer, not as focused on that study as his teammates are on theirs

[sandsoftide]

A fairy weaves a peaceful haven in a world of danger. Leaves overlapping, hounds at the door, and a beautiful, floral landscape. It's home, as much as anywhere in this foreign, hostile land can be home.

She tries, really, to make it work. To grow a soft mossy floor, to weave bright lights through the branches, to have enough life to spare to give it away to all who wish to take refuge in her kingdom.

A lone wolf swears fealty to her, and from that moment on, they are inseparable. He guards her land in exchange for a cause to follow. The two trust each other fully.

The neighboring kingdom is everything the land of fairies is not. It's cold and frozen, while the forest is soft and teeming with life. It's rigid and steadfast, unlike the mysterious clearing and soft mossy floors that seem to mold around those who visit, welcoming them to stay forever. The bright light reflecting off of the castle's snow is harsh in contrast to the soft light of fireflies and glowberries.

They manage to come together, despite it all. Queen, Hound, Bard, and Knight. And it works, for a while. They're strong, they make up for each other's weaknesses, and with their resources pooled, could possibly be the most prepared alliance inside the border.

But then, a curse sweeps through the land. It fills their lungs with a sickly sweet sensation, choking them on the stench of lavender and death.

The knight feels nothing. Her resolution is steadfast. But eventually, a glimmer of doubt pierces through, a response to the whispered warnings of the wind in the leaves.

The Queen and the Hound, loyal as ever, hunt together. The forest itself is their weapon. It lures prey in with tender embrace and peaceful lighting, mossy floor so relaxing that they hardly notice the roots tripping them and curling around them and trapping them in place while sword and fangs pierce in fiendish delight.

The Bard is fearful, conflicted. He doesn't want to hurt anyone. He doesn't think he can. But as the hours pass, the hunger only grows stronger, and it's as though his untrained arm moves on its own.

The river runs red with the Knight's blood. It flows to land, sinking into the roots of the forest. The curse has passed, but at what cost? The Bard holds their body and weeps, with naught else to do.

They have no choice but to abandon the forest. It's hostile now, ablaze with the Knight's wrath. The Fairy Queen no longer has a cozy clearing to call her own. Instead, the three of them live in a tower-- closed off, stone, unyielding. The crimson water laps at the base of their fort.

A mysterious traveler brings their numbers back to four, but it isn't the same. Everything is different. Without the caring embrace of the branches, there's a lingering sense of dread and fear. There's no more soft sunlight flickering through the leaves, only the harsh glare of lanterns. She is surrounded on every side by the very thing that destroyed her home. The cold stone is nothing like the soft moss, and although the curse has passed, she still feels bitter, as though a part of her burned up, too.

The resentment and anger grow and grow until all she can see is red. This time, there is no curse, only the jagged broken will of someone who has lost everything, who has watched everything she ever held dear be ripped from her hands. She plans to kill everyone who has ever wronged her.

But she never gets the chance. She dies unremarkably, an easy target in the wrong place in the wrong time. No one gained anything from her death. No one even took the time to mourn her. Her grave was marked only by the rose used to kill her. She was just... alone.

...

And then she wakes up again. And everything feels wrong.

"Some people work better alone." That's where she went wrong last time, after all. So she relishes in the "secrets," and keeps everyone at an arm's length.

It's better this way, isn't it?

The Secretkeeper sends her towards other people. Build bridges, they say, but bridges don't need to be crossed. It's safer, she reasons.

But... It's just so lonely. So, against all reason, she starts to try.

And then no one comes to her party. And she's dead, killed out of a mere curiosity. And she's angry again, bitter and angry, and just as alone as she was last time, so what was the point?

There's nothing left for her. Having friends, loneliness, betrayal, none of it ever mattered, did it? The only thing that counts is survival. And she learned this long ago, but it still stings something fierce, made all the worse by the time she's wasted dancing around the point of everything.

She fulfills all her dreams of connection, only to stab her so-called "friends" in the back. And it feels great! Revenge has always suited her well, she thinks.

But then she attacks the only person who was ever nice to her, just because he was an easy target. And she made the decision, and she knows he doesn't matter, so why does she still feel guilty?!

Why does she listen to him, agree to help him, and fail and die miserably and alone for someone else's task?! Just a moment and everything she's ever worked for has slipped from her grasp, and no one will even notice she's gone again--

...

She's still falling. floating through the void. It was all so damn pointless. Fort to Tower to Cottage to The End. No matter what she tries, it never works. She'll connect, and it'll only ever lead to pain and a steep cliff.

But the cliff was there even before, wasn't it? The end was inevitable. Whether she has allies or not, she still ends up here, surrounded by nothingness. So for the short time she has, maybe she should try, again and again and again. It's better than sitting alone in an empty void forever, right?

Maybe in the next life.

[roxie-roo]

Favorite Last Life Alliance

found out how to do this lmao

anyways! same thing as my First Post, but for Last Life this time! Reblog with your reasonings for what you chose, so I can get to know your favorite groups/duos! I'll be doing the most popular three, and doing two poems for each!!

The breakdown will be

six for third life, six for last life, seven for double life, and five for limited life!

[bandana-enthusiast]

no because i just rewatched lizzie’s last life pov and the fairy fort and castle alliance mean so much to me you don’t understand!!! and when lizzie went red and ran into ren and bigb teaming with scott (i think) while she was trying to distract them, and she asks ren how he could do this!! and he calls her a traitor!! and she just pauses and then lightly says, “that hurt.” AAAAAAAAA!! and just ren and lizzie’s dynamic this whole season honestly!! i love them sososo much they r silly

[z0mbiew00d]

I think about fairy fort all cutting their hair in last life except Ren so much

Cleo after BigB killed her, Lizzie when she went red, and BigB after Lizzie killed him

Cleo originally had hair about halfway down her back but cut it to shoulder length after BigB killed her

Lizzie had hair down to her butt and wore it half up half down double pintails but cut it after she turned red to a little past her shoulders and wore it in half up half spacebuns

BigB with locks just past his shoulders cutting it all off and having short curls after Lizzie killed him

[allay-uxini]

Poll 3

Would polyamory have saved them?

Poll 2

note: I’m making these last a week now to get a better sample size, new polls still get added everyday though

[garlicsbreadcrust]

could i possibly have a little ldshadowlady headcanon:3

TOOK ME SO LONG TO SEE THIS, IM SO SORRY ANON Anyways you get a silly little last life headcanon:3

She made a bracelet representing everyone in the castle/fairy alliance and she wore them everyday. The day before Cleo burnt down the fort, the bracelet representing Cleo snapped and Lizzie moved on with her day, planning to make another one tomorrow.

[erstwhilesparrow]

sorry that was really confident of me, i should say i haven't finished lizzie's last life, and i have only seen cleo's last life session 4. there are my sources. now. let's make a list:

okay. i'm annoyed with myself for not taking more detailed notes at the time, but i am sort of gnawing at drywall that people (bigb, cleo) come to the fairy fort and notice lizzie's dogs and are like, "ah, your dogs will protect you from danger!" this is because later, lizzie is going to get one (1) Rendiggitydog. i am thinking about how ren does the math for lizzie on how many diamonds she'll need to get a full set of armour, and then later returns from an adventure with diamonds that he specifically gives to lizzie so she can get diamond boots. she has her loyal knight! she has her dogs. thinking about cleo standing over the burning fairy fort while lizzie and ren and bigb watch them. i know what i'm about to say is kind of Inventing A Dynamic and thus not quite what i promised but you could do something here about cleo+ren+lizzie and the notion of stop hiding behind your dogs and face me.

also shoutout to catrina belovedgamers for noting that at one point lizzie calls a meeting of the castle alliance and ren, who isn't sure whether he's part of this, waits just outside the front entrance for a bit, "like a good dog." :]

bigb and lizzie have a whole conversation about how bigb hasn't seen cleo in a bit that session, and they joke about how maybe she took off because she was the boogeyman, and bigb suggests maybe cleo was going to wait and plot before coming back to stab bigb in the back. the threeshadowing is wild. i realize this is not really about shadowrot but i went "!?!?!?" about it upon first hearing it and wanted to share.

cleo does nice things for lizzie? like yes their introduction is cleo pointing out that lizzie's Extremely Safe Circle Of Trees is very flammable (which i would call threeshadowing if not for the fact that we can't call every instance of people correctly noticing that flammable things are flammable in the life series threeshadowing; stuff getting burned is just kind of a rule of how the games work, like gravity) and doing some light threatening about how their castle's height relative to the fairy fort would make it quite easy to set the whole thing on fire, but then cleo is the one who puts fences in front of the main entrance to the fairy fort. they ask in chat "do you need help?" after lizzie dies to that zombie. they agree to make a secret tunnel connecting their bases and checks that lizzie is okay when she gets back from joel's attempted boogey kill. this is nice. this is charming.

and the OTHER thing that adds flavour to this is that lizzie is Very Obviously new to the death game! she smelts sand into glass panes for her house! (completely unrelated, did you know scott smajor also does this. in double life. and then realizes he doesn't have enough sand left for tnt. sorry, i like scott.) she turns her sugarcane into paper and then into nametags for her dogs. cleo has to remind her things can and do burn on this server. cleo's done this once already and can guess how it will go; lizzie doesn't know yet. some kind of old mirror. (and later, in secret life, cleo will have been in every game since the start, and lizzie was there for one, and then gone until now.)

hey scar keeps calling lizzie 'liz'. this isn't related to shadowrot , i just like thinking about people's names and what people call each other.

lizzie says she's going to entrust the enchanting table to cleo and cleo laughs and immediately says that's a bad idea. cleo's not going to pretend about it, but they are still. trusted. for someone who is constantly running around and talking like a terrified, paranoid chihuahua, lizzie's also pretty trusting, huh?

also. really charmed that lizzie comes back from her boogeyman kill and goes, "i feel much better, thank you," and cleo just laughs, even though lizzie fully and blatantly lied to them and bigb about not being boogey. later, lizzie is talking to someone (i've forgotten who) and you can hear cleo laughing quietly in the background. they think she's funny!! and she is!! to be fair!! but this is charming to me also.

speaking of the boogey kill. lizzie uses CLEO as a ~scapegoat to lure scott and pearl into following her to her trap. 'oh i'm worried they're going to kill me, they threatened me a few times', etc etc. and it works!! there might be Something here about lizzie... being happy to instrumentalize people? their reputations and skills and resources? there might be something here about Knowing scott and pearl and cleo's reputation and leveraging all three of those things at once. hey remember lizzie instantly correctly guessing that the person who told ren that impulse was the boogeyman was etho? i think she might actually be really good at this.

"i don't know what came over me, i'm so sorry" <- having this from lizzie (said to scott) before bigb's kill on cleo... does explain some things about the "you've never been boogey, you don't know what it feels like" defense.

[watches three episodes of lizzie last life] OH. OH OKAY. YEAH OKAY I UNDERSTAND SHADOWROT NOW.

[darkleweather]

I think my favorite part of Ren’s latest LL episode was the whole interaction with the various members of Team BEST.

Spoilers below the cut…

How Skizz is nothing but complimentary (“Ren’s a loyal sword, you got yourself a good guy there”). How Ren is friendly but suspicious (reciprocating Skizz’s nicknames of “homie” and “brother”, but also saying “I’ve got my eyes on you, Skizz.”)

How Ren, in both talking to Skizz and BDubs, calls Lizzie “my Shadow Queen”. And how Bdubs bounces right off that by bowing his head and immediately referring to Lizzie as “my liege.”

(Also how Cleo just can’t help herself and starts giggling uncontrollably whenever Ren starts RPing. Like, she’s trying, but she just can’t take it seriously, and every now and then she just has to make a snarky comment, and Ren just lets it roll right off him and keeps going. Nobody gonna rob the diggity dog of his drama. It makes me laugh every single time and I love Cleo for it.)

Seriously it was all just So Good and I am very much looking forward to seeing more of the Fairy Forest people.