#int: lady mage

[chuckeroo777]

Frieren Liveblog- Chapters 1-4

Welcome back! Today we start reading Frieren! Unlike my Dungeon Meshi liveblog, this one will be blind!

To start, let's go over what I do know.

-Frieren is an immortal elf mage of some renown.

-She lost a human companion she cared a lot about, but unlike Marcille, she's chill about it.

-The mimic scene.

-There's a guy with blue hair, and a demon(?) lady.

-I think they adventure in dungeons to get stronger?

Yeah, I think that's about all I know. Let's see what happens!

And here we have our intrepid heroes! Apparently they already beat the demon lord, so that's nice.

Wait, Himmel? Oh no. I'm pretty sure that's the dude Frieren misses. Alas, it was nice to meet you. Guess the character class "Brave" doesn't save you from death flags. Suddenly not feeling confident Heiter or Eisen will be sticking around either.

Oh no! She's tiny! I love her. LOTR did irreparable damage to fantasy by insisting elves have to be tall.

Well, that was quick. I guess other than Himmel's imminent demise, all my spoilers have already shown up.

Frieren's a high INT low WIS kinda character, isn't she? At this rate, his tragic death is literally going to be old age. No, seriously. I think that's what's about to happen.

This is gonna be a recurring problem, isn't it.

Saw that coming from a mile away. I wonder about the other two companions. Are they longer lived races? Or are they old and wrinkled too?

It's your own fault for being of optimal head pat height. Heiter looks a little older, but not too bad. I can't tell if Eisen is different. With the manga format, for all I know, he's gone grey.

Ah. Perhaps not as chill about it as I assumed. Also, I went ahead and switched over to a better translation. Maybe the other was more accurate, but good lord was it stiff as hell.

Who's this cutie? I'd hope she is a major character, but with 70 years having passed since the manga started, I'm worried about getting attached to anyone but Frieren.

Phooey.

This can only end well.

Now what exactly does that mean? I'm sensing some deeper motivations for studying magic for both of them. (Also, I'm not retracting my Phooey until I confirm Fern doesn't die of old age at the end of the chapter.)

Oh dear. I thought I got enough of this from The Monster who Wants to Eat Me, but I guess we're doing this here too.

Best case scenario really.

Yessss! New companion! Also, this is really sweet, even if it only worked because Frieren didn't care about wasting six whole years.

Telekinesis may not be flashy, but the raw utility it can provide is nuts.

The adventurer's creed. As long as the loot is magic, you want it. Guess who has a collection of hundreds of scrolls and potions in BG3 despite having used, maybe 5 total. No, I can't store them in camp. What if I need them later!

Yep, they're adventurers alright. I am rather happy to see that despite her stoic facade, Frieren is in fact, a goober.

Where's the lie?

Keep telling yourself that.

Oh god, please tell me this Manga isn't a cycle of new companions joining, growing old, and dying.

Please stop vagueblogging at your apprentice.

No one told me this was a sad manga.

Good for you, but don't forget to retrieve the lady's seeds before you leave.

This isn't giving hope that this mange isn't on a centuries spanning timescale.

Oh no. It's only been four chapters, but I already adore her.

Is candy a euphemism for something?

This is sadly rather relatable.

Oh my god Frieren, stop staring at Fern's bobs.

Ok, so, before I finish tonight's session, I decided to take a little peek ahead to assuage my fears. This is from chapter 107, so it looks like I don't have to worry about Frieren repeatedly outliving her friends in this story. At least with old age. They could still die the old fashioned way. The only other detail I accidentally spoiled is that Fern is still with her, so reverse death flag, I guess.

And that's the first session! Very different vibes from what I was expecting. It's very somber, while being funny in a rather low-key way. Frieren is already a delight, and I'm interested to learn more about Fern. So far she seems to mostly be the straight-man, but I'm sure she has some fun quirks.

Also, glad to see basically everything I was spoiled on was in chapter 1. I went into Dungeon Meshi knowing about the cool monster Marcille is in lesbians with.

[monards]

"Precisely. Call me N, a mage who wanders the world. At least, that's how my friends have suggested that I introduce myself." Is such a funnier line when you put int o perspective AT THE LEAST two of the hexenzirkel ladies having to sit nicole down and explain why she can't start talking in people's head with zero to no introduction.

[rosymourning]

The Dark Justiciar - a Shadowheart build

"Dark Lady, help me strike true."

Shadowheart is a Trickery Domain Cleric and Gloom Stalker Ranger, spreading Shar's Darkness with every strike. This build is heavy on Necrotic damage and gives Shadowheart everything she thought she wanted.

[check out my other builds!]

Gameplay Notes

Many of the items used in this build are discoverable in the world and completely independent of any narrative choices. Until you get the full Dark Justiciar set (and to be honest, even after, though it’s definitely better), this build is nonoptimized, gaining only small bonuses to Necrotic damage and benefits while obscured. As always, I value getting to see Shadowheart in armor that suits her and lore-accurate builds over optimization, so I think it's worth it.

However, at the end of Act 2, the build really comes online with some incredibly strong items. What were small bonuses to Necrotic damage are now worth building around, and what used to be a somewhat finnicky mechanic of trying to maintain obscurity is now dwarfed by near constant Darkness. Notably, all other party members should gain immunity to blindness as soon as possible (using the Eversight Ring, Steelwatcher Helmet, or Helldusk Helmet) in order to function.

Your top priority will be creating or maintaining Darkness. You can use this Darkness as cover to avoid taking hits or as an offensive maneuver to blind enemies and melee attack. With Darkness on the playing field, ranged attacks will be more challenging to make use of.

Stats and Leveling

Final build: Level 5 Trickery Domain Cleric, Level 7 Gloom Stalker Ranger

Shadowheart's (default) stats: STR 13 / DEX 13 / CON 14 / INT 10 / WIS 17 / CHA 8

[STR elixirs will be helpful here - I don't like changing companion stats, but even I can admit these are decidedly not ideal numbers]

Level 1 - Cleric (Trickery Domain) Level 1

Cantrips: Guidance, Produce Flame, Resistance

1st Level Spells [Command is useful throughout the entire game]

Level 2 - Cleric (Trickery Domain) Level 2

Channel Divinity [Trickery Domain is super lame… ugh]

Level 3 - Cleric (Trickery Domain) Level 3

2nd Level Spells

Level 4 - Cleric (Trickery Domain) Level 4

Feat: ASI+ STR>14, WIS>18

Cantrips: add Thaumaturgy

Level 5 - Cleric (Trickery Domain) Level 5

3rd Level Spells [Spirit Guardians is great, but this build doesn’t use/abuse it much]

Level 6 - Ranger Level 1

Favored Enemy: Sanctified Stalker

Natural Explorer: Urban Tracker

Level 7 - Ranger Level 2

Fighting Style: Dueling [only choose Dueling if it still works with versatile weapons + shield]

Learn Spells: Longstrider, Enhance Leap

Level 8 - Ranger (Gloom Stalker) Level 3

Dread Ambusher [bonus action Hide might be the best part to be honest]

Learn Spells: Speak with Animals […at least this is a ritual spell]

Level 9 - Ranger (Gloom Stalker) Level 4

Feat: Polearm Master [I think this is still bugged, but I think it’s fitting for the build, so whatever]

Level 10 - Ranger (Gloom Stalker) Level 5

Extra Attack

Learn Spells: Silence

Level 11 - Ranger (Gloom Stalker) Level 6

Additional Favored Enemy: Mage Breaker [if the build used heavy armour, it’d be Ranger Knight]

Additional Natural Explorer: Beast Tamer [do you think she still likes animals as a Dark Justiciar?]

Level 12 - Ranger (Gloom Stalker) Level 7

Learn Spells: Lesser Restoration

Items

Armor -

Dark Justiciar Mail (1 Grymforge)

Dark Justiciar Half-Plate (Rare) (2 Gauntlet of Shar)

Dark Justiciar Half-Plate (Very Rare) (3 Nightsong)

Melee Weapon -

Shar's Spear of Evening (2 Nightsong)

Justiciar's Great Shield (2 Gauntlet of Shar)

Ranged Weapon - Sharran Crossbow (1 Grymforge)

Amulet - Amulet of Restoration (1 Myconid Colony)

Helmet -

Dark Justiciar Helm (1 Grymforge)

Dark Justiciar Helmet (2 Gauntlet of Shar)

Ring 1 - Shadow Cloaked Ring (2 Ruined Battlefield)

Ring 2 - Ring of Twilight (2 Ruined Battlefield)

Gloves -

Dark Justiciar Gauntlets (Uncommon) (2 Gauntlet of Shar)

Dark Justiciar Gauntlets (Rare) (2 Nightsong)

Boots - Dark Justiciar Boots (2 Nightsong)

Cloak - Vivacious Cloak (2 Mausoleum)

Lore and Flavor

The first half of this build (before any interaction with The Nightsong) is representative of where Shadowheart begins her story. Regardless of my plans for her at the end of Act 2, this is how I usually build Shadowheart in the early game. I love the idea of her getting excited to find equipment from Dark Justiciars and wanting to use it.

The "final" form of this build does require Shadowheart's dark ending, as the strongest pieces of the Dark Justiciar set are understandably given as a reward for actually becoming a Dark Justiciar. While decidedly not the good ending, this is still a powerful story and an impressive character that everyone should experience at least once.

Other Dark Justiciars in the game have a similar combat style to this build, relying heavily on Darkness and a mix of melee attacks and spell casting.

Shadowheart's backstory feels very relevant to this build, of course, but I don't consider this a true "canonical" ending for her. I'm working on writing up something for post-Act 2 that I think fits her much better and, thankfully, works better in the meta of BG3 (so much better, in fact, that it makes me wonder if it was intentional...). A big issue I have with this build is that Trickery Domain is a really weak domain in general and given the gameplay and itemization of this build. But, if Shadowheart is a Dark Justiciar of Shar, I think she would choose an actual domain of Shar. In 5e, that's either Trickery or Death. Death would be great, but isn't an option in game - this would be a cool chance to use some of the incredible Cleric Domain mods out there!

[check out my build disclaimer for info about how and why I don't min/max or completely optimize builds, prioritizing lore and vibe instead]

[rionneeeangelo]

021423

Hi! Happy Valentine's my love! I'm writing this to let you know na super duper love kitaa and I want to always remind you the beautiful queen you are everyday. I know hindi kita mabibilhan ng mga engrandeng regalo kahit na gustong-gusto kong gawin iyon pero sana magustuhan mo itong mumunting mga regalo ko 🥰🥰

2017 - 2023.

Six years. Wow. Sobrang laking isang karangalan ang makainteract ka at makadate ka sa loob ng mahabang panahon na itoo. You have no idea how much I love you that I always want to hug youuu. It gets stronger every day as time passes by and although hindi naman talaga physical touch ang love language ko, but rather quality time, I just want to hug you everydayyy 🤗🤗😍 I want to let you know and remind you how beautiful you are everyday, literal na everyday, and even though you emit different auras on some days, you still remain the same beautiful lady I always admire and love. On these 6 years that we're together, I learned a lot about you. I learned a lot about myself. You definitely can see things that I can't see and you are always there for me to enlighten me and teach me. I learned a lot thanks to you and you have no idea how grateful I am to you with all my heart. Nandito lang ako always ha, tandaan mo iyonnn, lagi ko naman iyong sinasabi kaya don't forget na nandito lang talaga ako. I'll be here to listen to every word you say, whether it's a rant about something bad that happened to your day, or it's about a good news that we should celebrate or it's about a painful experience that you have in your body, I'll be there for you to listen to it all. I'll be here to comfort you, na kahit hindi ako ganu'n kagaling sa mga salita para macomfort ka nang tuluyan, I'll be comforting you in a way that will make you wanna smile for a second. I'll be here to wrap you in a tight embrace whenever something you've been anticipating for a while has come true and embrace you tighter whenever you're feeling down. I'll be here even though you're angry. Even though I can't promise to always make you happy, I will be here to always try to make every single thing in your life exciting. I will stay with you.

THE ALGORITHM OF MY HEART

#include &lt;iostream> #include <string.h>

using namespace std;

const string ME = "Rionne Angelo Ugale"; const string YOU = "Jaslaine M. Saberdo"; string *love = new string(ME);

int main() { if (love) { cout << *love << " have been successfully reserved for "; cout << YOU << " as long as time goes by." << endl; } }

This algorithm follows the dynamic memory allocation na ginagamit ng C++, a programming language I normally use. This algorithm is all about reserving something in the memory na kahit wala pa siyang laman talaga, nakareserve na 'yung isang variable sa memory. Same thing with me. Ever since I confessed to you way back on grade 12 tayo, it was the day that I executed this algorithm. I quickly reserved myself only for you and no one can replace you in my heart. It has to be you so that no error will be thrown. I am reserved for you only hehe (PS. you can run this code in the following link: https://www.programiz.com/cpp-programming/online-compiler/ to see what the result is.)

Kahit pa walang katiyakan na magiging tayo, you know that in these couple of years, I always tell you my dreams, my goals, my aspirations, na maging girlfriend ka, na maging asawa ka hanggang sa pagtanda, na bumuo ng pamilya with you together with dogs and a cat, magkaroon ng bahay at lupa, magkaroon ng carsss, makapagtravel and study abroad, magkaroon ng business, and so on and so forth. Even though there's no certainty that our paths will merge and become one, in this moment where our separate paths are intertwined, I want to take this opportunity to ask you if you want to traverse this path together with you and me still following the same dreams and goals we have for ourselves.

I, Rionne Angelo Ugale, is officially asking you, Jaslaine M. Saberdo, will you please go out with me?

Pero ayan, question pa langg. You can take your time to formulate your answerrrr ha, there's no need to rush. I'll be waiting lang hereeeee so you can give me the answer at a later time (whooo official na naask na kita hehehe pero kahit 'wag mo muna sagutinn kasi kinakabahan din akong malaman sagot 😅) Pero seriously, no need to be pressued by me making all these efforts ha, you just take own pace and don't mind about mee, I'm your patient doc, joke hahaha, I mean I'm patiently waiting here, whatever your answer will be. And can I ask you for a favor? If the time comes that when you're ready to answer, can you please do it in personn hehehe pero if not, okay lang din sa akinnnn, kung saan ikaw mas komportable. Basta ayun lang, nandito lang ako my queen, I'll always be standing beside you and thank you for staying there for me as well. I love you so much 🤗😘 Mahal kita kahit pa anong sabihin mo at sabihin ng ibaa, hindi iyon magbabagoo. Whenever I look at you, there's this unexplainable feeling that makes me happy and smile subconsciously, not to mention I always dream about youu hehehe. Happy valentine's day again my love and hope everything in your life will go according to your dreams but most importantly, according to His will.

Only yours,

rion 021423

[moralcompass-archived]

Ishi come with me, I got something to show you *time to meet the hope squad ishi!*

“Not interested...I have work to do so just go away..”

[yeomanstuff]

So, with @jeeperso putting in some of the Ravenloft stuff from our campaign, thought I’d put up the write up for my character:

Jonni Humantorch

Variant Human Warlock (Efreeti Genie) 6

STR 10 DEX 14 CON 14 INT 10 WIS 10 CHA 19

HP: 45

AC: 15

Proficiency bonus: +3

Armor: light Armor

Weapons: Simple weapons

Tools: Land Vehicles, Cooks utensils

Laguages: Common, Primordial

Saving Throws: Wisdom, Charisma

Skills: Deception, insight, intimidation, perception, persuasion, Survival

Feats: Skill Expert (Persuasion)

Background: Custom

Class Features:

-Genie’s Vessel

-Pact of the Tome

-agonizing Blast

-Book of Secrets

-Mire The Mind

-Elemental Gift

Equipment:

458 gold

Cloak of Protection (a)

Rod of the pact keeper (a)

Pearl of Power (a)

Immovable Rod

Wand of Magic Missle

Hewards Handy Spice Pouch

Arcane Focus

Backpack

Bedroll

Blanket

Component Pouch

Cooking Utensils

Dagger x2

mace

Hammer

piton

Rations (8 days)

Thieves tools

tinder box

Studded leather

torch

waterskin

Spells:

Cantrips: Control flame, Create bonfire, Eldritch blast, mage hand, produce flame, Viscious mockery

rituals: detect magic, identify, Tiny Hut

Level 1: Hex, burning hands

Level 2: hold person, invisibility, scorching Ray

Level 3: Counterspell, Fireball, Summon Shadowspawn

Background:

Jonni grew up in the Mammoth tribes of the north. It was okay. Ice. Mammoths. Orc raids. You know, life. Then she learned how to shoot fire from her hands, and it became awesome. She could spit roast a mammoth in like, three minutes. Plus, prestige in the tribe. Orcs were way less likely to attack them once she set a few of them on fire with her mind.

But one little argument with the head of the tribe over finding Jonni alone with his daughter in a... shall we say compromising position required Jonni to head south. As fast as she could. On a stolen mammoth. So, going back really wasn't much of an option. But, hey, food was much better down south. Lots more seasonings. Plus, you got paid to set people on fire. And Money can be used to procure goods and services.

It was during this she hooked up with Leshavna, Master of Carnal Delights, 42nd princess of F*** mountain, Efreeti from the City of Brass. They had some fun. Leslie gave her the key to her place and some nifty fire and non-fire powers.

Then that archmage found the two of them with his wife (his own fault, loser did not appreciate a fabulous lady). So the two of them are stuck looking for a way out of the Domains of Dread.

[mlmdarkfiction]

Can I request maybe headcanons or whatevers easiest about a classmate who's affectionate to everyone so in turn him too. How would he be affected? Maybe he'd noticed or not but they're just a bit more affectionate to him. (Is this too fluffy? Do you write about more darker content? Apologies, I'm kinda new to your blog)

(Anon that was asking questions) I forgot to add the part where it should probably just be morbidly sweet I think.

No worries! I don’t just do darker content, in fact I think as of recently my blogs had a good middle ground of dark and not dark…Not to mention Hubert just deserves some morbidly cute fluff tbh…like…tbh…

This reader is basically just Mercedes but in the Black Eagles and a dude and you know what…that’s good. 

I’m doing HC’s and a fic because I really don’t like how the fic came out and I wanted to trash it but I already wrote this whole ass fic so I’m not throwing it out.

Head Canons:

OH HUBERT ABSOLUTELY NOTICES

Every single person that comes int his and Edelgards lives are looked over with a microscope.

That includes you. 

If you’re a noble he’s IMMEDIATELY far more suspicious of you than he would be if you’re simply a commoner. 

He concludes early on that you’re harmless, and more than that that one day your kindness is going to get you killed. 

Still he’s not oblivious to the way you linger around him, to the specific and different kindness you show him outside of the rest of the class. 

Hubert never does anything about it. 

At least until you stop, either because you’re busy with something else, or anything else. 

If you’re gone for a long period time, away from Hubert, then…

He will soon come to find how much he dislikes it when you’re not nearby, or when he can’t hear your joyful voice conversing with someone else. 

Of course he never expected to feel such things really…ever or for anyone. 

He feels an immense guilt about his feelings. 

Because you are a good person, and he is, in most peoples eyes, including his own, not. 

He fears to taint you.

But his own selfish whims outweigh these worries, as Hubert struggles to think of what his life would be like now without you in it, and how he would cope. 

More than anything else he hopes that when Edelgard’s plans begin to take hold that you’ll stay by his (and by extension her, side)

Fic:

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When you first joined the academy, no one, including Hubert, knew very much about you. And so, it took very little time for Hubert to decide he needed to know everything. After all what kind of retainer would he be if he didn’t look into the lives of every single person in their house?  Every single person who was going to be spending any long periods of time with Edelgard were going to be under his microscope.

What he’s found was…

Nothing of interest.

Your background was clean.

You weren’t from a family of nobles at all, you’d been recommended for Garreg Mach after making incredibly high marks at the Mage Academy in the Kingdom.

It was, for a time, enough to relax Hubert about your presence amongst them at the Monastery.

Then you became comfortable.

And the more comfortable you became, the more your true colors showed.

-

“Um- Everyone!”

You’re embarrassed, cheeks burning red as you hide the sweets you’d made behind your back. The professor had given you permission to give the cupcakes to everyone before todays mission.

A small moral boost curtesy of some sweet treats.

“I made cupcakes…as a reminder for us all to do our best out there today!”

The tray of treats moves so you can present them to everyone. Admittedly you’re not the best baker, but you thought it’s the thought that counts right?

You had even gone as far as to ice them accordingly, black on one side, red on the other.

“Oh, you’re the best ____!” Caspar is on you in an instant taking one of your cupcakes and proceeding to take a huge bite.

The others slowly file forward to get cupcakes as well, even the Princess herself.

“Thank you, ____. This is very sweet of you.”

Seeing everyone eating cupcakes and having a good time before the mission…

It makes you happy and warms your heart!

Eventually you notice though, the one remaining cupcake. You hadn’t made one for yourself, only for the Professor and your classmates.

Quickly you scan the classroom to find the cupcake less person.

Hubert.

You’re not really…surprised by this. You don’t think you’ve ever had a proper conversation with the man before, although not for any particular reason.

Better late then never.

You take up the plate containing the last cupcake before making your way to where he stands by the door.

“Would you like a cupcake, Hubert?”

He’s surprised. The emotions only there for a moment, you see it in his eyes, but as quick as it were there it was gone.

“What about yourself?”

His eyes are scrutinizing you.

“Oh! I ate all the messed-up ones,” You admit a little flustered. “So, I’ve eaten a lot of sweets. This one is for you.”

He takes the cupcake. That’s all you can ask of him.

“I hope you like it!”

Feeling as though he’d rather be left to himself, you leave his side, going to speak with Dorothea, not noticing the way his eyes continue to follow you as he takes a bite of the cupcake.

-

The days battle had ended in a win for the Black Eagles, but Hubert had been injured.

“Sit still.”

You tell him softly, hands glowing white as you work on his wounds.

“I can’t Lady Edelgard-“

“Edelgard is fine. She’s with the professor.”

Hubert tenses, but then relaxes.

“You don’t need to heal me. Manuela can take care of it once we return to the Academy.”

“There’s no point in your suffering any longer than you have to,”

He’s quite stubborn, it almost makes you smile, but you don’t relent.

“There…See? All better.”

“…”

“We won!” Edelgard says as the two of you finally catch up with your classmates.

“We should all celebrate! What do you think Professor?”

Byleth nods in agreement.

“See?” You gently nudge Hubert.

“If you waited until we got back to get healed, you’d miss the celebration.”

“Well we wouldn’t want that,”

He’s clearly being sarcastic, you can tell, but as you look over, he’s actually smiling.

You swear you feel your heart skip a beat.

-

You are…a good person.

The more time Hubert spends with you, the more he finds himself sure of this fact.

And it’s why he can’t understand the way you seem to seek him out.

Sure, you’re nice to everyone.

All the Black Eagles know that they can rely on you for quite literally anything, Hubert including, but still…

Time and time again, if you have free time you seek him out.

You ask him to share meals with you, to help you in the kitchen, to join you in the sauna, or to test your magic prowess against one another.

Before he never would have found himself the type to enjoy such attentions or affections before now.

He doesn’t know how to tell you that he enjoys being around you.

He doesn’t know want he should do to repay you for all the kindness you share.

Maybe he doesn’t have to.

Maybe things can just remain the two of you, happy like this, for the rest of your days at the Academy.

By the time Lady Edelgard’s plan is coming into fruition, he’ll have made his own plan to assure you and your kindness will remain by his side.

[fates-looking-glassarchive]

Morgan Lefaye - Mobile About

*- Proficiency / Expertise

Name: Morgan Lefaye Age: 36 ( Unaging ) Gender:  Woman / She/Her Class: Fighter ( Eldrich Knight ) & Warlock ( Archfey ) Level:  7 & 13 Race: Human

Str: 13 (+1) Dex: 12 (+1) Con: 12 (+1) Int: 16(+2) Wis: 13 (+1) Chr: 16 (+3)

Feats: Fey Touched, Mage Slayer, War Caster, Medium Armor Master & Ability Score Improvement. Background: Noble Languages: Common, Slyvan & Elven Saves: Strength, Constitution, Wisdom & Charisma Skills: Athletics, Intimidation, Arcana, Nature, History & Persuasion.

 History:

The only child of the Lefaye line, daughter of a Banneret Knight - Morgan was strong willed from a young age - which often got her into all sorts of trouble. Being ‘unlady like’ was the majority of the source; sparring with the stable boy, cutting her hair ( often and repeatedly ) destroying the corsets she was forced into. It went on for sixteen years before her father hosted a tourney for her sixteenth birthday - her debut.  But instead of sitting pretty besides her parents - she borrowed her grandfathers armor and entered one of the competitions. 

Morgan won first place in the sword and shield tournament, but her parents figured it out promptly. A fight followed, Morgan and her mother exchanging harsh words before her Father offered a compromise.   Morgan had to win the Grand Melee, and if she did - they would sponsor her way to knighthood.  However, if she lost - she would have to be the lady her mother wanted her to be. Morgan agreed, and formed an alliance with a young man she’d fought in the previous tournament - a man looking to become squired.

Morgan, despite the odds - a rival house being dishonorable, along with the free for all, the two of them made it through the brawl - ( and with some real lucky rolls ) Morgan won first place, the fellow Squire, second and the knight he wanted to squire too - third. 

As promised, her parents did sponsor Morgan, and the Knight who won third place took her and the young man on - and the pair began their training.  Over the next five years - Morgan trained with Julian, eventually journeying to the city of Camelot.  Morgan’s goal was to become a Knight of the Round table. 

And she did. 

Eventually, she rises the ranks and initially trains under Merlin...  But on a mission, she crosses a Fey Lords path - and an exchange is made, Morgan gifted him her name, and for her gift - she was granted magic.

Merlin grew jealous, that for all his years practicing magic - she was simply handed magic.  This jealously caused Merlin to poision Arthur, and eventually the rest of the Knights against her. 

And thats where the story begins to diverge, different tales emerged after the days of Camelot began to fade. All her deeds and heroics tainted by a jealous old man.... 

[salvatoreschool]

Legacies boss breaks down its most memorable monsters, previews a few to come

Just like every story needs a hero — or heroes — every Super Squad needs a good villain. On Legacies, that's something the series delivers on a weekly basis.

When Legacies first premiered, it faced a difficult task: As the third show in the Vampire Diaries universe, how would is both seamlessly fit into the world fans knew and loved while also creating its own identity outside of both The Vampire Diaries and The Originals? And one of the key ways it was able to do just that was through its monsters. While the series that came before it were much more serialized — and generally less adventurous when it came to their Big Bads — Legacies came out swinging with a creative monster-of-the-week format, along with a more serialized arc of course, that has given fans everything from a dragon to Krampus (and soon ... a leprechaun).

"We have an incredibly talented monster department between [Creative FX Department Head] Mark Villalobos and [Creative FX Assistant Department Head] Heather Mages," says executive producer Brett Matthews. "As writers we'll pull references to let them know what we're thinking — is this a scary monster is it a funny monster? — and we have a lot of conversations about that at the beginning, and then Mark and Heather go away and work with their team and produce a sketch that we give notes on. And a lot of times we see that sketch and go, 'You guys really think you can achieve this?' And almost every time they do and a lot of times they exceed expectations. But generally it ends up looking pretty close to that."

In the beginning, much of the monster talk focused around what was possible. Could they pull off a practical monster, a.k.a. a man in a suit, just as well as something that involves more visual effects? And that's where the gargoyle came in.

"That was one of our very early monsters so it was a stress test for the mythology of the show and what we could achieve practically. Because that monster's almost 100 percent practical," says Matthews. "That's a guy in a suit and could we do that in a way that didn't look cheesy, could we achieve the show more practically than going the visual effects route for everything? I think that's the great success of that episode is that creature design."

In terms of story, the gargoyle was also the series' first monster with a specific backstory. "They're historically protectors and we liked that about it, we liked that turn about him choosing not to murder at the end," Matthews says, teasing that fans might see the gargoyle again in season 3.

Seeing as how most monsters aren't brand new creations, Matthews says, "We start with history because that's the public perception of what something looks like and then we always put it through the Legacies filter." For something like the dryad, it was about finding that balance between her being "at once monstrous and incredibly beautiful."

The dryad wasn't what Matthews calls a "name-brand monster," but rather something lesser-known. "We try to play the hits, we try to play dragon and give you the merman and the mummies and the name-brand monsters but it's also fun to really poke into monsters that people just haven't heard of that have their own rich mythology, and that's something you'll see us continue to do in season 3. There are some very specific monsters from some very specific regions that people may never have heard of, but that's part of the fun of it."

One example of the show using a better-known monster, Krampus has been seen across pop culture many times. So then the question became: How will the Legacies version of a well known creature vary? "Our version of the Krampus was probably a little less horrific than public perception because he's stealing your children and taking bad children away and eating them, so we avoided that element of it," says Matthews. "But he was pretty gross. A lot of the Krampus stuff was too gross to use, so some of that didn't make the show."

Matthews is also quick to point out that for all of their practical monsters, the final piece of the puzzle is the performer in the suit. (And yes, sometimes it's the same person playing multiple monsters. ) "No matter how good the suit is, the person who goes in it is ultimately what gives it that personality, that life," Matthews says.

And often times for these monsters, the devil really is in the details, because nobody's going to forget the qareen's chin anytime soon. "Jason Voorhees is this scary guy who runs through the woods but the hockey mask is the thing that makes that character iconic, it is that detail," says Matthews. "Even the Krampus, his eyes are red and green, so they all have these hyper-specific things that hopefully stick with you because those are the things that make monsters memorable. We try to treat the monsters like a character and so it's always, 'What would make sense in this design and also on a technical level, what do we need this monster to do in this episode and how can we free the performer in the suit up to do their thing?' The qareen is a very extensive application of a suit. The chin and the details stay with you."

Some monsters have the look ... and just a little something extra. The Necromancer began as the show's version of Death. "We wanted to do a character in that sphere, somebody who had a hand in the living and the dead," Matthews says. Cut to season 3 and the Necromancer is still playing a large part in the show's story.

"When we got into the voice of the character, he became this pompous asshole of a guy and then he became a real character that we knew would have a live within the show rather than just an episodic threat," says Matthews. "He's got his own story. He's just really petty. He has a very small drive that he's willing to go to grandiose lengths to preserve, and the notion that his legacy is lost is enough to drive him to the heights of villainy. He's clearly a monster without equal in terms of screen time and the journey he's been on and it's a journey that will continue in season 3. Ben Geurens is just a brilliant actor. It's kind of like how Crowley became a major player on Supernatural. Sometimes you get an actor and a part that just fit."

Along with the Necromancer, Legacies' third season will also feature a few new monsters, including the Lady of the Lake, who escapes from Malivore in the season 3 premiere. "That one's kind of ripped from the headlines," says Matthews.

The episode is titled "We're Not Worthy," and will bring a very old legend to the show. "It was a fun way to do something very medieval that also fit very much into our world and gave the Super Squad, who are hopeless, literally and figuratively int hat episode, a very stiff challenge to overcome," says Matthews. "That one's a little more straight ahead and a little more classic than we often do, but as with all things, it devolves into the technicalities and has a fun wrinkle that makes it modern hopefully that people will enjoy."

EW has a look at some concept art of another upcoming monster: A leprechaun. "At a time where the Salvatore School requires funding, this leprechaun comes into the world and gives you a window into greed and what is right and wrong and what is the responsibility of people when it comes to using their supernatural abilities for good or for ill," says Matthews. "And in typical Legacies fashion he's like a grubby little monster and a more monstrous version of the creature we all know. This one has murder on his mind."

Legacies airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on The CW.

[wildwoodmage]

Sonic/TAZ AU... hear me out

I was thinking about how Sally Acorn (at least the way I portray her) is a lot like Lucretia Adventure Zone. That spiraled out of hand and now I very badly want an Adventure Zone Balance AU. I will probably draw content for this but right now I’m just cranking out my thoughts so I don’t forget. Significant TAZ: B spoilers below the cut so go listen to that wacky podcast then come back and read this.

Starting with the main trio. Sonic is Magnus. Obviously. Sonic rushes in! It writes itself. On a similar note, Manic is Taako. Professes to be stupid but has a suspiciously high intelligence stat. Simultaneously fashionable and not fashionable. Steals everything that isn’t nailed down. The most chaotic of gays.

Merle is a little more difficult, seeing as Merle has such a weird but delightful vibe. I struggled to think of a character who’s in tune with nature, swings between extraordinary wisdom and being dumb as a bag of hammers, would wear a hawaiian shirt, and has grandpa energy. I considered a few different characters; Amy, Mighty, Knuckles, and I’m still open for discussion on this, but the more I think about it the more I fall in love with one solution. Maria. But Mage, you might say, do you mean to tell us that this AU centers around Sonic and Manic going on wacky adventures with granny Maria? You bet your ass!!! You might say that Merle’s aesthetic is wildly different from Maria’s. I say that you’re right but the idea of Maria as an old lady nature cleric who wears hawaiian shirts and flirts with the apocalypse is unbelievably powerful and I don’t think I can be talked out of it.

I already said that Sally is Lucretia. This whole thing started when I was daydreaming about animating Sally saying some of Lucretia’s most iconic lines. Powerful boss lady in grand blue robes with super high INT but is secretly a giant goof? Has good intentions twisted by fear and pride that ultimately lead to her hurting the people she loves most?? That’s my Sally!!!

I kind of want Nicole to be Davenport. More on that later. Nicole going from cheerful assistant to “Sally, what have you done?” Holy shit.

Since Manic is Taako, you KNOW Sonia has to be Lup!!! High energy pyrokinetic Sonia. Feral with a heart of gold Sonia. Obviously the cooler twin Sonia. Trans girl Sonia. Wizard twins Manic and Sonia! They’re perfect and I am not accepting criticism.

Shadow is Kravitz mostly because of the goth aesthetic, but also because I kind of like the idea of Shadow dying young instead of Maria and being taken in by the Raven Queen. Also Manic/Shadow is a beloved rarepair.

I am taking suggestions for Barry Bluejeans. For shipping purposes it would be cool if Barry was a gal because I generally hc Sonia as a lesbian; however I have at least one friend who ships Sonia/Rotor and Rotor is basically Bluejeans incarnate and I think that could be real cute.

Eggman is Lucas? ?? is John Hunger? That’s what I’ve got so far. Remember to like comment and subscribe

[kaiju-z]

Seon Adventures Episode 31: From The River, From The Lake

A day has passed since the party bested the highwayman Stone Giant (Dave).

They find themselves now in Bavorum, where most of the group had their first encounter with each other... and the Death Cult. And many people travel with a strange pace form one entrance point of Bavorum, to the next, leading them to Lake Stren...

With careful perception from the group, they take note that the people transitioning from entering to exiting the town through this particular route walk absentmindedly, as though not of their own volition. Their gazes, distant, vacant.

It is through this insight that Belli takes to approaching a familiar looking dwarven woman, attempting to shake her free from whatever’s keeping her mind clouded. Alas, even with Malak’s help, they don’t manage to free her, as she carries on...

With a message of the activity being sent to Layla Duststone, head of the Darksbane Army and a hope that the soldiers she had sent to the lake would do what they can, they deduce that the time draws short and so the party makes a temporary split. With most of them taking to the road, Belli goes to acquire the services of the town guards.

After a brief tiff with the half-elven receptionist beside the head of the town’s guard, Belli reunites with said head of the guard. Shenanigans ensue as Belli goes through the motions of trying to convince the dwarven man that there is trouble. That people are under mind control and heading like sheep for the slaughter.

It takes some time, but after pointing him to and encouraging an investigation of one such person, under control, the captain of the guard requiesses 20% of his guards to help. Among them a spunky Halfling lady named Anka, who is all for equal representation as Belli rallies the “troops”, on horse back.

Together, the riders travel to the lake.

Where they reunite with the rest of the group.

And it donns on them just how fucked they are in this situation. It doesn’t take a high perception to note just how many people are gathering. Hundreds. And still more in coming.

It feels... It feels so overwhelming.

Lake Stren. A place that at one point represented a moment of respite for The Cultbusters in the days before they even named themselves, was now a place of dread. As countless sacrifices were arriving.

And among them, among the sea of people that surround this lake, we see Kit.

Kit, in her true appearance walks vacantly towards the lake.

For Jun, a pleasant surprise to see another Changeling so soon after the club in Crystalgate. For Belli, a moment of horror as she realizes what could happen to her.

The worried half-orc carries her over to the rest of the party with fair ease, as she has the strength advantage on the rogue. And attempts to shake her awake at the very least.

Luck’s eyes turn to the lake and he scans. Mournimar sees him first, Dak. Standing in the center of Stren. Unmoving from his position.

Deciding on a course of action, Luck gives instructions to the rest. To do what they can to shake the people around them awake. Guards to assist. Apply pressure, if needed.

Then he heads for Dak.

As Malak tries to help Belli in snapping Kit out of it, Jun tries to see if there’s anyone casting any spells around them. Someone that could be the point of origin for the spell.

But no such luck there.

As the group try to coralle people away, they soon go back to their spots as the four try to get to more people.

In the meantime, Luck approaches Dak and tries to shake him awake, after words don’t seem to get the job done.

As that doesn’t work either, the disguised tiefling does the only thing he has left in the repertoir that isn’t using his weapons.

He sends Dak to Dick Kick City.

And that-that actually does the job!

As the poor cleric aches in pain from the rude awakening, Luctan explains to him the situation he finds himself in. Then turns to the rest of the party and tells them to go for the crotch kicking as well.

And with Dak proclaiming that he has a plan, moving to get on with said plan, the party goes into action.

For every 10 people they hit, 2 wake up.

And time passes. And more people come. 2 hours.

2 hours later, the sun goes down. Down behind the marshy swamp. Down behind the hills and trees. And silence overcomes the area.

An eerie silence. The kind you only get to hear on a night of extreme violence...

And then?  The silence is eventually interrupted.

Just a few notice at first

Low retching. Like a dry heaving sort of sound from the people that have gathered around the lake. And then a few more join in. It’s not a lot of people at first... Not the majority, anyways. But this is what happens as people begin to hack and spew fluids from their mouths.

Malak, specifically can tell in the most decorated of priest robes that start heaving and fall down to their knees, heaving.  And a few more start doing the same.

Kit begins to shiver. And Belli has enough. She takes Kit and brings her to a tree far from the lake, to which she ties her lady.

It is in this moment that Malak makes a split second decision. Something overcomes him and with no other choice in sight, Malak grabs his axe and swings it at the neck of the closest charmed priest. He decapitates him instantly.

Blood spews int othe water, the head dunking, then bobbing in front of the collapsing corpse.

Blood gushes from the neck and into the lake, while the guards start rushing the retching people and dragging them back.

While she doesn’t stop shivering, Kit doesn’t seem to do what happens next to the remaining charmed folk. To these... followers of Fornas.

As we drag as many as we can. Those that are on their hands and knees barf and hurl blood. And gore. Their insides become their outsides in a vicious bloody waterfall of many angles.

The Cultbusters do as best as they can. Luck runs. He casts Prestidigitation at the blood and gore and does so multiple times, trying to diminish the never ending stream of it upon the water, Belli uses her Mage Hand, dragging people away scooping the gore away.. Mournimar carries as many as he can. Tries to restrain as many as he can. But he isn’t strong enough to do much else.

Jun takes initiative as Malak did and uses a spell. A Burst of Swords surrounds her as she aims at the people around her. Malak cuts people down. Vicious,crazed, pained.

Belli cracks and casts Shatter on a group of folk, hoping she doesn’t full on kill them, but knock them back. Bu the snapping of bones and sinnew says otherwise.

It’s horrible.

As the moon comes up. All this is just horrible.

Something starts drippling in the middle of the lake. Clay slides in and gathers in the middle, until the water starts to boil and this HUGE! Creature of blood and clay drags itself out of the center of the lake. And the hundreds of people, who were heaving?

They just drop.

This thing.

This massive monster.

Larger than the Stone Giant itself?!

It turns to look at us.

Those, who have been trying to undo what it’s been working on.

And it comes at us.

Roll for Initiative.

Mournimar is the closest in sight. Said Mournimar backs away as fast he can and takes a hit.. But manages to shrug off whatever was going to happen next.

As consequence for the attack upon him, Mournimar sets off his Hellish Rebuke, setting fire to the freakish monstrocity. And then, with a quick trigger finger, Mournimar fires his Sparrow Arrows, after setting a Hunter’s Mark on this vile creation’s frame.

His arrows strike true.

Using this opportunity of distraction, Jun moves in next. She calls forth inky black tentacles that wrap themselves around the bastard, this shithead, this peace of FUCKING SHIT THAT SUCKED THE LIFE OUT OF THSE PEOPLE!

But it frees itself with some ease.

And turns it’s attention on the changeling and the disguised tiefling beside her.

One smack for Jun. One for Luck. Both manage to shrug off whatever the thing that should not be tried to infect them with.

It reaches into the lake and more blood pulls up form it’s arm and starts swinging it’s arms faster and it’s now hasted! It’s attention still on the one it smacked last. It hits Luck again. He resists again.

But the fury that overcomes the tiefling burns with a powerful fire that scorches the limb that attacked him.

And on Luck’s very turn he points a finger at the clay and lake floor pecks of this dark creation and impales it with a Grade 1 Guiding Bolt.

Belli’s next as she tries to polymorph the ground around it into something unfavorable for it. But that doesn’t seem to work. She attempts to mock it. 

“You look like what crawled out of a frat house’s toilet.”

But it also somehow resists that.

With the thing having used up all it’s reaction time, the bard moves back to a safe distance.

Malak comes next. On his turn... Malak, raging, aching, fearing, manic, remembering, rehashing, charging... Malak goes full on Kamehameha pose and shoots a 4th level Guiding Bolt! at the creature, blowing off a huge chunk off. Geting the full attention of the monster.

Malak doesn’t move. He stands his ground as Mournimar deals signifigant damage of his own with his special arrows, impacting the body of the creature.

The final arrow shot takes a piece from it’s shoulder. It’s just falling apart like playdough at the rightcheous fury and attack of the Cultbusters.

On Jun’s turn...  She runs up and uses a Curse. She attacks with her Gambler’s blade for a good amount of damage. And itt’s attention shifts again. The water around the lake was bubbling and we see a similar pattern, as though it’s boiling in it’s chest.

After some... thought?! It goes for Malak, bludgeoning him with it’s accursed limbs. And it’s infection comes onto Malak, who feels his body slug, some. His vitality draining some from his body.

A second hit comes.

Luck intervenes. The very nature of his lucky existence, his presence causes the large fucker to miss Malak with the second strike! Which causes the freakshow to look back from the human to the tiefling.

And Luck gets smacked again for his attack, blood flowing from his nose as his helmet gets flung off. The infection doesn’t seem to be passed on as Luctan glares and calms his breathing for the moment, his newer wounds healing up, if slightly.

Pulling at his greatsword, Luctan activates Steel Wind Strike.

And misses.

He surges on. And swings again and again, but the damn creature is just too fast. He keeps missing by half an inch!

Belli’s up next.

As Luck moves to get in the way of the monster, in case it attacks Malak again, Belli gets the fighter’s consent and casts Polymorph on him.

Transformation central.

Transmodification central.

Are you ready? Can you feel it?

Luctan becomes a fucking T-Rex!

As Luctan Roars in defiance of the monster, Belli inspires Malak, who along with Jun repositions, due to the change of shape and size of the tiefling fighter.

The now inspired Malak casts Spiritual Weapon and smashes the clay and blood creation from the side with his Spiritual Axe.

Bonus action.

Lich Slap.

Even further damage. This thing is, by this point, beginning to crumble. Barely keeping itself in one piece.

Mournimar makes his move. Figuratively and literally. Dashing from the right of the party to a mound of rocks on their right, he switches from a Hunter’s Mark to a Zephyr Strike. Hit and a miss. The thing is staggering.

Jun’s turn!

Hex. The creature becomes weaker in it’s physicallity.

Jun, who would then move for cover under the standing frame of Luctan, would grip her blade tight in hand.

Booming Blade + Blood Curse.

Combine that with two attacks of her blade.

And then it happens!

With a sharp eye she evaluates the creature’s very state of being.

Running out of cover, she starts climbing it from an angle and reaches to the shoulders, on top and the open wound up there… the blood from the creature starts to rapidly flow. She stabs it and the spell explodes. And this-This Goddamn thing’s brains, if it had them, explode back behind it, splashing into the water below.

As the body begins to break apart,  Luck leans forward so she can land on his head. Once Jun comes down from the T-Rex Tiefling’s body, said T-Rex starts to viciously stomp on the remains that turn into clay and gory mush under his saurian feet.

Belli lets him blow off some steam in this form for a while, before ending her concentration on the spell. Once luck drops back, she turns to Kit, who no longer shivered, but seemed to have passed out from all that stress.

While Luck carried on stabbing at the “body”, he’d soon be stopped by Mournimar and Belli, who’d hold him in a hug.

Jun would compliment Malak’s initiative, before said cleric would scan the area.

He’d check on the people. Most of them are dead. Those they dragged back seem to be alive, if badly wounded. Anka and Dak are alright, as are the rest of the guards.

Belli sends at Anka to get people to help with the bodies. There’s a pause and then she hears. “Oh shit, you can’t see me nodding! Yeah, yeah, I’ll get to it.”

The Death Cleric would then head for the nearest body of a cleric. Crouch.

And then cast “Speak To The Dead.”

5 questions time.

As the eyes open, Malak asks... and gets answers:

1. “What is the last thing you remember?” – “The temple. I was cleaning.”

2 .What Temple?” – “The Temple in Kaelum.” That’s in the south east, on the main road from the front lines to Crystalgate.

3. “Did you know that this would happen?” – “What would happen?” He doesn’t know.

4. Do you remember anything troubling happening in or around the temple?”- “No, the gifts were plentiful. Nothing was wrong.”

5.Who were the gifts from?” – “The… Fornas, d’uh? Are you dumb? Do you have a brain?”

The spell would end and the spirit would take off.

But Malak wasn’t done.

He’d cast the spell at a second body, one with a rough cockney accent.

(Laughter happens, because it sounded like he was interrogating Gromi from the Icespire game, X’D)

1.  “What were the gifts from Fornas you recently Received?” – “All the good turns of fate and luck, my friend. The fortunate landing, the flip of the coin. That is gift.”

2.  “What is the last thing you remember?” – “I went to take a nap.”

3. Anything troubling happen in and around the temple?” – “No, Morrum’s been quiet.”

4. “Have you received any requests from Fornas?” – “Fucking Karaoke, what do you think? We just do what we always do; we clean, we keep the place clean for people coming.”

5.“Does anyone in the cult of Fornas practice Necromancy?”- “I mean, it’s not really encouraged. But people do what they gotta do.”

( Then Perish. )

With that done, the stiffens anew, the soul takes off.

Luctan stands and heads for Dak.

All the while...

The others inspect the mass that was once attacking them in a solid form.

There is a slight pulse coming from inside the clay-gloop. Malak and Belli and Mournimar choose to dig. In the center of the creature there’s ...

A sort of whitely glowing blue bundle. It glimmers in different parts of the moonlight they experience. Thin, irredecent material. Unwrapped.

Inside there are three treasures of note. First. Scale mail armor. Weirdly irridecent light armor. Belli identifies it as “Etherial Armor”. It glows in the colors of the rainbow and gives protection to the more dexterous of folk.

( Ethereal Armor: Light armor made with a thin, iridescent material. It glimmers in all the colours of the rainbow and glows ever so slightly. Strong as steel, it grants the wearer an AC of 14+DEX)

There’s also... This, like. Dried up hand. Ew. With really sharp claws. Definitely not human and doesn’t match any of the bodies in the area.

( Totes not the hand of Vecna.)

There’s a large steel chain attached to it. Attached to 30ft hempen rope. Identify. It’s called “The Creeping Claw.”

( Creeping Claw - A dried goblin’s hand bearing wickedly sharp claws. A large steel chain link penetrates the base of the palm and is attached to a 30 foot long hempen rope. A creature can cover the hand in their own freshly shed blood (1HP damage) which causes the hand to animate. The creature can then mentally control the severed limb and command it to move and interact with objects. The hand walks on the tops of its fingers or climb 5ft up per round through use of claws. The hand can perform simple tasks, can exert ten pounds of force and is as dexterous as the creature controlling it. Requires more blood after 5 minutes.)

Mournimar uncovers a great axe. Gold trim upon silver frame... Identify gives off a name, The Fated Potential. There is writing on it that most of the party can’t uncover, except for Malak.

Jun seems to recall a story, from olden times in this region. About how the weapon came to be from some sort of union between a Celestial and a Fiend. An Angel and a Devil.

One of Fornas’ angels. It seems to make sense then, as to why Fornas servants were tied to what happened here.

So brutally tied...

She checks with Malak on whether he knows what we do with this item. Malak finds the axe interesting. He likes the axe. And will investigate it further. Should it not be cursed, he will hold onto it.

That and the Creeping Claw. Which he puts in a bag, along with the axe. As for the armor? We’ll see.

While this was happening, Belli would contact Ficus and update him, in the middle of a job, as to what had happened.

As Malak plans to bury the bodies, we come to a close.

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[galaxa-13]

Final session of Seekers of the Master!!!

So Bethyl rigged up her warning system to also dump acid on anyone who tripped it. After waiting 12 hours 6 guards and the prince of the castle (Gregor) finally showed up. One guard getting acid dumped on him forcing him to throw his helmet away as he tried to wipe the acid off himself. Sia charmed everyone because she didn’t really feel like violence was the answer this time. Amon disagreed and kept fighting, leading to everyone eventually getting uncharmed.

The battle really dragged on both because the soldiers were quite strong and also because both Sia and Erol were opting out of the fight. Amon was consumed with rage over the death of Magnus, Sorrow was being influenced by her magic dagger to kill, and Bethyl was just confused and being careful with her attacks.

Eventually two guards were knocked unconscious and the prince ordered the others to take them and flee. Only two guards remained with him (one because he was being levitated by Sia as she was still avoiding violence but didn’t want Amon, who was being surrounded, to get killed). Sia charmed the prince and asked for the password to the demon door, and he admitted that it needed his blood to open.

Since Sorrow and Amon had been attacking him their weapons had his blood. Bethyl used Mage Hand to wipe a hanky on their weapons and then give the bloody handkerchief to Sia. She took it and ran to the door. A now uncharmed Gregor called out to her and told her to stop. She asked why. He explained that if they let the king out he’d kill everyone.

Finally everyone stopped fighting and they had a discussion. Turned out the vampire baroness had turned the king into a vampire and when Gregor had tried to release him himself the king had gone feral and killed two of his guards before they managed to lock him back up. Amon demanded an explanation for Magnus’ death and Gregor admitted he had killed him as part of the contract to have ownership over the door. Amon approached Gregor and then suddenly cast his own magic hut spell. No one could enter the hut. It was just him and Gregor.

(O.K., due to where people were standing Sorrow was also int he hut, but he told her to gtfo and she did and stayed outside because she didn't really care.)

They had a very tense chat and Gregor admitted that the door’s offered contract was for one pure, untainted soul. The door had wanted his soul, but his wizard friend refused to let him sacrifice himself. Gregor had wanted to door as a means of getting everyone trapped in the Underdark back on the surface, as the owner could move the door, and fortress inside, to wherever they wanted. Frustrated beyond belief Gregor had then run into Magnus, who was incredibly pissed, so Gregor killed him. He regretted lashing out like that, but Magnus was a good and pure soul, and the door was willing to accept it.

Magnus began attacking Gregor and Gregor just... let him. Each slash of the dagger Magnus had given him Amon flashed to a memory of Magnus. Being rescued from the streets, being trained as a city guard, fighting a purple dragon together. He got ready to deliver the killing blow. Magnus was proud of who he had become. Amon stabbed the stairs by Gregor’s head. He pulled a bloody Gregor into a tight hug and they both cried, Gregor apologizing over and over.

After they both had a good cry inside the hut Amon dispelled it and the two remaining guards rushed in to check over their prince. Everyone got up to speed and it was decided they’d follow through with Gregor’s original plan, but keep the vampire king locked away in a separate area of the fortress. When they brought everyone to the surface they find a way to bring him to a cleric or something. The party had been tasked with bringing the king home, someone else could find a way to return his humanity.

So they spent a couple days gathering all the people that had been trapped in the Underdark and then took everyone back to the surface, back to Waterdeep. There was much fanfare and the party managed to meet up with the queen and let her know what had happened. Amon was able to bring back Magnus’ ashes and give his death note to his sister.

While they had been gathering all the refugees Bethyl managed to “find” Sia’s stolen bag and returned it to her. Sia was glad to have her things back, but she stilled planned to return to the Underdark because she wanted to see the Ds’Eer family. She and Erol spent a couple days up on the surface, however. She was glad to see sunlight again. Erol was much less pleased by the bright light, but he never said a word to Sia.

Then one day they both poofed into the diety realm and finally got to see the Goddess who presided over it. Lady Golden Heart asked Erol if he ever named “it” yet. Sia had no idea what was going on, but Erol had previously been summoned ot this realm without Sia and the goddess and requested Erol title the song he had been composing for Sia. Lady Golden Heart said if he named it and gave it to her she would give Sia something. Erol told her the song was named “World’s Best Butler”. The goddess laughed and Sia blacked out.

When Sia woke up she found herself laying on the floor with a frantic Erol shaking her. She took a deep breath. She breathed! She looked at her hands to check for doll joints and saw that there were none, but she also saw that her skin was was dark gray. She had been resurrected as a full-blooded drow. Erol hugged her, happy that she was alive. She hugged him back.

(I had some insanely good rolls for my resurrection. Somehow not only rolling an elf, but then rolling again and landing on drow.)

[moonraccoon-exe]

More thoughts about DA: I so far!

I said I’d do this like a week or two ago but lol. Have mercy on me ;u;

But yeh! Just a lot of random thoughts to share about my experience so far:

EPIC

SO FUCKING EPIC OH MY G O D THIS HAS TO BEO NE OF THE MOST EPIC STORIES I’VE PLAYED OR SEEN/READ, THIS IS JUST SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO COOOOOOOOOOOL

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

*HYSTERICALLY SQUEAKING*

Honestly from beginning to the point I’m in, it’s so EPIC, like- the SUMMIT of epic!!

The story and the lore and the world are all so vast, so impossibly vast, it’s mindblowing. The writers of this are true masterminds and I must applaude all this work, they created a full whole new universe that’s real and breathes and lives. Holy. Fuck. It’s truly mindblowing and mesmerizing, I can’t even put it into words so I won’t even try.

Leliana and Cassandra, though? FUCK ME, THEY’RE GLORIOUS.

I’m SO in love with this game’s portrait of women, because there are SO MANY, and all in actual PRACTICAL and realistic armor! Like, no giant anime tiddies protected only on the nipple, it’s full armors not even shaped to make them look attractive or “like women”. And not just your companions; throughout the story, you find women enemies and allies in armor, it’s AMAZING.

I love Cassandra’s accent/voice color. I want her to fuck me. But DAMN me, I went with female elf in the end, after SO MUCH thinking about every choice (as in, gender, race, and class. I took SO LONG picking one of everything).

DO WE AGREE THAT COLE IS A MISUNDERSTOOD SOUL AND HE  NEEDS PROTECC AND I LOVE HIM SO DEARLY AND SO MUCH HE JUST WANTS TO HELP DEAR COLE I LOVE YOU I’D TAKE A BULLET FOR YOU

Blackwall is charming? Like...I don’t know. I didn’t like him in a beginning but then he just. Went and spoke and FUCK HE’S CHARMING.

I really feel like praising more the lore and story-telling/writing but there’s just no putting it into words goddammit.

THE WHOLE SCENE OF THE ATTACK ON HAVEN AND THE ESCAPE TO SKYHOLD THOUGH?

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

E P I C

LIKE SOOOOOOOO EPIC THERE ARE NO WORDS ENOUGH TO DESCRIBE IT!!! BEST, MOST EXCITING, MOST EPIC CUTSCENE SO FAR AND ONE OF THE MOST EPIC I’VE SEEN LIKE HOLY SHIT, IT WAS GLORIOUSLY EPIC!!!!!! BEYOND WORDS! I STILL THINK ABOUT IT AND STILL GET ALL HYPED AND WORKED UP AND AKSLJDFAKGLJ

From the moment the attack starts I was like HOLY SHIT THIS IS SO COOL

Watching Cullen in action was GREAT, too! He gets so little screen time (in my opinion), like, he could have been given a bigger role, it’s sad to watch all his potential just standing there doing nothing. What I would give so he was a party member! But yeah, that’s why it was so cool to watch him act in that part.We’re used to Cassandra and Leliana by that point, so it was good to see Cullen in charge for once. Watch him give orders, raise the voice, command the army, GAWDS, IT STILL GIVES ME CHILLS

Surviving the whole thing was AMAZING, the thing with (I forgot the english word lkasjdlakdg) “bombing”/attacking the snow mountains to Mulan the whole thing and bury the bad guys in the avalanche was SO GLORIOUSLY EPIC.

And then Super Bad Guy appears and I was like ZOMG FUCK I AM GOING TO DIE AHA HSADJFAHDGJAD ZOMG THIS IS SO COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

I couldn’t save the people of Haven, though! I saved...the lady in charge of the...the one table that requests random things. Lady in armor? Forogt her name. Also saved Adan, I’m SO happy he made it!!! But Minaeve died lmao aah :’( And I think I lost someone else, but not sure who.

AND THEN WHEN YOU DECIDE TO GO BACK AND GIVE TIME FOR THE PEOPLE TO ESCAPE??? OMG CULLEN BEING THE ADORABLE MATURE IDIOT THAT I LOVE AND ROLLING WITH IT AKLSJDADKLGJ

AND THAT WHOLE SCENE WITH CORIPHEUS

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

*EXPLODES INTO A THOUSAND SNOWFLAKES*

AKSLJF KAL GJAILSJF ALKJF ALKJGALDKGJADLGKJ

SO

BADASS

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

*HYSTERICALLY SCREECHING*

IT WAS SO EPIC! SO SO DAMN EPIC OMG IT WAS SUPER COOL!!!

I wasn’t too scared of him, like, the design doesn’t look that scary. But he’s got a nice air of villain! And the way he grabs you and picks you up, and then when you fire the thing to cause the lastavalanche?

I WAS LIKE

ZOMG

HOW AM I GOING TO SURVIVE OH MY G O D NO WILL I JUST RUN!?!? PLS RUN LITTLE ELF YOU CAN DO IT I BELIEVE IN YOU

AND THEN YOU JUMP INTO THE GROUND AND YOU 

YOU ACTUALLY M A K E IT

AHA SADHGAD

*FANGASMS*

AND THE WHOLE WALK THROUGH THE SNOW DESERT episode Prompto anyone I WAS LIKEK OMG YES THIS TROPE I AM SO IN LOVE WITH THIS ABOUT THE HERO SURVIVING, BUT NO ONE KNOWING, AND MAKING IT THROUGH A SNOW DESERT ALONE BARELY SURVIVING BUT KEEPING ON

AND THE TROPE DIDN’T FAIL THE “HERO COLLAPSES WHEN THEY SEE THEIR FRIENDS AND THEIR FRIENDS YELLL “THERE THEY ARE!!!” AND RUN TO GO PICK YOU UP AND THEN

FUCK

FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

LIKE THE LORE AND WORLD AND UNIVERSE WASN’T MY JAM ALREADY

THEY THROW THIS AT ME!?!?!??!!?!?

PERFECT

BRILLIANT

GENIUS

I AM SO IN LOVE WITH THIS ONE BIT, I HAVE A SAVE JUST TO REPLAY ALL THAT SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, THIS IS SO E X Q U I S I T E

And the best part personally is that it’s Cullen teddy bear who spots you aaah ;A; <3

And the next bit? When you wake up and the advisors are arguing. So you decide to chime in to try and ease it. But you have no idea what to say, so Mother Giselle comes in and starts singing?

And then Leliana joins?

And then Cassandra

And then CULLEN

AND THEN EVERYONE

AND EVERYONE IN CAMP GATHERS AROUND YOU AND SING THE MAIN THEME OF THE GAME AND YOU DISCOVER “OMG IT’S THE MAIN THEME OF THE TITLE SCREEN, OMG IT HAS LYRICS” AND THE WHOLE VISUALS LIKE AFTER THE TRAGEDY EVERYONE THAT SURVIVED GATHERING AROUND YOU AND SINGING AND SOLAS WATCHING IN ADMIRATION EVEN WHEN HE DOESN’T BELIEVE IN ANDRASTE/THE HUMAN RELIGION AND

GOOSEBUMPS

LITERAL GOOSEBUMPS AND CHILLS ALL OVER MY BODY, LIKE A DAMN BOLT, OM HY GOD THAT HAS TO BEO NE OF THE MOST IMPACTING SCENES SO FAR, IT JUST GIVES ME SO MUCH GOOSEBUMPS AND MAKES ME GO AKSLJF AKLGJADFLKA

*FANGASMS AGAIN*

OKAY BUT I FORGOT

THE WHOLE TIME TRAVEL THING WITH DORIAN!?!?!?!?

*sHRIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK*

So I went mages instead of Templars. Because ya know, it felt better? Like, yes, I know mages have done bad things before, but templars are hunting for them like they’re “things” or beasts, so I felt that it was best to support mages instead of Templars.

Okay but sidenote; I thought Cullen was going to be upset at me, like MAD. Because, you know, he used to be a Templar, and he still is so in love with the Templars and always talks so nicely and excitedly about them, and tried to encourage you to go with Templars. So I chose Mages thinking he was going to rage at me.

And what did he do? “Oh well, yes, the mages are good, they may be able to help us close the rift. They’re good allies :)”

AND I LOSE IT

CULLEN. MY DEAR. MY LOVE. MY STUPID IDIOT, I LOVE YOU.

Seriously, I’m SO IN LOVE with how mature he is. That and his shyness are what convinced me to romance him. He took it so nicely, like, he doesn’t throw tantrums or argues; he knows what’s at risk, he wants the best to turn out of everything, and when things happen, he knows to just get over it and take it to his vantage and see it in a positive way and fUCK GODS HAVE MERCY ON ME, IT WAS GREAT

OKAY SO BACK TO TPOIC

MAGES

SO YOU GO TO THIS CASTLE and well I guess you know the whole thing already lmao, SO THAT TIME TRAVEL WITH DORIAN? 

FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK IT WAS THE SECOND OR THIRD MOST EPIC THING IS WEAR TO THE HEAVENS DEAR LORDS AOVE IT WAS GLORIOUS!!!!!!!d

Exploring the castle alone with him wasamazing (gotta talk about orian ina sec). And when you learn you were transported a  whole year into the future? I was like HAHAHAHAHAHAHA LOL TRY WAITING TEN (was definitely thinking about FFXV OTL these poor babies waited so much... :( ). I felt bad finding Cassandra and Varric poisoned/consumed by the lyrium, but when you find Leliana?

LIKE HOLY FUCK WHAT DID THEY DO TO HER ZOMG SHE AGED LIKE 90 YEARS IN JUST 1 IT WAS INCREDIBLE

AND THE WHOEL SCENE OF YOUR COMPANIONS DECIDING TO GIVE THEIR LIVES TO GIVE YOU TIME!?!?!?

SO EPIC. SO FUCKING EPIC GAWDS DAMN ME, ONEO F THE DEMONS CAME THROUGH THE DOOR WITH VARRIC’S CORPSES AND IT STILL HAUNTS ME

FROM AMONG EVERYONE THEY KILLED DEAR VARRICAND I DIE

AND THEN LELIANA...PROUDLY STANDING THERE, FEARLESS, BRAVE, SO BADASS AND SO COOL, SHOOTING ARROWS WHILE PRAYING AND GIVING YOU TIME

FUCK ME

I WANTED TO GO AFTER HER BUT I ALSO KNEW I DIDN’T HAVE TO FUCK UP BUT LIKE IT WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

EPIC

*sHRIEEEEEEEK*

*EXPLODES AGAIN*

AND DORIAN!?!?!?

FUCM KE M Y HEART HE’S ADORABLE AND I’M SO ABSURDLY IN LOVE WITH HIM

I had regretted making a female avatar int hemoment I learned  Cassandra doesn’t romance female. But I moved on. But when I learned Dorian only romances male??? INSTANT REGRET.

DORIAN THAT FUCKING IDIOT, I’M SO IN LOVE WITH HIM. There’s somethingabout the “guy that loves himself so much, it’s narcissistic”, because they’re fun. And like, eh’s not selfish, just narcissistic. Loves himself, but is kind and supportive. He’s so intelligent, wise, he’s so kind, he’s lots of fun, damn me, he’s elegant, and he’s a MAGE. I LOVE MAGES.

I love his voice, too. All of him is GREAT and I love him. Sassy little shit that loves himself, GAWDS. I have to romance him someday!

Also loved the whole thing with Solas when he’s like “I just casually happen to know this huge abandoned castle nearby here, maybe it can be of use c:” Solas you adorable idiot. But honestly, watching the Inquisitor and Solas lead the way to Skyhold was PHENOMENAL and so beautiful. I’m in love with snowy scenarios so I truly loved it, and Skyhold? MAGNIFICENT. A PIECE OF ART. SO BEAUTIFUL SUCH A BREATHTAKING SIGHT AKLSDJFAKDLGJ ALKFJA

The game sort of tried to incline me to romance Solas multiple times, and I for sure will do that in a second playthrough, because GODS HE’S CUTE. I love how profoundly wise and mature he is. And he has an air of melancholy that sort of attracts me, not like “ooh sexy!” but like...I want to comfort him, and love him, and clean him. He feels like such a melancolic character. Even Cole says Solas is sor tof a “sad creature” or something. It breaks my heart when Solas says bye because he says it so sadly like omg no pls ;A;

I LOVED going into the dream with him. It was just natural to go and kiss him but I didn’t aksldjdagk, I wanted to romance CUllen so badly XD But it was amazing!! And the way he asks the next day if you enjoyed your dreams, it was so cute. Solas is such a good and nice friend!!

I loved his quest rescuing his spirit friend. I felt sad in the conversation afterwards because, as I didn’t romance him, he ended the conversation with “It means I respect you profoundly, Inquisitor. And that I’ve taken too much of your time already” and left I was like NO SOLAS DARLING PLS I SWEAR INA  SECOND LIFE I WILL LOVE YOU AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

But yeh. Solas is amazing.

Also, Iron Bull and Dorian are flirting and I love it. There was a point, Dorian tried to argue with him about the Qunari attacking Tevinter and he was like “So would you prefer to see me ona leash?” to which Iron Bull replied “I’d take you out for dinner first”.

Omg Bull. Omg IRON BULL OMG THAT IS PRIVATE XD And today Dorian was like “Can you PLEASE be careful with that pointy thing and not direct it towards me?” and Bull was like “Lmao kkinky”, so Dorian was like “JESUS CHRIST, I meant your weapon!”

I WANT THEM TO FUCK. if I can’t fuck Dorian, then may the Bull fuck him for me DAMMIT

Josephine is adorable and so kind. I almost romanced her, too. Talked with her at the balcony and she was all gratitudde and joy ad shyness. 

Also Vivienne? First time we meet her I was like OH MY GOD SHE’S SO BEAUTIFUL. OMG SHE’S GORGEOUS. SO FIRM, SO REGAL, SO MIPOSING, SO INDEPENDENT, SO BADASS.

Then at Haven when she’s finally off-mask I was like omg she’s bald AND SHE’S ROCKING THAT LOOK OMG SHE’S SO GOROUGES, LOOK AT TAHT SKIN COLOR, IT’S SO BEAUTIFUL, AND HER WHITE DRESS AND OMG I LOVE HER

And now it’s like “omg Vivienne cAN YOU PLEASE STOP! >:’(” because hahaha, BOY! She’s gorgeous and strong, but so difficult!! We just disagree morally. I’m all hero-like regarding “Everyone deserves peace/a chance/freedom, love and peace, do the right thing, spirits are friends” and Vivienne is all “WE NEED TO BE STRICT. LIKE IRON FIST STRICT. TELL THAT SPIRIT TO FUCK OFF. KILL THIS PERSON. FUCK THE MAGES” and like nooooooo!!! Vivienneeeeeeee, that’s not how you show mercy!!!!

I think she’s the only one I won’t be able to befriend...she’s disapproved of almost all that I’ve done... OTL

MORE NOTES

FIRST OF ALL

WHY THE FUCK CAN’T WE ROMANCE CULLENW ITH A MALE INQUISITOR!?!?!?! WHY. THE. FUCK

WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

IT WOULD BE SO CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTE

Also WHY CAN’T WE ROMANCE LELIANA!?!?! THAT IS A PUNISHMENT FROM THE HELLS, SHE’S AMAZING. And gay.

Also WHY THE FUCK CAN’T WE ROMANCE CASSANDRA WITH A FEMALE!?!??!?! ;^;

Also, why can’t weromance Varric with ANYONE? Honesly, he’s one of my favorites! He’s so charming, outgoing, so lighthearted. He’s so understanding and mature. I love that he has the heart of an artist and dedicates to writing. I love how he doesn’t take things personally. I love his sensibility. Honestly, he probably would have been my option 1 of romance if only he was romanceable. I’m so upset he’s not an available option!

SPEAKING OF ROMANCE

I JUST ROMANCED CULLENT ODAY AND 

HONESTLY I REGRET NOTHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING

IT’S SO ABSURDLY ADORABLE, SUCH A VANILLA LOVE OMG IT WAS SO CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

The reason he was my first option was because of that first reaction you get at Haven. When he goes all excited talking about protecting the weak and innocent and saving the world then he is like “Haha, sorry, I ranted and you’re not here so to hear me talk :)”

And you go “But I like your enthusiasm”. I picked that because I REALLY thought his enthusiasm was nice.

And his reaction??? HIS REATION!?!?!?!?

Like...you look at him. And you think “Oh, it’sa pretty boy. Charming and outgoing. He’ll probably just laugh it off, your casual, stereotyped Romeo”.

But???

TURNS OUT HE’S A DORK.

A DORK MADE OF SHYNESS THAT GETS EASILY FLUSTERED AND HAS NO IDEA HOW TO TALK TO OTHERS

THIS

ABSOLUTE

IDIOT

AKSJDFA KLGJA SKLDJAGL KAJDGALKDJA LKSJDA

THAT IS WHAT GOT ME

IT JUST

GOT ME

IT GOT ME SO BAD, I WAS ISNTANTLY HOOKED AS SOON AS HE CAME OUT AS THIS SHY DORK.

BECAUSE HONSTLY

THAT IS SO CUTE

I HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR SHY, QUIET PEOPLE BECAUSE IT CAN BE SO CUTE AND CULLEN DIDN’T DISAPPOINT.

The way he just stared at my elf like .____. *brain death* zomg what do I do what do I say pls halp I’m lost and he just stuttered and went shy and looked away and PANICKED

AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

HE’S SUCH AN IDIOT

I LOVE HIM

And all throughout the courting process with him, he’s all shyness and adorableness, I swear to the gods, I AM SO WEAK

I think at some point of the War Table, he’s staring at the Inquisitor? Like, before you are the Inquisitor. Because Leliana goes “So, you were telling us.........Cullen?”, and Cullen goes all “HM? OH- AH-...YES- AH...”and talks about something else, so like. Was he daydreaming OR was something in sight range, hm?

And then at Sky hold? That ADORABLE conversation when he’s staring and staring and tries to not say bye and right before you walk away he goes with what he has been containing about “You stayed behind, at Haven. You could have...” and then he swears it won’t happen again and he’s there for you AND I DIE, GIVE ME MY FAIRY TALE VANILLA LOVE, I LOVE IT.

And stuf stuff blah blah, AND WHEN YOU FINALLY ROMANCE HIM?

HONESTLY I’M JUST SO HAPPY BECAUSE HE’S THIS SHY STUTTERING IDIOT, YOU WOULD EXPECT HIM- LIKE YOU KNOW, strong warrior archetype, with the big armor, strong and badass, you would EXPECT him to be charmming, confident, utgoing, charming, flirty. But instead? Stuttering shy idiot that gets nervous. AND HONESTLY THAT MAKES ME FEEL SO HAPPYAND INLOVE WITH HIS CHARACTER GAWDS DAMN ME IT’S SO CUTE

So when you ask him to talk alone with him, is he confident now?

NAH MAN

He just stares away, gets nervous, and stutters” I-IT’S A NICE WEATHER, ISN’T IT? AHAH” like bruh. You nervous, anxious idiot PLS KISS ME ALREADY.

And that almost-kiss. IT WAS ADORABLE. And then the kiss-kiss. EVEN MORE ADORABLE. And they even give you soft piano music, aaaahhhh, I DIE ;A;

SO YEH. LOOKING FORWARDS TO MORE, BOTH ABOUT THE WHOLE STORY AND THE ROMANCE WITH CULLEN.

I could make the one quest...Wicked Hearts, something Eyes (I’M NOT PLAYING IT IN ENGLISH I’M SORRY), I think you go to a ball? But I have this habit of trying to complete as many sidequests as I can so you know. I’m taking long and doing it slow OTL

But enjoying it!!! And anyway, I spent too long writing this and now I feel guilty alksjdfkladjga

But yeh! My experience so far! C:

Thanks for reading!

[lorraine-lemieux]

The Meeting

Part 1 | Part 2

Lorraine jolted silghtly, looked up as her comm gave a gentle buzz, "...Lord Holt has found something," she says, speaking suddenly. Her eyes are torn away from the wall to Venreena.

Alexandria was fastest, “Which Lord Holt? There's like...a billion o' them.”

Venreena looked downward at her as Lorraine had jerked her chin upward at the woman, "Her brother-in-law."

Alexina leaned forward as she rested her arms on it, "Jacob Holt, Cedrick's brother." she said, clarifying.

Motlos tilted his head towards Lorraine, his eyebrows arching in unspoken questions.

“Wot is it then?” Alexandria asked.

Lorraine croaked out, "He says he overheard three Ashvane men speaking about a rather unruly man with black hair who'd arrived at Tol Dogar. A nobleman."

“Tha' could be literally anyone. Tha' ain't propah confirmation,” replied the other Gilnean, unconvinced.

Alexina tilted her head slightly though nods in agreement with the Doc. "Aye. That could be any nobleman around these parts.."

Rian echoed the same thought, “That could be anyone, I could list at least five unruly nobleman off the top of my head, Alex of course being one when circumstance permits.”

Motlos joined the chorus, "A name would add some weight to the hearsay. While it could very well be Alexander, it really could be anyone."

"They called him 'a mainlander',” Lorraine supplied, unhelpfully.

“Again.. so many converging on Boralus?” Rian said at once.

Lorraine only shrugged one thin shoulder, “That's all he has for the time being."

Venreena pinched the bridge of her nose. "Still. We need to know for certain that it's Alex."

Motlos nodded his agreement.

“Okay, so back t' th' original plannin'? Tha' ain't enough for me t' charge in guns blazin',” Alexandria noted.

“It's a string of hope. But I do agree further infomation is necessary,” agreed Rian.

"Quite right. Would be a shame if we hatched a daring escape only to realize we have the wrong man,” Motlos added.

Audrik finalized the arguement, “If the place truly is an unlawful prison, rescuing the wrong person wouldn't be a total loss.”

Lorraine fell silent and returned her gaze forward to the spot on the wall. Clemence sneered at her. Her leg started up again.

“I will go with Doc inside if you want to go down that road,” Alexina announced, all eyes shifted to her in confusion.

It was Alexandria who voiced what they all thought, “I don't feel it propah t' take a pregnant woman int' max security dirty prison.”

Alexina looked to the Doc, “You need someone there with you though…” and her claim was refuted by the other woman, “Worst case scenario I can handle m'self,” Alexandria told her.

Motlos, however, looked at Audrik.

"Correct,” He said, “But that still leaves us with no Alexander Kestavin. While I agree it wouldn't be all bad, we would still be without our objective.”

Alexina still looked over at Alexandria for a moment and nodded once. "Still, at lest take Mot or someone."

“Besides, if I one man scout this....we can let othahs focus on findin' th' boat,” Alexandria said, and Alexina nodded at her.

Clemence whispered across the room, “You realize… this is all your fault, right? And here you are… just sitting there. About as useful as an asshole right here,” she said, raising a hand across her own body to point at her elbow.

Lorraine 's face contorted with rage and she looked downward at her palms. No one seemed to notice.

Venreena changed the subject, “Now we have something else we need to address,” she said. Lorraine's eyes ticked upwards at Venreena briefly.

“If there's a boat to be found…” Rian began, but Venreena had already continued, “The Sudden Storm was spotted heading to Pandaria.”

“So....we send some folks t' Pandaria. Have a look around,” Alexandria supplied, shrugging.

"I can get a mage," came Lorraine’s voice, almost unintelligible.

Venreena didn’t seem to hear her, “I have a ship The Sea Phoenix that will be leaving Stormwind Tuesday morning. If we can have a few of our numbers take a portal back to the mainland and board the Phoenix, we can try and locate the Storm.”

Audrik quipped, “Do we know where to find these survivors from the rowboat? They should have all the information we need.”

Lorraine nodded at Venreena, "I can arrange it," she said, still as quiet.

“It's been how many days since we found 'em? Th' boat could've moved by now,” Alexandria argued.

“What can I do to help?” Came Alexina’s eager reply.

Venreena shook her head, “It doesn't matter where they are right now, though I assume they are safe. The last time The Sudden Storm was spotted, it was headed to Pandaria. That's all we have to go on.”

'Was there a specific destination on Pandaria that the Sudden Storm was headed? Or will we have to scour the entire continent?” Motlos asked, his brows furrowing.

“Thaylynn has intention of procuring a ship or two whilst we're here. Surely someone in the harbor or shipyards will have heard something. I could ask around,” Rian offered to Venreena, whom in turn nodded at Rian.

“If you don't mind my asking, how well manned and armed was the missing ship?” Audrik asked.

Lorraine's eyes shifted ahead again. "What about Sault?" She asked, seemingly no one.

Venreena spoke to Rian, “That would be appreciated. I still think it would be wise that we have people ready to sail first thing Tuesday,” before her eyes shifted to Audrik, “That's the thing... It's a Man O' War.”

Lorraine glanced at Venreena, "I said I'd get them to Stormwind," she bleated feebily.

Then sending any other ship, no matter how well armed, is still inviting a similar result,” Audrik interjected at once.

“As fer tha' guy...if we find th' ship, probably gonna find th' arse tha' took it,” Alexandria reasoned, probably correctly.

Venreena nodded to Lorraine. She had heard her before, just forgot to respond. Pregnancy brain, yo.

Rian in turn, nodded with Venreena's words. "Armed with Kestavin guns.. so well as any if not more,” she leaned to the back of her chair. "Sea ventures are not my expertise I'd not pretend to know the best way to retrieve such."

Lorraine gave a little nod in return and went back to staring. Same spot.

“We can sail The Sea Phoenix without the Holt and Thorne colors to reduce the risk of it being taken,” Venreena said, decisively.

“We obviously don't wanna try t' sink th' ship,” Alexandria said.

But, Audrik eyed Venreena. "You assume, my lady, that whoever took the other ship discriminates."

Motlos seemed to agree, nodding at Audrik, “Pirates will care little about what flag is being flown. We will be targeted just the same, albeit without being identified as the Holt and Thorne company."

Venreena sighed and shook her head. "And you assume that I don't think that either." She didn't want to reveal to everyone yet that the company was probably under attack. Again. "It simply -reduces- the risk, not eliminates it."

“If they think they can get money howevah they might no' sink ya right off th' bat!” Alexandria supplied.

Lorraine's left eye twitched. Clemence was laughing now.

“It would cause less suspicion of whoever is commanding The Sudden Storm to see a unmarked vessel than to see one flying the same colors of the company they commandeered The Storm from,” Venreena pointed out.

Alexandria continued, “It would also make sense fer th' company t' send folks out lookin' for th' ship.”

“For the sake of your missing man, I would suggest holding out hope that your company was indeed the target,” Audrik offered, “Simple piracy isn't likely to leave prisoners, but a targeted attack could produce a ransom demand.”

Venreena 's jaw clenched as she stared at Audrik. "Thank you for your advice, Mister Caspian," she replied on quiet breath.

Audrik only bowed his head in a solemn nod.

Rian had watched Lorraine for the moment as the others spoke of the lost ship. She'd nod again with Audrik's words. "If he's even with the ship and not in Tol Dagor. Either which way I'd see my brother in law returned. We've only just learned of the ties and his son does not deserve to grow with neither of his parents."

At this, Clemence burst into laughter at her, “You probably orphaned his child and you don’t even love him… oh, this is rich. This is a new low. Venreena’s going to kill you!” She yammered on at Lorraine from across the room.

Lorraine's nostrils flared briefly and her hands clenched on the table top.

Venreena lips pursed with agitation. "If we have Alexandria infiltrate Tol Dagor to identify if Alex is there and we send a small crew aboard The Sea Phoenix to locate The Sudden Storm. We are covering our bases here."

Alexandria nodded. Suddenly she felt like she was in danger. But this was fine.

Motlos was fully prepared for more people to get injured, captured, dead, or all of the above. He made a mental note to pack his equipment well. He was sure he was going to need it.

“Are we all in agreement then?” Venreena asked them all.

“Aye,” Alexina was first to say.

Lorraine 's eyes twitched to Venreena again.

"Get visual confirmation of Alexander, send a team in an attempt to track down our missing boat, and be prepared to find this Sault character aboard that boat. Don't die by the Man O' War or get recaptured in prison. Got it,” Motlos said, nodding.

“Lady Kestavin has my support. If she is in agreement, than I am as well,” Audrik agreed.

“An' fer me no hero moments tryin' t' get him out. Just...do m' job and get out,” Alexandria nods.

"Who do you want me to take back to Stormwind?" Lorraine cleared her throat.

Rian looked to Venreena, "I'm not disagreeing. Not in the least." her lips pursed. "If infiltration is your primary means and intentions. Then what choice do I have for the moment?" She'd look to Alexandria, "Would you have assistance or no?"

Alexandra shook her head, “If 'm just havin' a look around I should go alone. 'm a one man operation typically. Given th' options one would be bettah. Leaves more men able t' work elsewhere in recoverin' th' ship.”

Audrik seemed to agree with her, “Anyone poking around covertly should be alone and deniable.”

“Not to mention Rian, you going could compromise the mission. If Alex sees you or you see him…” Venreena trailed off, shrugging as she looked at the Countess.

“I think 'm...th' least notable person in this room...actually,” Alexandria wondered aloud.

Venreena still spoke to Rian, “In the meantime, have Thaylynn ask around the docks if they've seen a Man O' War,” she said.

(Collaborative RP with @rian-kestavin @venreenaholt @audrik-caspian@alexandria-morrowgrove & @alexinathorne )

(For relevance/mentions: @alexkestavin @holtandthornetradingco @house-kestavin @thaylynnkestavin @eatcwra @jacob-holt )

[moralcompass-archived]

*is secretly plotting to get him into animal crossing*

“Hm..? It looks like your plotting something. Should I be concerned?”

[talesofealdancynedom]

Introduction. Fyra Haracwen, Tiberius’s daughter, and her familiar Betelgeuse

Tale 1:The Legend of Tiberius gate (chapter 2 - Of Becoming King Mage 2/3 ) part 1. Stories of Beginnings

no warnings

As time passed, magic transformed from its origins in nature, love, and fey, to the use of simple wands, diagrams, potions, and incantations. These simple and accessible forms of magic, were now used by people to fend off fey, make life easy, or even aid in war. With such advantages, people in magic houses even became egotistical and segregated from the rest of society. Keeping magic away from those who didn’t want it in their lives, became profitable and desirable. Once anyone could use magic, they chose to identify their training by wearing robes akin to that of the mages.

Mages wore fairy robes, that were impenetrable by spell or sword, and mimicked those of the beast kings and queens of their house. These fairy robes were made with love, by the Fairy King, for each valuable mage. So ubiquitous were these outlandish enchanted costumes, that wizards soon adorned man-made ones. Fairy robes, authentic or fake, let commoners find magic users. If they were real, they posed an interesting question: why were all the mages being killed, if the wore such mythical garbs? In the future, how would anyone be able to tell the difference between wizard or mage?

Wizards now filled the niche of mages, and took their specialties: paladins who used magic in war, seers that searched, and witches who peacefully ruled. Not to mention a few occupations of their own, with apothecaries that brewed potions, and sorceress that could cast any wizard spell. But none of them could hope to sing a spell as a charmer, or craft wonderous objects like a warlock. Regardless, mages now seemed overly powerful obsolete competitors, to be looked down upon. Everything regarding magery must be destroyed, hidden, or covered up. In the end, little remained of magery. With magic out of the way, technology could advance and burry its past. For many, life was becoming mundane.

Eventually, away from such matters, Tiberius was finishing the final features of his gate. It was vast and had “doors” to each fey kingdom in the shadow veil. Each door was a statue of a Beast King, ominously facing the navigational direction associated with. Overwhelmingly satisfied with his creative choices, Tiberius had only to open the gate. Smart warlocks make their tools hard to use, so it would take more then going dark to open his fine work. Tiberius decided it best to bond to it, so the veils would become so thin, the fey could live in an endless sanctuary with him. For one lunar cycle of days and nights, he slept on the gate, and ate and drank gifts from its earth. Tiberius could now feel it, his magic feeding it, and its feeding him. Every living thing on the gate was fey, and the forests extended into the nearby village. Even by mage standards, Tiberius was becoming mighty; If only he desired to do anything mighty at all. With his dreams coming to fruition, in his own magic forest, Tiberius could rest as a man of complete and serene inner peace. Tiberius could be enchanted with the magic of a happily ever after.

Then, Tiberius got board. He wasn’t done with whimsical wonders yet. Tiberius began to quest for, and collect, the ten Beast Kingdom Stones. The Beast Kingdoms of fey are, in order of power; Dragon, Fairy, Stag, Raven, Wolf, Fish, Stone, Tree, Rat, and Monkey. Each one is a tenth of all magic, and are the creators of fey. Each fey endearingly referred to as their child. In the last few years, humans had used mages to control their children, and to prevent this, the Beast Kings each made a stone with their fey kingdom’s rune on it. Imbuing the stone with their magic, so that it would imprint on the receiver; Signaling to all fey, that the keeper of the stone was a friend to their kingdom. The mage who proved themselves an alley to all fey, with knowledge and kindness, would thus receive all ten Kingdom Stones, and become the King Mage; Magic’s human brother.

The stones were acquired by winning over a Beast King; Coming before their thrones int eh shadow veil, with special gifts from unspoken quests. In reality these gifts were simple things in plain sight, obvious to anyone who knew fey; like going on a hunt, grooming, milk and homemade biscuits, dazzling necklaces, transmuted water, singing a song from the heart, telling stories, or playing riddles and chess. These tasks were not to be recorded, according to an unspoken truce with the kings. Only a trained mage, who was innocent and loving enough to figure out what to do innately, could succeed. A further barrier, was the fact that even mages were tentative to approach a Beast King; making it even harder to acquire their stone.

Tiberius was unfettered at first, due to daftness, then because he found clues as he completed his gate. Tiberius figured that becoming King Mage, would aid him in his goal of helping the day veil. Tiberius swiftly accomplished all ten tasks, with peril and delight. Along the way, he forgot about the power and protection being King Mage, and rejoiced in his ten new friends. Tiberius was the first mage to successfully collect all the stones, and become king mage. He would gain an edge in his advocacy, as all fey instantly befriended him, due to the favour of all ten Beast Kings. The Beast kings themselves, were thrilled to finally have a new human brother they could trust.

After becoming king mage, Tiberius lived on the gate as usual. His life still seemingly perfect. As all mages, he spent time in his journals; Drew magnificent illustrations and writing tales of what he had learned each day. While the world burned in faraway lands, he lived quietly on his creation. Even if he had no knowledge of encroaching danger, Tiberius was smart enough to use magic to protect his work from the degradation of time. All his journals were enchanted to last, and stored within the thick walls of central tower; Like a library full of shelves waiting to be filled with the knowledge every mage.

Lost to his gate, Tiberius found his relationship with the lady of his affections became strained. She was so unnerved by living among fey, as her mind was tainted by the villager’s gossiping. Witnessing Tiberius’s growing magical abilities over such a short time, was all the proof she needed to believe the rumors. Though they danced in the woods since the day Tiberius came to the valley, she still fled a year after giving him his only child. She lived in a state of anxiety, worried that her daughter was a powerful mage as well, that she would burry with the man she loved. She became blind, and resistant, to any form of affection that her family provided; Until one day, she was unable to love Tiberius back. But Tiberius was enchanted with a happily ever after, and thus his grief would fade. He loved her yes, but she was not his one true love. His attention quickly turned to his blessings; Including his  beautiful daughter.

Tiberius’s beloved was not far from the truth; Their daughter was destined to be a mage. Fyra was born on the longest day of the year, and the result of a King Mage’s curse. Each beast kingdom of fey, not only had a rune and direction, but also a season; making up the table of fours, which depicted all of magics correlations. As a gift to their human companion, the King Mage would have a child for each season, that would all be mages. Therefore, Fyra was the child of summer, and was to be lovingly housed and named by one of the fey kingdoms of that season; Either Dragon, Rat or Monkey.

These Beast Kings quarreled over who would have the honor of enchanting Fyra with a name. The beast kings having such a love of Tiberius, naming one of his four children a special opportunity. Names are very important to fey. Tiberius, happy to swaddle his little girl, could not comprehend their obsession. In the end, the rat king won the bid of placing Fyra in one of his five magic houses; the royal house of Haracwen.

Tiberius was unaware the Beast Kings were becoming desperate, now that their children and mages were dissapearing. His ignorance was intentional however. The ten kings of fey didn’t want Tiberius to worry, so they sheltered him inside his gate. They were responsible for his obsession and attachment to it. Tiberius and Fyra were the few remaining advocates of magic, and the fey wanted them to live a god life.  The two of them would only suffer, if they decided to confront wizards. The fey decided they would help raise Fyra, and protect Tiberius. The world of magic needed mages. The Beast Kings needed humans in the day veil, that were on their side. They needed Tiberius and Fyra to live.

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