#kaius

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「 “It is the maddening pain and unstoppable tears of those afflicted with the flame of frenzy brought into being.” 」

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"The first thing Kaius does is lift Anyte up and spin her around."

The Ward has been thru a LOT these past few days, but things are looking up!!!

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Happy belated Valentine's to those who observe!

Secret santa for @fuegophilippe of her characters Zion and Kaius having a moment. Background textures by Hibbary.

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WHOO look at me go i actually got this guy done before artfight started lmao

Here's where you can find me on artfight!! I'm gonna try to participate as much as I can this year, though no guarantees with work and everything ^-^;

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New Merlin OCs

Soooo many new merlin ocs so here we go

1 – Aelin Pendragon & Lucan

Gwaine's younger brother (Lucan) & Arthur's younger sister (Aelin, bc i really need another one) Lucan accidentally saves Aelin from a kidnapping attempt, gets made a knight not a fan of that because he hates Uther and at that point hates Arthur too (Aelin not as much but he doesn't like the royal family in general) but he can't leave without being chased down so he's stuck, becomes Aelin’s personal guard they're very very standoffish at first, both kind of hate each other and know it Lucan discovers that Aelin is secretly raising a baby dragon, realizes she's not the same as the rest of her family (tbd if she has actual magic or just a dragon lol), that brings them closer turns into big time Princess Bride vibes, Aelin is very bossy and Lucan is smitten then Gwaine shows up

2 – Ariston (x Princess Airlia)

Ariston is Princess Airlia's love interest, he comes with her when she's invited to Camelot in order to protect her (primarily from Uther, but also from anyone else)

3 – Asael (x Iryssa Devlyn)

Morgause's son but created by magic not normal pregnancy so he's sort of considered the Prince of the Old Religion (has a dragon probably idk how), cements himself in Camelot to plot against Arthur and Uther but shit happens, realizes that Uther might be the worst but Arthur actually isn't, still wants to kill Uther but not Arthur very fun vibes with Iryssa since she hates magic so so much

4 – Davian Argyris (x Elsine Pendragon)

Prince from a neighbour kingdom, arranged marriage, first shows up in the tourney and develops a connection with Elsine before she knows who he is,

5 – Elaine (x Arthur)

Gwen's sister, touched by magic as a child which turned her hair white, aspiring knight was never taken seriously (maybe worked in the kitchens) but saves Arthur's life from an assassination attempt and he makes her a knight to thank her

6 – Kaius (x Allyria Pendragon)

Merlin's twin brother, doesn't trust Merlin not to get himself killed so also gets a job at the palace, develops a friendship/fwb to ship with Princess Allyria

7 – Morana

Morgana & Morgause's youngest sibling (same mom, tbd if they have the same dad as Morgause), has magic but is also a dragonrider

8 – Princess Solasta (x Elion)

Arthur's cousin, parents were both killed (maybe by magic?) right before canon. She has no other male relatives so is now living with her uncle Uther + cousin Arthur in castle. Becomes close with one of Arthur's companions, Elion Canon starts basically when they return from funeral

9 – Zielle Avenell & Edric

Zielle is brought to Camelot to be Uther's new wife, with Edric as her knight and personal guard. Slowburn friends to lovers, undying devotion at all times. Uther is a terrible first husband and Edric is Zielle's only solace, but I can't say much without it being big spoilers

also, posted my original batch of plot bunnies as well: Airlia, Calix, Eirian, Elion, Isleen & Vidalia & Zarya, Soren, and Talisa)

(have since gotten more plot bunny asks but wanted to get through this big batch before anything else) (dedicated to @ginevrastilinski with thanks to @ocmerunaway and @themildestofwriters for helping me figure shit out!)

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King Kaius ir'Wynarn III, ceremonial plate armor.

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Dagne (Paladin)

Traded away the holy coautl weapon, Garthir, from the Age of Demons which they needed to kill Mordakesh the Shadow Sword in order to get their friend, Nux's soul back. The soul came in a demon weapon, also from the Age of Demons, Saraskha. Dagne decided since it was the same age, it was a workable substitute? They tried to wield it thinking they had the willpower to avoid being corrupted. They did not. Saraskha took advantage of their hubris. Cue the party wrestling it away.

Led the party to go confront Inesa Yanova, main party rival and terrorist, over a chasm. Turns out, Inesa had a whole goddamn army with her hiding just below the cliff face and the entire party was almost TPKed by siege staff artillery. They straight up got deus ex machina-ed out of the situation by the Chamber, and thoroughly chewed out for making such an idiotic strategic blunder.

Just, their whole situation with King Kaius III. Dagne got away with actually insulting the king and trying to arm-twist him into doing things. They left the country multiple times without letting Kaius know beforehand, which really pissed him off. Plus they quit, to his face, because they just hate being under command. Like, they were acting too powerful to control, but Kaius is actually a whole vampire and powerful in his own right. Hard to say whether Dagne was being more brave or stupid in this case.

Bonus: their entire romance with Vaeren up until like session 31 was like a slow motion lighting rail derailment.

I wanna start a reblog chain. please list your D&D character’s name, class, and three stupid things they’ve done during campaign. I’ll start:

Willow Jenkins (artificer)

used all of their hard-won Cannith knowledge and dragonshards to create the magical equivalent of a food blender

went into hiding from pirates - who may or may not want them dead - in the town next-door to the main pirate port city, in the thick of pirate territory. “well as long as they don’t hang out with any of them-” they also befriended the Pirate High Prince’s former First Mate

this I guess

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previous // T$$ AU Masterlist // next

(both characters use he/him)

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Shirai and Posuka's answers to fan questions are here!

Here's the first batch! Part 2 will be released next week.

(the missing question asked which character Shirai sensei sees himself resembling to)

("colored door" implied the colored chapter cover pages. In japanese they're called "tobirae"/扉絵 which literally reads door art)

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the guys!!! all current pcs in both parties in height order. anyte has a str score of 20.

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Wait wait. You said 9 PPL are aware that Isabella is Ray's bio mom. Who are these 9?

And do you think Emma and Norman would figure out this fact all by themselves later?

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This is something that Shirai recently confirmed in the 8th anniversary Q&A on the Yakuneba community website, specifically here in the second batch of answers released.

I love how exact he is with this answer without elaborating at all lmao

With the way it's translated, I'm unsure if "know" means everyone who ever knew this information or characters who are alive at the end of the story and are aware of it.

These ones are for sure:

1. Ray 2. Jessica 3. Matilda 4. Scarlet 5. Sienna

So that leaves four others.

If it's characters who are alive and people can mean anyone, then the Grace Field Demon Boss might count since his fate is unknown after chapter 177. The last we hear about him is that the royal demon guard arrested him after his head was lobbed off.

I also default to Mike Ratri knowing as the head of the Ratri clan with access to the database containing all the information related to the cattle children:

(Chapter 7 | Chapter 22)

I talk about this here, too, but it seems like Krone brought a dossier with information about the plant #3 children with her in order to confirm the veracity of Ray's bait note implicating Isabella's assistance in their upcoming escape due to knowing Ray was her biological son. If Krone had access to information like that, I don't think it's out of bounds for Mike to have it as well. Even if he isn't aware of it at the time the children arrive in the human world, if he's a point of contact with the cast to help them settle into the human world initially, I wouldn't be surprised if delved deeper into information regarding children of note like the full score trio.

If we're including characters who have died, then the list looks like this:

1. Ray 2. Isabella 3. Grandma Sarah 4. Krone 5. Jessica 6. Matilda 7. Scarlet 8. Sienna

With the ninth person being up in the air, though as of right now I settle on Mike for angst in my own silly little headcanons and AUs.

Interestingly, there's also this line from the second chapter of the mystic code book:

"The farm authorities didn't want Isabella to suspect that Ray is her biological son" makes it sound like this was common knowledge among the upper ranks of headquarters (and something I like angsting about in posts like this one. If Isabella is off limits from being eaten due to being the youngest and most capable Mom the farms have ever seen, then eating her son is theoretically the next best thing).

(Mystic Code Book Chapter 1 and Chapter 7 Q&As)

But again, I'm not sure how much of this is tied up in the translation and how much of this is Shirai being potentially contradictory after a decade of being involved with this story.

Do you think Emma and Norman would figure out this fact all by themselves later?

I appreciate how you word this because I'm of the mind there is absolutely no way in hell Ray would ever willingly reveal this information to anyone without prompting from outside forces until his very late teens/early twenties at the earliest (see here for an extremely indulgent AU of mine that incorporates a throughline they discarded in S2 where Isabella goes after the kids as an extreme version of an outside force).

(Mystic Code Book Chapter 6 Q&A)

If he has any say in the matter, he's taking this information to the grave.

However, that doesn't mean Emma and Norman can't discern things on their own. After the events of the escape arc, if a fanfic author runs with the idea that Emma and/or Norman picked up on this but remain quiet on the subject because that's Ray's secret to keep or reveal (something I've seen before), I think it's reasonable, though I think it's less likely for Emma to rediscover after losing her memories and assuming she never regains them.

I'm also someone who likes to overthink about this panel from chapter 174 and Norman's incorporation in it. It could easily just be due to knowing Ray had a unique relationship with Isabella due to being her spy for years…but why not throw more angst in with him knowing the extra layer of gravity in this exchange between the two as another reason for his knowing and somber expression? (You could also extend this to Emma, but I focus on Norman just because we can see he's looking back at Ray whereas Emma's still looking in the general direction of Isabella). He had over a year in Lambda to reflect on his time at Grace Field and pore over all the oddities he noticed between Isabella and Ray but chalked up to other things at the time…and isn't that so incredibly like Ray to keep that kind of conflict and pain to himself, either to spare others or because he loathes pity. There's a sad fondness tinging the thought.

I also like to entertain the idea of Peter and Norman interacting more because it's one of the least explored protagonist and antagonist dynamics in the series. Even if it isn't prompted by having a familial connection with Norman that I touch upon here:

This is already long but a tangentially related conversation to this eventually comes up with Peter asking about Emma and Ray. On the surface, it's to connect with Norman and learn more about his life at Grace Field, but the ulterior motive is to see if there's any information he can glean about these kids to find and capture them quicker. Norman will give it to him for having the tact not to slip and refer to them by their numbers like he's sure he wants to do, but he's still incensed at their names in his mouth. There's also the chance that Peter might reveal a crumb of information himself about their status (because Norman can't see why he would be asking unless he had something to gain from it, so that has to mean their escape was a success and they were all alive. The alternative would kill him), so he entertains the conversation. --- #also it might seem counterintuitive to kill Emma and Ray if he wants to engender love for him in Norman #but the sentiments are Norman would have eventually outgrown them anyway so it's fine and he'll get over it lol

The full score trio are kind of like celebrities among demon nobility and humans at headquarters.

(Chapter 1 | Chapter 80 | Chapter 76 | Chapter 152 | Chapter 156 | Chapter 159)

So I could see Peter asking Norman about them to gain information, and maybe one of the things he brings up is Isabella's connection with Ray, possibly bringing up the note if he somehow managed to be privy to that information (maybe Sarah told him, maybe he stumbled across the note in Sarah's office during the transfer of power from her to Isabella as Grandma since Isabella most likely came across it among the treasures Sarah collected over the years, like the embroidered map of headquarters in the second light novel/Krone's bonus chapter, lots of contrivances to work with) to both see how Norman reacts to it and as a means to evaluate how trustworthy Isabella is in her new role.

Something I imagine for that earlier mentioned Isabella Raids the Bunker AU, but I think it's transferable to other scenarios as well, is Ray divulging that secret to Norman in light of the circumstances, and Norman revealing he put the pieces together because he had a lot of time to think at Lambda, citing a few instances that made more sense to him because of it, and in an echo to their exchange in chapter 13/S1 episode 5, Ray responds with something along the lines of "I really can't get anything past you, huh."

Norman's intelligence is one of the many reasons he's fond of and cares for him, how capable and attentive it can make him, but there's bittersweetness and grief tinging those words due to the situation in general and at the thought of him having been obvious about things back at the house that all circle back around to him loathing the idea of pity directed at him when roughly sixty of his siblings at Grace Field plant #3 suffered a worse fate under Isabella's care, a few of them as a direct result of his choices.

It's the self-loathing that makes his mind interpret his friends looking at him with pity when what they're offering him is understanding, compassion, and love.

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Finally drew some full body refs for Kai and Roman to get prepped for Artfight!!

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some souls ocs // my main characters & their covenants.

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Nothing more to it.

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King Kaius ir'Wynarn III, no armor.