#kotw

[mofffun]

Concept artist Tajima Hideki assumed Chikyuu's diameter to be roughly 1/10 of our Earth's. For scale, Honshu will take up almost 1/3 of Chikyuu's surface.

Honshu length: 1300km; Chikyuu d/c: 1725.6km/4007km

…so that made me feel slightly better about the international/continental travel times… (this would open up another can of worms about density/gravity but i digress)

He created the Chikyuu map from a draft by Kamihori and adjusted the seas and balance on a planetary model.

[murasaki-cha]

I'm just a girl, sitting down in class, eating a muffin during break time, staring at my phone which definitely is not showing the scene in the book where the witch and the demon prince who are enemies finally give in to their desires and start getting it in the hot spring, definitely not reading that with a straight face

[e-regcanswim]

jegulus x kingdom of the wicked au when

[dwellerbytheashtreeforest]

Talking about the Princesses of the Seven Circles!

I don't know if the demon princes realize this but they're going to build an army against themselves with their spouses. Like do they realize the absolute hell Emilia, Camilla, and Adriana are going to cause for them? Those three are going to hang out. And it's going to mean bad things for their husbands. But you know what they're probably into it.

I love the variation between Kerri's female MC's. Yes they're all sassy and stubborn but there's subtle differences in interests and preferences and personality. Woah, it's like she writes women like they're real people 😱

I also love how Emilia is all like "so maybe the time for talking is over~" and Camilla is all "you wanna touch me, don't you?" And Adriana is just like "either you're lost in thought or constipated" and "mmm steaming innards" and not even in the hot way. Like I'm obsessed with it.

I also love how each of them have at one point been like, "you just sassed my love interest to his face. I love you"

I also love how they don't all have to kick ass in battle to be strong. Like Emilia can tear you apart in terrifying ways in seconds, Camilla has cool powers that she's still kind of figuring out, and Adriana will just roast the fuck out of you and pour ice down your shirt for the burn. But if she's faced with a dragon she's got nothin, which is realistic! Not every female mc has to be physically unstoppable to be cool and "correct" and she does it so well!! I love all these women and I can't wait for them to cause chaos.

(also please more Val and her witch girlfriend please thank youuu)

[nicstylus]

Kingdom of the Wicked

Side by Side-ish

Completed: May 12th 2024

[thestoryarchives]

Uncle Lust - Headcanons

A/N: Chapter four of Clandestine Affairs will be up by Sunday, Monday at the latest (BST). Just doing a bit of chapter restructuring and edits. Thank you for your patience. Let me know which Prince you'd like headcanons for next!

Masterlist

💟 When Euphemia was born, Lust enjoyed sitting with her in his arms. Whether he's doing paperwork, meeting with advisors or eating, he's usually much calmer, and far more content when he's holding her. So much so, that Sloth had asked about him during a family dinner (since he hand't been bothered about the lack of orgies once the entire night) only to double take when Emilia actually pointed him out, two seats down and sipping wine while their niece napped peacefully on his lap.

💟 Speaking of napping, when Euphemia is in his lap, she sleeps more soundly than with anyone else. Emilia is envious of how quickly Lust manages to put her daughter to sleep, whereas she spends a couple of hours trying to get her down, only for her to wake a twenty minutes later. Especially in her newborn phase.

💟 I mentioned that Euphemia isn't allowed to visit House Lust, at least not until she's much older, but that doesn't mean she's never been. Lust was discussing something with his second when he heard a knock at his door, and found a lady in waiting to one of his courtiers standing there with his giggling niece. Lust was in shock as the toddler waddled over to him, while the poor lady in waiting looked haggard and white as a sheet, most likely out of fear of his brother.

💟 Lust is the second most relaxed of her uncles, following Sloth. He's the most vocal about letting her enjoy her youth, and spend time in other circles.

💟 He's also the most attuned to her. He's the first to notice if she's upset, or scared or hiding something. However, he's also the last to figure out how to fix it. He finds ways to distract her, no problem, but struggles to help find permanent solutions.

💟 Unless it's romantic advice. Regardless of if he's talking to a young Euphie who's complaining about her peers wanting to court her (more often at the behest of their parents than their own wills) or an older Euphie beginning to feel romantic attraction. He's the one she goes to for relationship advice.

💟 Wrath and Emilia are pleasantly surprised with how well Lust looks after Euphemia. They can tell she clearly trusts him, especially in moments where she doesn't feel she can talk to them.

💟 Lust is the one who plans Euphie's first tasting of Alcohol. Wrath wanted to do it, but Lust insisted that his court had a wider variety of alcohol, and less weapons lying around.

"I never said there weren't any weapons. Just that there were less. At the very least it's far more manageable than House Wrath. If you tried to remove every potential hazard, you'd have to redecorate your entire house."

He turned it into an entire tasting party. Euphie wanted all her uncles, and their partners there, so it turned into a large family dinner where they all tasted different types of alcohol, and talked about their favourite until she was too tipsy to continue.

💟 Lust is absolutely the Uncle that held her upside down by the foot as a child, since he was unsure how else to hold a toddler. Wrath nearly gutted him for it. The only reason he didn't was Emilia, who was watching and noticed Euphemia was fine, and even giggling.

💟 Lust was the first one to lose his house dagger to Euphemia. He's unsure how she got it, but he didn't even realise it was gone until his second brought the crying toddler to him. It was the afternoon of the second day, and he was preparing for the sacrifice that evening when his second had knocked, and came in holding the House Dagger in one hand, and Euphie in the other. In the end, the only way to calm her without giving her his knife was to take her to see the horses in the stable, where Emilia found them, and almost sobbed in relief.

💟 Sometimes Euphemia feels pressured to pretend to have romantic interests because of the way that Lust teases Sloth for not indulging in sin the way he believes demons should. As a kid, she was worried that not having love interests in her teenage years and beyond would make her Uncle Lust hate her, so she started mentally preparing to try and fall in love the second she turned thirteen. She even began seriously considering the boys that noble ladies and lords would push to be her 'friend' as a child in order to worm their way into the royal family. Needless to say, when Lust finds out about it, he's horrified. So much so that he almost gets stabbed by Wrath because he entered his circle uninvited to fix it.

💟 "Little terror."

💟 Is absolutely the one who teaches her about healthy boundaries in a relationship, and consent.

💟 He also teaches her about the value of her own joy and prioritising her own happiness.

💟 Lust, despite his sin, is the most scrutinous with any potential suitor that approaches Eupheima.

💟 Lust enjoys dancing with her. Euphie doesn't dance often at balls, and if she does, it's with her family. But she's danced with Lust the most out of all the princes (not including their partners).

💟 Eupheima is the only one who can cockblock Lust and not be the target of his foul mood and still get whatever it is she came for. It's a feat, truely.

💟 Once, a noble boy was being particularly pushy, and Lust took notice. He happily used his influence on the boy, pushing him to make a spectacle of himself in front of everyone else at the ball, before ripping his joy away and leaving him empty in the middle of the dance floor. The boy was hauled out by soldiers shortly. Apparently, shortly after, he went to visit family on the shifting isles.

💟 Lust loves sharing gossip with Euphemia. They have regular tea parties where he'll happily listen to her tell him all of the gossip she's collected. Euphie's smart, she knows not to give away too much, since he's still a prince of hell, but he doesn't mind. He finds himself engrossed with stories of affairs and scandals. Lust also enjoys dramatically covering his mouth with his hand at shocking news, and leaning back in his chair and sipping tea leisurely while making smug comments.

💟 Even when she's an adult, Euphie demands her Uncle Lust to give her piggyback rides. She'll either jump up, or she'll stare at him with a pout until he offers. Either way, she gets what she wants.

[mischiefandspirits]

"New" HTTYD story

So I'm going to be posting the first chapter of the second book in my Kings of the Wilderwest series later today, but since I've never posted anything about the series here, I figure I should give you a heads up about it before book two goes up. It's up on AO3 and I've included links, but let me know if any of you would be interested in reading the story here and I'll start posting the chapters for you.

Kings of the Wilderwest

Stoick the Vast, under the advisement of his best friend, had intended to allow his son into dragon training with the other kids his age, but he allowed his son to speak first and decided to honor his wishes. Hiccup would not fight dragons, and as a result, fate moved slightly to the left.

Hiccup would not use what he learned while befriending Toothless to move up the ranks in dragon training and gain the attention of the entire village and the ire of Astrid. Instead, he would slowly fade into the background until no one even realized when he was missing from the village for days or even weeks at a time.

Most importantly, his connection to dragons wouldn't be exposed to the world for quite some time.

Which worked out for him and Toothless as the two had a growing flock to protect and rule as the draconic Kings of the Wilderwest.

Season One Hiccup the Useless was not a fighter. He wasn't much of anything at all. He was a fine blacksmith, but even then people preferred to talk to Gobber when dropping off or picking up their gear. Hiccup could barely lift an axe or hammer, let alone wield one, which was why he had never been in dragon training and certainly wasn't expected to fight dragons. He was nowhere to be found during raids and even the increasing number of rogue dragons flying solo had never involved him. It makes sense, in hindsight, how no one had realized he was barely ever in the village anymore, even if it was strange how he'd gone from being a constant nuisance to a nonpresence overnight. What didn't make sense was why was he found unconscious in the middle of the night wearing strange armor and down a leg. While most didn't care about his accident and Stoick's only reaction was to restrict Hiccup's movements for his protection, Astrid was determined to figure out what Hiccup was hiding out in the forest.

Season Two: To be posted

AU Interlude: Keep Your Friends Close When a storm blocks the way home for Astrid and her crew, she seeks help from the god of winds. An EPIC: The Musical inspired AU oneshot for KotW

[witching-by-the-willow]

coming back from the dead to continue my yearly tradition of reading my favourite slightly messy series, since I have a week’s worth of holidays lined up

[litnerdwrites]

Headcanons- Euphemia

A/N: I'm working on the next chapter of Clandestine affairs, but I also have other stuff going on, like exams coming up, so it's slow going. Until then, have some Demon family headcannons, mostly centred around Euphemia, and her relationship with her uncles. If any of you have any prompts you want me to write some short headcannons for, send them in, and I'll answer them as between fic updates. They could be about either Euphemia, the demon princes, Emilia, etc.

TW: None. Just fluff.

Masterlist Kingdom of the Wicked Masterlist

🎀 Sloth pretends he doesn't like looking after Euphemia, but secretly adores curling up in a cozy arm chair and reading her fairy tales.

🎀 Euphemia, as we find out in 'Want it' is like a magpie. As a child, she got easily distracted by anything that glittered, and tried stealing her father and uncles' house daggers, and succeeded, on more than one occasion.

🎀 Euphemia doesn't like the crescent Shallows. At all. Emilia tried taking her there to teach her to swim, since it felt like the safest place to do so, only for her begin wailing. It took hours to console her, and she wouldn't sleep in her own room for weeks. She also clung closer to Wrath during this time, scared Emilia would take her back to the shallows. This still hurts Emilia a lot.

🎀 She painted Camilla a picture of her and Envy as a present, and while it was about what you'd expect from a children's drawing, Camillia got teary at the sight of it. She hung it in their chambers and refused to let anyone touch it, even insisting on cleaning the frame herself.

🎀 Adriana is secretly very sweet to Euphemia, when nobody else is around. She even sneaks her a treat or two from the desert table before dinner, when nobody else is looking. It makes Gluttony feel betrayed.

🎀 Euphemia wasn't allowed to visit House Lust, Gluttony, or Greed for a long time, for obvious reasons. As she grew, and as his brothers pestered him, Wrath relented and allowed Eupheima to visit House Gluttony, and Greed, on the condition that anything inappropriate for her age was to be out of sight during her visit. Lust complains about being the odd one out.

🎀 Eupheima's a daddy's girl. Through and through.

🎀 People say that The Devil, and seven demon princes rule the underworld from their houses of debauchery and sin, but those who reside in the Seven Circles know better. The young Princess of House Wrath is the one who has the real power.

🎀 Euphie was first given her nickname by Sloth when she first called him by name. Her first word was 'Mama' but her second was 'Lo'. Wrath wasn't pleased by this.

🎀 She calls Anir her Uncle, and he secretly takes her into town sometimes. He gets her anything her little heart desires, even if it drives Emilia up a wall to see her drowning in sweets before dinner.

🎀 The quality Euphemia loves most about herself is her hair. She loves having it styled in all different ways, with ornaments, tiaras, cuffs, and clips.

🎀 Euphemia read one of her mother's romance novels once, and the character in it had a braided coronet. It's since become her own favourite hairstyle.

🎀 Euphemia came across a Church Grim by the gates of Hell while visiting The Sin Corridor with her Celestia, and decided to keep it. She named her Frost.

🎀 Speaking of Frost, there are three thrones in House Wrath's Throne room, and one large, lush pillow from House Lust, beside the smallest throne. The perfect size for a wolf to lay on no matter how much she grows.

🎀 Frost also has her own box of ribbons and collars, which she loves. Frost is as much of a girly girl as Euphiemia is, only she turn up her nose at the thought of getting dirty, while Euphie, despite loving frills, ribbons and dressing up, has an adventurer's heart, and often comes back from playing outside scraped and covered in dirt.

🎀 Sometimes Euphemia worries that Vittoria doesn't like her, since she doesn't allow her to visit House Vengeance, even if Emilia comes with her.

🎀 Euphie believes that even though the don't always say it, each of her Uncles loves her in different ways. They each give her something irreplaceable. 🎀 Lust is that one Uncle who was so excited to finally have a nibling, even though he had no clue how to even hold her. Had Euphemia not been in his arms at the time, Wrath would've tackled him for how he held his newborn daughter.

🎀 Once, Euphemia tried to use her mother's make up, only to end up scaring the life out of Anir, who even unsheathed his knife before realising it was the princess. Emilia was more shocked to see that the state of her vanity.

🎀 She was even more shocked to see the things Euphemia had written on the mirror with make up. She used rouge to write out 'I am beautiful' and some kohl to add 'I am powerful'. Apparently Pride taught her to do this, to help with self confidence. Emilia had Wrath deliver Pride some Cannolis immediately.

🎀 Gluttony happily spent ages just pinching her cheeks and cooing over her when Wrath brought her to visit. His excuse was that it was his sin, and that he couldn't help but want to indulge more in her cuteness.

I'll leave it at this for now, but if you want any more, let me know. These are fun to come up with. Also, feel free to let me know if you have any headcannons for Euphie, or even the princes as uncles.

[murasaki-cha]

Emilia: *has horny thoughts about Wrath*

Emilia: Damn this cursed land making me feel like this

Hell: I'm just out here housing demons and others and I'm honestly feeling so attacked right now

[thelov3lybookworm]

ever since i finished kotw, ive been desperately wating for pride's book. not that ive finished tpt and know the next book coming out is greed's, i know pride's would be last and its all i can do not to sob 🥲

[dwellerbytheashtreeforest]

The goddess of death was trapped by gold, the light of the sun that gave life, that blinded her to the calls of the grave.

The goddess of fury was trapped by silver, the cool waters to drown her flames, that ordered her to be calm when she yearned for her ire.

The goddess of death returned by turning ice cold, her heart ripped out, no warmth in her eyes.

The goddess of fury returned by engulfing herself in the flames of passion, of anger, of love, her irises set ablaze again.

(Kerri you're a queen for setting up this dichotomy I didn't even notice until today)

[nicstylus]

Lines!

[nymph-of-water]

I FOUND THIS FANART OF VITTORIA AND I'M SCREAMING SHE'S SO PRETTY

[princeofsinweek]

Hello! I am so excited to be hosting a Prince of Sin Week this year. The goal is to get more content on the Princes and to celebrate the next book coming out in October! @afandomangel is running the account but I want to shout out @litnerdwrites and @cadiawrites for all of the support and great ideas. The encouragement to have this be a larger event has really helped!

Shoutout to @litnerdwrites for this idea to have both prompts for each day and a prince for each day that creators can choose from! We need your help for the second option of each day. For each day creators can choose to either write for that Prince and/or use the prompt. i.e. for 07/08 you can choose to create something for Pride, use the prompt to make something for Pride, or chose a different Prince and use the prompt for 07/08.

07/07 Day 1: Prince Wrath/All Is Fair In Love and War

Featuring Prince Wrath’s sin, Wrath is the demon general of war and is a fierce warrior and strategist. "Acta non verba," meaning "actions, not words," is Wrath’s motto, and he lives by it. And don’t forget that “anger is his own personal aphrodisiac.” 😏

07/08 Day 2: Prince Pride/ Reflections and Ego

“I don’t simply look pretty. I am dashing.” Day two will feature Prince Pride. He loves to feed his ego and leads many to believe he is debauched, a drunkard, and a rake, but it is all an act. Though he does play the role so well that sometimes it doesn’t look like an act, leading to some of his struggles with those he cares for.In Emelia’s description of his throne room, it is described to have ornate mirrors everywhere to allow him to gaze upon himself whenever he likes. And as we learned from one of the other princes (Envy) the mirrors may not always be used just for his own reflection.😉

07/09 Day 3: Prince Envy/Games and RIddles

Prince Envy, oh Prince Envy, our prince loves a good game just as much as he loves to invoke his namesake sin in others. He often plays games with others, some dangerous enough to threaten his court. He is very cunning and ruthless, and he is not above trickery.  He is quite envious (hence his sin) and is a tad possessive as we saw in Throne of the Fallen with Camilla. 

07/10 Day 4: Prince Greed/All Bets Are Off

Prince Greed, like his brothers, enjoys games and tricks. He rules over his own gaming hell and enjoys placing wagers. He is also very calculating and ruthless, and Emelia describes him during an encounter as having a possessive hunger in his gaze. With his namesake sin, he is very greedy and can never get enough of things, power being one of them.  

07/11 Day 5: Prince Gluttony/Champagne Fountains

“He was a rake through and through. And he seemed adored for it.” Prince Gluttony overindulges in the things he enjoys: food, alcohol, debauchery, and hosting jaw-dropping parties to shock others, including the Reporter (Can’t wait for Throne of Secrets).  Gluttony is very suggestive and is often occupied in the selfish matters of his sin. Someone mentioned in the suggestions for prompts that he spends a lot of time with his partner. Our prince most likely does overindulge when it comes to his partner, time, gifts, food, attention, etc. 

07/12 Day 6: Prince Sloth/For Research

Like Gluttony, Sloth is often preoccupied in selfish matters of his sin. But unlike his brothers, he prefers to lounge around and read rather than engage in debauchery. He wears a mask of being a bashful, lazy book lover but he is also a very lethal warrior wielding a powerful weapon of his mind. He is very calculating and does not miss a detail. He takes his time studying until he has formulated a conclusion and course of action.  Sloth is very guarded and wary of others and often investigates others wanting to know everything about them from birth to the present day, including all potential lovers.  As for relationships Sloth has only had a few serious relationships and none have ended with tragedy or heartbreak. Sloth tries to avoid drama. 

07/13 Day 7: Prince Lust/Lover

The final day will feature Prince Lust’s sin. The Prince of Lust is known for toying with a person’s happiness and their carnal urges. He is quite the gossip and is very cunning. The prince is also a secret romantic despite his love for debauchery. Him being needy and romantic were a common suggestion for the prompts for Prince Lust.

[mischiefandspirits]

Astrid had discovered that Hiccup wasn’t quite as “Useless” as most had assumed. In fact, he had not only managed to become blood brothers with the infamous night fury, but the two were the leaders of a large flock of dragons hidden on Berk. She still wasn’t entirely sure what to think of the dragons or their king, but she was willing to keep Hiccup’s secret for now.

In turn, he taught her more about the dragons and took her on adventures across the archipelago. Adventures that had her hunting with Berserkers, caring for baby dragons, and facing down Outcasts.

Come along for Season Two of Kings of the Wilderwest: a story where Hiccup never joined dragon training and, as a result, his friendship with Toothless wasn’t exposed quite so soon.

Chapter 5: How to Search a Bog

“Johann still hasn’t arrived, which means whatever he has for Dad is missing too.” “Fine, but only because it seems so important for the chief. Besides, how dangerous could it be?” “I heard important, chief, and dangerous. What’s going on?” The two spun around to see Snotlout approaching.