#lachlan a craeg

[alystar00]

I finished Empire of the Damned yesterday (holy shit) (pun intended I guess). Some thoughts and considerations

SPOILER AHEAD!!

I love Gabriel so much, he was almost killed many times and still came back bitchier than ever. He lives out of everyone else spite. At this point he has like three friends and everyone else is his enemy

Anyway Gabriel should be fucked. He deserves to be the bottom and have his problems get fucked out of him.

(He should be the Straight White Dude TM but between Lachlan and Jean-François... The man is hungry for men, trust me)

I am not sure if I hate Celene or not. I know that the parts where she narrated were good as plot but not my cup of tea (sorry but Gabriel is way funnier than her and Jean will agree with me) (the only moment I liked from her chapters was that bit of Nikita and Aaron)

Talking about Aaron (and Baptise)... Everyone is devastated but I am not. Baptise is alive. Aaron is a vampire, dead but not enough, AND he's not under Nikita's influence anymore. Love wins, they can go back living together as a (almost) happy family

(The bit of Baptise seeing Gabriel and hugging him after being freed from Lilidh blood magic made me cry)

Dior deserves better and I am curious to know if she came back alright or wrong (broken)

Gabriel going from almost dying by Nikita's hand to kill one of the Terrors with bare hands was badass as fuck

Every interaction between Gabriel and Fabien Voss is exilarating to me. Gabriel loathes him from the bottom of his heart and Fabien just "old friend"s him WHAT DOES IT EVEN MEAN he is terrifying but also fucking funny

(If he wasn't so terrified of dying I am sure than Fabien would actually save Gabriel from death just to be able to fight him in person later. Would be a weird twist but idc)

Anyway Gabriel goes on his knees in front of women in 0 seconds, it is a shame that I didn't see him kneeling in front of a vampire as an act of submission. It would be delicious

Beside fantasies, I am curious about the third one. My theory at this point is that the only way to end the Sine Die is to kill the five anciens. The ancient Dyvok is already dead. Fabien gets killed by Gabriel at some point. Margot (that's her name I hope) will be killed soon, I am sure of it: I don't know if Celene and Gabriel got captured accidentally or not, but if Joaquin is there, there is a plan and it's probably to kill her. There are two missing ancients: the one freed by Celene and another I don't remember. They all must die I guess

I have zero capacities with prophecies but I also thought of Celene with all of their souls that gets killed in the end by Dior or someone else. If it wasn't for the fact that out of three dead anciens, two are killed by Gabriel and one by Lachlan and Baptise

I just know that Nikita is fuming in hell btw. Being immortal and getting killed not by immortals like him but your half bother and a complete human fueled by love and rage must be embarassing

Is Dior actually alive during the narration? Probably. Maybe broken, as they said. But Jean doesn't know yet that Dior opened her eyes in her coffin so who knows. If Gabriel is not aware of it, Celene will die very soon

Dior calling Gabriel "Dad" was unnecessary imo, Kristoff did that just to show Gabriel losing two daughters. Dior never called him like that, why would she after almost dying? And like, he already considered her a daughter and he didn't react to "dad" so what was the point 😭

(I loved the way Gabriel promised her to reach her anywhere and did exactly that tho)

I add that the fact that the Dyvoks thought Gabriel dead and then he came back with TWO armies is so funny 😭 he doesn't die, he is more immortal than them

Kiara deserved better. Nikita, you are a bitch. Lilidh deserved worse instead. DIE BITCH.

Phoebe also deserved better. She almost died. Her broom disappeared and died when she found out he was still alive. I like her a lot and I am happy she managed to survive that hell

A moment of appreciations for the first two chapters. Jean really liked to be choked by Gabriel :') and in the meanwhile Gabriel got tortured. Beautiful.

So yeah, I am very curious about the third book. I hope to see Gabriel and Jean kissing (Jean will probably die in the third book, I have this feeling) but it's not really what I want to see.

I also add that Gabriel should receive a pass to say blasphemous things about his god the Italian way. He deserves to say his god is a pig or a dog or shit or what he wants. After all of that he can starts using blasphemous idioms. His god deserves it.

To end this post: Shadow Moses by Bring Me The Horizon is THE song for this series, but I found out that Dig Down by Muse is THE song for Gabriel De Leon. And The Death Of Peace Of Mind by Bad Omens is Gabriel and Astrid's song.

[medu-nefer]

so i wrote a thing 👉👈 more Baron babey 😎

Chapters: 1/1 (15 871 words)

Fandom: Empire of the Vampire - Jay Kristoff

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death

Relationships: Aaron de Coste/Baptiste Sa-Ismael, Aaron de Coste & Gabriel de León

Characters: Aaron de Coste (EotV), Baptiste Sa-Ismael (EotV), Gabriel de León (EotV), Lachlan a Craeg (EotV), Dior Lachance (EotV), Celene Castia (EotV), Ashdrinker (EotV)

Additional Tags: Fix-It of Sorts, Blood and Injury, Temporary Character Death, though not really??, Fear of Death, Graphic Description, Grief/Mourning, a lot of crying, Sad with a Happy Ending, blasphemous use of religious themes for sex, Smut, Anal Sex, Oral Sex, Worship, top baptiste, Bottom Aaron, Established Relationship, Male Friendship, fluff at the end, Post-EotV3

Summary: 

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SPOILERS FOR "EMPIRE OF THE DAMNED" (but no spoilers for "Empire of the Dawn")

De Coste took a deep breath before remembering, once again, there was no need for it anymore. He nodded slow and shifted his foot, finally letting Ashdrinker go. ‘Are you certain?’ The coldblood looked sidelong at his oldest friend. He took in the tensed muscles in his jaw and the fire burning in his grey eyes as he stared stubbornly ahead, desperately avoiding his gaze. ‘I can feel it, Gabe,’ he said quietly. ‘Celene can, too.’

The daysdeath has been ended - and along it, the curse of the vampires. No coldblood will live to see the first dawn. But the prophecy that foretold the end to the nightmare might also hide the secret of atonement for the Dead.

Which is something Aaron de Coste's found famille would truly appreciate.

[empireofthesilverclad]

Chapters: 2/2 (16 395 words)

Fandom: Empire of the Vampire - Jay Kristoff

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Descriptions of Violence, Major Character Death

Relationships: Aaron de Coste/Baptiste Sa-Ismael, Aaron de Coste & Gabriel de León

Characters: Aaron de Coste (EotV), Baptiste Sa-Ismael (EotV), Gabriel de León (EotV), Lachlan a Craeg (EotV), Dior Lachance (EotV), Celene Castia (EotV), Ashdrinker (EotV), Reyne a Maergenn (EotV)

Additional Tags: Fix-It of Sorts, Blood and Injury, Graphic Description, Temporary Character Death, though not really??, Fear of Death, Grief/Mourning, a lot of crying, Sad with a Happy Ending, Established Relationship, Male Friendship, fluff at the end, Post-EotV3, Gay Sex, blasphemous use of religious themes for sex, i guess it ended up being an everybody-lives AU?, Aaron-centric, Aaron/Baptiste-centric

Summary:

⚠︎ ⚠︎ ⚠︎ SPOILERS FOR “EMPIRE OF THE DAMNED” (but no spoilers for “Empire of the Dawn”) ⚠︎ ⚠︎ ⚠︎

And with this darkened veil reversed, By whelming guilt of fallen cursed; Three nights of boundless crimson thirst, Shall retrieve the lives dispersed.

San Dior has ended daysdeath and all in Elidaen are awaiting the first dawn in nearly 30 years with bated breath. But unbeknownst to most, when the sun finally rises as it used to in days past, it will be over an earth unmarred by the vampiric scourge. Aaron de Coste and Celene Castia can feel the cold fingers of death finally catching up with them.

But like with most curses, there's a prophecy tied to it. A prophecy of hope for the damned and the mortals loving them.

[empireofthesilverclad]

Chapter: 1/1 (5 067 words)

Fandom: Empire of the Vampire - Jay Kristoff

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Descriptions of Violence

Relationships: Aaron de Coste/Baptiste Sa-Ismael

Characters: Aaron de Coste (EotV), Baptiste Sa-Ismael (EotV), Lachlan a Craeg (EotV)

Additional Tags: Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Self-Harm, Self-Destruction, Mental Health Issues, Guilt, mentions of sexual abuse, post-EotD, Mind Control Aftermath & Recovery, Homophobia, Established Relationship, Aaron struggles with his part in the events of EotD, Baptiste tries to be there for him and help, it gets fluffy by the end, Lachlan is unexpectedly helpful, Canon-Typical Violence, Aaron and Baptiste are so in love help

Summary:

⚠︎ ⚠︎ ⚠︎ SPOILERS FOR “EMPIRE OF THE DAMNED” ⚠︎ ⚠︎ ⚠︎

‘All that while I laughed in delight, rolling around in that bastard’s filthy bed,’ de Coste hissed, his blue eyes burning. ‘And those that remained, I took out of their cages, not to their salvation but to be slaughtered by monsters. Devils all, such as myself. 'Children, my love, I dragged these sweet, innocent children that looked up to me to their horrible deaths and couldn’t care less. And I did it all with these very hands, no less. ‘So don’t you dare tell me when and if—’ ‘That’s enough!’

After the nightmare of Dún Maergenn, Aaron struggles badly with his role in the slaughter of his people. He has taken to matching the heartache with physical pain in order to punish himself. Baptiste has found out and does his best to help him through it but Aaron's despair is deep and nothing seems to change his views.

That is, until the right words come from an unexpected source. It's a long path to healing but perhaps Aaron will finally be able to take that first step.