#madness and love under a crown; claudas

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further muses;

knight of swans; lohengrin immune to all curses; eric undefeated rebel king; lot eyes like lavenders; ffxiv bors an unknown legacy; ffxiv arthur radiance of dawn; sylveret justice radiant as sunlight; escalus the shadows of betrayal; naoise madness and love under a crown; claudas a heart encased in ice; claudien divine musician of stars; orpheus a noble heart; bedivere ffxiv like rushes they fell; cynon noble father of heroes; ector light of venus; felix

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Father.

Son.

Youngest nephew/cousin.

Oldest cousin/nephew.

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🍷 claudas and lionel!

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"Little Lionel." The name is said like a curse, like one would refer to a particularly unpleasant insect found in their garden. No affection in the maddened eyes of the older Avenger. "A treacherous little kinslayer. But you come from the same stock as Ban and Bours, so it's to be expected. Nothing but liars and cowards, weaklings who step aside. Couldn't even work up the nerve to demand a proper duel from Dorin, now could you? Instead you killed him over dinner, after Claudien had already secured your escape by inviting that faerie woman in. And then you hid for years and years before finally facing me. Little Lion. Little rat. Perhaps I ought to have disposed of you myself, much sooner."

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Choose your favorite Gaul!

Gentle, kind, saintly holy knight with severe trauma (and a gentleman thief husband), or!

Cruel, petty, vengeful villainous king with equally severe trauma and the ghosts of those he killed haunting him!

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His nephews are really the cutest, aren't they.

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" secret files " Claudas Taliesin

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Claudas actually allowed the Romans led by Lucius Tiberius to pass through Gaul to cross the strait into Britain. He hated anything associated with Uther that much. All the asked in return was for his nephews to be returned to him alive and in one piece, to be punished for running away.

Taliesin was raised as a prince by his adoptive father, Elffin, who was himself a prince of Cantre'r Gwaelod. But Taliesin hated the idea of that kind of responsibility and often slipped away from the castle throughout his childhood and early teens until Elffin had a child with his wife. Then he was gone almost all the time and only stopped by to visit when the mood struck him.

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Claudas' beloved wife died during Uther's assault on their kingdom, though at this point Claudas himself can't remember what it was that took her life. If it was illness, poison, shock, or if Uther himself killed her. The madness of his grief and hatred has clouded that specific memory, making it constantly change when he tries to recall it and further fuelling his hatred for the Pendragons.

But while Yvette left him, his sons remained.

Claudien, the younger son, was odd even by Claudas' standards. Nothing caught his eye, nothing ever held his interest. The most Claudien ever did was silently step between Dorin and Lionel when he felt his older brother was going too far with his treatment of their cousin. Later this would show with Claudien easily swearing his service first to Lionel and then to Bors respectively when they took the throne.

As for Dorin...

Even Claudas regretted knighting Dorin, for allowing his cruel older son to have any kind of authority. For Dorin was a truly cruel and tyrannical man who took joy in inflicting harm both physical and mental to others for any little perceived slight. Though Claudas did grieve him when Lionel killed Dorin... he could admit at least that was deserved.

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He's a perfectly reasonable man, thank you very much. Don't listen to his nephews.

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"Little Bors and Lionel... Two such interesting children. Claudien always had a soft spot for them, a surprise since he normally cares for nothing. And, oh, how Dorin loved to play with Lionel."

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"It's quite simple, really. Anyone of the Pendragon bloodline must die to pay for the crimes Uther dealt to my people and myself. Those who throw their lot in with that cursed family, too, are guilty. That is why Ban and Bours had to suffer, and why only the youngest of my nephews is innocent."

Such is the mindset of a man who has succumbed to vengeance and madness.

That is who King Claudas of Gaul is.

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Claudas here causing trauma even when he's not even around for a hundred miles-

He's almost proud.

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Claudas: Go to hell. And go fuck yourself. Uther: I'm sorry, did you say something? I don't speak failure. Claudas: How dare y-?! Uther: Aw, what's the matter? Did I touch a nerve because you failed to defend your lands? Lot: ...I could kill both of them right now. I could do it easily. Uriens: Don't, it's funnier this way.

Emrys, in the afterlife: Take all three of them out, Lot.

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LOST + claudas!

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The castle had fallen without much of a fight.

His men were cheering, sitting down to eat in the great hall as if it were an ordinary day. And Claudas...could only stare, blankly, over the balcony. Far to the south his lands were still naught but a desolate wasteland, burned fields and forests and villages standing like stark reminders. Like memorials to the dead. And still the monster that started it all sat safe and secure in his palace across the sea. Rich and spoiled, like a pig ripe for the slaughter.

But what was he to do now?

Claudas had gone to war with the men his sisters had married for their failure to stop Uther Pendragon's march to his lands. What had once been the most beautiful kingdom in all of Gaul, so much so that even the Romans in their barbarity had loved it, was reduced to ashes and cinders. All thanks to their cowardice in mustering their armies! The most insulting part had been that they hadn't hesitated to raise arms against him later! So of course he'd had to crush them underfoot. If only Ban and Elaine hadn't escaped with their son in tow to the wilderness. It was a shame that the babe was likely as dead as they were now.

Which left... King Bors and Evaine's son.

Or sons, if the frightened maids were to be believed.

But where were they?

And...what was he to do if he did find them?

That made the fire die down for a moment, replaced with an icy wave of grief. His wife and sons would still not have the home he had built for them. One of his sisters was dead now, the other had abandoned her children and fled somewhere not even her maids knew. And Uther Pendragon, the wretch, was still alive.

It left him feeling...cold.

Claudas sighed softly, dully taking in the gardens beneath him, the shining lake in the distance just barely visible beyond the forest. What was there to do now...? Once more muster his men to this time invade Britain was the easy answer. But a sea crossing would take time to prepare for. And then there was the fact that he knew for certain that Camelot was not a sole island surrounded purely by enemies. No matter how foul the king's deeds, his predecessor had built a proper network of alliances. A hand raised, pinching between his brows.

Should he search for the children? Maybe so.

Maybe then he would know what he was to do next.

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I'm here from being stuck visiting family all day! And I bring a lovely icon of Arthur from the Prototype Fragments manga. Anyway I'll be moving over my FFXIV arthurian based muses to here to consolidate the sideblogs into one- it's just gonna take a while because my doc theme hates edits kdfsbhbsf

but to do a tag drop for the ffxiv OCs and a few more Fate OCs... tags under the cut, tag drop in the uh...tags.

Final Fantasy OCs: like lavenders encased in ice; bors ff of legacies long lost; arthur ff chivalry most valiant; bedivere ff the radiance of the dawn; sylveret dance on the moonlit blade; melian fair hands and a fair heart; gareth ff eyes colder than death's touch; myrddin on silvered wings angels fly; galahad ff guard thine heart and steel your soul; elyan the scent of summer in your laugh; taliesin ff

Fate OCs: howl to the moon and tear the world; marrok madness and love entwine under the crown; claudas