#malini is the one i have the highest muse for rn and i can literally adapt her to anything

[khronoes]

a small intro to tas' niche book muses:

princess malini from the burning kingdom series

youngest of three, a parijatdvipan princess who was commanded to burn on a pyre in a holy ritual by her brother, chandra, the current emperor

when she refuses she's imprisoned in a temple and fed small doses of poison with the hopes of killing her or weakening her resolve

she manipulates a maidservant tasked to watching over her, priya, to help her escape the temple

malini has been working to gather allies who wish to dethrone her brother and see her other brother, aditya, on the throne

when aditya choose priesthood over the crown, it is revealed that malini is meant to be empress as per a prophecy given by the mother's of the flame

malini leads an army to battle her brother chandra and eventually wins by lying to parijatdvipan priests and promising she would burn on the pyre for their nation if they help her to the throne

she's betrayed by her lover, priya, at the end of the book and is readying her nation for a war against re-awoken gods of nature called the yaksa

in general, malini is very head strong and stubborn but has a way of working steadily around politics. a well spoken politician and leader who can weave together pretty lies easily. she seeks out revenge against her brother and has a craving for power. she is a morally grey muse who will do whatever she needs to do to get what she wants including hurting the people she loves the most or manipulating their feelings in her favour. easily adaptable to any fantasy verse and modern verse follows the same sort of plot except she is working towards taking her brother's place over an influential family business

elder priya from the burning kingdom series

priya was born on a temple called the hirana and was raised among temple elders as a temple daughter

the people of her nation, ahiranyi, worshipped gods of nature called the yaksa and temple ends and children were gifted abilities of nature by the yaksa by travelling through waters called the deathless waters

priya had travelled through the waters once before the temple and its people had been set on fire as per the emperor's orders in a war against her nation

she escapes the burning with her temple brother, ashok, and when ashok falls ill she is left with her temple sister, bhumika, who had successfully hidden her past and married the nation's regent

she grows up a maidservant in bhumika's care and is tasked with watching malini

on the temple, priya hones her abilities and finds the deathless waters again

after helping the princess escape she travels through the waters two more times, reaching the height of her abilities as a temple elder

she rules alongside bhumika as an elder after their nation is affected by a battle and she works to rid their people and their nation of a nature-based disease called the rot

she joins malini's army when she is sent a letter calling her and almost dies multiple times on the battle field

she sacrifices her soul to the yaksa in order to live and is ordered to kill malini by the end of the book

in general priya is soft despite being taught very vicious methods, she does her best to help people but does have an edge to her tone. she's very blunt and not willing to bend to the whim of others but feels very strongly for any relation she does have. same as above, easily adaptable to fantasy verses and modern verse revolves around working for malini's family while trying to hide these newfound powers

noemi taboada from mexican gothic

set in 1950s mexico city

noemi is a socialite who is sent a nonsensical letter from her cousin who had recently married an english man

her father sends her to visit her cousin in fear that her husband's family was attempting to poison and kill her for her inheritance

high place is a house that is eerie and uncomfortable from the start, similar to houses seen in gallant or haunting of hill house

a whole wackload of weird doyle family history is revealed and it is found that the doyle family's head is essentially immortal due to a strange magical fungi embedded in the house. similar vibes to the movie ready or not

i have no real intention of writing noemi in her canon unless someone wishes to but she's super adaptable to all verses but primarily a modern / decades based verse

so in general, noemi is a final girl type figure who had escaped the clutches of a deranged family and their equally deranged rituals and beliefs. she is working on her master's degree and has no intention of going back to high place. noemi is strong willed and a staunch feminist who believes in letting women do anything a man can do, something her father had encouraged but had been looked down on by many others. she is naturally very flirty but does not commit well to anyone, very independent and self-sufficient