#markofahero

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We were having fun in the @expanding-hyrule Discord and may have turned into this basic skill chart for our Links. Some of mine below, but the two blanks above if anyone would like to do this for their OC Links. (Left - MoaH!Link, pre quest, Right - GoS!Link, post quest)

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“…under the shade of apple trees.”

Lineart inspired by the opening scene of @amelias-zelda-calamity-quintet ‘s original LoZ fanwork, Mark of a Hero! The idea for this image has been living in my head rent free for several weeks.

It’ll get a full render. Eventually.

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Some fanart of one of my favorite Zelda fics, of which I’ve gotten the amazing opportunity to early read :] if you’re into Zelda, fanfics, and long form stories I definitely recommend it! This is a lineup of some of their main cast of characters. The fic is Mark of a Hero by @amelias-zelda-calamity-quintet

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WIP Tag Game

When you're tagged, share the names of each wip doc you have no matter how ridiculous! Tag as many people as you have WIPS, if you can. Open asks to talk about these WIPS!

Thank you for the tag @nocturne-side-blog! Since it's on main, I'm gonna do this for both fic and original writing as best I can. Very much doubt I'll be able to tag as many people as I have WIPs.

Original Writing

Word Walkers (Epic fantasy series, Book 1 - Stolen Secrets is published)

Book 2 - Harts On High

Book 3 - Death_s Doctor

Book 4 - What Silver_s Worth

Book 5 - In Heart & Caer

Book 6 - Secondhand Divines

Book 7 - A Golden Gift

Book 8 - The Frozen War

Book 9 - Blue Boughs

Book 10 - Foreign Fields

Book 11 - By Tide & Troupe

Book 12 - Spies On the Summit

Book 13 - Gilded Guidance

Book 14 - Child of the Call

Book 15 - Dragon Hunted

Book 16 - Stone & Iron

The Garden & The Graveyard (Worldhopping TTRPG project)

Alana Silverwood & the Starlight Rider (In canon YA fantasy series/Arthurian kind of historical figure retelling for the Faewere setting)

Cowboy Wizard (Arcanepunk western romance adventure? About two characters in the Shattered Plains setting)

Loveless Crew (Weird maybe abandoned fae-Peter Pan thing?)

At Night I'm Surrounded By Magical Maids (Jokey light novel series for my partner)

Is This Clear Enough? (Short story anthology)

Everlight (Attempt to un-Mary Sue an RP oc I had growing up)

Fic Writing

Goddess of Secrecy

Demise's Rise

Goddess of Secrecy_Prelude To War

Legend of Zelda_Goddess of Secrecy (main doc)

Returning To Lorule

The Woman With No Name

Legend of Zelda_Mark of a Hero (omnibus)

Legend of Zelda_Restoration Age

Legend of Zelda_Cinders of Life

Legend of Zelda_Day After Destiny

The B Team Druids (SSO)

Ageless (Myst)

And I think that's most of the ones that I would still consider possible WIPs and not fully abandoned. So tagging! Trying to remember all my writing mutual who I haven't seen tagged already.

@centeris2 @karama9 @doomed-era @drsteggy @mistresslrigtar @abbyzwrites @jorvikzelda @spicymcbean @stevenpartridgequill

And anyone else who'd like to participate.

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Onward through MoaH's countdown, and we're back with Princess Zelda! Credit again to @doubtfulloser for the character art used in these.

In order to give the cast that sense of extra special, they get two full subclasses. Zelda's Wizard subclasses are Evocation and Theurgy (UA). Similarly, everyone got a starting feat.

For 4th level, everyone also got both the ability score improvement and the feat. Zelda's ASI took her INT up to 20 and gained Metamagic Adept for some Sorcerer flair that just fits her.

Extra 10 HP for getting the heart container at the end of the first dungeon.

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Mark of a Hero is back in a week and it's time to update some character sheets! Credit again to @doubtfulloser for the character art used in these. Some notes as well for these sheets for those that didn't see the original batch:

In order to give the cast that sense of extra special, they get two full subclasses. Link's Fighter subclasses are Battle Master and Champion. Similarly, everyone got a starting feat.

For 4th level, everyone also got both the ability score improvement and the feat. Athlete bumped Link up to a 20 already in DEX!

Extra 10 HP for getting the heart container at the end of the first dungeon.

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Ok I said “eventually” but I had not much else to do today and the cat has been blissfully uninterruptive.

A repeat of what I put in the lines post but it’s worth repeating:

A piece inspired by the opening of @amelias-zelda-calamity-quintet ‘s fic, Mark of a Hero! Go check it out. :3

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Not to leave y'all without something on the last day before MoaH's back, here's Blip's stat block! Blip is Zelda's familiar. Character art by @doubtfulloser yet again.

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Another character sheet as we continue towards MoaH's return, this time Saddiqah! Art again by @doubtfulloser.

In order to give the cast that sense of extra special, they get two full subclasses. Saddiqah's Rogue subclasses are Swashbuckler and a homebrewed subclass called Blade Singer. Similarly, everyone got a starting feat.

Blade Singer is not yet built out, but it would work similarly to Blood Hunter or Path of the Giant in that is allows for elemental infusion of weapons.

For 4th level, everyone also got both the ability score improvement and the feat. Saddiqah got a custom feat restricted to Blade Singers called Duet of the Desert, which allows for two elemental infusions at a time.

Extra 10 HP for getting the heart container at the end of the first dungeon.

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Onward with the MoaH countdown. Credit to @doubtfulloser for the character art, it's Marela's turn now!

In order to give the cast that sense of extra special, they get two full subclasses. Marela's Bard subclasses are Eloquence and a custom Bard College, Prophecy. Similarly, everyone got a starting feat.

College of Prophecy is mechanically supposed to be something along the lines of "I was struck by the Muses and now I must create" kind of vibes. Divine inspiration kind of stuff. I have not yet built out this subclass.

For 4th level, everyone also got both the ability score improvement and the feat. Marela is up to 20 in CHA because of the ASI and Skill Expert gives her three skills total with Expertise; Insight, Deception, and Persuasion.

Extra 10 HP for getting the heart container at the end of the first dungeon.

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Continuing the MoaH countdown, here's Ambrose updated to level 5. Art credit again to @doubtfulloser!

In order to give the cast that sense of extra special, they get two full subclasses. Ambrose's Barbarian subclasses are Path of the Beast and Path of the Zealot. Similarly, everyone got a starting feat.

For 4th level, everyone also got both the ability score improvement and the feat. ASI took Ambrose up to 18 in STR, and Crusher nudged up his CON.

Extra 10 HP for getting the heart container at the end of the first dungeon.

Contrary to seemingly popular belief among readers, Ambrose is a normal old man.

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If there are any questions about why I link my Wattpad before my AO3 when I know Tumblr has a preference for one over the other, I have two reasons. One, it's cause that's where my fanbase is presently. I started on Wattpad and I am only now joining AO3 for dual uploads. Basically all of the people following me on this blog as of writing this came here from my Wattpad, and I'm super grateful for the community I've built around that. They deserve some credit for putting up with my hiatuses.

Two is to give myself some credit on my fics' quality. Since I am so new to AO3 and I bulk imported a bunch of two of my fics, I haven't had time for a lot of people to find me on AO3. And I know kudos/hits work different from votes/reads, but like. One of these does make me look a little better.

Whichever platform you prefer, I hope you'll give Goddess of Secrecy or Mark of a Hero a read. There are definitely some people who like them, and I hope you to do too.

(Also my view on Wattpad shows chapters I have queued in the total, there are not more chapters out of MoaH on Wattpad than there are on AO3. That is not the case for GoS, it's getting chapters to AO3 as it's getting edited)

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Y'all liked the ones for Mark of a Hero, so here are some of the banners out for Goddess of Secrecy as its going through its edits. Thinking about some of these locations and how they're different in GoS versus MoaH has been a lot of fun. It's a concepting goal of mine to make sure that these locations remain unique in each interaction of Hyrule I make and has been a lot of fun of writing MoaH while I'm reviewing GoS.

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Figuring out how to talk about original legend fic is super hard cause I don't feel comfortable, like, using other game tags cause it wouldn't be accurate even if it would make my stuff more visible, so then I have to summarize Mark of a Hero on its own as a story, which is the bane of my existence. Elevator pitch? How? I just got a bunch of what ifs! I guess here's a few of those:

Zelda but what if it had the energy of a D&D game

Zelda but what if the quest started 10 years late

Zelda but what if it was epic/comedic (as genres, not epically comedic, I wish) fantasy

Zelda but what if Zelda proved why she's got the Triforce of Wisdom and it wasn't just because of emotional intelligence

Zelda but what if Link missed every quest starter cue his whole life

What if Link didn't have to do the quest alone

What if they started the quest as adults

What if she hates him the first time they meet

What if this was all supposed to be an act not an actual legend

What if the world was more than just Hyrule

What if the world had opinions about Hyrule

What if the world had opinions about the legends themselves

What if we talked about the cultural impact of the legends in the worldbuilding instead having to put in back in in post

What if we got to have characters the games just can't have for tech limitation reasons

What if we had the conversation Nintendo must be avoiding by always killing Link's parents

What if this man is just doing his best

What if they got to grow up before the world was thrown on their shoulders

What if we told this new story, this new Link, this new Zelda, this new Hyrule, this new legend

Please read MoaH.

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Rules: You are given a word - share one sentence/excerpt from your wip(s) that starts with each letter of that word!

I was tagged by @drsteggy with the word HELLO on my main. Thank you for the tag, excited to be doing more of these!

All of these are from book 1 of Mark of a Hero, surprisingly in order.

H - “How about you live up to one of those spring cleaning promises?” Lance called from the counter, before smiling at his customer and wishing them a good evening.

E - “Even with a month dedicated to that train of thought, I doubt I would know,” the princess answered, also glancing towards her mother.

L - “Like that?” Saddiqah asked, pointing off into the smoke.

L - “Lady Iber is the official representative of the Gerudo clans here in Hyrule,” Honora explained turning to Link, to which Iber inclined her head in affirmation.

O - “Outside of you needing to go in there, something has enraged Jabbi significantly."

Tags to @karama9, @sillylildude, @nocturnalfandomartist, @the--voided, @doomed-era, and anyone else who would like to tackle this one! Your word is WORLD.

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On Your Mark (A MoaH Pre-Story) - The Path Before Us

Travel back a day before the quest began! Follow both Link and Zelda's perspective a day before the events of Mark of a Hero start. This was written for @loz-untold-myths's Light & Time event, with Link following the Light track and Zelda following Time. If you have been looking for a snippet of MoaH to see if it's for you, this is the perfect little showcase releasing this week for the event.

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Mark of a Hero (Updates on Tuesdays & Fridays, 2 of 9)

One more. Another job... ...another presentation. One more council debate... ...one more hunt. Get back home in one piece... ...convince them to listen this once. One more day... ...until fate intervenes.

Start the Quest: Book 1 - Book 2