#mendeln

[sineral]

More of this post-D3 AU. A couple of old men argue in an ancient language about some messy shit that happened in the past. The spirit of the Deathspeaker can't help but actually know what they're talking about--and opens his big mouth. My poor acolyte, Sinnath here, is just a bystander.

I drew Rathma in corpse paint because 1) I wanted to. and 2) he's hot in it.

Thanks again for the idea, @necr0-mantix

[fluff-and-such]

*squats*

[fluff-writing]

You know what

I'm HCing Serenthia as Also being a descendant of Lilith + Rathma etc.

In such a small village there's a good chance she and the brothers share blood at some point down the line.

[ao3-diablofic]

by Miss_Gems

Little moments that I've changed or expanded upon during the course of the Sin War.

Words: 1249, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 7 of And it Came Back to Bite Them

Fandoms: Diablo (Video Games)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death

Categories: Multi

Characters: Linarian | Rathma, Mendeln | Kalan, High Priest Malic, Jonas - Character

Additional Tags: Death, Kissing, Possession, Sin War, Other Additional Tags to Be Added

Read on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/55172296

[diablo-that-first-spark]

Happy International Men’s Day!

Happy International Men's Day to everyone! ^^

Let us all celebrate some of the great men in Diablo’s world!

Tyrael, Archangel of Justice!

Inarius of the High Heavens, Creator of Sanctuary, Leader of the Renegades, Champion of Peace and Unity!

Lyndon, the Most Honest Thief!

Kormac, True Templar!

Uldyssian ul-Diomed and Mendeln ul-Diomed, Leaders of the Edyrem, Saviors of Sanctuary!

Captain Motherfucking Hansen Haile, Chief Badass of all of Creation!

Prince Aidan, son of Leoric, Vanquisher of Diablo!

Deckard Cain, last of the Horadrim, Chronicler of Magic and of the End Days!

Imperius, Archangel of Valor, Champion of the Eternal Conflict!

Abd al-Hazir, First of the Scholars, Historian of Sanctuary!

Haedrig Eamon, Champion Blacksmith of the Nephalem Hero!

Covetous Shen, Avid Collector of Gems and Wives! Also a God in Disguise!

Tal Rasha, Jailor of Baal, Hero of the Horadrim!

Linarian-Rathma, Firstborn of the Nephalem, Disciple of the Dragon and First of the Necromancers!

Zoltun Kulle-- eh, you know what, no. Fuck this guy.

There is so much more! :D Do let me know whom to add to the list!

2020.11.19

[blizzardwatch]

Necromancers in Diablo are members of a sect named the Priests of Rathma. Like many other groups such as the Barbarians of Sescheron or the Druids of Scosglen, the Priests of Rathma were founded by one of the original Nephalem. Rathma, or Linarian, was as brother to Bul-Kathos and Fiacla-Géar and others of the Ancients, the first generation born of the rebel angels and demons. Indeed, of those mighty beings, Linarian was the first born, the son of Inarius and Lilith.

— Know Your Lore: Rathma, Mendeln, and Necromancers

[natalieironside]

Do you know who Mendeln Ul-Diomed is or are you normal

The problem with me is that my brain is so full of fun facts about the Diablo video game franchise that there's no room for anything else

[polinapalmehadmade]

[polinapalme]

           МИНДАЛЬ – капелька изящества. Он очищает кровь, почки, открывает закупорки в печени, селезёнке, гонит желчь и дробит камни. Кроме того, миндаль очень полезен для мужчин, так как значительно усиливает потенцию. Так что, мужчины и юноши, имейте ввиду)

          Миндаль по содержанию белка стоит на одной ступеньке с постным мясом. Содержание его – 30%. Белок в миндале высококачественный. От умеренного потребления этого ореха мы получает только пользу, не получая лишних килограммов.

           Миндаль – хорошее средство для поддержания красоты волос, зубов, кожи из-за содержания в нём витаминов E, В2 и В3. Орех  на 35 – 67% состоит из невысыхающего жирного масла (ненасыщенный жир: подробнее о жирах ТУТ), которое питает нас изнутри.

           Также миндаль содержит массу минералов: магний, фосфор, марганец и калий – они здорово поддерживают состояние и крепость костей.

          Норма потребления миндаля

          В день можно кушать не более 30 г этого продукта. Это примерно 20 ядер. 

          Кроме того, перед потреблением миндаля, его желательно замочить прямо в кожуре на 6 часов ( например, оставить на ночь). Тогда орех начинает готовиться гнать проросток и концентрирует все свои полезные вещества в месте прорастания. Ценность такого ореха намного выше, также размоченный он гораздо вкуснее. Но желательно снимать оболочку с размоченного миндаля перед его потреблением, так как в ней был найден танин, который плохо усваивается.

       Кому показано есть миндаль:

людям,которые плохо спят и много нервничают;

людям, которые подвержены умственной нагрузке;

людям с почечными камнями;

мужчинам.

       Нельзя есть миндаль:

при аллергии на орехи;

при ожирении;

при порче ореха, так как он становится ядовитым;

в неограниченных количествах.

        Также в косметологии активно используется масло миндаля, которое сейчас нетрудно найти. Такое маслице хорошо действует на кожу, устраняет раздражения, придаёт коже свежесть и упругость, увлажняет её. Кроме того, масло здорово подходит для ухода за волосами.

2 маски из миндального масла:

         1. ДЛЯ КОЖИ: 1 чайная ложка миндального масла + 1 чайная ложка лимонного сока + 1 столовая ложка овсянки.

        Оставляем на участке нанесения на 15-20 минут и смываем.

         2. ДЛЯ ВОЛОС: 2 столовых ложки миндального масла + 1 столовая ложка горчицы + желток + пару ложек воды.

         Наносим преимущественно на корни, так как кончики может сильно пересушить горчица. Если хотите маску на всю длину волос, не добавляйте горчицу.

"Дамы, де��и, старики, мужчины – в миндале найдут все силы."

                                                                ~ polinapalme

[necr0-mantix]

// I need to not do replies while sleep deprived, but I am back and while be working on a couple replies over breakfast when I wake up. Blizzcon prep was chaotic so I accidentally had a mini-hiatus without intending to, but I'm back to normal now. Needed the week after to recoup and catch up on seasonal game stuff.

My Discord is open to mutuals and I practically live on it. Anybody can DM me for it. You want extremely late night ramblings where obscure lore characters get roasted? That's what you'll get. Don't add me.

[necr0-mantix]

// Nobody ever make a Mendeln blog. I will troll that poor man so hard.

[necr0-mantix]

// 25% exp boost? Time to get the scrunglie to 100.

[necr0-mantix]

// Playing on my boyfriend's laptop and it begins.

update: lmao skeletons go brr doing T50 with my new wedding ring

[fluff-and-such]

Since you might be interested (and likely read the Sin War trilogy) based on map and region information, Diablo IV lately hinted at the first novel taking place in Teganze (AKA: Diablo equivalent of African savanna). Thoughts on that?

Here's the thing about The Books.

The Sin War trilogy came out in 2006. Massive chunks of them have already been retconned (The Worldstone is a big one, Rathma being Not Dead is pretty significant. Apparently there was an active volcano somewhere in Estuar), and characters as they are in the books behave drastically different from how they do in the games. The geography was never that well laid out to begin with. At this point, they're more of a vague guide than gospel when it comes to the current series, so take anything you read in them with a grain of salt.

That being said.

If you get creative, and look at things a bit lopsided, and accept that some things just aren't going to perfectly slot together, you can kinda piece together roughly where/how things took place.

I've been thinking that Birthright actually starts up in the Fractured Peaks, and makes its way into and through Hawezar, ending at the very edge of Toraja. They do cross through some scrubland, which could be Teganze, but it's mentioned in one sentence and nothing of note happens there. Scales of the Serpent crosses south west down through Toraja, and eventually curves northwest up into Kehjan as they head for the City, before flipping up to head straight north to the Cathedral of Light. Exactly where Kehjan the city, and the Cathedral of Light are, is a bit of a mystery.

Seram is surrounded by a temperate forest, and Uldyssian and his companions who hale from the area are considered northerners/uplanders. Seram is possibly closer to the Cathedral of Light than any other location in the books, at least laterally. There are two zones in D4 that have temperate forest; the Peaks, and Scosglen. It should be noted that D4 takes place in the winter time, and the Sin War seems to be during the summer, or possibly spring (for being a farmer, Uldyssian makes no mention of when his next harvest might be. They have good weather through the entire series despite being in the 'north' though.)

Seram could be in either one; we don't know conclusively which side of the mountains its on. Being in the southern end of Scosglen would would put Kehjan/jistan immediately south of the town, when it's stated to be more westerly. Kehjan is also noted to be a few days ride-by-caravan to the nearest major seafaring ports, with travelers able to get lost and end up in Seram by accident.

The sea-port could be something on the Twin Seas, or it could be one on the Sea of Light. We don't know, either one could fit. Personally though, I like to think Backwater in Hawezar is our port-town, doing trade with the Western countries over the Sea of Light.

As the group plan to flee Partha in Birthright, Mendeln tells us that Toraja (present-day Nahantu) is still to the Southwest of Kehjan. They're two separate regions. The group plans to hide in the Torajan jungles to escape what Lilith started. Scales of the Serpent takes place entirely within the region of Toraja though. They rampage their way through the Torajian jungles on their mission to root out the Triune.

Kind of fitting that Mephisto's tomb and shenanigans are apparently in the same place as the original Temple of the Triune.

Now, the differences between Toraja and Kehjan are a little...muddy. There are multiple books and games that put them as being two different entitys, one entity, or sometimes even three.

The lands that make up Kehjan become Kehjistan after the conclusion of the Sin War. This was at the beginning of the Age of when the Vizjerei were in control, and they moved the capital from Kehjan the City to Viz-Jun, down in Toraja somewhere. During the Sin War, Kehjan contained parts of Kurast/Toraja/Nahantu, but lost them over time. Nowadays, Kehjistan mainly consists of the dried out borderlands. Big difference from the apparent verdant jungle that it was made up of in the books eh?

It could be that the various magical battles over the ages ruined the lands. That's actually the explanation given for the Desolate Sands; that the area used to be lush, but was blasted flat and ruined by a particularly nasty Mage Clan battle. It's not clear whether or not all the damage Uldyssian and Inarius do to the landscape surrounding the Cathedral is undone or not. One might imagine that such a clash would leave behind some kind of impact, but then, Uldyssian may have gone ahead and fixed everything when he ascended.

Kurast is it's own can of worms. In D2 its treated as a separate entity from Toraja, even though it actually makes up most of Toraja itself. Kehjistan 'owns' it at the time, along with their more northernly territories. After Mephisto thoroughly ruins the capital city of Travincal, the capital is transferred to Caldeum, which prospers.

Until it doesn't.

The most likely explanation here is that a powerful Kehjistan conquered or annexed the Torajian territories through an allyship with the Mage Clans, shortly after the Sin War. After the Mage Clan Wars, Kehjistan began a slow decline in power, and coincidentally a slow receding of land. By present-day Diablo IV, it is nothing more than the burnt out shell of a once-great empire.

Now, the Cathedral. We know it takes about a day and a half for the Edyrem to march from Kehjan to the Cathedral, although they have the benefit of mowing down the forest in their path. So lets say its about two days for a good ol' Pilgrim. Trouble is, we don't know exactly where Kehjan the City was. Maybe it became Caldeum itself, perhaps it is lost in the sands somewhere. Maybe Blizzard has changed all of this, and it is actually down in Nahantu somewhere.

Tbh I feel like Blizzard has shot themselves (and the rest of us) in the foot by not already showing where Kehjan + the Temple of the Triune + The Cathedral were. They're running out of space.

This is more of a side-note, but both Uldyssian and Mendeln make note that the landscape changes biome very abruptly while they travel. Almost like a patchwork quilt. Almost as though someone (or, quite possibly, multiple someones) built and stitched the place together. Or perhaps even like a bunch of video-game levels interconnected with one another.

Anyway. Have a boney-Lilith x Inarius that I never posted and prolly won't finish, since this is my art blog.

[fluff-writing]

Mmmmnnnnnn Ina/Lila werewolf au

Mephisto is the og werewolf. Cuz his avatar is a woof see? And his kids are also genetically werewolves. Yeah they're still demons. They just also Awoo at the Moon.

Werewolves by blood can bite people and turn them into werewolves, of course, but Turned werewolves are less. Cognizant? Intelligent? Aware? More Wolf than Person. Whereas those born werewolves (mostly) keep better control of themselves.

Lilith did an oops tho one full moon and bit the crap outta Inarius. They were probably snogging, he was into it. Mans is the original monster-fucker, and surprisingly okay with werewolf status (for now).

Being a Turned Wolf tho, he's kinda just a big monster with no sense of self or any empathy whatsoever. Enough brain leftover to outsmart prey, be that other angels, demons, mortals or whathaveyou, but not quite enough to remember how to open the kitchen door. He's the one tryina eat everyone whenever he turns. Lilith would spend her full-moons corralling her big dumb dogsband, hunting animals and chasing each other across beeches all romantic like.

Rathma is born Genetically Werewolf. He takes Mendeln under his wing after he's bitten by Lilith too, and they play fetch with All The Bones together under the full moon.

This would prolly also lead to The Wanderer character being a proper werewolf.

[fluff-writing]

Legends of the Necromancer: Rathma came in the mail today :D

Initial thoughts (and Spoilers);

Linarian is a total sweetheart, and kinda dumb. Or just really naive. Bro really tried to resurrect his Best Friend in a Spooky Cave where they used to mess around with the Powers of Life and Death, left her there when it didn't work, and was surprised when that went awry a few years down the line. They also draw him really doe-eyed every time there's a closeup of his face. Cutie. It's an interesting contrast from the whole No-Emotion-Super-Serious Rathma we're familiar with.

Lilith's massacre really was brutal. The drawings of her fuck severely.

There's a Citadel! Where all the angels & demons & their kids lived together on Sanctuary. Mayhaps a location we'll visit down the line? Or perhaps that was what became the Cradle/Kasama in D4.

Apparently Linarian has always had visions of the future, and its pretty much always been a shit-show.

Kessime (Linarian's wife) is sweet. Don't really see much of her before she gets offed, but what we do see is very domestic. She and Linarian love and care each other. (I think they might bone in this book. Good for them!)

It's a little weird how much long-violent-tongue their is in this book. Once is fun but twice is brow-raising. (It is not a long book. 40 pages maybe. There did not need to be two instances of tongue-violence.)

They also took Linarian's shirt off twice. Nice.

Linarian being a farmer is cute but. I dunno. We already got that from Uldyssian and Mendeln, he coulda been a baker or something else fun and quaint. The least they coulda done was show him reaping wheat with a proper sickle, but nah.

At least we know Rathma knows his way around a shovel.

They mention but don't show kids + grandkids. Bummer.

The action scenes were interesting, and I enjoyed that when he's mowing the undead down he gives everyone a choice to either depart or come with him for sweet revenge. Commander of the Dead indeed.

We start to see Rathma's set armor from D3, a fun little nod there. Linarian seems to be able to conjure it from the aether. Or maybe he's borrowing it from the dead bodies around him? I dunno, either way it seems really convenient.

I like that Indira is more or less what we'd get if Rathma used his powers for evil and stuff. They are nice enough foils for each other, and I'd like to see more of her.

...This book is basically Linarian kinda fucking up and losing all the women in his life (Lilith, Indira, Kessime), which is a little. Hm. Don't love that, don't hate it.

We only get a little bit of Trag, but what we do get is very pretty.

There is. No Inarius in this book. Not that there needs to be, but personally I think that's a missed opportunity. Rathma was murdered by his father, they coulda added something between them here.