#narsus arslan senki

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SOON.

The blurb (according to Google Translate) says 'The resurrected Parsian warriors stand before Arslan and his companions!!'

[anusharao96]

They are Arslan's real mother and father for me.

I don't care what the canon says :3

[daryun]

Volume 14 sketches

The Heroic Legend of Arslan - Hiromu Arakawa extra art

"aaah it's a demon!"

[tired-reader-writer]

Arslan Senki Chapter 133 Live-reaction

Right off the bat we're shown that those clouds are more than normal. Creepy as fuck.

Ohhh that's creepy—

OHHHHH THAT'S FUCKING CREEPY AND I DON'T LIKE IT ONE BIT

Okay not to get fixated on weird details but why does it feel like Shapur's braids are longer here than they ever have been before. Enigma hair 😭

Arslan is not okay. The grief is so palpable here (and Narsus looks like a parent here for some reason)

And it's no wonder Arslan recognized Vahriz's swordsmanship. After all—

Chapter 1.

Chapter 133.

You see it too, right?

OMINOUS AF. Also at least Vahriz is telling them outright that this has to do with Team Zahhak, I'm not sure the other parties are getting the same courtesy. If they'd said it there'd be far less confusion (rn all the soldiers are confused to hell and back and don't know what to do) so I guess the rest of the undead warriors didn't bother saying anything.

It's unsettling to see such a serious face on Gieve. Shit's going down. The blade was so close to Kishward's head! It's a good thing Gieve stepped in. And Manuchurh's words. OOF.

He's going back to Arslan's side. Will he run into Shapur and Isfan and Kubard on the way?

Aw, the interaction is cute!

Very very 👀 that Jimsa comments on how the air doesn't smell like rain despite the clouds. Veeery interesting.

ANYWAYS THE FUCKING APES AAAAAAAAA 😭😭😭😭

[importantdestinydefendor]

Some interesting differences I found

While writing Firelight AU I always have the manga open in a seperate tap since there are some canon scenes I have to describe. I do own the manga myself - but in German. So it is always interesting to see the translation choises in the different languages that have been made.

For example:

In chapter 29, Narsus says "I find that whenever our paths cross, I wind up staying far from human decency. It's rather troubling to me." to Hilmes. In german he says: "Finding you in such a remote area that is what worries me!" (original: "Dich in so einer abgelegenen Gegend anzutreffen, das ist es, was mich bekümmert!")

Like - these two translation of the same scene/dialouge in different languages conveys two complitely different feeling and messages! In English, he is more talking about himself and the unpleasantness he feels while in Hilmes presence. As in German, he talks about Hilmes - very disrespectfuly even - and sarcastically being worried about him (as in response to the same sarcastic tone Hilmes talks to him (Narsus actually starts first with the mocking in german as he says "Honored" Lord Silver Mask ("Verehrter" Lord Silbermaske). Narsus is such a little shit, I can't-)).

Does anybody know what he says in japanese originally? I want to see the original context and what Hilmes actually says to him.

Feel free to add more if you read in any other language other than English.

[xbuster]

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ARSLAN SENKI (2013-?) by arakawa hiromu

[strangeshipper]

"I have a mage!"

Arslan Senki : : Narsus, Daryun, Zandeh, Gurgin

(All is clear now about Narsus & Daryun quarrel :D And oh you know it's just a joke, I'm big fan of Narsus & Daryun, really.)

Interesting, Tanaka says Narsus dislikes magic a lot, but nevertheless he know how to resist it. How do you think, could Narsus learn magic? Or one needs some king of innate superpower to become a sorcerer?

[nanamiwifeyy]

Headcannons: Our boy's are jealous...how do they show it?

Anime: Heroic legend of Arslan

Including: Daryun, Narsus, Gieve, Jashwant,older Arslan, older Elam

Warning: grammer, ooc?

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Daryun: The dead stare, this man killed the person like 5 times in his head.He is most of the time okay with it. You are nice,pretty, attractive, kind, social, kind ....OF COURSE you will get attention.But when he sees a guy getting to friendly with you, his patience has reach the limit. He saw the stranger putting a hand on your shoulder and brushing your hair down.A vein popped on Daryun's neck and fist as he witnessed this scandal happing before him. He would rather see Narsus's painting than his lady being touched by someone else. Wishing you would spend the time with him instead, he will forcefully nvite himsef in the conversation in question..Keeping an arm around you and staring in the eyes of the person while drinking his beer. And when he is asked if he was jealous, he will deny it.

Arslan: He guy is a bit dense. He was talking with others during the banquete. You were enjoying the time when a Parsian official sat next to you, starting a conversation. You enjoyed the conversation until the guy begin to ask personal questions. This didn't went unnoticed by Gieve, who was having a fair time with women around him. He excused himself and went to the prince. Whispering to the prince that there is a damsel in distress in the room. The prince scanned the room but didn't saw anything. Gieve pushed him in your direction and Arslan saw you wanted to leave but the guy held you softly down. Arslan hurried his way to you and sat next to you. Immediatly the attention went to him as he is the prince. Arslan, by observing Narsus and Gieve, learned to have his way with words and made a conversation with the official while holding your hand, giving the reassearance that you needed. Arslan learned to make sure to keep an eye out for you.

Gieve did receive a blow to the head by Daryun for pushing the prince.

Narsus:This man can read the mind and body. His conversation with Daryun had to be distrupted as someone had the audicity to make moves on you. He saw you drinking your wine while a knight was talking to you.You of course, was trying to be nice and struck up a conversation. This man was holding your hand, brushing your hair away.He excused himself from the conversation, upon asked the answer was: saving my damsel in distress

He was walking normal untill he saw the hand sneaking to yor waist, he took a sprint save to say. He knows better than to not make a huge commontion in a baquet so he made his was to you and simply said that he needed you for something slapping the hand of your waist.He asked you to fully wash yourself that night.

Elam: This guy doesn't hesistate. He make sure everybody knows that, skilled in archery at that. When a guy makes you uncomfortable, he will make a make-shift bow and launch a rock to the guy's temple: knocking him out. But it's a different story during a banquete. He is usually very quite and help around during the banquete so he doesn't see you in the room usually. But once he saw that there was a knight, super drunk leaning on you, holding you ect. He went back in the kitchen and made a plate full of meat. He seasoned the meat with every spice and pepper in the kitchen. He asked a servant to serve it to him as he cleaned himself and sat next to you with a new bottle of wine. The knight didn't like this and pulled you closer to him. Then, the servant came and served the plate to him. The knight lost himself and digged in the plate. Only to cough and become one with a tomato. Elam quickly poured him a cup of wine, the knight grapped the whole bottle and drank it without a thought. Only to have his mouth burn more than it already is. Elam made sure to spike the bottle of wine- replace the wine with boiled water with spice flaoting in it.

That pour soul learned the hard way to never disrespect another guy's woman.

Gieve:This man is a certified womanizer and love to give woman attention but when other do it to you, than it's a problem. He just felt that the guy you were talking to had interest in you and he did not like that.He also saw the clear uncofortable signs that you. Believe me, he has experience. Not only will he plot ways to murder the guy but make sure to embarrasse the guy while he is at it. So he made his way to you and poured himself a cup of wine, inculding himself in the conversation you two were holding. He constantly wanted to talk to you, interruppting the knight's sentence to ask you something. Gieve will make sure to be pysical: holding hands, kissing you on your face and neck, rubbing your lower back. Al signs to show the guy you were his woman.

Let's say the guy quickly left.

Jashwant:He is an observer, nothing goes unnoticed by him. He is used to keep feelings aside, focussing on the work that is given to him. He was leaning against the wall, protecting prince Arslan while he was watching the banquet in full swing. He also saw you talking to a nice couple, the seems nice to him. But the jealousy started to rise when they introduced their son to you. A young, handsome guy from Sindhura. He kissed your hand and politely introduced himself to you. He wanted to walk over to you but prince Arslan would be unguarded as Daryun, Narsus and even Gieve were somewhere else. He had faith in the bond you two share so he knew that you wouldn't leave him. As the banquete went on, he didn't see you. His mind raced through the thoughts of this fancy guy kidnapping you. Gieve returned and he quickly traded position with him in search for you. He ran and ran and that's when he saw you and that guy. You tried to get away from the guy but he held a firm grip on you. Jashwant went for the jawkick and the guy landed on the ground. He asked you to leave and gp back to the banquete, the seriousness in his eyes said enoughh and you did as yo were told. When Jashwant returned, he had small bloodstains on his clothes that wold go unnoticed to the naked eye

The after he asked you to place red powder in the center of your hairline, showing the world that you are taken.

[meridiageek]

@colleyuriko after I saw your message, I got the idea to quickly make this picture

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Arslan Senki Chapter 130 (Part 1)

You know, I'm starting to get so nervous for these that the last ten minutes before the chapter comes out are a really unpleasant experience!

Arakawa reminding us of Innocentis's presence in this scene by having Hilmes's disarmed sword land between his legs... There's a reason for this (I already know it, but for readers who don't it's a good choice not to let us forget he's there).

Then we move to a flashback montage of sword training scenes for Arslan, some old and familiar (with Vahriz and Daryun) and some new (with Gieve in Gilan, and I'd have to check but I wonder whether that was mentioned as one of the ways Arslan passed his downtime there?).

Funnily enough, I did look back through Arslan's training scenes before to see if there was any sign of the move he pulled on Hilmes AND HERE IT IS; Narsus's approach to swordplay put into practise by Gieve. Basics, practice, application; all the components that Arslan drew on to help him defeat Hilmes. Yes, there was an element of luck in that Hilmes's mental state was so shaken, but not only did Arslan take advantage of that, behind it lay months of diligence in training.

Arslan's dialogue really shows that now Hilmes has been defeated, he has no clear way to deny Arslan's victory and therefore his right to the throne, and at this point I really just wanted to see his face but instead we backtrack a little more to Narsus and Gieve on their way through the waterways...

I think I uttered my first "holy fuck" of the chapter here?

GIEVE WAS LITERALLY READY TO HEADSHOT HILMES FROM A DISTANCE IF ARSLAN LOST, BECAUSE HE REFUSES TO ALLOW HIM TO BE KILLED.

(Never have I been more glad that Hilmes lost. For the record, Narsus did NOT try to stop Gieve, lmao. I imagine, though, that they will keep this agreement between themselves.)

(Also, things coming full circle etc etc with Gieve in a high place on Ecbatana's walls drawing a bow to protect Arslan versus his mercy killing of Shapur)

Anyway, Gieve lowers his bow when Hilmes stands there defeated and ZANDEH CRIES OUT HILMES'S NAME after seeing Hilmes stood there weaponless with Arslan's sword levelled at him (help me I love Team Hilmes so much it's really hard to be coherent right now but I love this moment and what happens next)

It really feels like Daryun just becomes an obstacle to Zandeh; nothing more than something standing in his way on his path to Hilmes's side. Duel be damned, he just wants to get to his Prince at all costs. Yes, I know he swings his weapon at him but Daryun is literally standing between him and Hilmes and in that moment I think it's clear that Hilmes matters more to him than revenge.

And he gets to Hilmes's side after having his mace swept away by Daryun and sustaining a wound to his wrist and honestly I'm sure Daryun could have killed him there and then but he lets him go to Hilmes... another thing to be thankful for

I'M FUCKING CRYING ZANDEH YOU GOOD BOY, look how he puts himself between Arslan and Hilmes without a thought, without a weapon in his hand, ready to protect him at all costs. He would die for Hilmes if need be (really hope I'm not tempting fate by saying that)

Sam asking for mercy because of course he would! If I remember rightly, in the novels he orders their men to put down their swords to prevent further pointless bloodshed. What's Hilmes thinking right now? In all likelihood he's as numb as his sword arm, but I hope he understands that both Zandeh and Sam value his life this much.

I can't zoom in on this any more but...

Zandeh's protective posture 👌

Sam kneeling to beseech Arslan that Hilmes be spared 👌

Both of them positioning themselves in front of Hilmes, between him and Arslan 👌

THANK YOU ARSLAN but surely none of those who know him were actually thinking he'd kill Hilmes.

Arslan: "He can live. But I'm not gonna forget about his crimes." That's fair.

MY BOY ZANDEH KNEELING TOO. He's giving thanks! I really think he must have been worried that Hilmes might not be spared; he looks so taken aback by this suggestion. Or perhaps it's also the fact that they're apparently not going to be restrained and imprisoned? Though I'm sure that room will be under guard.

What if Team Zahhak were to kidnap Hilmes from that room? Team Hilmes can't get out, but snakes can get in... But with a change that was made later in this chapter, I'm now considering that maybe it's not Hilmes who is in line to be a vessel for Zahhak? Or at least, there's another option.

Okay this marks the halfway point of the chapter so I'm just gonna post this part and then write up some thoughts on the rest.

[marchdancer]

So I actually have created a small and simple timeline for my Arslan AU. ( I am actually writing a new chapter for the story and yes I am really, really slow). The Timeline is not fully complete, for example the year where Narsus became Lord of Daylam missed and I am not really sure with every canon data. So they will mixed up a bit with my AU and the canon data. A big thanks @tired-reader-writerfor the help to collect some year numbers and canon events.

In the timeline are some events from my AU that are a bit of a spoiler and I hope I can dissolve them with the new chapter I actually write. Hopefully I can posted it in a few days xD.

[daryun]

[samballesbian]

i need to see narsus' art i need it so bad i need to see how awful his art is with my own eyes

[too-many-blorbos]

Get fire-arrowed, punk

hey i hope this isn't a bad time but one billion points lava damage

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Azar was appointed the highest military rank in Maar (I know you gave it a name but you were considering changing some names so does that include the title?) at a very young age, 22 if I recall, though you said you might change that. Nonetheless, she was very young when she got the rank. You said it was a matter of survival for her. I assume it has something to do with her half-Maaren half-Parsian lineage, as she'd be half foreign in Maar. Did something happen to facilitate her scrambling to rise through the ranks? Was she discriminated against? Were her relatives (evil aunt?) involved in that? Oh and how old is she actually, by Pars era 320? 22?

(It's a lot of questions, I know, and I know you usually don't like spoiling stuff but it's been weighing on my mind since I saw you mention “it was a matter of survival for her” and I just have to give it a try.)

Finally getting around to this.

I'm so happy that I'm not the only one who has Azar brain rot and that you all love her as much as I do!

So, small correction. Azar is 100% Parsian.

She does have family in Maar but only through second degree. The sister of her father married a Maaren farmer and built a family there (a pretty big one... I should maybe make a separate post for that). And it is at their, like, inn/tavern/farm in the village Rus where she grew up after being brought to Maar by said sister and, to some extent, Vahriz when she was one year old.

Now to the question that sparked your ask, probably.

Her "evil" aunt was part of the reason. Vahriz knew her when they all were young (or rather when he was young and they (also meaning Daryuns dad and Azar's mom) even younger) Their families were friends since their fathers were old friends.

So, a little spoiler for the AU, Azar's "evil" aunt (she does have a name, will do a post/poll about that later maybe with a few options)  was the one who killed Azar's mom. That's why Azar lives in Maar right now as her dads sister and Vahriz thought that she was safer there than in Pars. But that was proven false when the "evil" aunt ambushed Rus and gave Azar her first scar on her back (she tried to protect a few children in a church during the raid) when Azar was very young. After that the aunt attacked one more time and scared Azar's uncle (the farmer).

So  Vahriz brought her to the capital of Maar, Visgard, to receive proper training and that's when Azar became a squire. Vahriz felt guilty that he failed to protect her so he was very strict with Azar's training. He was so strict in fact that he exhausted her and brought her to her absolute limits. Others thought that Vahriz was maybe even too extreme. It was a very rough and hard time for Azar but for Vahriz, it seemed necessary. So she can protect herself with utmost certainty because he knows he won't always be there and he does still have a nephew he also has to look after. He basically drilled her and that's why she rose through the ranks so fast.

In the end it was Vahriz paranoia and guilt that drove her up the ranks so fast. A lot of people lost their lives the day Azar's mom died and Vahriz swore to protect and take care of Azar. But he failed in his eyes - twice. So he taught her everything he knew, drilled it into her, so she had a chance of survival when she came face to face with her aunt.

And due that and her vast skill set she proved herself to be a capable knight and leader. So she got appointed Almennt (I won't change the name for this one as in georgian it would be called generali and that does not sound serious at all (I do not say that as to mock the language, mind you. It just doesn't fit Azar at all)). I will probably change her age at the time to 23. Seems more fitting

And since we are at the topic of age and you asked how old Azar is in Pars era 320 (for those who don't know - that is our current time in ArSen) - she is the same age as Narsus, 26. She would probably be a few months older than him. So it has been three-ish years since her appointment.

(I hope I have answered everything you wanted to know!)

If anybody has other questions that you want to be answered regarding Azar/Firelight AU or any other OC I had mentioned or shown - my inbox is always open! I will write if it is something I won't answer if I regard my answer too spoiler heavy.

Edit: forgot the discrimination part. I have not really thought about that yet but considering where Maar's citizens originally came from it would be highly hypocritical. But there were (and still are (this time out of jealousy)) probably some squires and knights who were discriminating against or at least hated her due to King Farzin showing interest in her and sometimes training her personally alongside Vahriz. She probably got more discrimination against her with being a woman in one of the highest ranks in Maar since all of her predecessors were men.