#new vicorgia

[khrysalisposting]

a rottingham x phileas first meeting ficlet for the soul

trying my hand at writing again! Been a few years since I actually wrote anything, and my first time writing something wiz-related so im a liiiiitle nervous. i adore both rottingham and phileas and i believe theyre the one that can melt his cold imperalist heart <3

Governor Rottingham Weiler is the most feared man in Novus. Notorious for his cold, stubborn demeanor and outright horrible attitude, he’s not someone anybody would approach willingly.

At least, until Phileas came along.

“Come in.”

The Governor sat at his desk, hands folded under his chin. He wasn’t excited. 

He had told Her Royal Majesty Queen Vicorgia that he didn’t need any assistance in the expansion of New Vicorgia. He could handle it, find a way to make sure it was everything she expected and more. In Her Majesty’s eyes, however, it was nonsense.

You need a scientist, she said. It would be good for the development, she said. You needn't not be so stubborn, Weiler. Any help on the shard is good help, she said.

Like rot it was.

The wooden doors swung open. The first thing Rottingham noticed was their… quite vivid pink hair. Interesting… to say the least. Not exactly the most professional style for a political workplace in his eyes. He kept his eyes focused on them as they skipped into the room, lab coat fluttering behind them.

“Royal Foremost Everythingist Phileas Dogg, reporting for duty!” They smiled, their hands motioning a small salute. 

Rottingham forced a small smile, his hands unfolding and resting on the edge of the glossed wood. “Ah, welcome. I’ve been expecting you.”

Their tone was almost sickeningly cheerful. “Happy to be here, sir!”

He looked off to the side, rising to his feet to meet Phileas proper. His eyes scanned the scientist, taking in every little button and pin on their lapels. How naive, he thinks. But… adorable nonetheless. He notes the four-colored flag under their Royal Marleybonian Empire insignia; yellow, white, black, purple.

“Oh! I made you a little gift to start our time together right, sir!” Phileas rummaged through their pockets, shifting crumpled-up notes to the side as they searched. After a minute of mumbled scoffs and grumbles, they finally pulled out a small… well, something. Rottingham couldn’t exactly figure out what it was.

“That is… wonderful,” He mumbled, his jaw stiff. “How thoughtful of you, Phileas.”

Their smile widened. “Oh, that’s not all. Just watch what it does!” 

At the press of a button on the underside of the gizmo, it opened up, revealing two robotic looking puppets on either side of a Marleybonian flag. They twisted and turned, the imperial anthem playing through a small speaker. One of the bots mimicked Phileas’ looks, a pink feather representing their hair and a carefully soldered piece of metal making up the majority of its form. Across from it, doing the same janky dance, was one that Rottingham could only regretfully assume was himself. Little cotton balls made up the Governor’s wig, blue iron comprising his tiny artificial outfit. 

He couldn’t help but chuckle softly, catching himself with surprise.

Phileas looked at his expression with curiosity. “What do you think?”

His eyes met theirs. Normally, he’d say it was ridiculous. How could someone waste time on something so mediocre, let alone have the nerve to present it to him?

But his expression softened. His once-forced smile was almost… genuine.

“It is a welcome gift,” He remarked. “I admire your creativity. Very fond of the… cotton ball wig.”

They placed it in his hand with a gleeful smile. “For Queen and Skyway, sir!”

He looked at it slowly. He could feel the smile grow ever so slightly on his lips, and the warmth in his heart flutter through his chest. “For Queen and Skyway.”

Maybe this would be a welcome change. Perhaps he’d benefit from their help.

Maybe he had a reason to be excited.

[sleepyisnotagamer]

meanwhile, in new vicorgia

Mathemagical: my staff looks so good with my moon! I'm a myth wizard with orbs! Me: ~with orbs~

[khrysalisposting]

im bored so here are my fav wiz themes for each world in no particular order (i enjoy making lists)

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Wizard City

Wizard City Overall (Classic)

Haunted Way

The Darkness

Theme 3 (Classic)

Decaversary

Post Fodder (Cue)

Krokotopia

none im sorry ;P

Marleybone

Combat

Theme 2

Mooshu

Main Overworld

Combat

Plague

War

Dragonspyre

Loremaster Combat (scrapped ;-;)

Overworld Theme 2

Celestia

Mysterious Theme 2

Crab March

Stormriven

Floating Lands

Finale/Trial of the Spheres

Zafaria

Baobab Crossroads

Elephant Graveyard

Mirror Lake (Morganthe encounter)

Avalon

Wyrd

Azteca

Combat

Swamp (Haunted)

Zultun

Khrysalis

Bastion (OG)

Bastion Thrives

Moon Cliffs

Last Wood

Bastion Combat

Khonda Desert

Hive and Seek

Arachna Combat

Shadow Palace

Morganthe Combat

Polaris

Walruskberg Combat

Walruskberg Liberated

Gulag Combat

Mine Combat

Mirage

Desert Canyons Combat

City

City Combat

Den of Thieves

Jungle

Chronoverge Combat

Empyrea

Flotsam Storm Combat

Outer Athanor

Lava Lock

Aero Plains

Nightmare Realm

Karamelle

don't even get me started

NONE

i dont like karamelle

im a karamelle HATERRRR

Wilkommen to Karamelle

Lemuria

Mystery

Jungle Combat

Ursai Village

Sky City

Noir/Heap

Bass Chamber

Treble Chamber

Novus

Unformed World

Conatus Combat

Puerto Nuovo

Puerto Nuovo Combat

New Vicorgia

New Vicorgia Combat

La Ville Rose Combat

War

Manticore's Madness (Cue)

Dasein's Estate Speech (Cue)

Wallaru

Hope Springs

Ranch Combat

Outback

Wobbegong Territory

Wobbegong Combat

Eucalyptus Forest Combat

Doom Moon Combat (technically counts as a Wallaru theme)

The Final Nightmare

Nightmare Dungeon

[khrysalisposting]

my top 10 fav wiz101 themes (ranked)

this is the hardest thing I had to do but I did this on r/Wizard101 so I wanna do it here too!!

Last Wood - Khrysalis

Bastion Thrives - Khrysalis

Moon Cliffs - Khrysalis

War - Novus

New Vicorgia Combat - Novus

Arcanum Combat - Arcanum

Outer Athanor - Empyrea

Khonda Desert - Khrysalis

Wobbegong Territory - Wallaru

Puerto Nuovo - Novus

[khrysalisposting]

a tangent abt the 1:52 mark of the Novus war theme

i feel like it is just such a stellar theme overall, but *specifically* at that mark. as someone who has been listening to it non-stop for the past two days to the point where I made fanart, it simply needs to be appreciated more.

*DECENT NOVUS SPOILERS AHEAD*

you have the violin buildup, the high and low pitch signifying the chaos that is breaking out amongst the shards. everyone is fighting, negotiations have broken down. you as the wizard emerge from the splintered lands to see absolute chaos in new vicorgia. fleets riddling the air and surrounding the land. Phileas is freaking out, a whole war starting before their own eyes. rottingham is gone. mario is gone. you go to puerto nuovo, and everyone has turned against you. the violin increases erratically, the sense of urgency to stop this from becoming an interspiral conflict growing by the minute. you make your way onto the shore, you fight the your way through the abberrants, and then you see him.

THAT is when the 1:52 mark kicks in.

the trumpets are angry. heavy. possibly even suffocating. too strong to handle. that is the sheer power of imperialist marleybone, and rottingham stands before you, telling you to stay out of his way, to let him conquer novus and its shards because its *HIS* destiny to do so, for queen and skyway. the violins start again, rising against the low trumpets; urgent, begging for you to put an end to it, to stop him. you fight him (and him being a shadow elite definitely doesn’t help). the naval fleets riddle the air. they are a force you do NOT want to deal with. not even valencia post-armada can stop them.

it’s the young wizard vs a lord governor who thinks he is a god, a spiral superpower that is dead set on taking, taking, taking, one child vs an inconceivable monster.

(aforementioned fanart is somewhere on the w101 subreddit, idk if I should post it here or not lol)

[sleepyisnotagamer]

meanwhile, in new vicorgia ugh i hate typing that

[khrysalisposting]

wizzy hamilton au ideas

(PLEASE bear with this mess, im fighting for my life at 5 am. also some novus/general arc 4 spoilers maybe)

okay so since my arc 4 brain rot is getting to me:

Right Hand Man but it’s just that intro “British admiral Howe’s got troops on the water/32,000 troops in New York harbor” BUT it’s the Marleybonian siege on Puerto Nuovo under Rottingham’s command (cuz we all know how big the Marleybonian navy is. Very Big)

Yorktown but it’s some final battle where La Ville Rose and Puerto Nuovo team up against New Vicorgia to kick Rottingham’s ass and give a big fuck you to the Marleybonian Empire (“the world turned upside down” being ofc the Marleybonian response, with Rottingham in total disbelief that he lost to a ragtag alliance of Valencians, Monquistans, and Pingouin revolutionaries)

Your Obedient Servant but with Rottingham and Mario di Mario bickering and resulting in a duel that Mario actually needs to fight (“now you call me ‘immoral, a dangerous disgrace’” because HE IS) (also “careful how you proceed, good man / intemperate indeed, good man / answer for the accusations i lay at your feet, or prepare to bleed, good man” is just so rottingham threatening ppl core)

Guns and Ships. that’s it. novus war is nothing but GUNS and SHIPS. SHIPSSSSS

This is all my brain can cook up rn but this is a very open AU so if anyone has any ideas… begging and screaming for yall to give input and ideas cuz im so curious now

[khrysalisposting]

i have MORE hcs and thoughts about this. because i love him.

he has a brother, and rottingham is the younger of the two. his brother was raised more respectably and has decorum (im biased bc im an older sibling) but rottingham was spoiled to no end

his relationship with his brother is VERY strained. they can tolerate each other when they’re around family and such, but if it’s just them, it’s never-ending arguments and bickering

his brother was also in the royal navy, but decided to stay rather than go for politics. he has his hangups about their father sheltering rottingham and basically using nepotism to have him inorganically rise in rank, while his brother worked for his current rank (commander)

when the war breaks out, his brother refuses to have his fleets support new vicorgia. he thinks rottingham’s goals are purely self-serving (which they are) and while he IS loyal to Queen and skyway, he holds no loyalties to his brother, and that completely fractures whatever was left of their relationship

because of this, rottingham chooses to lead his own fleets (because of the prior-mentioned service but also because of his own ego) and that ends exactly how it ends in novus

his brother also was opposed to his appointment as governor of new vicorgia because he KNOWS the kind of person he is; just a spoiled brat with no empathy for anyone that stands in the way of his thirst for power

rottingham weiler thoughts + headcanons bc i cannot stop thinking about him

(slight Novus spoilers!)

pre-governor

grew up surrounded by aristocracy of course. his family was notable for their involvement in marleybonian government and involvement in the royal navy. family was VERY classist and critical of anyone who wasn’t part of MB high society (cats, street sweepers, etc) and he was raised on that hatred

he didn’t actually find interest in geopolitics/things like that at first. but the familial pressure was so high and he had no sense of what he actually wanted to do, that he did conform and push himself to go down that path, and join the royal navy (per his father’s influence and slight nepotism)

rose decently high in ranks and served as a captain under general booth, when they were still on good terms with each other

his higher-ups knew him as a very ambitious fellow who was very smart strategically, and quick to adapt to bad situations, albeit lacking in patience and rationality. his battalions hated him, and knew him as an arrogant and hot-tempered prick who would demean, harass, and bully anyone who tried to tell him he was wrong or moving too fast with something (which would fail about 25-30% of the time. the only time he wouldn’t fail would be if his plans included a higher-up), as well as being overly violent in combat

after the shards appeared, vicorgia was leaning towards choosing booth to be the lord governor, but rottingham’s family was so set on him gaining power that they used their influence to sway her decision to him

rottingham took it despite never being interested in spiral politics + less qualified than booth to lead a colony. and that is where the power trip got even worse

as governor

met phileas as soon as he was appointed, absolutely adores them but would never make that too obvious because he is VERY emotionally guarded

sees them as the sole balancing factor to his strict attitude and bad temper (i like to think that he kinda likes them but would never admit it)

has definitely heard of the young wizard from others in Marleybone and has mixed feelings before they arrive

ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE GOD COMPLEX THAT GETS WORSE AS THE NEGOTIATIONS BREAK DOWN. remember when he said that he thinks it’s his destiny to claim novus for marleybone?? yeah. he’s dead-set.

cool, collected, and smartmouthed most of the time, but sometimes he gets so viscerally angry that he will say things that he regrets later on to those he cares about

phileas constantly tries to get him to relax and chill out a little. rottingham is so accustomed to aristocratic lifestyle and they want to teach him what it’s like being Not Ridiculously Rich (normal)

was HOPING and PRAYING for negotiations to break down so he had a reason to utilize the navy. jumped at the opportunity to plan out a total war strategy, and if he did succeed at his plans, the other spiral leaders would be completely gone. obliterated by his hand. he craves violence

give this man a squeaky thing to chew on and he will sit in his office for hours staring at the wall and chewing. do not bother him

refuses to get any other scientist despite the many times MB has offered to replace phileas after losing the last assistant. they are the only one he truly trusts and can open up to

can actually beat mario and win if mario actually fought and didn’t weasel his way out every damn time

he can sing. he sings in the shower. phileas mocks it and then they get barked at (literally)

i love he :)