#sabers-celestial-mage

[kitausu]

Fantasy Novels/Series I Think Are CRIMINALLY Underhyped

Just as the title says, this is simply a list of fantasy novels and series that I think deserve all the hype and yet I basically never see people talking them up. These are not in any kind of order because they're all amazing. If you read any of these please hmu because I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Since the city of Bezim was shaken half into the sea by a magical earthquake, the Inquisitors have policed alchemy with brutal efficiency. Nothing too powerful, too complicated, too much like real magic is allowed–and the careful science that’s left is kept too expensive for any but the rich and indolent to tinker with. Siyon Velo, a glorified errand boy scraping together lesson money from a little inter-planar fetch and carry, doesn’t qualify. But when Siyon accidentally commits a public act of impossible magic, he’s catapulted into the limelight. Except the limelight is a bad place to be when the planes themselves start lurching out of alignment, threatening to send the rest of the city into the sea. Now Siyon, a dockside brat who clawed his way up and proved himself on rooftops with saber in hand, might be Bezim’s only hope. Because if they don’t fix the cascading failures of magic in their plane, the Powers and their armies in the other three will do it for them.

A god will return When the earth and sky converge Under the black sun In the holy city of Tova, the winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event proscribed by the Sun Priest as an unbalancing of the world. Meanwhile, a ship launches from a distant city bound for Tova and set to arrive on the solstice. The captain of the ship, Xiala, is a disgraced Teek whose song can calm the waters around her as easily as it can warp a man’s mind. Her ship carries one passenger. Described as harmless, the passenger, Serapio, is a young man, blind, scarred, and cloaked in destiny. As Xiala well knows, when a man is described as harmless, he usually ends up being a villain.

The Omehi people have been fighting an unwinnable fight for almost two hundred years. Their society has been built around war and only war. The lucky ones are born gifted. One in every two thousand women has the power to call down dragons. One in every hundred men is able to magically transform himself into a bigger, stronger, faster killing machine. Everyone else is fodder, destined to fight and die in the endless war. Young, gift-less Tau knows all this, but he has a plan of escape. He's going to get himself injured, get out early, and settle down to marriage, children, and land. Only, he doesn't get the chance. Those closest to him are brutally murdered, and his grief swiftly turns to anger. Fixated on revenge, Tau dedicates himself to an unthinkable path. He'll become the greatest swordsman to ever live, a man willing to die a hundred thousand times for the chance to kill the three who betrayed him.

Twenty-seven years ago, a Duke with a grudge led a ruthless coup against the empire of Semilla, killing thousands. He failed. The Duke was executed, a terrifyingly powerful sorcerer was imprisoned, and an unwilling princess disappeared.  The empire moved on.  Now, when Quill, an apprentice scribe, arrives in the capital city, he believes he's on a simple errand for another pompous noble: fetch ancient artifacts from the magical Imperial Archives. He's always found his apprenticeship to a lawman to be dull work. But these aren't just any artifacts — these are the instruments of revolution, the banners under which the Duke lead his coup.  Just as the artifacts are unearthed, the city is shaken by a brutal murder that seems to have been caused by a weapon not seen since the days of rebellion. With Quill being the main witness to the murder, and no one in power believing his story, he must join the Archivists — a young mage, a seasoned archivist, and a disillusioned detective — to solve the truth of the attack. And what they uncover will be the key to saving the empire – or destroying it again. 

[toxicdischarge]

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NSFW: office sex, minor cockwarming, slight master kink not really

i wanted to do something more romantic than hardcore smut. tbf i don’t think i could even attempt something hardcore because i get so embarrassed BAHA

it’s criminal that my favorite FT character doesn’t have enough fanfics about him </3 OR ANY NEW FT FANFICS IN GENERAL

also it’s been awhile since i wrote anything smutty so please bare with this one >:) i wanted to show my baby some love

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JEALOUSLY.

He felt the overwhelming feeling in every fiber of his body.

Why?

Because you weren’t giving him attention.

Simple as that.

He wasn’t gonna admit it though, all he could do was just bury himself in paperwork while you gave your undivided attention to the other men in the guild.

“Stupid men and her good looks.” He mumbled as he hastily scribbled on the report for the council.

Cursing everybody in his guild was the most appropriate thing to do as a guild master. He simply couldn’t act rashly just because he was an attention-seeking whore.

Perhaps he should do the same thing as you.

Give other people attention.

He shook his head, that was too petty of him.

“Sting, you’re looking crazy over there.” His red partner commented watching him making all sorts of crazy faces.

Sting pouted, stopping his writing as he looked over to his exceed. “It’s not fair… Y/N isn’t paying attention to me!” Lector sweated.

“Maybe.. I dunno.. Talk to her.”

“No way!”

Lector sighed at the blond’s stubbornness. He couldn’t believe his partner was refusing to communicate with his girlfriend. He shrugged as Sting resumed his paperwork.

The red exceed decided to find Y/N, leaving his master alone with paperwork.

There she was at the bar, serving food and drinks to the tigers. Chatting and smiling at them as they spark a conversation with her.

“Y/N!” Lector landed on the bar in front of the girl, interrupting her conversation with some random saber.

“Oh, hi Lector!” She smiled as she dried off a glass. “Did you want something? I can cook something up for you.”

Tempting as it is to eat your cooking, he unfortunately had to deny it. “No, I’m okay.. Sting requested your attention!” Lector said, making you curious as to why the maroon cat is denying your food—something he rarely ever does.

“Well, okay then. It must be important.” Lector nodded. “Yukino will you be okay for a minute?”

“Of course!” The white-haired celestial mage smiled.

You put down the towel and rushed upstairs to see what your boyfriend wanted. You knocked three times on the wooden door, before entering.

You examined the room, the only thing neat thing was the stack of finished paperwork on the desk while some crumbled pieces of paper were scattered all over the room. You watched him sloppy writing on the paper as his other hand was buried in his spiky hair.

“Sting.. You wanted to see me?” You called out, realizing he hadn’t even noticed you come in.

“H-Huh?” He paused, looking slightly surprised you were in his office.

Taking note of how beautiful you looked in your (r/c)-colored low-neck dress that complimented your skin tone. How your hair was tied back into a messy bun. He shakes his head before turning his eyes off you, almost forgetting he was mad at you.

“I don’t know what you mean. I never asked for you.” He muttered which you barely heard.

You raised an eyebrow at your boyfriend’s body language. He wasn’t even looking at you anymore and had his arms crossed as if he was upset. You sweated, realizing why.

“Are you upset again?” You walked over to him. “Y’know, I belong to you.” Your arms wrapped around his neck, shoving his face into your chest. You could feel his breath pause for a minute.

“Liar. You were neglecting me.” His words were muffled, but you could still make out what he said.

“Jealousy is so not a good look on you.” You stated, as your hands found their way up to his hair, twirling with it. “Is there any way I could make it up to you, master?��

His breath hitched once again, hearing your cunningly flirtatious tone. You know what turned him on and it was making it hard for him to be mad at you anymore. He took his head out of your chest and looked at you with a certain glint in his blue eyes.

Pulling you to his lap, making you straddle him. “There’s a few things I can think of.” He smirked up at you. His hand grazed up your spine until he found the band that was holding your hair back. Swiftly tugging at it, causing your hair to cascade down.

His hand bunched up your hair pulling it back, revealing your neck. His lips connect to your soft skin, making you whimper at the touch. Sinking his teeth into your skin, sucking ever so lightly to leave purple bruises all over your neck down to your breasts.

“S-Sting.” You moaned, messing up his hair. With a twirl of your finger, you heard a click behind you. Using your magic to lock the office door.

He continued to mark your once flawless skin, enticing several sounds that were music to his ears. Pulling back to admire his masterpiece he could only smirk at your flushed expression.

Your eyes were closed as your plump lips were parted, your chest heaving up and down as your heart pounded against your ribcage.

Desire and lust were pooled in his cobalt orbs. His hand gently pushed your head down to his connecting the gap between you two, his pants started to tighten as the moment went on.

“Once we’re done here, everyone is going to know you belong to me.” A slight growl left his throat as he tugged on your hair just right to make you moan.

“Y-Yes Master.” He smirked.

“Say it again.” Your face turned redder than previously, not sure how it’s possible but it did. Feeling all hot and aroused.

“Yes Master Sting.” It was in a hushed tone but it still turned him on.

He lifted his hips, adjusting his position causing both of your nether regions to graze one another. His hand hastily made its way up your dress, his fingertips ever so lightly caressing your thighs, slowly inching closer to your heat.

The pace he was going made you whine, wanting to feel him already. “Patience, my love,” Sting smirked at your eagerness. "This is payback."

"Unfair." You moaned out as his lips traveled back to your neck, littering more love marks wherever he could.

His fingers drew circles as they slowly moved up closer to your arousal. You sighed, urging your hips closer, only for him to tug at your hair in response.

Soon enough that felt like an eternity to you, he gave in, letting his fingertips brush upon your folds. Your breath hitched at the slightest touch. His fingers hastily hooked onto the band of your panties, ripping it off and tossing it somewhere in the office.

With his strong sense of smell, your arousal hit his nose with familiarity. Feeling proud that he could turn you on with the lightest touch and kisses. His lips left butterfly kisses, moving their way up to your lips. His teeth nibbling on your lower lip.

Returning his lustful kisses, you played with his hair the way you knew he liked it. In response, he slid in two fingers making you gasp, giving his tongue access to your mouth.

Fighting for dominance, his fingers slowly thrust in and out, lubing your entrance with your arousal. Your legs mindlessly squeeze him as he hooks his fingers, his thumb circling your clit.

Your whimpers and moans were like music to his ears. He enjoyed making you submit to his doings. He liked the way he dominates you, especially the way you call him master.

Sure he gets upset and jealous of your attention being anyway but him. But deep down, he knew that you were his and only his.

Retreating his fingers enticed a whine from you, he carried you over to the soft couch without disconnecting from your lips. His eyes scanned your figure as you lay there ready in anticipation. His tongue wet his lips as he tore off his pants.

You squirm as you want him to fill you up already. Unfortunately, he wanted to take his time and savor this moment. He grabbed your leg putting it over his shoulder.

“Y/N,” You looked at him, curiosity pooled in your eyes. “You look beautiful like this..” You blushed, your dress was crumpled up to your chest and you were sure in his point of view he had a good look at your pussy. “And we should get married!”

“Are you seriously proposing right now?!” You exclaimed, face all red. He cheekily grinned at you, not wasting a minute he entered inside you, quickly making you forget his proposal. You moaned feeling complete.

The way you look at the moment is ethereal. The expressions you made as he went in and out were his favorite. It only turned him on more, his hands finding their way around your hips, lifting you up slightly gave him more access.

Moans and groans increased as you two went on. The smell of sex filled up the office. You weren’t sure if you were being loud to the point the guild could hear you, but in the moment you both didn’t care.

“Y-Y/n.” His body collapsed on top of yours with his hands perched next to your head so his full body weight wasn’t on you. “Was that a yes?” His face was centimeters from yours, watching you catch your breath.

You stared at him, thinking back to what he was talking about. You smile once you realize. “Yes, of course, Sting!” He grinned like a child who got a lollipop. Immediately smashing his lips onto yours as his cock that was still sheath inside of you was twitching in excitement.

“Good, because.. I already.. got a ring.” He muttered between kisses.

After your loving makeout session, he cleaned you up with some toilet paper he just so conveniently had in his office.

As you were fixing your appearance, something dawned on you. “Sting, you ripped my favorite panties!” You huffed, holding up your torn-up article with your telekinetic magic.

He only smirked at you. “Guess you’re just gonna have to go pantie-less.” You sighed, throwing the clothing into the trash, combing through your hair, deciding to let it down in an attempt to cover all the dark marks but to no avail as it was literally everywhere on your exposed neck and cleavage.

You were starting to regret not having extra clothes or makeup on you. “You suck.” You looked in the mirror, examining your skin.

Before you head out, he stopped you. “Forgetting something?” He held out a black box, opening it revealing your (f/r). You smiled as he put it on your ring finger.

“Can’t believe you remember.” He slightly scoffed at your statement.

“I remember everything when it comes to you.” He kissed the crown of your head, making your heart flutter.

[cinnaaron]

I don’t mean to be rude but that’s pathetic.

Edolas Yukino @sabers-celestial-mage​

[angelsoffiore]

“Alright. Let’s see if I can capture her demeanor.” He said with a grin as they both worked on the dolls they chose. Mizumi kept pricking his fingers every few minutes or so from going to fast, but two hours later it was all worth it. “Hehehehe~ Look ya this, Yukino! Think I did well?” He said to her as he held up a doll of Minerva with her blue dress on, black thread for her hair and a drawn on frowny face to complete it.

Mizumi and Yukino go Shopping! (Closed rp with saber-celestial-mage)

The store clerk nodded and apologized to the water mage as he watched them leave.

“Sorry about that, Yukino. A woman of your stature deserves to be loved and served!” Mizumi said with sparkles once more.

[grailfinders]

Fate and Phantasms #101: Rama

Today on Fate and Phantasms, we’re making the number 1 member of the Arcade hatedom, Rama! If you’ve seen my previous Indian heroes you know this build is also going to get a bit funky, but by the end of it you’ll have a cool sword you can throw around, the ability to fight off demons, and a monkey army.

Check out Rama’s build breakdown below the cut, or his character sheet over here!

Next up: One Strike Man

Race and Background

We know we had a thing going with Arjuna and Karna being Genasi, but Vishnu’s more of a general god than a themed one, so we have to be basic and go Aasimar on this one. Specifically Scourge Aasimar, because you’re not edgy and can’t fly. We’re also using the new Tasha’s rules about races to swap some bonuses around, so you’re going to get +1 Constitution and +2 Intelligence instead of charisma. You also get some Darkvision, Celestial Resistance to necrotic and radiant damage, the Light cantrip, and Healing Hands to heal a creature as an action once per long rest. Trust me, you’ll need it for the early levels.

Like a lot of servants, you’re a Noble, gaining History and Persuasion proficiencies. 

Ability Scores

This build pretty much uses every score, so we had to make some tough cuts. Make your Strength the highest score, you’re a saber, you should be good at sabing. Second is Wisdom, you were born wise, which is a pretty amazing feat. I’m not sure how the figured that out before you could talk, but it’s still cool. Third is your Charisma, your star-crossed love transcends the bonds of the universe and has literally saved your life on occasion. Your Dexterity isn’t as high as I’d like it-we need it for multiclassing, but we’ll get it bumped up in time. Also, I’m willing to be generous here and say you’re wearing medium armor, that’s kind of a breastplate. Your Intelligence is also lower than I’d like, but that’s also getting a boost from your racial bonuses, so I guess it’s fine. Unfortunately, that means we’re dumping Constitution. It’s not fun, but it’s also the only score we aren’t actively using. Don’t worry, we’ll get it up into at least neutral territory as soon as possible.

Class Levels

1. Fighter 1: Fighters are pretty cool, and starting out as one gives you proficiency in Strength and Constitution saves, as well as the Animal Handling and Perception skills. A monkey may be your mortal enemy, but you also command an army of them.

You get a fighting style, and Dueling will make your one handed attacks a bit stronger so you can keep a hand open for spells. You also get a Second Wind for another way to heal yourself as a bonus action.

2. Fighter 2: Second level fighters get an Action Surge, tacking an extra action onto one of your turns once per short rest. This level is pretty light, so I’ll also take a second to say that we’re using a Trident as your weapon in this build, for reasons that will become apparent in a couple levels. It’s unorthodox, but you’re used to making swords out of other weapons, so it shouldn’t be that big a deal.

3. Fighter 3: I’m not going to beat around the bush here, you’re an Eldritch Knight. That means you’re learning some Spells, most of which will be abjuration or evocation and all of which will use your Intelligence to cast. You also gain a Weapon Bond, preventing you from being disarmed while conscious, and you can summon your weapon as a bonus action from anywhere in the plane. You also get your Radiant Consumption, which deals radiant damage to all creatures in a radius around you, including you. You can also add radiant damage to one attack per turn. The transformation lasts up to a minute, and you can use it once per long rest.

But you’re probably interested in those spells, right? Message is just useful, Sword Burst and Shield will protect you until we can get that constitution mess sorted, Find Familiar will help you get your first monkey friend, and Burning Hands is also there.

4. Fighter 4: Use your first Ability Score Improvement to round up your Constitution and bring your Dexterity into multiclassing range. Also, now that we’ve got a way to get your weapon back, we’ll switch out our old fighting style for Thrown Weapon Fighting as a part of your Martial Versatility. This allows you to draw a throwing weapon as part of an attack, and you deal more damage when throwing them. Who needs artificers and their returning weapons when you’ve got this?

You also learn the Snare spell to get some less magical monkey friends.

5. Fighter 5: Your Extra Attack lets you make two attacks per action. We’ll be seeing this feature a lot, but it doesn’t stack from multiple classes.

6. Paladin 1: You’re kind of literally a god, so this is something of an inevitability. You get a Divine Sense to help you track down Ravana, and can Lay on Hands for yet another way to heal yourself or other party members.

7. Paladin 2: Paladins also get a fighting style, so grab Dueling again, for the same reasons we got it in the first place. You can also cast and prepare another set of Spells, using your Charisma to cast. If you’re sick of casting spells though, you can also use your spell slots for Divine Smites, adding extra radiant damage to a melee attack, and even more to fiends and the undead.

Some first level spells to look out for are Command for some of the same reason as Arjuna and Karna- if someone of sufficient power says something’s going to happen, it’s going to happen. You can also use Heroism to help your party even more and Divine Favor to give you a bit of a smite even on thrown attacks.

8. Paladin 3: Your defining trait is your endless search for your wife, so the Devotion oath is a pretty solid pick. You get some Oath Spells about beating up demons that are always prepared for you, as well as two ways to Channel Divinity. Sacred Weapon adds your charisma modifier to attack rolls with a weapon, and turns the weapon magical for the duration. This also ends if you stop holding the weapon, so again, it doesn’t fit with throwing it around. You can also Turn the Unholy, forcing Fiends and Undead that fail a wisdom saving throw to run away until it takes damage.

We’re already eight levels in, but we have like one monkey! That’s not an army! That’s unacceptable, someone should do something about that.

9. Ranger 1: If we want animal sidekicks, Ranger’s the best option. At first level you get a skill proficiency, so grab Stealth so you can sneak up on your arch-monkey-enemies. You also have a Favored Foe, marking a creature upon attacking it for up to a minute with concentration. Then, once per turn you deal an extra 1d4 damage to that enemy. You can mark enemies this way a number of times per long rest equal to your proficiency bonus. You’re also a Deft Explorer, doubling your proficiency in Animal Handling. You can literally talk to the little bastards, that’ll give you quite the edge.

10. Ranger 2: Being a second level ranger nets you a third fighting style; the Archery style gives your ranged attacks (including thrown weapons) a +2 to hit. You also get a third Spell list, which uses Wisdom to cast. Grab Longstrider and Zephyr Strike for ways to stay mobile and still deal damage.

11. Ranger 3: Be honest, you thought we were going beastmaster, didn’t you? Like we said earlier, one monkey does not an army make, and Swarmkeeper fairs much better with multiclassing anyway. You have a Primal Awareness letting you Speak with Animals either as a normal spell or once per long rest you can cast it for free. Swarmkeepers also get Swarmkeeper Magic, which is just an extended spell list. We’ll get into those with the regular spell you’re learning this level. Last but not least is the feature swarmkeepers are named for, the Gathered Swarm. You now have countless pygmy marmosets swarming over your body at all times. That’s a class feature, I am so sorry. It’s not all bad news though, because after hitting a creature with any attack, your swarm can deal extra damage, push the target 15′ in any direction if they fail a strength save, or move you 5′ in any direction. Save yourself a bonus action by throwing a weapon at an enemy, closing the gap with your swarm, then getting it back the old fashioned way!

You get Mage Hand as part of being a swarmkeeper, and it’s flavored as Literally Just a Monkey. You also learn Faerie Fire this way, and your normal spell this level is Animal Friendship. If they’re going to be crawling all over you, it’s best to stay on their good side.

12. Paladin 4: Now that we finally have your base kit set up, we can revisit some of your classes. Use this ASI to round up your Strength for stronger hits, and Charisma for more and better paladin spells. This is also a secret tool that will help us out in a little bit.

13. Paladin 5: The extra attack you get this level is a lie; it doesn’t stack with your fighter extra attack. The good news is you get second level spells this level as well, so it’s not a complete waste. You get Lesser Restoration and Zone of Truth as oath spells.

14. Paladin 6: Our last stop in the paladin class gives you an Aura of Protection, increasing all your saving throws (as well as any ally within 10 feet of you) by your charisma modifier.

15. Ranger 4: Since we don’t have to worry about your concentration saves anymore, we can just go for more health. Use this ASI to get the Tough feat, for an extra 2 HP per level.

16. Ranger 5: Once again, you get another useless extra attack, and once again you also get second level spells. You can Summon Beast to make a monkey that will be pretty scary when you get a fourth level spell slot at 17th level. You can also make Webs, or use Beast Sense once a day for free. Don’t ask what the webs are made out of.

17. Ranger 6: Your Favored Foe damage ramps up to 1d6, and you’re now Roving, meaning your movement speed increases, and you gain a climbing and swimming speed. Monkeys are pretty agile, you need to be able to keep up with them.

18. Fighter 6: We’re ending this build where we began, with the fighter class. Use this ASI for even more Charisma for better saves, more spells, and a more winning smile.

19. Fighter 7: Seventh level eldritch knights know War Magic, meaning that if you use a cantrip as your main action, you can still attack as a bonus action. I’m not sure why you’d message someone in the middle of battle, but here you go.

You also get second level spells, for the third time. Any evocation or abjuration spell is good here, but I chose Gust of Wind because it’s hard to throw weapons around if enemies are getting close to you.

20. Your capstone feature is another ASI, so grab the Piercer feat to round up your Dexterity and make your sword just a little more deadly. Once per turn, you can reroll a piercing damage die, and your critical hits deal a little more piercing damage.

Pros:

Despite your patchwork class levels, one thing that really shines through is your support abilities. Your Aura of Protection offers a solid +3 to all saves within 10′ of you, and you have multiple ways to heal other party members in a pinch.

You can also deal pretty dependable damage, thanks to your multitude of fighting styles mixing together to overcome your low ability scores. Despite having a strength of 16, you can aim your throws like you have a 20, and deal damage like you have a 24. You also have plenty of ways to incrementally add damage to each attack. Adding Favored Foe, smites, and your swarm damage to your attack racks up damage quickly.

You’ve got solid movement options, both for yourself and enemies. Being able to shove enemies around and into hazards with your swarm is a huge game changer.

Cons:

Eldritch Knights use their bonus action to resummon their weapon. Rangers use it to apply Favored Foe. Paladins use it for smites. Basically what I’m saying is your bonus action is super crowded, and it’s nearly impossible for you to go a round in combat without either holding back or making a tough decision about what to use it on.

If you couldn’t tell from the introduction, you depend on a ton of ability scores, to the point that constitution was the safest thing to dump early on. Even now, most of your spells aren’t particularly strong.

A lot of this build was about making a throwing weapon powerful, and thrown weapons don’t gel with paladins at all. It breaks your Channel Divinity and can’t be used with smites, limiting your power.

[whatissleepeven]

I -

I can't stop thinking about it -

About what, you ask?

An Obey Me! and Fate/Grand Order crossover

(Warning: Long post ahead!)

Either the bois get summoned to Chaldea or they're able to summon Servants themselves

(...I'm leaning towards the first)

The tomfoolery! The shenanigans!

Imagine: Humanity's Last Master (aka you) ends up summoning them as they trek through Rome with Mash and the Servants they already summoned

They set up the summoning circle, but one minor mistake is made and the summoning glow looks a bit darker than usual and BOOM

"S-...Senpai...is this normal?"

You have no idea what's normal or not, I mean you're time travelling to save your people for fucks sake -

"Servant of the Rider Class. My True Name is Lucifer. Do not expect me to cater to your every whim."

...Wait he's a what now??

They were not supposed to have this whole "Class" thing designated to them (it's not how demonic summoning works he swears), and yet they do for some reason

(You can tell I had fun thinking of their Classes)

The introductions are...cold, to say the least

"Saber Class Servant, and none other than The Great Mammon, Avatar of Greed! I got better things to be doing, so don't go calling me whenever ya want, got it?!"

"Lancer Class...Leviathan. I have an mmorpg raid coming up, so I can't stick around."

"Berserker Class. My name is Satan. What? Are you surprised that I seem calm for a Berserker? It's quite alright; I get that reaction often enough. A word of advice: Be careful what you wish for."

"My name is Asmodeus, but you can call me Asmo darling! I'm a Caster, which is good. I can't mess up the work done on my nails and hair!"

"Hm...Oh? Sorry, I was thinking about lunch. Servant Class: Ruler. I'm Beelzebub, but most people call me Beel. Do you have any snacks on you?"

"Servant Class: Avenger. My name is Belphegor, but I doubt you'll be alive long enough to remember that. I won't do your dirty work for you, human."

You are just...done at that point. You are literally carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders and their attitudes are not helping

"Yeah, yeah, here's the gist: there's a war going on and we're trying to save the planet. The future's been incinerated, and it's our job to fix what went wrong. I don't have time for your uncooperation; get on board."

(Mash is worried for your mental health)

It takes some time, but they do manage to open up to you

The main catalyst for this is when they heard you talking to Robin Hood, who was summoned in France

"Say, Master...I gotta ask: Why are you doing this?"

You pause what you're doing, shooting him an incredulous look. "You mean saving the world?" You ask in return.

He shrugs, tilting his head forward in a slight nod. "Yeah. There's other people who could do this, aren't there?"

"There isn't." The brothers hear you say firmly. Beel almost went in because he wanted a snack, but the others held him back; the conversation had peaked their interest, and they wanted to hear what you had to say.

"Robin..." Your voice comes out strained, as if you were barely holding yourself together. "I watched innocent people die in front of me. Good people. The world outside is gone. I can't even go see my family, because they're dead. I'm not expecting you to understand, but it hurts so bad that somedays I don't feel like getting up. If I die, it's all over; humanity's done. I'll never be able to see my family's smiles again, I'll never be able to hear their laughter; I'll...I'll never be able to go back home.

"So, instead of asking why I'm doing this, you should be asking "How far are you willing to go?" instead."

Robin is silent for a while. Mammon shifts on his feet. The Green Archer finally speaks, somber but curious tone filling the air. "And? What's the verdict, Master?"

Your voice has a tone of finality to it that shoots them back to the past, back towards the Celestial War. It's final, but it's tired. "Whatever it takes."

(And, so, the brothers come to understand and even sympathize with your situation a little bit. You had to fight for the sake of others without rest, you were a leader, you were a savior, but most of all...you were alone. And something about that didn't sit right with them.)

They would fit in perfectly with Chaldea's dynamics, actually

Mammon has a gold sword he lovingly calls Goldie (yes it changes into his beloved credit card)

His Noble Phantasm is literally him raising his sword and mountains of Grimm burying his opponents from the sky as he cackles out:

"Don't worry, I'll take all that money off ya hands!"

Or, in a proud declaration:

"My sword is my love, and my love is my sin. I'll take all that you have on ya! STULTUS IN AVARITA!!"

(Translates (from Google) to "Greed of the Fool")

(It also gives you an increased drop rate in materials)

Leviathan's weapon is his trident

He's surprised that he wasn't summoned as a Rider, once he got used to the "Class" thing (which was fairly quick, he's seen an anime like this before). I mean, he has a giant snake named Henry 1.0 and Lothan that he would've loved to fight side by side with

He usually doesn't fight, but he proves to be invaluable in Okeanos since he has knowledge on war strategies at sea

His Noble Phantasm is a bit strange, but endearing (sad). He rushes forward with his trident glowing, saying either:

"I can't get the latest Ruri-chan merch because you blew up the world...I won't forgive you. I can't forgive you!"

Or, in a somber tone:

"Even though it's fun, a gamer's life becomes stifling if you keep playing by yourself. I hope you're watching, (Y/N)! EX SOLA INVIDIA!!"

(Translates (from Google) to "Envy of the Lonely")

(Chance of Death increases with Overcharge, and it hits a single enemy)

Satan? Even though he's a Berserker, he behaves more like a Caster (initially)

He's holding a book that shoots out beams of pure energy at his opponents

His Noble Phantasm is...more violent

"Ah, so you've decided to call upon my Noble Phantasm...don't blame me if it's too much for you."

Or, he begins in a deathly calm voice:

"I am me; that's all I need to be. I know this, so why...? Why does this happen? TELL ME! "

He discards his books altogether, grabbing a single enemy with his bare hands and ripping them to shreds.

Asmo’s skill is charming his enemy, which confuses most people since you’d think it’d be his Noble Phantasm

Instead, it boosts his allies’ attacks and NP by 30%

“Don’t get too hurt out there~!”

Beel’s Noble Phantasm heals all allies and increases their attack

“We can’t fight on an empty stomach.”

(Once he hits his last Ascension, your party gets the added bonus of him attacking a single enemy with a lance. All other Ascensions has him using his fists for attacks.)

Belphie’s Noble Phantasm is almost as violent as Satan’s, and yes...he chokes out a single enemy out (rip MC)

“HA! You think I’d work with the likes of you, a lowly human? Get out of my sight.”

It’s Instant Death, unless Evasion or Invincibility is activated

Lucifer’s pride is a bit wounded. He’s a Rider, of all things??

(...He eventually gets used to it though)

His Noble Phantasm is him literally mounting Cerberus and raising his spear towards the heavens, looking as radiant as the days before the Fall

“It seems drastic times call for drastic measures. Cerberus, I trust you to handle things here.”

And Cerberus runs forth, either chomping the enemy in two or breathing fire at them and turning them into ash. (It hits everyone)

Satan and Jekyll hang out a lot because, well...they’re a lot alike

Mammon can and will do stupid shit with the Cu Squad and you cannot change my mind

One time he teamed up with Cascu to steal the other Cu’s spears (Mammon wanted to sell them on Akuzon), and well...half of Chaldea is still in repair to this day

Merlin of all Servants is the one to look after Belphie and Beel

They usually hang out in the garden Robin tends to, Asterios occasionally joining them while bringing both food and Euryale

Asmo frequently visits Medea, dragging Medusa into their group

(Dantes grows fond of Beel overtime, I mean Beel is just so pure there’s no way you couldn’t like him)

Lucifer and EMIYA butt heads at first, but they end up becoming friends despite that

Lucifer admires EMIYA’s skill to keep up with Servants who have a black hole for a stomach, and EMIYA admires Lucifer’s skill to round up his brothers effortlessly when the need to arises (or so he thinks, because he does not know about the Hate Lucifer Club which is run by Satan and Belphie).

Levi and Fran have a pure kind of friendship that must be protected at all costs

He shows her new animes and games, and even though she’s confused most of the time she never fails to listen to his ramblings, nodding whenit was appropriate

BONUS: Undateables (+ Luke)!

Solomon’s situation is...peculiar.

He’s not a Servant, but he behaves like one??

(He’s actually a mage that helps you on your journey to save humanity)

Unlike Da Vinci, he’s able to accompany you to the Singularities (free of charge, too!)

Once he sees the other Solomon, all he says is “I see...interesting.”

(Ngl he probably figured out everything by the time you all went to Okeanos)

Asmo also drags him into his group (consisting of Medea and Medusa), offering to paint his nails as they talk about anything and everything

Simeon is a Lancer and you can’t change my mind

He’s more of a buffer for your team, like Asmo. His skills are primarily healing, and his NP saps the health of an opponent while healing someone other than himself with that health (he cannot heal himself)

He gets along great with Karna!! The two are so nice and kind that it hurts to look at them both for too long

Solomon tells him about the gossip Asmo has on the other Servants. He always listens with an amused look on his face.

Luke is a smol Caster, but he will not hesitate to break your kneecaps

He, too, is a buffer for your team

“I’ll defend you from those demons, (Y/N)!”

His Noble Phantasm heals all allies, restoring their health by 20%

He bakes with Fsn Cu at night, having Proto Cu and Robin Hood try out his sweets. Beel is there 10/10 times, eating any failures or rejects

Diavolo is Ruler Class because he is literally the Ruler of Hell

Surprisingly (to you, at first), he’s the one who always asks to accompany you. He’s very open and considerate, wanting to help wherever and whenever he can

“The Human Realm is essential if we are to establish harmony between the three Realms. Without it there...angels and demons would fight each other for eternity.”

He tells you about his ideas for an exchange program and you offer him input

His Noble Phantasm is applying Invincibility to two allies for 3 turns after dealing heavy damage to a single enemy (cannot apply Invincibility to himself)

He likes to talk with Caster Gil and Archer Gil about their past, going to Ko Gil on occasion. He helps look after the child Servants, and he can often be found reading bedtime stories to them

(Everyone was scared of him at first once they found out who he was, so he usually held off revealing his True Identity)

Barbatos, at first glance, seems like an Archer...but in reality is an Assassin

(HE CONTROLS TIME FOR F*S SAKE)

His Noble Phantasm, depending on the enemy selected, can revive a fallen ally and add them to the Sub Team

(This is only if the enemy that killed the ally is selected)

This stuns him for 3 turns no matter what

He likes to chat with the Tamamo that helps EMIYA in the kitchen. How the two are communicating without issues is up to anyone’s guess

[blueares]

Ruination Rewrite: Character List

Sentinels

Vayne

Having devoted her life to fighting back monsters that prowl in the dark, Vayne joined the Sentinels to aid in their struggle against Viego and his ceaseless tide of the undead. Her years of experience and hatred for monsters of any kind makes her a perfect fit for the order, though her cold and ruthless personality sometimes puts Vayne at odds with some of the team's more unscrupulous members.

Olaf

In his relentless pursuit of a worthy death, Olaf joined the Sentinels hoping that the Harrowing will conjure a foe capable of slaying him at last. Having lost an eye to the corrupted Barbarian King Tryndamere, Olaf charges headlong into the swarm of wraiths spreading across Runeterra with his newly-forged Relic axes, hoping to solidify his legend in a world on the brink of Ruination.

Riven

After narrowly escaping Draven's arena with the aid of the Sentinels, Riven found herself lost and seeking purpose. A wanted fugitive in Noxus and unable to return to Ionia, Riven was prepared to wander alone in search of a new home until she was unexpectedly invited to join the Sentinels of Light. Now, she wields a new blade for a new cause: to drive back the Ruined King's forces in the hopes that doing so will at last bring her the redemption she seeks for her past.

Shen

When the Black Mist came to Ionia, the Eye of Twilight felt the scales of balance tip in favor of darkness. Seeking to rectify this imbalance, Shen confronted Viego on the beaches of his homeland, only to be overwhelmed by the Ruined King's power. Narrowly saved by the Sentinels' intervention, Shen agreed to an alliance between their orders, taking up a Relicstone sword in place of his Ionian steel saber to better combat the forces of the undead.

Diana

After a near-death confrontation with Ruined Pantheon, Diana found her connection to the Celestial realm shaken by a blow from the war god's spear. As the Aspect of the Moon recovers, Diana must take up Sentinel armaments to combat the growing tide of Black Mist if she is to ensure that her people, the Lunari, live to see another moonrise.

Jayce

The self-proclaimed "Hero of Piltover," Jayce joined the Sentinels in a bid to save his city from Ruination. Combining Sentinel craftsmanship with Piltover engineering, Jayce has upgraded his beloved Mercury Hammer with Relicstone to better combat the undead. Unbeknownst to his allies, though, Jayce wishes not only to save Piltover, but also the one man he ever called a friend...

Graves

A lawless scoundrel from Bilgewater, Graves joined the Sentinels for one reason and one reason only: to find his missing partner. After Twisted Fate's mysterious disappearance at the start of the Harrowing, Graves deduced that the Black Mist must be behind the card mage's sudden disappearance and that fighting Viego may reveal Fate’s whereabouts. Though Graves’ attitude and complete disregard for Sentinel code grates on his allies, he more than makes up for it when blasting through hordes of undead with his custom-made Destiny III.

Rengar

Once the apex predator of the Kumungu Jungles, Rengar finds himself now relentlessly hunted through his own territory by the ghosts of his former prey. Seeking to drive out the Black Mist and restore his place at the top of the food chain, Rengar joins the Sentinels to hunt down the one responsible for its invasion: Viego, the Ruined King himself.

Ruined

Shyvana

Years of prejudice and discrimination in Demacia have stirred bitterness and contempt in Shyvana's soul. Though once able to find comfort in those few she called friends, the Black Mist has fueled Shyvana’s resentment for the world that so often tries to condemn her. Now, she embraces the monster that so many believe her to be, unleashing her burning fury on anyone who draws breath.

Tryndamere

When the Black Mist took hold on Tryndamere's soul, it unleashed the fury that he has spent years tempering as king of the Avarosa. Now driven to a near-constant state of Berserker rage, Tryndamere is more beast than man, rampaging endlessly and cutting down anyone or anything that dares to get in his way. Even Viego struggles to truly control the Ruined Barbarian King, instead turning Tryndamere on his enemies and letting the beast run wild.

Draven

Little changed when the Black Mist took hold on Draven's soul. In fact, Ruination has only stoked the executioner's ego even further. No longer content to be the best in Noxus, Draven seeks the eternal praises of all Runeterra: an undying global audience which can cheer his name for all time, even if he has to perform for the Ruined King himself.

Lillia

Once a peaceful and timid spirit devoted to safeguarding dreams, Lillia has now devoted herself to protecting one dream in-particular: that of the Ruined King. Lillia now believes that only the beauty and purity of Viego's twisted love can save her Mother Tree and restore peaceful dreams to the world forevermore.

Pantheon

Through the necromantic powers of the Black Mist, the fallen god Pantheon has returned. Seeking retribution for his demise at the hands of the Darkin Aatrox, Pantheon readies himself to wage war on the living world and bring Ruination to all Runeterra. Before he can see his ambition to fruition, however, Pantheon must first win the war within himself for control over Atreus's body, who remains stubbornly defiant...

Viktor

Seeing a new path toward advancement, Viktor has embraced Ruination as the next logical step in human evolution. Able to transform fragile flesh and remove unnecessary emotion, the Black Mist is all that Viktor desires and more. With it, he can upgrade not just humanity, but Runeterra itself...

Gangplank

Desperate to take back his throne as the pirate lord of Bilgewater, Gangplank turned to Viego in a bid for power. Through the Black Mist, Gangplank has not only resurrected his old crew and ship, but finally acquired the strength to challenge Sarah Fortune's reign over the city of Bilgewater.

Other

Rookie

A young Sentinel recruit with next to no combat experience or training. Despite this, Rookie was still chosen by the Wayfinder, a unique Relic capable of allowing instantaneous travel between Sentinel outposts and a means of instantly traveling to the organization’s headquarters. Though Rookie is oft considered the weakest member of the group, they possess a knack for words and inspiring others in dire situations.

Unbound Thresh

With the aid of Mordekaiser’s magic, Thresh has at last freed himself from the confines of the Black Mist. With this new freedom comes the ability to transform himself, taking on a guise similar to the flesh and blood he once possessed in life without any of the limitations. Thresh now wanders the world unfettered, gathering souls for his collection while aiding in Mordekaiser's conquest.

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When the Ruination came and transformed the Blessed Isles into the now-infamous Shadow Isles, Thresh embraced the change wholeheartedly. For years he delighted in tormenting the living and the dead alike by trapping them in his lantern, but it eventually became apparent to Thresh that he, himself, was a prisoner.

Bound to the Black Mist and unable to leave the Shadow Isles for much longer than the span of a Harrowing, Thresh realized that this existence wasn’t so different from the years he spent isolated in the darkness of the vaults of Helia. Eventually, he began seeking a means of escaping the Mist, even if it meant dethroning the Ruined King himself.Eventually, Thresh’s search brought him back to the Vaults of Helia, where he perused the forbidden artifacts once placed under his care in the hopes that one might contain the key to his freedom.

After searching tirelessly through the many forsaken relics locked away by his order, Thresh came upon one that thrummed with an eerily familiar power: the skull of an ancient tyrant said to have once conquered death itself. As Thresh grasped the skull, a voice spoke out to him in an ancient tongue the warden did not recognize, but somehow understood. It promised him freedom and power in exchange for one thing: to help restore the warlord’s spirit to the land of the living.

It was then that an unholy pact was formed, and Thresh soon learned the name of the ancient spirit in question: Mordekaiser. For years, Mordekaiser and Thresh cooperated in secret, working together to undermine Viego’s search for the fetters of his queen, Isolde.

When the Ruined King was foiled by the Sentinels of Light, Thresh and Mordekaiser seized their opportunity. Now, as the lords of undeath contest each other control of the Shadow Isles, Thresh ventures to Noxus to aid in infiltrating the Immortal Bastion... While relishing in the new powers granted to him by his patron along the way.

[natsubeatsrock]

Holy Grail Wars: Fairy Tail Edition

This year, I've been watching through the Fate franchise and had this post idea. (I'm sorry if you wanted a deeper explanation for this post.)

Here are the assumptions I'm making in this universe. Seven Fairy Tail characters are chosen as masters of servants in the seven main classes. Servants keep their powers from the main series and are generally stronger. Masters are generally weaker forms of their canon iterations. Remember, Fate masters are also capable of magic. I'm not doing stats, but I am doing Noble Phantasms. 

Before we start, I feel it necessary to recognize an important part of this war: the overseers. Naturally, the Zentopia Church will be responsible for overseeing the battle and providing shelter for losers. While their inclusion in the anime is potentially contentious, Kardia Cathedral is a part of the canon universe. It feels fair to use them for this purpose. For the sake of "I can't think of anyone else who could do this", I'll be considering Byro as the chief overseer. No, he will not be a master in this set.

Assassin Class: Erigor Noble Phantasm: Grim Reaper Master: Zoldeo

For my most obvious choice in this exercise, I chose Erigor as an Assassin-class servant. I hope the idea isn't terribly controversial. I envision his Noble Phantasm being his signature scythe. Given that I don't know its name, I've decided that it will share his Neo Oracion Seis nickname. As for his master, I figure that Zoldeo would most appreciate a servant that is as ready to kill as he is. Keep them away from kids (along with another certain servant) and things... I was going to say they'd be fine, but...

Rider Class: Natsu Dragneel Noble Phantasm: Blaze Dragon Mode Master: Romeo Conbolt

Yes, I know Natsu is notoriously motion sick. However, thanks to his partnership with Happy, he counts as a member of this class. So, yes, my favorite character ends up in my favorite servant class. I almost used Dragon Force as his Noble Phantasm. I feel that Blaze Dragon Mode fits more for him as a unique ability. And considering it's Natsu, Romeo is the only logical pick for a master. Hold on, Rider class master growing because of their servant? How good a teacher is Romeo?

Caster Class: Irene Belserion Noble Phantasm: Dragon Seed Master: Wendy Marvell

A decent argument could be made that almost any character in this series could be a Caster class hero. Though for my purposes, I wanted to pick between the master enchantresses. I went with Irene because of her current relationship with Wendy in the sequel. Similar to the Rider duo, this could potentially help Wendy's personal growth. Although, Wendy's growth may be more as a mage than as a person. Not to mention, she's also my pick for the vessel for the Greater Grail. My sincere condolonces.

Archer Class: Lucy Heartfilia Noble Phantasm: Sagittarius Dress Form Master: Makarov Dreyar

I mean... The Archer class is made up of archers. And, thanks to the Sagittarius Dress, Lucy technically is an archer. I just feel like there are not many good picks for this class within Fairy Tail. (Can using guns count as archery?) Naturally, she'd only get the one ability as opposed to her canon ten and change. While I could probably pick someone younger to be her master, I figure she would best be served by her canon guild master. Or is that the other way around?

Lancer Class: Erza Knightwalker Noble Phantasm: Ten Commandments Master: Mystogan

I almost forgot that this was a possible option for this class. There are not many other people in this universe who are known for fighting with lances. I almost picked Mystogan, just because of his use of various magic sticks. However, I picked them to work together as master and servant in this battle. Here's hoping Knightwalker has better luck as a member of her snake-bitten class. Though, consider the only character she couldn't beat in Fairy Tail was Erza, so...

Berserker Class: Mirajane Strauss Noble Phantasm: Satan Soul Master: Seilah

Yes, I did think to switch these two. Why do you ask? I went with this as the choice for two reasons. One, Mira has actually gone berserk in battle, which is an important part of this class. Two, I need more villains as servants. This might be the pairing I'd pay the most money to see realized. You have to imagine that we'd get more of old Mira as a servant. Or maybe a cross between past and present. 

Saber Class: Kagura Mikazuchi Noble Phantasm: Archenemy Master: Risley Law

I had a tough time choosing between Kagura and Ikaruga for this class. If you're asking who the latter is, you might understand why I went with Kagura. She gets the added benefit of her seldom-used gravity magic in addition to her famous unsheathed sword as a Noble Phantasm. I was tempted to put Millianna as her master. But, I decided that Risley was the more competent mage with a connection to Kagura.

"Wait a minute. Aren't you forgetting someone?"

While I've included Erza Knightwalker, the Sippy Cup of Sin will not be summoning Erza Scarlet as a servant for this set of skirmishes. 

My reasoning is simple. Erza's particularly difficult to place as a servant. Most people I've seen try this put her as a Saber. However, she's used enough different sets of armor, weapons, and fight experience that she could reasonably belong in any class. 

That being said, I feel like it wouldn't be fun to leave it at that. And, I mean, there was an eighth servant in the main Fate routes.

So...

I guess I could talk about her as a servant that managed to win a previous battle and lived on.

What armor would Erza use if she was a servant? 

Archer Class: Heaven's Wheel

Unlike the servant choice, this was an easy choice. Pick the one that allows her to control weapons at will. Thanks to HERO'S we know she has bows. However, I want her to keep the spirit of weapons that can fly towards enemies at her command.

Berserker Class: Nakagami Armor

Now, I can't say for sure that Erza's gone berserk in this armor. However, she's definitely gone berserk at times in fights. And this was the armor she used against Minerva. She may have contemplated killing her during their fight.

Lancer Class: Lightning Empress Armor

What does it say that both Erza's could be Lancers? There aren't that many sets of armor I could use for this. This might be the most well-known version of this armor she could use. Here’s hoping they don’t end up fighting each other.

Caster Class: Celestial Armor

The annoying thing about Fairy Tail is that "caster magic" means something different in Fate. I had to pick between a couple of different armor sets. I figured I should go with the armor she used in Dragon Cry to cast Grand Chariot.

Saber Class: Clear Heart Armor

Listen, I'm probably in trouble for making this kind of distinction with Erza in the first place. I get that swords are Erza's thing and there might be plenty of other classes I could use. But I'd be an idiot to use literally any other 

Assassin Class: Purgatory Armor

Let me put it this way. Erza herself says that no one has seen this armor and lived to talk about it. It doesn't matter that Ikaruga turned it to scrap. Did she end up living at the end of the battle? I rest my case.

Rider Class: Ataraxia Armor

Fun fact: this was the armor Erza used during the Avatar fight. She puts it on after jumping off her horse. You could argue that Blackwing is better because she's able to fly using it. However, being a Rider is about having a steed.

I eagerly await being told I'm wrong about these decisions.

[strawberrysunrisewitches]

Lucia Profile

Identity

Name: Lucia Mirabelle Firahel

Gender:Female

Birth Date: February 23 1973

Species: Human

Blood Status: Half-Blood

Sexuality: Lesbian

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Ethnicity: Caucasian

Nationality:English-Italian

Residence: Leeds, England 

Myer Briggs Personality Type: ENFP-A The Campaigner

The Mage

1st Wand:

Pear wood

13 1/4″

Slightly flexible

Horned serpent horn

Animagus: Lucia’s animagus form is a common genet with a black heart pattern on the chest

Misc Magical Abilities: 

Lucia is an occlumens which she learnt from her uncle

She is also an animagus and is registered. She was able to become an animagus due to Cirilo saying she’d become a unicorn

Boggart Form: All of her family and Cassie dead and blaming her for it

Riddikulus Form: Her big brother wearing a tiger onesie chasing her

Amortentia: (What do they smell like?) Someone smelling her in Amortentia would smell sunflowers, honey, chocolates and mint

Amortentia: (What do they smell?) She would smell Strawberries, watermelon, licorice, roasted almonds and chocolates

Patronus: A saber tooth tiger

Patronus Memory: Making chocolate with Cassie on the day they began dating

Mirror of Erised: Herself as an adult married to Cassie with kids

Specialized/Favourite Spells:

Glacius (Cause sometimes you gotta make ice cream faster)

Bombarda (Her go to fuck someone up spell, she’s very destructive)

Expelliarmus(Cause No wand means she can beat the shit out of ya )

Ventus (Kites and watching people slowly get blown into a lake is always fun)

Tempest Jinx(This is the spell that she uses when she is extremely angry and murderous)

Appearance

Faceclaim: 

Height: 6′0

Weight: 156 Lbs

Physique: Toned AF and curvaceous

Eye Colour: Green

Hair Colour: Dirty blonde

Skin Tone: Peach

Body Modifications:She has a tattoo on her chest of a pale orange flower with a bright orange dragonfly resting on it, On her right arm she has a multi flower tattoo which has a sunflower and a moon flower at the top followed by a pink hyacinth then a star flower, a dragon’s head gladiolus and finally a pink carnation

In year 7 she added a streak of red hair to her hair

Scarring: She has a scar going from the middle of her left cheek to just below her mouth,A scar on her right side of her waist, a scar just below her chest on the left side she has two x shape scars on her hands and a larger cross shaped scar on her left shoulder.

Inventory: She usually has on her: her wand, a large amount of licorice wands, a charm bracelet that Cassie gave her, large bladed piece of Bladed Wroewolfeite that glows the colour of sunflowers, her orange and purple scarf and a pair of intricately designed magic gauntlets that she keeps under an invisibility charm.

Allegiances

Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff

Ilvermorny House: Pukwudgie

Affiliations/Organizations:

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Head Girl

Italy

The Dark Suns Assassin Organization

The Tower of The Regal Sunset Sea

Professions:

Wand Maker(Briefly)

Magizoologist(Formerly)

Baker

Hogwarts Information

Class Proficiencies:OWLS

Astronomy: 4/10 (P)

Charms: 3/10 (D)

DADA: 9/10 (O)

Flying: 2/10 (D)

Herbology: 8/10 (O)

History of Magic: 4/10 (P)

Potions: 7/10 (E)

Transfiguration: 8/10 (O)

Electives:

CoMC: 8/10 (O)

Magical Theory: 9/10 (O)

Muggle Art: 8/10 (O)

Alchemy: 6/10 (E)

Quidditch: Never in a million years

Extra Curricular:

Dueling club

Magical creatures club

Favourite Professors:

Silvanus Kettleburn: He helped ignite her initial path to be a magizoologist and she will always thank him for that until the end of her time

Least Favourite Professors:

Binns: Lucia is extremely confused about how Hogwarts lets him teach to this day despite the fact that everyone sleeps in his class and he is literally the most boring teacher you could ever meet and wishes he would be fired so a professor who can actually teach History of Magic and help any would historians start early

Relationships

Brother: Cirilo Sebastian Firahel (6 Years older)

Halfblood

Ravenclaw

short blonde hair, green eyes, Man mountain of muscle and handsome, well groomed beard

St Bernard animagus

Cirilo is very sweet and charismatic if he has no reason to be angry at you otherwise, he will break your neck, the reasons why is usually related to people hurting his family or abusing kids

He becomes an auror that specializes in investigating and dealing with cases of child abuse and neglect once Rakepick and R are dealt with

He and Lucia are very close and share the same drive to protect their loved ones no matter the costs to others, which is part of the reason why he got involved with R to protect his family, once he learned that R is not to be trusted he breaks all ties with them which officially happens once he is freed

Misc Siblings:

Sonia Firahel(4 years younger)

Enzio Firahel (7 years younger)

Nicoletta Firahel(10 years younger)

Father: Simon Graham Firahel

Muggle

short blonde hair, blue eyes, fit as fuck and tallest in his family(6′6)

Simon is very compassionate, loving and very calm in day to day life but when he gets angry, he gets angry

He is the sensei of a karate dojo which he has run for most of his life and ensured that all of his kids know self defence just in case magic fails them 

 Lucia is his little sunflower that he will protect until his last breath, while CIrilo’s disappearance did hurt him, he did not let it impact him raising his kids who still needed their father to be there for them

Mother:Bianca Natalia Firahel

Pureblood

Long voluminous blonde hair, green eyes, curvy and kinda tall but not too noticeable of a height(6′0)

Bianca is extremely sweet to everyone she meets unless they want to talk about Ollivander wands and is very intuitive to her kids secrets but will let them tell her in their own time

Bianca is a international wand maker who refuses to only use the big three wand materials and believes there is no such thing as inferior wand materials only inferior wand makers

Love Interest: Cassandra Cresswood

Best Friends: 

Rowan Khanna

Penny Haywood

Rival: Ben Copper (From 1-5)

Enemy:

R

Rakepick

Death Eaters

Voldemort

Dormmates: (Who’s in your MC’s dorm with them?)

Rowan Khanna

Penny Haywood

Nymphadora Tonks

Chiara Lobosca

Rebecca Lord

Pets:

Her family owns a a ragdoll cat named Sara

She has a long-eared owl named Artemis

Her entire family owns a black owl that has red eyes called Ares

When she moves out into her own house, she gets a samoyed named Mayhem and three ragdoll cats named Cassia, Yuki and Pixel

Closest Canon Friends:

Talbott Winger

Chiara Lobosca

Penny Haywood

Rowan Khanna

Closest MC Friends:

Rebecca Lord @cursed-ice-spirits​

Jason Novak @death-or-sleep​ 

The O’Donnell Quadruplets @unfortunate-arrow​

Sara 

Cara 

Ryan

Conor

She needs more please feel free to ask for your MC to be her friend

Background/History

Lucia was born in Ariccia, Italy to Bianca and Simon, she is the second oldest. She spent much of her life in Italy until three of her grandparents were killed by death eaters and then her family moved to Britain hence her heavy accent

Lucia’s father taught her everything she knows about fighting which led to her physique and fueled her laser focused aim of protecting her family which is why she was so distraught when Cirilo went missing. For months she was basically inconsolable 

This changed when Lucia realized she can try get Cirilo back by learning everything he did in his investigations of the cursed vaults when she starts Hogwarts.

In her second year, she met Cassandra Cresswood when she decided to search the library on her own for information on the Vaults

She took Cassie to the Celestial Ball but much to Cassie’s disappointment as friends (Lucia didn’t want to jeopardize their friendship despite her having a crush on Cassie)

But later in the year, Cassie got fed up with Lucia and full out asked her out though they tried to keep it secretive

Year 5 was bittersweet for Lucia, on one hand she got her brother back and he decided to not abandon her but on the other hand Rakepick escaped after torturing Merula.

During her fifth year, Lucia also forged her magic gauntlets at  The Tower of The Regal Sunset Sea which is also her family’s ancestral home. Her gauntlets increase her speed and strength

Time for a lot of canon divergence  Lucia gave up on the cursed vault hunt, leaving it to Cirilo and everyone else but just in case she hired the Dark Sun Assassins, which is led by her extended family, to kill Rakepick just in case to calm her worries

In her sixth year, she very reluctantly came along with Ben and Merula to investigate rumours of an R meeting in the forbidden forest, this is where Rakepick tried to kill Ben and when Rowan tried to get in the way of Rakepick’s killing curse. Lucia pulled Rowan out of the way just in time and anger welled up inside her due to her remembering her helplessness when her grandparents died causing her to use the full power of her gauntlets ending up with Rakepick’s left arm being obliterated.  

After this is when she got her tattoo, it represents Cassie 

It is also in her sixth year that her relationship with Cassie is found out by the school when they are caught kissing before a quidditch match

In the final battle of the cursed Vaults when all of R tried to get the treasure of the final battle, Lucia joined in the battle and was the one who ended up killing Rakepick

After she graduates, she briefly becomes a wand maker and magizoologist before finally becoming a baker with Cassie

Three years after she graduates, she and Cassie get married

Four years after she graduates, she has her first kids, Alissa and Selene though they are carried by Cassie

When Voldemort returned she was openly defiant of him and joined the Order of the Phoenix. She also sheltered Muggleborns where she could and commonly was found dueling Death Eaters sent after her and her family alongside Cassie

She had Aurea a year before the battle of Hogwarts, this time she was the one who was pregnant

She was absent from the Battle of Hogwarts as she stayed behind to protect her family from any would be attackers while Cassie went to fight in the battle which she survived much to Lucia’s relief and the two were able to live their lives in peace

Personality

Lucia most of the time is very happy, always smiling in some way but this hides her extremely protective side for her loved ones and the anger that follows when her loved ones are hurt. She will never give up on anyone and will always do her best to help them.

However if anyone she cares about is hurt and she can’t get revenge either because the perpetrator is gone or whoever or whatever did it did so out of fear, she will be very distraught and blame herself even if she quite literally couldn’t have done anything and will shut herself away for days but if the perpetrator is not gone then she will be merciless and will kill them if they hurt her loved ones badly enough(Before Year 5, she would not readily kill).

She for the most part cannot handle people who are seemingly grumpy all the time and will intentionally avoid people like that.

She is very empathetic and tries to do her best to help her friends out when they are in bad places but she fails to take the same advice and apply it to herself and will fall into dark places easily if the signs aren’t noticed quick enough. 

Misc

She is very resistant to sleeping potions and charms to such an extent that by the time she’s in year 7 she is basically immune and requires extremely potent versions used on her for it to take proper effect

All her scars came from a magical accident when a spell she was trying to create backfired injuring her and Cassie

She is very proud of her heritage and will fight people if they insult it in her presence

She has Norse ancestors on her father’s side of the family though most of the traditions and practices from them have been lost in time

She is fluent in Italian, English and Scottish Gaelic, the latter of which she learned from Cassie

She for most of her life had a huge fear of heights which came from her fall, she overcame it with the help of her friends when she decided to watch Cassie’s quidditch matches

She is very physically affectionate and will hug all her friends without a thought and will always make it known that she cares about them 

When she first started Hogwarts her italian accent was very strong but over time it began to fade and once she graduates and moves in with Cassie, she starts unwittingly adopting a slight scottish accent which is tinged with her remaining italian accent

She is a very good singer, she taught herself and was naturally good from the onset. She knows many italian songs and lullabies

She is a black belt in Karate and despite her much less chaotic life after Hogwarts and the Second Wizarding War she maintains her strong AF physique

The scarf she wears was made by her late grandmother and she is rarely seen without it unless she is dueling seriously

She is named after her strongest ancestor Lucia Altera, a name which she lives up to.

She is capable of casting two of the unforgivable curses except for the killing curse

The names of her five daughters are; Alissa Dawn, Selene Abigail, Aurea Amara, Roxanna Amber, Rebecca Ciana and Hannah Chiara Firahel

Format made by @hogwartsmysterystory

[o-pleiades]

CANON DIVERGENCE ON THIS BLOG:

Regarding her exile from Sabertooth, please do not refer to it as a perverted thing, when she was told to strip. Jiemma doing this is a form of humiliation. We have seen that he uses this tactic to remind people very severely of their mistakes, as he did to Minerva in her youth. It was an act of harsh conditioning. Nothing more. This served to ensure Yukino would never make that mistake in the future, and by exiling her, he essentially told her: but you will never make a joke out of my guild again.

Yukino stayed in the Royal Guard following her exile for 14 months. She did not immediately return to Sabertooth, even though Jiemma was no longer the guild master. She was still hurt; not because no one stuck up for her ( she did not expect anyone to, and she would have stayed out of it herself had it been another ), but because no one bothered to reach out to her. The only people who comforted her were Natsu & Lucy, who did not even know her prior to the games. They didn’t need to go out of their way, but they did. It served to give Yukino perspective.

She didn’t offer up her keys to Lucy. She’s emotionally attached to her Celestial Spirits. ( Yes, even Ophiuchus ).

Yukino did not attend the ball. She was on guard-duty. The scene with everyone fighting over her did not happen.

By extension, the Welcome Home Frosch bit did not happen in my canon. She wasn’t with Saber, and even if she were, Rogue would .... NEVER ?? Titty-grab anyone...?

Yukino was not there to welcome Minerva back post-Tartarus.

Yukino rejoins Sabertooth just a couple of months before the events of Twin Dragons of Sabertooth.

She is a bit reserved following her comeback, and although she’s friendly to everyone, she still hasn’t really let anyone in. She still has some unresolved issues with her guildmates that she keeps to herself. She prefers to not be confrontational.

The crucifix scene did not happen. It doesn’t exist. Sabertooth were growing exhausted from extended fights & being outnumbered. Fairy Tail mages arrived to help them, and together, they won that fight.

Rahkeid’s magic does not do to them what it does in canon... That orgasm shit? Nah. Maybe... it causes pain, or paralysis to anyone who has committed actual atrocious sins ( such as murder ). I don’t know. But I’m scrapping its canon effects.

[sphinxsmuses-archived]

Starter Call for Emilia!

Fate Series Master OC Emilia is outspoken, determined, clever, and sometimes silly. She finds her magic embarrassing since she has to say conjures that make her sound like a magical girl. Emilia is tough and even willing to fight side by side with her Servant with her magic despite the dangers.

Emilia is from a family that has some mages, but none of them have participated in the Holy Grail Wars. They decided she would be the first to participate once she was sixteen. It sent her family in a feud, some saying that was much too young to join the Holy Wars, others saying she would be old enough to handle it. Her family is counting on her to summon a strong Servant like Saber and carry their wish on her shoulders, a wish to make their family famous with a name that will go down in history.

Emilia also has a Fairy Tail verse where she is a Celestial Mage wielding three Chinese Zodiac keys, Mouse, Monkey, and Tiger. Her personality is the same as her Fate verse.

Like or reblog (if side blog) to be tagged in a starter with her! =D

[guardianakumu]

Workin on a doodle! They make me so happy. 🥹

As a pair, they make a powerful duo.

Grogu may be a Celestial being but his power is unmatched. Din knows and starting to understand “magic stuff” (as he calls it, even he himself uses it.) Grogu learns many things over the years and kept his true identity from anyone, even from his Buir. Din has no clue but can sense the difference from him, although he is still learning what is natural and what is magical.

While Akumu, by experience and extensive training, knows what Grogu is but chooses not to say anything by Grogu’s request. He doesn’t want his Buir to know that side from him quite yet. (That would be revealed later in the series. Hehe)

The reason why the broken empire is after him is because of what he is. His blood itself can turn any non-dragocian beings into mages/halfling. AND a single scale dropped from him can turn anyone a temporary mage. Moff knows this and has already retrieved a few scales from him. This is how he was able to use the dark saber so effectively. (Later, he does start to change a bit. Just a tad bit more scaly.) Moff didn’t know what Din is and Din will take an advantage of that. :3c

After the extensive training with Akumu, the dark saber became lighter for him as Din slowly became accepting of himself and his duty as Manda’lor. The dark saber has reached to point that only Din himself can wield and use it to its full potential. (Such as slicing through without actually cutting anything, leaving behind that burning sensation for a few moments. And an ability to return to its wielder.) Additionally, if Din ever accidentally moves the dark saber the incorrect way (to cutting himself), the blade will not react to him as if the blade is just a light passing through. (Not canon but is canon in AU. Cuz obviously, magical stuff. This is true for ALL light sabers. Jeti knows this and actually took advantage of this many times. But this is more unspoken among the people.)

[isabellafoster13]

Chapter Twelve: I'm Fine!

Freed leaned against the bathroom's counter, his hands gripping the rim of the sink. Dressed in only a pair of pants and his long hair still wet, he stared into the mirror. However, he wasn't focusing on his appearence, but instead, he was listening as Lucy summoned her three new spirits to make contracts with them. Their voices were muffled due to the bathroom door being closed, but he was still able to hear them if he remained quiet. He listened as Loke took his leave, saying something that he hadn't been able to catch.

The green-haired man pushed off of the bathroom counter and pulled on a white shirt, buttoned it, and turned around to exit the bathroom. Upon stepping out, steam flowing from behind him, he found that Lucy was standing next to her bed, staring at where he assumed Loke had been.

Freed walked toward Lucy, coming to stand a few feet in front of her. Silence stretched between the pair until the rune mage spoke, "what happened?"

Lucy was silent, various emotions that Freed was unable to identify swam in her eyes. The blonde woman then responded, diverting her eyes to look past Freed, "what?"

Freed repeated, "what happened?" After a few moments, he clarified, "did Nyx do anything to you?"

Lucy looked at the bed that Freed and Rufus had slept in. It was telling to Freed that she wasn't looking at him. He watched as the celestial wizard shook her head, answering, "he and I just talked."

Freed furrowed his brow slightly. He had previously been unsure, but now he knew that something was wrong with Lucy. Worry rapidly built up in his gut. A desire to help and comfort her became strong. He took a few steps closer, questioning, "what's wrong?"

Lucy looked at him. She took a step back as she responded, sounding almost panicked, "what do you mean?"

"Something is wrong. I can tell. What is it?"

"I don't know what you're talking about. There is nothing wrong."

"You're lying."

"I'm fine, Freed!"

Right after Lucy had exclaimed her response, the hotel room's door opened, drawing the attention of the two Fairy Tail mages. Rufus walked in, sighing, "I couldn't find him. I searched all over the town. If he and the other two were staying in this town, then they left soon after Lucy's encounter with him." He was dressed similarly to Freed, a black shirt and a simple pair of pants. They had noticed that Lucy was missing almost immediately upon waking up and, in their rush to find her, had thrown on the first articles of clothing that they saw.

Lucy nodded, responding, "that's fine. We'll likely encounter them again sooner or later."

Freed turned his attention back to Lucy. He wanted to get the truth out of her, but not while Rufus was present. He heard Rufus walking forward to stand beside him. He turned his head to look at the blonde man, finding that he was subtly glaring at him. Freed turned away, walking past him to sit on their bed. He was confident that Rufus had feelings for Lucy, something that he didn't like. He had intentions to speak with the man in order to gain either confirmation or honest denial, though he was expecting to get comfirmation. He could tell by how the Saber would glare at him or treat him rather coldly that Rufus had the same suspicions about him.

The rune mage had no intention of allowing Rufus to win over Lucy. He had already made up his mind to woo her. But their conflict would have to wait. His first concern was Lucy’s well-being. He looked up at her and questioned again, this time with a more stern tone"what happened?"

Lucy looked at him. She crossed her arms over her chest as she spoke, "between me and Nyx?"

Rufus spoke up from where he stood between the foots of the two beds, "I'm curious as to what happened as well. Did he attack you? You don't appear to be injured."

Lucy sat down on her own bed with a sigh. Silence followed before she finally explained, "I had picked up the keys and was going to take them to the shopkeeper, but Nyx appeared behind me. I thought that he was going to attack me. He didn't, though. We had a short conversation in which he told me that he wasn't interested in the keys. He asked what the point was and then he walked away."

Freed stared at her in confusion. Looking over at Rufus, he found that the other man was staring at her with just as much confusion. He looked back at Lucy, questioning, "he didn't want the keys?"

Lucy shrugged, "I don't understand either."

Rufus then spoke, fingers cupping his chin, "it's definitely a confusing turn of events. Surely he would be committed to their cause and would want those keys."

Lucy shrugged again before Freed added, "and they don't seem to be anywhere too. That means they aren't planning to attack Lucy later."

Freed looked down at the floor, racking his mind for a possible explanation for this unexpected turn. As he silently questioned the event, his attention was brought back to Lucy when she suggested, "could he be changing his mind about their plan?"

Rufus inquired, "like a change of heart? I suppose that's possible, but I am having trouble believing it."

Freed spoke up, "the only way we can know for sure is if we manage to talk to him, separate from Terra and Lust." He looked over at Rufus and asked, "Rufus, are you sure that they aren't in town?"

Rufus responded, "I searched everywhere I could."

Freed was about to speak again when Lucy suddenly stood up and walked past Rufus to stand in the middle of the room. Freed stood as well, walking forward to stand next to the other man. They both watched as the celestial wizard requiped one of her silver keys into her hand. She pointed the blade of the key away from herself and called out, "Open! Gate of the Telescope: Telescopium!"

A young boy with brown hair and dressed in a white shirt and overalls appeared. He was sitting on a floating, blue and white carpet with a small telescope in his hands. The boy exclaimed when he saw his wizard, "Lucy! I'm so happy that you summoned me!" He floated closer to the blonde woman and wrapped his arms around her, giving her a tight hug that Lucy returned.

The corner of Freed's mouth twitched upward in a half smile. The boy was adorable, he would admit. He crossed his arms over his chest and watched the interaction between the celestial wizard and celestial spirit.

Lucy asked, "could you find someone for me?" Telescopium nodded his head vigorously, prompting his wizard to continue with her request, "I need you to try to find a man named Nyx."

The boy nodded before he floated to the large window on one side of the hotel room, opened it, and flew out of it, somehow not hitting any part of his body on the frame. As they waited for the spirit's return, Rufus spoke, "I suppose that he can track people?"

Lucy nodded, looking back at the open window. Not even a minute passed before Telescopium flew back into the hotel room. He was frowning as he shook his head, explaining, "I'm sorry, Lucy, I couldn't find him. The man you're looking for isn't in this town."

Lucy scratched the top of the boy's head, assuring him, "it's alright, Telescopium. Thank you." The spirit then disappeared in a flash of silver light.

Lucy then turned to her two partners, telling them with a serious tone, "nevermind Nyx's weird behavior. We need to get going to the next location before those three find it."

Freed and Rufus nodded in agreement, both watching as Lucy made her way into the bathroom. The two men then set about packing up their things for Virgo to take back to the Celestial Spirit World. The green-haired man made a mental note to talk to Rufus and Lucy individually the first chance he gets.

[clavesstella-blog]

lucy cannot make another contract with aquarius, due to her sacrifice and breaking of aqua’s key. while, yes, she is keeping an ear out for word of the golden key’s reappearance, it’s more so she can pass it along to yukino, as she trusts the saber mage to be a good mistress for her former spirit.

but the price she paid to summon the celestial spirit king, the price of aqua’s key, means that she cannot be that anymore.

[archived-knightsworn]

@celestial-signs-and-stars called forth the saber(x)  “Hey Lucy did you just get back from job?” Ron looked at the celestial spirit mage. The wandering adventurer had just gone to town to find some more elemental blades, and some books on magic. 

[shardclan]

In the vast darkness of Faded's domain, a pearl as big as the eye of Lightweaver shed a soft but inert light, feeble as the final star at the end of a universe. There, at the grave of all things, it had peace as it hadn't in many eons. For ages it had been completely without consciousness, growing but unalive and unaware. Then had come the creatures of dream and the outsiders and the violet power that had glared down on it until it had to wake just to be free of it. But awareness cost it invisibility. What had once been less than even a corpse was now a stirring thing that offered power that could be infinite in the right contexts.

The pearl was not real. It was much better than that, and so it inspired appetites it had to escape. In the deepest black beneath the shade-scorched skies of the Hewn City it was as forgotten as it should have always remained. But now it had been called to the physical world. Chased there by things that would have perverted its purity simply by gazing at it. So it had made a part of itself real, to care for the part that wasn't.

This part wore golden chains on two of its four dawn-scaled arms. The pearl it was chained to was only an idea, but one that bound the real thing to unreal thing, to itself. Four horns crested from its brow like a crown made from the rays of the sun. It had no mouth, for what could it need to say? It had no eyes, it didn't need them. But where they should have been, a dusting of fine diaphanous wings shimmered a dull gold, veiling the empty space.

One by one, they twitched and began to flutter.

In the calm of the Mediation Hall, Telos and Azricai looked up from the documents Techne had provided, and caught the sudden source-less disquiet of the other. They shared a tense glance and both rose simultaneously. Telos pressed the scrolls into Azricai’s delicate fingers and squeezed.

“You know what to do.”

With uncharacteristic trepidation, Azricai touched a hand to her mouth before clasping her queen’s hand. “Where do I meet you?”

“The Hewn Bridge.”

With a grim turn, Telos snatched up a small black box and left the lady judge in the hall with the fading sound of her voice, commanding her knight to deliver directions to the Tribunes.

Azricai squeezed at the scrolls, whispered a prayer to the Windsinger, and rushed out to play her part.

Across the Summerlands, citizens and visitors alike glanced over their shoulders and down hallways. Shopkeepers and merchants leaned out of doorways and searched the streets. All that could be seen were the equally puzzled looked of other dragons who also felt it, and who also didn’t know what ‘it’ was.

At the Hewn Canyon, where it was said the Lightweaver herself cleft the earth to separate the mainland from the Hewn City, two pearlcatchers faced each other from either side of the ancient bridge.

Omen stood on the side of the mainland. She was without glamour, a dark figure standing alone under the glare of the winter sun. Her wrapping covered her eyes entirely, and she did not need them. Though the wind blew, there was no stir in the wisps and webs that cloaked her.

Hitth stood on the other side, dripped as if possessed by Shade, and the Hewn City seemed darker in its wake that ever before. But the ichor that seeped from it’s mouth and scales and even the pearl it carried were mercurial in color. Silver, black, and white, a stark monochrome that refused to reflect the colors of the natural world around it. And though it flowed as liquid it seemed made of a thousand shattered mirrors, reflecting and refracting innumerably. Its snowblinded eyes were bright with a mix of greed and hunger and lustful madness that no true dragon could have replicated.

The true pearl had awakened, and Hitth could think of nothing else.

It opened it’s mouth, and in the same instant, Omen raised her claws and wings. A tide of blighted mercurial ooze rushed from Hitth’s wings and mouth with an otherworldly scream that shook the Hewn City, and crashed against the reverberating sussurance of Omen’s shadows. The two powers broke and shattered against the other, climbing the sky to overcome the other, shrouding the ruins in an unnatural eclipse that spread like a shroud across the southern sky.

The bridge rattled under the strain of the battle between the creature of the Outside and the seasoned witch, a servant of the magics that moved and made Sornieth. With a noise almost like a dying groan, it shattered between them.

At House Perihelion, Eoria twitched and panted in her sleep. The skies overhead had dulled to a sickly gray, and the residents of the House were being rushed away, across the river and to the safety of the proper mainland, particularly the Court of Five Lights.

Otahunaiti’s mighty voice could be heard shouting and herding families in the right direction while Saber and Turan kept everyone calm and on the move. Hart ran through every room and corridor and hidden place with Safiri’s nose guiding them to those who had panicked and hid. It wasn’t long before the place had been emptied entirely, save for the sleeping snapper and her sisters.

Harvestasha rose to them immediately, her temper in full flare. “Away from this place, mother and father of the clan! The children have gone to safety, and so should you!”

“What about you?” Safiri demanded.

Frelia resting a stilling hand on her sister. “We will protect our sister. Please take Metafalica and flee this place.”

“Is Metafalica not one of you?”

Harvestasha gave a sharp twist her mouth that suggest that story was far too long for the present situation and pushed the skydancer into Hart’s arms. “If you don’t take her, Sphalerite won’t leave. GO!”

Safiri looked fretfully at Hart, shaking her head and preparing to stay, but he grabbed her along with the others and tossed her over his shoulders. In his hands, Sphalerite was a wide-eyed, frightened pair of eyes that peeked out from a bundle of cloaks. Distressed noises were leaving her flared nostrils and she clung to Metafalica so tightly it must have hurt.

He spared a last look at Frelia and Harvestasha, but they were already hand in hand, weaving the beginnings of a song that shimmered in the air and crept over them and the mountainous mass of their sleeping sister.

Soon enough, they sang alone.

House Betelgeuse fled amidst the sound of frightened cried echoing up from the valley and bouncing between the hills.Their evacuation was neat and swift, in part because they housed more of those who had already fled their homes ones, and in part because they implicitly trusted that the Archmage would protect them from immediate danger.

She spared them the knowledge that she felt something odd in the magic around them, and the house was nearly empty by the time Shekhinah decided to approach her.

“I know it’s upset,” he said with the cryptic blitheness that she hated about him. “But you’ll need to leave the artifact, miss Queen’s Mage.”

“I don’t think so,” she said stubbornly.

“That’s a shame. Zo is saying the same things.  Please take him with you when you leave.”

Lutia was gone from the Celestial Vault almost before Shekhinah had finished. She descended on Zo first, “Why are you still here?” Before he could answer she waved him to silence and whirled on the ghastly shape of the Xannite guard. “You’re supposed to protect him, why is he still here?”

“You have me mistaken for a guardian,” they rasped. “I protect him from death, not from himself.”

Zo caught Lutia’s tail before she could go anything rash. “Auntie, please!”

Her fury went back to him, crackling and raw and she roared at him though he was dozens of times her size. “Why are you still HERE?”

Under the onslaught, his temper flared and he roared back at her. “Because I swore to protect this place!”

Lutia’s nostrils flared wide, and magic flared from her her body. She looked back at Shekhinah with an expression that would have killed a dragon with more sense. “Where is Ranti?”

“Off to help the witch keep the creature out,” he said in a wandering tone that sounded too much like a guess. “She was distracted by the awakening and wasn’t quite on schedule.”

Lutia gripped her horns, hoping it would help her keep her grip on sanity. “Awakening of what?”

“The memory of pearls,” Lamium answered softly, in a faraway haze. He shook himself, and looked pleadingly down at Lutia. “Hopefully there will be time to explain later, but you really need to leave. You can’t be here. The magics...” he winced. “There are too many. The Outsider, the Witch, the Shaman.... If Shekhinah and I have to act, it will be two more. The Seat will behave unpredictably if you act here.”

Lutia glanced at Lamium’s runes, and nodded with cooling temper. “I see. Zo, let’s go.”

“I’m not leaving Lamium and Shekhinah here alone.”

The air shuddered around them. In the open air beyond House Betelgeuse’s gates, the slight crack in the veil blackened, then silvered, and in a flash of white the seals around it rattled themselves to pieces. Quicksilver ooze gushed through and since there was none of Omen’s darkness to shield them from it, their eyes were captured and they were taken in. Only Shekhinah and Lamium did not fall to the sucking call of the facets. Shekhinah bit and thrashed against the tide, with golden threads of magic shedding from his body like webbing. Lamium clamped his rune-covered hands over Lutia and Zo’s eyes. He prayed feebly they would be freed by the true sight of the moon that flowed through him, through which he now knew he had freed his mother.

Shekhinah’s threads were resealing the rift. The mercury drew back, and Lamium screamed as it tried to pull Zo and Lutia from his arms. Lutia was one thing, she was a mere tundra and weighed nothing. Zo was a full grown guardian and weighed well more than Lamium himself did. Tears streamed from Lamium’s eyes as the pull of Hitth’s hunger made manifest dragged them all toward the slowly closing rift. He clutched Lutia under his back claws, desperately trying not to crush her as the bitter cold of the ooze covered Zo and began to cover him.

He cried out for Shekhinah, and the Ruinkeeper immediately came to his aid. But it wasn’t the way he hoped. He felt the power of Shekhinah’s four wings beating on the air and then he was yanked backward. Zo slipped from Lamium’s hands, and Shekhinah would not release him even as he writhed and screamed.

“You will hurt Lutia,” Shekhinah said soothingly.

Lamium could have slapped him, but he knew even as he cried that Shekhinah was right. He had prioritized those he thought could still be saved, and abandoned Zo, and to the Ruinkeeper that was as it should be.

Lutia returned to them with a half-sobbed scream of raw anguish, as though she had awakened to her heart being torn out. She covered her eyes instinctively, and for one inconsolable moment she wept bitterly and in loud brays into the dust. Soon her breaths came quick and enraged and she glared up at the two imperials.

“I’ll kill it,” she hissed between clenched teeth. “I’ll kill that fucking thing if it’s the last--”

Lamium knew enough to guess what Lutia had seen. But the eons had been long, enough that even she was not so blinded by rage to not notice.

“I’m sorry,” Lamium whimpered as the skies grew darker and grayer around them. “He’s gone...“

Telos stood in darkness lit only by Arcanus’ magic. On the well-worn road that led away from the Hewn City and into Noon Point, the sun was already lost. The sky was black and silver and the only blue to be see was the blue-white of Ranti’s celestine intertwining with Omen’s deep shadow.

Arcanus stood at her side, sword in hand. Once she was certain that the citizens and visitors had been gathered at the Courtyard of Five Lights--the deepest part of the their territory--she had left them there. The Tribunes and the march knights from Diver’s and Thunder’s march were keeping things under control, but Arcanus couldn’t help feeling somewhat daunted. Telos hadn’t revealed why they were there. And he trusted her; he trusted her with his life, but she kept telling him to wait when he asked her for orders.

It stayed that way until the appearance of the Smoke Gyre. He knelt, as best a wildclaw could and handed Telos a sack. ”As requested.”

Telos reached inside and pulled out a black box that matched the one she had been carrying, a set of golden braces and matching treads, and a twilight oracle’s guise. With a look of bitter hate she also revealed, to Arcanus’ complete horror, the skull of the water seer, whose name had gone unspoken in their lands almost an epoch now.

“That’s everything,” she said, still staring the skull down with an expression of deep distaste. “Get to Feldspar, tell them not to come here. Not a soul.”

“Atsushi?” he asked shortly.

Telos glanced at Arcanus, who immediately tightened. “He’s already here, see he doesn’t get any brave ideas.”

Just like that, they were alone again in the pink half-glow. Arcanus watched with increasing dread as Telos donned the treads and bracers, and at last he could no longer keep his silence.

“If you’re planning something, I’d like to know what it is before it’s time to execute it.” Her eyes turned toward him, but didn’t actually look at him, and he felt a fresh wave of fear creep up his spine. “Telos, what are you planning?”

“Telos!”

Both of them froze at Lutia’s cry. Telos saw the look on Lutia’s face before all else, and for one dizzy moment she was back in the sickly moment of telling the Archmage that her only son was dying. She saw the words in Lutia’s eyes well before they were spoken.

“It came through the rift at House Betelgeuse,” Lutia wheezed, half apologetic, half furious. “I’m so sorry, it took him. It took Zo and I--”

Telos wasn’t listening. The world had become very far away and only seemed to be going further. She took off toward the broken bridge, but her plan was forgotten. And without it, she was doomed.

Luckily, Arcanus caught up with her. She vaguely heard him shouting at her, but the words scarcely meant anything until he gripped her face and forced her to look at him.

“I WILL GO! I DON’T CARE IF I AM DEVOURED, BUT NOT YOU! I CANNOT LET ANYTHING HAPPEN TO YOU!”

She saw a naked and personal fear in his eyes that brought her back to the moment, and his words came through loud and clear. He must have seen her return to herself, because he snatched his hands back from her face as though her skin had suddenly burned his fingers.

She looked back at the broken bridge, and her plans came back to her. The panic seeped out like the poison it was, and she remembered why she would have gone in even if Zo wasn’t there.

“I’m alright,” she said, taking a deep breath. “I’m better now. Arcanus?”

He knelt deeply before her. “My queen.”

Telos hesitated. He was a good guardian, and he meant every word of what he said. He really expected her to order him to go into the abyss where he almost certainly would be devoured, and he hadn’t even hesitated to kneel and receive her words. He didn’t deserve what she was about to do.

On the other hand, he had gut-checked her for the greater good during a crisis once. It was only fair she got her return fire, and so she clenched her fists and brought them down on the back of his head. He crumpled, and it was only Lutia’s light that illuminated them now.

“Bestealcian.”

The coatl materialized from the dark. “Yes, lady?”

Telos handed her one of the two black boxes. “Your job is to open that when I’m gone and leave it here. When Arcanus wakes, tell him that is my only way back, and as such he will guard it until I return.”

“Yes...” Bestealcian said without her usual energy. “Yes, lady...”

Lutia gave voice to the Umbra Wolf’s apprehension. “Do you know what you’re doing Telos? You’re the queen, isn’t there someone else that could do whatever you’re about to do?”

Telos planted her saber in the dirt. She felt much more comfortable relying on the bracers. “It’s because I’m your queen and only I can do this that I’m going. I call on you as fighters and defenders, and your power is obviously much greater than mine, but you are still my people. When something threatens you that you cannot handle, it’s my job to ensure your safety.”

She smiled at them with enough radiance that it seemed to light the hill for just a moment. “I’ll be doing the protecting personally this time around.”

They both knelt as she took off. The tiny figure of her glamour grew fainter and fainter, disappearing into the darkness. Only when the darkness gave a silver rippling did they know that she was gone. Lutia traced the rune of the Arcanist around her chest. Bestealcian traced the Lightweaver’s over her head.

Both hoped that praying to two of the Eleven was enough to bring Telos back.