#sebastian de castell

[tea-and-scribbles]

"Hate is the door through which self-destruction enters each of us."

- Sebastien de Castell, The Way of the Argosi

[ace-is-undead]

I just started book 5 of Spellslinger. Had to put it down laughing when Kellen made That Mistake at the beginning

We love a sassy idiot who did escape death. Again

[ace7librarian]

If there's ever a Spellslinger movie and the soundtrack doesn't include a Florence and the Machine song, I don't want it.

[mordredisacoolname]

Don't know if there's still fandom left for the Spellslinger series but Ferius and Rosie are lesbians.

[pariwhoop]

Brasti goodbow, the godslayer needs more songs written about him, @ bardatti

[fenniwedd]

Playlist for the Spellslinger series

[thefandomless]

If "Song of the Seven" from Witcher Blood Origins isn't the most "Flacio pulling a classic val Mond" song you have ever heard than idk what is.

[sometimesreading]

Currently reading 🎧📖 Shadowblack by Sebastian de Castell

[super-jane5]

November 2022 summary

The City of Brass by S A Chakraborty

25/10/2022-06/11/2022

4/5 stars 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

It was enjoyable however I felt as if it was missing character relationship development.

Babel by R F Kuang

06/11/2022-18/11/2022

5/5 stars 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕

I loved this book. I don’t normally read something like this but I’m glad I did kind of hoping for a sequel.

Theogony & Works and Days by Hesiod

18/11/2022-19/11/2022

3.5 stars 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

I preferred Theogony (Ancient Greek creation myth and family tree) over Works and Days ( how you should worship the gods). It was an interesting read.

Lord of Embers by C N Crawford

19/11/2022

3.75 stars 🌕🌕🌕🌖🌑

Very predictable and a little rushed. Just an easy read.

Circe by Madeline Miller

20/11/2022-22/11/2022

4.25 stars 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌘

An interesting take on a Greek myth. Not very adventurous.

Spellslinger by Sebastien de Castell

26/11/2022-28/11/2022

5 stars 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕

I love this series. I found it really funny and enjoyable. The characters are loveable especially Kellen.

Currently Reading

The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien

Started 29\09\2022 69%

The Odyssey by Homer

Started 22/11/2022 63%

[sffinsiders]

Review: Knight’s Shadow by Sebastien de Castell — SFF Insiders

[teenageread]

Review: Traitor's Blade

Synopsis:

Falcio is the first Cantor of the Greatcoats. Trained in the fighting arts and the laws of Tristia, the Greatcoats are travelling Magisters upholding King’s Law. They are heroes. Or at least they were, until they stood aside while the Dukes took the kingdom, and impaled their King’s head on a spike.

Now Tristia is on the verge of collapse and the barbarians are sniffing at the borders. The Dukes bring chaos to the land, while the Greatcoats are scattered far and wide, reviled as traitors, their legendary coats in tatters. All they have left are the promises they made to King Paelis, to carry out one final mission.

But if they have any hope of fulfilling the King’s dream, the divided Greatcoats must reunite, or they will also have to stand aside as they watch their world burn…

Plot:

It has been years since the death of King Paelis, and Falcio is still out doing his mission. King Paelis was the one that brought back the Greatcoats, traveling Magisters who upheld the King’s Laws and protected those the Dukes were unfaired to. As a Greatcoat, Falcio took his job seriously and was devastated when the King, his friend, asked him to step aside and let the Duke kill him, bringing an end to the Greatcoats. Now called Trattario, or tattered-cloak, Falico and his friends Brasti and Kest, travel the countryside, trying to make ends meet while being ridiculed by the general public. When the noblemen they were protecting died on their watch, the three former Greatcoats fled the scene where they ran into a caravan and managed to get work. Where Falcio still holds himself into fulfilling King Paeli's final wish for him, he also cannot watch the innocent get hurt. When tasked with protecting a child who shares the same name as his dead wife, Falico embarks on a horrendous mission that requires all the skills a Greatcoat has taught him, and takes on a task which requires the strength of a great man, one Falico may not be anymore.  

Thoughts: 

Sebastien de Castell wrote a wozer of a first novel, bringing us deep into Falcio’s world as a Greatcoat. With massive world-building, de Castell spends a long time making sure readers understood the importance of Greatcoats, their job in this world, and what it's been like for Falcio and their peers to lose that respect along with the loss of their King. Along with the history of the world, de Castell gives us the history of Falcio, and how he ended up being a Greatcoat after the death of his wife. Taken from the first person point of view of Falcio, we get to relive his history, his pain, and his current actions on how he’s living to fulfill his dead king's final wish. Where humor might not be the first thing to come to mind, Falcio is a pretty funny character, always having witty remarks, and talking too much, while being courageous as he fights for what is right. Where some readers might be turned off by de Castell’s over-explained writing style, it was pretty neat to hear from Falcio's perspective in battles as the writing is split between the fight itself, and Falcio’s explanation of the fighting style, his tools, and the training he’s done to prepare for these fights. With this type of writing style, the novel does take a bit to get through. Yet, like with all fantasy novels, there was a ton of world-building de Castell had to do, yet he did it in a gripping and emotional way, as it builds upon itself, with each battle revealing more about Falcio, each interaction showing his dedication for the king, and every loses to remind Falcio about how he lost his wife. For those into swords and justice with knights and dukes, this novel is definitely for you. De Castell also sets this novel up, so that you can read it as a stand-alone novel and get a good grip on the story, there are also a lot of loose ends that make you want to read the next novel, as there is much more to Falcio’s and the Greatcoats story than this one novel can provide.

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[panicatthefandomboy]

May i recommend the "Nekhek" from Sebastian De Castell's "Spellslinger" serie.

A ferocious demonic creature with a venomous bite with which it can steal the powers of even the mightiest warmage!

At least, according to the "Jan'Tep" people. According to everyone else in that universe they're called "Squirrel Cats" mostly known for stealing trash/shiny objects and hunting down rabbits. Their most remarkable talents being: the ability to alter the colour of their fur and the flaps of skin between their front and hind legs which allows them to glide through the sky. (They do however have a desire for eating eyeballs of their prey)

I don't think every sword and sorcery fantasy RPG needs D&D-style mimics, but I do think there's value in having something that's incongruously carnivorous, just to keep players on their toes. Pack-hunting rabbits that swarm their prey. Ambush predator sheep. Yes, monsters you can have stupid arguments with are a cornerstone of the genre, but sometimes you've just got to hit 'em with some seemingly innocuous critter which uncomplicatedly wants to eat faces.

[ace7librarian]

Don't read Way Of The Argosi on Hanukkah, unless you want to cry. Don't read this book in the current wave of antisemitism, unless you want to find some relatable facts. It's been less than 5 pages and I'm already crying because the Mahdek are so Jewish to me.

[praise-the-lord-im-dead]

Might I enquire as to why you would like to fistfight Sebastian de Castell? (As are the recent tags haha)

I think I had some Opinions on him from a book or so but did not manage to motivate myself to read the others yet....

Yeah, totally! <3<3

I read Traitor's Blade (spoilers for the book ahead), and I just kinda got fed up with the sheer amount of sexual assault. Most of the female characters either died from it or were under serious threat of it more than once, and the male main character went through a scene that wasn't treated like assault, but if I remember right he was injured and said no multiple times. The way it was handled made it more disturbing than the other scenes, because those were at least offscreen and treated as the evil acts they were.

The worst part was that the book had a lot of cool elements? The late king was such an interesting character, and there was a scene with a repentant torturer that still sticks in my brain. He kept bringing in elements of hope that really made the grimdark setting work well, but the actual grimdark part was just so cartoonishly evil and laser-focused on sexual violence. If the good parts weren't there, it would be easier to dismiss, but they *are* there, so I just wanna fight the guy.

[xxsycamore]

𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 - 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘔𝘺 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦‼️

—❥ 𝐱𝐱𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭

♡ find the event here!

🌹 - A single red rose - [Gilbert von Obsidian] [Emma]

🌼- A symbolic small flower - [Akechi Mitsuhide]

🍫- Home-made chocolate

😘- A kiss on the cheek - [Jude Jazza] [Victor] [Hideyoshi Toyotomi] [Keith Howell] [Gilbert von Obsidian] [Gilbert von Obsidian (2)] [Alfons Sylvatica] [Ellis Twilight]

🫂- A warm hug - [Clavis Lelouch] [Loki Genetta] [Jean d'Arc] [Ellis Twilight] [Liam Evans] [Ellis Twilight (2)] [Yves Kloss] [Gilbert von Obsidian]

💌- A love letter - [Silvio Ricci]

🎁- A box of chocolates

💐- A bouquet of their favorite flowers - [Vincent van Gogh]

🧵- A hand-made craft - [Clavis Lelouch] [Charles-Henri Sanson] [Clavis Lelouch (2)] [Mai] [Elbert Greetia]

🧸 - An animal plushie that reminds you of them - [Luke Randolph] [Fenrir Godspeed]

😏- Use a corny pick-up line on them - [Chevalier Michel] [Mitsuki] [Chevalier Michel (2)]

🟫 - Kabedon them against the nearest wall - [Nokto Klein] [Jude Jazza] [Gilbert Von Obsidian] [Comte de Saint Germain] [Clavis Lelouch] [Emma]

🍬- Slip heart-shaped candy in their pocket - [Ellis Twilight]

📜- Recite a love poem to them - [Chevalier Michel] [Leon Dompteur]

💃- Pull them in for a dance when noone else is around - [William Shakespeare] [Vlad] [Sebastian] [Mitsuki] [Akechi Mitsuhide] [Shingen Takeda] [Mitsuki (2)] [Oda Nobunaga] [Sanada Yukimura] [Emma] [Luka Clemence]

🥺 - Ask them how much they love you - [Clavis Lelouch] [Akechi Mitsuhide] [Date Masamune] [Levie Castell]

🤲- Do the classic "Can you hold something for me" - giving them your hand - [Emma] [Napoleon Bonaparte] [Napoleon Bonaparte (2)] [Isaac Newton] [William Rex]

💋 - Pull them in for a sudden fierce kiss - [Clavis Lelouch] [Gilbert Von Obsidian] [Arthur Conan Doyle] [Jude Jazza] [Napoleon Bonaparte] [Charles-Henri Sanson] [Rio Ortiz] [Sariel Noir] [William Rex] [Chevalier Michel]

🎼- Serenade them with a love song - [Napoleon Bonaparte] [Napoleon Bonaparte (2)]

👒- Invite them on a date

[anonysomeome]

So true, go read it, literally my favorite books ever

Absulutely mad furious the Spellslinger series isn't getting any attention. It is a MASTERPIECE and the world building is so amazing and breathtaking and intricate and it's such a wonderful series. But it's getting NO ATTENTION AT ALL WHATSOEVER for some reason and it deserves so much better and I just really love it, okay? GO READ SPELLSLINGER!!! by Sebastian De Castell.