#seer!sky

[cassianfanclub]

“This time, you sent the trembling fawn to find me. I did not expect to see those doe-eyes peering at me from across the world.”

Happy Elain Archeron Week Day 6: Fanged Beast

One of my absolute favorite theories in this fandom is that Elain will be able to traverse the murky realm, like the Mystics in HOSAB. @wingedblooms incredible mind connects details in a way most only dream of and has helped to further my excitement for Elain’s book and journey. You can find the two main theories that inspired this piece here and here.

The first time we see Elain peer across the world, she is doing so as a trembling fawn, but my hope is that, she will peer across worlds on her way to becoming a fanged beast and embrace that side of her in her own book.

In this piece, Elain has left behind Az and Bryce in Velaris, and stepped into the murky realm, only to be greeted by a waiting Apollion, mirroring Az. Apollion’s black eyes, deep and dark as the Pit in which he dwells- a telltale sign that his relaxed posture is nothing more than a trick to give a false sense of calm. But I have confidence Elain’s fangs and claws will get her back home.

A massive thank you to @luxury_banshee on IG for creating this piece for me💕

You can find this art on IG here

Please do not repost

@elainarcheronweek

[jackie-mae]

warning for Vague-ish TOTK spoilers!

Want to get better at posting my sketchy work (Which is like 70% of my work lol) So here's some doodles of mostly getting my zelda designs into better working order! Zelda the first is my favourite so far my absolute beloved~

Ft. my absolute Struggle at getting my BOTW/TOTK Zelda's colour palette to even out ;-; I'm very pleased with what she landed on tho :3

[mossyscavern]

Random headcanon’s because I can.

Wick originals: theory edition.

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*slams on table*

Sam is a goddamn seer! Now let me explain.

Y’know each weaver’s death animation? And each time after Sam dies from each weaver he’s in the same area where you spawn from. Each hour.

And each time you ‘the player’ notice that each personal item you grab is missing so there’s no going back right? Right?

And what’s a seer’s ability? Is seeing things no normal person can see!! EVEN GLIMPSES OF THE FUTURE TO AVOID A CERTAIN FATE!

Even seeing glimpses of the past that had happened is apart of the abilities a seer possesses. As seen in the game. Sam sees and possibly hear things that’s impossible to witness!

And before you say something to debunk this… did you as Travis see a piano? Or a cradle?? Didn’t think so.

I could be wrong… but like, I’m not budging on this. Sam is a seer.

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Ok, I might’ve been a bit over exaggerating…

But I still think Sam might be a seer, if anyone has more evidence if he is a seer or not? I’ll gladly listen.

Gotta be fair, I’ll re-watch some game play… probably.

[aldrendaux]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Four & Hyrule & Legend & Sky & Time & Twilight & Warriors & Wild & Wind (Linked Universe), Hyrule & Sky (Linked Universe), Legend & Sky (Linked Universe), Sky & Wind (Linked Universe), Sky & Warriors (Linked Universe), Sky & Twilight (Linked Universe), Sky & Time (Linked Universe) Characters: Four (Linked Universe), Wind (Linked Universe), Sky (Linked Universe), Warriors (Linked Universe), Hyrule (Linked Universe), Legend (Linked Universe), Twilight (Linked Universe), Time (Linked Universe), Wild (Linked Universe) Additional Tags: Sky (Linked Universe)-centric, Canon-Typical Violence, Blood and Violence, this is perhaps the darkest story i've written and it's honestly not even that dark, Attempted Sexual Assault, its ok tho cause sky literally kills the dude, its not explictly stated by the dude totally dies, Humor, Attempt at Humor, kinda crack at some points, no beta cause i'm literally to lazy, 5+1 Things, God!Sky (Linked Universe), like actually this time, Hybrid Creature AU, folklore AU, I'm literally in love with this au, Selkie!Legend (Linked Universe), Siren!Time (Linked Universe), Alicanto!Warriors (Linked Universe), Dryad!Wild (Linked Universe), Fae!Hyrule (Linked Universe), Minish!Four (Linked Universe), Seer!Wind (Linked Universe), Shifter!Twilight (Linked Universe), Linked Universe (Legend of Zelda) Summary:

Nine Heroes were thrown together on another adventure. They grew closer to each other as they realized they were more similar than they'd thought. Well all except one Hero, Sky. He claimed to be fully Hylian but some things didn't quite add up...

[creatorbiaze]

The Freezing Wrath of a God

Warnings for graphic description of pain/injury, experimentation, etc

Nearly as soon as Vizerxa stepped foot into the main room of the Bright Palace, she froze, both afraid and furious.

Ezeri, her older adopted child, was huddled against the wall, sheltering a sobbing Xicuri, Vizerxa's younger child. Ezeri was looking up fearfully at Light Song, who was glaring down at them, growling.

It didn't take a genius to guess that Light Song had tried to hurt the children; she probably attempted to use them as test subjects to improve Deathclaw poison further. The commotion had attracted the attention of most of the major members of the Fallen; Star Seer was standing behind Light Song, hesitant and uncertain what to do, Amatus and Blood Moon were watching indifferently, Snow Sky and Aella seemed worried, and Path Changer was standing back, frowning.

The agonized screams of a dying child still haunted her thoughts. She wouldn't let it happen again.

Vizerxa strides over, shoving Light Song back and standing in front of her children protectively, hissing at the shorter Deity.

"Stand back, Mortem," Light Song ordered, eyes narrowing. She'd punish Vizerxa for this simple move either way.

Vizerxa had stood blocking the door to the lab and dungeons, watching silently as Light Song had slashed Lucidi's face for even questioning her after Genesis's murder.

Never again.

"Get away from my children," Vizerxa snapped back, standing protectively, her glare freezing cold.

"What?" Light Song stepped forward instead, raising her hand that had the Deathclaw syringe. Vizerxa knew how this would end, she may as well gain something from her own suffering.

"I said. Get. Back," Vizerxa commands, summoning a dagger and taking a defensive stance, her crystal wings curse forming again, the shattered purple 'wings' spread wide in protection of the children behind her.

Every one of the countless red 'threads' between the shattered, bloody crystals represented someone that died because of Vizerxa's actions. She'll only let one more person die because of her, and that person was right in front of her.

Light Song lunged forward, stabbing the needle of the syringe into Vizerxa's neck before she could dodge. Vizerxa hisses, slashing at Light Song, cutting through the tyrant's arm, enjoying the sight of Light Song's crimson blood spraying across the white floors. Amatus tries to run forward to defend Light Song, but Aella holds him back.

Almost as soon as the poison entered her blood stream, Vizerxa could feel the agony spreading. Burning yet freezing, slashing and stabbing. It made her want to tear her skin off, claw it out of her own blood, scream and thrash and just get it out.

She could feel her legs buckle and her vision blurring, the dagger in her hand clattering to the ground, crystalline wings falling and fading. All the sound around her becoming a dull ringing but she focused on Light Song. The electric ice blue eyes that haunted her nightmares. The snowy hair that made her despise her own corruption.

Instead of falling, Vizerxa grabbed Light Song's face with one hand and her shoulder with the other. She didn't even notice the tears falling down her face from her agony, or how labored her breathing got, or the crooked and pained grin that spread across her own face, or even how ice cracked and spread across the ground under her and across Light Song's skin, where Vizerxa's nails dug in hard enough to draw blood.

"*Stay the fuck away from my family. I'll be the one to kill you, I'll watch your blood spill across the snow and the light fade from your eyes. I swear to Merivu, you'll be dead by my hand and mine only,*" Vizerxa hisses, gaze fixed only on Light Song's eyes. Every breath was agony. She could feel her own skin frosting over from her powers going haywire, and she could feel Light Song's blood freezing on her fingers.

Before she could do or say anything else, Vizerxa's mind went fuzzy and sight her sight faded to black as she lost consciousness, losing to the poison in her system. She collapsed before she could notice the fear flickering in Light Song's eyes.

After a few long moments, Snow Sky stepped forward, carefully walking across the frozen floor, and picks up the unconscious deity. It was terrifying, really, to see someone, especially Vizerxa's, gaze so intense and hateful when she should have been unable to move or even think. Vizerxa was ice cold in Snow Sky's arms, and she winced slightly as she feels her own arms begin to rapidly frost over where she was in contact with Vizerxa.

"... I'll tend to Light Song, you take Vizerxa to her room, " Star Seer finally says, "Path Changer, take Ezeri and Xicuri to the Library."

Even Amatus had stopped struggling against Aella. It was shocking to see someone do what nearly all of them had thought of. Aella, Path Changer, and Snow Sky exchanged a glance, fearing what Vizerxa's fate will be once she wakes up.

Snow Sky turns away, walking down the crystalline hallway towards Vizerxa's room, while Path Changer coaxes the spooked children to follow her, and Star Seer guided Light Song to the infirmary to see how much damage Vizerxa had done.

(* ; the italics in the symbols are spoken in Latin, Vizerxa's first language.)

[brightblueflare]

WARRIOR CODE REDUX: Forest Four

Code 1. Do not hunt or trespass on another Clan's territory — Law of the Land

The canonical rule, now made the first because borders were the first thing established in DotC.

The creation of this rule is exactly the same way it was in canon: Clear Sky was being Clear Sky, and invented borders to make life difficult for the cats of the moor.

Code 2. A true warrior does not need to kill to win their battles — Law of Honor

Another canon rule, now shuffled to be created right after the First Battle. In the Blazing Sky AU, it shook most cats to the core, I mean, they had to make a mass grave they couldn't dig in A DAY. A law was made, the Law of Honor, so that no massacre like the one that happened that day in Fivetrees (canon Fourtrees) would ever happen again.

Code 3. Defend your Clan, even with your life.— Law of Loyalty

The story about Cloudberry and Ryewhisker remains unchanged. However, many cats have willingly gone to the Dark Forest in protest for this law, at least four, including Cloudberry and Ryewhisker themselves.

Code 4. The weak of the Clan are fed first — Prey Priority/Privilege

The story from CotC is removed. This is an extension of the Law of Loyalty. Warriors must provide for their Clan, and the weakest need food. There's nothing deeper than that.

Code 5. Respect prey, StarClan sent it — StarClan's Grace

A minor change: wasting food is sacrilegious, thanking StarClan for the prey is explicitly a prayer.

This was made for a reason: individual warriors may not understand that, if you hunt too much, you won't have any more prey, but this law exists so they don't overhunt.

Code 6. A kitten must be at least six moons old to become an apprentice — Six Moon Rule

Also known as Daisytail's Law, the story remains the same as in canon. Daisytail's son was made an apprentice young because the leader wanted child soldiers, she Didn't Like That, and the rest is history.

Canon!Brokenstar actually loopholes the hell out of this one. It says nothing about early warriors.

(My Brokenstar doesn't do that for Pragmatic Villany Reasons. I find his child soldiers horrifying but ultimately stupid. Small, weak kittens killed in battle don't become grown, powerful warriors, after all.)

Code 7. Deputy Must Mentor/Deputy Becomes Leader/Deputy's Appointed Before Moonhigh — Code of the Deputy

All canon, made into one big law to avoid redundancy. The origin story for these rules is the same: succession crisis in ShadowClan, messy conflict, false sign, and the law is created.

Code 8. Borders must be patrolled and marked daily — Right of Challenge

Instead of being a senseless law, it's part of the Forest Four's Battle Culture.

Borders are set, and Clans can challenge them as they please. Cats that refuse to fight are cowards, Clans that can't defend their territory don't deserve it. Battle! Culture!

Code 9. A warrior rejects the soft life of a kittypet* — Law of the Wild

Big change! No longer made in response to Pinestar's defection! Instead, Flystar (SkyClan leader before Cloudstar) codified an already-strong feeling, born out of his warriors defecting to become housecats while the rest of his Clan starved.

This is the last law added before SkyClan's exile, and the last one Modern SkyClan shares with the Forest Four.

(Kittypet is a slur in this AU)

Code 10. Seers must never take a mate or have kittens, and place their Clan above all else — Seer's Vow

Now a corruption of a vow, which originally had the intention of making seers value medicine and healing ABOVE their Clan. Added to discredit and hurt Larkstripe, the seer that protested the most against SkyClan's exile. Before that, there was only a gentle taboo.

Code 11. Gatherings are a time of peace, fighting is forbidden — Full Moon Truce

Added in response to Ripplestar's rebellion, as a way to prevent a battle like that from happening again. Before that, it was tradition but not codified yet.

Code 12. Apprentice Must Visit the Moonstone/Warriors Must Sit Vigil — The First Tasks

Another law created to encourage obedience, although in a much softer way than the Seer's Vow or the Law of Loyalty. Before that, both were tradition but not compulsory.

Code 13. The Leader's Word is Law — Leader's Rights.

The big bad one. Also named Dalestar's Commandment. The last law added in response to Ripplestar's rebellion.

Code 14. Kittens Must Be Protected/Queens Don't Have To Reveal The Father — Kittens Protection Law/Queen's Rights

After the drowning of Mapleshade's kittens, StarClan was furious, and summoned Darkstar (RC) and Oakstar (TC) to the Moonstone, damned all the lives they'd lost, and ordered: "Make sure this doesn't happen again, or you're next, StarClan OUT."

Oakstar Did Not Listen, and started the Crusades. But Darkstar did, and correctly realized that protecting the kittens would mean nothing if the mother had to reveal who the father was. So, Queen's Rights (to remain silent) was added as a law.

Also named Darkstar's Commandment.

[every-sanji]

[sky-dumby-seer]

Imagine being me and saying I'd write some new sky stuff and then here I am, like a month later, playing all the music sheets I have on my new bell

Seriously though, I've got a draft for the first part going, I've just got to finish it, edit it, and publish it

Sorry if you guys were looking forward to it, guess I just got distracted

[susabii-a]

wait theres so much fucking lore about susabi im still finding things out , so tsukuyomi is the fake god of what susabi actually is and just Lied to him abt it the entire time

[mysageukinbio]

Some JPN sub resources

All these shows are supposedly available subbed in Japanese on Amazon Prime JP. All are rips from the DVD releases, so some shows you'd expect to be in 16:9 HD are in 4:3 SD instead.

Ladies in the Palace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeiy_tfT0JY

The King's Woman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4A8fXrXc1o

Jang Gil San: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO1DozvNJFI

Seo Dong Yo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2UxN0P7WNY

Yeon Gaesomun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on4G9kUf5Ms

Iljimae: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SV5FXaUv4I

Jejoongwon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFXATDe-oiQ

Warrior Baek Dong Su: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llZgA2kMx68

The Great Seer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJs5HRE_Qrw

Rebel: Thief who Stole the People: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCl42tjttSs

Nokdu Flower: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKcsqmMOuA

Lovers of the Red Sky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xiF0jyq308

[milfronin]

god . thank you a piece of the sky. for everything.

[cressidagrey]

It's a Love Story - Chapter 2

Summary:

Azriel's shadows find their master a wife.

Azriel would just really like his heart not to get broken again.

And Sky...well, she's just really surprised that that far too handsome male is interested in her at all.

Warning:

Rhys Bashing (as usual), I classified this as Azriel x OC, even when it't technically Azriel x Sellyn Drake (but we kinda know nothing about Sellyn Drake other than that she writes books so Sky is kinda an OC), Cassian is kinda a good guy for once, Azriel has a horrible time, as usual... Stuttering, toxic families (For once I do not mean the IC), Self-Esteem Issues, Secret Identity, Body Image Issues, Fat Shaming, People being utterly horrible.

If any of this triggers you or makes you uncomfortable, please take care of your own mental health and don't read it.

Contary to popular belief, (which was pretty much that the shadows had no mind of their own, which they had, thank you very much) the shadows did do other thing than to only listen to Master’s orders. 

Of course they listened to Master’s orders. 

But they also did…things that Master didn’t know about…and would never need to find out about…

One example in fact was the amount of gold the shadows had squirreled away throughout the centuries. Not for them, but for Master. So that Mater would never need to worry about that again. So that Master would never need to sleep in a dungeon again, like he had as a child. So Master could always have new weapons and could keep himself safe, so that he would have everything he needed.

Gold wasn’t the only thing they had squirrelled away…they had other things stashed away too! Anyhting that made the appearance of being useful one day! Shiny little things, because the shadows liked that…Sadly Master never made the appearance that he would appreciate the diamond necklaces they had hidden away in a little cave, but maybe one day…

Maybe one day Master would take a wife and she would like them.

The shadows had it all figured out. Whoever she turned out to be, they would make sure that she liked them too. They would make themselves useful so that she would like them.

Even when it had never seemed to work before… The shadows had made themselves scarce around The Morrigan and The Seer because they knew that Master liked them. And if Master liked them…well, then the shadows would make sure that Master got what he wanted.

Master wanted so few things after all…

They even found The Morrigan her favourite red lipstick that hadn’t been made in centuries. Not because they liked The Morrigan, but because Master did.

And in return, she treated Master like that.

And The Seer…oh, somehow that was even worse.

Though The Seer wasn’t the only one the Shadows didn’t like because of that. The High Lord was the other one. And him… oh, the shadows would get their revenge. 

Master was theirs. Nobody talked to Master like that.

(They just needed to wait for the perfect moment…and the High Lord would regret ever treating their Master like that…)

Master had nearly gotten himself killed just because he had wanted to make The Seer happy…and nobody even seemed to care about that. Not really. 

And then Master was working himself to the bone, clearly wanting to forget what happened between him and The Seer…and the Shadows just wanted to fix things, but there was nothing to fix anymore. 

At least now…At least now, finally, Master was listening to somebody with his best interests at first.

The Shadows would find Master a wife. The best wife they possibly could. And a home too.

And so, with their new mission in mind, the shadows set off to find the perfect home and the perfect female for their master.

The home was the easier part.

Mostly because they already owned it for a few decades. 

It was a picturesque Lake House at one of the mountain seas in Velaris, not far off from the House of Wind. It was beautiful and just a few minutes by foot away from the city center but still private and quiet…and the view was spectacular. 

The home itself was warm and cozy, with large windows that let in plenty of sunlight. Master would love it.

It just needed a little…attention. Some furniture…They would need to put the stuff they had filled it with somewhere else but that shouldn’t be a problem, right? 

Master would love it. Now they just needed the right female to share it with for Master…

The shadows were going to find Master a wife… They just needed…They just needed to figure out some criteria at first.

Master had said he didn’t care about how she looked…so that didn’t help them to narrow down the pool of possible candidates.

Nobody with a known mate. Nobody in a romantic relationship… regardless of how loose that was. The Shadows were not going to get Master’s heart broken again, thank you very much… Then all the females that preferred females themselves.

That did narrow it down… at least a little bit.

Then the more…obscure character traits. 

Nobody that was a workaholic like Master. That was never going to work.

Nobody that needed endless other people around them to be happy…Master would just get overwhelmed and shut down…

Nobody that didn’t seem like they were ready for a long term relationship either…once again, they didn’t want to break Master’s heart again…

The shadows had met really bad people. Criminals and murderers…they had seen the worst the world had to offer …but they were surprised by how many females they threw out too that pool simply because of how they behaved towards other people.

Once they had thought that maybe…maybe one female was an option. Dark blonde hair, green eyes…she had a steady job and she liked going out dancing….by the time she made fun of the limp of a soldier, the shadows wondered if every single person they came across was an asshole. They also wondered if there was anyone out there who truly deserved Master. 

But the Shadows refused to give up. They would find the right female for Master, no matter how long it took. They had already acquired a beautiful home for him, and now they were determined to find the perfect mate to share it with...

They could easily suss out anybody they wanted to meet…they could figure out which females were available…The problem was only that…they did find some kind of problem with every female they came across.

The blonde one that made fun of the limp was just one in a very long row of them. There was another one that they thought could have worked…but she got into earhsattering, screaming arguments with seemingly everybody she came across. Master liked his quietness, that wasn’t going to work either…

Another few that didn’t want a serious relationship even when they said they did, which was completely fine but made them useless for the shadows purposes… The Shadows were halfway ready to give up in Velaris and start trying again in another city of the Night Court, when they came across her in a dark back alley.

Across her and probably the dirtiest and ugliest feral cat that the shadows had ever seen.The ugliest cat they had ever seen that she was clearly trying to entice to come home with her.

“H-hey, swe...sweetie,” she whispered, her voice stuttering. She was crouched down o the floor. “Wa—Want to go somewhere war—warmer?”

The cat meowed pitifully and the shadows watched as she wrapped the cat up in the scarf she had worn, not for one moment caring that the cat was goign to ruin it. 

The shadows couldn’t help but keep watching, their curiosity piqued. She was clearly not concerned about the dirt or the torn scarf, and she was attempting to bond with this mangy feral cat. This showed a level of compassion and patience that they hadn’t often come across in their search. 

She seemed determined to help the cat, and the shadows couldn't help but admire her tenacity. 

The cat looked horribly, with matted, dirty fur, two eyes that stared in two different direction and an overbite. Somehow it reminded the Shadows of Master. 

Not with the way it looked…more in the way it pitfully stayed quiet and didn’t attack the female, even as she picked it up, wrapped in her scarf and then took it home. 

She smiled at the mangly back alley cat with so much adoration that the shadows wondered where it was even coming from. Her face was alight with joy as the cat rubbed her head against her fingertips.

The shadows followed along as she brought the cat to her apartment.

It was tiny. Tiny and absolutely stuffed full with books. So many books. Like somebody had tried to stuff the whole library of the Hose of Wind in this little apartment overlooking the harbour.

She had so many bookcases lining the walls, books in little stacks on her dining table and coffee table…or simply stacked on the floor. It was cozy and cluttered and utterly charming. Her passion for literature spilled out of every corner of her home. 

The Shadows couldn’t help but wonder what kin of person would choose to filll their living space with so many books. 

Apparently a person that had no problem with spending the better part of an hour bathing the cat in her kitchen sink. 

Weren't cats supposed to not to like water?

This one didn't seem to care. This one sat calmly in her sink and attemptsed to bite the stream of water flowing from the faucet...which meant it snuffled and sneezed for the big majority of the bath. She soaped him up twice, muttering a constant stream of reassurances that the cat doesn't seem to actually need, given the cat’s complete lack of distress at being repeatedly soaked.

And still she talked to it, constantly, the stutter omnipresent. She showed a remarkable amount of patience and care as she cleaned and combed the feral cat, gently and painstakingly combing out every single matted strand of hair and making sure the cat was clean and comfortable.

The shadows couldn't help but be slightly taken aback. She seemed completely focused on making sure the cat was happy and healthy, and she didn't even seem to mind that she was making a mess of her kitchen in the process. 

​​She scooped said up in a fluffy towel, rubbing it up and the cat purred, looking at her with two eyes that stared in two different directions. It was still the ugliest cat the shadows had ever seen, but she seemed to utterly adore it.

"You need - need a name," she told the cat seriously. She seemed to take this decision very seriously, as if the cat's name was a reflection of his identity. The cat in question was clearly enjoying the attention, purring contentedly as it was rubbed with a fluffy towel. "I thi-ink you are a boy. How about...Hector," she said finally, as if she had carefully considered many options before settling on this one. "I think it suits you.”

"How about some tu...tuna, Hector?" she asked him seriously. "I'll even give...give you the good crystal."

She couldn’t be serious, could she?

Apparently, she was. She fed the mangy back alley cat from a fancy little crystal dish that she put a tin of tuna into with a flourish, putting out another dish with water right next to it. 

She slipped off the apron she had put on, printed with ditsy little florals and sat down next to the cat. Hector happily scarfed down everything she was offering and then came to curl himself up on her lap. “I have a bad track record with males,” she told the cat seriously. “They end up cheating on me with my sister.”

The statement caught the shadows off guard. What? 

Despite that admission she she continued to gently stroke the cat in her lap, clearly finding some comfort in his company. "I'll feed you all the tuna I can find, if you keep me company," she told the cat softly. "I could really use some company."

That wasn’t…that wasn’t what the shadows had expected. Bu the Hector purre, the sound rough and growly and she giggled, sounding sweet and incandescently happy. 

She wanted companionship. That was clear. And she was also used to beng the second choice, when the males she had been with, had cheated on her with her sister. 

They were intrigued. 

They kept watching, hiding between her books, that seemed to span every which genre as she got ready for bed. 

She took a bath, and they watched as she let down her hair from the thick braided bun it had been kept it, ripples of chocolate brown tresses falling down her back…she was pretty too. 

Pretty with dark hair and blue eyes, with lush curves that were swathed into a pair of blue silk pyjamas.

She opened a chest at the end of her wrought iron bed, going through it for a moment and then pulling out a fluffy blanket, into which she wrapped Hector in. 

“Here, you..you can have that one,” she said softly, placing the cat at the end of her bed. “Let’s go to sleep.”

And so she went to sleep, curled up between floral sheets, and the cat purring at her feed and the shadows watched. 

They stayed.  

While she slept, they explored her house, searching for everything that they could learn about her. Searched for a name and her job or her hobbies and…

The answer was found in the desk that was tucked beneath her window in the living room. 

Dozens of pages filled with loopy handwriting were covering it. Drafts of her newest novel. A romance novel. 

Just a few moments later they found a stack of letters…and then were very confused for a little while, because there were letters addressed to two different females. Skylar Alden…and one Sellyn Drake. 

It took them a moment until they realised that both names contained the same letters.

Skylar Alden was Sellyn Drake.

Sellyn Drake, the bestselling romance author. Sellyn Drake, who Lady Death loved to read. Sellyn Drake, whose identity was a secret...

Skylar Alden was Sellyn Drake. 

Skylar Alden, who seemed to prefer to be called Sky, signing everything with just these three letter…and who doted on Hector, the ugly cat..She was also Sellyn Drake, Bestselling Romance Novel Author extraordinaire. 

And she seemed very much content with keeping that a secret. 

But why? 

Why did she chose to hide her identity? Was she afraid of the fame that came with success? Or did she prefer to remain anonymous and blend in with the everyday world? 

The Shadows were intrigued. 

Was this the only secret Sky was hiding? 

The Shadows kept an eye her over the following days. 

They waited for her to do something that would put her out of the running as Master’s wife. Waited for her to have some kind of flaw that they couldn't deal with...but there was nothing.

Absolutely nothing.

They closely monitored her every move, and half the time she didn’t even leave her apartment, preferring to stay curled up inside, write her books, and cuddle with Hector, the cat.

For cauldron’s sake…she even knitted the ugly cat a sweater so he wouldn’t get cold because his belly didn’t have any fur after she had removed all these mats!

There was nothing, absolutely nothing, that they could find in her life that could even be construed as unkind. 

Sky had a bank account that was full thanks to the books she wrote…and all she paid for with it, was her rent, her food, her regular mail orders of more books…She even donated to one of the orphanages in Velaris, for crying outloud! 

Sometimes she went down to the fishmonger and bought ridiculously expensive tuna for Hector, who she spoiled rotten. 

Though that one trip to the harbour…where the shadows hid in her handbag…well, that one trip explained why she seemed more than content to stay in the privacy of her own home for most of the time. 

Her stutter got exponentially worse when she tried to talk to another person, when it wasn’t just herself and the cat that she liked reading her books aloud to... 

Especially when the person she tried to talk to was an impatient fishmonger that rolled his eyes at her stutter. The Shadows as Sky’s cheeks turned a ruddy red, embarrassment clouding around her thickly. 

The shadows silently bristled. 

She acquired her tuna, paid silently and then kept her head down as she headed back home, cheeks still read, while blue, blue eyes filled with tears. 

And that…that was just pissing the shadows off. 

She hadn’t even been doing anything! She had just stuttered while asking for fish!

It wasn’t like she was doing this on purpose!

One tendril from the Shadows darted out of her bag, waiting until Sky was far enough away that that idiotic fishmonger wouldn’t think she had anything to do with it…

And then they only needed to loose that pesky little screw that kept one of the legs of his table attached…Screw you, Fishmonger. Let that be a lesson to be nicer to other people 

Another customer accidentally jostled said table just seconds later and the shadows snickered to themselves as the fish went flying. 

The tendril silently returned to Sky’s handbag, as she made her way back home. 

Hector got some of the Tuna cut up into small pieces on the good crystal bowl…and Sky gently scratched him behind his ears the whole time. 

The Shadows silently wondered if Master would enjoy being scratched behind his ears, as well. 

“I’ll ha--have dinner with my family to…tonight. You’ll stay here, al-alright? I’ll be back soon,” she promised the cat. 

Hector just purred at her, nuzzling against her hand before the cat began to dig into the tuna as though he would never be fed again.

Her family. Well, the Shadows would totally come along for that…who knew, maybe her family was just as lovely as she was!

They were not in fact as lovely, as she was.

It started with the very first words of her mother who opened the door, Sky juggling her purse and a paper covered tray from a bakery: “Did you bring dessert? It’s not like you should eat any of that.”

Sky paused at her mother's words, the small smile that had graced her face vanishing like water in the sand.

And then it returned, but the difference between her true smile and her fake smile were so... stark.

"Hi-i. I brou… I brought cake," she said, holding out the tray towards her. "Where do you….Whe-ere do…where do-o you want me to…to put it?"

Her voice was shaking. And she was stuttering…stuttering even worse than she had done with that fishmonger.

“Talk properly, Skylar,” her mother admonished her harshly. “Put it in the kitchen.”

Sky gave a small nod, but her eyes were downcast as the Shadows followed her into the house. 

The Shadows were...not impressed with Sky's mother. It was clear that her stutter wasn’t something that she could help, but instead was something that came out stronger when she was nervous or anxious or around other people. 

Sky set the cake on the counter and glanced towards the dining room. The table was already set, surrounded by other people, that the shadows took in, while hiding in the curtains of the living room: 

Sky’s mother was taller than her, blonde and grey eyed. The shadows also got their first glimpse at what probably was her sister. Looking just like her mother, tall and slender…accompanied by a red haired male. And then there was another blonde male, probably a brother…and an older male, who must be her father. At least he shared her dark hair.

“Ah there you are Skylar,” the blonde female greeted her, her voice sickly sweet.

"Hi Claire. Hi-i…ever…everyone," she murmured looking as though she would rather be anywhere but here.

Her eyes briefly flitted to her father. He gave a small nod, but otherwise he looked… indifferent. As though he did not even care.

"We've been waiting for you," her mother said, her voice sharp and curt, "Sit." Sky didn't respond, just moved quickly to the table. She settled down in one of the empty spots, clasping her hands on her lap.

"...Is this what you call fashion?" her sister scoffed.

Sky looked down at her outfit. 

As far as the shadows could tell, there was nothing wrong with it. I cream coloured blouse, a blue skirt…It was a rather pretty outfit in the Shadow's opinion. Sky looked beautiful and charming to them. 

“Did you gain weight, again?” The red haired male said with a roll of his eyes. “You always had a horrible sweet tooth.”

What. 

Since when did that make polite dinner conversation?

Sky didn't respond, even when the shadows could see her hands tightening around each other, looking down as her mother let out an exasperated sigh. “You’ll never find a male like this,” her mother snorted. “Males don’t like it if girls don’t keep up their appearances. The least you could do is try.”

"I'm...sor...re...sorry," the stuttering had gotten worse, Sky practically shrinking into her seat. She was fidgeting, looking as though she wanted to disappear into herself and the Shadows wished that they could just sweep her far away from here.

“How is work?” Her brother asked flatly at that moment. “Still editing your stupid romance novels? I still think you should do something slightly more useful.”

So even they didn’t know. 

Sellyn Drake was a secret even from her family. But then, if her family talked to her like that and it was…normal…then the shadows weren’t surprised. 

“What else is she supposed to do?” the red haired male asked with a snort. “It’s not like she has any skills.”

Sky flinched, not looking at him. The shadows wondered if that was one of the males that had cheated on her with her sister. 

“Oh, come on, Admon. She has some skills,” her sister said at that moment, giving another winning smile. “She can annoy everybody around her with her inability to speak properly.” 

Wow. 

Sky didn’t even flinch. Sky did nothing. 

She just...sat there through all the comments. Sky didn't even try to defend herself.

The whole dinner went by like that. Comment after comment after comment. About her work, about her body, about her clothing, about her stutter… Sky barely had any dinner because every time she picked up her fork with food on it, her mother was shooting her a sharp look. So she left most of the food on her plate and the shadows wanted to bristle. 

She maybe wasn’t as thin as her mother or her sister but that didn’t make her any less beautiful or any less deserving of food! 

When they weren’t making prickly comments about sky, her older brother Orin and Claire, her sister were only talking about themselves. It was quite useful only because the shadows learned stuff like the fact that Claire and Admon were engaged to be married and that Orin was working at a bank…

But none of that information made it worth for them to treat her like that. 

Eventually the dinner finally ended after what felt like an eternity. Sky looking as though she could hardly wait to leave. She rose, and the Shadows quickly into her purse her as she grabbed her purse and her jacket.

"Leaving already?" her mother frowned, standing as well. 

"I…It's get…getting…late." Sky said, her eyes not even lifting to look at her mother.

The words were barely out of her mouth before her mother's hand darted out, gripping her jaw tightly and causing the Shadows to let out a warning hiss. Sky winced in pain as her mother forced her to look up.

“At least try to be polite, if you are utterly useless.”

Sky's eyes widened in pain as her lip wobbled. She looked as though she was going to cry, her hands clenching and unclenching as she tried to stay calm. "I'm…sor-r-r-ry." She whispered.

But her mother didn't even release her grip. "Don't talk to me like you are the one being wronged. Look at you. Who would want you like this?"

The Shadows bristled at her mother's words. Everyone would want her like this, they thought angrily. We would want her like this.

Sky swallowed thickly, trying to fight her tears. She was trembling, trembling from head to toe.

"I'm sor-rry. Pl-please. Let me go." She stammered.

Her mother simply sneered, and shoved her backwards, Sky nearly falling as she stumbled. "You'll never amount to anything." She said coldly. "You're nothing more than a disappointment."

Sky looked absolutely mortified at her mother's words, tears starting to fall from her eyes as she looked down at her feet. She looked like a wounded animal, like someone who had given up. And it made the Shadows burn with anger. How could her own family be so cruel to her? Didn't they see how kind she was? Or how…how sweet she was?

Sky took a step backwards, and then she was running, practically fleeing out the door, rushing into the night. She was almost running, her breaths ragged as every gasp she took sounded as though she was trying to smother her sobs.

Finally, she slowed down, but didn't stop walking.

She just kept walking, her head down, tears still falling down from her wide eyes. Finally, she slowed down, but didn't stop walking. She made her way back home, shoulders caved in, looking utterly and completely miserable, as opened her door with her key…and then the damn burst. 

And she collapsed right on the floor in her hallway, great, heaving sobs escaping her.  

And the shadows just knew one thing with utter certainty: They were going to fix this. They were going to fix this for her and Master.

Even when it was the last fucking thing they did. 

[autumna-potentia]

How does dating work for Witch? Would each one of them date a different person or would they all date one person? And couldn't the latter be considered polyamory?

"Dating's off the table for us. If I had my druthers, it'd be easy, but not even I know how we could work this out. I tried having a partn'r back when we were in the coven.. And I had this sinking feelin' in my stomach that I was doing something wrong. It might have been the people there, but I felt as if I was backstabbin' Blake's relationship, even though the two were on break then. So I don't think it's a good idea for each of us to date a different person."

"Then there's also Kit, who... Makes this whole situation more difficult. I still love the little one like they're my own family, but I reckon they don't want to be involved in anything romantic or sexual. Rune's too big for his britches and Cyrus' ready to make a feather duster outa ya if he suspects ya, but these two could probably still be part of a relationship."

"But.. uh... we ain't too sure if it'd be a poly thing if almost all o'us dated one person. That always made us fly off the handle back in the coven."

[crowcrash]

The Jade Winglet

you are welcome to use my designs as long as you credit me :)

design notes:

Moon is a dark almost greenish black color, and has a silver almost diamond shape on her nose and chest. Hatching under two full moons, she has a teardrop on the back corners of her eyes as a mark of her mind reading abilities, and a smaller front teardrop as a mark of a seer. She is remarkably large for her age, a trait she got from her father, but is still one of the smaller members of her winglet.

Not much about Winter's design. He is stocky, has clusters of darker scales on his face, a darker nose, and is remarkably shiny even by IceWing standards. He continues to wear the earring from Qibli, claiming he doesn't trust Darkstalker's magic to be entirely gone without it, when in reality he secretly likes the connection to Qibli and his winglet.

Peril is very large for a SkyWing, and is the tallest of the winglet. Shes very muscular and her scales are abnormally bright and shiny in comparison to the other tribes. She is almost iredescent in the sun and practically glows. She has VERY large, unblinking eyes that are a startling shade of blue (an eye color already uncommon in the Sky Kingdom) and is known for intensely staring people down without meaning to do so. Despite being firescales she is covered in small scars from brief nicks in battle before her opponents perished.

Turtle is very short and stocky in build, and is the shortest of the winglet as he carries himself very low to the ground. Hes very freckled and alongside the golden armband he wears gold stud earrings. His horns are twisted and almost silvery, a trait he shares with every animus dragon. He bares a striking resemblance to his ancestor Fathom, however he is shorter and stockier than he was.

Qibli is lanky and awkward in appearance, with long legs and a thin, gangly body. He is unkempt in appearence, with crooked teeth and freckles and scars covering his body from his rough up bringing in The Scorpion Den (the scar from Cobra being the two slashes on the front of his nose) and is surprisingly tall, taller even than Winter, but because of their differences in posture (Winter's being perfect to a T and making himself appear much larger than he is and Qibli's being nonexistent) he appears much smaller than he really is. Like all SandWing’s, he has a darker patch under his eyes to help with seeing in intense sunlight.

Umber looks very similar to Clay in appearance, with hazel eyes and warm scales. Unlike Clay, Umber is significantly smaller and thinner in frame and is covered in large freckles. He has a lighter patch on his chest, his ears are long and hang down, he has a long scar on his snout and neck, and his right horn has a blunted tip from the battles he fought in the war.

Like Umber Carnelian shares many scars from the battles she fought in the war, most notably being the chunk missing from her left ear and the several long slashes across her face. I like to think that had Carnelian lived longer and Umber remained in the winglet the two of them would’ve become close friends, and eventually Carnelian would’ve become protective of the other dragonets in her winglet.

I struggled getting Kinkajou’s colors right; i wanted to make her bright and include her iconic pink/yellow scales, but i wanted to make her less neon and have more believable tones down hues. I also wanted to include some orange and reds to show her more fiery side.

[realspacejunk]

Rescue in the Sky

A long time ago, since the rivers were young and the lands unnamed, when the races were still few and the world untouched by evil, the race of the Lati carried song and message between the great temples of the gods and their servants. For many ages, their deeds were worthy of many tellings and songs, for their minds were sharp, and their wings were swift. In the air, no being could outpace them. And wherever they flew, they wore armour made in the forges of Heatran, and soaring over the clouds of the heavens, they shone in the light of the sun like a day star.

But like most things from the time of old, they have now mostly passed into legend. Their ruin was one of the first tragedies of the Oath Breaking, and few remain after the world was cast into ruin and remade. No longer do the Lati travel the skies and bring tidings from the far corners of the world, and only once in many years are mortals of great fate blessed with their presence, and their songs only bring grief and the sense of memories lost.

Grim seems the fate of the Lati. Yet it was said in the last revelation of the Xatu Seers, which was told before the arrival of the Exiles of Man, that the race of the sky has been healing and waiting for the turning of the world, and that a day will come when the Great Sages return and call upon them, and the holy messengers will once more decent to the Earth, and with their aid the great pillars of evil shall be broken, and the race of Man will renew their oaths, and the world will be mended.

[creatorbiaze]

got bored, generated some incorrect quotes with the Fallen Pantheon

Vizerxa: Genesis, I don’t think I can handle any more of your tomfuckery.

Genesis: Oh yeah? Well I can keep going until you’re all tomfuckered out!

Light Song: *Turns on the kitchen light*

Videns: *Sitting at the table, eating bread*

Light Song: It’s four in the morning.

Videns: Turn the light back off.

Genesis: Maybe the real monster was the friends we both literally and figuratively murdered along the way.

Vizerxa, to Snow Sky: One universe, nine planets, seven seas, seven continents, and I had the unfortunate luck of meeting you.

Star Seer: Hey, that’s not very nice-

Snow Sky: There are only eight planets, you uncultured swine!

Star Seer, forgetting about Vizerxa: VIVA LA PLUTO, FUCK YOU!

Videns, grinning: Before you were what?

Genesis: Before I was-

Videns: What?

Genesis: Before I was inter-

Videns: Before you were interrupted?

Genesis: Cut me off one more time and I swear I'll-

Videns: What?

Genesis: *makes frustrated sound*

Snow Sky, nervously: Stop that. Before they hurt you.

Star Seer, rushing into the room: It’s terrible, just terrible! I am so upset!

Snow Sky: Star Seer, honey, sit down! Sweetheart, tell us all about it. Blood Moon, would you get Star Seer some water?

Blood Moon: What are they gonna do with water? Has water ever made you feel better when you were upset? Have you ever heard anyone say, “Thank God, the water’s here!”?

*the squad is at a dinner party but someone has been murdered*

Genesis: You’re acting pretty carefree for someone who’s life’s at stake. Who’s to say you aren’t the killer?

Snow Sky: It’s a murder, not a tax audit. I’ll be fine.

Aella: What about Star Seer? Nobody ever suspects Star Seer!

Star Seer: Well what about Videns? They have a gun!

Videns: Genesis has a knife.

Genesis: Yeah, for fun, not for murder! *stabs Aella in the arm*

Aella: I didn’t know that air fryers are a real thing. Used to think that they were made up by the internet as a funny joke and that their purpose was to “fry air”.

Blood Moon: WAIT, BUT IT FRIES THE AIR TO FRY THE FOOD??

Aella: I DIDN’T KNOW IT WAS A KITCHEN APPLIANCE, MY FIRST ASSUMPTION WAS SOMETHING AKIN TO AN AIR CONDITIONER!

Amatus: IT’S NOT LIKE AN AIR CONDITIONER????

Vizerxa: You guys clearly don’t own an air fryer.

Videns: What are your adjectives?

Genesis: …You mean my pronouns?

Videns: No, I know what your pronouns are! What are your adjectives?

Genesis: …I dunno. What are yours?

Videns: Noisy and chaotic!

Genesis: I’ve never had something go from making no sense to making complete sense so quickly.