#shadow and bone starter

[multistoty]

For my grishaverse muses , I have read the books and seen the show

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Muses include: Wylan, Matthias, Kaz, Inej, (selective) Jesper, Nina, Alina, Mal, (selective) Nikolai,genya , and Zoya

[rainyprompts]

✧✦⭒ SHADOW & BONE S1 —

a collection of random dialogue prompts from season one of shadow and bone! change all pronouns/gendered language as you need!

❛When I was young, I was afraid of the dark.❜

❛Who can hear a whisper here?❜

❛Have you ever put out a fire by adding more fire?❜

❛You don’t seem like the type that does what they should.❜

❛What information do you have for me tonight?❜

❛Either you take your time or you take your chances.❜

❛No businessman worth his salt bargains for what he can take.❜

❛Answer the question. What are you?❜

❛Never make decisions out of fear, only spite.❜

❛Drive a knife into their heart.❜

❛You would choose their life over my freedom?❜

❛Planning on making a break for it?❜

❛Now call the sun.❜

❛Pray, scream, do whatever you have to do to push this out of your mind and move on.❜

❛The bone road ebbs and the bone road flows.❜

❛Our saint has arrived too late.❜

❛That’s why you look at me like that, isn’t it?❜

❛Are witches so used to deceit, they can’t accept good manners?❜

❛No saint ever watched over me… not like you have.❜

❛I will not take scraps from the likes of you.❜

❛Am I… disturbing you?❜

❛Your show of power will determine who will remain our ally.❜

❛Where did you learn to be so commanding?❜

❛You will become even more dangerous, still.❜

❛I thought I had more time to prepare you, but it’ll have to wait.❜

❛I… I killed him.❜

❛Oh, I always have hope. Even you can’t kill that.❜

❛If you put her/him/them in harm’s way, think about what I might do.❜

❛So there is a brain inside all that muscle.❜

❛They knew I was more important than any of them.❜

❛Your wet clothes will be the death of you.❜

❛A good magician is a good con artist. The trick is to make it look real.❜

❛It’s not natural for someone to be as stupid as they are tall and yet, oh, there you stand.❜

❛I just settled our tab with the last of our coin.❜

❛I may not see you just yet, but I can hear your heart racing.❜

❛Using my power is definitely changing me.❜

❛Their blood is on your hands as much as mine.❜

❛If not saints, what do you even believe in?❜

❛Do you know the only thing more powerful than you or me? The two of us together.❜

❛Choosing friendship over survival was not a luxury I could afford.❜

❛Telling half the story is not the same as lying.❜

❛You could have made me your equal. Instead you made me this.❜

❛Fine, make me your villain.❜

❛What can you really do on your own?❜

❛They are infernally happy there.❜

❛I can’t wait to introduce you to my truest love.❜

❛How do you claim such power?❜

❛I don’t have to kill you. Your past will do it for me.❜

❛It’s dangerous to go looking for the dead.❜

❛Saints become martyrs before they get to become heroes.❜

[myst1cals]

NO LIGHT WITHOUT DARKNESS .. an assortment of quotes from season 2 of shadow and bone.

we've been framed for murder.

why is the sun so important to a privateer?

there's a whole world to see once we're not fugitives.

you think you know who you are not because you've suffered for a moment?

are you willing to sacrifice that which is most precious to you?

what you just did was impressive and also very illegal.

i have returned, and i made some new friends.

there's adventure, danger, money? now you're speaking my language.

the past informs everything. it is the wound that will not heal.

perhaps now you’re getting an inkling of what it’s like to be hunted.

you live in a single moment. i live in a thousand.

there is a cost, always, to making difficult choices.

suffering is as cheap as clay and twice as common.

it will give me some comfort to know you’re with me, in the shadows.

let’s go take down the king.

the trick is not to love anything.

being myself is a luxury I cannot often indulge.

all creatures have a weakness.

i was always honest with you with the things that matter.

i have seen what you truly are, and i have never turned away. i never will.

the problem with wanting is that it makes us weak.

you can’t unlearn that sort of hatred.

the power was angry, but it was mine, mine alone.

the whole world will hear it when I make her scream.

home. so much about it defines who you become.

this isn’t a return home; it’s a return to the scene of the crime.

who are you without your vengeance?

fight me as long as you’re able. you’ll find i have more practice with eternity.

i’m the final piece of the puzzle.

know that i loved you. know that it was not enough.

i’ll never know a love more than this.

you’re all I’ve ever wanted. you’re the whole of my heart.

you have a bad habit of acting a fool and calling it heroic.

there is no light without darkness.

without me, know that they will come for you.

if this path leads me back to you, we’ll know what we have is ours, and ours alone. choice. not destiny. choice.

there is no place for secrets when you sit upon the throne.

[heyitsspaceace]

shout out to shadow and bone season 2 being the gayest season yet

[umbrarezku]

plotting / starter call!

[rphelperblog]

King of Scars Quote RP Meme

inspired by @multistoty @stormlit @stcrmhund @amruination

book by Leigh Bardugo

“Stop punishing yourself for being someone with a heart. You cannot protect yourself from suffering. To live is to grieve. You are not protecting yourself by shutting yourself off from the world. You are limiting yourself.” 

“When the gods give you another look at the world, best enjoy it.” 

“Boys and girl who had always seemed nice enough until they developed a taste for others' tears.” 

“Everyone is so concerned with the naming of their wounds and the tending of them, It's tiresome.” 

“Fear is a phoenix... You can watch it burn a thousand times and still it will return.” 

“Our first job is always to survive. I won’t apologize for it.” 

“I’d like to see if an excess of irony can actually kill a man.” 

“I’ll do all of it. But not tonight. Tonight let’s pretend we’re an old married couple.” 

“I was just so excited, Finally something went wrong and I had nothing to do with it.” 

“In death, a man may become anything at all.” 

“It's a very arduous path. Who will carry my snacks?” 

“We pretend the pain isn't there, that we are made of scars instead of wounds.” 

“These people did not deserve her tears, only her anger.” 

“My only comfort is that you never could have been mine. But know that I would have gladly been yours.” 

“Women don't want to be seduced. They want to be seen and listened to. You can't do either of those things if you're thinking up strategies on how to win her over.” 

“You say exile, I say extended holiday.” 

“You've spent your life only choosing the paths at which you knew you could excel. It's made you lazy.” 

“Beware of power. There is no amount of it that can make them love you.” 

“So many of my old friends, gathered in one place.” 

“No one wants to look to closely at another person's pain.” 

“Hand me that brandy, I can’t tolerate this degree of stupidity on a clear head.” 

“To live is to grieve.” 

“Don't ask me to sacrifice the hope of the living for the comfort of the dead.”

“Progress is a river. It cannot be called back once it leaps its banks.” 

“If you listened to a man's words, you might learn his wants. The trick was to look into his heart and discover his needs.” 

“How could the world be falling apart before sunrise? It wasn't civilized.” 

“I think fatigue suits you. The pallor. The shadows beneath your eyes. You look like a heroine in a novel. "

"I look like a woman about to step on your foot. "

“If we don't dream, who will?” 

“I know how strong you are. My death will not be the thing that defeats you.”

“They need a leader, not a monster born of nightmares.” 

“Stop punishing yourself for being someone with a heart.” 

“We hope or we falter.” 

“But if you loved a thing, the work was never done” 

You are owed nothing. Steel is earned. Remember who you are.” 

“They did not look to each other for comfort. They kept each other marching.” 

“Fears are like weeds. They grow wild if left unattended.” 

“One could plot violent espionage and still hope for dessert.” 

“I like to bet on myself whenever I can. But usually with other people’s money.” 

“They would build a new world together. But first they had to burn the old one down.” 

“Is that all? Will you be taking up juggling as well?'

'Don't be ridiculous, I already know how to juggle. Literally and figuratively.” 

"You've never theatened to murder anyone for me before."

“You are strong enough to survive the fall” 

“Say something spiteful.Because I’m fairly certain I'm hallucinating and in my dreams you're much nicer.”

“It's not exciting if nothing can go wrong.” 

“Everyone mourns the first blossom. Who will grieve the rest who fall?” 

When you purse your lips like that, you look like you’ve made love to a lemon.” 

“You cannot worry about what came before or what happens next, what has been lost or what you might gain. There is only this moment.” 

“Blessing and curse are different words for the same thing.”

“Do that thing you do where you use too many words to say something simple and confuse the issue.”

 “Most of us can hide our greatest hurts and longings. It’s how we survive each day. We pretend the pain isn’t there, that we are made of scars instead of wounds.”

“I'm not keen on riot. Unless they involve dancing, but I believe those are usually referred to as parties.” 

“People are always looking for someone to blame for their suffering.” 

“This time I saved you. This time, I got it right.” 

“We're trained to understand the ordinary, to fear difference, even if that difference is divine.” 

“Hope was the wind that came from nowhere to fill your sails and carry you home.” 

 “Most women suffer thorns for the sake of the flowers, but we who wield power adorn ourselves with flowers to hide the sting of our thorns” 

“The monster is me and I am the monster.” 

"Everything tastes like doom, "

“My king lies bleeding. I am his subject and his soldier, and I come to fight for him.” 

"Where did he get the suit? How did he fasten the buttons? Why does he feel the need to dress for the occasion?”

“The public may forget how handsome I am.”

“I doubt it. Your face is on the money.” 

“Lay down the thorn, boy king. Haven’t you earned a bit of rest? Aren’t you tired?'

“All fuels burn differently. Some faster, some hotter. Hate is one kind of fuel. But hate that began as devotion? That makes for another kind of flame.” 

“Lost faith is the roots of a forgotten wood, waiting to thrive once more.” 

“I'd rather look at a thing squarely than let it catch me by surprise.”

“The secret... I suppose the secret is that I cannot stand being alone. But there are some places no one can go with us.”

We’ll tell each other lies as married couples do. It will be a good game. Go on, wife. Tell me I’m a handsome fellow who will never age and who will die with all of his own teeth in his head. Make me believe it.” 

“I can't change what my ancestors did. I can only hope to repair some of the damage and set us on a different course.” 

[dynastymuses]

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character key

(🍊 is high muse) (🌊muses i want plots for) (🧁new muses)

shadow&bone/grishaverse

alina starkov 🍊🌊

kaz brekker🍊🌊

inej ghafa🌊

nina zenik🌊

wylan van eck🌊

genya safin🌊🧁

nikolai lanstov🌊

tolya yul bataar🌊🧁

matthais helvar🌊

[starlsssankt]

❝ Due to personal reasons, I will be named an enemy of the state. ❞

open starter / open to ANYONE

[roguelov]

Watching shadow and bone and having read all the books years ago is like *squinting at the tv* ok did that happen in the books? Wait what changed? Ok that’s different for sure … I think

[oakthcrn]

A small starter call in Lark's grishaverse! Her grishaverse can be found here.

[multistoty]

One line open

“Do you make a habit of hovering?”

[multistotyrpasks]

inspired by @demjin-hands

[therooftopsofketterdam]

Starter call

Alright this is my first starter call :) just click the heart and I will write something up for you. Please specify if you are a multimuse and if you have any wishes for a specific verse.

[pleinsdemuses]

Ooc: In the mood for a Zoya x Nikolaï thread... 👀 Who's interested?

[umbrarezku]

open starter. open to anyone! feel free to continue in a new post or reblog this one. plot: idk. was looking for something cozy but can go in any direction (action, adventure, etc.)

The Darkling wasn't the type for festivities. He was the type of person to stay in isolation, away from prying eyes --- attention was always on him, quite the opposite that his powers would suggest, he was the central focal point of a room. All he asked for was a break for one day.

Slate eyes flutter upward as his attention is pulled away from the book he was reading to the sound of the wooden door to his study opening. The expectation was of being pulled back to the fête, much to his chagrin, but as the realization set in he could only feel relief. Being pulled away from his book and glass of alcohol only would have been an irritant.

"Is there something I can help you with?" Aleksander doesn't particularly care if they're supposed to be here or not; they're not posing a threat to him, but... are they really here to see him and not at the festivities?

[rphelperblog]

Part one of Kaz Brekker Quote Rp Meme

inspired by @multistoty​ @demjin-hands​

“Greed bows to me. It is my servant and my lever.” 

“What doesn't kill me better run.” 

“We can rest when we're rich” 

“Better to get fat on information than starve on good manners.”

“I have a conscience, It just knows when to keeps its mouth shut”

“When everyone knows you're a monster, you needn't waste time doing every monstrous thing.” 

“I want you to stay. I want you to...I want you.” 

“And I'm going to get my girl.” 

“Only disgusting thing about it is that I didn’t think of it first.”

“Do not be afraid. Fear is how they control you. Their’s so much in the world you don’t have to be afraid of, if only you would open your eyes.” 

I have met plenty of men who call themselves kings.” 

“i’m a business men. No more. No less.”

“You were angry. Angry wears off. I needed you righteous.”

“I don’t hold a grudge. I cradle it. I coddle it. I feed it fine cuts of meat and send it to the best schools. I nurture my grudges,”

“The really bad monsters never look like monsters” 

“We will be queens and kings.”

“What do you think my forgiveness looks like?”

“The easiest way to steal a man’s wallet is to tell him you’re going to steal his watch. You take his attention and direct it where you want it to go.”

"Because I've been looking for an excuse to talk to you for two days.” 

“We can endure all kinds of pain. It’s shame that eats men whole.” 

“Is my tie straight?”

“Curse you and your Saints,"

“How many times have you told me you're a monster? So be a monster. Be the thing they all fear when they close their eyes at night.”

“Sometimes, the only way to get justice is to take it for yourself.” 

“It’s not a metaphor.”

“I’m pragmatic. If I were cruel, I’d give him a eulogy instead of a conversation.”

“I don’t want your prayers,”

“I'm not susceptible to flattery, only stacks of cash” 

“You can only sharpen a blade so far, In the end, it comes down to the quality of the metal.” 

“I protect my investments.

"Oh, it's worse than that. If I fail, I don't get paid.” 

“Crows remember human faces. They remember the people who feed them, who are kind to them. And the people who wrong them too. They don’t forget. They tell each other who to look after and who to watch out for.” 

Next time you plan to impress me give me some warning.” 

“Be the thing they all fear when they close their eyes at night.”

“When you can't beat the odds, change the game.”

“If you didn’t like the weather, you didn’t rush into the storm—you waited until it changed. You found a way to keep from getting wet.” 

"You see, every man is a safe, a vault of secrets and longings. Now, there are those who take the brute's way, but I prefer a gentler approach - the right pressure applied at the right moment, in the right place. It's a delicate thing.

“I would have come for you. And if I couldn't walk, I'd crawl to you, and no matter how broken we were, we'd fight our way out together-knives drawn, pistols blazing. Because that's what we do. We never stop fighting.”

“Who’d deny a poor cripple his cane?”

"If it were a trick, I'd promise you safety. I'd offer you happiness.”

“No, little brother. No one is stronger. You've cheated death too many times. Greed may do your bidding, but death serves no man.” 

"I've seen her do it twice. It worked splendidly. Once".

"The toughest mark is an honest one,Thankfully, they're always in short supply.” 

Doesn’t matter how big the gun is if you don’t know where to point it.” 

“When one plan was blown, you made a new one. When they backed you in to a corner, you cut a hole in the roof.” 

“I may not walk straight, but at least I don't run from a fight.” 

When they took everything from you, you found a way to make something from nothing.” 

“You really think they’ve built a cell that can hold me?” 

“What a luxury to turn your back on luxury.” 

"I love puzzles. Trickery is just my native language.” 

If your god is so delicate, maybe you should get a new one. Let’s get out of here.” 

“You draw on me again, I’ll break both your wrists, and you’ll have to hire someone to help you take a piss.” 

"It is very much our concern. And watch your tone.” 

“I'm pragmatic. If I were cruel, I'd give him an eulogy instead of a conversation.”