#story of Asdis

[thankskenpenders]

Is Mykael's weight being listed in "km" while his height is a correct "cm" unit just a typo or do they all have that

The other characters' heights and weights are all listed in marks and stone, a thing Ken's been doing since the Archie days because not using standard metric or imperial units makes it More Fantasy.

Likewise, he uses a confusing fictional calendar system in the book. Lara-Su's date of birth is given as "428 LSD (Local Solar Date) / Rev 3266," and the fact that he's given Mobius years of uncertain length makes it basically impossible to accurately translate characters' birth dates into human ages. (If we just assume the revolutions are equal to Earth years, Geoffrey would be like 68??? He's supposed to be in his 40s in Earth years.) But then the establishing shots in the actual stories use a unit called "chronons"?? I have no idea if those are supposed to be years or if they're supposed to be timeline designations or something

Anyway, bitching about Ken's unit choices asdie: yeah, it's probably just one of several typos in the book. I don't think Ken made up a fictional unit of weight for the one character from Earth when his height is listed in cm, and I also don't think he weighs 87.08 kilometers

[simstruhistory]

The Färbergs

Summer, day 09 of 28 - Year 001

Porvi starts the day by training archery! She wants to be a hunter and provide for her family!

While Porvi learns to hunt, Gudrun is harvesting and learning how to take care of the garden. She dreams of being a housewife and taking care of her own household.

Humbert is a very sick boy... so he tries to enjoy life as much as possible. He is trying to be stronger, but he gets tired often and feels like life is fading away...

Gudrun talks to the birds and learns about their ways and the ways of the woods.

Summer, Day 11 of 28 - Year 001

Hulda spends her morning knitting a new hug for the house and maybe a few more to sell on the weekend market.

Hulda eats the Creature Keeper's Mushroom Mash (TM) and she can finally talk with the birds. She feels as one with nature. She is learning how to talk to the animals and appreciate this place.

Porvi and Gudrun, in the meanwhile, forage for more foods to plant on their farm. Life is simple for them, but good.

Gudrun, Porvi and Humbert spend the afternoon together. Sharing stories and talking. They are so grown up!

Hulda brings Porvi to the village to sell their crops on the market. "Porvi, soon you will be a woman and you need to make connections to keep your farm."

Hulda helps the people from the village "They do ask for a lot here, uhu?"

Hulda goes back home, but not before foraging for some berries.

Hulda buys a chicken coop with the money from the farm. "Asdis, you are now a big girl; you have to have some responsibilities. You will take care of the chicken coop and you can keep some of the money from the egg sales."

Humbert works out to make himself stronger. He believes he can improve his health.

A very interesting celt visit their farm and makes all heads turn around. Weirdly, Hulda's head turns waaay more than it should.

Asdis takes her chicken to the village's fair.

Gudrun gathered some coins and bought herself some equipment to make baskets. She wants to make some money for her future.

[lal-ffxiv]

favorite: Does your OC have a favorite article of clothing or accessory? What is it? What's the meaning behind it? Do they wear it all the time or do they wear it sparingly to keep it safe? (All!)

Firstly for Asdis,

There are items that Asdis always has with her, but accessory-wise Asdis should always have one of these two rings. Her engagement ring and her fiance's family ring. The first he gave to on his first proposal, and the second he left to her when he died. Asdis doesn't have anything from her parents to carry with her, so these rings are symbols of all of Asdis's deceased loved ones. Asdis should wear them more sparingly given the rings' age, but she has them mended. Mended so often, one would doubt if it is the same ring at all.

Luka loves their Spriggan Jacket! Luka got two of them during the festival, because they adored it so much. One of the jackets hasn't been used at all as it was put away for safekeeping. The other one they wore until the festive fabric got very torn and worn. Now Luka keeps it in their storage unit (their apartment) with other keepsakes. This is much better because Luka tends to lose and replace clothes as they travel.

Luken's preferred accessory are earrings! While Luken does wear other jewlery, there rarely a day he goes without even brass earrings. There isn't one earring that Luken favors more than then the rest, but he is currently liking these flower ones he got on the market. However, Luken's most used pair are some simple sunstone earrings. Luken is always about practicality and necessity, but earrings are one of the small luxuries he allows himself solely because he wants the things. Why earrings though? Well that is a longer story, but it looks pretty and that is what is important.

Thank you @hares-and-hounds! I am so very glad you asked this question, because it was a lot of fun to answer!

oc asks: character design edition

[aria-i-adagio]

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tagged by @cumbiazevran tagging @motherofqups, @ankoku-jin, @hoochieblues and back around to @atypicalacademic

Then Asdi licked his fingers and pinched out the wick of the lamp, leaving Sindre to mull over the differences between his grandfather’s and his ama’s stories until he fell asleep.

[arofili]

Line of Elros Edit Series: Appendix D

Continued from Appendix C. This section will contain information on the Princes of Dol Amroth and the Chieftains of the Dúnedain.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Appendix A: Royalty of Númenor Appendix B: House of Andúnië, Royalty of Arnor Appendix C: Royalty of Gondor Appendix D: Princes of Dol Amroth, Chieftains of the Dúnedain (you are here!) Appendix E: Stewards of Gondor

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PRINCES OF DOL AMROTH

Note: The names of most of these characters come from Adûnaic, but after using a lot of Adûnaic in the Royalty of Númenor section of this project, I was running out of vocabulary to use. Instead I repurposed the fragments of the (often untranslated in canon) Adûnaic names canonical to the House of Dol Amroth and scoured through this Adûnaic dictionary for other words that might be useful. For untranslated words, I made a guess based on the meaning of the word or a similar word in another language, which I excuse because Adûnaic is sort of a language cobbled together from a bunch of other languages.

Following is a brief glossary of the terms I used to make most of these names. If a name element does not appear here, I probably borrowed it from one of these namelists.

GLOSSARY adra || “crossing” || meaning derived from Gnomish adros (related to Sindarin athrad) agla || “brilliant, glorious” || meaning derived from Adûnaic aglar alêth || “city” || canonical meaning ang[a] || “iron” || meaning derived from Sindarin ang / Quenya anga asdi || “hope” || a canonical Adûnaic word of unknown meaning; I made up its meaning batân || “road, path” || canonical meaning êluk || “past” || a canonical Adûnaic word of unclear meaning; I derived its meaning from Adûnaic tâidô, meaning “once, then” and supposedly a later form of this word had || “to hurl” || meaning derived from Sindarin hador, “thrower” hil || “son, child” || meaning derived from Sindarin [c]híl, “heir” hir || “lord” || meaning derived from Sindarin hîr imra || “valley” || meaning derived from Sindarin imrath karasa || “red” || canonical meaning limir || “chain” || meaning derived from Quenya limil rûkh || “to shout” || canonical meaning zâbath || “humble” || canonical meaning zâira || “yearning, longing” || canonical meaning zôr || “fire” || canonical meaning

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Adrahil I ft. Adrahil I, Zâbathasdî (OC), Imrazôr The history of Dor-en-Ernil is mostly canon. Adrahil’s involvement in Ondoher’s campaign is canon, but his fate in that conflict is unknown, and everything after his retreat to Ithilien is headcanon. Tolkien Gateway has a footnote I find somewhat amusing that emphasizes that we don’t know For Sure that Adrahil was Imrazôr’s father, because even though all the dates line up for that to be true Tolkien never explicitly said that, soooo..... I think there’s no reason he wouldn’t be Imrazôr’s father, but I guess it’s canonically possible he’s not.

Imrazôr ft. Imrazôr, Mithrellas Nimruphêr, Galador, Gilmith Amroth’s story is canon, though we don’t know that it specifically was Imrazôr who named the hill after him. All we know about Imrazôr and Mithrellas is their origin story about Mithrellas being lost in the woods and Imrazôr finding her, and that after Mithrellas bore Imrazôr two children she disappeared into the night. I’ve seen lots of varying interpretations of this story, including some where Imrazôr forced Mithrellas to marry her, but in my opinion nothing in the text confirms that theory. We don’t know for sure that Gilmith and Galador are twins, but since they were born in the same year and elf pregnancies are usually exactly a year long I think it’s the most likely scenario. Mithrellas is said to have left after her children were born, which usually I see interpreted as right after their births, but again nothing in the text says her departure was immediate so I think it makes more sense that she stayed until they were grown, at least. Galador does become his father’s heir (see the next edit) but we know nothing else about Gilmith, so their differing fates (mirroring Elros and Elrond’s) are entirely my headcanon. A while back I made an edit about Gilmith and Mithrellas reuniting, if you want to check that out (though I did go with the “Mithrellas leaves immediately” version of events there).

Galador ft. Galador, Zadnazîrî (OC), Minlubên (OC), Inzilkaras (OC) The distinction/transition between Dor-en-Ernil and Dol Amroth is never explicitly described in Tolkien’s work, but since the land was not called Dol Amroth until after Amroth’s rule (during Imrazôr’s reign) and Galador was the first prince of Dol Amroth specifically, I think my version of events fits into canon. He was not the first prince of his line, rather the first prince of that specific place-name. Everything about Galador’s choice of mortality and his reasoning behind it is headcanon. His wife, naturally, is unnamed and thus entirely my own creation. Here we get to the first of many “unnamed princes” - we know how many there were between Galador and the next named lord (Aglahad), but nothing else about them save the dates of their lives and rule. Which is still more than we know about the Lords of Andúnië!

Balakân ft. Balakân (OC), Avradizimril (OC), Zâinabên (OC), Imralêthî (OC), Angahil (OC), Abrazân (OC) Everything here is entirely my own invention. I realized after making this edit that the line of Dol Amroth was “unbroken” between Galador and Imrahil, meaning there was no uncle to nephew inheritance like this, but tbh that’s a minor detail I’m not fussed about contradicting.

Abrazân ft. Abrazân (OC), Zâirahirî (OC), Bawbuthôr (OC), Karbazîrî (OC), Avalôzîr (OC), Narakarî (OC), Gimlibên I (OC), Asdiphêl (OC), Zôrahad (OC), Agathilî (OC) All the events that occur in this edit are canonical, but everything to do with the involvement of anyone from Dol Amroth is my headcanon. All information about the Princes and their family is my own invention.

Alêthir ft. Alêthir (OC), Zâbathinzil (OC), Karsalimir (OC), Adrabatîna (OC), Gimlibên II (OC), Zimrasdî (OC), Rûkhir (OC), Batânaglar (OC), Zâirêluk (OC), Ûrîzôrî (OC) Same note as previous. Don’t worry, we’re getting back to semi-canonical stuff soon! The name “Karsalimir” is derived from “karasa+limir”; I shortened the first element for a better flow of the name. Adrabatîna’s name is glossed as “fortunate meeting” but literally means “crossing paths.”

Karazôr ft. Karazôr (OC), Zâiralêth (OC), Asdihil (OC), Lômihirî (OC) The 15th and 16th Princes did canonically die early; the 15th Prince was “slain by the Corsairs of Umbar” and the 16th was “slain in battle.” We don’t have specifics on either event, so an isolated skirmish with the Corsairs is plausible enough for the 15th Prince’s demise. The 16th Prince died in 2799, the same year as the end of the War of the Dwarves and Orcs that sent orcs fleeing to the White Mountains in southern Gondor, so while there is no proof I think it’s likely that is the conflict in which he perished. Karazôr’s name comes from “karasa+zôr”; again, I’ve shortened the first element for aesthetic purposes.

Aglazôr ft. Aglazôr (OC), Gimilzâirî (OC), Angharas (OC), Nîlubêlî (OC) The Battle of the Poros happened during the rule of the 17th Prince; it is conceivable he and his son would have fought in that conflict, but all information about them is entirely headcanon. Once more I have messed with the word “karas” as a name element: Angharas’ name comes from “ang(a)+karasa,” but in pushing those two elements together Angakarasa becomes something like Angharas.

Aglahad ft. Aglahad, Karasaphêl (OC), Angelimir, Minalzôrî (OC), Adrahil II Finally we get to actually canonical characters!! Although we don’t know anything at all about Aglahad or Angelimir other than their names and the usual dates. This is the time Ithilien was deserted and Henneth Annûn was founded, though Angelimir’s involvement is entirely my own speculation.

Adrahil II ft. Adrahil II, Branniel (OC), Ivriniel, Finduilas of Dol Amroth, Denethor II, The basic details of Finduilas’ story are canon, though I have embellished a bit (including Imrahil’s resentment of Denethor). Everything about Adrahil, Branniel, and Ivriniel is headcanon.

Imrahil ft. Imrahil, Malleneth (OC), Elphir, Erchirion, Amrothos, Lothíriel All of Imrahil’s deeds are canon, though they have been somewhat embellished. He was even canonically bros with Éomer! However, everything about everyone else in his family is headcanon, except that Lothíriel did indeed marry Éomer (though we don’t know how exactly that came to be).

Elphir ft. Elphir, Idhrenes (OC), Alphros We know nothing about Elphir and Alphros except for their names and relevant dates; all of this is headcanon.

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CHIEFTAINS OF THE DÚNEDAIN

Aranarth ft. Aranarth, Lorneth (OC), Amathim (OC), Arahael, Idhrion (OC) Aranarth is implied to have a younger brother, as the ROTK appendices indicate he is the elder son of Arvedui. He also had at least one other child, since Dírhael is “said to be a descendant of a younger branch of Aranarth.” I came up with a different version of Dírhael’s ancestry that I like better, interpreting “younger branch of Aranarth” to just broadly mean “a younger branch of Aranarth’s house,” but I decided I liked the idea of giving Arahael a sibling. The bit about Aranarth’s tracking ability was borrowed from Middle-earth Role Playing. Arahael was born decades after his father’s inheritance (unusual for the Dúnedain, but Aranarth was particularly young when Arvedui died); technically Aranarth gave the heirlooms of Arnor to Elrond shortly after Angmar was destroyed, but after reading this excellent fic by @nikosheba I’ve adopted the headcanon that instead that happened when Aranarth’s wife arrived in Rivendell. The circumstances of Arahael’s birth are mostly headcanon, though he was born and raised in Rivendell, as were all his heirs after him.

Arahael Arahael, Avorniel (OC), Aranuir, Bellassamdir (OC), Aravir, Daerís (OC), Aragorn I, Galadil (OC), Araglas, Aeneth (OC) We know basically nothing about everyone in this edit, except that Aragorn I was indeed killed by wolves. Everything else is headcanon.

Arahad I ft. Arahad I, Silivreneth (OC), Aragost, Alphalas (OC), Aravorn, Sírdhem (OC), Arahad II, Ellother (OC), Arassuil, Glórineth (OC) I’m not sure if it’s clear in the caption, but Celebrían was wounded during Arahad’s rule, not Aragost’s; however, Aragost was a grown man at the time and I imagined him taking an active role under his father’s jurisdiction. The Rangers as a group canonically fought back against the invasion of orcs into Eriador at this time, though Arassuil was not mentioned individually. All the major events in this edit are canonical, but any involvement of the Chieftains and their families is headcanon.

Arathorn I ft. Arathorn I, Dravoriel (OC), Argonui, Eithiar (OC) Arathorn was indicated to have died violently, but we don’t know the specifics of this death, and it happened near the end of his natural lifespan anyway. The War of the Dwarves and Orcs did happen at this time, which affected the politics of the area, but any involvement of the Dúnedain is headcanon.

Argonui ft. Argonui, Theriel (OC), Arador, Malríneth (OC), Arathorn II The events mentioned here are canonical, but most of how these characters reacted to them is headcanon. Arador’s death is canon, though the reason he was out in the Coldfells is unknown.

Eithiar ft. Eithiar (OC), Farion (OC), Dírhael, Gilbarad, Ivorwen, Gilraen Argonui having a sibling is entirely my idea; I decided it would be interesting if Gilraen and Arathorn II were more closely related than simply both being descendants of Aranarth. Everything about Gilbarad is headcanon except for his name and relation to Ivorwen. The story of Dírhael and Ivorwen’s disagreement over Gilraen’s marriage is canon, but has been embellished; the story of their own marriage is headcanon.

Arathorn II ft. Arathorn II, Gilraen, Aragorn II This is mostly based in canon, but the details have been embellished. Aragorn and Arwen are the only characters in this series that I used movie faceclaims for, just because I think they work really well.

Aragorn II Elessar ft. Aragorn II Elessar, Arwen Undómiel, Eldarion, Erthoril (OC), Eliominal (OC), Evrindil (OC) Everything about Aragorn is canon. This guy did a LOT of stuff. Arwen did indeed make the Standard of Elendil, but it is a headcanon (that I think I first got from @jaz-the-bard) that she reforged Andúril, and also that she was waiting to find the right people to be mortal with (that was also from Jaz, lol). Naturally, everything about their kids is headcanon except for the most basic information about Eldarion. Aragorn and Arwen canonically had several daughters; I made one actually be nonbinary because I felt like it. Eliominal is derived from elia “to bless” and menel “heavens”; it should properly be Eliormenel but I changed the spelling for aesthetic purposes, and also a nod to the common tongue (minal is the Adûnaic version of Q./S. menel). “Evrin” is an alteration of “Ivrin” which I translate as “crystal.” Tolkien Gateway says that Eldarion had at least one son but I went through their sources in Peoples of Middle-earth and found no mention of this. It is stated that it was prophesied he would rule a great kingdom that would last “a hundred generations of Men after him,” but the same text admits that it is unknown if that is true, and even that statement is not necessarily indicative that those “hundred generations” would be his direct descendants. It is equally likely that his kingship passed to a child of one of his sisters and that he himself was childless. Personally, I ship Eldarion with Elboron, so I’m choosing that version of events instead.

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CONTINUED IN APPENDIX E

[loonylein]

Sorry to bug! I love your art so much! How many OC's do you have and what universe do they belong in?☺

Oof that’S a though question... I had way to many, and most of them are inactive. I try to get them all together AND give you an pic too. And hopyfully to bring them all in some kind of order...

First I have the not-fandom related ones, that maybe were put into a AU one day but never really belonged there:

Aran, my first RP character

Maco and Jemes, two characters from Arans origin story.

Cedrey a tattoo artist and Arans best friend.

Lux, Cedreys sister.

Finnegan, I character I hated, then loved and then forgot about.

Morgan, I think in one AU she was Finns sister? Idk

But then again I also called her “Payton” and she had a trans twin brother named “Calen” (I think?)

A desert god from Arans origin story.

Scada, my first OC ever created. (He appears in Teresa Sporrers “Dragon Princess”)

Willow, a girl from Scadas origin story.

Evolet, the only RP char, from an RP that I actually finished with my partner.

I guess I once gave her a brother in a different AU? Dunno. She doesn’t look like Evolet.

Couryn, who was from a story I tried to write but never finished.

The Iron Prince, a character from Couryns origin story.

Lyra, a fairy from Couryns origin story.

Asdis a viking OC I created (and now that I think about it, she is the foundation of Kiris!!! OMg.... never noticed this before.)

Imir, her love interest

Idris - Imirs sister

Skull Queen, the stepmother of Asdis

Mona, my Luna Lovegood copy

This might be seen as Monas replacement or recovery?

Radish girl... because I thought I could keep a mascott. lol

Aiden 1 (because I later had another one named Aiden)

Linden aka “Blue” I guess she was a Cloe copy? I actually don’t remember ._.

Aiden 2 and James

Rosanne, a girl that once was part of a story I put Aiden in. It didn’t rest long.

Nik, another viking-ish OC (also a self insert)

Hermes and Pandora. Loved them when I created them, now they are pretty boring to me.

But they got an upgrade one day.

Erik and Tamnes, my Xt time trying to write a story.

A nameless elf girl with no origin story at all.

And I guess this one is the same? But I don’t remember ._.

They are new to the game and they don’t  have a story yet lmao. Probably won’t get one. 

In a Wolf!AU @thecrimsoncursed Noatak and my Lora (mentioned again if you scroll down) have children.

This is Loras Wolf!AU version tho.

I boy I don’t remember why I made him... I think he is called Jorek? Or Iorek? But I think he was also a werwolf.

Another werewolf without any purpose.

A bit arkward but I own two anthros too. Antonin and Virona.

And I found these. But I don’t know their story anymore.

NOW MY GUARDIANS (Eldayra Sona)

Loonys first version (yes there once was an OC named after my own alias)

Loonys second version

Alazka, my fox girl

After her Kiris became my guardian. I didn’t stick to one design tho...

Until I took her out of the world of Eldarya, gave a an origin story, a brother who can turn into a dragon... Now she is one of my favorite OCs and connects most of my characters with each other (for example Scada, my very first OC ever)

My last guardian with a name and story is Elean. I stopped using her when I stopped playing Eldarya.

MY CANDIES (my candy love sona)

My candy when I started drawing, “Shayia” just like my username.

My candy when I started making stories about her with friends, called her “Shailene”

A short time I made her indian, but that was... only about a few months or so?

Then @siguun and I decided to make our candies twinsies, and that’s how it stayed till now. Sticked with the name “Stacie” since then.

Changed her hair to black tho. Making them like yin and yang c:

She also has a gender bend version.

When university came out I gave her this look.

And she kept it till today.

During some months I used Lake, Eleans sister as my candy. But I turned back to Stacie.

Stacie isn’t that much of a candy anymore tho. She isn’t romancing anyone from the game. Canonly, she is married to @thecrimsoncursed Lucifer and they have 3 kids. One of them is actually the protagonist of a german teen novel written by Teresa Sporrer. Stacie and Lucifer have some “screentime” too, talking to their daughter on the phone. I couldn’t be more proud of how far my OC got <3 MY FANDOM OCs

Joyce - a treasure planet OC and Wolke - a mericcup lovechild

Lora, my star wars OC, created around 2015 during a RP

Felirass is her sister

This edge lord is her master

This angry woman is her masters master

Ami’zaya - another star wars OC. Created for an rp guild I left shortly after it. But I reused James as her brother.

And of course she got a whole family.

I don’t even remember these two.

She has no story and no name but I really like this species.

Louk a very pour LoK OC

I had a pokemon go OC too

And technically I used my candy as a harry potter OC very often?

Idris also was part of a httyd!AU once.

Ella, former shadowhunter OC, now just a girl, parttime elf. Has no proper origin story anymore.

She is a witcher OC.

 Felirass (Loras sister) also once was a teso char I used for RP.

Colliope is my teso main RP char.

@sihari-art and I made the children of Colliope and her Madravas. But that’s not canon yet.

Eyljór is my third one. The one that came after Felirass and kinda replaced her.

During one RP storyline she actually adopted a girl and then got pregnant, got her own child. But the storyline is gone now, since I un-werwolfed her and this was pretty much what this story was based on.

And here I have her family, mother Alva, Father Aegis, and older sisters Agnes and Toril.

Random orc dude. Also no story.

Eiren, my first dnd char. She was a half elf rogue.

Kari is my DND Kitsune Monk girl.I love her with all my heart and even if I stop playing her, I will still keep her at least as an OC.

Then I have Asura, my third DND char. Haven’t played her yet tho.

This is what she actually looks like....

Dragon Age char I : Noredien

Dragon Age char II: Noralyn (or was it Nolaryn?)

I also had an Aion OC

I own a spidersona.

Leikný, a char for a b.e.a.r.d.s. pen and paper. Didn’t played her tho.

[spicavirgo]

Wonderful and amazing OS as part of a trade with the amazing @avistella

Thinking of You | Asdis x Caron Writing-for-art trade with @virgichuu. Thank you again for trading with me!

There’s a bounce in Asdis’ step, a cheerful melody hummed through her lips as she makes her way over to Caron’s tower. She doesn’t know how many times she has sought him out now throughout all the time they’ve known each other, but it doesn’t particularly matter. She enjoys his company, and seeing his face is one of the highlights of her day. That should be more than reason enough for her desire to see him.

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[gottaenjoythelittlethingzz]

Random question if you’re up for it. What are your OCs “apocalypse style” hair, clothes, etc?

Sure thing! I love apocalypse HCs/AUs. Hope this is insightful/helpful for your endeavors!

APD cast:

Most of the female characters in this world dress overtly casually every day of the year. The threat of a global collapse would not make them any wiser to fashion trends and their super human abilities would prevent them from needing to pick up extra weapons or battle proof armor. Their style would remain casual as a result.

They would simply tack on a heavy duty belt to allow them to run in jeans/hold small tools and walk around in a bandana to prevent inhaling anything. Lacey, specifically has extremely long hair, so she’d be the first to cut it and all female characters would keep it between the two lengths shown (one of them already wears their hair like this exclusively).

The men may be a little more tactful. Cargo shorts instead of jeans. Hats to avoid sunlight. Long range weapons (axes/machetes/swords instead of hammers or small blades like the women). Norm already grows his hair long and would continue to grow it out further until he’s wearing it in a bun. The other men would follow in a (purposeful) sort of role reversal where hair is concerned.

BGG cast:

As these characters are from a viking era, their clothing would change the most. They would still wear absorbent amounts of (likely brown) leather, though it would be less corsets and full suits and more padding they tied on top of their clothes.

Asdis would be the acception. She is a bit more sexually adventurous compared to her AceAro sister and would likely don the piece above if it was offered to her. Apocalypse or not!

All characters regardless of sex would continue to grow their hair out. However, the braidings would change dramatically. Svenja, for her part would change to twin braids as oppressed to the complex tower of five or six small ones woven together she would normally wear. She would then pull them back to hold her long hair back. Asdis would be the first to ditch the traditional braids altogether and do a modern ponytail/messy bun.

Leif, who is the only character who would continue to cut his hair and normally shaves his head into a fade (I think is the style name) to show his tattoos, would shave his head bald for simplicity.

TROD cast:

I have several HCs for Schuyler’s style that she would have if she weren’t in such a conservative setting/were not with her canon partners/I might alter her physical style to be outlandish if I revamp her story/put her into an original fic that would also happen to work for her apocalypse outfit.

Schuyler would get a sort of fade and/or just buzz her head super short because she’s always wanted to and would no longer have to impress anyone when the zombies rose. She’d also don a jacket with more zippers/pockets than the one she already wears because she hates nothing more than holding/carrying things with her hands. She needs her hands free. Also, she’d wear chains for the style. She has a theory she isn’t allowed to wear a chain wallet but in the apocalypse she’d be decked out in chains. Would it weigh her down? Yes, but she doesn’t care. Chain wallet, chain belt, chains everywhere!

Thanks so much for the question and making me want to design new outfits for my characters!!

[tododekuworldszine]

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Under the cut is all our creators as well as our included stories! 

Stories:

in touch by Ruby (@pugglemuggle) - Soulmate AU

wildlife rescue by Diana (@i-read-good-books) - Werewolf AU

It All Starts Here by Hannah (@hanwritesstuff) - UA Teacher, Post Canon

A Following Sea by Pouler (@poulerslashes) - Lifeguard AU

you were the sun by August(@todoroukis) - Youkai AU

they’ll bloom in time by Naomi (@todorokishouts​) - Time God/Android AU

Artists:

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We go hard 🥁🙈🤘🎶🥳 EDM DRUMMING covers Track Stories By Say Say. Asdis Hats are loud right. Comes down on run 3 of 4. Did about 2 hours of covers. Most new tracks. Went hard. Layout feeling good by end. #rolanddrums #pearldrums #ironcobra #jobekydrums #mapexdrums #vicfirthsticks #collisiondrumsticks #drummersofinstagram #drummer #blinddrummer #drumset #drumcover #drums #drumeo #drumsdrumsdrums #music #musician #musictherapy #musicismylife #edm #electronicmusic #drumimprovisation #practice #beats #spotifyplaylist #drumchops #musicartist #drumfam #dance #musicproduction (at Spalding, Lincolnshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeOhSwjI1l-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lal-ffxiv]

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Goal for tonight is to sort my screenshot folder. i have ton of msq screenshots that I need go through to see which is serious notes on Luka's Story, cool facts on lore/world building, screen I took to make a joke and screen i took because i love that npc too much ya know.

I also have blm quest screenshorts. don't know if I should make a tag just for that for job quest screenies. I am undecided on making BLM canon for Luka as "ability to call forth and command the latent aether within oneself through deep introspection". Luka has lots of trouble with it at the start but I think Luka could grow into it. Asdis does BLM but is not formally trained. Luka would like fighting the forces of evil though. I have considered Reaper for Asdis of course. Warrior is canon for Luka because axe is too much fun and I think Luka would like those npcs and unlocking the inner rage. Warrior NPC: Wow Luka how do keep such good control of the rage? Luka moon cursed: The what?. Been told DRK is good for the crescent AU but haven't played it much. Anyways might have sperate tag of that. Job Quest Collection or may be job specific. I think I lost my WHM screens for Asdis.

[justfigs]

get to know the writer tag game

i was tagged by @ratracechronicler. thanks for the tag!

1. what’s your favourite word(s)?

i like the word cacophony and exasperated

2. would your wip work better as a movie or tv show?

the price of a secret would work well as a tv show, because the entire plot would work better sectioned off into episodes, and there would be more time to explore the dynamics/worldbuilding.

la cirque would work better as a movie, because the arc works well as a typical action movie format.

3. pick a song to be the theme song of your wip/mc!

the deep by phildel sounds like a good song for the price of a secret, it kinda has a creepy vibe that i associate with the characters and the town of riverton.

gentle earthquakes by aurora is a good asdis song. arden canonically loves harlem holiday, because their dads the leader of the malcontent program and his ‘husband’ played it all the time and it was a rule to dance to it when it played.

4. favourite punctuation mark?

i like exclamation marks and question marks. they’re very expressive.

5. would you like to punch any of your ocs?

without hesitation: arne geier and amand delacroix.

6. share a weird worldbuilding fact about your setting!

in riverton there’s one big farming family. the trudges. they’re known as arrogant. their barn got burned down a while ago.

7. how much research do you put into character names?

i trust behindthename to give me accurate names, so i mainly look on there for names based on the characters ethnicity. sometimes they’re made up, but mostly real names.

8. something guaranteed to distract you from writing?

running out of inspiration. i’m pretty good at not falling into research holes that are too deep.

9. a word you frequently misspell?

all of them. words are hard.

10. latest you’ve stayed up writing?

i’m not sure. i’ve stayed up late-ish, but my work gets unreadable after a certain point.

for this, i’m gonna tag @writerofwriting, @baguettewriting, @dogwrites, and anyone else who’d like to participate!

questions:

1. moral that comes up a lot in your story? 2. favourite genre to write? 3. themes you’d like to explore in your writing? 4. if your book did get a movie/tv deal, how much control would you like over it’s production/casting? 5. trope you write too much? 6. trope you want to explore more? 7. how much of your political views get brought up in your writing? 8. cover ideas for your current project? 9. name a character who doesn’t deserve any of the stuff they’re going through 10. what’s a trait you tend to apply to lots of your characters?

[the-dragon-club]

Holly followimg along with whatever story a villager was telling, she thinks its a game of pretend " dragons dpnt come here no more." She infprms the outsider shouting abought her flying around on jer dragon "besides pandora no one has dragons here. Sides why would i fly off? I want more books" needless to say, even the outsiders traveling companions thought he was going crazy for a while. - Heartbreaker

iojrtgiojrijotrgdf pfft- I like how, like with Toothless was back when he still lived there, Pandora just isn’t even a secret at all to any outsiders. It’s like how places advertise their landmarks and stuff? Pandora is like that. She’s just the town’s local singular dragon when you don’t count Holly’s fam- WAIT HOLD ON There IS another dragon that I forgot to mention. He’s a Brooding Boltstamper (it’s a hybrid of a skrill and a rumblehorn, I think it’s only appeared in Titans Uprising) named Thundercracker, and he belongs to a girl who is the adopted daughter of Gobber and Eret whom I need to give a name to- I forgot most of Thundercracker’s backstory, but what I remember is this: He was out looking around Berk, just kinda...resting, like most passerby dragons do. At this time, Asdis (the girl) was around 7, and she had been playing around outside of her hut. She encountered this big and tough hybrid, and just approached him without fear, the dragon sorta just...went soft for this tiny human offspring, and cautiously followed her home. Her dads were....surprised to say the least. Asdis was allowed to keep Thundercracker, and now, her being 14, he’s like a protective older brother- I completely forgot about them I should’ve mentioned them im sorry jiosgdijosgf- Also, if you haven’t seen a Brooding Boltstamper before, they look like this:

Thundercracker looks more like the first one in terms of coloring. yes I do ship the viking men, don’t blame me, someone on amino made some cute ass shipart of them and I can’t help it they’re too perfect. And also Gobber lowkey flirted with Eret in httyd 3 so-

[chibigissy]

I really like this trend that was starting. If ya’ll had idea, old and new, I would like to see you collage of idea in one picture! 0u0

Also, here’s the picture in its original big size, since Tumblr don’t like that: [Pui]

I’m sure those that knew me since 2010 remembers some of these old ass ideas.

I will put an info dump for all of these ideas in the read more because surprisingly, there is a lot of information.

Bug Brigade - Yeah, this little project was only for a Troll Fanime OP for a challenge that was hosted a while back. It's basically about bug people (cutesy-fied) forming a club. The club aspect was possibly inspired by the anime, The Meloncholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, minus all the supernatual stuff and replace it with Gissy fantasy (a.k.a., BS.) Link to OP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLAwY2LILQw Carrot Fluffs - The one project that got me into the fanime community. It's started out as a bit of a joke but not a troll project but I actually started to care for it a bit. (I call it, The Tokyo Magic Star effect, lmao.) The main plot is about Mokoko and her friends living there life, having some magic upon their hands, dealing with Visiarko's bs (comedy), and someday they had to fight the antagonists that has dark magic (drama) This series is being revamped because I'm not proud of the original but if you wanna check it out, here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpUcPd8uR64 Cherry Meets Some People - It's basically a little OVA of an old OC, Cherry, going into a home with her pet bee, meeting some people. That's about it. Link to OVA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QL4XhZQSZ8 Corn Soup - A future project that is...really....really stupid. These group of ass-hats are living in an condo and idiotic things happen. That's all. Evako Had One Job - The title says it all. Link to OVA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf0slIXlqdU Genko Hates Her Life - The title also says it all. Link to OVA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0g8ucktyMg Go the KitKat - It's about these two characters fighting over a gosh dang KitKat bar. Give me a break. Link to "trailer":  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIRWVv9s3dM Hinaniko Does Not Care - This was a little bit of a "fuck you" to the type of troll fanimes that was over saturating at the time. Link to OVA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYF1m3-c_-4 How a Blob Can Turn Into a Cute Girl - The most anime thing I ever did, lmao. Link to OVA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78qEWoaWZZU Intermince Maze - It was an RP I hosted on CSF a year and a half ago about computer data going through a maze to go past their original purpose. Link to RP, if you wanna see what was up: http://creative-studio.boards.net/thread/543/intermince-maze-open-rp Life's a Witch - It's about these two guys, an ex-jock and a computer nerd, living their lives but they are getting really bad luck. Pre-date Sour Candy Filled Donuts Maroku's Adventures - It's about Maroku and his fairy companion, Gevita, going on an adveture! Link to series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIda0bz4--8 Mi-Pie - It's......the product of 2014 Fanime Rehab. Link to.....whatever the fuck this is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsMosMicLyo&list=PLgQnX10SsZNQMs7cp8C0mbtBQKZmvP83T Penatly All About/Penalty X - Ya'll know the story of PAA. Odesion was a dumb dick by stealing his son, Samminar's, money to buy really shitty hair products, Samminar kick his father, mother, and sister (the latter two being out of anger), and Odesion wants to give his son a piece of his mind.... with a few other people being dragged into the mess that it is. PX's plot I don't want to spoil.... yet. Link to series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXC-NfpX0-s Pop Healer - It's about this Pop Idol, Piami, who has the ability to heal people....by singing!! Link to web-novel: https://giss-chan.deviantart.com/art/Pop-Healer-Chapter-1-644928346 (Low key, I wanna turn this into a fanime) Puiko of the Silence - There is not much plot to it. It's about a Magical Girl destroying a Play Boy Store but accedent. Link to OVA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFP1LJXRQN0 Roommates (2015) - Technically, the work was done by FrigginGodess but it was group project and the OCs in that screen shot are still my OCs. It's about Josepheen, Nineko, and Suney living in an appartment complex. Josepheen is a bitch, low-key, Nineko is a shipping happy git, and Suney the no-nonsence muscules girl. Link to episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTdLdYSYgAA Rose Mark - This one is a bit of a mess. I was trying to make a dark magical girl project because I was inpired by Revolutionary Girl Utena at the time (Keep in mind, this was BEFORE I've seen Madoka Magica!). It's about this girl Semina, being dragged into a situation to keep this supernatual boy, Hocan, under control so he can calm down. After some complications, Hocan gave Semina magical powers to become "Magical Rose Girl" ..... did I ever tell yo I was too obsessed with roses at the time?! Sailor Modesty - Okay. So... During the time Tokyo Fetish Mew was on going, I wanted to make a rival Magical Girl for the TFM crew and I wanted to use an already existing Magical Girl franchise, which is Sailor Moon (I still find it surprising there is not much Sailor Moon fanimes tbh!). Instead of fighting for fetishes, It's like,fghting for everything pure in the world. Sheltered Cuties - This was for the Fanime Confession Fanime Challenge, when using three words to make a fanime. Link to OVA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwB84t_dR34 Shi no Baka - Oh dear goodness graphics, this old idea from a project. This was a slice of life comdey that I wanted to do in 2008. (And yes, I used that title in all seriousness). It was the original home for some characters like Josepheen (back when she had my name), Nineko, Maroku (when he was just only human), and Michi. Sour Candy Filled Donuts - What Life's a Witch could have been. It's about Denyska, Adako, and Amopy getting through life but bad luck just rains one their life! Link to series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoQdhiIl-rs Super CRASHES Punch - This was a fake video game idea I have during 2010. It's about these two cat like girls, Zaselle and Myuun, saving this pacifist prince from this one guy who seems to be a badass but turns out to be a complete pansy. The Reverse Fable - Oh Look, another thing that was inpired from Utena! It's about these two characters, Seluna and Alion, who are reincarnations of a prince (being Seluna) and a princess (being Alion). And basically, fuck the societal norms police! The Universe Screw-Ups - It's about these two mistical girls, Asdy and Moky, trying to play God but they kept fucking up. Hilarity ensues. Waking Call - One of my more serious ideas, actually. Waking Call is about this girl named Dalata, dealing with lifes bullshit (Her parents fighting and dealing with all the school bullying.). It's hard for her but with the help of her family friends, she'll be able to manage. Y.F.M (Your Fantasy Mind) - You know what? Fuck it. I'm just gonna copy+past this plot. "A girl named Luniona transfer to a school called Dolaka Academy, because, her parents didn't want her to go to a public High School(Yeah, her parents are "Soccer-mom-ish"). After a few days, She accidentally grabbed the "Wand of Fantasy" and summon something from the Fantasy Realm, and Now she is forced to be in a club called a Y.F.M(it stands of "Your Fantasy Mind".)". So basically a reverse Isekai. So out of all the successful ones, which ones are like, your favorite? And with the unsuccessful one, which ones would you like to make a comeback?

[quranreadalong]

#10, Surah 2

THE QURAN READ-ALONG: DAY 10

Ten sections--ten!--and we are still not done with the second surah. It is just ridiculously long and tedious. But complaints won’t get us any closer to the finish line, thots. We’re starting today at 2:210, and we have less than 90 ayat to go, so probably three or four more sections, including this one, at most. Almost there!

Today we’re going to discuss Mohammed’s cousin murdering someone in broad daylight and Allah sending him a Get Out Of Jail Free Card. Let’s go.

Coming off last section’s last two ayat, in which Allah suggested that those who ignore the “clear proofs” (of Mohammed being a prophet) are going to hell, the whole punishment thought is continued. 2:210 simply reminds people that Allah is their judge, and he will judge the disbelievers by punishing them severely in 2:211. (Kuffar hell counter: 1!)

So a neutral and a bad verse, respectively, to start the day. 2:212 is an interesting one--I’d also classify it as neutral, but take a look:

Beautified is the life of the world for those who disbelieve; they make a jest of the believers. But those who keep their duty to Allah will be above them on the Day of Resurrection.

Islam, like some forms of Christianity, insists that enjoying worldly things is a sign of weakness, and true believers would gladly reject happiness on earth in favor of slavish devotion to Allah and following his commands in order to enter jannah after death. Disbelievers, according to the Quran (when it’s not contracting itself), are quite happy people. But they’re wrong to be happy, because they’re gonna be burned in hell forever, LOL!

We then have a brief Islamic “history” of religion, stating again that all people were originally of one religion (Islam) before going astray. But Allah chose certain people to be led back to “the straight path”--there’s that Calvinism again. Neutral, I suppose. Muslims are the latest such people, and they will not “enter paradise" until they, like Moses and his followers, endure “affliction and adversity” (see 2:49, wherein the Jews are “tested” by Allah having the Egyptians kill their children). Bad both there and here.

And just like last time, we have a juxtaposition of a very nice ayah with a terrible one. Is this Mohammed’s version of letting people down gently? Compare:

They ask thee, (O Muhammad), what they shall spend. Say: that which ye spend for good (must go) to parents and near kindred and orphans and the needy and the wayfarer.

Warfare is ordained for you, though it is hateful unto you; but it may happen that ye hate a thing which is good for you, and it may happen that ye love a thing which is bad for you. Allah knoweth, ye know not.

They question thee (O Muhammad) with regard to warfare in the sacred month. Say: Warfare therein is a great (transgression), but to turn (men) from the way of Allah, and to disbelieve in Him and in the Inviolable Place of Worship, and to expel His people thence, is a greater with Allah; for persecution is worse than killing. And they will not cease from fighting against you till they have made you renegades from your religion, if they can. And whoso becometh a renegade and dieth in his disbelief: such are they whose works have fallen both in the world and the Hereafter. Such are rightful owners of the Fire: they will abide therein.

Whiplash! A lot to unpack here. Let’s start with 2:215, the good one: give alms to the poor and take care of your family. Great! But now we have to deal with the appalling stuff that follows.

Quick summary of where we’re at: Mohammed and most of his early followers were from the Quraysh tribe in the trade city of Mecca. After spending a little over a decade ranting to the polytheists of his hometown, the leaders of Mecca made him leave. The incident that prompted his expulsion involved a bunch of Muslims from outside Mecca--mostly from the agricultural city of Yathrib--swearing an oath of loyalty to him, which included a declaration to stand behind him in battle. After leaving Mecca, Mohammed moved to Yathrib (called Medina), and most of his Meccan followers moved with him. The city became the Muslim base of power. Once he got to Medina, Mohammed began ordering his followers to raid caravans of the Quraysh. This led to some problems.

In 2:216, we’re told that some of Mohammed’s followers don’t really want to fight. But he tells them that they have to anyway; that Allah himself wants them to fight. And if they listen to Allah, they will be rewarded. Tafsir al-Jalalayn elaborates:

obligatory for you is fighting disbelievers though it be hateful to you by nature because of the hardship involved. Yet it may happen that you hate a thing which is good for you; and it may happen that you love a thing which is bad for you ... the soul inclines towards those desires which result in its destruction ... even if you are averse to it you will find much good in fighting as a result of victory, booty, martyrdom or reward; while if you were to reject fighting even if you would like to do so you will find much evil because then you may be subjugated, impoverished, and denied the reward; God knows what is good for you and you know this not so strive in what He commands you.

Remember how, in the last section, there was a command to slaughter disbelievers until “religion is for Allah” if provoked first? We are now told exactly what that means. See, when Mohammed said that his followers shouldn’t attack unless first attacked, he didn’t mean literally physically attacked. Turning people from “the way of Allah” (presumably by telling them that Mohammed is full of shit), kicking a Muslim out of Mecca (note that the Muslims bar Mohammed left Mecca for Medina on their own and were not kicked out), preventing Mohammed’s men from performing the pilgrimage en masse, and simply not believing in Islam are all acts of “fitna” that constitute valid reasons for Muslims to declare war on a group of people and kill them until they’ve accepted Islam. One must respond to this by killing them, since fitna "is worse than killing” in the eyes of Allah.

This is unavoidably bad as it explicitly calls for war against those who do not accept Islam or those perceived to be “persecuting” (fitna again) Muslims. Or those who are just members of a group that does such things.

Now why, exactly, are the Muslims being ordered to fight, even though they don’t want to? Why does Mohammed need to emphasize that this fighting can occur during the sacred months? That, friends, brings us to a rather appalling story.

Let’s look at what was going on at the time that made “Allah” send such a revelation to Mohammed. Al-Wahidi:

the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, sent a military expedition and appointed [his cousin] 'Abd Allah ibn Jahsh al-Asdi as its leader. This expedition proceeded until they reached Nakhlah where they found 'Amr ibn al-Hadrami leading a trade caravan for the Quraysh. That day was the last day of the sacred month. The Muslims were divided in their opinion. Some of them said: 'We know for certain that today belongs to the sacred month, we are of the view that you should not violate it because of greed'. The opinion of those who desired the stuff of this world gained the upper hand; they attacked Ibn al-Hadrami, killed him and seized his camels. Ibn al-Hadrami was the first person to be killed in a fight between the Muslims and the disbelievers. The disbelievers of the Quraysh heard about the incident and sent a delegation to the Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace. They said to him: 'Do you allow fighting in the sacred month?' As a response, Allah, exalted is He, revealed this verse (They question thee (O Muhammad) with regard to warfare in the sacred month…)

Let’s break it down. Mohammed sends a band of his goons out into the desert. (The early Muslim community engaged in lots of caravan raiding, which we will get to later on. When you’re a kid being brainwashed, you’re sometimes told that they were “recovering stolen merchandise”. Absolutely zero early histories or ahadith say this. They were just stealing shit. Other times you’re told that the Meccans were going to use the profits from their trade in war against the Muslims. Again, this is not true. The traders of Mecca were just doing what they always did and minding their business, and they didn’t attack the Muslims in Medina until the latter attacked them first.)

They come across some traders belonging to The Disbelievers. It’s during a peace month called Rajab. The guy leading the Muslims, Abdallah--Mo’s future brother-in-law--wants to kill the traders and take all their shit. Some of the Muslims explicitly don’t want to do this, not simply because it’s bad to kill people in order to take their shit, but because it’s the month of Rajab and “Allah” had specifically prohibited them from fighting during that period. But Abdallah says “nah fam I think I see a PS4 in there, I’m going in” and attacks anyway and kills the unfortunate Mr. ibn al-Hadrami. The Disbelievers, understandably upset at this blatant criminal action and violation of “Allah’s” own rules, go to Mohammed and demand answers. At which time “Allah” tells Mohammed that, actually, being a disbeliever is way worse than killing people during a truce month.

Now you know the “context” whenever people try to tell you that the Quran’s terrible verses require “context”.

Also: kuffar hell counter: 2!

Ugly stuff. Let’s go to more neutral territory. 2:218 says that Muslims who “strive in the way of Allah” in the form of fighting, emigrating from Mecca to Medina, or by simply being faithful believers will go jannah. 2:219 is the first of several Quranic prohibitions against gambling and drinking alcohol.

2:220 is a random good verse about treating orphans kindly. I picked that place to stop because all the jihad ayat made me depressed and I wanted a happy ending. Unfortunately...

NEXT TIME: Let’s talk about sex (and also restrictions for women’s behavior)

The Quran Read-Along: Day 10

Ayat: 11

Good: 2 (2:215, 2:220)

Neutral: 5 (2:209, 2:212-13, 2:218-19)

Bad: 4 (2:211, 2:214, 2:216-17)

Kuffar hell counter: 2 (2:211, 2:217)

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[notasapleasure]

Eyrbyggja saga (1892 translation into English by William Morris & Eirikr Magnusson - sorry I can’t be bothered to type up a modern one right now)

Stir answered: "It is the talk of men that thou seemest somewhat bare of money, so what wilt thou do for this, since thou hast no fee to lay down therefor?"

Halli answered: "I will do what I may, since money fails me."

Says Stir: "I see that it will mislike thee if I give thee not my daughter; so now will I do as men of old, and will let thee do some great deed for this bridal."

"What is it, then?" said Halli.

"Thou shalt break up," says Stir, "a road through the lava out to Bearhaven, and raise a boundary-wall over the lava betwixt our lands, and make a burg here at the head of the lava; and when this work is done, I will give thee Asdis my daughter."

Halli answered: "I am not wont to work, yet will I say yea to this, if thereby I may the easier have the maiden for wife."

Stir said that this then should be their bargain.

Thereafter they began to make the road, and the greatest of man's-work it is; and they raised the wall whereof there are still tokens, and thereafter wrought the burg. But while they were at the work, Stir let build a hot bath at his house at Lava, and it was dug down in the ground, and there was a window over the furnace, so that it might be fed from without, and wondrous hot was that place.

Uh, so Eirikr and Billy don’t actually bother including the end of the story. The berserkir Halli and Leiknir complete their tasks and go into the bath-house at ‘Lava’ (Hraun). When it gets too hot the berserkir try to get out, but Styrr (’Stir’) blocks them in. One dies inside, the other bursts out through the door and slips on a wet ox-hide placed there. When he falls he’s killed by Styrr. The chieftain Snorri, who helped Styrr come up with this plan, marries his daughter Asdis, and Halli and Leiknir are buried in a cairn on the lava-field they’d cleared the road across: Berserkjahraun.

Berserker Lava Field, Iceland