#the dalemark quartet

[no-where-new-hero]

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[yonayona]

some of my latest dalemark stuff

btw once I did Hern and Kars Adon as Tarot Lovers, so I decided to make more of Dalemark tarot!

[the-dust-jacket]

[dianawynnejonesfan]

I was at a concert about a month ago where all the musicians were playing music from the 1600s on surviving instruments from the 1600s (there was something very like a violin but not quite and a 6 stringed curvier cello). Anyway I just kept thinking of the Cwidder from Dalemark, which I previously struggled to imagine lasting so long with regular use.

[moondustbooks]

October JOMP Day 13 - Purple Books 💜

My favorite color! 💜

[thenegoteator]

Finished the dalemark quartet yesterday and I may never recover

[fluentisonus]

idk if anyone but me ever read the dalemark quartet as a kid but I just realized that the old song in it is directly referencing this passage of bede:

cart and cwidder // bede trans. crossley-holland

[thenugking]

Can't believe the revisionist historians in Dalemark who had the official translation of the Spellcoats claim Kars Adon died, when what really happened is that he united the land by marrying Hern.

This is a hill I will die on, they're gay as fuck for each other and Kars Adon absolutely did Not need to die and use his dying breath to name Hern his heir for the plot to work. So mad DWJ killed him but also so delighted that the story we actually read is a translation the glossary says is not entirely accurate.

[silvereyedowl]

There's also The Merlin Conspiracy, the sequel to Deep Secret that's about interdimensional conspiracies and a government plot in an alternate British Isles.

The Dalemark Quartet is written in a totally different style than her usual, and follows four teens/preteens in the titular kingdom.

Year of the Griffin is the sequel to Dark Lord and follows Derk's daughter as she goes to university.

I've seen increasing buzz around here about Howl's Moving Castle (book). I think you all deserve to know that all of Diana Wynne Jones's books are filled with characters and plots that are absolutely as delightful and unhinged as that one.

Some Actual Plots include:

Dogsbody - The star Sirius is accused of murder and sentenced to exile on Earth in the body of a dog until he finds a magical item called a Zoi. He's adopted by a young Irish girl living with her abusive and neglectful English relatives. He has to balance his desire to find the Zoi with needing to be a Good Dog for the girl who takes care of him. Also the Wild Hunt is there. Hexwood - A girl finds a magical wood behind her house where she meets a wizard who thinks he's a convict of the intergalactic government, a boy created by the man to destroy said government, and a robot found in a junk heap. The magic wood is actually an alternate reality being generated by an AI who has a grudge to settle with the head of said government. The book is about abuse, PTSD, and trauma. The Dark Lord of Derkholm - Magical world is being destroyed by a company using it as an isekai amusement park for people from another dimension. Bio-wizard is appointed Dark Lord for the year, and he and his family (four of whom are bioengineered griffins) have to find a way to survive the season while everything is going wrong. Deep Secret - Interdimensional detective/diplomat/wizard needs to find a replacement for his deceased mentor. He does so at a fantasy convention, while trying to keep an interdimensional empire from collapsing into civil war after the emperor is assassinated along with all of his heirs.

She's an absolute master at weaving fantasy elements into the mundane world and writing from the PoV of kids. Her books are funny, clever, and full of delightful characters. I'm begging you all to check them out.

[deborahocarroll]

Wrapup: #MarchMagics 2022!

Recapping my recent #DianaWynneJones and #TerryPratchett adventures!

Time got away from me (clearly! XD), but it’s time to look back at the Diana Wynne Jones and Pratchett related goodness I got up to in March — and, actually, April as well! I didn’t manage to finish up my March Magics goals during the month since I got crazy busy, so I carried on a bit of the reading in April, which was rather nice, actually. And now that I’m trying to ease back into blogging, I…

[syrupfog]

No one better to repair an ancient map than the navigator and the archaeologist of the ship.

[yonayona]

been playing with their design. As I remember Kars Adon and Hern look pretty alike but I'm craving for some hight difference here and a little bit buff Hern because he's a buff boyfriend who can carry Kars on his arms 🥰 yep. this will be the next one.

and mullet Kars Adon? yes please

[dianawynnejonesfan]

I think about this all the time.

losing my mind once again over the dalemark quartet. how many other fantasy series let the industrial revolution happen

[tanoraqui]

Trick or treat! Queen's Thief series or Spellcoats please?

This is a great combination because one of my favorite pet headcanons is that these series take place on different continents in the same world. The vibes just match, you know? The themes of real people becoming history and legends, the amount of fantasy in the fantasy settings (very little, really, and both ambling toward industrial revolutions). The way the gods do and do not interact with and relate to humans; how the older gods are more nature-based and the younger more human. Eugenides the god could so be an Undying of Dalemark, as could Immakuk and Ennikar.

[Tanaqui voice] “Go to bed, Duck.”

[dianawynnejonesfan]

What do we think of Lenina?

Could interpret her as loving Ganner and Clennen, loving Ganner and hating Clennen but staying cause of duty, having Clennen murdered, or just being relentlessly practical (needing someone to look after her 3 kids).

She went with Clennen (cause magic) but she stayed with him and had 3 kids and he was clearly willing to take her back to Ganner cause he says so

She seems to hate Cart life and takes off to Ganner immediately when Clennen is murdered, and has been meeting with Ganner in the towns they go though. So did she know Clennen was going to be murdered?

[namedafterflowerstournament]

Botanic Tournament : Main Bracket !

Round 1 Poll U

Tanaqui means "rushes" in-universe, although it breaks down into "younger sister"

(Rushes and cosmos flowers)