#the last kings of osten ard

[crown-and-stallion]

The Hounds of Nakkiga

Jarnulf and Salt are in a bit of trouble, but i'm sure they'll be just fine! Not an actual scene from any of the books, but I got this image in my head and just had to draw it.

I feel like I should have made the background a little darker, the hounds aren't quite luminous enough for my liking.

[princeofpermsia]

Elaborated Interactions

The Last King of Osten Ard had a brilliant ending but many long-awaited character interactions took place off-screen or were briefly alluded to. These are some of those stories. I have tried as much as possible to stick to cannon.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63084985/chapters/161554021

[codenameantarctica]

Someone‘s here early

Official release is on the 12th but the company I ordered it with sent in out early 😱🤩

[clumsybutterflies]

Doctor Morgenes once told me something very wise—'Make your home in your head, Simon," he said. But I came to see in the last year that there's even more to it than that. Making a home in your head is a good start, but you must also make a home in your heart for the people you love."

- Tad Williams, The Navigator's Children

[9thbutterfly]

Two chapters in I'm already screaming internally.

I kind of foresaw one thing, but the other not at all!

Spoilers under the cut!

Munshazou was one of my theories for the Red Thing, but I don't know if I ever wrote it down, so I can't prove it.

And I know I made crackpot theories about relatives of Pryrates, but I don't think his mother was among them. But oh, what a parallel to Unver and Vorzheva!

But! Geloë! What!?

I mean, I'm pleased to see her! But wow!

First Leleth and now Lillia, nice little parallel there as well.

And: ending one book with Miri presumed dead, one book with Simon presumed dead, and one with Lillia supposedly possessed and doomed - excellent!

[monarchetype]

Brief thoughts/review on The Heart of What Was Lost

Spoiler warning for both the novella and the preceding Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series!

The Heart of What Was Lost was such a bittersweet and melancholic fantasy novella. I enjoyed it a lot. Porto and Endri were a lovely duo, instantly compelling as two commonfolk far from home and in way over their head, terrified by the fantastical horrors they are up against. Isgrimnur was comfortingly familiar, and while I was hoping he could push his men all the way down the road to peace I think it would've been out of character and far too idealistic for the Rimmersmen to not only come to understand what the Norns value but to come to an agreement with them. How things ended was probably the best that we could hope for. Of course, the biggest stand-out was the enthralling Hikeda'ya POV, which way more dimensions to them and their culture than was even hinted at in the original MS&T. It was a really unique perspective to be hoping (and all the while knowing fairly confidently) that genocide could be averted while simultaneously reading in fascinated horror at just how fascistic the Hikeda'ya society is. The speed at which Suno'ku, Yaarike, and Viyeki were built into complex characters was nothing short of impressive. I couldn't help with sympathize a little with each of them- Suno'ku trying to avoid a future where only the magic-wielding Hikeda'ya hold power, Yaarike wanting to steer everyone away from jumping into another war, and Viyeki's naivete having totally bought the Hikeda'ya party line while having a hint of potential for seeinig beyond it- even while recognizing that they are nobles at the top of a deeply conservative society utterly loyal to a mad and ancient queen who only just failed to doom the entire world to oblivion in suicidal spite at her own mortality and lost grace.

That being said I think it would be pretty rough to try and start reading the Osten Ard books with this one; maybe it could be done but it's a very briskly paced story that does its best to cram all of this wonderful characterization and worldbuilding into a positively slim 78,000 words, so I wouldn't recommend it unless you are a very confident fantasy reader.

TL;DR Tad Williams good, go read Osten Ard

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[clumsybutterflies]

There's a character in The Navigator's Children who is knighted and wants to be addressed as Sir Lady so-and-so (not saying who because spoilers.)

I will NEVER not fuck with women using a traditionally masculine title. Tell me more about that girl that's also a prince.

[spaceshipkat]

quick question! can you think of any series that released on an accelerated timeline? as in, rather than there being a full year between each book release, there’s nine months or something similar. the ones i can think of are The Chorus of Dragons by Jenn Lyons, the Frostblood Saga by Elly Blake, and reddit says The Last King of Osten Ard by Tad Williams. anyone have any other suggestions?

[crown-and-stallion]

Quick drawing of Ki’ushapo's horse Shadowswift from The Navigator's Children. Kind of inspired by Donato Giancola's take on the sithi horse tack for the Grim Oak Press editions of memory sorrow and thorn, but I also did my own stuff.

The horse is inspired by the american saddlebred and akhal-teke breeds! I did it straight from memory so the anatomy might be a little wonky :)

[princeofpermsia]

ElaboratInteractions Chapter 2

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63084985/chapters/162688060

[codenameantarctica]

Cover for Tad Williams’ “The Navigation’s Children” by DAW Book

Look for preordering here

[clumsybutterflies]

"Most people, I think, wish only to live their lives in a little comfort, and free from fear," said Tiamak. "Although to be fair, many want something more of life-I ached to see more of the world than I could from my my hut in Village Grove. But there are a number of men in this world-and women, I suppose- who only want to take everything for themselves, or to deny things to others. Aedonites would say they were corrupted by the Devil. Or it could simply be that they have some hole in their spirit that nothing can fill, but still they keep trying to shove more in. Sadly, I think there will always be such creatures among us."

"But how can we keep such folk from having the power to harm others?"

"That, not even the wisest counselor could tell you."

- Tad Williams, The Navigator's Children

[alteredphoenix]

The cosmic irony in picking up The Dragonbone Chair (the first book of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series) yesterday on my PC for Kindle app only to see The Witchwood Crown (the first book of The Last King of Osten Ard series following Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn) on sale today.

[stormlanterns]

My motivation to draw is coming back slowly and I started with Muyare Sey-Iyora, a character from Tad William's Osten Ard saga.

He isn't mentioned so often but he left an impression on me I can't quite explain. Maybe this strange mixture of strength and vulnerability Idk.

Anyway, I hope I can color these drawings soon and I try to draw more characters (again) of this wonderful and amazing fantasy saga. My last ones were from 2004 *cough*

[oropher]