#the lesser key of callan

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heads up seven up/seven sentence sunday/last line tag/writing share

thank u for the tags @gioiaalbanoart (x) @mrbexwrites (x) and @the-golden-comet (x) <3

been a minute since i've done a tag game, let's take a peek at The Lesser Key of Callan!

Mossy rocks and vegetation littered the water, outnumbering the discarded beer cans and cigarillo wrappers but barely. The road they traveled in on led almost to the creek's edge— if one could call haphazardly packed gravel a road. The forest stretched for miles on the other side of the creek, but the trees obscured Callan's view beyond a few yards. He much preferred entities that dwelled in civilized areas. Forest creatures were less accustomed to human interaction and therefore more difficult to communicate with and discern information from. And they were scarier, of course. But Callan didn't get scared anymore.

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Duke Dantalion Duke Dantalion is the seventy-first demon of the Lesser Key of Solomon, he appears wearing many faces and carrying a book.  He is known to bestow knowledge, make humans witty, and cause love. Gabrielle Callan

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Dantalion

“The Seventy-first Spirit is Dantalion. He is a Duke Great and Mighty, appearing in the Form of a Man with many Countenances, all Men's and Women's Faces; and he hath a Book in his right hand.

His Office is to teach all Arts and Sciences unto any; and to declare the Secret Counsel of any one; for he knoweth the Thoughts of all Men and Women, and can change them at his Will.

He can cause Love, and show the Similitude of any person, and show the same by a Vision, let them be in what part of the World they Will. He governeth 36 Legions of Spirits; and this is his Seal, which wear thou, etc.” - From “The Lesser Key of Solomon the King”.

A symbol of the legion of Spirits that make up our Being at any one time, from the Past, the Future and Places that never were, endlessly combining and reforming.

“We are a great company! None walk alone, but with a formidable host of familiars: however we may clothe, shut out, or prohibit, there is a veritable funeral procession of dead selves and loves always in attendance. We are millions of yesterdays” - From “Axiomata��� by Austin Osman Spare.

Artwork Credits:

“Dantalion” (Megami Tensei).

Goetic seal for Dantalion.

“Dantalion” by Lucian M. Stephenson.

A variant of the Goetic Seal, including planetary attributions.

“Dantalion” by Gabrielle Callan.

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Star Wars Alien Species - Geonosian

Geonosis, referred to as Geonosia by some natives, and known as Genosha, was the desert home planet of the Geonosians.

A caste-based species separated by positions of drones and warriors, Geonosians were born into hives with each led by a queen. The queen laid eggs for the hive, and provided orders to the public leaders of Geonosis. One such queen, Karina the Great, was even able to control sentient beings, including her own kind, via the use of brain worms. It was believed by some that "Karina the Great" was the name assigned to every reigning queen, instead of being the name of one specific individual, but one queen only called herself "Karina" because of her own insanity. No matter the case, Geonosian queens resided underground in the catacombs of Geonosis. From here, they commanded an army's worth of Geonosian drones. Queens took no more than two years to grow from a small egg to a considerable size. Drones were capable of becoming warriors if they proved themselves worthy by successfully defeating other drones in an arena. Geonosians of the warrior caste were known as Geonosian warriors. They had wings and a thick exoskeleton, and they were dedicated to warfare. Among Geonosian broods, the alpha was known as the Geonosian Brood Alpha. Geonosians also had two sets of mandibles, outer and inner, which they used to gesture. For example, clicking the outer mandibles twice meant "Work Harder," and clicking both sets meant "Die." Geonosians also celebrated Meckgin, a day in which they celebrated the virtues of industry. Geonosians would get drunk by eating a special fungus which reacted with their stomach fluids to create a body odor which created euphoria.

Naturally industrious and barbaric, they were also known to take upon construction projects from outside parties, as was the case when Baktoid Armor Workshop approached them to design factories for the Trade Federation. Productivity was key to Geonosian society, and if not kept in check with enough tasks, hives could devolve into civil war and result in the deaths of thousands of Geonosians. Long ago, the Geonosians inhabited Geonosis' surface. However they were driven underground by a series of mass extinctions caused by meteorites and radiation storms. the Confederacy of Independent Systems.

The Separatists used the Geonosians to help create the Separatist Droid Army after the Separatist Head of State, Count Dooku, personally arrived to negotiate the agreement. This eventually led to a large battle between the Galactic Republic and the Separatists on Geonosis, marking the official outbreak of the Clone Wars. The Geonosians were the ones responsible for creating the plans for the Death Star. Later in the Clone Wars, Geonosis was the site of another major battle, which saw Poggle the Lesser captured and the Geonosis primary droid foundry destroyed. Sometime after this second battle, the Republic's Strategic Advisory Cell began to build the battle station that would one day be known as the Death Star, with Lieutenant Commander Orson Callan Krennic enlisting Poggle the Lesser to make the Geonosians serve as the Republic's workforce. Poggle appeared to agree, but, sometime after he returned to Geonosis, he arranged a Geonosian riot and escaped the Republic flotilla to return to the Confederacy.

Following the Clone Wars, the Geonosians were forced by the Galactic Empire to assist in the construction of the Death Star. Though a new archduke was appointed to lead the Stalgasin hive, the Geonosians became a servant species to the Empire and were forbidden from freely breeding. When the Geonosians were unable to work out how to refine the superweapon's superlaser, the Empire brought in Galen Walton Erso to finish the job. After the Death Star's hyperdrive was operational, Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin ordered the Imperial Weapons division to sterilize Geonosis using Imperial gas canisters, destroying all but one of the planet's population of approximately 100 billion—the largest genocide ever committed by the Empire to keep the weapon a secret. In 2 BBY, Saw Gerrera, the Spectres, and Captain Rex uncovered evidence that the Empire had perpetrated genocide against the Geonosian species. They also helped Klik-Klak, the sole survivor of the sterilization, escape with the last Geonosian queen egg into the depths of Geonosis. The rebels informed Senator Bail Organa and Commander Jun Sato who believed that news of the Empire's atrocities on Geonosis would sway more worlds to the rebellion.

Unfortunately for Klik-Klak, his plan didn't last. Although the egg did eventually hatch into a queen who called herself Karina, the last known Geonosian Queen was rendered sterile. Karina used the vast technological resources of Geonosis to attach herself to a portable droid factory. From this, she generated specially modified B1-series battle droids, which were made to resemble her people. Although they were artificial mockeries of the Geonosians, Karina considered them to be her children.

Karina ultimately lost this womb and many of her children when Darth Vader, accompanied by Doctor Chelli Lona Aphra, assassin droid 0-0-0, and BT-1 assassin droid BT-1, arrived and stole it from her in order to build his own droid army shortly after the destruction of the first Death Star. Even so, Karina survived the encounter and proclaimed that this set back would not be the end of her empire. Another Geonosian, a hunter named Pehk, was alive in the galaxy but killed during the hunt on X3-299-11.

Geonosians come in two varieties: Aristocrats (Leaders) and Warriors (Drones). Both varieties are physically strong and covered with bony ridges that protect arms, legs, and vital organs. They walk on two legs, and most Geonosians have rapidly fluttering wings sprouting from their bony shoulder blades. They stand 1.6 to 1.8 meters or 5.2 feet to 5.9 feet tall and weighs 40 kilograms or 88 pounds. Geonosians age at the following stages: 1 - 6 Child 7 - 10 Young Adult 11 - 35 Adult 36 - 50 Middle Age 51 - 64 Old

Examples of Names: Deetle, Eorlax, Hadiss, Krylla, Lysslo, Mazzag, Poggle, Qorn, Sollas, Vikkal. Languages: Geonosians speak Geonosian, an articulate language of clicks and whistles.

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hoot is so uwu baby sweetest creature

wait…

wanna elaborate on that, buddy?

(hoot: “nope!”)

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last line tag!

got bopped for lines by @tragedycoded (here) thank you!! <3

the last line i wrote is from Callan's journal!

Addendum: Their bites burn like a motherfucker. Had to disinfect his arm afterward. Maybe a rabies shot? -C.K

tag!! @orphanheirs @lychhiker-writes @winterandwords @noblebs @illarian-rambling + an open tag of course >:) hop in!!

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paragraphs and paragraphs of Callan talking about how emotions are a waste of energy and he wishes people could be more logical like he is and i’m like. i can’t wait to absolutely wreck this man

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Callan, Lee, and Hoot have code words if they're in a situation where they can't speak openly. all of these code words are titles of ABBA songs

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>:]

Callan is moving up on my "list of characters I want to see ground into a fine paste" list /pos

Have you identified the earliest memory he doesn't want to talk about yet or is he still holding out on you?

good morning!!! <3

im SO glad ur on the Make Callan Suffer train. that man deserves to be ground. he is very grindable (jev wink)

Callan's memory is… superhuman. the earliest memory he has (and one he's decided to share) is his own birth (and Lee's because he's six minutes older and will not let anyone forget it):

The mirror was shattered in a way that would definitely be coming out of their deposit if they ever moved out of this shithole. Callan traced the webbed cracks until his finger found the fist-sized center. Not his own. He was less prone to fits of rage than the person he'd shared a womb with, or at least his anger didn't manifest in the same way. Because he was angry, and he had been since they scooped him out of his mother and forced him to watch as her skin turned sallow and her eyes drifted shut. He was told there was no way he could remember his own birth, or Lee's a few minutes later, or his mother's death seconds after that. Callan remembered everything.

BUT if anyone prods him about this beyond his internal monologue, he'll deflect. "Childbirth is a uniquely dangerous natural phenomenon made more dangerous when multiples are involved. It's unfortunate that the circumstances were what they were, but statistically, it's not an anomaly."

(yeah ok Callan)

a memory that he REFUSES to share with me is why he and Lee ran off together so young (they were 17 when they left home) and how they decided to lie to their dad about what they're doing. was it Lee's idea? his? a collaborative effort? but then Callan calls his dad semi-regularly! his dad thinks he works at a law firm! why not cut contact completely? what happened on the night they left, and why is Callan so cagey about it?

he's so aaklsdllk i want to squeeze him until the answers come out. because even when he does share memories, it's like pulling teeth to get him to admit that they actually affect him emotionally. hence the meat grinder.

thank u for the ask and for letting me ramble about this infuriating man <3

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"which Callan thought was a bit cliche" oh i'm sorry Callan is the SLIME CREATURE not CREATIVE ENOUGH for you?? my own character is mocking me

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throwing a slime creature at Callan because i thought it would be funny to cover him in goop. and it is!

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first for the no excuses meme

hi hi hi!!

the first two sentences of The Lesser Key of Callan:

The claws barely missed his carotid, but in Callan's book, barely missed was as good as totally and completely missed. Especially when it concerned a harpy that he'd intentionally offended by pointing a rifle at her and unintentionally offended by continuing to suck down air after pointing a rifle at her.

thank you for the ask!! <3

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Next?

hi jules!!!! <3 <3 <3

currently working on The Lesser Key of Callan. here's the line i just wrote:

His next exhale was a rasp of air desperate to leave his lungs, and the inhale after that a strained gasp.

thank you for the ask!!! <3

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this will be my focus in November! hoping to have the first episode done and dusted by the 30th but we know how that goes

A beautiful creature, all teeth and feathers. Round body that narrowed into legs and feet tipped with talons. It must've been hell, knowing what it meant to fly and ending up on her back beneath a man-made weapon. As good as a cage. As good as clipped wings. And her wings— he'd draw them once they cleaned up. He could sketch them a million times over and never quite get them right. "Where did you come from?" he murmured, knowing she wouldn't answer. They never answered. It was all the study he was allowed before she bared her teeth and began thrashing again. If only she'd listened to him— but that opportunity had passed with every corpse he was now responsible for burying. If he had time, he'd map her bone structure, trace her evolutionary roots until he hit bedrock. If he had time, he'd soothe her with a song. Callan Kay did not have time.

do i have the mental bandwidth for a new wip? probably not. does it demand to be written anyway? well, yea

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writerblr intro

hi! i'm sav (she/her). i'm a twenty-something poet turned novelist.

what i'm writing:

Burden of the Reluctant Death (tag)

A story about grief and resilience. A story about greed and revenge. A story about love persisting, for better or worse. Death has a face, and it is the face of my mother seeking obedience, and it is my face in the mirror, seeking absolution.

Judas Wept (tag)

A prequel to Burden of the Reluctant Death that follows Elias as he navigates duty, loyalty, and love— all while avoiding Death's wrath. Perhaps this is to be his life, his second life: clawing for the affection of a temperamental god.

Dust to Dust (tag)

A murder mystery with necromancy, ghosts, politics, and an absolutely non-sentient skeleton. She was not the heir, only the younger sister. Her fits did not matter. She also had greater necromantic ability than the crown prince. This did not matter either.

The Lesser Key of Callan (tag)

An monster-of-the-week inspired novella that follows Callan, Caleigh, and Hoot as they investigate paranormal disturbances in their small town. He could list every creature on those pages in order of discovery and with apt descriptions of every image he drew. It's not for me, had been his answer. It's for whoever comes after.

Poems/Journal Dumps

feel free to say hi! let me know what you're reading! tell me about your WIPs! and my final demand: have a great day!

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the lesser key of callan hit 10k words! do i know where this story is going? not exactly. but i’m so excited to find out