#the paladins of the republic

[theology101]

I honestly can’t WAIT for Maxson’s Brotherhood to interact with the remnants of the NCR.

“Like the Brotherhood - they were really good allies against the enclave, but fundamentally they’re just a little inbred cult. No outsiders, no new technology, but damn good with their power armor. Then they went crazy and we had to take Helios. Now they’re just hold up in their bunkers”

And then Maxson just… isnt that.

A massive cult of personality (the kind that the NCR used to mock about Roger Maxson) able to inspire, uplift and enlist THOUSANDS. A faction not only with the capability and technology to have power armor and vertibirds, but the capacity to Mass Produce them too.

A combination of Western Zealotry, Lyon’s Reforms, and a healthy amount of overwhelming firepower

Arthur is a unifying symbol that can take the isolated and sometimes contradicting Brotherhood Chapters and forge them into a Nation. He has two successful campaigns under his belt and two Fusion Reactor.

He has Liberty Prime.

I’m FASCINATED by what he’ll do. Will he reject Elijah and the War and give them an olive branch in their time of need? Will Arthur double down and seek revenge, using this opportunity to finish off the weakened NCR? Or maybe he just… ignores them?

His primary goal is, now that the Brotherhood has 2 cold fusion reactors, is going to be rebuild Lost Hills and then take Vegas, Helios One and the Hoover Dam. That was the original mission of Elijah’s chapter, after all and three incredible storehouses of pre-war tech. But I could honestly see him doubling down and trying to turn LA into a Fortress for the Brotherhood.

I honestly dont know - according to his stated goals, he has no reason to intervene against the NCR when peace is entirely likely. But he’s a Monarch fundamentally, and Monarchs dont like threats to their power.

Good news is he probably wipes out the Legion or whatever’s left of it!

[dairine-bonnet]

On Dantooine, before Kotor 1:

Bastila *to Darth Revan, who's trapped in a force cage*: Behold a list of your sins! *holding out a datapad in front of Revan's eyes*

Darth Revan *speaking proudly, barely glanced at the list*: Actually, this looks like a list of my achievements!

[pedroam-bang]

Fallout (2024)

[multimusewonderland]

@shadesofyellows asks: "My you're a gloomy one" Clotted Cream said to Dark Choco.

The man blinked, lifting his gaze from where he’d been staring at his sword—new, shining in tones of white and gold that felt far too beautiful for him to wield—to look at Clotted Cream instead, his expression carefully kept neutral. Had Dark Choco been making a face, or was this in regards to where Financier had found him?

Regardless, Dark Choco wasn’t sure what to make of his comment. “...Yes.” He sighed. “Is there something wrong with that?” This wasn’t going to be another Pomegranate situation, was it?

[sw5w]

Your Boldness...

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 02:06:13

[themollyjay]

What was the inspiration behind "The Inevitable Singularity?" Thanks!

I'm tempted to be flip and say "The lack of lesbian Jedi", but there was a lot more to it than that. I don't think anyone is going to miss that there's a lot of inspiration from Star Wars in the "Paladins of the Republic", but something that always frustrated me about Star Wars is how vague they were about how Jedi Precognition worked. Then I was watching a show called Eureka, and came across the concept of the Akashic Field for the first time, and that idea stuck with me. Then I got a degree in Physics with an Astronomy concentration, and of course, I learned a LOT of quantum mechanics during that time. Then, I watched The Clone Wars, and Count Dooku was right there, and he was SUCH a fascinating character, and I never really thought we got enough about *why* he turned to the Dark Side. He was never really the mustache twirling villain that Sidious was. There was much more to him. The final ingredient though, was a discussion I had about Plato's "The Republic" (fun fact, the working title of The Inevitable Singularity was 'The Metaphor of Cave')

All of those things kind of steeped together in my brain for a long time, and I reached a point where I asked myself, "At what point is it justified to burn Utopia to the ground?" and that became the series "Paladins of the Republic" and "The Inevitable Singularity" is just the first part of that answer.

(But really, it was the lack of lesbian Jedi)

[modern-alebrije]

the triple cone cup feels a little unfair because you have two very skilled and talented but ultimately regular cookies vs a literal volcano elemental who can turn giant

[kokiri-kid-07]

For Natasha Fenix~

A moment in Kotor involving Big Z reminded me of Nat lol twitter.com/Fenix_Natasha

[aduelbetweenkingdomsafreshstart]

ADBK: Paladin of White Dragon

Epithet: The Dragon Tamer in White

Voice Actor: Ralph Lister (Paladin), Dee Bradley Baker (Dragon)

Tribe: The Dragon Republic

Biography: Riding across the sky on a blue-white Dragon is a powerful paladin with a sword as swift as the wind. This is Dante of Whitestone, a Germaine native who found and tamed a wild Gold-Eyes White Dragon and in time became known as Paladin of White Dragon. He's a recurring threat of the Dragon Horde, with a rival in the form of Mikazukinoyaiba.

The two have fought for at least ten years, half of those involved Dante wandering the Duelscape in search of adventure and evil Dragons to defeat. During this time, he met a fellow native of Germaine named Samuel, and the two became fast friends.

When Samuel finally entered what would become the Dragon Republic to aid in the rebellion against Five-Headed Dragon, Dante came with him and even defeated the undead Dragon Skelgon. The two were made honorary citizens for their service, and began pushing into the newly named Dragon Horde's territory, especially around Germaine.

[cuppajj]

Custard III and the paladin’s shadow

Custard Cookie III once aspired to be a king. But when the king he looked up to became a penitent beast, he questioned if he was truly worthy of such a title. What if, no matter how hard he tried to face adversity with his strength and his friends, he too ended up hurting those he cared about?

Madeleine Cookie would assure him with a beam in his voice. The times were tumultuous, but with the power of hope, community, and the determination to fight, there was nothing they couldn’t do in the shadow of the beasts. The knight commander heralded that hope for everyone in the Crème Republic. Custard III, nephew of its Consul, clung to it for all of his younger years. Back then, he never saw a blemish in Madeleine Cookie’s heroic demeanor and admired his resilience when everyone around him struggled to pick up the pieces.

But now he’s a little older, and he’s begun to realize that he was oblivious to the paladin’s behavior. Behavior that seems… off, in a way he can’t explain. Is it his integrity, his behavior when he thinks no one else is around? Is it the weight of his loss that has finally gotten to him? Is it the fact he disappears into thin air, returning a long time later with emptiness in his eyes? There’s something about Madeleine that Custard III wants—needs—to understand. When one of the brightest lights of hope flickers, what does it mean for everyone who looks to it? And more importantly, what can be done to help him?

Perhaps it’s time the adolescent cookie sought those answers out. Perhaps he was never meant to follow him.

[ekjohnston]

Books To Read If You Like Dragon Age

Mine, obviously. So I can keep buying Dragon age.

Rogues of the Republic, a fantasy heist trilogy by Trick Weekes (links to Amazon, because I think that's the only way to get them; has not updated name)

The Calpurnia Wars, an epic science fantasy series from Jo Graham, staring with Sounding Dark.

The World of the White Rat saga, by @tkingfisher. Mostly the Paladin books, but reading the other ones really rounds it out.

Little Thieves, by @what-eats-owls, especially if you're a purple Hawke who would date Cassandra if she was Sebastian.

The Vespertine, by @marrogersonrogerson, if you wonder what Lucanis/Spite would be like if Lucanis was Leliana.

The Bone Houses, by Emily Lloyd-Jones, if you, like me, yell "JUST BURN THE BODIES" every time you get attacked by the undead. (And then read the other two books in that series, because they are great.)

The Dark Gods Saga, by @tarasimauthor, if you are here for Emmrich (and really love a good fantasy doorstop).

[limboraptor]

I think its pretty fucked up how after Caviar kicked the paladin's asses he IMMEDIATELY became a target. Like thats mad dark how he was wanted dead for that shit.

At first Caviar wasn't interested in Oyster's offer, nor did he seem to show any concern of his current situation (in fact he probably knew exactly what he was getting into) which is understandable, since he JUST beat the asses of every paladin (and pirates alike).

But it's until Oyster brings up the safety of his crew does he suddenly perk up. Caviar can easily hold his own against assassins, but the thought of his crew, his family, being put at risk of danger like that? That's something entirely different.

And these aren't pirates that can be dealt with like usual, no, these are most likely assassins or even bounty hunters that are from the Republic, his own home- a whole different, unpredictable kind of threat that Caviar was not willing to risk dealing with. Caviar couldn't refuse Oyster's offer, not after she twisted his arm so well. The safety of his crew always comes first.

I can only imagine how on edge Caviar must have been returning to his ship that night; getting a lot of dirty looks from some shady individuals as he passed by them, the air heavy with tension. All eyes were on him, and he knew that some of those eyes wanted him dead.

[pedroam-bang]

Fallout (2024)

[multimusewonderland]

@cookieofearthbread inquired:

🕯️- (Financier for Dark Choco)

send me 🕯️to hear my character's inner thoughts about your character.

~

"Why did she help me? Dictated by fate- by the karma of my own actions- or not, she must have her reasons. It couldn't be that she has need of my strength; she is strong enough on her own. I'd be worthless as blackmail. Pomegranate abandoned me, and my father would not be moved to action."

"...There are times I've seen her eyeing my sword, but she does so warily, though I can't figure out if she's aware that it's cursed. I seem to be as much of an engima to her as she is to me..."

[djljpanda]

(you have made a grave mistake accepting the self aware au /j)

With the crk self aware au, I've always thought that different places would think you were a different entity.

I HC that the baker is a more recent thing, some bizarre entity that appeared, seemingly leading Gingerbraves kingdom, advising battles all from the shadows. People would undeniably have questions.

(I'm going through a bunch of locations, so sorry if this is a long read lolol, you can stop here and get the point--)

The Modern Vanilla Kingdom are kind of confused, but overall wouldn't push forward with finding out what MC is, they've been friendly so far, so they don't try and pry or come up with theories. Overall, they're in agreement you're some kind of fae.

Hollyberry Kingdom would have the most range in opinions, some would think you're a witch, knowing their obsession with dragons they might coin MC as some really powerful dragon, overall, all the opinions of the other locations bleeds into here.

The Dark Cacao Kingdom would undeniably think MC is some Deity of War or Battle. You've advised way too many fight not to be- heck! They saw it with their own eyes!!

(Dragon Valley probably agree ^^^)

Although not much is known about Golden Cheese and her Kingdom yet, they probably think you're a deity of wealth, seeing as Gingerbraves kingdom always has an extreme surplus of resources and wealth.

Creme Republic has some differing opinions based on religious beliefs. Paladins will be quick to call you a celestial, while some of the lower city, influenced by the Pastry Order, might seem you a witch, there are probably others that suspect you're some extraterrestrial that, through the ways of dimensional magic, is able to contact and interact with their world. Many of this final belief what to run experiments on the land Gingerbraves kingdom falls on, after all, it's got to be some kind of epicenter for your magic!!

(this final belief is probably in Parfaedia too)

I don't know City of Wizards lore well, but they might thing at long last one of their creators have returned, but I could see them agreeing with Parfaedia too.

+(Also bad at Tearcrown lore, so on your own with that one)

It's been such a long time I've talked abt the self aware au lmao, feel free to build on this- if at all, however you want, If I come back, can I come back as Hydrogen Anon? (If you have anons)

Cheers!

You are so creative. I like the idea of how no one really knows what Mc is and it's not like they're gonna tell them any time soon.

And how they all have their own theories is awesome. And how they just recently popped up during the era of Gingerbrave I can see why some would be curious and scared.

Like how we have the four horsemen here, I can see how some may think that it's a sign of the end.

I would love to build more on this concept because I love the self aware Au.

Thank you for sharing this with me Hydrogen Anon (yes I do accept anons), I hope I can see more about you in the future. Cheers!

[themollyjay]

The Inevitable Singularity Cover Reveal

I'm extremely happy to share the cover of my next novel, an epic space opera titled The Inevitable Singularity, with you. This beautiful cover is by @rachelgeorge. The Inevitable Singularity will be released as an eBook, Paperback and Hardback on November 21st by Desert Palm Press. Preorders will be available in the next few days.