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Linked Universe Daemon AU Headcanons

WORLDBUILDING NOTE 1: The concept of daemons is borrowed from the His Dark Materials series. A daemon is a person’s soul manifested outside of their body in a tangible, physical form, which permanently settles into the form of the animal that most resembles them in character as the individual matures. Person and daemon are not separate beings, but two halves of one mental coin, which means that they each know everything the other does, thinks, and senses. Daemons are almost always the opposite gender of their person and have a distinct personality than the person to a certain degree, as person and daemon represent different aspects of the same whole. Touching someone’s daemon without their permission is taboo, considered a violation tantamount to rape in most cultures.

WORLDBUILDING NOTE 2: All Links have the same name for their daemon: Ellanharai (composed of the Old German elements ellan “courage” and heri “army”). However, because all the Links are their own person, their daemon’s form settles on something different with each incarnation. Just as the Links in the Chain go by different titles to differentiate them all, so, too, do their daemons. Links tend to settle early (12-13 years), as they generally know who they are and what they want from a young age.

WORLDBUILDING NOTE 3: The Dark World/Twili crystal magic combines someone and their daemon into one physical body. This new body has the form of the daemon but the gender of the person with size alterations or different markings/coloration and is controlled by the person, with the daemon part of their mind taking a backseat. For example, Legend is larger as a rabbit than his daemon usually is, and of course, her natural color is not bright pink. The lingering effects of this transformation only physically affect the person side of the person/daemon pair once they are returned to normal. 

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SKY + PSALM (RED-CROWNED CRANE)

Red-crowned cranes are renowned for their lasting and affectionate pair bonds, having come to represent longevity and devotion in many cultures; they are cooperative and low-aggression birds, quite tolerant and relaxed around other animals, and only really become territorial and protective over their nesting sites and chicks.

Psalm is impatient, mischievous, and fierce. Sky is more easygoing, considerate, and gentle.

Sky and Psalm are very outwardly affectionate with each other, and both can often be found napping together in a patch of sunlight, Psalm resting her head in Sky’s lap or draping a wing over him. As the physically tallest daemon of the bunch, Psalm delights in teasing fawning over her smaller daemon sisters, especially the younger ones. She will often sit on someone and happily brood, and while some may outwardly protest, everyone secretly enjoys it.

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FOUR + RHYME (ITALIAN HEBRAN HONEYBEE)

Four's daemon is an industrious, adaptable, cooperative, sociable species of honeybee, known for being assertive but not aggressive insects; they have a high threshold for what they consider threats, and will communicate using pheromones, body language, and vocalizations to make themselves as clearly understood as possible, but they will not hesitate to defend themselves if something is deemed a threat.

Four is empathetic, observant, passionate, and composed. Rhyme is the emotional, pragmatic, impulsive, competitive part of his personality.

Rhyme is usually kept in a protective case Four wears around his neck to prevent any harm from coming to her either in battle or out of it, due to her diminutive size, but he will happily let her out to stretch her wings when around people he trusts. While she is too small to outright cuddle with her sisters, Rhyme loves perching on their heads or burrowing into feathers or fur when it’s chilly, and she’s surprisingly expressive with her body language, though one might have to squint to see it.

When Four splits into his Colors, Rhyme also splits. Which means instead of one being in two bodies, they’re now one being in eight bodies. As in LU canon, none of the Colors is their own individual in this AU, merely a fraction of a larger whole. In turn, each iteration of Rhyme is an alternate part of each of the Colors, with Four’s soul fragmenting into smaller and smaller individual pieces the deeper you go down.

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TIME + MELODY (SPANISH FARON MASTIFF)

While menacing in appearance due to their sheer size and bulk, Spanish mastiffs are actually known for being protective, affectionate, quiet dogs, with a long history of guarding livestock; they are patient, easygoing, and surprisingly playful, good with children and tolerant of other animals, though their strong wills and stubbornness make them a challenge to handle for first-time dog owners.

Time is authoritative, jaded, and stoic, while Melody embodies his nurturing, hopeful, mischievous side.

Melody can often be found at Time’s side with one of his hands resting on her head or back. As the largest daemon in the group paired with the tallest person, they make for quite the intimidating pair and are downright deadly in battle together. Outside of battle, though, Melody becomes a big teddy bear, utterly content to let her daughters sisters use her as a pillow or mode of transportation, quietly communicating all the warm care and tenderness Time is sometimes too awkward to openly express. She is the one who introduced the musical motif the other Ellanharais also adopted when coming up with nicknames for themselves.

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TWILIGHT + ARIA (GRAY WOLF)

Twilight’s daemon is a social, cooperative, dedicated apex predator, who routinely work together to raise their young, defend their territories, and chase down their prey over vast distances; they are not overly aggressive and prefer to avoid conflict whenever they can, using body language, sent marking, and howling to diffuse tense situations and prevent costly fights between packs or individuals.

Twilight is focused, cautious, and opinionated. Aria is his easygoing, empathetic, people-pleasing side.

Aria instantly adopts most of the younger daemons in the group and dotes on them as much as they’ll allow. However, she turns into a big, besotted puppy whenever Time and Melody come into the picture and becomes adorably bashful around Malon’s pigeon daemon Rosamu. She is often found at Twilights right side, guarding his flank and watching his back while he focuses his attention on what’s in front of him. She also loves scritches and belly rubs and has nearly smothered Twilight more than once by sprawling on top of him too heavily while they sleep. While their initial transformation into Wolfie was traumatic and scarring at first, they have both grown to enjoy the occasional opportunity to truly travel, fight, and exist as one.

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WILD + TRILL (WEDGE-TAILED EAGLE)

Wild’s daemon is a loyal, resourceful, resilient species of raptor that is often found alone or in monogamous pairs, but will freely cooperate together with groups of up to 15 other eagles to take down larger prey; they are straightforward and communicative with their vocalizations and displays and also surprisingly playful, wrestling or playing food games with each other.

Trill is Wild’s dutiful, reserved, focused side, while Wild is the impulsive, playful, lackadaisical side.

Trill is rather choosy with and to whom she shows open affection. She can be very standoffish, preferring to let Wild do the talking for both of them, but once she trusts someone, she will often become very chatty and physically affectionate. It is common to see her riding around or napping on Aria's back, but she has begun opening up more to the others as well.

Because Wild lost all his memories in the Shrine of Resurrection, Trill had become unsettled when they finally woke up, taking the most basic shape a daemon can take, normally only seen with very young children: a small, floating, glowing ball of golden Dust. As they regained their memories during Wild’s quest and discovered more about themselves, Trill began taking on some of their old favored forms before eventually resettling for good as her original settled form, the wedge-tailed eagle. Despite physically being the same, though, there’s still that distance between who they are now and who they used to be, most evident in how their personalities have seemed to switch; Wild used to be more serious, focused, and responsible, and Trill used to embody the impulsivity, rowdiness, and wanderlust he kept tightly tamped down for the sake of duty and appearances. Both of them are still coming to terms with how much they have changed.

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LEGEND + LYRIC (EUROPEAN HYLIAN RABBIT)

Legend's daemon settled as a hardy, wary, sociable, territorial species of rabbit, able to survive and thrive in almost any environment; they are a keystone prey species, a vital part of almost any ecosystem they find themselves in, who must stay ever vigilant and rely on their speed, wits, and determination to stay alive.

Legend is blunt, private, and practical, while Lyric is the sensitive, sociable, sentimental side of him.

Legend has… a complicated relationship with his daemon’s form. He initially hides her away from the rest of the Chain out of paranoia and insecurity, keeping her in his pack at all times. What would Hyrule they think of the renowned Hero of Legend having a defenseless, soft little rabbit as a daemon? They would lose all respect for him, or worse, be disappointed. It isn’t until after the Twili crystal incident, and Twilight and Sky find out about Lyric’s form, that he starts to come out of his shell.

After the ice has been broken, Lyric leaps at the chance to interact with the other deamons more. She goads Aria or even Melody into games of chase, can finally properly pounce on Warriors’ daemon the next time she teases her, curls up into a little fuzzy ball with Hyrule’s daemon to nap, leaps up on Trill or Psalm or Wind’s daemon’s backs and coax them into giving her a ride, and holds Rhyme in her little paws to gloat that she finally knows a daemon smaller than her (Rhyme is not amused). She is the one who came up with the name for their group of daemons, which is a chorus, just like a group of Links is a chain.

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HYRULE + CADENCE (YELLOW-BELLIED GLIDER)

Hyrule’s daemon is a small, nocturnal glider species that is selectively social, close-bonding, and expressive, utilizing a number of chirps, whirrs, whistles, and growls to keep away intruders and keep tabs on each other; yellow-bellied gliders are incredibly active, hard-working creatures, spending up to 90% of their time awake foraging, and they can travel up to 2 kilometers in just 4 hours through a combination of climbing and gliding.

Hyrule is independent, wary, and agreeable. Cadence represents his dependent, connected, feisty side.

Cadence is generally quite a skittish daemon, who can normally be found clinging wide-eyed to Hyrule’s back, shoulders, chest, or arms, or hidden inside his tunic or pack. She has not interacted closely with many other daemons in her time (fairies do not have daemons), so she is still getting used to the physical affection the others offer. She does not dislike it; it is simply a lot. But she is gradually learning to love being nuzzled, cuddled, and carried, and she greatly enjoys riding around on the other larger daemons.

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WIND + SHANTY (MILITARY MACAW)

Wind settled just a couple months before the events of Linked Universe as a resourceful, gregarious, deeply loyal species of macaw; like all macaws, they can be quite loud, communicative, and expressive, and they have generally been described as having friendly, confident, playful dispositions, albeit with the occasional temperamental mood swing.

Shanty is Wind's meticulous, perceptive, down-to-earth side, while Wind is reckless, curious, and carefree.

As is befitting for a parrot daemon, Shanty spends much of her time perched on Wind’s shoulders or arms, though she does love being held and cuddled, too. She is still getting used to her settled form, and sometimes forgets she cannot shift like she once did, leading to some hilarious mishaps when she faceplanted on the ground trying to turn into a hermit crab, or one memorable instance where she nearly drowned while trying to become a yellowtail snapper. She gets very starry-eyed over the other demons and thinks all of them are the coolest for different reasons. She desperately wants to impress them and prove she’s just as badass as they are, so she can sometimes chafe under their well-meaning coddling.

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WARRIORS + BALLAD (RED FOX)

Warriors’ daemon settled as the confident, dependable, independent red fox, the most widespread and successful carnivore in the world, found in just about every available habitat, from jungle to tundra; despite being mainly solitary, these animals have a complex social hierarchy and can be seen in a wide variety of group settings, with vixens sometimes coming together during the breeding season to help raise each other’s cubs, and their mates bringing them food and also helping parent the new cubs.

Warriors is shrewd, charming, and diplomatic, while Ballad is more brash, cheeky, and candid.

Ballad, while generally friendly and warm with the other daemons (especially the younger ones), is also strangely skittish around them. She is fine initiating touch or curling up for a nice nap around or with someone else, but if touched unexpectedly, she tends to either bristle, growl, and retreat behind Warriors, or go very still and quiet. She shies away from any human hands except Warriors' (and even then there are days he doesn't touch her directly). They bring to mind other hands. Slim, small, elegant, painted hands that hurt, that took, that tainted- ...It’s fine. She’s fine. They’re fine. Everything’s fine.

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Resources:

Red-crowned crane analysis: https://daemonpage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=24990

Italian honeybee analysis: https://daemonpage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=23882

Tibetan mastiff analysis: https://daemonpage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=24552

Spanish mastiff information: https://dogtime.com/dog-breeds/spanish-mastiff

Gray wolf analysis: https://daemonpage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=23828

Wedge tailed eagle analysis: https://daemonpage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=26686

European rabbit analysis: https://daemonpage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=23718

Yellow bellied glider analysis: https://daemonpage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=24968

Military macaw analysis: https://daemonpage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=26591

Red fox analysis: https://daemonpage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=24946

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[thecockysniper]

Asriel has won his war and managed to survive his fall into the abyss. After recovering all his injuries, he needed answers to his questions. So how bliss he was to find Jim's personal sniper. He looked around, glad not to see Moriarty around, and walked closer to Moran. "I don't think we ever get the chance to properly introduce ourselves." He held out his hand for the other man to shake. "Asriel Belacqua. Nice to finally have the chance of a proper chat with you. I have a lot of questions for you."

Simiria had spotted him, so he isn’t surprised when he approaches him. Taking one last drag on his cig, he flicks it away, exhaling the smoke out the side of his mouth as he turns toward the man. Grips the other’s had firmly, “Little surprised to see that you’re walking about. Heard you had a bit of a fall,” he said, giving him a tight smile. “You can ask your questions, but no promises that I’ll answer them.”

@asrielbelacquaaaa

[theladyfae]

very upset at the show giving billy costa the fate of tony makarios but also, nice little parallel in that both of lyra's friends die to each of her parents

[huntrcsss]

It was one thing running off from authority - she’s done it plenty of times before, with much more successes than failures, but to wind up in the air like this? Now that was something new entirely. She had saw the balloon resting at the docks, some aeronaut that seemed a few years older than her and his hare daemon inside. Running into the basket had worked better than she thought, steps light and cautious as she found a perfectly-sized crate open and just lightly hidden by what she assumed was some equipment of his, herself and the black grylfalcon daemon swooping into the crate just as she missed it’s light rising off the ground. 

What mostly caught her concern as she kept Abraham close to her was noticing the crimson from her shoulder, the pain only beginning to make itself more known the more her adrenaline lowered. From the tone of the voices outside of the box, there’s a concern that some of the crimson had spattered on the deck of the balloon when she hurriedly jumped in, hands shifting as quietly as she could as her uninjured arm held Abraham close to her chest, other hand gripping around a battered colt yet feeling a tremble in her grip at the pain from trying to rise her arm higher. 

@aercnaut

[all-thestories-aretrue]

I finished His Dark Materials (the show) and I am Not Okay™️

[aercnaut-archived]

so. i reached that chapter.

[witchhaunts]

Tag drop ft. verses pt. 2

vi. ( demigod ) : although her heart is soft her soul is laced with steel

vi. ( v : tm ) : death pays all debts ; death takes no bribes

vi. ( d &. d ) : the world out there has teeth &. it is hungry

vi. ( acotar ) : milk &. honey &. ash &. autumn

vi. ( batman ) : if i'm anyone in this story i'm the ball of twine

vi. ( lassoverse ) : you've changed by believing

vi. ( hdm ) : argue with anything else but don't argue with your true nature

vi. ( thg ) : we were just children thrust into a war &. once it ends what will we become

vi. ( sdv ) : i smell of the earth &. i am worn by the weather

vi. ( stranger things ) : uptown girl she's been living in her uptown world

[sixher]

Tag drop ft. verses

quest. / youth.

quest. / courier.

quest. / wild card.

quest. / modern.

quest. / space.

quest. / v : tm.

quest. / demigod.

quest. / grishaverse.

quest. / hdm.

quest. / d &. d.

quest. / dragon age.

[tidesofsilence]

Countdown update! 167 days, I’ll be landing in London and heading straight to Oxford to begin my adventure!

The thought of wandering through the cobblestone streets, visiting Blackwell’s (I am getting the new version of the HDM trilogy), and soaking in the history feels like stepping into a dream. Can't forget the Botanical Gardens... hello literacy 🕮 dreams!

And yes, I may have already packed a new toothbrush and a tube of toothpaste… what can I say? First-time traveller vibes!

If you’ve got any must-have packing suggestions, send them my way. The countdown continues, and I’m ready for the adventure to unfold. Oxford, London, and the Almeida Theatre—I’m coming for you!

P.S. I can’t wait to visit the V&A Museum in London to see the His Dark Materials props and outfits, including Marisa Coulter’s season one, episode one outfit!!! Oh, and did I mention that I’m also getting THE locket—the same one from the shop in London that made the original for the show? ✨

[unicyclehippo]

hey. hey ollie. hey pal (even tho i’ve never spoken to u ever but im calling u a pal bc ur fics are my bedtime stories and that feels special to me).

do you KNOW how much you fucking CHANGED MY BRAIN CHEMISTRY with your imodna hdm fic. like i left u an essay in the ao3 comments and i feel like i STILL. HAVE MORE. TO SAY. oh my fucking god. i’m still thinking about it. every day im thinking about it. every morning i wake up and go “mother of fuck. remember unicyclehippo’s imodna daemon au.”

anyway. i just wanted you to know that. also that you’re just a phenomenal writer. i’m obsessed w you and your writing in a very casual far away observe from afar and sigh longingly at the things you’re able to do with words sort of way

🫶🏽

i have v shyly read this message like sixteen times . thank u, im very moved? this is very sweet

i rly loved writing the red string theory, its actually only part one (of three) of what the original plan was but i ran out of time & it got. much longer than intended. i have quite a lot of it planned so hopefully i will go back to it at some point :)

[thecockysniper]

Quirking an eyebrow, he says in a causal tone, "Why should he get his hands dirty taking out trash like you?" Simiria's lips pull back over her fangs in almost a sneer showing how they viewed the pair of them.

A pain in the arse? He chuckles at that, he might be a pain in the arse, but Jim could rely on him--he trusted him--and that was all that mattered. "And for all I gathered, you were nothing more than a casual fuck. Or did you think you two had something deeper?" Gaze trails over Asriel with a look on his face that conveyed who's the real fucking moron here? Shakes his head, "If you want a sympathetic ear, you've come to the wrong person. You're not the first he's burned, and you won't be the last."

He fights the urge to retort, barely rolling his eyes as an answer for he knows better and still thinks that Moron is the perfect name for the other man. "I understand the message, I just don't get why he sent you and didn't come to say it face to face. Maybe he's more a coward than I thought he was." Is his purpose to piss off the other? Not directly, but it doesn't hurt to do that a bit as well. Stelmaria, hearing the other daemon growling, does just the same, showing her fangs just enough to threaten a bit. "I just don't understand what he finds in you. For all I gathered, you're just a pain in the arse." He doesn't even care about thanking him for that.

[huntrcsss]

Chestnut gaze can’t help but be curious about the one who enters the tavern; someone who dressed a bit more of a higher standard compared to most in here, brows furrowing as the dark grylfalcon on her shoulder seems to be just as curious. Both their heads tilt together in unison, tilting the remainder of her drink back on one swift chug before she see’s the woman steal a seat beside her, Abraham’s own gaze lowering to the golden monkey daemon.

“-Place doesn’t really seem like your cup of tea, no offense.”

@viciousgold liked for a starter!

[askthenexus]

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[aercnaut-archived]

SCREAMING CRYING ECT

[eoin-mcgonigal]

For the character ask game: Edward Little (obviously 😌) + 4, 6, 9, 12 :D

edward little 💖

4. If you could put this character in any other media, be it a book, a movie, anything, what would you put them in?

hhhhh i would put them in his dark materials!! that world! because i am obsessed with my daemon au, but i also feel like ned would fit right into the hdm world and lyra's london 🥺

6. What's something you have in common with this character?

being really fucking gay for solomon tozer . seriously though, both ned and i dislike being in leadership positions, and would much rather follow and be a second in command than the actual leader uwu

9. Could you be roommates with this character?

absolutely! i think the two of us would get along swell, but it would take us some time to open up to the other ;v;

12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?

for years, he and his psychologists thought he had depression, but he actually has avoidant personality disorder!

thank u for sending me this ask, it was fun uwu 💖

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