#violet augustin

[edgepunk]

Cyberpunk 2077 (dev. CD Projekt Red)

[ghosted-jazz]

The protagonist of Legends ZA being Sycamore's kid is real TO ME

[whenwewereyoung97]

⚠️Warning: contains Onyx Storm spoilers⚠️

*Edited on 12/15/2023 to add Aaric and Devera.*

*Edited on 12/22/2023 to add assorted details*

*Edited on 01/03/2024 to update Aaric’s name and alias (I know his actual middle name is Aaric, but the name/middle name/last name format ruined the ✨aesthetic✨ since no one else has a known middle name)*

*Edited on 02/10/2024 because I realized on my reread that Jack pushing energy on Violet likely isn’t actually a manifestation of his signet, as much as it is him using Venin powers*

*Edited on 09/18/2024 since Xaden gave us new information on Emery*

*Edited on 01/19/2025 to add Cianna*

*Edited on 01/20/2025 to add Nyra*

*Editing to add new OS information*

Made this because I know I’ll forget many details by time book 3 comes out, and I figured I’d share it for those interested. It’s a combination of information from my own read throughs, and from The Empyrean Wiki.

Please let me know if you see any mistakes, or if you have more to add.

I decided against doing Flyers for the time being, as what information we have is rather limited.

⚠️Warning: contains Iron Flame spoilers⚠️

⚠️Warning: contains Onyx Storm spoilers⚠️

Rider Data Masterlist

Violet

Surname: Sorrengail

Signet: Lightning wielding/Dream walking

Dragon’s name: Tairn/Andarna

Dragon’s description:

- Black Morningstartail (M)

- Golden Feathertail (former); Irid Scorpiontail (current) (F)

Xaden

Surname: Riorson

Signet: Shadow wielding/Reading intentions

Dragon’s name: Sgaeyl

Dragon’s description: Blue Daggertail (F)

Rhiannon

Surname: Matthias

Signet: Retrieving

Dragon’s name: Feirge

Dragon’s description: Green Daggertail (F)

Ridoc

Surname: Gamlyn

Signet: Ice wielding

Dragon’s name: Aotrom

Dragon’s description: Brown Swordtail (M)

Sawyer

Surname: Henrick

Signet: Metallurgist

Dragon’s name: Sliseag

Dragon’s description: Red Swordtail (M)

Liam

Surname: Mairi

Signet: Farsight/Ice wielding

Dragon’s name: Deigh

Dragon’s description: Red Daggertail (M)

Sloane

Surname: Mairi

Signet: Siphon

Dragon’s name: Thoirt

Dragon’s description: Red Daggertail

Garrick

Surname: Tavis

Signet: Air manipulation/Distance wielding

Dragon’s name: Chradh

Dragon’s description: Brown Scorpiontail (M)

Bodhi

Surname: Durran

Signet: Countering signets

Dragon’s name: Cuir

Dragon’s description: Green (unknown tail type)

Imogen

Surname: Cardulo

Signet: Memory erasing

Dragon’s name: Glane

Dragon’s description: Orange Daggertail (F)

Quinn

Surname: Hollis

Signet: Astral Projection

Dragon’s name: Cruth

Dragon’s description: Green Scorpiontail (F)

Dain

Surname: Aetos

Signet: Retrocognition

Dragon’s name: Cath

Dragon’s description: Red Swordtail (M)

Jack

Surname: Barlowe

Signet: Pain projection (Signet or Venin ability?)

Dragon’s name: Baide

Dragon’s description: Orange Scorpiontail (F)

Aaric

Full name: Camlaen “Cam” Tauri, Aaric Greycastle (alias)

Signet: Unknown

Dragon’s name: Molvic

Dragon’s description: Blue Clubtail

Mira

Surname: Sorrengail

Signet: Extending wards

Dragon’s name: Teine

Dragon’s description: Green Clubtail (M)

Brennan

Surname: Sorrengail, Aisreigh (alias)

Signet: Mending

Dragon’s name: Marbh

Dragon’s description: Orange Daggertail (M)

Lilith

Surname: Sorrengail/Daxton

Signet: Storm wielder

Dragon’s name: Aimsir

Dragon’s description: Brown (unknown tail type)

Augustine

Surname: Melgren

Signet: Battle foresight

Dragon’s name: Codagh

Dragon’s description: Black Swordtail (M)

(Unknown)

Surname: Devera

Signet: Unknown

Dragon’s name: Unknown

Dragon’s description: Red Clubtail

(Unknown)

Surname: Kaori

Signet: Illusionist

Dragon’s name: Smachd

Dragon’s description: Unknown

(Unknown)

Surname: Carr

Signet: Fire wielder

Dragon’s name: Breugan

Dragon’s description: Orange Daggertail (M)

Burton

Surname: Varrish

Signet: Weakness reading

Dragon’s name: Solas

Dragon’s description: Orange Daggertail (M)

Naolin

Surname: Unknown

Signet: Siphon

Dragon’s name: Tairn

Dragon’s description: Black Morningstartail (M)

Heaton

Surname: Unknown

Signet: Breathing underwater

Dragon’s name: Unknown

Dragon’s description: Unknown

Emery

Surname: Barnes

Signet: Air manipulation

Dragon’s name: Unknown

Dragon’s description: Brown Clubtail

Cianna

Surname: Unknown

Signet: Air manipulation

Dragon’s name: Gaothal

Dragon’s description: Unknown

Nyra

Surname: Voldaren

Signet: Unknown

Dragon’s name: Malla

Dragon’s description: Red Scorpiontail

Ulices

Surname: Ferris

Signet: Unknown

Dragon: Fann

Dragon’s description: Green Swordtail (F)

Felix

Surname: Gerault

Signet: Unknown

Dragon: Nuirlach

Dragon’s description: Red Swordtail

Aura

Surname: Beinhaven

Signet: Fire wielder

Dragon: Dagolh

Dragon’s description: Red Clubtail

Lyron

Surname: Panchek

Signet:

Dragon:

Dragon’s description:

Lynx

Surname:

Signet: Shadow wielding

Dragon:

Dragon description:

Baylor

Surname:

Signet: (far-sight?)

Dragon: Veirt

Dragon’s description:

[ginhaku125-offical]

Random out of context discord messages

[lauralot89]

19th Century Vampire Lit I'm Gonna Read

Because I've lost my mind.

Most of these texts were found with the aid of these two posts. I did not include any of the stories listed as "not technically about vampires," except for "Let Loose," because it concerns a specter seeking blood, and "Vampirismus," because it's called "Vampirismus."

A strikethrough indicates that I've already read the work. Bold text indicates that I cannot find an English translation, whether online or for purchase. If you know of English translations of any bolded titles, please let me know.

Thalaba the Destroyer, Robert Southey (1801)

"The Vampire," John Stagg (1810)

The Giaour, Lord Byron (1813)

"A Fragment of a Novel," Lord Byron (1816)

"The Vampyre," John William Polidori (1819)

The Black Vampyre, Uriah Derick D'Arcy (1819)

The Vampire Lord Ruthwen, Cyprien Bérard (1820)

The Vampire, or The Bride of the Isles, J.R. Planché (1820)

The Vampire, Charles Nodier (1820)

"Vampirismus," E.T.A. Hoffman (1821)

Smarra, or Demons of the Night, Charles Nodier (1821)

"Wake Not the Dead," Ernst Raupach (1823)

The Vampire, or the Hungarian Virgin, Étienne-Léon de Lamothe-Langon (1825)

Der Vampyre und seine Braut, Karl Spindler (1826)

La Guzla, ou Choix de Poesies Illyrique, Prosper Merimee (1827)

"Pepopukin in Corsica," Arthur Young (1827)

The Vampire, Heinrich Masrschner and Wilhelm August Wohlbrück (1828)

The Skeleton Count, or the Vampire Mistress, Elizabeth Caroline Grey (1828)

Der Vampyre, oder die Totenbraut, Theodor Hildebrand (1828)

"The Vampire Bride," Henry Thomas Liddell (1833)

Clarimonde, Théophile Gautier (1836)

The Family of the Vourdalak, Aleksey Tolstoy (1839)

The Vampire, Aleksey Tolstoy (1841)

"The Vampyre," James Clerk Maxwell (1845)

Varney the Vampire, or The Feast of Blood, James Macolm Rymer (1845-1847)

The Pale Lady/The Carpathian Mountains/The Vampire of the Carpathian Mountains, Alexandre Dumas (1849)

"The Vampyre," Elizabeth F. Ellet (1849)

The Phantom World [select chapters], Augustin Calmet (1850)

The Vampire, Alexandre Dumas (1851)

The Vampires of London, Angelo de Sorr (1852)

The Dead Baroness/The Vampire and the Devil's Son, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail (1852)

"The Vampire," Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1857)

Knightshade/The Shadow Knight, Paul Féval (1860)

"The Mysterious Stranger," Karl von Wachsmann (1860)

"Metamorphosis of a Vampire," Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1860)

The Vampire of the Val-de-Grace, Leon Gozlan (1861)

"The Vampire; Or, Pedro Pacheco and the Bruxa," William H.G. Kingston (1863)

The Vampire/The Vampire Countess, Paul Féval (1865)

Vampire City, Paul Féval (1867)

"The Last Lords of Gardonal," William Gilbert (1867)

Vikram and the Vampire, Sir Richard Francis Burton (1871)

"The Vampire Cat of Nabéshima," Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford (1871)

Carmilla, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1872)

"Ghosts," Mihail Eminescu (1876)

Der Vampyr – Novelle aus Bulgarien, Hans Wachenhusen (1878)

Captain Vampire, Marie Nizet (1879)

"The Fate of Madame Cabanel," Eliza Lynn Linton (1880)

After Ninety Years, Milovan Glišic (1880)

"The Vampyre," Owen Meredith (1882)

"The Vampire," Jan Naruda (1884)

"Manor," Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1884)

"The Vampyre," Vasile Alecsandri (1886)

The Horla, Guy de Maupassant (1887)

"Ken's Mystery/The Grave of Ethelind Fionguala," Julian Hawthorne (1887)

"A Mystery of the Campagna," Anne Crawford (1887)

"Romanian Deaths and Burials-Vampires and Werewolves," Emily Gerard (1888)

"The Old Portrait," Hume Nisbet (1890)

"The Vampire Maid," Hume Nisbet (1890)

"Let Loose," Mary Cholmondeley (1890)

"The Vampire," Felix Dahn (1892)

The Parasite, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1884)

"The True Story of a Vampire/The Sad Story of a Vampire," Count Eric Stenbock (1894)

"A Kiss of Judas," Julian Osgood Field (1894)

"The Prayer," Violet Hunt (1895)

"Good Lady Duncayne," Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1896)

"The Vampire of Croglin Grange," Augustus Hare (1896)

"Phorfor," Matthew Phipps Shiel (1896)

Dracula, Bram Stoker (1897)

"Dracula's Guest," Bram Stoker (1914*)

The Blood of the Vampire, Florence Marryat (1897)

*"Dracula's Guest" was first published in 1914 but was written either concurrent to or before the writing of Dracula.

I'm going to be honest. When I began, I thought there were four nineteenth century vampire stories. Five if you count Dracula's Guest. I've made a huge mistake.

[softiisakvaltersen]

in honour of the golden raven's imminent release I wanted to share the tracklist of my jean yves moreau themed playlist (peer reviewed!) in case anyone wanted something to accompany their reading!

somebody else [ruelle]

i live in patterns [taylor janzen feat. alix page]

just another way [novo amor]

first [harry was here]

angel [keshi]

seneca [novo amor]

begging for rain [maggie rogers]

are you with me [nilu]

bitter [palace]

tomb [angelo de augustine]

i won't fight it [andrew belle]

carousel [5 seconds of summer]

you are the coffin [flatsound]

hunting season [chelsea cutler]

repeat until death [novo amor]

landfill [daughter]

hospital [lydia]

blue [keshi]

wolf [now, now]

o violet [greyson chance]

state lines [novo amor]

i went too far [aurora]

moodswings [5 seconds of summer]

i don't feel alive [chelsea cutler]

same color as the sun [flor]

sun bleached flies [ethel cain]

cold kind hand [the paper kites]

could you love me while i hate myself [zeph]

to belong [daughter]

flightless bird [jolé]

the witching hour [the ready set]

block me out [gracie abrams]

winter [daughter]

sister [andrew belle]

passenger [noah kahan]

are you home? [amber run]

headspins [hannah brewer]

silver spoon [erin lecount]

live well [palace]

[pupsmailbox]

Hii! I don't know if this counts as a ‘name like’ request, but we have two requests !!! (Either or both would be amazing!!)

01 : Names like the words “Precipice,” “Lament,” and “Volition.” Out of names, I wish for them to be most similar to Antoine and/or Laurent.

02 : Names like the word “Ribbon” and the names “Irene,” “Marie,” and “Mizuki.”

Thank you in advance!!

I couldnt find much so I just did as many as I could! sorry about that!

ANTOINE / TTE︰ adam. adeline. adrian. aiden. alexander. alexandre. alexis. alfonso. amandine. amelia. anastasia. andeana. andoni. andre. anna. anne. annette. anthony. antione. antoan. antoine. antoinette. anton. antoni. antonia. antonie. antonin. antonina. antonio. antoniy. antoniya. antony. antoon. antwan. antwon. arabella. arthur. auguste. augustin. augustina. aurora. belinda. benjamin. caleb. camille. carlotta. catherine. cecelia. charles. charlie. charlotte. clarisse. claude. claudette. clementine. clover. clémence. collette. damian. diane. dolores. dominique. dorothee. eleanor. elie. elisha. elizabeth. eloise. emile. emma. esme. esteban. ethan. ezra. fernando. francis. franco. françois. gabriel. gaston. genevieve. giacomo. giuseppe. grace. grand. guinevere. gwendoline. gwendolyn. helga. henri. henry. ishmael. jackie. jacob. james. janette. jean. jeanette. joachim. joffy. johannes. john. jordan. joseph. josephine. juan. jules. kal. khaliah. laurien. letitia. liam. louis. louise-marguerite. louise. lucas. lucinda. madeleine. makayla. margaret. marguerite. maria. marie. marion. mary. maxime. megara. michael. myara. nell. nicolette. noah. noel. olga. oliver. olivier. paolo. peyton. philippe. phyllis. pierre. pietro. portia. ramon. raul. revence. rosanna. rosemarie. roxane. salvador. santiago. scarlett. sebastian. silvia. sonia. terence. ulrich. veda. vincent. violet. william. yvonne. étienne.

LAURENT︰ agustin. alain. alexander. alliance. alphonse. amelie. anais. antoine. armand. arnaud. arturo. asher. astrid. atticus. auguste. charlotte. christophe. constantine. corinne. cécile. delphine. dominique. emil. emile. esme. etienne. evangeline. ezra. fidelia. françois. gabriel. gareth. genevieve. gilles. guillaume. hadrian. helene. henri. hrh. hugo. ignacio. isabella. isabelle. isadore. jean. jude. lawrence. leo. leonidas. levi. lorand. lorant. lorenzo. lorinda. lucien. ludovic. marcel. marcello. marcellus. marie. nathalie. nathaniel. octavian. oliver. olivier. philippe. pierre. raoul. remi. rosaire. sandrine. sebastian. shey. stephane. sylvie. sébastien. thaddaeus. theo. théophile. valentin. vincent. vincenzo. virginie. visa.

IRENE︰ ada. adelaide. alex. alexander. alice. alix. amelia. antonia. aron. augusta. benjamin. blaine. braden. braelyn. brayden. charlie. charlotte. clara. claudia. constance. cora. cornelia. cynthia. dane. david. diana. dorothy. drake. dwayne. edith. edward. elizabeth. eloise. erin. esther. evelyn. florence. francesca. francis. gabriel. genevieve. george. georgiana. grace. graysen. grey. guadalupe. hazel. helen. helena. henry. iorwen. iram. irem. iren. irena. irina. iris. irma. irwin. iryna. isaac. james. jane. jean. jessie. john. joseph. juan. kane. lane. layne. leslie. lucinda. magdalena. margaret. maria. marian. marie. marion. mary. michael. miguel. miriam. oliver. olivia. owen. pablo. patricia. priscilla. rayna. rayne. reina. rene. rey. robert. rosalind. sylvia. tabitha. theodora. veronica. victoria. william. willie.

MARIE︰ alexander. alexandra. alice. alix. amanda. amelia. amy. angela. ann. anna. anne. auguste. benjamin. bethany. carolina. catherine. charles. charlie. charlotte. christine. corinne. elisabeth. elizabeth. ellen. emery. emile. emma. emory. ethan. francis. franz. friedrich. gabrielle. georg. grace. henry. isabella. jacqueline. james. jan. jean. joanna. john. joseph. jules. kareem. katharina. kathleen. laura. lee. leopold. liam. louis. louise. lynn. maeve. mahari. maree. margaret. mari. maria. mario. mary. maximilian. mayer. mayur. mehera. meir. meora. merari. michael. miner. minoru. mira. mirah. mirai. miranda. mirari. mireia. miri. mirra. mirri. moira. monroe. mora. more. morey. moriah. morrow. moyer. murray. myra. nicole. noel. oliver. olivia. pat. paul. rachel. rebecca. rebekah. rene. rosa. rose. sophie. stephanie. uriah. william.

MIZUKI︰ aigis. aiko. aoi. asoka. athena. azard. bolin. cersei. chumvi. constanza. corona. cyrille. daisuke. deva. emiko. florencia. fred. freesia. haji. hanako. hisano. ikuseghan. iziko. izumi. kaito. kamiko. kamille. kammy. kasumi. katashi. katsuo. kazuki. kiburi. koru. kusa. kyoko. kyomi. kôma. lakshmi. liam. liara. macawi. magaska. magic. mags. maisie. maka. makar. mango. masashi. masato. maso. massey. maxi. mays. meaza. mega. mego. megumi. meigs. metis. meyshia. mheetu. midori. midzuki. mika. mike. mikia. misaki. miyako. miyoko. mizu. mocha. moma. moses. moshe. mowanza. moxie. mwana. mwenje. noma. océane. otieno. parvati. pasiphae. reiko. renza. rita. rosabella. ryu. sabine. sayuri. scratch. sephora. skye. stellaluna. suki. taariq. takayuki. tomato. toshiro. tsukiko. uru. vanille. yoshiro. zuwena.

[thefundiemuseum]

Semi-Serious Name Predictions for Seewald-Duggar #6

I have a confession: Jessa and I have super similar taste in names.

Note that I'm saying Jessa, not Ben. AFAIK, Ben is responsible for "Spurgeon," "Wilberforce," and "Augustine," while Jessa has "Elliot," "Henry," and "George." (And IIRC, she also called Spurgeon "Quincy" for a time, which I think is cute.)

I'm also fond of Ivy and Fern, though I would personally never use them.

What I'm saying is, I feel like I have a good handle on possible baby names from Jessa, and I'm kind of excited to see what she picks next if only because her taste plus Ben's taste creates some WILD combinations.

(I actually like Augustine more than George though. Like. Ben picked a good one that time.)

Possible girl names:

Laurel

Olive

Hazel

Juniper

Violet

I like that "Laurel" is a different take on "Lauren," Jessa's middle name. I'm not sure if Josie Bates Balka's name choices are off-limits, or if Jessa would care at all if there's some overlap. "Olive" is super trendy, which sort of goes against Jessa's more timeless aesthetic, but you could find some biblical significance there for Ben's sake.

I'll be honest, I have no thoughts on Jessa's girls' middle names, expect that I like how she mixes up the meter of her names. She has yet to name a child with, for example, all 2-syllable trochaic names. IDK, just pick something ultra feminine, bonus points if there's someone in Christian history with that name, and it'll probably fit.

I'll throw out "Charlotte" as a good contender for a middle from Jessa because it not only fits with her taste in boys' names, it also references the missionary Lotte Moon. Maybe "Claire" for Clare of Assisi?

Possible boy names (from Jessa:)

Theodore

William

Thomas

Edward

Bennett

"Thomas" gets double points because it could also be in honor of Thomas Aquinas. "Bennett" is the one I'm most unsure of. Maybe they'd see it as a way to honor Ben, a la Fre(derick) Dillard, but maybe it's too similar. None of the Duggars so far have had a Junior, and I suspect that comes from growing up in a household with so many same-y names. Still, I think "Theodore" is the top contender here just going by my instincts on what names Jessa would like. Possible boy names (from Ben):

Graham

Dietrich

Bonhoeffer

Martin

Lewis

These names are in reference to Billy Graham, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Luther, and C. S. Lewis. I suspect Ben's names will continue to be used as middle names, but I wouldn't consider Dietrich off the table.

My predictions:

Theodore Graham

Dietrich Thomas

Bennett Bonhoeffer

Juniper Charlotte

Laurel Claire

Olive Anne

Listen. Do I really think Jessa will name her child Teddy Graham Seewald? . . . I'm not sure. She named her firstborn Spurgeon, so I don't think anything is off the table.

[pokemanix]

Official Professor Augustine Sycamore Cards from the Pokémon TCG

Professor Sycamore (122) - XY Professor Sycamore (101) - XY—Phantom Forces Professor Sycamore (107) - XY—BREAKpoint Random Receiver (109) - XY—Fates Collide Professor Sycamore (114) - XY—Steam Siege Professor Sycamore (107a) - Yellow A Alternate Professor’s Research (Professor Sycamore) (125) - Scarlet & Violet: Prismatic Evolutions

[fourthwingfan]

Madness - Chapter 20

Hi, my dearest readers! I'm alive. The wedding was fantastic, but I'm soo tired. I barely slept the last few days. We decorated for 13 hours on Friday. Then the wedding on Saturday and we packed up everything on Sunday. And for some reason I thought that I didn't need to take a day off on Monday, I'll be fine. Well, I thought wrong. But thank you for your patience! ❤️ Here comes the new chapter. Enjoy! :)

Accusing a wingleader of wrongdoing is the most dangerous of all accusations. If you’re right, then we’ve failed as a quadrant to select the best wingleaders. If you’re wrong, you’re dead.

—My Time as a Cadet: A Memoir by General Augustine Melgren

„Jackson Marlowe.” Captain Fitzgibbons finishes reading the death roll and closes the scroll as we stand in formation the next morning, our breath creating clouds in the chilled air. “We commend their souls to Malek.”

There’s no room for sorrow in my heart for six of the eight names, not when I’m shifting my weight to soothe the ache of black-and-blue along my ribs and ignoring the way other riders stare at my face.

I went to Nolon this morning, and he mended my nose, but I wanted to keep my bruises. One of those who attacked Violet is alive. I want them to know I will not forgive. Never.

If Xaden won’t do anything about it, then I will. I’m a Melgren after all, I’m allowed to be a little crazy.

The two others on today’s list are third-years from Second Wing, killed on a training operation near the Braevick border, according to breakfast gossip, and I can’t help but wonder if that’s where Xaden had been before coming to our rescue last night.

“I can’t believe they tried to kill you while you were sleeping.” Liam’s still seething, at breakfast we told our table what happened.

“Even worse, I think I’m getting used to it. Either I have kick-ass compartmentalization skills or I really am acclimating to always being a target.” Violet says.

Captain Fitzgibbons makes some minor announcements, and I tune him out as someone strides our way, cutting through the space between the Flame and Tail Sections of our wing.

Just like it always does, my stupid, hormone-driven heart stutters at the first sight of Xaden. Even the most effective poisons come in pretty packages, and Xaden’s exactly that—as beautiful as he is lethal. He looks deceptively calm as he approaches, but I can feel his tension as if it’s my own, like a panther prowling toward his prey. The wind ruffles his hair, and I sigh at the completely unfair advantage he has over every man in this courtyard. He doesn’t even have to try to look sexy…he just is.

Oh shit. This feeling right here—the way my breath catches and my entire body draws tight when he’s near—is why I haven’t taken anyone to bed or celebrated like the rest of my perfectly normal friends. This feeling is why I haven’t wanted anyone…else.

Because I want him.

There aren’t enough curse words in the world for this.

He stops next to us and he looks toward Liam then nods in Violet’s direction.

Oh shit. Violet will be sooo angry when she realizes…

„I do not need a bodyguard!” she snaps at Xaden.

He ignores her, still looking at Liam.

“Switch places with me.” Liam whispers to me.

I look at him questioningly but he doesn’t say another word.

“Fine.” I sigh and now he stands behind Violet.

„I. Do. Not. Need. A. Bodyguard!” she repeats, a little louder this time.

One of the first-years behind me gasps, mortified by her audacity, no doubt.

Imogen snorts. “Good luck with that approach.”

Xaden stands directly in front of Violet, leaning into her space. “You do, though, as we both learned last night. And I can’t be everywhere you are. But Liam here”—he points back to the blond Tyr—“he’s a first-year, so he can be in every class, at every challenge, and I even had him assigned to library duty, so I hope you get used to him, Sorrengail.”

“And what about Aelin?” She asks with a raised eyebrow. “She was with me too.”

“I don’t care about her.” Xaden replies without hesitation.

Ouch. It hurts.

Liam quickly grabs my hand and squeezes it before letting it go.

“And I don’t know if she will protect you at all costs.” Xaden continues.

“Now, that’s just a fucking excuse.” I mutter.

I will protect Violet. She’s one of the most important person in my life. And he knows it too. He’s not stupid.

“You’re overstepping.” Violet hisses at him.

“You haven’t begun to see overstepping,” he warns, his voice dropping low. “Any threat against you is a threat against me, and as we’ve already established, I have more important things to do than sleep on your floor.”

Heat flushes up her neck and stains her cheeks. “He is not sleeping in my room.”

Oh, Vi. I knew it that you like Liam.

“Of course not.” He freaking smirks. “I had him moved into the one next to yours. Wouldn’t want to overstep.” He turns on his heel and walks away, headed back to his place at the front of our formation.

“Fucking mated dragons,” Dain seethes, keeping his eyes forward.

“What? Did you move? When?” I ask Liam in shock.

“This morning. And I won’t be far. Just on the other side of Violet.” He smiles at me with a boyish grin and I can’t help it, I smile back.

“Fiinee. But I warn you, do not replace me with her.” I mock glare at him.

“How could I do it, Snappy? You’re my best friend.” He winks at me.

“Snappy? You didn’t call me that since… I don’t know.” I try to remember when was the last time.

“I call you that because you’re talking nonsense. Now pay attention.”

Fitzgibbons finishes his announcements and steps to the back of the dais, which would usually signal the end of formation, but Commandant Panchek takes the podium. He makes it a habit to avoid morning formation, which means something is up.

“What’s going on with Panchek?” Rhiannon asks at Violet’s side.

“Not sure.” I shrug.

“It has to be something big if he’s fumbling with a Codex up there,” Rhiannon says.

“Quiet,” Dain orders, glancing back over his shoulder at us for the first time this morning. He does a double-take, his eyes flaring wide as he catches sight of Violet’s neck. “Vi?”

„I’m fine,” she assures him, but he’s still staring at her throat, locked in shock. “Squad Leader Aetos, people are staring.” We hold way more than our share of the attention as Commandant Panchek begins to speak at the podium, telling us that there’s another matter to handle this morning, but Dain won’t look away. “Dain!”

He blinks, jerking his gaze to hers. “Is that what Riorson meant by last night?”

She nods.

“I didn’t know. Why didn’t you tell me?”

“I’m fine,” she repeats, nodding toward the dais. “Later.”

He turns, but the motion is reluctant.

“It has been brought to my attention as your commandant that a breach of the Codex has occurred,” Panchek calls out over the courtyard.

“As you know, breaches of our most sacred laws are not to be tolerated,” Panchek continues. “This matter will be addressed here and now. Will the accuser please step forward.”

“Someone’s in trouble,” Rhiannon whispers. “Think Ridoc finally got caught in Tyvon Varen’s bed?”

“That’s hardly against the Codex,” Ridoc murmurs from behind us.

“He’s the executive officer for Second Wing.” I send a pointed look over my shoulder.

“And?” Ridoc shrugs, grinning without a touch of remorse. “Fraternizing with command is frowned upon, not unlawful.”

I sigh, facing forward. “I miss sex.” I really do, and it’s not just the physical gratification, either. There’s a sense of connection in those moments that I crave, a momentary banishment of loneliness.

The first is something I’m sure Xaden would be more than capable of providing, if he ever thought of me that way, but the second? He’s the last person I should be craving, but lust and logic never seem to go hand in hand.

“If you’re looking for a little fun, I’m happy to oblige—” Ridoc starts, shoving his floppy brown hair off his forehead with a wink.

“I miss good sex,” I counter, smothering a smile as someone walks from the front of formation toward the dais, indistinguishable through the rows of the squads ahead of us. “Besides, apparently you’re spoken for.” Have to admit, it feels good to tease a friend about something so trivial. It’s a tiny slice of normalcy in an otherwise macabre environment.

“We’re not exclusive,” Ridoc counters. “It’s like Rhiannon and what’s-her-name…”

“Tara,” Rhiannon offers.

“Will you all shut the hell up?” Dain barks in his superior-officer voice.

Our mouths snap shut, and I roll my eyes.

Mine drops open again when I realize it’s Xaden climbing the steps to the dais. “This is about you,” I whisper to Vi.

Dain glances back at me, confusion furrowing his brow before whipping his attention toward the dais, where Xaden now stands at the podium, somehow managing to fill the entire stage with his presence.

From what I remember reading, his father had that same magnetism, the ability to hold and capture a crowd with nothing but his words…words that led to Brennan’s death.

“Early this morning,” he begins, his deep voice carrying over the formation, “a rider in my wing was brutally, illegally attacked in her sleep with the intent of murder by a group primarily composed of unbondeds. When another rider rushed to her aid after hearing the commotion, she were attacked too.”

A collection of murmurs and gasps fills the air, and Dain’s shoulders stiffen.

“As we all know, the first act is a violation of Article Three, Section Two of the Dragon Rider’s Codex and, in addition to being dishonorable, is a capital offense.”

I feel the weight of a dozen glances, but it’s Xaden’s I feel most of all.

His hands clench the sides of the podium. “Having been alerted by my dragon, I interrupted the attack along with two other Fourth Wing riders.” He dips his chin toward our wing, and two riders—Garrick and Bodhi—break formation, then climb the steps to stand behind Xaden, their hands at their sides. “As it was a matter of life and death, I personally executed six of the would-be murderers, as witnessed by Flame Section Leader Garrick Tavis and Tail Section Executive Officer Bodhi Durran.”

“Both Tyrs. How convenient,” Nadine, one of the new additions to the squad, says from the row behind Ridoc.

I look back over my shoulder and pin her with a glare.

Liam keeps his eyes forward.

“But the attack was orchestrated by a rider who fled before I arrived,” Xaden continues, his voice rising. “A rider who had access to the map of where all first-years are assigned to sleep, and that rider must be brought to swift justice.

Shit. This is about to get ugly.

“I call you to answer for your crime against Cadet Sorrengail, and indirectly against Cadet Melgren.” Xaden’s focus shifts to the center of the formation. “Wingleader Amber Mavis.”

The quadrant draws a collective breath before an uproar rips through the crowd.

“What the hell?” Dain bites out.

Every rider in the courtyard’s attention pivots between Xaden, Amber, me…and Violet.

I squeeze her shoulder. She hates the attention.

“She’s a Tyr, too, Nadine,” Ridoc says over his shoulder. “Or are you only biased against marked ones?”

Amber’s family stayed loyal to Navarre, so she wasn’t forced to watch her parents executed and wasn’t marked by a rebellion relic.

“Amber would never.” Dain shakes his head. “A wingleader would never.” He turns completely to face us. “Get up there and tell everyone that he’s lying, Vi.”

“But he’s not,” I say as gently as I can. I know he cares about her.

“It’s impossible.” His cheeks flush a mottled shade of red.

“I was there, Dain.” Violet confirms it.

„Wingleaders are beyond reproach—”

“Then why are you so quick to call our own wingleader a liar?” My brows rise in challenge, daring him to say what he’s so careful to keep quiet.

Behind him, Amber steps forward, separating herself from the formation. “I have committed no such crime!”

“See?” Dain swings his arm, pointing toward the redhead. “Put a stop to this right now, Violet.”

“She was with them in my room,” she says simply. Shouting won’t convince him. Nothing will.

„That’s impossible.” He lifts his hands, as though ready to cup her face. “Let me see.”

I quickly grab Violet’ shoulder and pull her back toward me, farther away from Dain.

After the Jeremiah incident she told me about Dain’s signet, that he can read memories.

I can’t let him see the memory of Amber’s participation, it will also show him that Violet stopped time.

I can’t let that happen!

“Give me the memory,” he orders.

“Touch me without permission, and you’ll spend the rest of your life regretting it.” She glares at him.

Maybe Violence is a fitting nickname, after all.

Surprise ripples over his features.

“Wingleaders.” Xaden projects his voice over the chaos. “We need a quorum.”

Both Nyra and Septon Izar—the wingleaders for First and Second Wing—climb the stairs to the dais, passing by Amber as she stands utterly exposed in the courtyard.

A familiar chaos fills the air, and we all look toward the ridgeline as seven dragons curve along the mountain, flying straight for us.

In a matter of seconds, they reach the citadel and hover over the courtyard walls. Wind from the strong beats of their wings blasts through the courtyard.

Then, one by one, they land on their perch, Tairn at the center of the grouping, Aon is next to him.

Every line of his frame exudes menace as his talons crush the masonry under his grip, and his narrowed, angry eyes focus on Amber.

Sgaeyl is perched to Tairn’s right, taking her position behind Xaden. She’s just as terrifying as she was that first day, but I still find her beautiful. Nyra’s Red Scorpiontail looms behind her as well, and Septon’s Brown Daggertail mirrors the stance to the left. On the ends, puffing blasts of steam, are Commandant Panchek’s Green Clubtail and Amber’s Orange Daggertail is next to Aon.

“Shit’s about to get real,” Sawyer says, breaking formation to stand at Violet’s side, and I feel Ridoc at my back as he steps closer.

“You can stop this all right now, Violet. You have to,” Dain implores. “I don’t know what you saw last night, but it wasn’t Amber. She cares too much about the rules to break them.”

“You’re using this to get your revenge on my family!” Amber shouts at Xaden. “For not supporting your father’s rebellion!”

That’s a low fucking blow.

Xaden doesn’t even acknowledge it as he turns to the other wingleaders.

He isn’t demanding proof like Dain. He believes her, and he’s ready to execute a wingleader on nothing more than her word. As surely as if they’re a physical structure, I feel my defenses crack on Xaden’s behalf.

Tairn chuffs and every dragon besides Sgaeyl stiffens on the wall, even Amber’s. The riders are quick to follow, silence filling the courtyard.

I know what they see.

Aon showes me what happened last night, in Violet’s point of view.

Amber, the fight before I arrived, and then I see… myself. It’s really strange. I can see myself but in someone else point of view. I was pretty…terrifying. Blood all over my face, my cold gaze.

„That’s why I chose you, little one. You’re ruthless, and you protect those who are weaker than you.”

„Thanks, you know how to compliment someone.” I laugh. Yep, he’s definitely a big softie.

“That spineless wretch,” Rhiannon seethes in front of me.

Dain pales.

“Believe me now?” Vi hurles it like the accusation it is. “You’re supposed to be my oldest friend, Dain. One of my best friends. There’s a reason I didn’t tell you.”

He staggers backward.

“The wingleaders have formed a quorum and are in unanimous agreement,” Xaden announces, flanked by Nyra and Septon while the commandant hangs back. “We find you guilty, Amber Mavis.”

“No!” she shouts. “It is no crime to rid the quadrant of the weakest rider! I did it to protect the integrity of the wings!” She paces in panic, looking to everyone—anyone for help.

As a whole, the formation moves backward.

“And as is our law, your sentence will be carried out by fire,” Nyra states.

“No!” Amber looks to her dragon. “Claidh!”

Amber’s Orange Daggertail snarls at the other dragons and lifts a claw.

Aon swivels his massive head toward Claidh, his roar shaking the ground beneath my feet. Then he snaps his teeth at the smaller orange, and she retreats, her head hanging as she grips the wall again.

“Please don’t,” I hear Violet as she begs.

I can feel the sadness inside me. She’s too merciful.

She turns to Xaden and begs again, her voice breaking by the end. “Please give her a chance.”

He holds her gaze but doesn’t so much as show a flicker of emotion.

Justice is not always merciful.

„Claidh,” Amber whimpers, the courtyard so unbelievably silent that the sound carries.

The formation splits at the center.

Tairn leans low, extending his head and neck past the dais toward where Amber stands. Then his teeth part, he curls his tongue, and he incinerates her with a blast of fire so hot, I can feel it from here. It’s over in a heartbeat.

A gruesome scream rends the air, shattering a window in the academic wing, and every rider slams their hands over their ears as Claidh mourns.

[edgepunk]

[this dress] called my girls' names

[inspirationfandream]

Roman Godfrey x Maria Airam AU (part 2)

[whenwewereyoung97]

My crack theory for today -

The Marked Ones don’t have a second signet. Melgren does.

This is what Xaden says about Colonel Mairi’s protection rune: “It was designed to counter the signet of the rider whose dragon would kill them.”

We know they can “hide” themselves from Melgren’s ability to see the outcome of a battle, but what if their prowess for fighting (inherent agility, quick reflexes, strength or even their tactical skills) is also in response to another signet of Melgren’s?

I can’t wrap my head around the possibility that the Marked Ones would have gotten a second signet from the Rebellion relic, because that would imply Xaden has three signets. Him having that much power and not losing his mind would discredit the entire Empyrean magic system. It seems much more plausible to me that they would have gained these skills - and not a signet - in response to a potential second signet of Melgren’s.

It’s been too long since IF came out. I’ve had too much time to ponder random shit. I need it to be the 21st already.

[antihcroes]

ps i'd also like to add @painbears

@antihcroes 🤝 me 🤝 @heartfe1t writing the tscu girlies

[manyfandomocs]

Bridgerton OC Introductions

Okay!!! Lots of Bridgerton ocs. I went crazy (tagging @rose-of-oz )

also shoutout to @randomestfandoms-ocs also for this and my last group of ocs they listened to me talk about a lot and helped a lot, and shoutout to plot bunny anon for those bridgerton fcs)

Edmund Bridgerton (Douglas Booth FC), Edwina Sharma ship rn (potential to change). Edmund Bridgerton, twin brother of Eloise Bridgerton, has always had a lot to live up to. With him bearing his father's name, with being a Bridgerton, he's always had a lot on his shoulders. But he wants to find love, he wants the match his parents had, a stark contrast to his sister. The two are like night and day at times, and so when she finally debuts, he wants to try to help her best he can. Except, he finds himself getting distracted by the Diamond of the Season.

Bernadette Bridgerton (Jessica Brown Findlay FC), Prince Friedrich ship. Despite being the eldest daughter of the Bridgerton family, Bernadette oftentimes seemed to be on the outskirts of it. She loved them dearly, and them her, but aside from her twin brother, it seemed like she could have disappeared and it wouldn't mean much. She put off her debut, both a fear of being out in society and as a way to focus on her sisters who are much more likely to succeed, but when she debuts with Daphne, somehow the Bridgerton on the outskirts catches the eye of a visiting prince.

Cornelius Bridgerton (Adrian Enscoe FC), Penelope Featherington ship rn (potential to change). Cornelius wasn't like his twin brother Colin. Colin wanted to travel, to see the world, and Cornelius felt very grounded here in Mayfair. He liked the city, he wanted to plant roots, and he wanted love. Cornelius thought he'd find that love with their neighbor, Eloise's best friend, but Penelope has always seemed to be head over heels for his twin.

Dinah Bridgerton (Anna Popplewell FC), Louisa Egerton & Rowland Reeves ship. Dinah knew from a young age what she wanted in life, a family like her own. For as chaotic and obnoxious as they were, they loved each other. That's what she wanted. So debuting with her twin sister, she was excited. But when Daphne is declared the diamond, it seems a lot harder for her to get what she wants. Until she meets two people that may have a plan for her to get everything.

Iris Bridgerton (Emma Watson FC), Giles Colborne ship. The youngest Bridgerton sibling, Iris has grown up seeing her family fall in love over and over again. Even when there were issues, they managed to have that special feeling. And Iris knew she had to be next. But each suitor seemed to fall short. She knows that typically choices weren't allotted to women in society, but Iris also knew that she wouldn't settle for less when her family has the best. Iris makes a list for her future suitor, and it almost seems suspicious when she meets a man that seems to start checking every box.

Lilac Ledger (Keira Knightley FC), Augustin St. Croix ship. Lilac and Violet Ledger were always close siblings, even with the slight age gap, close enough that when their father died she moved in with Violet and her new husband Edmund. At least until Lilac found a husband of her own, which, never seemed to happen. Even as Violet had kids, as those kids got older, and even as Edmund died. Lilac was officially considered spinster age but she was just happy to help her sister with her family, she had given up on her own pursuits of love. Until a young man strolls into town.

Louisa Egerton (Holliday Grainger FC), Dinah Bridgerton & Rowland Reeves ship. Lady Louisa has always been more vivacious than most widows are expected to be, especially when one is widowed so young. She was married off to an older man in her second season, and before she could even produce an heir, he died. But she has remained in society, mingling with the other married women and widows. Then at a ball, she speaks to Dinah Bridgerton, and soon introduces her to her friend and once lover Rowland.

Rowland Reeves (Henry Cavill FC), Dinah Bridgerton & Louisa Egerton ship. Lord Reeves was not interested in marriage, not since he lost out on the chance to propose to his first love, Lady Louisa. He was content in a solo lifestyle, only occasionally attending balls and mostly just focusing on his estate and their lands. But then Louisa introduces him to one of the Bridgerton girls, Dinah, and he starts wondering if there's different ways to marry and have Louisa at the same time.

Giles Colborne (Colin Morgan FC), Iris Bridgerton ship. Giles wasn't much for London society, he preferred his time out in the countryside and tended to avoid the city when he could. But when his old schoolmate reaches out to him, feeling slighted at a rejection from the Bridgerton girl who seems to act like a princess, to be the perfect man for her, Giles finds himself in society for a season. He isn't expecting his friend to, apparently, truly be an awful friend, and he wasn't expecting the girl he's supposed to be perfect for find herself growing more interested in the moments that Giles forgets to pretend.

Augustin St. Croix (Henry Golding FC), Lilac Ledger ship. Augustin never found himself interested in London society, instead he was much more focused on his travels. Italy, France, Greece, even further, but when his sister requests for him to come to London to see her through the season as she was nervous about her prospects, he finds himself at balls and other things he swore he wasn't interested in. But it seems to be a good thing when he meets the beautiful Lilac.

[torturedbridgertonsdept]

Clandestine

Dearest Reader, Why do we take joy in wanting things we know we cannot have? Is it the thrill of the chase? Is it to satisfy our egos? How far are we willing to go to obtain our desires and how will we know if it was worth it in the end?

In 1814’s social season, Viscount Anthony Bridgerton declared that he was in search of a wife while his younger sister, Eloise, was making her debut in society. Per Anthony’s request, a new lady’s maid was hired to tend to her. A duty that should have been insignificant in the list of his responsibilities would soon be a consequential decision.

Content Tags + Warnings

S1 continuation | secret relationship | f!OC | smut | swearing | angst | death ment | fix-it | f!love interest | hurt/comfort

Characters

Anthony Bridgerton | Augustine Baxter (OC) | Eloise Bridgerton | Violet Bridgerton

Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4