#wraith shadow

[bluegiragi]

limitations (part 2)

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[wraith-caller]

give me your god's powers

[thedoodlebuggo]

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I'll upload the masterpost for this once i introduce some of the other AUs

[apathetic-kiss]

Kerch History Museum (Section 2B, Ketterdam Artifact Archives)

Photograph of Inej "Wraith" Ghafa and an unknown individual crossing the rooftops of Ketterdam. Ghafa was infamous due her ties with the Dregs and her association with Kaz "Dirtyhands" Brekker, but would later go on to become one of the most renowned pirate captains known for taking down hundreds of slaver ships and rescuing thousands of kidnapped individuals being trafficked to Kerch under exploitative indenture contracts. (For more information, see Exhibit 21: Indenture Laws & Kerch's History of Slavery, Exhibit 23: The Dregs & Other Notable Ketterdam Gangs, and Exhibit 26: Sankta Inej & Other Modern Saints) Obtained from an anonymous donor 4.25" x 3.14" Photographer Unknown Artifact #24383

[iunderstoodthatreference7]

Meanwhile, in Ketterdam…

Inej: Kaz! Did you kill that stadwatch guard!?

Kaz: when?

Inej: …this week

Kaz: Wednesday?

Inej: no, it was on Tuesday

Kaz: then no, I didn’t

Inej:

Inej:

Inej: so. What were you doing on Wednesday?

[rosiethorns88]

Part one of three new Grishaverse artworks! I had the privileged of collaborating with Macmillan Children's Book on a design for a slipcase for a 5-book paperback box set of the Shadow and Bone trilogy and Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo. (shown here on the last photo!) This set is a Costco exclusive and is available for purchase on their website - visit my bio link for easy access! There were three artworks in total and I will be posting the other two over the next two days in a nice little line-up (without my thumbnail branding). Or you can go to the sales website to get an early preview! This piece is on the Six of Crows side! A very recognizable scene if you've read the duology. Lots of symbolism here, and nice bright colors to represent the optimism of the scene. I love looking at this one from time-to-time; feels like a fresh breath of air. 😩🧡 See you tomorrow for more! 👋 #grishaverse #shadowandbone #shadow&bone #sixofcrows #kazbrekker #inejghafa #kanej #ketterdam #thewraith #leighbardugo #macmillian #isMyTieStraight

[she-posts-nerdy-stuff]

I can't explain how much it upsets me that we don't know what the intended plotline for Inej's brother was in the show, since he wasn't in the books. Like were we going to meet him in season 3? In the spin off? Is he still alive? Is she going to save him? There were so many ways it could go; what if she hunts slavers for months without find him and starts to give up hope only for an offhand mention or some kind of lead to get her to him? What if he's Grisha and gets brought in for the parem plot line? What is she finds him after so long only to have him taken away again? Or what if they one day sail and hunt slavers together? It makes me so sad that there's practically endless possibilities and we don't know what the plan was

[strixcattus]

"Can we kiss the Fury in the Pristine Cut—" wrong question. The question you should be asking is, "Does the Fury want to kiss us?" And the answer is no, you've blown it by then. Kiss someone who isn't angry at having been denied her entire being. Kiss someone who likes you and doesn't want you to suffer for eternity. Like the Thorn.

[valentiinexo]

elains spy arc being foreshadowed in acomaf? yes indeed 🙂‍↕️

(these passages are only pages apart in the same chapter so don’t try and tell me they’re not related)

[doodlesnoff]

Show!Inej for a contribution to Gaza aid organizations on the ground for @gvartistsforpalestine . You can donate there and get her art! Also as usual I will doodle for contributions to PCRF, Anera, or any direct gofundmes, as well as other causes in your community.

[probablybadrpgideas]

An actual idea: Making "Animate Dead" Evil Again

Zombies and skeletons in D&D, for all they play to spooky images, aren't really horrific. They're a mismash of two different lores that can't really work together (like a lot of zombie fiction but that's a discussion for another day)- the mindless ravenous predators of modern zombie apocalypse and the tragic undead slaves of the original stories. But they lack either sides symbolic resonance. They're no apocalypse- they're disposable cannon fodder even a starting party can take down- but nor is there any indication that "animate dead" is an actual evil act beyond being kinda gross. This seems very harmless for both a nominal horror monster, and something intended to be a genuinely (indeed, mechanically) evil act.

It doesn't seem possible to make them a real threat without major changes, so the obvious solution to this is a simple fluff change. They're not mindless. They're compelled, they can't act of their own volition. But they're still in there.

They don't shamble. They visibly struggle against the motions their limbs make, as if they were puppets trying to resist their strings. They don't moan. They sob, and when they see the players they force out desperate apologies and pleas for help. They're not stupid. They're intentionally twisting orders and trying to destroy themselves to the best of their ability because they hate the necromancer and are taking what vengeance they can.

Maybe they can genuinely help, if the players will accept it. The "disposable minions" see a lot, and might mutter the necromancer's weaknesses or warnings about an upcoming ambush or whatever useful information they've seen while attacking. Failing that, they fight to lose. They're easy to beat not because they're weak, but because they're on your side. They intentionally move to hinder the necromancer and help the party as much as they're able to, they interpret all the villain's orders as unhelpfully as they can, they hiss encouragements and laugh hollowly when the players succeed.

The undead hordes are victims, not monsters. They're the people the players are trying to help, or at least avenge. And they're trying, as best as they can, to make it happen.

-Pencil.

[wraith-caller]

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[jazzkrebber]

plot twist that the only reason Kaz was able to recognize Sturmhond as Nikolai was because Kaz based his entire reputation on him and is secretly a huge fanboy

[apathetic-kiss]

Kerch History Museum (Section 2F, Misc. Artifact Archives)

Inscription on the inside of a captain's notebook, one of the only pages that has not been ripped out. The book was found on a boat belonging to the Wraith fleet, a collection of ships led by captain Inej Ghafa which succeeded in taken down slaver boats and quelling the stream of indentures sold to Kerch pleasure and labour houses. The book is suspected to have belonged to Ghafa, and the crow stamp suggests it was a gift from a member of the Dregs, an infamous Barrel gang often tied to Ghafa and her work on land. (For more information, see Exhibit 21: Indenture Laws & Kerch's History of Slavery, Exhibit 23: The Dregs & Other Notable Ketterdam Gangs, and Exhibit 26: Sankta Inej & Other Modern Saints) Obtained from an anonymous donor Artifact #24789

[skepticalcatfrog]

"Her heart was a river that carried her to the sea." -Crooked Kingdom, chapter 44

[shadows-coffeebeans]

back on my bs >:] @bigjbonk