Tamauro, elemental guide to Beliza, the main character of the Dark Allies Dark Adversaries (Book 1 - The Katalonan Chronicles).
He is very close to my heart as he reminds me of the same being I dream about now and again. My own gabay.
The concept of having elemental guide or guides is core to the culture and beliefs of Filipinos. They are sentient energies found in nature. As the name suggests, they can provide one guidance. Or in some cases, a lure to perdition.
However, Tamauro is not one of the common ones one mentioned by people. His kind is not known for choosing humans as an alaga, or a ward, because they are a warrior class in Hiwagaan, the ethereal realm.
Tamauro is a sarangay. These noble elementals are attached to the gems they wear. It is connected to their existence. The pair represents passion and reason. And if one is stolen, it results in lethal consequences for the thief, for a sarangay cannot be parted from their gems forever.
His personality was drawn from many of my mentors in life. Although none of them were this muscular, they were all, in essence, mighty warriors in their own field. Tamauro's wit and wisdom, in my opinion, was his best weapon.
He has a very mysterious backstory β one that demands a chapter or two, but that will not be until book 3. (Book 2 is under editing/revision process at the moment).
Our artist, Boyet Abrenica, drew him very well. He got the image, the facial expression of Tamauro very accurately. Impressive feat since his only basis was the books. He gets both Sol and I really well. We are now exploring collaborating on the graphic novels based on the series.
There are at least 9 elemental guides that appeared in this book, each unique and quirky.
And if you are interested in magical creatures, both mainstream and unique, the rich fantasy of the Philippine lore will provide you with so much variety, it is crazy. Read more of them in our book and the succeeding volumes in this series.
(We don't know yet how many books there will be, but we are leaning on 5).
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Thanks @theatresteph! Right now, this is what makes me happy:
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3. Music
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5. The planet
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Favourite colour: green
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Happy new BFSN to the sunflowerkru! Thank you to @togetherkru and @natassakar for thinking of me always π much love to you ladies.
I have high hopes for a change in what's been happening in Europe.
South Africa is finally coming to the end of its state of disaster ~ two years after it was implemented. Things feel quite normal right now. This is a recent pic of me and some friends at a St Patrick's Day gig at a local watering hole. It felt wonderfully normal.
Sending love/tagging: @pendragaryen, @immortalpramheda, @imaginetonprincecharmant, @igotbellarkeforthat, @jeanie205 and everyone else out there π
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I did something stupid. stupid as in looking through my old bellarke edits and going through your bellarke tag. I also want to gif bellarke again means rewatching the show that brought me trauma. You know what brought this on? I have an online friend that had VIP for Bob for Conaggedon weekend which was last weekend. So she had many photos of her with Bob and other cast. I also watched the panels. I'm w/ chelsey who believed that Bellamy died while having sex w/ Clarke. i need help.
ADIE U CANT FIGHT THE BELLARKE RENAISSANCE LMAOOOO!!!! When we get the beliza movie i'll edit them so much π if we get a kiss then........BE READY ADIE
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Beliza wallpapers!!
I'm glad that i didn't post this sooner because Taylor dropped a new album(yayy) a week ago and some lyrics scream beliza!! lol hope you guys like it!
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[Should I open for wallpapers requests(like for other characters/fandoms)? Not sure if it's a thing, but I think it would be cool, so let me know!]
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