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raazberry · 2 years

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i told all my friends that you thought [godtongue] was trans and we all unanimously agreed that it's a great hc given her backstory <3 one of them said 'based because she's so beautiful & trans fems are pretty'; i'll send one of my wips of her for u to see

(there's no need to guess what her name is... points at the link >:3c although i'll keep referring to her by the title i gave her to lure other people into her lore if they come to close)

get ready for a doodle & too much reading (2.7k to be exact) since i'm using your ask as a way to rewrite everything in a way where i can explain to newcomers.

in summary of what's up with her,

⁠— 𝐢. 𝐂𝐈𝐁𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐀.

separate from godtongue's universe where earth resides, is another universe that holds a world named cibruthea. in this universe, a sorcerer known as solis gathered 14 individuals underneath his command, bound by debt. this so-called "debt" was mostly purposeful, having forced these individuals into dire situations in which he'd "save" them with the promise of their own dreams & desires to be fulfilled. although he may have seemed grand to some, these were white lies. solis had his own plans that he wanted to see to fruition.

the 14 individuals, whom solis named, are known as:

the scapegoat, the great old god, the godtongue, the keeper of keys, the pyrrhic prophet, the chatelaine, the margrave, the wanderer, the living creature, the cloistered empress, the odalisque, the holy fool, the fool, & the sacrificial lamb.

the godtongue on cibruthea is different than my godtongue on earth—the original godtongue's name is sirusho, a woman of high military status. a war had broken out in her country, and she had lost all of her family, including her husband and children. the only child who survived was the youngest, nazeli, whom she scooped in her arms and ran. eventually, she'd be taken in as a refugee by solis, a sorcerer of kuviel's royal court.

she'd eventually fall in love with the great old god, tian, and he'd help raise nazeli with her. years passed, and unfortunately, solis did not like this. given his own backstory and his goals, he'd send little nazeli off falling to her death once he told her there was a peach tree a little ways of them.

once word reached sirusho & tian, they were devastated. and they knew who the perpetrator was. they'd witnessed him murder the sacrificial lamb, and out of everyone else they were the closest to understanding who this man truly was.

and although solis was prepared to kill them both shortly after, he was not prepared for the catastrophe known as The Blight. it was only a matter of time before the consequences of his human experimentation (o7 creature & fool you two were among the easiest to manipulate) and the seething hatred of a certain fiery sorceress would catch up to him and bring forth the demise of cibruthea (o7 world of cibruthea you'll always have cursed timelines thanks to asshole solis).

at this point, solis had already slain both sirusho & tian after the rest of the 14 individuals relentlessly attempted to defend the world from destruction, dying alongside it...or so he thought. tian, with his neck utterly lacterated and having witnessed the deaths of his friends and family, of witnessing his gentle & compassionate nature turning poisonous & vengeful, had managed to give a taste of what solis deserved. death.

and although cibruthea had come to ruin, it could not stop solis' experiment to seep into other timelines. other universes. he chose to see to what lengths a human body could handle "magic", and to prevent them from combusting from within, he had devised a way where the bodies could adopt intangible forms made of dark matter, the same dark matter he was used to manipulating into doing his bidding.

eventually, the realm of nox would be birthed.

— 𝐢𝐢. 𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐍𝐈𝐒.

in cibruthea's universe, a tabby cat would find it's way to the 14 individuals' residence, their lives feeling a whole lot brighter with this little critter around; they named him ponchik, after the pastries he liked to paw at, for he was just as sweet as they were.

this tabby's real name was lemnis. in reality, he was an immortal denizen of magic (time & space), sent to survey a strange phenomena occuring within this set universe. he'd grow alongside these people for years, loving every single one of them through their flaws, even if they would never find out that he wasn't actually a cat.

and he couldn't bear the sight of watching them die one by one. he couldn't fathom how the cursed cycle would repeat in every timeline in the same universe.

upon hearing word that The Blight was seeping into another universe and soon, other universes, lemnis was the first to immediately offer his aid. his beloved, diástasi, would follow suit.

however, upon arriving a world known as earth (that's us yippie <33 he got there when civilization first sprouted. earth is obviously also where my mc is because [points at obm]), he'd realize that diástasi wasn't with him, and he could no longer contact [The Council]. he sensed that something had gotten in-between them that prevented any further contact.

centuries passed, and he'd finally sense the presence of a child named casteus, the spiritual descendant & predecessor of the great old god. soon, the others would be born.

⁠— 𝐢𝐢𝐢. 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑.

my mc, born en-caul in the mediterranean to a dignified woman from a lowkey group of scholars (associated with rivers & knew magic of their own, although not the same as that of the sorcerer's society), and a silly man from a high society household, makes her debut.

[godtongue]'s father had took her mother's hand, and they both ran from her family romeo & juliet style--for good reason. her family was not to be messed with, for they had their own controversial plans that my mc's mother wanted nothing to do with. they settled in a plain house near her father's family, living frugally. they were content,

save for the times her father's family would spit upon herself and her mother. in spite of this, [godtongue] would continue to happily involve herself with her cousins, and would curiously peer into everyone's business. if they chose to snap at her, she'd cleverly confront them back.

even if she was in the right, [godtongue] would still be reprimanded by her parents about why she may have been right, but her choice of action wasn't. the more curious she was, the more bitter her father's family became, although, jabs at her were not as strong as jabs at her mother. it was only a matter of time before something dire came up, and her father helped the two of them go into hiding.

eventually when her mother became too wary knowing that her own family was tracking herself, her daughter, and her husband down, she's had enough of her husband's family treating them the way they did. her strong sense of justice would guide her to confronting her in-laws, bringing a small [godtongue] (13) with her.

they crashed a party her father's family was having, and [godtongue] had assumed the worst once she witnessed every wine bottle explode and crash to the floor.

upon looking back at her mother, she had lost all sight of who she was. her justice had turned into fury, and her fury into poison born from hurt. her mother had ended up unleashing her wrathful power [godtongue] had only seen in small instances. cut to her witnessing the terror and sorrow in her father's eyes who slowly approached them, his love for his wife & daughter stronger than the fear he felt.

pleading with her mother, despising the look of hurt on her father's face, the two of them left the vicinity and fled into the forest of the countryside. it wasn't long until her mother collapsed--the magical power she had used, and was using, was quite literally eating at her from the inside. although she did not mean for it, [godtongue]'s mother was about to die as a result of not keeping her dangerous power in-check.

she would stay by her mother's side as she was dying an unnatural death, but before her departure, her mother raised a hand towards her daughter. in her peripheral, [godtongue] could see a dark apparition of what seemed like a cat, but was far from it. it calmly sat at a distance, watching, observing.

a long, dark, and sharp cut then found itself being violently administered onto [godtongue]'s chest, but no blood had come out. it was a marking, a label. as the cut was bestowed upon her, her mother's last breath was an accepting whisper of something [godtongue] could not make out. she stayed beside her mother for a while in spite of the wind gradually picking up, and took one last look at the ominous spirit that had watched the scene before running back into the direction of her father's family. the spirit did not break its gaze.

⁠— 𝐢𝐯. 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐄-𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊 𝐒𝐄𝐀.

after a short period of grieving, [godtongue] ran back to the estate with the intention of letting everything out: her pain, her sorrows, her hatred, whatever she could muster. once she had arrived,

it seemed to them as if she was a reincarnation of her mother: rrisen from the grave, knowing things she wasn't supposed to know. when they glanced at her wine-dark eyes, they felt the powerful sting of her mother's gaze, through the misery of their shared blood.

after finishing her speech, [godtongue]'s small body could do nothing but shake in the aftershock. panic overtook her once she saw her loving father take a step towards her, ushering her towards him with emotion threatening to pour out.

she ran.

she ran, and her father followed. no matter how much she loved him, she could not find herself running back into the warmth of his loving arms, even with his desperate cries. she was the last precious person he had; he could not lose his daughter on the same night he lost his dear wife, too. but [godtongue] would rather die than stay rotting in a golden cage.

once she had caught sight of the ocean beyond an upcoming cliff, she ran faster, and although her body screamed at her to turn back around and return to her exhausted father who had collapsed onto the ground behind her,

she leapt into the wine-dark sea.

— 𝐯. 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄.

something switched. something felt off.

the impact didn't kill her, but she felt her legs being dragged down by numerous hands. forcefully breaking free by some miracle, she managed to swim to the shoreline. unfortunately for [godtongue], the beings made of shadow that attempted to drag her down made themselves known as they rose from the sea, and once she whipped her head to see more of them further off on the beach behind her, she'd instinctively run towards the lighthouse off in the distance. it shone no light.

what she didn't realize is that she had slipped into a separate reality, a pocket dimension known as nox. the dark matter that had slipped into [godtongue]'s universe cursed magic-users who would be consumed by their own magic, and then banished into purgatory. to get out, they must switch souls with a magic-imbued human: [godtongue] was a prime target among the weaker of these beings, known simply as nightfolk.

once [godtongue] reached the top of the lighthouse, the light magically flickered on upon her touch, and warded the nightfolk that had followed her up. she knew better than to stay, thus she would use a rope to quickly slide down and continue to run. when she couldn't any longer, she stopped, contemplated, turned to face them, and extended her hand.

light wisped out, not in a strong burst or a quick flash, but in a soft, quiet breath, almost a whisper.

they were gone.

— 𝐯𝐢. 𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒.

when [godtongue] awoke, she found herself in the same spot she was in as she was drowning. she swam up to the surface with the last bit of her strength as she caught sight of the sky turning blue, a snippet of golden light from the sun.

she reached for the light, just as she did before, just as her parents reached for her.

she did not have the energy to keep herself afloat, even when she clung so desperately onto a piece of driftwood. fortunately for her, an older man seemingly in his late 40s scooped her out of the water and onto his humble boat.

groggily awakening on an unfamiliar bed, she was met with a pair of warm, hickory brown eyes. his fluffy hair was a shade of ivory, a tinge of cinnamon.

“hi... what's your name?”

“casteus. what's yours?”

“...aurelia. by the way, you smell like wet dog.”

“you smell like stinky fish.”

with the chatter alerting the old man, he'd come into a room with a bowl of cut peaches for the two children to share. expressing her thanks, she'd take a single slice and pop it into her mouth.

she cried.

she's never had a peach before.

with tears pouring out her eyes, she'd innocently look up at the man who fished her out, “what's your name?”

and with a melancholic look, he responded,

“lemnis.”

— 𝐯𝐢𝐢. 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓. (ish)

cutting it short (because this is already so long), the rest of the 14 individuals' spiritual descendants would eventually be brought up and raised by lemnis, all referring to him as 'dad' & variants of 'grandpa'. all but one, scapegoat. he didn't fit his title, but he'd eventually venture into nox with a teenage [godtongue], and would uncover things he didn't wish to know. as a result, he chose to leave his adopted family at the age of 17. at the time, this only consisted of four individuals with the addition of lemnis.

a few years after he left, [godtongue]'s younger brother, sasha (the margrave), would dive after her youngest sister, bijou (the sacrificial lamb), who found herself being dragged into the ocean, just as she had been years ago. it was an emotional scene, [godtongue] desperately trying to run towards them and somehow aid them, being held back by her brothers. they were dragged, and never came back up.

with a few more years passing, things went on normally. [godtongue] (27), having finished her schooling after years of traveling & studying, was spending her evening going over notes for her last client outside a café.

the dark cat spirit from her youth made its presence known once more, sitting idly at the edge of yet another forest. wary, but still curious, she followed.

she wasn't expecting to be teleported, thrown onto the marble floors of RAD's council room, looking up at nine demons. she wouldn't be wasting any time.

using diavolo's shoulders as a stepping stool (lol diavolo imagine getting jumped couldn't be me), she leapt onto him and grabbed onto the ledge of the window, and slipped out onto the roof where lucifer would promptly follow her.

“hello,”

“...hello.”

“my name is aurelia, what's yours?”

“lucifer.”

“i apologize for making you come up here for me, lucifer. would you like for me to come back?”

“yes, that would be ideal.”

“if that's the case, will you help me find my footing so i can get back down safely?”

“...??”

[godtongue] was certainly spooked, but she deliberately chose to wait to see who would come for her, and learn whether or not the person was civil enough to aid her, albeit, not much in this regard. she was able to get back down just fine on her own (experience of exploration in her infancy, experience with twisting into tight gaps and reaching high ledges in her adolescence as she aided her grandfather with ship repairs), but the kicker is that she chose to wait and see what lucifer would do.

she returned to the council room with him, and her first impression was based on awe and confusion. mostly because the royals & the rest of lucifer's brothers saw the confusion on his face, with [godtongue] being perfectly calm (she was not calm).

after leaving RAD, [godtongue] doesn't wait around to tell him of her true intentions from earlier on the rooftop—she sees no reason to lie in this scenario, even towards a being who theoretically has the power to snap her spine out of spite. even so, she doesn't waste a breath thanking him, although he did very little for her out of duty, and not compassion.

the story continues from this point~

(i hope you enjoyed this & make sure to drink lots of water because this will certainly fry someone's brain </3)

okay i just read the whole thing and

first of all lemnis my beloved. i audibly gasped when he met godtongue oh my god... him being basically stranded on earth without being able to talk to the council made me cry a little ngl. btw was he actively seeking out the spiritual descendants or did they all just somehow. come to him? either way i love him so much im

also i know why godtongue ran and left her dad behind but it just hurt SO MUCH she lost so much so quick :( i am once again asking to give her a hug

also is casteus also one of the spiritual descendants of the og 14 from cibruthea?

speaking of cibruthea LITERALLY WTF IS WRONG WITH SOLIS tian was so real for using his literal last moments to kill him i love him for that :(

also nazeli falling to her death bc of the promise of a peach tree by solis & casteus offering godtongue peaches and her crying bc she's never had them before im sooooo normal about this (<- lying)

also i love how confident (?) she grows up to be. like not exactly confident more like she seems so... clear and determined even when shes in a stressful or scary situation. like when she ran from her dad's family or the thing with lucifer

i've started every paragraph with also i just realised help but IDK I JUST LOVE THIS SO MUCH THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING????? the playlist and the random links (especially the silly man one it made me laugh) made reading this like so much more fun :D

goes without saying but I FUCKING LOVED READING THIS i have so many more questions like what was her relationship with the rest of her siblings like when she lived with lemnis!! they sound rlly interesting!!! 10/10 would read this book

#ALSO SHE IS VERY PRETTY i lov her #i know u literally just gave a whole essay abt what's going on with her but if u have more stuff to share #i am VERY #very #very interested #also i didn't know u could draw!! this is gorgeous #évo #fav #asks

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