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[feyrianedoesart]

Roll initiative - version 2 ⚔️

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[readingteabooks]

Druids - Morgan Llewelyn

This is the book that started it all. The original bargain bin favorite that’s had me scrounging through forgotten gems for the past 10-15ish years. (I don’t actually remember when, exactly, I read this, but I think it was some point in college.) So it feels like the perfect title to start off this blog, and I re-read it to do just that!

Druids is an historical fiction book about the Roman conquest of Gaul (modern France) from the point of view of the Gauls. Specifically from the POV of a druid named Ainvar, who shrugs off the expectation he’ll become a warrior like his father and brothers, and instead embraces his talent for magic. Llewelyn toes the line between full fantasy magic and magical realism. It’s unclear whether actual magic is happening, or if it’s just Ainvar’s interpretation of natural events and feelings, and I love this.

This book very nearly brought me to tears, a rare feat as I am not a crier (except when the anxiety hits), and was one of the first books to make me seriously emotional. The characters just feel like such real people and when - spoiler alert - one of my favorites met a tragic end, it was like losing a friend.

I’m sure the author has taken some creative liberties with history and the handful of actual historical figures that make appearances, but it’s clear she’s done her research and there’s no obvious anachronisms that stood out to my casual history buff knowledge.

Also I was just looking at this book on Goodreads and apparently there’s a sequel now? Published 26 year later? Incredible. I respect that so much. Time is fake, return to your 20 year old unfinished manuscript, and fuck what anyone else says.

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[lythrontiro-argestes]

"People who pray for luck are really seeking to grasp the pattern, Ainvar. There is no such thing as luck, that is only a word for being able to control events. The few who intuitively follow the pattern as it applies to themselves appear to have luck, for they are, without knowing it, drawing on the forces of creation. When they deviate from the pattern they lose contact with those forces, and thus the power that influences events. Then we say they have become unlucky. When things work out well for you, you will know you are following your pattern as you should."

Menua in Druids, by Morgan Llywelyn

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[waltangina]

ainvar replied to your post:I just need to keep a list of books that I want....

OH MY GOD MAGANDA uNG AMAPOLA

NA-EEXCITE NA AKO HAHAHAHA. SIGE, IAAKYAT KO ITO SA PRIORITIES KO. (Siguro, kasunod ng Ang Banal na AKlat ng mga Kumag hehe) SALAMAT SA RECOMMENDATION! :D

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[feyrianedoesart]

Roll initiative !

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[feyrianedoesart]

CRinktober - 20th: “Crossover, alternative universe” // Ainvar and Nott fighting for something precious

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[feyrianedoesart]

Here’s a cover for my current Pathfinder campaign - Yume’s Chronicles ! You can also see the still frames ! From left to right we have : - Upper row : Vrenne (me, half-elf cleric) - Draegar (half-elf paladin) - Sylgalyn (half-elf wizard) - Bottow row : Ainvar (gnome sorcerer) - Delayna (elf ranger) - Larimar (dwarf bard)

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[feyrianedoesart]

Here’s a cover for my current Pathfinder campaign - Yume’s Chronicles ! You can also see it as a GIF ! From left to right we have : - Upper row : Vrenne (me, half-elf cleric) - Draegar (half-elf paladin) - Sylgalyn (half-elf wizard) - Bottow row : Ainvar (gnome sorcerer) - Delayna (elf ranger) - Larimar (dwarf bard)

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[feyrianedoesart]

Yume’s Chronicles : Ainvar (gnome - sorcerer) !

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