#atella | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

zombee · 3 months

Text

THE PRINCE AND THE PIRATE AUTHOR'S NOTES

like blood under the skin, if you plan on rereading and want to figure out these lil easter eggs yourself, maybe skip these for now. otherwise, please enjoy!

· I originally called this “Blood Under the Skin 2.0.” BUtS was one of my first fics, and while I’ve published 100 now, with many WIPs in the vaults, it was my most beloved for a long time. Might still be if I’m honest. Anyway, this was hitting very similar beats, and still does obviously, but specifically wrt Stede’s character. He was way more timid in the first few chapters, way more of a genuine coward. But then I figured out he was a dom and that was the Leslie Knope switch from season 1 to 2 – he’s a brat/bitch from the beginning, not just internally but externally. That set him apart from BUtS Stede and really cracked the whole fic. I had to do extensive rewrites of his character in the first few chapters – another reason I’m a finish before I post it truther!!!

· I had Stede’s ship name in [brackets] for SO LONG, but then I figured out the Hydra twist (I had already had the Hercules play in place), and I went ohohoho! And went back in and put in a LOT of Hercules references. Stede’s title was originally “…grand duke of Montrose” not Nirea (named after a character in The Adventure Zone podcast), but Nirea is a reference to Nireus, one of Hercules’s male lovers. So is Iolus, Stede’s fake name at the costume contest. I don’t remember all the other references because I don’t know the myth that well, but like “Herah” being the capital city of Low is an obvious one. And River (the pirate captain who Ed has to kill) is a reference to Achelous, and so on. And generally, of course, Hercules is the half-blood son of a king. Oh and Tebai (honeymoon port) is Thebes.

· SPEAKING OF WHICH, i came up with the name “The Prince and the Pirate” before I cracked Ed’s backstory. I also considered that a working title – it sounded like a romance novel. But I didn’t want Ed and Ned to be exes, and then I was like… oh FUCK. because Ed and Stede are BOTH the prince and BOTH the pirate.

· The original antagonist was Prince Ricky, because we didn’t have s2e7 when I started writing. But the beats were the same – he was a monster that Stede didn’t want to marry even in the face of thinking Blackbeard would also be monstrous. But then I saw that episode and was like OH FUCK. HE IS P E R F E C T. “King Ned” sounds stupid, so that’s why he’s referred to as “the King of Low” a lot lmao

· When I realized Ned’s real name was Edward I was so pissed. I considered changing it, since who cares, but then I figured Ned/Ed’s dad just George Forman’d them and that was EXTREMELY funny to me. And it led to the “My Edward” bit so!!! Positive, I reckon. I had plans for other bastards all named nicknames of Ed but didn’t end up working it in.

· I did not really plan to bring Atella back (I’m very much a pantser not a plotter) but I had to c’mon

· Stede’s whole Thing with his title being the most valuable thing about him is the crux on which him not admitting he loves Ed is based on. Nigel was the biggest part of it, but if you notice I also mention “his [number] to last ever friend” a few times – they all pretended to be friends with him and got fed up and left him. Ed is who he considers his “last ever friend,” btw.

· Also… it’s just fun. It’s fanfic. I despaired like, is it TOO fucking stupid they’re not just saying it! And then I was like. No. It’s fun. Just have fun.

· Ed’s reason is that he knew about Stede’s trauma and was afraid if he said it Stede would run. Which he did lol. There’s a lot of their development I don’t show on the page and that’s because Stede doesn’t even realize it’s developing. He kind of does, but not to the extent it’s happening. I put in little (or not so little) hints throughout. One of my favorites is you find out when Ed is playing the fiddle there were nights when they danced together Stede you sweet oblivious idiot.

· Stede has cherries embroidered onto his suit in that first scene because he’s a virgin

· The reputation of his virginity will be forfeit, regardless that he’s certain from his studies that Blackbeard does not run a ship where rape is permissible, or indeed that that kind of assault is common on the Sister Seas at all – it’s not common because Ed more or less put a stop to it

· The hickeys are ENTIRELY adhdduck’s doing, everyone say thank you duck. They also commented in the doc “I’LL GIVE THESE PIRATES A THOUSAND HICKEYS BEFORE I DIE!” and I think about that a lot.

· “My people would suffer all the same. Rumors, by their nature, do not care for fact.” Stede places his hands on the edge of the desk and leans forward. “And that is why it matters if I appear willing. To make Ned look like a fool.”

He knows at once from the way Blackbeard’s face goes sharp and shrewd that these are the words he needed. If he is going to succeed at this gambit, this will be how.” - so, the original words in here were “sharp and hungry,” because the motivation in my head was literally just Ed wanting to fuck with Ned. Buuuut, then I cracked the plot of Calypso, and I thought Ed knowing Stede could be a part of the plan was a better excuse for him not to admit he loves him.

· "That's your only stipulation to this arrangement?" – Ed says this in chapter 1 and then Stede says this in the 17th chapter, right before he kills Ned >:^}

· SO I originally had Ed giving Stede a ring in the engagement scene. But I just forgot to include it throughout the next chapters, and then I was annoyed at the thought of rewrites, so I changed it to the thumb-kiss thing. WHICH IS NOW ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS! Stede, btw, only does it once—in the last line of the fic.

· “Oh dear. There goes Stede’s cock again.” Def a lowkey Rick and Morty reference lol

· “but his leg pops up of its own accord anyway.” Thank you everyone who called out the Princess Diaries reference

· There is a small motif of “interesting” (when Stede clocks something about Ed that adjusts his perspective on him) and “for now” which is just Stede being a brat

· “There are no maimings, but otherwise the wedding is a complete success.” – there are “several maimings” at their wedding in the last chapter!

· Ugh the stupid wedding suit. It was important enough to the plot I knew I had to describe it, and I had to find a color that wouldn’t look good on Ed or Ned. I used actual internet websites to find one. Do I think Ed would actually look bad, no, but yknow. Supposedly gold is not a great color for him.

· “Then perhaps she can…stay?” Stede asks, trying not to sound like he’s begging. Based on the pattern of his life so far, he knows the answer. But still, he wants to try. “Can she stay on the ship with me?” – again this is me explaining that Stede has serious trauma about things in his life staying that are Good. Canonically we know once Stede figures it out he is fully confident Ed loves him back, so I had to figure out a reason that Stede wouldn’t in this universe.

· As SOON as Stede finds out Ed’s real name, he starts thinking of him as Ed in his head.

· “No matter. Whatever it is that Ed wants, that is what Stede shall do.” – in their first sex scene, there is emphasis on “What Ed wants right now is to do what Stede wants.” Lil baby boy cracked it :’)

· Gosh I love the stupid “Prince’s Wedding Night” throughline lol. And thanks for calling me out on twitter that “laddybuck” is definitely a Tamora Pierce reference.

· Stede sighs and crouches next to Ed. "Shall I help you undress?"

Ed sneers. "What, are you willing to?" – a reference to the first hickey scene where Stede says he’d “be willing” in whatever way Ed wanted aka sex. And that fucks Ed up for a LONG time because he thinks Stede would only fuck him because of their arrangement~

· We all knew Ed did actually see Stede jacking it on their wedding night, right?

· “Stede frowns and looks down at himself. It is true he is wearing Ed's clothes, and there is no mirror in Ed's cabin, so he must look disheveled.” (ch 2), “He has to imagine Ed took the lovely gilded mirror from his old cabin and brought it aboard the Queen Anne’s Revenge. Perhaps if he behaves Ed will let him keep it.” (ch 4), “He buttons up his waist coat, admiring himself in the gilded mirror that has taken the place of the awful battle painting.” (ch 5)

· In BUtS, I skirt around the idea of assault/rape – like, obviously it’s there, but I don’t say it out loud. I kind of consider tpatp adult while buts is young adult in that way (I mean, except for the porn). Buts was my love letter to the YA fantasy I read as a kid in general.

· “"Raped to death?" Ed says, incredulous and offended. "What kind of a monster do you think I am, your highness?"

"Not that kind, to be sure." – dummies why don’t you LISTEN TO WHAT THE OTHER IS ACTUALLY SAYING

· “He had not known kissing could be so soft.” (ch 2) and then I bring it back in ch 8 with “He had not known fucking could be so soft.”

· “"What kind of books do you like?"

"Oh, all kinds! My favorites are stories of adventure and magic."

"Like what?"

"Sethera and Fairyfoot and Estril’s Mermaid Tales." – S&F is a reference to another medieval AU I wrote, I Hate It When You Stare. (shhh it’s a reference on purpose not because I didn’t want to come up with something else)

· I almooooost tagged this enemies to lovers. I decided against it in the end for the same reason I don’t tag things a lot of the time – if you come looking for that content specifically, you might be disappointed. But know in my heart it counts.

· ““Oh, yeah, we’re taking everything but the food and water. They should be bringing in your stuff now, actually.” Ed’s eyes go stern. “I’ll be looking through it all before I let you keep it. Make sure there’s nothing you can use to escape.”

“Ah. All of my things…?"

“Yep.”

Stede winces, thinking of his intimate toys. Oh well. The worst case scenario is that Ed will mock him. Best case, they can enjoy them together. – SCHROEDINGER’S BUTT PLUG

· “I accepted your conditions because I want to make fucking Ned fucking mad,” he snaps. “I’m not going to fuck you, okay? You can stop these stupid fucking games. You’re safe.” - Ed thinks Stede is doing stuff like jacking off where he can see because he is trying to “honor” his side of this deal and coax Ed into fucking him. He thinks he’s real obvious about how in love with Stede he is as well, that’s a part of it.

· “This is just a fuckery.” Ed’s voice is ice cold. “You’re going to earn your keep on my ship by participating in it, but I’m not going to hurt you. I don’t want you. Got it?”

Stede finds that he is crying. (ch 3)

“Good,” Ned murmurs. “You’re learning.” He leans in and leers into Stede’s ear. “This is just a contract. We both know what our duty is. I don’t want to have to hurt you. Got it?”

Stede finds that he is crying. (ch15) - do you get it because they’re brothers and ultimately similar and in both instances they’re lying wait wait don’t leave—

· “Is he really so undesirable? Anyone seems plain next to Ed, but Stede thinks he has rather nice broad shoulders and a fetching pair of legs. With the right clothing and a good pair of shoes, His Royal Highness Grand Duke of Nirea Prince Stede of Bonnet is adequate.” – he also feels a little ugly in their first sex scene, but being wanted by Ed makes him blossom and by the end he’s like “yeah bitch I’m hot af”

· In ch2 Stede wonders if he’ll ever be hugged again. In ch3 Ed hugs him.

· “Slow,” Ed murmurs. “Slow.” - bring this back twice! Rule of 3s, baby. Once in Tebai (honeymoon port), when Stede is teasing Ed, once in the final chapter when Ed is doing the same.

· I have been a “Stede hates mornings” truther forever and while I don’t need canon to validate my silly AUs, I do like to be when it happens

· “There we are,” Stede says. Indeed, Ed looks magnificent, and Stede is too tired to be self-conscious when he says, “you look fantastic like this.”

Ed’s eyes go dark. He licks his lips. “Yeah?” – hallelujah, a praise kink is born

· “Yes.” He remembers Ed’s words from the night previous. “Like everyone knows you’re mine.”

Ed jerks backward, spins on his heel, prowls away from Stede. "It's fucking time, your highness. Get out of fucking bed." – Ned used to call Ed his. I don’t have full details, but I don’t think I’ll ever do an Ed pov for this? So something like, “you’re mine” and “my monster,” probably.

· I have been saying “drat” and “vexed” in my real life a lot since writing this

· “He kisses Ed warmly on the lips. Ed goes rigid, and fuck him for it, but it’s not like he can chastise Stede in front of those they are attempting to deceive.” – of course, Ed is not going rigid (snrk) because he’s mad, but because he’s shocked Stede would initiate a kiss.

· God bless season 2 of the hit television series our flag means death for healing my relationship with canon izzy because he is SO FUN to write (ftr I liked izzy for about a month before the shitty parts of the izzy fandom ruined him for me)

· “He thinks bitterly Ed must have chosen this on purpose, for dramatic effect.” – nope he was waiting until the last minute possible to let you sleep, you big goof

· “might be his last kiss” because he’s traumatized baby boyyy. BUT I make it up to him with the “best kiss yet” bit in the honeymoon chapters.

· Stede becomes a skilled seamstress throughout the fic. I put that in before we got the bts that he sewed up the couch in the captains’ cabin!

· Ed does try to play nice in these chapters but because of the miscommunication Stede is a bitch back and Ed is like “GOD DAMMIT”

· I had the proto-Calypso bits in before I cracked the plot. Thanks season 2!!!

· I like the “Ed doesn’t laugh he giggles” bit a lot because he’s a SILLY BOY

· Part of the reason Ed doesn’t allow Stede to go ashore (besides that he’s worried for his safety) is that he’s afraid Stede will run

· “Scratch the back of my neck,” Stede says, knowing it will look pink and puffed to any key witnesses. Ed obliges. “Harder.”

Ed rakes his fingernails down Stede’s skin and digs them into the knot above his spine.

“Yes. Good.”

Ed lets out a soft whine as they squirm together for a moment – this isn’t the first hint Stede is dommy but it is the first time he like, combines it with Ed’s praise kink. Hence the “soft whine.”

· I drop the tobacco + leather motif (mostly because of laziness) but also because Ed is dropping his blackbeard mask around Stede more and more as the fic goes on

· “Ed sits at the desk and pores over his maps as Stede chatters at him between wolfing down bread and fish about the book he is reading.

“And then he tilts at a windmill, Ed!” – don quixote reference. Not really alluding to anything it’s just an old story.

· “That’s because Bonnet only uses geldings. I bet you’d do well with a stallion.” – besides being funny (nice and subtle, Edward), this is a hint that Ed knows more about the machinations of court than you would maybe expect. Like, why would a commoner from Low know that about Bonnet? Why would he even be tilting in the first place?

· “Stede takes the dagger carefully and inspects it. It is fine work, castle steel, undecorated except for a snake etched into the hilt.” – I wanted to do more with this but the muse didn’t take me. However I kept it in because “castle steel” is another hint Ed is more than he seems.

· “And may we keep the chair, my darling? I have some… ideas for it.” – shroedinger’s sex chair

· God I fucking love the party scene lol. No real notes I just love it. THEY’RE! IN! LOVE!!!

· “the raids do get a bit boring, after a while… there seems to be quite a lot of them these days.” HMMM I WONDER WHY ED WOULD DO THIS NOT FOR KISSES SURELY!!!

· Shit like, “He has even given Stede a small cabin to use as a library.” And then later when Stede has a necklace Ed gave him, again my little hints that like fuckity duh stede he’s in love with you

· i. love. Their. First. Sex. Scene. I love it SO much. Definitely a bit of Ed pov is “Lord mother. He had married a sex god, and they weren’t ever going to fuck again (probably?)”

· was working through a lot of episode 6-7 feelings with this one lol

· Ed gasps and tries to pull away again. Before he can get far, Stede grips him harder on the back of his neck and says, “stay.” – STEDE WANTS SOMETHING TO STAY!!! HE SAID IT OUT LOUD!!!!!!

· “A quiet, traitorous part of his mind says: he is frightened and you want him much more than you are equipped to give him comfort otherwise.” – idk why I do this so often but this is a flip of (part of) what I imagine Ed was thinking in e6

· No matter that this might not be the right choice indefinitely, in this moment, this is what they both desire. – again… working through a lot of e7 feelings lmao

· They both call each other Ed/Stede throughout this whole scene instead of “your highness/Blackbeard” (except at the very end when they both think it’s never going to happen again). Ed calls Stede Stede sometimes, always deliberately on my part, and Stede kind of does the same, but not when he thinks Ed can hear.

· Idkkkkk it’s just been so fun to play with the power dynamics here. Like, stede wants Ed to be rough and kind of out of control, but he also loves being the one controlling that narrative, and just. The layers are fun for me. No way I could have written something so complex two years ago.

· Stede is suddenly very aware of the aches in his body. “Ow."

Ed tenses. “Shit, I—”

“No no,” Stede laughs. “It is a good kind of ow.”

Stede pulls back to smile at his husband, who is looking magnificently fucked.

…But also quite cagey. – I swear to fucking god if Stede had said anything but “ow” they might have worked it out right then.

· He’s “stealing” kisses in this one, afraid he’ll lose everything now… stede my beloved.

· “There is so much warmth and wonderfulness that happened tonight, including and perhaps especially this very moment. Stede will do his best to remember that, in the days to come.” Maybe working out some general season 2 feelings WHO KNOWS!!!! Not for myself but for those who were so disappointed with izzy’s death they couldn’t keep enjoying the show. I’ve been there. It sucks. But when I look back, there was a lot more good than bad and I’m grateful. – same as “No matter what comes after, the during was wonderful.”

· It’s been hard to take (direct) apologies out of Ed’s character since s2 but I have done it. He does apologize in this story – when he apologizes for not telling Stede sooner that he loves him 😊

· "If you make me say it again, I shall lie to make you feel bad." – then I flip this in the honeymoon chapters when Ed says a similar thing.

· “Can you really blame me for thinking you’d want to escape?”

“I can, actually.” – I bring back “I can, actually” twice more as well! I loooove to do that, where partners start to parrot each other’s speech patterns.

· The Queen Anne’s Revenge is my kingdom and you are my king.” – because he’s royalty too do you get it wait doN’T LEAVE—

· THE NIGHTGOWN STINKING IS SO FUNNY TO ME LMFAO. Stede dear god. It’s been months.

· I tried not to actually name any direct Greek mythology references (like, I never say Hercule’s/Heracles’s name--) but I realized I did use “Adonis” in one scene just let me have this

· I love the bit of them inventing new stories every time someone asks them how they got together SO MUCH. They’re both so dramatic and love to play off each other eeee

· I have Ed use “my love” because that is how Ned speaks. That’s a canon reference. God I watched ned’s scenes so many times for this fic lmao. He has a more stilted way of talking than canon to parallel Stede’s voice as that’s kind of my nudge nudge at how royalty are brought up. Ed rarely slips into it but he does sometimes.

· Ed pushes him against the wall as soon as they are somewhere enough in the shadows and kisses him again. “Tell me what you wa—”

“This, Ed. Just this.”

Ed looks very intensely at him. “Just this?”

“Exactly this.” – gahhh another bit of misunderstanding. Ed morosely thinks “okay, Stede just wants to fuck. that’s fine, I’ll take that.” I call it back in ch 11 when Ed and Stede are fighting after Stede got hurt.

· How many times can you spot Ed almost saying “I love you” because there is a lot >:^}

· A lot of Stede’s “nothing stays” stuff is shit I learned from meditating. And it is SUPER useful, it is! But sometimes it’s okay to want things and Stede learns this lesson throughout the fic.

· The boys are in their 20s for this fic that’s why they can come so much and so fast lol

· Since the very first fic I wrote in this fandom, Stede being okay with and/or turned on by Ed’s violent parts of himself is really, really important to me. So happy I got to include some of it here!

· “It wasn’t the almost dying,” Ed says. “It was the almost dying without having had…” Ed darts his eyes away and then makes a LOT of eye contact. “You.” – kind of a canon bathtub/dock scene reference.

· “You are not a monster for wanting to fuck your willing husband.” – again this type of shit is important to me – I don’t want to spell out that Stede has figured this shit out about Ed. Show don’t tell, yknow?

· Fun facts people (as in, Europeans, since we’re the gross ones) were more clean than you’d think in the middle ages. Public baths were def a thing.

· “Don’t do that. At least not until we’re old and gray.” – STEDE PLEASE LISTEN TO HIM HE’S ALREADY PLANNING YOUR FUTURE DECADES FROM NOW

· Even though Ed has been eating Stede out for an hour, Stede sends him down to get water and doesn’t actually give him the promised facial massage. Because he is a bitch. He would have if he was in his right mind, but, yknow. Rimmies!!!

· “sublimation” “sodium” “aliens” lots of others – I love the David Jenkins School of Historical Accuracy (FUN FACT DID YOU KNOW I INVENTED THAT PHRASE!!! I am pretty sure. I have receipts from April 2022. I at least popularized it.)

· Ed says “there’s my favorite prince” and in the next chapter Stede says “there’s my favorite pirate.” I told you in the tags the references are heavy-handed lol

· “Flay the skin off your fingers until you beg him to cut them off—” I am a game of thrones hater unrepentedly and forever but I did used to fuck with the books hard and this is of course a Ramsay Bolton reference.

· “We’ll be here another week yet. We are going home.”

Ed’s hand squeezes in his in such a way Stede is uncertain if he meant to do it.

“Home?” Ed echoes.

“Yes. Home. Come along, husband.” – ed’s never felt like he has a real home before IF YOU EVEN CARE

· Thiiiis is the chapter some of yall figured out Ed was Ned’s brother and I’m DELIGHTED because these were the most obvious hints!!!

· “Oh! Lord above” might be the funniest thing in all of season 2 and THIS IS WHERE THE ENTIRE RELIGION IN THIS FIC COMES FROM lollll. Again I had a lot of brackets like [equivalent to jesus fucking christ]” and this solved it. Thank u Frenchie.

· Stede goes numb and hears as if from underwater himself say the words back. Ed puts him down and kisses him again. This one is, regrettably, all Ed and no Blackbeard, and Stede is struggling a bit not to cry. Ed says quietly into the ear not facing the audience, “It's funny because we're already married.” – again this is leading to Ed’s belief that he should not say it to Stede because he’ll spook him. He was about to before Frenchieus Interruptus but now this is another step back.

· No real notes on the kidnapping scene I just think it’s funny

· Wait I lied - “No face!” Tacky barks, stopping Stinky short from kicking Stede’s teeth in.

“We’ll just say it was Blackbeard did it.”

“He’ll blab! Look at him! He’s a sniveling little tattletale, aren’t you, your highness?” – because Ned’s general orders to people about how to capture Stede. The implication here being like “you can rough him up, just not so that the public will know you did”

· Ed playing the violin is for one, a canon reference to his piano-playing (I like to put that in fics when I can) and also Ned’s real backstory of his brother being a savant and him being insanely jealous

· You just have to let me be Blackbeard.”

· “It’s not complicated! What are you afraid of, Dread Pirate Blackbeard? That I will stop loving you if you go too far?”

“You are Blackbeard,” Stede says, beleaguered. “You could stop hating yourself and start fucking me instead, you know.” – ed baby boy accept all parts of yourself it’s okay we still love you <3

With all the venom he possesses, Ed spits, “fuck you.” – LISTEN! TO! THE! WORDS! YOUR! HUSBAND! IS! SAYING!!!! Ed thinks stede is mocking him here but yknow

· I am also subtly trying to tell you that Stede is beginning to believe more and more that Ed really does love him and I think ch12 is the most heavy-handed before I just say it outright.

· For all of you who called me out on my Steven Universe in this chapter, bless u

· “A prince among sex fairies."

“I don’t love that,” Stede grumbles. “Can I be a fairy queen?”

“Prince, princess, king, and queen,” Ed says easily. He yawns. “You’re everything to me.” – gender non conforming Stede my beloved. Also a recurring bit that stede is like “can we PLEASE forget about the prince thing, jesus”

· “Oh, do you mean like that one time you asked me to call you—” Kitty Cat. He asked him to call him Kitty Cat.

· If you thought River was supposed to be referencing a glam rocker aesthetic you would be 100% correct!

· Now, Stede thinks, heart swollen. Now is the time to tell him. Just say the words. You will still have until Calypso at least. Be brave.

“Thank you.” Drat. Try again. “I…”

“Hm?”

“Forgot what I was going to say.” – callback to Ed saying the same thing where he was also going to say I love you

· Ed proposing and Stede saying “Quite brilliant. I accept.” Is a rule of 3s – the last time of course it’s reversed!

· “Sirede contingent” is a reference to adhdduck’s AMAZING SIREN!STEDE FIC PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE READ IT!!!

· “What utter hogwash. The sea is both, and Stede loves every part of it.” Very unsubtle reference to Ed lol

· The pirates at Eryma that are Stede’s heroes are all my early readers thanks guys <3

· I’m in a group chat where we discussed the absolute chaos of a Frenchie/Archie team up, hence them being on Stede’s wedding planning team

· Since as you know now it ends as brat4brat, see if you can spot the places Ed is playing that role. The public alley bj is a big one, but it’s been throughout.

· I think if you squint a young Bronson Pinchot looks like Ed. If you squint.

· Because word all over Eryma is that he’s led around by his little cock by you – because Stede encouraged this kind of chatter, whoopsy! (also it’s… correct lol)

· “His eyes are—wrong, they make Stede feel uneasy—but he supposes with all the horrors Ned gets up to, that makes sense. – because they look like Ed’s

· “I only punish someone I love if they misbehave.”

Stede says, anguished and unable to stop himself, “Ed—”

Ned laughs. “No, Ed stopped caring after too long. Which was a nuisance, by the way. Until I found something different to try.” - Ed’s praise kink does come from his past, but I put this in to let yall know he was still like, fuck THAT to Ned even as a young kid. He wasn’t just accepting his fate until his mom saw him torture someone.

· Ned’s mouth and fingernails being black and his breath being bad is a hint that he’s poison-trained. Kind of inspired by president snow in the hunger games.

· I am still, as of writing this, the only person in the Vincent tag for OFMD. Justice for Vincent.

· Stede explaining wabi sabi to Maggie and Vincent my beloved

· Stede at first is confident Ed is coming for him, but then his confidence flags throughout the next two chapters.

· When it doesn’t have to racism and sexism etc don’t exist in my universes. I’m still informed by the real world, of course, but rest assured none of the Ed/Ned childhood stuff has to do with that. The “people confusing Ed for being the real prince” stuff that was a part of my calculations.

· People got verrrry close to knowing the hydra/suit twist but no one quite got it right (who commented, anyway)

· If the Ned/Stede wedding stuff feels like Tamora Pierce at all it’s because I’ve read her books dozens of times over the last 20+ years

· I had to change “he tastes like black licorice” to “rotting black licorice” because some of my early readers were like “but black licorice is good tho” (they’re wrong but I didn’t want to distract from the point)

· Also you should be getting Princess Bride vibes from their wedding 😊

· Ned is sitting on the throne. Gray, and bedraggled, but unmistakably alive. His elbow is on one armrest with the side of his forehead propped on his fist. His legs are crossed and one foot bounces. His eyes are bloodshot around their black pupils, slicing into Stede like castle steel.

The kingsguard marches Stede forward and dumps him onto his knees at Ned’s feet. Ned hooks the toe of his boot under Stede’s chin and pulls it up until they are looking at each other. – this is a shera and the princesses of power reference and unfortunately I think it’s a little bit kind of sexy

· One of them has on chipped black nail polish and Stede feels dizzy with anguish. – that is, in fact, Ed!!!

· “I love you,” Stede says urgently. “I love you, I love you–”

“I know,” Ed says gently, voice thick. “I know that. We have to go.” – he did, btw. He figured it out the night of the bondage scene :’)

· Atella my beloved. No notes I just love her.

· Stone parchment dagger = rock paper scissors. Izzy and Lucius were both wanting to slap Stede to wake him up but Zheng wins without them even knowing she’s playing.

· God once again so happy to enjoy izzy again I had so much fun with him this chapter

· DENTAL PLAN! MAGGIE NEEDS BRACES! DENTAL PLAN!

· Stede kicks the guard in the ribs because he knows how much that fuckin hurts

· Who did Olu propose to? Maybe Zheng. Maybe Jim. Maybe all three 😊 you decide.

· Oh I forgot to mention but Stede being so anal about water is trauma from when he was a captive to Nigel

· I loooove a good bookend cathartic sex scene. BUtS has one, as does Mink Ed POV, and also ski boys. Brat4brat 4ever

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING I HOPE YOU ENJOYED!!! No particular plans for my next longfic.

(that is a lie. It’ll be another medieval au. It just might not be a longfic)

16 notes · View notes

the-world-of-ignavus · 5 months

Text

The Mongrel Republics - Name Conventions

Contrary to names within the Greenwood Empire or even the Sky Regencies, canine dominant societies in general offer more agency and self-determination when it comes to their names.

In particular, the Canine Republics have a system of placeholder names that are given to them before they become adults and choose their proper names for themselves as they join pack society.

Placeholder Pup Names

Pup names aren't meant to be kept long-term, more of a stand-in while a pup grows and comes into themselves. Most members of the republics find it deeply presumptuous and overbearing to place a name upon their pups - as if it's determining their fate. This paired with the original republics being in hard to thrive in places meant that adult members were more inclined to offer temporary names.

Pup names are primarily given out based on shallow, surface level traits shown by pups not long after they're born. Often these traits refer to their physical appearance - fur color, birth size - or behavior - such as vocality or liveliness. Given that these names aren't permanent, it's not uncommon for multiple pups within the republic to share the same pup-names.

Examples

Squeal, Yip, Yap, Whine, Whimper, Bark - talkative or noisy, lively with good vocals

Squirm, Wiggle, Tumble, Bounce - lively or very active, one that walks early

Growl, Whine, Huff - a pup with serious attitude or personality

Heavy, Lofty - a very large pup

Small, Little, Scrawny - a runt, the smallest in a litter, sometimes sickly

Blue, Silver, Brindle, Brown - all referring to the fur color of a pup

Adult-Dedication Names

As Rookies settle into their ranks, adjusting to becoming proper members of society permitted to vote and contribute, they will be welcomed officially as adults into the pack by their chosen names. These names are referred to in the republics as "dedication names" as the goal for every member of the republic should be to better themselves and hone a specific trait in honor of the Howls.

Members are recommended to be thinking about their names long before their choosing and to be very careful about the category they choose to brand upon themselves. When someone from the republics hears your name, you're also inadvertently telling them what traits you shall be striving to embody for the rest of your life. Setting too lofty a goal by choose too 'grand' a name can result in serious struggles for members to live up to their traits - and those who cannot meet standards essentially set for themselves are often viewed as untrustworthy and pathetic.

Examples

Iren, The Moon | Luna, Moonlight, Moonshine, Dusk, Nightfall, Eve

Atella, The Sun | Daylight, Sunbeam, Luminosity, Aurora, Morning, Dawn

Canta, The Plantmaker | Blossom, Rose, Iris, Briar, Sapling, Bushberry

Mywell, The Sea Lord | Aqua, Shore, Loch, Coast, Cliff, Alp, Ridge, Peak

Canta, Warden of the Dead | Breeze, Zephyr, Airstream, Specter, Phantom, Ghost

It is possible for a member to officially change their names within the republic albeit it's rare considering that such an act is synonymous with changing the entire direction of your life. Though it's not a mandate, it's generally expected that when you choose a new name, you are choosing from a different pool of names. This is because through whatever you've done to deem a name-change necessary, you've dishonored the Howl you were previously representing.

The only exception to this during situations of great uproar that fundamentally change who a creature is and thus, can make it impossible to fulfill the promise of their original name. In this form, taking a new name is said to be the most respectful thing you can do - stepping back and finding a 'true' self. Some may even hold symbolic death ceremonies for their old selves to truly solidify the change to being a new person.

Leadership Names

While general members of the republic often take on nouns that are related to their specific Howl, the alpha pair of each republic takes on a more direct name scheme. Leaders take on adjectives directly from the domains of their specific Howl, announcing to all what they will strive to be as a leader.

Leaders are thus held to supremely high standards regarding their ability to live up to their names. Major backlash can break out over the alpha pair even slightly deviating from the name they've chosen for themselves. It's not uncommon for some alphas to carefully monitor the way the pack is being led and approves of being led and choosing a trait falls most comfortably into these two worlds.

Examples - Courage, Dauntless, Resilience, Piety, Honesty, Composure, Vigor, Dignity, Endurance, Relic

#the world of ignavus #xenomongrel #ignavus the mongrel republics #xenomoggy

3 notes · View notes

sweetlikemoonlight · 8 months

Text

paris and orta di atella 🪩🌺

5 notes · View notes

ofpsalms · 1 year

Text

[ v. empire of the wolf ] - late roman empire

425 AD - Rome was not built in a day, and it did not fall in one either. After years of instability, the great empire has split into two, run by separate emperors, beholden to the same sense of greatness and destiny. In the West, the child-emperor Valentinian III has been placed on the throne- though most with eyes and ears are aware that it is his devoted mother, Galla Placidia, who truly runs the Empire. Through this period of instability and turmoil, a hunter of the newly formed Order of St. George begins her journey.

Annaea Lupa is a member of the ancient gens Annaea, a clan of dreamers known for their love of literary pursuits, whose members include great thinkers and poets such as Seneca and Lucan. Lesser known in the history books is their love of power. Nico is the daughter of prominent Roman general and statesman Gaius Annaeus Lupus, a man eager to seize power whenever he can and often seen at Galla Placida’s side.

Devout Nicene Christians described as “friends of the Church”, her family is of great wealth and influence. She leads a good life, having spent her childhood in her family’s expensive Roman villa, trying to keep up with three elder brothers. It distresses her mother, Claudia Atella, to see her prefer swordplay with her brothers over stitching fabric and racing horses over learning to be a good homemaker. Her need for adventure, for purpose, exists as a fire within her that even the stern reprimands of her oft-absent father cannot fully quell.

As she grows into a woman, her beauty, intelligence, and her family’s power make her a highly sought after bride. Annaea knows that it is expected of her to be married off to whomever her father picks. She has been taught to obey his decision. And still, it horrifies her when he announces her future husband- Cassius Rullianus, a widowed statesman known for his violence and cruelty. In the night, she takes one of her father’s horses and flees to the only place she knows she will be able to find shelter; as a deaconess of the Nicene Church.

Her sanctuary here does not last long. Her father’s position prompts many parties to pursue her, going door to door in their search. If she is not killed for her defiance, she will be dragged back and forced to marry. The priest of the abbey she hides in, Father Boniface, gives her an ultimatum- she may either surrender herself to the state, or accept a role as a hunter for the Order, a position which will grant her to protection she needs and allow her to keep her citizenship. Annaea accepts, and in her new life, adopts a signa of her long forgotten praenomen, Nicola.

It is a treacherous journey filled with old gods, angels and beasts. Yet as Nico traverses the unstable lands her forefathers claimed centuries before, she is confronted with a horrible revelation- perhaps the real monsters are the ones who raised her.

*Nicola has a very unique name for this time period. In another act of defiance against the established order of the Empire, she usually refers to herself by her praenomen rather than her nomen ( Nicola Annaea Lupa ), a convention typically reserved for men. If your muse is familiar with Roman naming conventions, they will find it extremely odd.

*A verse variant set in 316 AD will also be available and tagged as such- several years before Christianity becomes the state religion of Rome. The story is pretty much the same aside from the fact the Order is far smaller in this variant, known instead as the Brotherhood of St. Eustace. Nicola’s family are recent political converts to Christianity from Hellenic paganism.

#[ 𝐕. | empire of the wolf ]#yes i know the eagle was the symbol of the roman empire #and the wolf the monarchy #but tropes! symbolism!

3 notes · View notes

thethingything · 2 years

Note

Ascension -- Atella

Nordavindens Klagesang -- Váli

both of these have lovely vibes and immediately got put on some of our playlists

#ask #🍬 post #Ascension is the kind of thing 🦋 tends to listen to

1 note · View note

carmelagabriele · 2 years

Text

Classifica vincitori del Premio di Narrativa, Teatro e Poesia “Il buon riso fa buon sangue” 4^ Edizione

Sez A) Narrativa o Teatro a tema comico

1) “Quella rompipalle in carrozzina. Zibaldone di episodi tragicomici” romanzo edito di Elvira Trap (Genova – GE)

2) “Vacanze, che passione! e altri racconti” libro di racconti edito di Mario Trapletti (Roma – RM)

3) “Ti l’Ovvio (ovvie e meno ovvie considerazioni)” libro di racconti edito di Rossella Longo (Noicattaro – BA)

4) “Il Maracchioni vuole un testo” commedia brillante inedita di Maria Giulia Magrini (Roma – RM)

Menzione Speciale a:

“Una quarantena forzata” commedia brillante inedita di Marco Ciaramella (Pontedera – PI)

Sez B) Poesia a tema comico

1) “ ‘O munno a’ verità” poesia in dialetto napoletano con traduzione in italiano di Francesco Lastaria (Solofra – AV)

2) “Famo du’ conti...” poesia in romanesco con traduzione in italiano di Fabio Tinalli (Olevano Romano – RM)

3) “Il Signore dei fornelli” poesia di Francesco Petrucci (Verona – VR)

4) “Pinocchio” poesia di Gianluca Repossi (Milano – MI)

Menzione Speciale a:

“ Effetti dopo un bicchiere di vino” poesia di Maurizio Laugelli (Girifalco – CZ)

“Un vampiro dal...dentista!” poesia di Alessandro Porri (Roma – RM)

Diploma d’onore a:

“Il rap del mal di testa” poesia di Mario Trapletti (Roma – RM)

Sez C) Poesia a tema libero

1) “Scarpe rosse numero ventiquattro (memoria di un bambino morto a Buchenwald)” poesia di Stefano Baldinu (San Pietro in Casale – Bo)

2) “Solitudine ribelle” raccolta poetica inedita di Roberta Matassa (Bari – BA)

3) “ ‘E criature” poesia in dialetto napoletano con traduzione in italiano di Michele La Montagna (Acerra – NA)

4) “Fu l’incertezza” poesia di Daniele Ambrosini (Cecina – LI)

Premio per Alti Meriti Culturali a:

“Luna” poesia di Laura Marcucci (Roma – RM)

Menzione speciale a:

“Martina” poesia in dialetto calabrese con traduzione in italiano di Saverio Macrì (Bovalino – RC)

“Andromeda” poesia di Rosa Almanno (Orta di Atella – CE)

Premio assegnato per Merito dal Presidente di Giuria ad Autore Emergente a:

Barbara Wioletta Baka, poetessa, per la sua raccolta di liriche inedite in fase di lavorazione (Carapelle – FG).

Premi Speciali

1) Premio Assoluto alla Carriera al dott. Andrea Santaniello (Mercogliano – AV), autore delle poesie a tema libero “Amor di madre” e “Rosse d’amore”

2) Premio Speciale della Critica all’autore Angelo Dario Garziano (Mazzarino – CL) per il racconto a tema comico “Generale d’Armata Tarzan”

3) Premio Speciale per Alti Meriti Culturali Fuori Concorso a Carmelina Petullà (Lamezia Terme – CZ) per il suo eccellente operato culturale ed in particolare per la poesia “Il miracolo della Vita”

Sez D) Narrativa o Teatro a tema libero

1)“Soliloquio della mia morte” monologo inedito di Roberto Collari (Lanusei – NU)

2)“Diversamente uguali” testo teatrale inedito di Rodolfo Andrei (Roma – RM)

3) “Quinta elementare - Sezione B” racconto inedito di Maria Rosaria Esposito (Genova – GE)

4) “Mala Jin. Tulipani nel cemento” romanzo edito di Anna D’Auria (Gragnano – NA)

Diploma d’onore a:

“Nessun gineceo si addice a quelle quattro. Canto muliebre per quattro voci ed un poeta (La metà del mondo può salvare ancora l’altra?)” commedia brillante di Giuseppe Raineri (Bergamo - BG)

#premio luce dell'arte #premi letterari #roma cultura #conduttrice carmela gabriele

1 note · View note

carmy77 · 2 years

Photo

Classifica vincitori del Premio di Narrativa, Teatro e Poesia

“Il buon riso fa buon sangue” 4^ Edizione

Sez A) Narrativa o Teatro a tema comico

1) “Quella rompipalle in carrozzina. Zibaldone di episodi tragicomici” romanzo edito di Elvira Trap (Genova – GE)

2) “Vacanze, che passione! e altri racconti” libro di racconti edito di Mario Trapletti (Roma – RM)

3) “Ti l’Ovvio (ovvie e meno ovvie considerazioni)” libro di racconti edito di Rossella Longo (Noicattaro – BA)

4) “Il Maracchioni vuole un testo” commedia brillante inedita di Maria Giulia Magrini (Roma – RM)

Menzione Speciale a:

“Una quarantena forzata” commedia brillante inedita di Marco Ciaramella (Pontedera – PI)

Sez B) Poesia a tema comico

1) “ ‘O munno a’ verità” poesia in dialetto napoletano con traduzione in italiano di Francesco Lastaria (Solofra – AV)

2) “Famo du’ conti...” poesia in romanesco con traduzione in italiano di Fabio Tinalli (Olevano Romano – RM)

3) “Il Signore dei fornelli” poesia di Francesco Petrucci (Verona – VR)

4) “Pinocchio” poesia di Gianluca Repossi (Milano – MI)

Menzione Speciale a:

“ Effetti dopo un bicchiere di vino” poesia di Maurizio Laugelli (Girifalco – CZ)

“Un vampiro dal...dentista!” poesia di Alessandro Porri (Roma – RM)

Diploma d’onore a:

“Il rap del mal di testa” poesia di Mario Trapletti (Roma – RM)

Sez C) Poesia a tema libero

1) “Scarpe rosse numero ventiquattro (memoria di un bambino morto a Buchenwald)” poesia di Stefano Baldinu (San Pietro in Casale – Bo)

2) “Solitudine ribelle” raccolta poetica inedita di Roberta Matassa (Bari – BA)

3) “ ‘E criature” poesia in dialetto napoletano con traduzione in italiano di Michele La Montagna (Acerra – NA)

4) “Fu l’incertezza” poesia di Daniele Ambrosini (Cecina – LI)

Premio per Alti Meriti Culturali a:

“Luna” poesia di Laura Marcucci (Roma – RM)

Menzione speciale a:

“Martina” poesia in dialetto calabrese con traduzione in italiano di Saverio Macrì (Bovalino – RC)

“Andromeda” poesia di Rosa Almanno (Orta di Atella – CE)

Premio assegnato per Merito dal Presidente di Giuria ad Autore Emergente a:

Barbara Wioletta Baka, poetessa, per la sua raccolta di liriche inedite in fase di lavorazione (Carapelle – FG).

Premi Speciali

1) Premio Assoluto alla Carriera al dott. Andrea Santaniello (Mercogliano – AV), autore delle poesie a tema libero “Amor di madre” e “Rosse d’amore”

2) Premio Speciale della Critica all’autore Angelo Dario Garziano (Mazzarino – CL) per il racconto a tema comico “Generale d’Armata Tarzan”

Sez D) Narrativa o Teatro a tema libero

1)“Soliloquio della mia morte” monologo inedito di Roberto Collari (Lanusei – NU)

2)“Diversamente uguali” testo teatrale inedito di Rodolfo Andrei (Roma – RM)

3) “Quinta elementare - Sezione B” racconto inedito di Maria Rosaria Esposito (Genova – GE)

4) “Mala Jin. Tulipani nel cemento” romanzo edito di Anna D’Auria (Gragnano – NA)

Diploma d’onore a:

“Nessun gineceo si addice a quelle quattro. Canto muliebre per quattro voci ed un poeta (La metà del mondo può salvare ancora l’altra?)” commedia brillante di Giuseppe Raineri (Bergamo - BG)

#premio letterario #premio alla carriera #premio di poesia #premio #premi narrativa #teatro #Roma #dr.ssa Carmela Gabriele #eventi letterari

1 note · View note

muznew · 3 days

Text

New Exclusive Muzhousebeat Music Сollection Part 2 2024-04-21

DATE CREATED: 2024-04-21 Tracklist : Alacrán del Amor - Dark Waves.mp3 Alacrán del Amor - Decentralized Systems.mp3 Alexey Union & Povar - Damage (Original Mix) .mp3 Alexey Union & Povar - Stranger (Original Mix) .mp3 ANAXD & Lian Gold - Go Wild (Extended Version).mp3 Anders Ponsaing - Streets Of Eivissa.mp3 Andrea De Cet - The Way I Feel.mp3 Andrea Ribeca - Thalassa (Extended Mix).mp3 Anton Allure - Gringo nacional.mp3 Aquarius Heaven, Non Grata (GR) & Amani Lapè - Love Potion.mp3 Arielle LB - Atlantis (Helkah Remix).mp3 Arielle LB - Atlantis (Original mix).mp3 Atella - The Dream (Extended Mix).mp3 Austin Hal - Another Life (Extended Mix).mp3 Baltra - Breathe Deep (Original Mix).mp3 Bãmdara, Malek Mhedhbi, Jugurtha - Kenz.mp3 Bãmdara, Malek Mhedhbi, Jugurtha - Nour.mp3 Bar Shaked - Silence (Extended Mix).mp3 Ben C, Kalsx & Cybek - Empire (Extended Mix).mp3 Beta Function - Pacman Theorem (Extended Mix).mp3 Bhaskar feat. Dana Williams - Nobody's Perfect ( Read the full article

0 notes

strelles-universe · 8 months

Text

The Canid Republics - The Five Howls

Iren - The Mother Moon

The most honored and beloved god of the Republics is Iren, the creator of the moon and is credited with the birthing of all sapient beasts. She watched upon the darkened land and Howled to the skies, the breath of her sound creating the moon hanging in the sky. She is depicted as a completely black wolf with white eye-sockets - often with her mouth open, revealing the moon resting on her tongue. Iren is most frequently painted forming the moon in the sky and when shown with the other Howls, is the only one in color while the others are merely silhouettes - this excludes Iseca, her brother.

Iren is known as an emotional goddess - full of passion and vigor, changing her focus and starting and stopping many projects over her life. This is the reasoning given behind the various kinds of sapient creatures - creating dogs first before growing distracted and creating cats who excited her, leading her to create foxes who appear to be a mixture between the two. The Mother Moon is widely agreed to be the reason that dogs came together as one pack, the first alphas - Remus and Remulus - were said to be her own sons and formed the legendary Republic of the Moon in her honor. Some dogs still claim to be moon-spawn with roots from their blood-line.

She is obviously the goddess of the moon but also holds domain over creativity, all sapient creatures, creativity, craftsmanship, unity and poetry. She’d strongly associated with the

Domains: The Moon, Sapient Beasts, Creativity, Unity, Imagination, Craft and Poetry

Titles: The Mother Moon, The Shifting Face

Sacred Animals: White Barred Owl

Mates: N/A

Child(ren): Remus and Remulus (The First Sons)

Traits: Creativity, Imagination, Invention, Drive, Craft, Poetry, Transformation, Change, Loyalty, Unity

| | |

Atella - The Great Sun

Depicted in paintings as a massive primarily golden wolf with white eyes except the half-half of her face which is white with a solid amber eye. Most well-known for her role in creating the sun, when Atella is painted alone, she’s shown peering between the peeks of a mountain or over a horizon, her gaze landing on all the creatures with them. When the focus of a painting with the other Howls, Atella is usually standing ahead of the pack with the golden light of the sun radiating from her eye, sun-dogs formed around her head.

When Iren lays down to rest during the day, Atella awakens to look out for the creatures of the world. She worked together with her sister - Canta - to produce the greenery that covers the planet, providing the plants with all the sunlight they could use. As the sun was Howled from her throat, it’s said that when Atella coughs; she creates the fires that rage across the land.

Atella is the goddess of the sun, the day and fire while embodying and encouraging the traits of courage, gallantry, ambition, zeal, joy, pleasure and enthusiasm.

Domains: The Sun, The Day, Fire and Hearth, Ambition, Physical Strength

Titles: The Great

Sacred Animals: Golden Eagle

Mates: N/A

Child(ren):

Traits: Courage, Gallantry, Ambition, Strength, Zeal, Enthusiasm, Joy, Adventure, Pleasure

| | |

Canta - the Plant Maker

The wild goddess Canta is often depicted as a golden brown wolf with a single white eye while the other has vines and flowers growing from it. She has two large fangs that poke out from her mouth and many depictions of her also give her some variety of antlers or horns based on the most common large herbivore in the area in acknowledgement of her role in designing the largest herbivores to better feed the Republics. Canta’s head is often used as the sigil for the various republics; the flower growing from her eye identifying which republic it’s representing. Most frequently depicted with The Sea Lord showing them both crafting the creatures of the world.

Goddess of the wilds, Canta is responsible for all of the plants, herbs and flowers that blossomed upon the planet and spent a long time thinking of different songs for each of the non-sapient creatures of the world. It’s said the wild goddess creatures the creatures of the world by sculpting them from clay then filling them with one of the binding fluids to give them life and therefore, she also holds domain over tree-sap, nectar, syrups, wax and tar.

Domains: Plants, Flowers, Herbs, Thick Fluids, Land Creatures and Endurance

Titles: The Kindly Wildneress, The Wild Maiden

Sacred Animals: Red-Tailed Hawk

Mates: N/A

Child(ren):

Traits: Endurance, Stamina, Strength, Vigor, Potential, Competence, Dignity, Survival

| | |

Mywell - The Sea Lord

The Sea Lord Mywell is painted is a large blue-gray wolf with a white eye and an empty socket that either swirls with a storm or has a sheet of water that pours from it like a waterfall. When painted alongside Canta, their eyes are always opposites to each other (an empty left socket on Canta means an empty right one on Mywell and vice versa) to represent how they worked on the same projects but from different sources.

The creatures of the sea are said to have been shaped with wet sand with a binding agent poured into them to hold them together when she howled them to life giving her dominion over tears, blood, milk and nectar. They wrapped the water around the world which is why they’re often depicted curled around one of their siblings. It’s said she dragged the mountains from the sea and above the waves to give Canta more land to work with so she’s also associated with mountains, horizons and canyons.

Mywell encourages the traits of composure, tenacity, confidence, serenity, tranquility, sanity, professionalism, perseverance and respect.

Domains: Water and Thin Fluids, Aquatic Creatures, Mountains, Composure and Restraint

Titles: The Calm Sea, The Stonefaced

Sacred Animals: Osprey

Mates: N/A

Child(ren):

Traits: Poise, Tenacity, Confidence, Serenity, Honor, Sanity, Perseverance, Composure, Respect

| | |

Iseca - Warden of the Dead

The Spirit’s Warden is a predominantly black wolf with a white tail and two white toes on each foot. His pelt is usually all black with uneven flecks of white representing the stars that are said to trail from his pelt as he walks. Iseca is rarely depicted with others, usually pained alone; standing guard on the various spirits he looks over or with their bird forms painted on his back, while he looks into a pool of water representing the living world.

When the spirits of the world passed on, they needed somewhere to stay and so it was Iseca who Howled the Endless World into existence, stepping through the created rift and setting them free from illness and pain. Not wanting the creations to be trapped forever, Iseca granted a portion of his own power of shapeshanging to the spirits of the Endless World allowing them to change into various spirits of birds.

In addition to the spirits of the dead, Iseca is noted to be the god of the wind, small birds, the stars, music and ghosts.

Domains: The Stars, Spirits, Breath, the Wind, Birds, Wisdom

Titles: The Impartial, The Warden

Sacred Animals: European Honey-Buzzard

Mates: N/A

Child(ren):

Traits: Knowledge, Insight, Discernment, Humility, Intelligence, Honestly, Dignity, Morality, Intent

---

#strelles au #strelles universe #the five howls #strelles the five howls #the canine republics #strelles worldbuilding #worldbuilding #fanfic #warrior cats fanfic

3 notes · View notes

djmusicbest · 3 days

Text

New Exclusive Muzhousebeat Music Сollection Part 2 2024-04-21

0 notes

redbatchedcumbermayned · 1 month

Text

To be alive beneath cherry blossoms -Chapter 3

Long before Heinrix van Calox was named Interrogator of the most Holy Inquisition he was on an undercover mission on Malfi. Long before Isha von Valancius became the Rogue Trader she was Lady Isidora Ravia Atella de Leuven sent on a diplomatic mission to Malfi. Chance brings them together as they have to uncover a story of ghostly intrigue. Can love's true kiss give peace to a lost soul? And what does it feel to be alive beneath cherry trees?

#heinrix van calox #warhammer 40k #heinrix x rogue trader #fanfiction

9 notes · View notes

the-world-of-ignavus · 5 months

Text

The Mongrel Republics - The Five Howls

Iren - The Mother Moon

Iren is known as an emotional goddess - full of passion and vigor, changing her focus and starting and stopping many projects over her life. This is the reasoning given behind the various kinds of sapient creatures - creating dogs first before growing distracted and creating cats who excited her, leading her to create foxes who appear to be a mixture between the two. The Mother Moon is widely agreed to be the reason that dogs came together as one pack, the first alphas - Arus and Maru - were said to be her own sons and formed the legendary Republic of the Moon in her honor. Some dogs still claim to be moon-spawn with roots from their blood-line.

She is obviously the goddess of the moon but also holds domain over creativity, all sapient creatures, creativity, craftsmanship, unity and poetry. She’d strongly associated with the

Domains: The Moon, Sapient Beasts, Creativity, Unity, Imagination, Craft and Poetry

Titles: The Mother Moon, The Shifting Face

Sacred Animals: White Barred Owl

Mates: N/A

Child(ren): Remus and Remulus (The First Sons)

Traits: Creativity, Imagination, Invention, Drive, Craft, Poetry, Transformation, Change, Loyalty, Unity

| | |

Atella - The Great Sun

Atella is the goddess of the sun, the day and fire while embodying and encouraging the traits of courage, gallantry, ambition, zeal, joy, pleasure and enthusiasm.

Domains: The Sun, The Day, Fire and Hearth, Ambition, Physical Strength

Titles: The Great

Sacred Animals: Golden Eagle

Mates: N/A

Child(ren):

Traits: Courage, Gallantry, Ambition, Strength, Zeal, Enthusiasm, Joy, Adventure, Pleasure

| | |

Canta - the Plant Maker

Domains: Plants, Flowers, Herbs, Thick Fluids, Land Creatures and Endurance

Titles: The Kindly Wildneress, The Wild Maiden

Sacred Animals: Red-Tailed Hawk

Mates: N/A

Child(ren):

Traits: Endurance, Stamina, Strength, Vigor, Potential, Competence, Dignity, Survival

| | |

Mywell - The Sea Lord

Mywell encourages the traits of composure, tenacity, confidence, serenity, tranquility, sanity, professionalism, perseverance and respect.

Domains: Water and Thin Fluids, Aquatic Creatures, Mountains, Composure and Restraint

Titles: The Calm Sea, The Stonefaced

Sacred Animals: Osprey

Mates: N/A

Child(ren):

Traits: Poise, Tenacity, Confidence, Serenity, Honor, Sanity, Perseverance, Composure, Respect

| | |

Iseca - Warden of the Dead

In addition to the spirits of the dead, Iseca is noted to be the god of the wind, small birds, the stars, music and ghosts.

Domains: The Stars, Spirits, Breath, the Wind, Birds, Wisdom

Titles: The Impartial, The Warden

Sacred Animals: Rough Legged Buzzard

Mates: N/A

Child(ren):

Traits: Knowledge, Insight, Discernment, Humility, Intelligence, Honestly, Dignity, Morality, Intent

#the world of ignavus #xenomoggy #ignavus the greenwood empire #ignavus the mongrel republics #ignavus the five howls

1 note · View note