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elspethsunschampion · 6 years

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Guys’ Knight Out, Prologue

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Slurs, “period-typical” homophobia, internalized homophobia, anxiety/self-worth issues, religious content, graphic depictions of violence

Summary: An old crone declares that one of the knights of the round table is a sinner--he loves men. Since Simonus was not at dinner during the declaration, his world is suddenly overturned, because it means he's not the only one. He's soon drawn into a romance with the mysterious other knight via letters and exchange of poems. But nothing lasts forever.IE, the Camelot AU that no one asked for.

Notes: Okay so this isn't explicitly a crossover with any extant mythos--I'm taking bits and pieces from Arthurian mythos and various retellings. The TV show Merlin gets one or two nods, but it's by no means a full crossover. Also this is not a historical AU; having said that, I am using some real-world references, but because of the nature of the Arthurian mythos, this is set in a more semi-mythical timeless, and vaguely medieval fantasy Camelot. Also I haven't dug very deeply into Bram being Jewish because it didn't really fit into the story, but rest assured that he's still practicing, just in secret. Medieval attitudes towards Judaism were--not great--and that's something I would like to tackle at some point, but it isn't the focus of this particular story.

Very loosely inspired by Ardatli's Dale Cycle AU for the Young Avengers.

Many thanks to Kyros for helping me out with Spanish-style names!

0. The Storm

Lightning snaked across the sky, and thunder rolled through the land beneath Simon’s feet. He stared up the hill and trembled. He knew what lurked in the cave upon the hill. He knew that in that fiery breast lurked his death. “God,” he prayed aloud. “Please, deliver me from this evil.” But God was silent. There was only Simon, shivering in his armor as the rain poured down upon him, with his sword at his side, and his horse beneath him.

He looked to the bottom of the hill, and there he saw the rest of the knights, all of them—he could pick out Alaric’s short form front and center; Nicholas behind her; Garrett and Gawain, Martin and Bram, Lancelot and Kay. All faceless, yet accusing. Alaric shook his head and turned away, and, one by one, all the rest followed her, leaving Simon shivering and alone, with his stomach turning over. There was no choice left for him but to turn back to the winding hill before him and urge his horse upward. At the top, a black curl of smoke twisted upward into the stormy air.

Simonus woke with a gasp, nearly striking his head on the headboard of his small feather bed. The dragon dream again. He’d had the same dream at least once a month for three years, since the day he had graduated from squire and joined the Knights of the Roundtable, from Simon to Simonus. Today, it had only been the smoke and the foreboding, but there had been times that he’d braved the lair, or the dragon itself had burst from within it. On several occasions, he had felt himself burn to death, felt the way his skin cracked and peeled and the very air in his lungs became fire.

He was terrified. Surely, surely, the dream meant something. And the most obvious meaning was that someday he would be sent on a quest against a dragon, and, when that happened, Simonus—competent archer, competent swordsman, more-than-competent minstrel and utterly incompetent courtly lover—would die. He pressed his hands into his eyes and tried to push down the swelling fear. His mother’s words floated to his ears, Oh, my dear Simon, none of us are ever tested more than we can bear. And you, my little snub-nosed boy, will be able to bear anything, because you are amazing. I love you. His mother and father sent him letters weekly, mostly descriptions of running their estate, many of them focusing on the exploits of his little sister, who had recently started performing experiments in the kitchen with their chef. Perhaps not entirely appropriate for the daughter of a minor noble, but she would be running an estate herself one day, and it was not so far away from her duties in that area. Even if it hadn’t been easily justified in such a manner, Simonus could not imagine his loving parents refusing Nora anything.

God, Simonus prayed again, don’t let me let them down. I beg you.

Next chapter ->

#love simon #spierfeld #svthsa #fanfiction #my writing #simon spier #bram greenfeld

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absentinquiries · 7 years

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AbsentInquiries Title Masterpost Part 2, Page 4: The Page

WR: Since today’s posts are both going to be fairly text-heavy, allow me to add some humor to this one. It’s mildly silly that the title of this post is “Page 4: The Page”, without the context that will undoubtedly spill over below. Please have a giggle at that before we drop into seriousmode. “^_

WR: Okay, with the giggles over with, I can easily start by pointing out the very first thing that comes up: “(1)A page or page boy is traditionally a young male servant...” - There’s the highest of odds that Pages are either Male-dominant, or Male-exclusive. Good that it’s right there at the start, gives me better room to focus on other tidbits.

WR: “(1)In medieval times, a page was an attendant to a knight, i.e., an apprentice squire.” - this is probably the main definition I’m going to be using, as it’s the one I’m most familiar with and can easily relate to Pages as a Class, but I’ll do my best to use other iterations of classical Pages too.

WR: “(1) A young boy served as a page for about seven years, running messages, serving, cleaning clothing and weapons, and learning the basics of combat.” - I want to emphasize these - they work for a long time, doing what is basically doldrum tasks, but he /is/ learning all this time. It is a long time spent of ardor, but it helps to shape him.

WR: Continuing on; “In return for his work, the page would receive training in horse-riding, hunting, hawking and combat - the essential skills required of adult men of his rank in medieval society.” - This is also noteworthy to point out, as it means the Pages’ labor is also paid in kind by more opportunities to gain experience...Experience that is /essential/. (of course, this is all mostly relating what everyone already knows about Pages, but bear with me.)

WR: “At age fourteen, the young noble could graduate to become a squire, and by age 21, perhaps a knight himself.” - nothing duly interesting to note, but it does paint a good conclusion to the overarching Quest of the Page. I’ll also take the respite here to say - Knights and Pages are both Passive Classes. Thankfully, the Sylph didn’t shake things up that much. “^_

WR: The second definition of page - the household page(1) - often did light odd-jobs and stood in attendance of guests while dressed up fancy. They were apprentice footmen(2) - caretakers of carriages and couriers who moved ahead to prepare a destination for their lord’s arrival. - that...Is a pretty foreboding thought, actually. It has some serious implications, but since it probably dawns on everyone who’s reading this immediately, I needn’t discuss it too much further.

WR: Another thing to note is this; “(2)Footmen were expected to be unmarried...” - looks a little familiar, right? The same statement was raised for Maids and likened to their Romantic natures - either they were open and never held a solitary partner, generally closed, or tried and failed. I’d have to say that Pages, to a similar degree, have a pretty rough time working with relationships. Just, ah...Well, look at them.

WR: Thankfully, that actually mostly wraps up what needs to be said about the pre-SBURBan Page, which means I can move on to the other stuff.

WR: So, Polarity - Pages have a tendency to serve, and, while I once penned them as being the Passive counterparts to Maids, I now understand them as Passive counterparts to Heirs. In terms of personality, Pages are, at base, socially difficult, and in most avenues have a rough start acclimatizing to anything. They’re friendly, but bashful and often very closed off. They’re fairly good thinkers and doers, though, which is unique for Passive players.

WR: Around the early-middle stages, Pages will likely still struggle with confidence, believing their successes or good natures to be edge cases or the wrong perspective. They have an easier time adapting to new things, and generally prove to be average-to-above average in terms of overall capabilities. Near the later stages, they start to gain more confidence and ability, often surpassing some of the more generally competent players who don’t need quite as much time to get used to things.

WR: But, in the shorter terms, Pages are very closed off emotionally, bashful, but practically capable of applying themselves to everything, and have issues with confidence in different types across their “arc”.

WR: Now, the part I’ve been dreading. Powers. For the longest time, Pages have been few and far between, their powers never seen until recently, and even then it was completely absurd, out-of-control, and nothing could actually be gleaned from it besides the need to ask “what the fuck?”.

WR: One thing that’s certain is that Pages in general start off without their Aspect. Not even a smidgen of it. They also of course gain their Aspect over the time that they work on the overarching quest that is their Class, but that still doesn’t answer what it is they can do.

WR: Given that our only real source of information about Page powers is the dead session wherein an iteration of Jake exploded into a supernova of Hope energy - well...it says a lot, and a little at the same time.

WR: But, continuing on from my talk about Heirs a few minutes ago, I propose that Pages start off without their Aspect and build it up (in contrast to the Heir having it all the time and just needing to learn to use it), but when they manage to gain the upper echelons of power, the Page gains wildly more amazing abilities - largely unbound, much like the Heir, but, with a notable difference:

WR: Where the Heir has a power cap that makes them potentially weaker than other Classes but the availability to tune their powers to become more versatile than them, Pages have an obscene ignorance to the concept of “power capping”, but next to no ability to refine it beyond a rough idea of a spell or power. Completely artless and without finesse, a Page’s powers are practically just massive explosions, exceeding the power of even the strongest Classes - Princes, Bards, and...Much as I hate to say it, even Lords.

WR: It’s not all that great an explanation of power, but it is a good place to stick with, I believe.

WR: This has been...Needless to say, a very exhausting effort to compose, and I’m glad I’ve got this recorded and queued at the end of the day. Hopefully the next two Classes I choose are ones I’m more familiar with. <_

WR: Whatever the case, I hope this provided some good information about the otherwise unknown and potentially overstated Pages. Although, to be fair, I have a poor habit of understating Pages, so I hope this does them justice and serves to at least work against what I normally say.

#Homestuck #AbsentInquiries #Title Masterpost #Titles #Classes #Page #Regent #wreckedRegent

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lostatsea-eric-blog · 6 years

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"Isn't this great? The salty sea air, the wind blowing in your face. Aaah, the perfect day to be at sea!" -Prince Eric

Archetype — The Hero can be Caregiver too Birthday — January 22, 1988 Zodiac Sign — Aquarius MBTI — ISFJ Enneagram — 2; The Helper Temperament — Phlegmatic Hogwarts House — Gryffinpuff Moral Alignment — Lawful Neutral Primary Vice — Pride Primary Virtue — Kindness Element — Air

Overview:

Mother — Katherine Andersen nee Hightower Father — Derrick Andersen Mother’s Occupation — Lawyer Father’s Occupation — Owner of Andersen’s Marina Industries which includes ship/boat building and repairs as well as marine equipment manufacturing. Family Finances — Wealthhyyy. Aside from owning a company, they also got that ollddd moneeyy ayyeeee Birth Order — Numero two Brothers — None Sisters — Four!!! Apparently, Eric was the only boy his parents were able to produce xD but only three out of the four sisters are alivvee. Olivia is the oldest of the Andersen bunch (32), then came Eric (30), followed by Aileen (RIP mermaid ate her chomp chomp), then Vittoria (20) anddd Alessandra (19) Other Close Family — He has a niece and a nephew!! Christian (12) and Sofia (9). He adores them and is an awesome and wonderful uncle kk they adore him backkk!! They’re Olivia’s kids. Best Friend — Max!!!!!!! lmao He was very close to Aileen too :((( Other Friends — The Order becaussee his life basically revolved around it Enemies — All SEA CREATURES OUT THERREE I meann other monsters too, like monsters are monsters he won’t kill one just because they don’t live in the water buttttttt he specializes in the water dwellers. Conflicted with mermaids. A mermaid killed his sister, a mermaid saved his life it’s a rough struggle right now. xDD He’ll be on the hunt for answersss. Pets — Max!!!!!!!!! Yes, directly stolen from the movie with absolutely no shame. His best-friend, his CHILD, his beautiful big fluff of pure love Old English Sheep Dog Maxxxxxxx. Home Life During Childhood — Not shabby at all. Just going to put it out there he was/continues to still be dad’s favorite. Only boy, so of course it was only natural, plus he proved to be an #awesome Prince becoming the best in his specialized field so old Derrick is very prouudd. Things were a little rough for the Andersen’s during Aileen’s death, but they patched up. All in all, Eric was very loved, pampered, and aside from the death of his little sister, didn’t suffer much trauma in his childhood. Town or City Name(s) — Camogli, Italy is where he’s from and then Eric has basically bopped around the seas of Europe, living in many of Europe’s coastal regions. What Did His or Her Bedroom Look Like — Pretty normal looking. Eric really isn’t the messy type at all, so for the most part his room was pretty kept. Had the standard furnishing. He didn’t care too much for decorating any decoration in his room was marine influenced. Any Sports or Clubs — Captain of the swim team in high school. Eric is an excellent and v agile swimmer as well as a bomb ass diver. Didn’t really indulge in sport teams though when he hit Uni because there was no time in between having full time Prince dutieess. Surfing, he does surf. Jet skiing he loves thaatt. Canoeing and kayaking he enjoys too. Look any water sport he probably does. He’s like a fucking fish. Favorite Toy or Game — Of course he deff had little ship toys when he was young and those were his favorites!!! Even had those ships in a bottle hahaha, Sailing. Schooling — Primary, Secondary and University all completeeedd with a Masters degree. Wasn’t home schooled because ole Derrick didn’t want Eric to stay surrounded by all girls for his entire life xDD Favorite Subject — Science, specifically Marine Biology. Popular or Loner — Popular. Who didn’t love my sweet, shy, handsome sonnnn. xDD He’s like an introverted extrovert, deff shy but he does like people. It’s more in nature than like in complete mannerism if that makes any sense at all..... Important Experiences or Events — The death of Aileen, the beginning of his training enjoyed more of the sea stuff side of things, becoming a squire then rising up to a knight, the success of his very first solo hunnttt killed a SIRREENN, becoming a Prince, graduating and gaining his Masters, getting to travel all around Europpeee, and the death of his crew members :((( Nationality — Italian don’t think Matt Lanter is but shhhh I made Eric it anyways xD He does have Scottish roots to him. His family originated from Scotland and then immigrated to Italy. Culture — Italian, and The Order bc that shit is basically a lifestyle Religion and beliefs — Raised Catholic and went to mass every Sunday like a good well-behaved boy. He’s not so heavily involved with it now, but like he’ll go to a mass from time to time to like appease his parents haha.

Physical Appearance:

Face Claim — Matt Lanter Complexion — Fair skin, but not like pale fair, he got some good ole sun back in Italy Hair Colour — Dark Brown :/ I know it’s suppose to be that beautiful dark black but I had to comprimise to get my EYEESS Eye Colour — BLUUEEEE, a BEAUTIFUL crystal ocean BLUEEE Height — 5’10 Build — Athletic. Not like beefy or stocky, but definitely fit and toned. I meaann he goes around killing sea monsters and running ships course he’s going to be fitttt. Tattoos — Nope. Piercings — Nope. Common Hairstyle — His hair is cut short. It’s always neat. Clothing Style — Simple. T-shirts, jeans, boots. He does own a variety of like weather coats for when he’s hitting the seas. On days he’s working on the University he knows how to dress it up, so he’ll wear his like button downs, still with jeans though haha. Eric deff knows how to dress up for occasions that calls for them, what Prince doesn’t thoughhhhh Mannerisms — Scratches at the back of his neck, runs hands through his hair, can have restless leg syndrome from time to time, jaw clenching when angry

Health:

Overall (do they get sick easily)? — Nope. Eric has awesome health, physically. Physical Ailments — None. Neurological Conditions — Probably got some PTSD going on from seeing the death of his sisterrr and then from the night of the storm :/ Allergies — None Grooming Habits — Great. Believer in looking groomed and showering twice a day haha Sleeping Habits — Not too bad. The occasional nightmare from his PTSD, but other then that Eric can pretty much sleep anywhere. Like if you can sleep on a ship in the middle of the ocean then I’m sure you’re pretty seettt. Eating Habits — Eric is a health nuttt. Pesco-Vegetarian. Dairy free, though does cave with his protein shakes. Avid drinker of water. Likes for his food to be locally sourced. Course this is all from when he’s land base when he’s out at sea I mean it is what it is at that point haha Exercise Habits — Hits the gym a loottt. Exercises everyday even if he’s on a ship. When land base he’s normally a professor and so he hits the Uni pool every morning and does a good bout of laps. It’s how he starts his day. Emotional Stability — Pretty stable sorta kinda going through some shit at the moment no thanks to some recent events.... Body Temperature — Average I guess?? Sociability — Eric is like an introverted extrovert. He can be shy, but it’s not that kind of shy where it keeps him from talking to people or acting like he has no social cues. He likes talking to people, and all that fun stuff, but he can be reserved. Addictions — None. Drug Use — Nope. Alcohol Use — Not really, maybe like the occasional here and there, but he isn’t much of a heavy drinker

Your Character’s Character:

Bad Habits — Stubbornness, can lose eye contact depending on what’s being spoken about, blunt with facial expressions, can get bored easily Good Habits — Kind, health nut, exercises, polite, honest, courteous Best Characteristic — Loyal, daring and kind Worst Characteristic — His pride Worst Memory — Witnessing the death of his baby sister Aileen Best Memory — His solo hunt and any memory he has with Aileen Proud of — His family, his sisters, his hunting accomplishments (though he’s questioning some of them), his solo hunt, his education Embarrassed by — Not a lot really. Eric is a pretty laid back type of dude, though miscalculating that storm could deff be one he’s embarrassed about Driving Style — Really good. He’s one of those that follows all the street laws and always stays within speed limit. Doesn’t have a car though at the moment with him, never really saw the need in getting one because he wasn’t having a sedentary life Strong Points — His intellect, thoughtfulness, kindness, determination, daringness Temperament — Laid back. Eric is a pretty lax guy although he can get passionate and peeved out about certain thingsss like family. Attitude — Determined Weakness — His stubbornness and pride too Fears — Lost of his family, he’s such a family guy /pets him Phobias — None Secrets — None so faarrr err well accept that he’s part of the Order which is a secret societtyy other than that Eric is a pretty open book Regrets — Not being able to save his sister and crew members Feels Vulnerable When — Speaking about personal problems and when he’s unable to protect those he loves Pet Peeves — Didn’t exactly have any like real pet peeve…. Conflicts — Mermaids hahaha. No but legit mermaids. One killed his sister and then one saved his life. He was so sure his entire life that all sea creatures were MONSTERS and all of them were BAD and just harmed/killed people (huge in part because of what happened to Aileen) and then a mermaid goes and saves his life like tf he didn’t ask for thaaatttt, so he’s currently on the hunt for some answers and it hoping Swynlake will provide him with themmm. Motivation — Aileen. She’s like his driving force behind every hunt he has ever done/does. He loved her so muuccchh!!!! /crieesss Short Term Goals and Hopes — Figure out his conflict crisis please and thank you. Long Term Goals and Hopes — Find LOOOVVEEEE, a true love because he’s such a lost romantic (though ironically isn’t a current priority), settle down, marry and have kiddddsssssss, he would love a bunch of kids and probs even run his family business Sexuality — Heterosexual, Demiromantic Day or Night Person — Day Introvert or Extrovert — Introverted extrovert Optimist or Pessimist — Optimist

Likes and Styles:

Music — More acoustic and instrumental. He’s not into like current stream music, hell if he even knew what’s currently playing on the radio. xDD He can play the flute took lessons when he was youngeerr. Books — A non-fiction fan when it comes to what he picks up to read. Definitely anything marine involved for sure!!!! Got interested in the Dan Brown series. Magazines — Nope. Foods — Sea food. He does love his fish. Is a vegetarian so no meats aside from sea food, so like he’s a Pesco-Vegetarian. Not really into sweets basically at all. He’s a health-nut!!! Likes fresh food, and can actually cook too!!!! Drinks — Water. Water. Water. He drinks a lot of water. Likes protein shakes too. Not much of a drinker. Dairy free for the most part. Animals — Dogs, well more importantly his dog. xDD Lover of all sea animals, that are not sea monsters haha Social Issues — Protection of mundus against dangerous monsters Favorite Saying — He grew up constantly seeing his family’s saying “A mari usque ad mare” From Sea to Sea. He’s actually fond of it more so because it involves the sea and Eric loves being on the ocean not really because of the history behind it all hahaha Color — Blues and greeennsss are his very very favorites. He does like gray too because gray is also found in his family’s coat of arms. Jewelry — In his family it’s a tradition for a silver chained necklace to be forged for the males of the family, normally the eldest in which case Eric is among his line. Eric though added a sea shell charm to his chain because it was Aileen’s favorite charm. He wears his chain all the time, never takes it off. Oh yeah then there’s his family ring buttttt he doesn’t go stunting that around. Games — Boating, jet-skiing, sailing, anything water involved, does enjoy horse riding, is ehh about jousting but whatever he does it when he has too, fencing Websites — None really.... haven’t even decided yet if he has an insta looool TV Shows — Not a lot either omg horrible Eric!!! But there aren’t really TVs on ships sooo he’s not like an avid tv watcher. If anything he’d probs like documentaries he’s so ehhh about tv Movies — Loooook he’d rather be out by the ocean side then sit down and watch a movie. He’s an out door person, staying in toooo long probably gets him sorta restless. Greatest Want — To settle down eventually. Find LOOVVEEE get married have some kiddos Greatest Need —Get this conflict shit situated and get back to the WATERRR. He wants his OCEAAANN

Where and How Does Your Character Live Now:

Home — Camogli, Italy is like his family home. Right now he’s in an apartment in Castle Suites would have loved more to live closer to the lake side by the WATTEERR but he doesn’t need a whole freaking house to himself. Household furnishings — Pretty basic. Favorite Possession — His necklace with Aileen’s charm on it <3 Most Cherished Possession — His necklace with Aileen’s charm on it <3 Married Before — Nope. Significant Other Before — Has had a few girlfriends before, but all have fallen through. None of them were THE ONEE. Children — Nope, but does want!!!! Like a bunncchh Relationship with Family — Closeee!!! He adores his family. Is close with his parents, adores his sisters and would do anything for them, loves his niece and nephewww. He often talks with them making sure to call them so that he can keep in touch. He’s the protective sort when it comes to his sisssterrssss. Car — Doesn’t have one at the moment, his life right now isn’t sedentary. He’s constantly moving from place to place and most of the time he’s on a ship sooo no need for a car too mcuch Career — Marine Biology Professor at Pride U; Prince in the Order Dream Career — He actually likes being a professorr, enjoys seafarer too which he does is often the helmsman. Anything water involveedd Dream Life — Married with a big home back in his home town of Camogli or anything coastal region right by the beautiful ocean siiiddeee. There is definitely kids in his dreaamm lifffeee Love Life — Non existent at the moment Talents or Skills — He can play the flute, steer, captain and run a whole ship, fencing/ sword fighting, horse rider, swimmer, diver, fishing Intelligence Level — Very well educated and is actually pretty nerdy in the things that he’s interested in

Your Character’s Life Before Your Story:

Past Careers — He has been a professor in different places. Helmsman and seafarer in more, takes any job ocean involving Past Lovers — Has had a few relationships in the past, but all have fell through. He hasn’t found his ONE yet :((( Biggest Mistakes — Miscalculating that fucking STORM. Biggest Achievements —Solo hunt, all his other successful hunts, becoming Prince, graduating Uni with both a bachelors and masters degree.

#knowing eric #about #headcanon #oh heyyyyy good lookingggg

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