#mycenians

[simugeuge]

I just crossed paths with these illustrations by Peter Connolly and I must share 🙊.

Look at Athena and Hera and Odypen at the top, all rocking mycenian garments I'm screaming crying doing the worm.

(then in the back there's Aphrodite, Apolo, Poseidon, Ares and others who are not named).

Book: The Legend of Odysseus, Peter Connolly

#odysseus #tagamemnon #the odyssey #athena #greek mythology #hera #aphrodite #ares #poseidon #mycenaean #mycenae #Apollo

[apollos-olives]

Palestinians literally have so much similarities with the Jews. Down to the genetics. Jesus was literally a Palestinian, even if when he was born it wasn’t called Palestine. They say that the Palestinians are the phillistines, but modern Palestinians have extremely little to no phillistine ancestry. The biblical Philistines were the so-called “sea people”.Their presence in what is now Israel is usually dated to 1150 BCE.The best guess is that they were part of the proto-Greek Minoan-Mycenian civilization.

So Christians who claim that Palestinians are the “Phillistine enemies of Israel” are so… stupid.

The perversion of Christianity by the west is absolutely disgusting. They cheer on the deaths of the “chosen people” (biblically, Jesus’ people are God’s chosen people) and they cheer on the deaths of not only innocents, but Palestinian Christians as well!

that's just how dangerous evangelical christianity is. evangelicals are inherently irrational and so are many of their arguments, because they don't understand shit or even know the history outside their colonized view of it. that's what makes them so dangerous, and why we need to completely dismantle the west, because evangelicals are too deeply rooted in the system.

#palestine #free palestine

[epicblenderartiste]

The continuing evolution of Odysseus. Finally got my hands on some custom content (though the armor is actually from the Spooky Stuff pack) the cc is by @clepysdra (the outfit) and @simstrouble (the hair). On the left is EPIC!Ody and on the right is Myth!Ody Yes, EPIC!Ody is taller. Odysseus is described as "average" height, and for the mycenian greeks who were not demigods, that came to about 5' 7" EPIC's Ody is based off of Jorge Rivera-Herrans, who is 5' 9" Myth!Ody's eyes are supposed to be grey, but I kept forgetting to change it for the render...

#but he's so pretty now #epic the musical #blender3d #sims 4 #They both actually have the leg scar #but EPIC!Ody's turned so you can't see it #odysseus is a short king #posting all my renders from 2023

[saint-batrick]

was just talking with my adhd roommate about the adhd "stepping stone" (as i call them) thought paths and she said how people outside your head are left wondering how you went from one topic to one WILDLY DIFFERENT, and i said that "yeah yeah! it's like, they wanna know how i got from shoes to mycenians!"

then, even though i'd just picked two random subjects, i was able to connect them anyway.

and yet, i fucking suck at six degrees of kevin bacon.

#having a brain is fun.

[385bookreviews]

1.72.6 Empire of Storms by Sarah J Maas

SPOILERS

Pages: 689

Time Read: 11 hours and 22 minutes

Overall Rating: ★★★★★ Storyline: ★★★★★ Dialogue: ★★★★★ Characters: ★★★★★

Genre: YA Fantasy

TWs for the book: Violence, blood, war, s*xual content, torture, death, murder, injury, gore, fire, grief, physical abuse, confinement, vomit, kidnapping, body horror, slavery, death of a parent, emotional abuse, abandonment, child death, cursing, misogyny/sexism, colonization, genocide, toxic relationship, ableism, animal cruelty, animal death, s*xual assault/r*pe (not on page), discussions of pregnancy, gaslighting, classism, panic attacks, su*c*dal thoughts, su*c*de attempt

POV: Third Person

Time Period/Location: Terrasen, Adarlan, Skull's Bay, and Eyllwe on the fictional continent of Erilea

First Line: Elide Lochan's breath scorched her throat with every gasping inhale as she limped up the steep forest hill.

Aelin, Aedion, Rowan, Lysandra, Fleetfoot, and Evangeline have finally arrived in Terrasen after a week or two of travel from Adarlan. She arranges a meeting with Lord Darrow, Lord Murtaugh, and Murtaugh's grandson, Ren. They are supposed to meet them in the woods, but the lords demand they come to an inn. When they arrive, Ren and Murtaugh, responsible for Chaol's kidnapping in Crown of Midnight, are shocked to learn that Aelin is Celaena. Lord Darrow is harsh and judgemental, and gives her a decree signed by all of the lords of Terrasen saying she is only a princess and that she is not to be queen unless they see fit. She is discouraged, but as they are leaving the inn, they receive news that the witches are flying to sack Rifthold. She sends Rowan to fly back to rescue Dorian, gives Evangeline and Fleetfoot to Lord Murtaugh to look after, and her, Aedion, and Lysandra make their way to Ilium, a port city in Terrasen that used to be ruled by fierce pirates called the Mycenians.

Meanwhile, Elide travels through the woods on her own to try and get to Terrasen, forging for berries and drinking from streams. She realizes she is being followed. Lorcan senses the Wyrdkey she carries and follows her around, thinking she is Valg. He realizes she is not when she is suddenly hunted down by ilken, terrifying eight foot beasts that were bred by Erawan. Lorcan kills three and Elide evades another, and they manage to make it away. They make a deal to travel together, Lorcan offering protection for Elide's knowledge of Morath. Pretending to be married they join up with a traveling circus to get past the Adarlanian soldiers guarding the river.

At Morath, Erawan reveals his true form, no longer masquerading as Duke Perrington. He orders Manon and the Thirteen, along with Yellowlegs witches led by Iskra, to sack Rifthold. Manon tries to get there before the Yellowlegs, but arrives right as Dorian is about to be attacked by a member of Iskra's coven. Manon kills her, and tells Dorian to flee. Rowan arrives and kills four more witches and tries to kill Manon until Dorian stops him. Rowan and Dorian escape and head for Skull's Bay, and Iskra accuses Manon of being a witch killer. She lies and says that the sentinel attacked her first, but Iskra doesn't believe her and runs back to Morath. When Manon arrives, she is put on trial. The Matrons ultimately decide that while Manon will live, Asterin must be brutally put to death. At the execution, Manon asks for the right to kill her, but she instead swings her sword at her grandmother. The Thirteen flee, and the Matron reveals that Manon is the last Crochan Queen, her father being a Crochan Prince and her mother being an Ironteeth witch, and that her she killed both of them upon discovering the truth. Manon takes a near fatal wound to the stomach, and then drops off the cliff and is caught by Abraxos. She manages to kill the witches that chase her, and then passes out and wakes up in Oakwald Forest. She is attacked by a shapeshifter turned monster by Erawan, calling itself a Bloodhound, and she escapes again and tells Abraxos to take her somewhere safe.

Aelin, Aedion, and Lysandra arrive in Ilium to find it occupied by Adarlanian soldiers, the temple there being used as their barracks. She makes a dramatic appearance, giving some of the soldiers the chance to flee, and then the three of them kill the rest. They go to the temple and Aelin meets with King Brannon's ghost. He tells her to go to the Stone Marshes of Eyllwe to find a Lock that can bind the Wyrdkeys back to the Wyrdgate. The trio are then attacked by Erawan, possessing the body of the Chief Overseer of Endovier that tortured Aelin. She manages to kill him, but not after being taunted by Erawan. They then sail for Skull's Bay.

Dorian and Rowan arrive in Skull's Bay two weeks before the rest of their companions. Upon arriving, they go to meet with Rolfe, who insists upon staying neutral, but also find Gavriel and Fenrys in his company. They say that they were sent by Maeve to hunt and kill Lorcan. Rowan bargains that he will tell them where Lorcan is so long as they help them until then. They hesitate but Rowan tells Gavriel that he has a son, and so they agree. Rowan begins to train Dorian in magic. After two weeks, they go again to meet with Rolfe, and find Aelin, once again acting as Celaena, in his office. She then reveals that she is Aelin, and tries to bargain with Rolfe to get him on her side. He is angry and refuses. After some scheming, Aelin comes up with a plan and sends out a ripple of power that the Valg in the Dead Islands detect. They come with ships and sea-wyverns to attack Skull's Bay. Aelin offers her and her courts' help in exchange for Rolfe's allegiance and him gathering the remaining Mycenians to fight for her. She also says she will make him a lord of Terrasen and give his people back Ilium. He reluctantly agrees. Lysandra turns into a sea dragon and fulfills the Mycenian prophecy that once a sea dragon returns again, so shall the Mycenians. Aelin and Rowan combine their powers to wipe out the Valg ships, but Aelin wears the Wyrdkey, and is possessed by Deanna. Deanna gives them a riddle and tries to destroy Skull's Bay with her silver fire, but Rowan jumps in front of Aelin and she redirects her blow to the ships. She still ends up taking out most of Rolfe's ship, some of his men, and the entire Valg fleet save three boats. Lysandra takes out the two sea-wyverns, but is attacked by three more fully grown ones. She barely is able to kill them, with the help of Dorian and Aedion, and also sinks the remaining three ships. Aedion promises a wounded Lysandra that he is going to marry her one day. After the battle, Aelin then summons Elena, who tells her again that she needs to find the Lock.

Lorcan and Elide continue traveling together, but are attacked again by the ilken. At the next town over, their traveling companions sell them out to the Adarlanian guards, and they are forced to take a boat and flee. Lorcan discovers that Aelin has tricked him and he didn't actually have Wyrdkey this whole time, and he tells Elide that he will be bringing her to Aelin after all, and reveals that Aelin and Celaena are the same person. After a long ways of travel, they stop in another town, and Lorcan leaves Elide alone to buy clothes. Elide is attacked by ilken and her uncle Vernon, and they attempt to take her back to Morath. Thinking that Manon is dead and Lorcan has abandoned her, she attempts to kill herself, but Lorcan knocks her knife out of her hand and attacks. She and Lorcan kill the ilken, but her uncle Vernon escapes. Elide finally reveals what she is carrying with her, and Lorcan explains about the Wyrdkeys. They continue to head south to Eyllwe.

Aelin and her court travel on boats to the Stone Marshes to find the Lock. On the way, they see the coast of Eyllwe burning, and the townspeople blame Aelin for it. Abraxos finds their boat and they fetch an unconscious Manon out of the ocean and begin healing her wound. Once she is conscious, Dorian and Manon grow closer, and Aelin attacks Manon for leaving Elide alone in Oakwald Forest. Aelin makes a connection between something Fenrys said and Baba Yellowlegs' prophecy, and throws up. Rowan wants to know what's wrong but she only talks to Lysandra about it. Dorian advocates for Manon's freedom on the ship, and when they go to release her, they are attacked by a Bloodhound pretending to be Fenrys. She tells Manon that Asterin and her Thirteen are dead, and then Dorian kills her. The ship is attacked by ilken, and they fight them off, Manon assisting. They worry as Erawan now knows their location. They eventually make it to the Stone Marshes. Manon sends Abraxos to lie low and the court makes its way into the marshes. After three days of travel, they find the temple containing a chest that supposedly holds the Lock. Just then they begin to feel a magical warning signal from Lorcan, who, along with Elide, has noticed an army of 500 flying ilken heading straight towards them. They set up a trap, but Aelin obliterates them with her flame, and the others pick off the rest. When Lorcan comes into sight, Fenrys and Gavriel immediately attack him. Elide jumps in front of Lorcan, causing Fenrys to accidentally wound her arm. Gavriel heals her, and then Rowan declares that Lorcan and Elide are under their royal protection, which delays the blood oath command for them to kill him. Elide has a tearful reunion with Aedion, Aelin, and Manon, and she offers Aelin the second Wyrdkey. They then go back to the temple to open the chest, and find not a Lock but a witch mirror. They carry it back through the Marshes to the beach, and encounter a hooded woman with soldiers at her back. Everyone goes on alert, and Lorcan sends out a pulse of power to signal Maeve to come so that way Elide will be saved if there is trouble. Aelin goes down to talk with the stranger, who reveals herself to be Ansel of Briarcliff, Queen of the Western Wastes, Aelin's old friend turned enemy from when she trained with the Silent Assassins of the Red Desert. Ansel owed Aelin a life debt, and she gathered her forces and conquered Melisande, taking it away from Erawan's control, all for Aelin. They ready to leave for Terrasen, but are cornered by Maeve's armada.

They give them a day to decide whether to surrender or fight. That night, Rowan flies to all of the ships in Maeve's armada bearing the Whitethorn crest and begs them to switch sides. A few hours before the dawn of the day of the battle, Dorian solves Deanna's riddle and the mystery of the witch mirror. Aelin and Manon join hands and step into the mirror. Aedion is enraged at Dorian for suggesting such a thing, and Rowan is left to command the fleet against Maeve.

Inside the mirror, Manon and Aelin are shown what really happened when Elena and Gavin fought Erawan all those years ago. Elena stole the Eye of Elena, the true Lock, from her father Brannon and used it to seal Erawan in a tomb. The gods then appear before her, angry at her for using the Lock. Brannon had made a deal with them to use the Lock to send the gods back to their home world, and they would take Erawan with them. But by wasting all of the Lock's power on Erawan's tomb, Elena ruined their chance and doomed her own bloodline. The gods tell her that her bloodline will pay the price she couldn't and ultimately one would have to give their own life to reforge the Lock and seal away the keys, sending the gods and the Valg out of the world. She agrees, and agrees to set clues and hints for that future descendant to help lead them into doing it. They are then shown Nehemia coming to the Stone Marshes, thinking the prophecies and clues were for her. Elena appears before her and tells her that it must either be Dorian or Aelin that does it, and that Nehemia must help by going to Rifthold and preparing one or both of them, but that she will forfeit her own life in doing so. Nehemia agrees. Aelin is enraged at Elena even though she had already figured out that she would have to die to reseal the Wyrdkeys. Elena shows her what really happened the night her parents were killed and she fell in the river. She almost drowned but was pulled out by Elena put in a physical form by the gods. Aelin died from the cold but Elena revived her, and the gods told Elena to take Aelin then, as a child, to reforge the Lock. But Elena wanted Aelin to at least have a chance to live her life before she died and instead compelled Arobynn Hamel to come and find her. The gods were angry with her for this and as her punishment Elena cannot enter the afterlife and she will simply cease to exist the moment the keys are put back.

The battle between the courts' forces and Maeve's wages on. Lysandra is able to take out some boats in sea dragon form, but against Fae warriors they are ultimately losing. But then the Whitethorn ships turn on Maeve's armada and begin assisting them. Abraxos flies back with the Thirteen, ultimately turning the tide of the battle and causing the remaining force to flee.

Manon and Aelin are sucked out of the mirror and teleported to the beach where Elide had been sent by Lorcan for safety. Her guards are all dead, and Maeve has her held prisoner. She cuts Gavriel off from the blood oath, and reveals Lorcan's betrayal, as well as how Aelin walked perfectly into her years long schemes. She also reveals that Rowan is her mate, and that she used her magic to trick him into thinking Lyria was his mate, and then had her killed in order to get him to take the blood oath. She then demands that Aelin surrender or Elide will be tortured. Aelin surrenders, and Cairn whips her brutally. They seal her into an iron box and sail away, right before Rowan, Aedion, Dorian, Lysandra, and the Thirteen arrive. Elide and Manon reveal everything to Rowan and the others, and Rowan reveals that they had a secret marriage, making him the King of Terrasen. Lysandra then reveals that she and Aelin already made a plan for her disappearance/death in which Lysandra would pretend to be Aelin for the rest of her life and Aedion would father her children so Terrasen would have heirs. Lorcan is immensely remorseful, and Elide and Aedion are enraged. Just then Ansel and Rowan's cousin Enda arrive, along with Galan Ashryver, Prince of Wendlyn, and all of his naval forces, and the Silent Assassins of the Red Desert. They realize that Aelin called in every life debt owed to her to raise an army, and Lysandra shifts to become her to maintain the ruse that she is still leading her own forces. Dorian leaves with Manon, Elide, and the Thirteen to find the Crochans, and Rowan, Lorcan, and Gavriel head off to begin the hunt for Aelin.

Aelin Ashryver Galathynius (Celaena Sardothien/Aelin of the Wildfire/Fireheart): Aelin has shown a lot of growth in this series, but we still get to see her mistakes. Even though she is learning to trust her court and delegate more, she still takes on a lot of secrets and schemes on her own, which leads to the attack from Maeve in the first place because Lorcan got scared for Elide and summoned her. While she accepts her role as the sacrificial lamb of her bloodline, we still see it scare her, and I'm glad she didn't just stoically accept her death.

Aedion Ashryver (The Wolf of the North): While I am personally not a huge fan of Aedion overall, Aelin and Lysandra's plan to use him to produce heirs was really messed up and he had every right to be angry with them about that. It also doesn't make sense because according to shapeshifter rules (Feyre's pregnancy in A Court of Silver Flames for example) if Lysandra and Rowan made kids while Lysandra was in Aelin's form, the kids would look like a mix of Rowan and Aelin, so Aedion is completely unnecessary. That would have really sucked for Rowan but getting him involved in that way wasn't even needed. The kids wouldn't even look like Lysandra's usual form either because Lysandra's form isn't how she was at birth and she can't go back to her original look because she doesn't remember.

Storyline: I once again loved seeing old characters come back into the fold and watching Aelin's schemes fall into place. Everything feels connected and purposeful and there are reasonable explanations for everything. Nothing is just left up to fate (looking at you House of Flame and Shadow) and things come together either by Maeve, Erawan, Aelin, or the gods' scheming and planning.

Representation: Aedion is bisexual, Rowan's cousin Enda is mentioned as being gay, and Lord Darrow was the former King of Terrasen's consort. Representation for POC is once again lacking. Elide is crippled due to her ankle being deformed from a break that was never healed.

Summary: This is my second favorite book in the Throne of Glass series, right after Queen of Shadow. All of the plot line were entertaining the whole time and everything is intentional and flawlessly comes together.

Quotes: "The world... will be saved and remade by the dreamers..."-Aelin (p.248) "I love you. There is no limit to what I can give to you, no time I need. Even when this world is a forgotten whisper of dust between the stars, I will love you."-Rowan (p.350) "It is not such a hard thing, is it--to die for your friends."-Dorian (p.594)

#book review #book blog #books #book reviews #fantasy #sarah j maas #sjm #throne of glass #the assassins blade #crown of midnight #heir of fire #queen of shadows #empire of storms #tower of dawn #kingdom of ash' #kingdom of ash #aedion ashryver #rowan whitethorn #aelin galathynius #aelin ashryver galathynius #rowan x aelin

[thecarnivorousmuffinmeta]

TRADING PLACES: DIDYMINE AND BELLA

Bella is Aro's sister and lives in Mycenian Greece. (She could be the town 's oracle and wierd just like Aro)

Didymine lives in Phoenix with her mother and everyone loves her because why not. Surely has a lot of friends. ( no depression )

What changes in this timeline? 🤔

Everything.

Caveat

We're talking about such different cultures, one of which we only know a little about, that the likelihood they'd act the same is very low. Added to that, much of Bella Swan is due to her mother as well as the divorce at a young age.

Bella with Didyme's backstory would be a completely different person. Didyme as Bella Swan would be different as well, disregarding that we know next to nothing about Didyme canonically anyway other than that she married Marcus, initially joined the Volturi but then wanted to leave, had her gift, then was murdered by her brother.

It's really hard to give any kind of definitive answer for this one.

In fact, I kind of can't.

Didyme is Bella Swan

We don't know how Renee for a mother/a very distant relationship with her father would affect Didyme. It's unlikely that it wouldn't have some kind of negative effect on her.

The important part though, is that a) Didyme may never choose to go to Forks her junior year to give her mother and Phil breathing room b) if she does go, she won't smell like Bella Swan and her thoughts will be audible.

Edward never takes much interest in her, and Didyme probably isn't very interested in Edward either.

Twilight never happens.

Bella Swan is Aro's Sister

If Aro doesn't like Bella all that much, then he may not come back for her and turn her. He likely still finds Marcus, probably still persuades him to join, but Marcus ends up not depressed as he never married/lost Didyme.

If Aro does turn Bella, then her gift is likely intriguing enough for him to try to negotiate if Bella tries to leave. This being Bella as well, I imagine it's not too difficult to persuade her to stay with the Volturi as uh Bella doesn't think too deeply about these kinds of things.

As it is, Marcus may or may not marry Bella in these circumstances.

#twilight #twilight meta #twilight headcanon #twilight renaissance #didyme #bella swan #aro #edward cullen #marcus #meta #headcanon #opinion #kleailia

[dougielombax]

Talking about archaeology and how I perceive we aren't doing enough of it on Ireland to discover more about our past. One glaring example of this is Newgrange.

We know fuck all about the people who built Newgrange. We know when it was built (around 3,200 BC, meaning it predates Stoneheneg, the Great Pyramid and the Mycenians). We know where the different parts came from. We fairly well understand why it was built.

But we don't know anything else about the people here 5,200 years ago. What did they call themselves? What language did they speak? What did they look like? Did any of their culture survive survive into the later Celts, getting passed down via them to the modern day? Do we get any ancient mythology from them (Newgrange is said in mythology to have been built by the gods)?

I want to know more.

Yeah. I’m inclined to agree.

I’d like to know more as well

#asks #Q&A with Dougie

[valleygirlfag]

Lmaooo my professor was telling us about an instance where Mycenian remains were being worked on and a priest really wanted to preform catholic rites on them so they posted grad students as guards over night to stop the priest from sneaking and preforming rites on the ancient bodies

#apollo.txt

[eviltext]

we’re watching. a movie about minoans and mycenians and they’re so cringe about schlieman. hes so funny <- smash with hamer and kick and punch

#p #‘’he gazed into the face of agamemnon’’ he did the fuck not

[fragmentalyze]

Oh for fuck’s sake that Sarah J Maas sure can write a “rising to the occasion” scene.

Also it occurs to me too late that this could be interpreted as referencing the spicy scenes but truly I just meant people showing up and saving the day lol

#when manon summons the witches to war? #the shivers down my spine were out of control!!!! #or when the mycenians show up? #or or or or when aelin stops that wall of water???? #when papa archeron finally shows up? #gosh darn it the tears #throne of glass #acotar #sarah j maas #sjm #manon blackbeak #mycenians #aelin fireheart #archeron sisters #feyre archeron #nesta archeron #elain archeron

[queenincarnate]

Little did we know, the REAL reason Sarah J Maas placed the Heir of Fire blurb at the end of Empire of Storms was so that we wouldn't track her down and kill her for that cliffhanger

#Empire of Storms #cliffhanger #kill me #oh wait that ending already is #Aelin Ashryver Galathynius #Prince Rowan Whitethorn Galathynius #Aedion Ashryver #Lysandra #Maeve #Gavriel #Fenrys #Lorcan #Elide #Throne of Glass #Galan Ashryver #The Silent Assassins #Ansel of Briarcliff #Mycenians #Rolfe #Terrasen #Manon Crochan #Asterin Blackbeak

[simugeuge]

Totally in favor of the Troy Hater Gang wearing sightly less historically accurate but sexier hoplite instead of mycenian armor, because my boy Odysseus is already sturdy and you all want him roaming around looking like a rolly-polly?

#nuh uh #no ma'am #odysseus #tagamemnon #the iliad #incorrect iliad #iliad meme #trojan war #the odyssey

[acourtofcouture]

An Insider’s Guide to Throne of Glass: the Lost Mycenian Sea Dragons of Illium, 1/?

#throne of glass #crown of midnight #heir of fire #queen of shadows #empire of storms #tower of dawn #kingdom of ash #the assassin's blade #the lost mycenian sea dragons of illium #sea dragons #sea dragon #illium #the mycenians #the mycenian people #terrasen #aelin #queen aelin #aelin ashryver #aelin ashryver galathynius #aelin of the wildfire #house galathynius #house ashryver #adarlan #erilea #tog #sarah j maas

[macomafastraash]

Rolfe and the Mycenians

So the Mycenians are a society that everyone in the TOG world believed had died out. Today I happened upon an ancient Greek society called the Mycenaeans. Sounds similar, right? Well they died out supposedly in 1100 B.C. and were very good at trading on the mediterranean. Once again, Sarah has put something in that relates to ancient history. Why am I even surprised any more?

#sarah j maas #empire of storms #eos #mycenians #mycenaeans #ancient greece #ya books #ancient history #sjmaas #sarah j maas books #aelin ashryver #aelin fireheart #captain rolfe #skulls bay #rowan x aelin #rowan whitethorn #QUEEN OF SHADOWS #qos #heir of fire #hof #crown of midnight #com #throne of glass #tog #the assassins blade #tab #lysandra #aedion ashryver #good lord #why am i even surprised

[traitors-mooning]

Luck in the shadows

I remember reading this book for the very first time. I felt at home. There is something about the way that Lynn Flewelling writes that is so incredibly compelling to me. I've read a couple of other people's reviews and found them critical of the things I love most about this book. About all nightrunner books. The way the point of view changes in combination with an omni-present narrator, apparently is jarring to certain people, but I love that. I think it fits so perfectly with the story and the characters. It's very much that sort of story. Fast and rickety. It flows. You know the feelings and thoughts of characters consistently yet the story surprises you. It follows no pattern, these point of view-changes. But it works, it fits the story. The worldbuilding is also critiqued. This I don't agree with whatsoever. What I think many people don't realise it's that Nightrunner is seven books and that there is also The Tamir Triad - three books. Ten books set in the same world. And The Tamir Triad being set several centuries before Nightrunner. I've read all ten books, probably ten times, so to me the world seems incredibly clear. Through all of the books we visit most of the lands (except Zengat which is regrettable as they seem very interesting, which we learn most in The Bone Doll's Twin) and we meet all the different peoples of the lands. Except Zengat again, I reckon that we encounter some Zengati characters but none play actual important roles. Except notably for Eirual who is part Zengati and of course a beloved, lovely amazing character, even though she does not play that huge a part in the books. Other than that we do encounter people of all the different races. We even get a sympathetic Plenimaran in the seventh book, Doctor Kordira. And the Retha'noi! Oh gods, they are interesting. We donät encounter them that much in Nightrunner but they really take center-stage in The Tamir Triad (Lhel, my beloved). The way of their religion and their magic, it's different and very refreshing! I also appreciate how the issue of colonialism is adressed in The Tamir Triad although I reckon they could stand to adress it in even more detail. But I understand why it's left out. We meet the dravnians and the aurënfaie and the mycenians - with their soft accents as well as of course the skalans. We are given a clear view of how the common religion works and how it is linked to the religion of the 'faie. Also the history, with the hierophants??? and the oracles, it's oh so interesting!! And when I say "clear" I don't mean that it is spelled out I mean that it is clear enough it in no way inhibits the flow of the story. It is instead woven into the narrative in an incredibly natural and unusual way. Religion I find is mostly an afterthought in many fantasy novels. The way the different countries are run I also find very interesting. Skala is a matriarchy with it's ruler being a queen. Plenimar has an overlord. Aurënen has a clan structure with a council of elders and Mycena is apparently a Stalinist republic according to the wiki (?????good for them, is there textual evidence??) . What this is to say is that the worldbuilding is great. Narratively it is also stellar. What people critiqued there was that Luck In The Shadows seems to be both a coming of age story and a mystery, foreshadowing another arc. This I don't see a problem with. Instead it is interesting. It is not a cohesive decided recycled plot but instead layered complicated intricate. And personally I adore that. Those are my thoughts as of now.

#luck in the shadows #stalking darkness #traitor's moon #shadows return #the white road #casket of souls #shards of time #the tamir triad #hidden warrior #the bone doll's twin #the oracle's queen #lynn flewelling #micum cavish #alec of kerry #seregil ì korit #aurënen #zengat #plenimar #skala #mycena #retha'noi #worldbuilding #fantasy #fantasy novels #queer

[mrssalvaterre]

Throne of Glass

✨zodiacs✨

What are you as a tog character?

-Sagittarius: badass assassin

-Scorpio: fae

-Pisces: siren

-Aquarius: mycenian

-Virgo: valg

-Leo: ruq

-Gemini: shifter

-Aries: witch

-Capricorn: royal

-Cancer: healer

-Libra: little folk

-Taurus: knight

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