#sebastian de Castel

[tea-and-scribbles]

"Hate is the door through which self-destruction enters each of us."

- Sebastien de Castell, The Way of the Argosi

#quotes #book quotes #Sebastian de castell #the way of the argosi #spellslinger #inspiration #aesthetic #life quotes #self love #self care #it girl #tea and scribbles #reading #bookstagram #bookish

[mordredisacoolname]

Don't know if there's still fandom left for the Spellslinger series but Ferius and Rosie are lesbians.

#spellslinger #shadowblack #queer #wlw #ferius parfax #Sebastian de castell

[pariwhoop]

Brasti goodbow, the godslayer needs more songs written about him, @ bardatti

#brasti goodbow #greatcoats #Sebastian de castell #books #the greatcoats

[fenniwedd]

Playlist for the Spellslinger series

#spellslinger #sebastian de castell #shadowblack #charmcaster #soulbinder #queenslayer #crownbreaker #kellen argos #book playlist #fantasy #Spotify

[thefandomless]

If "Song of the Seven" from Witcher Blood Origins isn't the most "Flacio pulling a classic val Mond" song you have ever heard than idk what is.

#greatcoats #falcio val mond #sebastian de castell #Witcher blood origin

[sometimesreading]

Currently reading 🎧📖 Shadowblack by Sebastian de Castell

#once again on the train #and it is once again Deutsche Bahn 😂 #currently reading #booklr #art #my art #shadowblack #spellslinger #Sebastian de Castell #fantasy #books #audiobooks

[super-jane5]

November 2022 summary

The City of Brass by S A Chakraborty

25/10/2022-06/11/2022

4/5 stars 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

It was enjoyable however I felt as if it was missing character relationship development.

Babel by R F Kuang

06/11/2022-18/11/2022

5/5 stars 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕

I loved this book. I don’t normally read something like this but I’m glad I did kind of hoping for a sequel.

Theogony & Works and Days by Hesiod

18/11/2022-19/11/2022

3.5 stars 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

I preferred Theogony (Ancient Greek creation myth and family tree) over Works and Days ( how you should worship the gods). It was an interesting read.

Lord of Embers by C N Crawford

19/11/2022

3.75 stars 🌕🌕🌕🌖🌑

Very predictable and a little rushed. Just an easy read.

Circe by Madeline Miller

20/11/2022-22/11/2022

4.25 stars 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌘

An interesting take on a Greek myth. Not very adventurous.

Spellslinger by Sebastien de Castell

26/11/2022-28/11/2022

5 stars 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕

I love this series. I found it really funny and enjoyable. The characters are loveable especially Kellen.

Currently Reading

The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien

Started 29\09\2022 69%

The Odyssey by Homer

Started 22/11/2022 63%

#books & libraries #reading #booksbooksbooks #book review #reading challenge #the city of brass #Babel #theogony and works and days #greek mythology #Lord of embers #Circe #spellslinger #the storygraph #s a Chakraborty #r f kuang #hesiod #c n Crawford #madeline miller #sebastian de castell #sebastien de castell #the lord of the rings #j r r tolkien #the odyssey #Homer #november #november 2022

[ace7librarian]

If there's ever a Spellslinger movie and the soundtrack doesn't include a Florence and the Machine song, I don't want it.

#spellslinger #spellslinger series #sebastian de castell #florence and the machine #florence welch #rambling in librarian

[praise-the-lord-im-dead]

Might I enquire as to why you would like to fistfight Sebastian de Castell? (As are the recent tags haha)

I think I had some Opinions on him from a book or so but did not manage to motivate myself to read the others yet....

Yeah, totally! <3<3

I read Traitor's Blade (spoilers for the book ahead), and I just kinda got fed up with the sheer amount of sexual assault. Most of the female characters either died from it or were under serious threat of it more than once, and the male main character went through a scene that wasn't treated like assault, but if I remember right he was injured and said no multiple times. The way it was handled made it more disturbing than the other scenes, because those were at least offscreen and treated as the evil acts they were.

The worst part was that the book had a lot of cool elements? The late king was such an interesting character, and there was a scene with a repentant torturer that still sticks in my brain. He kept bringing in elements of hope that really made the grimdark setting work well, but the actual grimdark part was just so cartoonishly evil and laser-focused on sexual violence. If the good parts weren't there, it would be easier to dismiss, but they *are* there, so I just wanna fight the guy.

#rape mention #sex talk #asks

[xxsycamore]

𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 - 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘔𝘺 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦‼️

—❥ 𝐱𝐱𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭

♡ find the event here!

🌹 - A single red rose - [Gilbert von Obsidian] [Emma]

🌼- A symbolic small flower - [Akechi Mitsuhide]

🍫- Home-made chocolate

😘- A kiss on the cheek - [Jude Jazza] [Victor] [Hideyoshi Toyotomi] [Keith Howell] [Gilbert von Obsidian] [Gilbert von Obsidian (2)] [Alfons Sylvatica] [Ellis Twilight]

🫂- A warm hug - [Clavis Lelouch] [Loki Genetta] [Jean d'Arc] [Ellis Twilight] [Liam Evans] [Ellis Twilight (2)] [Yves Kloss] [Gilbert von Obsidian]

💌- A love letter - [Silvio Ricci]

🎁- A box of chocolates

💐- A bouquet of their favorite flowers - [Vincent van Gogh]

🧵- A hand-made craft - [Clavis Lelouch] [Charles-Henri Sanson] [Clavis Lelouch (2)] [Mai] [Elbert Greetia]

🧸 - An animal plushie that reminds you of them - [Luke Randolph] [Fenrir Godspeed]

😏- Use a corny pick-up line on them - [Chevalier Michel] [Mitsuki] [Chevalier Michel (2)]

🟫 - Kabedon them against the nearest wall - [Nokto Klein] [Jude Jazza] [Gilbert Von Obsidian] [Comte de Saint Germain] [Clavis Lelouch] [Emma]

🍬- Slip heart-shaped candy in their pocket - [Ellis Twilight]

📜- Recite a love poem to them - [Chevalier Michel] [Leon Dompteur]

💃- Pull them in for a dance when noone else is around - [William Shakespeare] [Vlad] [Sebastian] [Mitsuki] [Akechi Mitsuhide] [Shingen Takeda] [Mitsuki (2)] [Oda Nobunaga] [Sanada Yukimura] [Emma] [Luka Clemence]

🥺 - Ask them how much they love you - [Clavis Lelouch] [Akechi Mitsuhide] [Date Masamune] [Levie Castell]

🤲- Do the classic "Can you hold something for me" - giving them your hand - [Emma] [Napoleon Bonaparte] [Napoleon Bonaparte (2)] [Isaac Newton] [William Rex]

💋 - Pull them in for a sudden fierce kiss - [Clavis Lelouch] [Gilbert Von Obsidian] [Arthur Conan Doyle] [Jude Jazza] [Napoleon Bonaparte] [Charles-Henri Sanson] [Rio Ortiz] [Sariel Noir] [William Rex] [Chevalier Michel]

🎼- Serenade them with a love song - [Napoleon Bonaparte] [Napoleon Bonaparte (2)]

👒- Invite them on a date

#ikemen prince #ikemen vampire #ikevamp #ikepri #ikerev #ikemen revolution #ikemen sengoku #ikesen #ikemen villains #ikevil #midnight cinderella #midcin #ikepri gilbert #ikepri nokto #ikevil jude #ikepri clavis #ikevamp arthur #ikepri mc #ikepri emma #ikevamp napoleon #ikevamp vlad #ikevamp charles

[bluebirdsboi]

MCU Masterlist | Last Updated: 8/13/23

Key

Fluff = 🥰 | Angst = 😢 | Smut = 🥵 | Hurt Comfort = 🩹 Platonic = 🤝 Headcanons = 📝 | ABC Headcanons = 👩‍🏫 | Oneshot = 📘 | Series = 📚 AU = 🌎 | Songfic = 🎵 Male Reader = 💙 | Gender Neutral Reader = 💜 | Female x Female = 💖 Story on hold = ✋| Character on hold = 🔒 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Augustus “Pug” Pugliese (Josh Segarra)

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Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan)

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Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner)

The New Guy 🥰(🥵) | 📘 | 💙

Dane Whitman (Kit Harington)

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Daniel Sousa (Enver Gjokaj)

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Druig (Barry Keoghan)

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Frank Castel (Jon Bernthal) | 🔒

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Grant Ward (Brett Dalton)

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Helmut Zemo (Daniel Brühl)

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Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper)

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Ikaris (Richard Madden)

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Jack Russell (Gael García Bernal)

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Joaquín Torres (Danny Ramirez)

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Kingo (Kumail Nanjiani)

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Leo Fitz (Iain De Caestecker)

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Marc Spector (Oscar Isaac)

He Won’t Have You 🥵🩹 | 📘 | 💙

Solace 🩹 | 📘 | 💙

Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) | 🔒

Coming soon...

Namor (Tenoch Huerta Mejía)

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N’Jadaka (Killmonger) (Michael B. Jordan)

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Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire | Andrew Garfield | Tom Holland)

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Peter Quill (Chris Pratt)

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Pietro Maximoff (Aaron Taylor-Johnson)

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Quentin Beck (Jake Gyllenhaal)

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Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie)

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Scott Lang (Paul Rudd)

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Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch)

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Steve Rogers (Chris Evans)

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Steven Grant (Oscar Isaac)

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T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman)

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Thor Odinson (Chris Hemsworth)

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Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.)

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Xu Shang-Chi (Simu Liu)

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#marvel #MCU #masterlist

[shutitk]

I still have my Spellslingers (by Sebastian De Castell I believe) obsession and I'm showing it

#go read spellslingers #shitpost

[kayedium-writes]

Get To Know Me!

I was tagged by @alonelyturtle and @writingpotato07 !

I'm gonna leave this as an open tag!

3 Ships: Keeping to one per fandom and different fandoms... SW: Padmé/Anakin, MCU: Wanda/Vision, HP: Harry/Hermione

First Ever Ship: Probably someone from a Disney movie, or a sitcom, long before I knew what shipping was. If we're talking after I knew what shipping was? Gamora/Peter Quill, maybe? I don't really know.

Last Song: Like Real People Do by Hozier

Last Movie: Thor: Ragnarok

Currently Reading: Like, way too many books. A few, though? Traitor's Blade by Sebastian de Castell, Rogue Squadron by Michael Stackpole, and Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez

Currently Watching: She-Hulk because I'm so behind on MCU shows, and rewatching Rebels.

Currently Consuming: Water??? lol

Currently Craving: Mexican food...

#open tag #tag game #get to know me

[enigmaticgale]

9 people you want to get to know better

tagged by @kidotomy ! :3

Last Song: Kikuo - Missing, Missing It's missing, missing, missing While we came here like told to, in this place there's Nothing at all, just nothing at all, yes, indeed I wonder why that is? It's missing, missing, missing We only came here like told to, so that's why, that's why We can't understand anything at all La la la la... la la la la....

Currently Watching: nothing, I'm bad at watching stuff unless someone hold my hand. (this is what gerome put but the same is true for me as well. i have to troll physics myself into watching anything by doing it with someone lol)

Currently Reading: i'm listening to the audiobook of shadowblack by sebastian de castell! here is my goodreads if you are curious as to my reading #trends.....

Current Obsession: limbus company. the new kikuo songs. ummm.... i'm eating a bowl of peaches and vanilla ice cream right now and it's amazing

tagging. i don't know who to tag. consider me tagging you if you see this and want to do it!!!!

#yarrowtext

[annarellix]

The Malevolent Seven by Sebastien de Castell

‘Seven powerful mages want to make the world a better place. We’re going to kill them first.’

Picture a wizard. Go ahead, close your eyes. There he is, see? Skinny old guy with a long straggly beard. No doubt he’s wearing iridescent silk robes that couldn’t protect his frail body from a light breeze. The hat’s a must, too, right? Big, floppy thing, covered in esoteric symbols that would instantly show every other mage where this one gets his magic? Wouldn’t want a simple steel helmet or something that might, you know, protect the part of him most needed for conjuring magical forces from being bashed in with a mace (or pretty much any household object). Now open your eyes and let me show you what a real war mage looks like . . . but be warned: you’re probably not going to like it, because we’re violent, angry, dangerously broken people who sell our skills to the highest bidder and be damned to any moral or ethical considerations. At least, until such irritating concepts as friendship and the end of the world get in the way. My name is Cade Ombra, and though I currently make my living as a mercenary wonderist, I used to have a far more noble-sounding job title – until I discovered the people I worked for weren’t quite as noble as I’d believed. Now I’m on the run and my only friend, a homicidal thunder mage, has invited me to join him on a suicide mission against the seven deadliest mages on the continent.

Time to recruit some very bad people to help us on this job . .

My Review: It's the first adult fantasy book I read by Sebastian de Castell and I thoroughly enjoyed as it's gripping and well plotted story with elements of grim dark and epic fantasy and a lot of fun. Cade Ombra and his companion are not the good guy who fight to improve the world, they fight because they want to be paid and when you're involved in a suicide mission may be you need to involve some guys who are very bad if you want to survive or at least try to survive. Because your mission is to kill the seven deadliest mage on the continent. That said it could be the retelling of the Seven Samurai or other stories involving 7 heroes or anti-heroes. But we're on the anti hero side and there's always a lot of humour that keeps the story entartaining even when it could be too gory or grittyl I loved Cade because he's a realist but also a good guy at the heart even if life was harsh and killed a lot of illusions and dreams. A gripping, highly entertaining and well plotted story. Excellent storytelling and character development. Highly recommended. Many thanks to Jo Fletcher for this arc, all opinions are mine

The Author: Sebastien de Castell had just finished a degree in Archaeology when he started work on his first dig. Four hours later he realised how much he actually hated archaeology and left to pursue a very focused career as a musician, ombudsman, interaction designer, fight choreographer, teacher, project manager, actor and product strategist. His only defence against the charge of unbridled dilettantism is that he genuinely likes doing these things and that, in one way or another, each of these fields plays a role in his writing. He sternly resists the accusation of being a Renaissance Man in the hopes that more people will label him that way. Sebastien’s acclaimed swashbuckling fantasy series The Greatcoats was shortlisted for the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Fantasy. the Gemmell Morningstar Award for Best Debut, the Prix Imaginales for Best Foreign Work and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His YA fantasy series Spellslinger was nominated for the Carnegie Medal and is published in more than a dozen languages. Sebastien lives in Vancouver, Canada with his lovely wife and two belligerent cats.

http://www.decastell.com https://twitter.com/decastell

Book page: https://www.quercusbooks.co.uk/titles/sebastien-de-castell/the-malevolent-seven/9781529422801/

#dark fantasy #grim dark #Jo Fletcher Books #blogtour #NetGalley #review

[midwinterrmemento]

— blog guidelines and rules for requesting!

⋆⁺₊⋆ I don’t have many specific rules, except that I want any visitors to my page to feel safe and respected, regardless of their age, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, etc., so any displays of hate or rudeness won’t be accepted here (although I hope that goes without saying).

⋆⁺₊⋆ Currently, my requests are open.

⋆⁺₊⋆ I’ll happily write for any of the following characters, but the names in italics are the characters I enjoy writing the most:

Bungou Stray Dogs

Armed Detective Agency . . .  Nakajima Atsushi, Dazai Osamu, Kunikida Doppo, Yosano Akiko, Edogawa Ranpo, Fukuzawa Yukichi, Miyazawa Kenji (platonic only), Izumi Kyouka (platonic only), Tanizaki Jun’ichirou

Port Mafia . . . Nakahara Chuuya, Akutagawa Ryuunosuke, Higuchi Ichiyou, Ozaki Kouyou, Tachihara Michizou, Akutagawa Gin, Oda Sakunosuke, Yumeno Kyusaku (platonic only), Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud

Hunting Dogs . . . Suehiro Tecchou, Jouno Saigiku, Okura Teruko (platonic only—I know she’s actually an adult but it still makes me a little uncomfy)

Decay of Angels . . . Fyodor Dostoevsky, Sigma, Nikolai Gogol

Others . . . Sakaguchi Ango, Ayatsuji Yukito, Tsujimura Mizuki, Edgar Allan Poe, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Mark Twain

(I will also drop anything and everything to write Suegiku content)

Ikemen Vampire

Mansion . . . Napoleon Bonaparte, Isaac Newton, Arthur Conan Doyle, Dazai Osamu, Leonardo da Vinci, Le Comte de Saint-Germain, Sebastian, Vincent van Gogh, Theodorus van Gogh, Jean D’Arc, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 

Castle . . . Vlad, Charles-Henri Sanson, Johann Georg Faust, William Shakespeare

(lowkey I would write for the suitors’ rivals, too, if there was an interest)

Ikemen Prince

Rhodolite . . . Chevalier Michel, Clavis Lelouch, Leon Dompteur, Jin Grandet, Licht Klein, Nokto Klein, Yves Kloss, Luke Randolph, Sariel, Rio Ortiz

Benitoite . . . Silvio Ricci

Jade . . . Keith Howell

Obsidian . . . Gilbert von Obsidian

Ikemen Revolution

Black Army . . . Ray Blackwell, Sirius Oswald, Luka Clemence, Fenrir Godspeed, Seth Hyde

Red Army . . . Lancelot Kingsley, Jonah Clemence, Zero, Edgar Bright, Kyle Ash

Others . . . Blanc Lapin, Oliver Knight (in a context similar to Teruko), Harr Silver, Loki Genetta, Mousse Atlas, Levie Castell, Dean Tweedle, Dalim Tweedle

(please please give me requests for Blanc, Mousse, and Levie, I adore them and they get no love even from Cybird smh)

Ikemen Sengoku

Oda Forces . . . Oda Nobunaga, Akechi Mitsuhide, Date Masamune, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Ishida Mitsunari, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Maeda Keiji, Mori Ranmaru

Uesugi-Takeda Forces . . . Uesugi Kenshin, Takeda Shingen, Sanada Yukimura, Sarutobi Sasuke, Imagawa Yoshimoto, Naoe Kanetsugu

Others . . . Kichou, Mouri Motonari, Kennyo

⋆⁺₊⋆ It’s possible that there will be NSFW content on my page at some point, but anything that is explicit for any reason will be marked clearly. What I can say for sure, however, is that my writing will not feature themes of... rape/non-con, extreme age gaps, abuse, incest, or anything like that. I’d also prefer to avoid writing yandere/dark content, but if you have a NSFW request that does not fall into those categories, then I’d be happy to write it for you! 

⋆⁺₊⋆ Finally, any writing that I post here will also be posted on my AO3 page. Reblogs are totally welcomed and appreciated, but I ask that you please don’t repost my writing anywhere else unless I know about it. :)