#the blood of elves

[jonkentsglasses]

i love lambert skhsjshsjs

(throwback to this one line from Chapter 3 of The Blood of Elves)

#henry cavill #the witcher #the witcher netflix #the witcher books #the witcher games #the blood of elves

[netflix]

Seven warriors against one unstoppable empire. The Witcher: Blood Origin is now streaming on Netflix.

#TheWitcher #The Witcher Blood Origin #Blood Origin #Fantasy #Netflix #Elves

[vulpinesaint]

ummmm he’s the man of all time actually. did you guys know that he’s courteous and a gentleman and willing to admit his mistakes and he has a powerful magic energy around him that's stronger than any of the other witchers And that he's also the sexiest man alive

#eskelposting #i think about this passage all the fucking time #one of the most men ever. for real #💕💕💕💕💕 #witcher reread #blood of elves #witcher eskel

[strange-destinations]

springtime! back on the road!

#the witcher #the witcher books #geralt of rivia #dandelion #my art #2/3s through blood of elves #having a blast

[cinnamonsikwate]

i'm really curious about what marcille's mother's deal is. seems like she's not too big on the rest of elven society. here's what we know about her so far:

mage at a human royal court (adventurer's bible)

courtship with marcille's father donato lasted 17 years (adventurer's bible)

specialty is roast pork, which was also donato's favorite (chapter 81)

had a cheerful personality up until the point donato got too sick to eat his favorite food. her extreme emotional reaction to this left a lasting impression on marcille (chapter 81)

remarried to a gnome and moved away from the city at some point after donato died (adventurer's bible)

several portraits of her appear in marcille's nightmare (chapter 42); this is the second time we see marcille dream of her (chapter 3)

preferred non-elven food and didn't introduce marcille to any traditional elven dishes (chapter 74)

from the canaries' reactions in chapter 74, it appears elven society looks down on elves who go to live among and work for short-lived races. they seemed especially put off that she would have a mixed-blood child. when they're talking about the lyrikmumare to get marcille to trip up, marcille envisions her mother saying that the food "here" (i.e., the northern continent) tastes so much better. so the picture we're getting here is of an elf who has removed herself from elven culture, but the question is, did she do it willingly or was she forced to?

keeping her other actions in mind, i'm leaning more towards the former. the most intriguing thing for me is that she eventually married a gnome, despite elves and gnomes having infamously waged war against each other over differences in the practice of magic and presently tending to discriminate against the other on sight. (one thing's for sure — marcille's mother is winning the idgaf war!)

marcille never talks about her gnome stepfather though, and it's unclear what she thinks of her mother's remarriage. the timing of the remarriage is also a mystery. donato married marcille's mother when he was 32 (after having courted her for 17 years) and died at 82, meaning they were married for 50 years. marcille is also currently 50 years old, but we know she wasn't born immediately after the marriage: in chapter 81, donato's doppelganger says marcille was born when he'd started "getting on in years." based on marcille's memories of him and the established fact that the average tall-man lifespan is 60 years, i'd hazard that he was in his 50s then. this gives him 30 years or less with marcille — definitely less than 35, which we know is the age at which she left for the magic academy.

we don't know if marcille's mother remarries before or after marcille leaves (if before, than that's definitely a shockingly short time), but it's interesting that she chose to marry someone from a long-lived race this time. maybe this is her way of ensuring she spares herself another heartbreak? or maybe she *is* still heartbroken and is trying to cover it up.

but. i can't help but kind of agree with chilchuck in chapter 81, that marcille's parents are not blameless for marcille becoming the dungeon lord. since it's apparently well-documented, they surely must have known — as well-educated people — that mixed-blood children face not just discrimination but also mental anguish that comes with their unstable aging (not to mention the sterility). so the way they raised marcille feels frankly irresponsible 😭

anyway. i'd love to get spin-off content where post-adventure marcille and her mother meet again. i feel like there's a lot of unresolved issues there (that can of course be hashed out over a good meal).

#dungeon meshi #marcille donato #what can i say i'm often drawn to mysterious mother characters (often dead) #the toudens' mom too — we know even less about her! #does marcille's mother hate being an elf?? #oh and if i missed any points feel free to reply #marcille doesn't really seem to have strong feelings about elven society #although it appears she might not have interacted with that many other elves before the canaries #i wonder if marcille realized fionil was also a half-elf #i'd like to see them interact as well. get fionil's perspective on lifespan disparities. seems like her dad is the elf #oh wait wait i was also wondering if it's still possible for marcille's mother to get pregnant #what happens if a mixed-blood child is from two long-lived races? #imagine marcille with a baby sibling #speaking of babies everyone kept making digs at her sterility but she never expresses an active wish for children #i just think that's interesting #calemonsito notes

[hanzajesthanza]

like, i do love cahir when he's introduced, and we get to know him and his character, but also, if i was geralt, and i heard this from my little girl:

i would also beat this guy's ass into the ground and want to kill him so so badly. like this is ciri's nightmare but this is also a parent's worst nightmare

#in this moment it took all of geralt's strength to not just get up and walk directly to strangle this guy with his bare hands #'what did he do to me' ohhhhhhhhhh my goooooddd geralt heard kill bill sirens #but in the moment he had to be like 'shhh it's ok ciri you're safe now' #when she hugs him and buries her face you can see his face and it's just silent horror and rage #also like what actually happened wasn't even that much better but we don't talk about that (jk we should talk about it) #the elbow-high diaries #book: blood of elves #excerpt #AND THEN. IN TOWER OF THE SWALLOW. CIRI HAS BECOME THE NIGHTMARE!!! FOR SUCH A 12 Y.O. GIRL AS SHE ONCE WAS!!

[elenagoeslightly]

-the Academy had taken great pains to have him visit and give guest lectures. Dandelion yielded to their requests only sporadically, for his love of wandering was constantly at odds with his predilection for comfort, luxury and a regular income.

He's just like me for real

#dandelion #jaskier #the witcher #blood of elves

[revoevokukil]

🥲

That it was foreshadowed all along.

#wiedźmin #the witcher #the witcher books #ciri #cirilla fiona elen riannon #geralt #andrzej sapkowski #blood of elves #lady of the lake

[the-martyrfication-of-the-matron]

she never even got to be a mother :(

Matilda/Matijda, as of Ranthredo! love me some cute elf girls, if that isn't clear.

psst... technically a redraw, the original from august down below:

#OH BTW THE BLOODN IS BC OF BLOOD MAGIC ELVES DO THAT SOMERIMES SHES FINE #aphmau #rewrite #aphverse #aphblr #minecraft diaries #mcd #ranthredo #lycoris radiata/ranthredo #Lady Matijda of Phoenix Drop

[silvantransthranduiltrash]

You know, Miriel being like “i love you regardless of your actions” to feanor is good. But you know what i would love to see?

Miriel: you had the entire Noldor in your grasp-

Feanor: mother-

Miriel: you were an unparalleled genius-

Feanor: wha-

Miriel: you boldly told all other elves and the valar to suck it before taking what you wanted-

Feanor: ho-

Miriel: BUT YOU DIDN’T FOLOW THROUGH WITH IT???

Feanor: AMME!

Miriel: YOU HAD THE WORLD AT YOUR FINGER TIPS, BUT DID YOU GRASP IT? NO! YOU COULD HAVE BEEN KING OF THE WORLD! INSTEAD YOU DIED LIKE A LITTLE BITCH.

#miriel: WORLD DOMINATION IS IN YOUR BLOOD! #Feanor: since when!?! #miriel: SINCE MY FATHER TOOK A CRACK AT IT AND MY NIECE ACTUALLY SUCCEEDED! #MIRIEL: WE’RE THERINDES #WE TAKE WHAT WE WANT #AND FUCK EVERYONE WHO STABDS IN OUR WAY #indis: *to finwe* and you fell in love with that? #finwe: are you telling me this isn’t attractive? #indis:... that prooves nothing #lord of the rings #lotr #silmarillion #the hobbit #lotr elves #incorrect tolkien quotes #incorrect lotr quotes #silm incorrect quotes #miriel #feanor #oropher #shamelessly pushing my ‘miriel and thranduil are twins agenda’ #the Therinde’s take no shit from anyone

[jonkentsglasses]

Im so fucking annoyed by this scholar you have no idea

like bro just stfu, you don't know everything and shit changes for reasons unknown just listen to the fucking witcher. if you dies its your fault

#henry cavill #the witcher #geralt of rivia #the witcher books #the witcher saga #the blood of elves

[bestbountyhunterinspace]

So one thing I've learnt from The Witcher Blood Origin within the first minutes of Blood Origin is the elves looked at Jaskier and went "ours he's ours now, look he cared for us more than most humans, hes helped save us, dibs"

#jaskier #dandelion #the witcher #blood origin #the witcher blood origin #geralt of rivia #elves

[funkyspacealien]

Drawn @avengedog's little ELF man as a belated Christmas gift Thanks for being a great friend to me this year!

#my art #artwork #fantasy #elf #y2k #gift art #do you think elves' ears get cold more easily #I mean surely blood flow can't reach all the way through

[thedeadthree]

THE SUN ON YOUR FACE ON YOUR SHOULDERS ITS GOLDEN MOUTH WHISPERING (SO IT SEEMS) YOU! YOU! YOU! — 𝐂𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐀 𝐕𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐑. 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟. (x)

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#a little warm up for starting the treat asks today and !!!!!!! in honor of season four filming day hehe i bring cy cy 🥀😌 #filming starts today teehee cant wait to lose it again hehehehee <33 #(which i am still taking btw if yall would like one !! <3) #oc: cythia vassermiller #the witcher oc #leg.ocs #leg.edits #*ocedit #*myedits #empires delight light of the flame princess in chains you’ll always be loved by meeee !!!!!! #i am slow as snails but i at LASTT finished last wish recently and i am on blood of elves now EEEEEK #at that point she’s in her planning stages of her rebellion with m/aecht and g/eso and etc HEHE #the one where she was more so REALLY just for reasons of her own that she masks as an uprising 🥀😵‍💫 #we love a girlboss girlfailure or something!! *wheeze* 💀 #there’s more to it like she poses as the knight commander there’s a confrontation that ends in the ‘death’ of that knight #in order to prevent the knowledge of her identity AND in learning her reasons for getting into things #(yk hey eat my shorts for i mean aem faked HER death but as far as cy was concerned he may have indirectly had a hand :’)) #but that’s spoilers for the fic so ill leave at that teehee <3 anyway i hope u all are well !!!!!!! #her and emmy won’t leave my head the brainworms are always brainworming ig!!!!!

[kirbyddd]

Despite its flaws, there has never been a more beautiful and faithful adaptation of Tolkien's work

#the hobbit #lotr #the hobbit 1977 #rankin-bass #the sheer fact that they incorporated THE SONGS #the joy and relief of arriving at rivendell to a chorus of elfsong is unparalelled #and bearded elrond with a crown of stars is GOAT #i love the idea of him retaining a beard as half elven #....though in all honesty i think having become spiritually full elf his physiology wouldve followed suit #as the elven form is defined by a half spiritual body... his physiology would've had to have changed alongside his spirit #aragorn retained a strong spiritual form as well due to his elven blood... but as man did not have the full simulatenous conscious presence #and tolkien’s theology certainly wasnt dualist despite depiction of tangible spirituality... it was more ’multidimensional’ than individual #so i think elrond's material form must've aligned to elven biology as well to posess such a spiritual nature... meaning no beard :( #but we can dream cant we #at least we got the shipwright and the ancient un-fallen elves in the West probably have beards too #they'll give elrond one when he gets there

[geraltyen-of-corvobianco]

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘓𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘠𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳. 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴. ✨

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Just finished rereading Blood of Elves and I think I can reread Chapter 7 forever 😂 The development of their relationship is just too cute and heartwarming...and I always picture them walking back to the temple together after their excursions outside, with Yen holding Ciri's hand tightly :') I really wish the game and the books had more of their interactions together, other than just the earlier books 🥲

Yennefer and Ciri outfit mod by ringkvinna , Yennefer hair and Ciri's headband by @witcherscreenshotsdump ✨

#the witcher #the witcher 3 #the witcher books #witcher fan art #tw3 mods #yennefer and ciri #yennefer of vengerberg #cirilla of cintra #ciri #ellander #yennefer #blood of elves #geraltyen of corvobianco #archive of the continent