#the crown's fate

[mutodaes]

The Shepherd of Souls

I had an idea for a COTL AU in which the Lamb is a reincarnation of the original god of death, known as the Shepherd of Souls.

#my art #cult of the lamb #the lamb #cotl lamb #cotl narinder #cotl au #cotl fanart #relics of the old faith added some very interesting lore surrounding how one would become a bishop #so the idea is that Narinder found the crown after the gods' war #and the lamb was fated to be chosen as his vessel (and eventual successor) because they were the original wearer of the crown #illustration #narilamb #< adding this tag bc. yeah 👍

[teenageread]

Review: Crown’s Fate

Synopsis:

Russia is on the brink of great change. Pasha’s coronation approaches, and Vika is now the Imperial Enchanter, but the role she once coveted may be more difficult—and dangerous—than she ever expected.

Pasha is grappling with his own problems—his legitimacy is in doubt, the girl he loves loathes him, and he believes his best friend is dead. When a challenger to the throne emerges—and with the magic in Russia growing rapidly—Pasha must do whatever it takes to keep his position and protect his kingdom.

For Nikolai, the ending of the Crown’s Game stung deeply. Although he just managed to escape death, Nikolai remains alone, a shadow hidden in a not-quite-real world of his own creation. But when he’s given a second chance at life—tied to a dark price—Nikolai must decide just how far he’s willing to go to return to the world.

With revolution on the rise, dangerous new magic rearing up, and a tsardom up for the taking, Vika, Nikolai, and Pasha must fight—or face the destruction of not only their world but also themselves.

Plot:

Pasha, after the death of his parents, finding out that his closest friend Nikolai was not only one of the enchanters but also his half-brother, felt betrayed. Ordering the end of the Crown’s Game, Pasha sentence the girl he loved, and his brother, to fight to the death. Choosing not to kill Vika, a girl Nikolai also loved, he saved Vika, killing himself in the process. Yet, he is not truly dead. Finding himself in a shadow world, Nikolai is stuck, unable to truly die, but also unable to get back to living. Was Nikolai’s mother, Aizhana, the one who gave him her energy, unbeknownst to him, that she stole from the people she killed? Full of dark energy, thinking it is his own, Nikolai’s mission was simple, he was the true heir to the throne, thus he was going to be tsar, with Vika as the Tsarina, and Pasha was going to die.

Vika Andreyeva, the Imperial Enchanter for Russia. A position she only got because Nikolai sacrificed himself for her. Therefore, by vow, she must serve the tsar, but that does not mean she has to love him. Where Pasha fully gave his head to Vika, Vika had given her to her competitor, Nikolai, who now because of Pasha was dead. Where Nikolai said he loved her at the end of the Game: “It was possible Vika loved Nikolai, too” (11). Unable to forgive Pasha, yet forced to do as he ordered, Vika longed for Nikolai to return. Yet when he did, it was not Vika’s Nikolai who became real. Trapped in the middle of the battle, forced to do Pasha’s and his sister’s bidding, Vika is forced to stand against her love, and kill him again if the right order was given.

 Thoughts:

Honestly, one of the best book/series, I have ever read. Evelyn Skye captures the hearts of her readers, with this mythical tale of historical Russia and magic. Skye divides her story from the point of view of Vika, Nikolai, and even a little bit from Pasha’s perspective. After many unresolved issues from the first book, The Crown’s Game, Skye managed to wrap them all up and even give us a beautiful ending to see our characters within this sequel. Character development went through the roof as all the characters became a bit more emotional. Vika, confronts her feelings for both Pasha and Nikolai, making her seem more like the teenage girl she is, as her heart is pulled in two opposite directions. Nikolai, who even with his dark side during a good portion of the book, expresses his feelings of being betrayed by Pasha, whom he did love as a brother, even before they found out they were related by blood: “But did Pasha love him? For with a single twist of fate, Pasha had cast aside their entire history and demanded the end of the Game” (27/28). This brings us to Pasha, who truly had a rough couple of months. Finding out his friend was an enchanter, fighting against the girl they both loved, to his father being murdered, making Pasha’s accent to the throne be weeks away instead of years. Pasha, compared to Vika and Nikolai, had the most growth, as he got his heart and head settled, releasing the things he wants, and those he wants but cannot have. Rumors are that Skye is writing a third book for the set, which if she would be awesome, but is not needed as The Crown’s Fate has everything needed to wrap up the story arc nicely. Overall, with the beautiful setting of historic Russia, and lovable and dynamic characters, the plot leaps off the pages and would be a great addition to any library, physically or mentally.

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#The Crown's Fate #The Crown's Game #evelyn skye #book review

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

End of Empathy (time for violence)

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan jingyi #jin ling #lan sizhui #We are back to the present! Honestly I think I'm going to try and truncate the rest of this arc. #I LOVE yi-city and I really appreciate all of the support the yi-city lovers have given me. And the patience of those who aren't. #But it's been two months. And I need to move this along </3 #Anyways; I love the start of ep 3 so much. The worried concern of the juniors is so cute #but the crown jewel by far is wwx responding like a parent that's very hungover but trying so hard to be nice about it #like 'shhh shhhh guys hi I'm up now. Can you keep the volume down. Can you get me some water and my sunglasses from the glovebox.' #and of course the incredible wham line of 'Xue Yang Must Die.' #'Is YX irredeemable? I'm pro 'everyone is capable of change and deserves a chance.' So Im of the camp of 'if he had the opportunity...maybe #The issue is that this setting has no structure to provide those opportunities. You are perceived as a threat therefor you must die #XY is a very interesting parallel to the YLLZ because they both meet the same fate: outsiders determining that they need to be killed #plus both did war crimes. I know it's easy to forget the YLLZ actually did do some of the things he was accused of (most wrong) #but wwx also has blood on his hands. He also sought revenge in pretty twisted ways. Both were given opportunities to step away and refused #The difference is that we empathize with and like XXC & SL and A-Qing. The Narrative says they were wronged and that is an injustice.'

[liteonlamb]

Does Nariander loaf?

He refuses to say... that being said!

#cotl #cult of the lamb #cotl fanart #cotl narinder #cotl art #art #fate of the red crown #my art #digital art

[mastercrownmonday]

Why does no one talk about this... We need to talk about this

There are... lore implications. Maybe. The concept art probably can't be considered "canon," but it's food for thought...

#kirby series #master crown monday #master crown #galacta knight #magolor #traitor magolor #magolor soul #comic #its funny because before i saw the concept art #i had already thought about the possibility of galacta and the master crown knowing each other in the past #after all they seemed to meet a similar fate #but it turns out HAL had already cooked here...

[everywaythatmatters]

Currently experiencing many emotions about RotE and The Amazing Devil

#rote #tawny man #fool’s fate #the amazing devil #my art #I can’t remember what the rooster crown is supposed to look like but this is more or less how I’ve been picturing it #anyway everyone go listen to inkpot gods it’s very important

[greypetrel]

One summer day 🎶💐

I've been wanting to draw @shivunin's Elowen since a whole while, and this was the perfect excuse. I already had this illustration in mind, I do believe they'd be very good friends and just get each other's sadness. But here they're braiding each other very necessary flower crowns. (I did love that one of the flowers in Elowen's bouquet was pansy... And Aisling named her halla Pansy.) How come when I draw your characters it always involves flowers, Mo? xD

A companion piece Mo wrote to fit this and made me so happy! Go read her writing, really. :3

#ockiss24 #dragon age #aisling lavellan #elowen lavellan #digital art #illustration #shivunin #greypetrel #flower crowns #I can't with them I just want to leave them in whatever field full of flowers they found and leave them there to have their best time #wrapping them in a blanket together with hot cocoa #(and in Your Fate For Mine I can picture Aisling going to punch Solas until he fucking decides to help.) #(“Why is he collaborative all of a sudden? What did you do?” “Wolves like dogs need to be scolded from time to time.”) #(*wields a spray bottle filled with water ominously*) #I also did love elowen's dresses and playing with some more tailored cuts #I do want that corset so much

[mellifluouaamor]

found a mashle cos group when i went to haru anime fiesta as artoria fate/zero suit ver today! the tall rayne on the right was so intimidating haha

#lettersfromalice—! #he was lore accurate rayne #man looked at me like i was a bug when his photographer friend tapped his arm thinking i wanted a pic with him #NAH BRO I WAS AFTER THE FINN COSER SO I WAS JUST “FUCK” WHEN HE TURNED TO FACE ME #i ended up taking a pic with the group bc they were an adorable bunch #mashle #rayne ames #mash burnedead #finn ames #lance crown #fate zero #artoria pendragon

[kneepart]

HE IS THE BURGER KING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#trigun #legato #legato trigun #legato bluesummers #kneepart #burger #he is the burger king #he is government assigned burger king #he cannot escape this fate #he WILL be the burger king #I will bestow upon him his crown

[the8thsphynx]

(Theseus, 3⭐️ Saber Ascensions)

(Artist: Shimadoriru)

I, for one, would die for him.

#sphynx plays fgo #fate grand order spoilers #theseus #i love how he has asterios’s mask to remember him #also in LOVE with his flower crown and softness #we love handsome flower boys ❤️

[wormholy]

Finished draw stream Oberon for @morsking. I ended up really rendering this one a lot…but he’s cute and fluffy which is important!

#fgo oberon #my art #fgo #fate grand order #oberon vortigern #I’m going to try to spread posting these apart a bit #they’re all close to done #but this is the first one #ended up shading his crown realistically cause that was where i was at aaaa

[lloydfrontera]

damian being so mad at the idea of cutting rakiel into pieces that he outright asks an archangel, one of the most powerful beings in existence, if he was crazy or just losing his fucking mind. and the fact that lloyd is not even really being offended by it and instead a little bit endeared because damian reminds him of javier. devoted to save his master and always ready to insult him <3333

#i talk a lot <3 #crown prince sells medicine #cpsm #cpsm spoilers #ch 593 #i just kind of really love how javier sees rakiel and is endeared by him because he reminds him of lloyd #and lloyd sees damian and is endeared by him because he reminds him of javier #it's just really cute of them to see these mini-versions of themselves and decide they will help them in any way they can #because they remember how awful it was to go through fate trying to fuck you over and always being at risk of losing #the person you care the most about #it's just. it's really sweet.

[sarcasmiclife]

I just realised that Katharine thought Half Moon was always so easy to maneuver through the woods because he was the best horse on the island but it was actually because she could control him very well with her naturalist tendencies that she knew nothing about.

#three dark crowns #one dark throne #two dark reigns #five dark fates #kendare blake #queen katharine

[cute-girls-from-vns-anime-manga]

【FGO】アルトリア×バニー by びび

#Fate Grand Order #artoria pendragon #Saber #Bunny suit #Bunny girl #Blonde hair #Blue Eyes #Stockings #Crown

[liteonlamb]

Lamb, I wonder... Can you read Narinder's mind with the crown?

Yup maybe not the best idea though lol

#cotl #cult of the lamb #cotl fanart #cotl lamb #cotl narinder #cotl art #art #fate of the red crown #my art #digital art

[onebitart]

Could you draw Oberon for the headshot?

"Hm, what I like? So many things, I couldn't possibly list them in a sentence."

#fgo #oberon fgo #fate grand order #i just noticed i didnt draw his crown WHOOPS!!! well too late