#the keeper trilogy

[littleladymab]

FebruarOC - Winston

I've been poking away at the Keeper Trilogy since 2010 and both attempts to write it never got very far, though I did some decent plotting with attempt 2.  It involves a lot more world building and I do need to do the entire three books in an outline before I can attempt again. 

Winston was one of the first pieces of the story that I had figured out! Even when I just did a few random snippets to play with tone and concept, it had always been Winston and Cora and always in a scene that ended up being the book 1 finale. 

The setting and general conceit for Keeper was that there are five courts surrounding a central capitol -- Onyx, Garnet, Jade, Lapis, and Agate surrounding the Golden City. It was ruled by the Keepers, people who were selected based on some hand-wavy bullshit I never quite solidified while each of the separate courts had their own rules for how their individual leaders were chosen. Only there hadn't been a Keeper in several hundred years, so each of the courts would send someone to serve like a 5 year term on the Golden Throne and it would rotate. 

The current king is from the Garnet court, and Winston is the captain of his personal guard called the Red Guard -- a collection made up of orphans from his court specifically so people couldn't come and try and bribe them with something better. They were already getting the best that the kingdom could offer and had no family that could make claims on them and take advantage of their position by the king. Winston is very dedicated to his role and to his king and takes it (and, well, everything) very seriously. 

Except for when his best friend, head of the Onyx Court and next in line for the Golden Throne, tells him that she had a dream that the next keeper has been chosen. And he's like "Well, that's great, what do you want me to do about it?" Lain says, "I want you to go and get her." Which is like, honestly one of the last things he wanted to hear her say!! 

Now he's caught between duty to his king and duty to the entire kingdom -- not just the Garnet Court. Because he respects King Mithra but the chance to restore order to all five courts and the capitol.... well, that would be an honor unimaginable! 

Winston takes his concerns to the king's advisor (and Lain's mother) Lady Lorelei, and she encourages him to follow after Lain's vision. And so he does! He leaves without fully telling King Mithra what he's doing, but framing it as like, preparing for a "tour of the kingdom". 

His story arc is, for a large part of it, playing the straight man against Lyra (his second in command, and also Lain's girlfriend) and someone for Cora to absolutely butt heads with when he pulls the "this is for the good of the kingdom and it is your destiny and so COME ON" and she's like "what the fuck has anyone ever done for me that I need to give up my whole life???" 

There is also a bit of a fetch quest aspect to it that I'm looking to rework, because they need to get the approval from each of the five courts and in doing so gain their stone of power or whatever the fuck they are. Lain hands her onyx over when sending Winston off, and Agate (where Cora is from) and Lapis fall in easily. It takes a bit of work for Jade, and Garnet is extremely tricky. And then there are the three symbols that Cora must have in order to be honored as a Keeper: a sword (which is kept in the Golden palace, called The First Hand of Justice), a bell (which Lain... has? Earns? I don't remember), and a crown (which is missing). These are the items that give the books their names! Justice's Reach, Knell's Avatar, and Keeper's Crown. 

I also forget HOW Winston comes into possession of the sword considering it's in the palace and, well, once Winston gets Cora and prepares to lead her to the Golden City, they get branded as traitors and ambushed! But the long and the short of it is: Cora as the Keeper has her left hand (Lain, with the bell) and her right hand (Winston, with the sword). And the collection of people who joined onto their group at each kingdom slowly become an army as it breaks into a civil war, as the True Queen versus the pretenders to the throne. 

Winston also often seems a lot more serious than he is because he always seems to be considering his words very carefully and speaking in a measured tone -- this is because he speaks with a stutter! If he gives in to his emotions or speaks without thinking, then he doesn't have the chance to compose himself and work through what he wants to say. 

He and Cora have the FUNNIEST meetcute because when they arrive in town, he stops by her stall at the market without knowing who she is and she flirts with him when he buys some apples or w/e, and then runs into her later when he stops by her house to talk to "the lord who owns the land" and she goes "??? it belongs to my family but if you have any questions about our taxes or w/e I can answer them...?" and he realizes who she is and says "oh, you're the lost keeper, c'mon you have a duty to the entire country" and then she tells him to fuck off. 

She also nicknames him Winny, which he HATES. "Winny isn't even a real name!! It's... it's the sound a horse makes!" (Which I do have as the name for a doc where I was writing beginning of book 2 stuff) 

I absolutely LOVE this story and these characters a lot, but I still had much to learn before I could write it. We'll see how things pan out in the future for allowing me time to formulate attempt #3!

I am back at it with the drabbles for the last few non-campaign characters, so you can find that for free over on patreon!

#februaroc #a lil miss original #lil miss writings #the keeper trilogy

[the-witch-of-woods-beyond]

missing the feel of the earlier kotlc books: all the characters having time on their arcs, the random notes that would be followed with a cute little quest, dex and biana being sophie’s close friends and all of them actually spending time together, the suspense of betrayal and the mystery of pyrokinesis all building up, the black swan not being central characters and instead hiding ominously behind the shadows, not knowing the full reaches of the neverseen.

#keeper of the lost cities #kotlc #sophie foster #dex dizznee #biana vacker #kotlc exile #kotlc everblaze #the first trilogy will never be beaten!!!!!!!!

[tyrannicalgirl]

Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, Jewish Literacy / Maggie Stiefvater, Greywaren

#even when declan and ronan were fistfighting and trying to kill each other #he was his really brother's keeper #the raven cycle #trc #the dreamer trilogy #tdt #lynch brothers #ronan lynch #declan lynch #mine

[hofudlaus]

Dreams of flying

#rote #robin hobb #realm of the elderlings #farseer trilogy #tom badgerlock #slowly n steadily working my way through the rote books #am on the first dragon keeper one and its sooooo tempting to skip the ones taht dont have my boy but also........ i endure.. #cus the other books r also fun but...... #this ones inspired by the #tawny man trilogy #that one scene where he gets asked about his dreams i dont remember the details but #mans got his head in the clouds or whatver #idk im just trying to sound cool n mysterious #my art #fitzchivalry farseer

[goocasden2]

#identity v #idv prisoner #luca balsa #andrew kreiss #idv grave keeper #spyro reignited trilogy

[shadobabe]

Here’s Magnus!

I’ve always found it amusing how popular he seems to be. Granted he’s got a great design. Love the sumo wrestler theme (and the fact that his kind of resembles a horned lizard with his many spikes).

Went with an annoyed expression this time. Wouldn’t want to mess with him. Might have to draw him doing the classic sumo wrestler stomp sometime.

Enjoy!

#shadobabe #sketch #pencil #spyro fanart #spyro reignited trilogy #spyro the dragon #dragon #elder dragon #spyro #peace keepers #Magnus #sumo

[annelise-draws]

An expedition, four grumps strong Of scientists, who all set off Seeking out some signs of life In Area X they did find A tower deep, a moaning beast Abandoned journals from The Southern Reach Venture deep to reach the truth And maybe you'll learn something too!

#you might think it sounds impossible #'til you see the lighthouse keeper is the craaaaawlerrrrrr #bugsnax #annihilation #the southern reach trilogy #jeff vandermeer #I could have sworn I uploaded this earlier but it's not here so I guess tumblr ate it #green: biologist #orange: surveyor #grey: psychologist #pink: anthropologist

[vimbry]

spyro player who goes through all the levels in the same order each time despite them being nonlinear

#spyro the dragon #it's cool how the spyro trilogy is one of those platformers that doesn't railroad you! #now to spend my next playthrough doing the exact sequence I've picked since 1998 #like you could just go to town square first? and then in peace keepers you could go to night flight #also you could go to magic crafters if you wanted and go back and complete peace keepers any time! you can do that it's allowed! #I won't tho #Unless you're playing the japanese version where the levels are actually labelled 1 through 4 #but guess what #you can STILL go in them any time!

[bo0zey]

me in 8th grade turning in book reports about a splitting of the mind, the anatomy of a fall, the unholyverse series & the dove keeper

#y’all the GRIP these stories had on me growing up??????? life changing #y’all in middle school i was so obsessed w ASOTM i printed out all the chapters and put them in a binder to read #pretty sure i did the same thing w the unholyverse trilogy lol #my mom was like where tf is all the printer ink n i was like ahaha idkkkk lozlzzz #asotm #a splitting of the mind #taoaf #the anatomy of a fall #mcr fanfiction #frerard #the dove keeper #unholyverse #unholyverse series #unholyverse trilogy #my chemical romance #mcr #my post

[gaslightgatekeepgirlbosscombat]

Group G, Round 2, Poll 3:

Propaganda under the cut

The Darkling/Aleksander Morozova

He killed a lot of people, gaslight an 18 year old into believing he was doing all of that for the good of humanity, magically enslaved her, threatened her boyfriend when she escaped, political malpractice in the sense he threw over the monarchy, established a theocracy and then threatened neighbouring states with a black void of shadows and man eating monsters etc.

To get what they want, be in control (to weaponize the fold in the trilogy)

Lady Gisela Sencen

She has a "legacy" for her son; gaslighted him into thinking that she was the good parent; and she is in charge of a group of terrorists who torture kids :)

#round 2 #group g #sab #the darkling #shadow and bone #grishaverse #shadow and bone trilogy #the grishaverse #kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #gisela sencen

[gothicprep]

imo stephen king’s biggest weakness as an author is that he’s too prolific and touches on the same devices often. steve is out here with another “car that is evil and kills people” novel. okay, fine. this is real and they call those “regular cars”. there’s a chance you’ve heard of them.

setting my shitty jokes aside, it’s sort of hard to read something like “finders keepers” and not automatically compare it to “misery”. they’re both excellent novels and playing with the idea of an obsessive fan of a writer, but doing those sorts of tabs in your head sort of breaks the immersion.

#Hi from the past! It’s queue time! #finders keepers is the second in a trilogy. it follows mr mecedes #wasn’t big on ‘end of watch’ for a couple reasons. but the king fans will bite me and give me rabies if I elaborate on that

[andrevascreencaps]

#spyro the dragon #spyro reignited #spyro reignited trilogy #spyro #playstation #adventure #peace keepers

[alyxwithoutthe-e]

Diversity win!! The incomprehensible human brain cell slime being that absorbed a lighthouse keeper and transcends time and space that destroyed and rearranged every fragment of your body is gay!!!

*explodes*

#annihilation #screams #southern reach trilogy #the biologist #the crawler #the lighthouse keeper

[soulless-angel25]

since I'm bored feel free to send me asks about an of the following fandoms:

Doctor who

Twisted wonderland

Fablehaven

The Grisha Trilogy

Keeper of the lost cities

Fairy tail

Percy jackson

The klaereon scroll series

Genshin impact

Gravity falls

Mystreet

Dungeons and dragons: honor among thieves

It can be pretty much anything, be it sfw or nsfw. Headcanons, ships, feelings about certain things. Whatever you want

#doctor who #twisted wonderland #Fablehaven #grisha trilogy #grishaverse #keeper of the lost cities #fairy tail #percy jackson #Klaereon scroll #genshin impact #gravity falls #mystreet #Dungeons and Dragons honor among thieves #dnd honor among thieves

[shadobabe]

Dragon time! Only one more to share out of my backlog. Need to draw some more!

This one is definitely one of my absolute favorites. Asher is ADORABLE. And may I say, probably a lot more bad@$$ than people might think…

Was studying screencaps of his model for this sketch, and the old boy has scars ALL OVER his body. Just everywhere. More than any other Peace Keeper as far as I can tell.

Grandpa has seen some fights!

#shadobabe #sketch #pencil #spyro fanart #spyro reignited trilogy #spyro the dragon #dragon #elder dragon #spyro #peace keepers #Asher #retired warrior #scars

[mightbeart]

HDB dragon! In the Spyro Reignited style, no less! I'll refine this and put some colours on it tomorrow lol.

Couldn't decide if he should have his Disco Ass Blazer or something more Spyro-like... so I went with both. Gonna draw Kim in this style next! My spouse and I were already talking about ideas for it and... Well, you'll see.

#Disco Elysium #spyro reignited trilogy #Spyro Elysium? #Disco Reignited? #Anyways HDB would be from Artisans #b/c of his love of exploration etc #But he talks like he's from Dream Weavers #and LOOKS like he's from Peace Keepers #And ACTS like he's from Beast Makers #Trying to decide what he'd say when he's freed from being a statue... #“Oh hey! It's... You! A little... purple guy! Haha................. Where am I?” #Harry Du Bois #Harrier Du Bois #Harry Duuuuuuuuuragon! #if i fall in love with this design and just gradually morph it into my own character im really not gonna be shocked