#the shamer chronicles

[louistonehill]

That scene from the fourth book in the Shamer Chronicles by Lene Kaaberboel, which has owned my whole heart for as long as I can remember

Lil' context for people who might not have read the Shamer Chronicles:

Dina (the girl) is of a family where all the women have the power to look people in the eye and make them feel shame/relive their most shameful moments. This usually makes them judges and revered wise women, but in a time where war and fascism starts to tear her world apart she and her family are hunted as witches or kidnapped and used against their will to break people.

As a result most people are too afraid to look her in the eye and it takes a special someone to overcome their own shame and look at them with familial care and love.

Enter Tano, who is a former Thrall/slave that Dina was forced to break because he kept preaching workers' rights to his lord - but who was so stubborn he and Dina ended up breaking each other. Quite literally. She spends the next couple of books unable to use her powers properly and spending time with people that reinforce the idea that she's a monster or a witch.

Until she meets Tano at the end of the story once more and they begin to stubbornly rebuild each other's self esteem and eventually caring deeply about each other, enabling Dina to do the impossible, casting shame upon an entire army and making grown men curl up and cry xD

If you read all this thank you! It's a really beautiful story of self-love, pride and appropriate shame, and I cannot recommend it enough !

#skammerens datter #skammerkrigen #skammerserien #the shamer chronicles #the shamer's daughter #dina tonerre #tano #manga #lineart #m y art #sequential art #long post

[furrystarfishpanda]

Lil Dina:)

#skammerens datter #the shamer chronicles #dina tonerre #the shamer's daughter

[nico-is-a-corn-plant]

Am I about to spend multiple hours on an incredibly self-indulgent project that nobody asked for or needs? Yes, yes I am

#it's the autism #the shamer chronicles #if anybody is actually interested in a complete translation of the shamers daughter musical do tell me #the shamers daughter

[thevagueambition]

The sort of funny thing about both the musical and movie adaptations of The Shamer Chronicles choosing the first and the third books as the ones they want to adapt is that the third book is the one that originally wasn't supposed to exist

Lene Kaaberbøl has said that the series was planned as a trilogy but then Sezuan showed up and she had to do a book more. And while The Serpent's Gift is a lot of people's favourite from the series, it's also arguably the least relevant to the series as a bigger narrative. If you wanted to condense the narrative of all four books into two movies, you'd cut almost everything in The Serpent's Gift. You'd probably take most of your material from the first book and the fourth book.

But because everyone's horny for Sezuan, The Serpent's Gift is the one that gets adapted lol

But the problem is that The Serpent's Gift is very reliant on being the aftermath of The Shamer Signet. Where Dina and especially Davin are mentally is completely dependent on what happened in The Shamer Signet. You can work around that for Dina, but you absolutely can't for Davin.

Frankly, cutting Davin's storyline entirely would make sense as an adaptational choice. He's not a POV character in the first book and his arc is him grappling with toxic masculinity which is compelling but hardly necessary to understand the central story of the books.

The actual core, if you wanted to condense the series as a whole, is Dina and Nico. The most memorable scene is their first meeting and the through line of The Shamer War is Dina trying to understand what's going on with Nico and coming to terms with Nico seeing her as a little sister.

The actual developments of Shamer Signet and Serpent's Gift aren't that significant in a strict "moving the plot forward" sort of sense. They're very significant character arc-wise and they tell us a lot about the cultural atmosphere created by Drakan's reign, but if we're just talking plot developments in a greater sense, both books are really just the heroes hiding from the villains and then fleeing from the villains. The actual pushback only happens in Shamer War.

Anyway! I get why people are enamoured by The Serpent's Gift! It's probably the most morally complex of these children's books. Sezuan is a fascinating character! But it's frankly just an odd choice adaptation-wise, if you know you're going to do The Shamer's Daughter then one (1) sequel, to let that sequel be The Serpent's Gift.

#anyway where's my 5 seasons series adaptation #(1 season for each of the first three books then 2 seasons for the shamer war) #skammerens datter #skammerens børn #the shamer chronicles

[troldrik]

its truly a crime that there arent more fans of the shamers chronicles out there. underrated as hell fr

#its one of the few fantasy books of danish descent and i want people to appreciate the thing that shaped me as a person more!!! #the shamer chronicles #the shamers daugther

[nevadelie]

rip nicodemus ravens you would have loved hrt

#the shamer chronicles

[kihaku-gato]

Ok I have been putting it off and being indecisive proving I need to stop putting it off. Time for

Vote for which Manga/Book Series I own that I should read/reread!

The purpose for it is not just to fall back into a world again, it is for the (probably futile) attempt to find stuff in collection that I no longer want to keep, as a way to free up space on the shelves for other manga and books. In the case of book/novel, I gotta read as far as I own, for manga, if the series is engaging enough I will read beyond what I own and read online to see if its worthwhile to continue collecting the series. I will read/reread these series in order of popularity in the polls (so top choice is read first, second top gets read next etc.) You are free to reblog to accumulate more votes for this poll, I want the hivemind to really get their claws in on this.

#manga #book #novel #fiction #fantasy #slice of life #reading

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

The Temple Musicians

31 And these [are they] whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest. 32 And they ministered before the dwelling-place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and [then] they waited on their office, according to their order. 33 And these [are] they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel, 34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, 35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 36 The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, 38 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. 39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, [even] Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea, 40 The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, 41 The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, 43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. 44 And their brethren the sons of Merari [stood] on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, 45 The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, 46 The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer, 47 The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. 48 Their brethren also the Levites [were] appointed to all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God. 49 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt-offering, and on the altar of incense, [and were appointed] for all the work of the [place] most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. 50 And these [are] the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, 51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, 52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, 53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. 54 Now these [are] their dwelling-places throughout their castles in their limits, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot. 55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and its suburbs around it. 56 But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, [namely], Hebron, [the city] of refuge, and Libnah with its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs, 58 And Hilen with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs, 59 And Ashan with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs: 60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with its suburbs, and Alemeth with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs. All their cities throughout their families [were] thirteen cities. 61 And to the sons of Kohath [who were] left of the family of that tribe, [were cities given] out of the half tribe, [namely], [out of] the half [tribe] of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities. 62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families [were given] out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. 63 To the sons of Merari [were given] by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. 64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites [these] cities with their suburbs. 65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by [their] names. — 1 Chronicles 6:31-65 | Noah Webster’s Bible Translation (WBT) The Holy Bible; Webster’s Bible Translation by Noah Webster, a revision of the King James Bible, Published in 1833 is in the public domain. Cross References: Exodus 6:18-19; Exodus 6:21; Exodus 27:1; Numbers 3:27; Numbers 13:6; Numbers 35:1; Joshua 10:38; Joshua 14:13; Joshua 15:10; Joshua 21:4-5; Joshua 21:7; Joshua 21:11; Joshua 21:13; Joshua 21:34; 1 Samuel 1:1; 2 Samuel 6:17; 1 Kings 2:35; 2 Kings 18:18; 1 Chronicles 6:66; 1 Chronicles 25:1; Ezra 7:5; Ezra 10:25; Jeremiah 1:1; Ezekiel 40:44

#the Temple musicians #the descendants of Aaron #cities for the Levites #1 Chronicles 6:31-65 #Book of First Chronicles #Old Testament #WBT #Noah Webster’s Bible Translation

[cannondisabledcharacters]

Nico from The Shamer Chronicles is an alcoholic with hemophobia

I need evidence for this

#not character of the day #requested character

[elektrisktmonster]

Hiii I just wanted to say I’m a life long Shamers daughter enjoyer suffering from the lack of fandom, and your drawings more or less saved my life so. Thank you so much lol. I hope this isn’t annoying

HIGH FIVE!!! <3 it's not annoying at all, i get stupidly happy whenever my shamer chronicles art gets notes LMAOO

#ask

[louistonehill]

"When you arrived at camp two days ago... whatever it was, Dina, it was so powerful no one dared approach you. No one except Tano."

#Last one for this round! #So glad I managed to redo this scene in a way that fitted it better #Skammerens datter #skammer krigen #skammerserien #the shamer chronicles #the shamer's daughter #Dina Tonerre #Tano #m y art #doodle

[furrystarfishpanda]

Maunus raising Nico

#skammerens datter #the shamer chronicles

[nico-is-a-corn-plant]

Nicodemus ravens is trans/queer coded send tweet

#skammerens datter #the shamer chronicles #nicodemus ravens #spreading the shamer Chronicles agenda #go read it

[thevagueambition]

a large part of staying a beloved figure is just knowing not to run your mouth. lene kaaberbøl wrote some pretty transphobic stuff into the fantasy series she wrote before the one she became famous for and while i don't think she's a terf i think she was just writing in the 90s, it is truly a blessing to have no idea whatsoever. you can think whatever you want in your heart of hearts if you just shut the fuck up about it on social media/in the press

#again i think it was just the 90s and she'd watched silence of the lambs or smth #+ was trying to express some gender/feminism stuff and did so in a clumsy way #(which yeah means she would have been an easy recruitment target for terfs) #(but i don't think she's online enough for that) #it's been over 5 years since her last book idk what she's doing lately #but she's not being a transphobic nuisance so i wish her the best lol #anyway there's no transphobia in the shamer chronicles they are truly just good feminist kid's fantasy #they're heteronormative but they were also written in like the first half of the 00s so

[pearlwingdraws]

#the shamer chronicles #percy jackson #meme #damn it at this point ill do anything to get ppl to read the shamer chronicles #skammerens datter

[narnianfarmer]

Nicodemus Ravens by @ninjabun based on the movie Skammerens Datter (The Shamer’s Daughter)

“Jeg kunne have dræbt ham. I Arsenalgården. Hvis jeg nogensinde får chancen igen, viser jeg ikke Drakan nogen nåde.”

“I could have killed him. In Arsenalgården. If I ever get the chance again, I won’t show Drakan any mercy.” 

#can we please have more fanart from this fandom!!??!? #because it deserves so much more recognition #and nico is the most precious ever #skammerens datter #the shamer's daughter #skammerserien #skammarens dotter #fanart #the shamer chronicles #lene kaaberbøl #movie adaptation #nico #nicodemus ravens #nico ravens #jakob oftebro #coloured drawing #traditional art #traditional drawing #fantasy #medieval fantasy #sword #nordic movie #danish books #nynorsk #in theaters #my contribute #fandom #dina tonerre #rebecca emilie sattrup #allan hyde