#yssgaroth

[arcalian]

Like fuck to say not only will we adapt scherzo but instead of anti-time creatures we will just imply these are the yssgaroth if you know

#specifically like. the edge of the universe #where the spiral politic ends #the invoking of vampirism #dw spoilers #scherzo #yssgaroth #spiral yssgaroth #anyways im so normal

[pl9090]

#faction paradox #book of the war #doctor who #bbc doctor who #whoniverse #colours #mal'akh #nephilim #.P.R.O.B.E. #Yssgaroth

[a-wartime-paradox]

That time a YA Series crossed over with Doctor Who, and know we have solutions to who the Other, Yssgaroth, and Enemy are (2013) [Mimir Canon-Weld]

I was on the Doctor Who Discord Server (in the "canon-welding" channel) and @aristidetwain mentioned a short story called "The Nameless City", which was a crossover between Doctor Who and Michael Scott's Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel . Me and Ryan Fogarty then proceeded to Canon-Weld to regeneration.

This crossover featured the Archons from Scott's series, of which none are named in this crossover short, but in Scott's series three were named: Cernunnus, Coatlicue, and Mimir.

Cernunnus can obviously be can-welded to being @doctornolonger 's creation, Cernunnus the leader of the (original?) Mammoths.

Coatlicue was, within Scott's series, a scientist that turned herself into a monstrosity. According to the TARDIS wiki's "Behind the Scenes" section on the article "Archons (The Nameless City)", she is the "snake-like progenitor of all vampires", although I could not find any source for either the real-life Aztec god nor Scott's creation being either of these. If this were to be true, it allows for an obvious canon-weld with the King Vampires of the Yssgaroth.

"Out of her own DNA she created the original blood drinkers, who would eventually become your race. Coatlicue was the first vampire"

Now we come to Mimir, where things get crazy. In Norse myth, and in Scott's series, Mimir is mentioned to have "given knowledge to Odin". Of course, in my canon-welding mind, I see that literally any Head of the Gods is Rassilon Urizen the Architect. Who else is mentioned to have given Rassilon knowledge? The Other (PROSE: Lungbarrow). Hence, Mimir is the Other. This also fits with the "ancient being" origin for the Other. This means that the Great Houses were helped in development by a species that contained at least two notable members who would eventually become their worst enemies (Coatlicue/Yssgaroth and Cernnunos/The Enemy). The original short story The Nameless City says that the Archons created the seeds for the TARDISs timeships, and that Rassilon Urizen stole the seeds in a great war. This war, presumably, happened before the First War in Heaven / Yssgaroth War, due to the fact that the Great Houses do have timeships in that war. This also gives another motivator for the Yssgaroth in their War besides the Child-That-Was-Taken. The Archons are also mentioned to be the "last of the Old Ones, from the universe before this", but I normally interpret the "universe before this" to refer to the "time before this", i.e. the unachored universe. They also still have a homeworld, the titular Nameless City with the Great Desolation (presumably positioned outside normal spacetime, and I think the main Spiral Politic).

In conclusion, this canon-weld has resulted in a revised timeline (in my personal canon):

Before anything and everything

The Great Old Ones exist somehow.

Most of the Great Old Ones die off, or potentially construct their own Spirals, totally disconnected to the eventual Spiral Politic.

The shobogans are born on the planet Gallifrey

A group of the last Great Old Ones come together as the "Archons"

An order reminiscent of what the Great Houses will be are formed, and the Pythian Order leave Gallifrey (some going to the nearby planet Karn)

The Almost-Great Houses wage many wars against the peoples of the universe, especially the Archons.

Cernunnus creates many "mammoth empires" across the universe

Mimir, in an attempt to stop this devastating War, joins Urizen by his side, only to be remembered simply as "the other"

With the knowledge Mimir had granted him, Odin Urizen finally stole the timeship seeds the Archons had been growing, forcing them to surrender.

The Archons retreat to their own semi-anchored reality, the Great Desolation. Coatlicue presumably creates her own Spiral soon after this, spawning the Yssgaroth.

Tecteun discovers the Child-That-Was-Taken/Timeless Child under a "rift" (in reality one of the early anchors for the Anchoring of the Thread project, already being executed by Urizen). The other side of this rift could be presumed to be the Spiral Yssgaroth.

The Great Houses execute the Anchoring of the Thread, which immediately summons Coatlicue (the King Vampire) to their Homeworld, creating the caldera. The Yssgaroth War begins.

Blah blah blah Pre-War era, blah blah blah the War happens

#faction paradox #doctor who #great houses #gallifrey #the Nameless City #secrets of the immortal nicholas flamel #canon welding #timeline #yssgaroth #canon-welding

[realifehorror]

#VAMPIRE #YSSGAROTH

[doolallymagpie]

realized I could probably get something out of “orthodox mechanicus sect decides they need an edge on those hereteks from argos cincinnatus, and end up in an alliance with phaeron ashad of the great telosian dynasty” as a plot

so damned loyal to the “true” omnissiah that they go full xenos-loving heretic

#I mean the omnissiah is the void dragon is the cyberium is a yssgaroth so most sects are xenos-loving hereteks #warhammer 40000 #doctor who #whohammer #dalek imperium #adeptus mechanicus #necrons #cyberman #necron #cybermen #technically ashad is the head of the ashadian dynasty but there’s an alliance of cyberman-necron hybrids #called ‘the grand telosian dynasty’ and he’s also in charge of that #one of them goes further. they successfully converted a hive fleet.

[walks-the-ages]

Me, seeing a neat Faction Paradox lore discussion/debate post on my dash:

*saves as draft to read later*

*saves as draft to reader later*

*saves as draft to rea--

#faction Paradox #keep it up i want to read all the cool shit omce im done more of the books properly #i see a mention of Spiral Yssgaroth and im like 👀👀👀👀

[gallifreyanhotfive]

Random Doctor Who Facts You Might Not Know, Part 33: Gallifrey at War Part 5

Same TWs as normal for these parts - Time War shit, body horror, death, some reproductive concerns. Also, again, sorry if there are ever any repeats; I don't always remember if I've already mentioned something or not lmao

During the early Time Wars, Gallifrey went to war against the Charons, who had the ability to manipulate the very fabric of the universe. The Time Lords erased them from history.

The Last Great Time War was so devastating that the pre-Time War universe is different from the post-Time War universe (with the actual Time War itself being time locked in its own reality).

Compassion's biodata was warped until she became a Type 102 TARDIS. The Eighth Doctor took her and Fitz on the run in part because the Time Lords were hunting her down to use as sentient breeding stock for new TARDISes.

The Enemy used the anarchitects as a weapon during the War in Heaven. Anarchitects are disembodied intelligences that can live in infrastructure and manipulate it to rebuild it the way they want. They can make bridges disappear as you walk over them, straight hallways become impossible labyrinths, and make the space you are in unbearably small or large in an instant.

Tardigrades are intelligent enough that they can run mental simulations of the entire universe and solve complex equations that would allow them to manipulate reality itself. War strategists were convinced that they would eventually redefine history their own way and alter fixed points.

During the Eternal War, the forces of Gallifrey pushed the forces of the Yssgaroth back into their own universe. This took well over a thousand years, however, and in doing so billions died and entire star systems destroyed.

The Ninth Doctor and Rose became involved in this war when they arrived during the Kotturuh crisis. At this point, Gallifrey had not gained mastery over time, so Rassilon and his people were called Space Lords. During this time, Rose was turned into a vampire and attacked the Doctor a couple times before he cured her.

The Eternal War was so violent that the Time Lords rejected the use of violence forever. This is clearly true, and anyone who says otherwise is feeding you anti-Gallifreyan propaganda. I know this because our great Lord Rassilon told me himself.

Rassilon purposefully turned Gallifrey (which originally orbited a single sun) into a binary star system to kill all the vampires, even those resistant to a single sun's natural rays.

Because of the Eternal War, Rassilon's throne is made up of the bones of giant bats.

During the Last Great Time War, the Daleks tried to use nanobots on all the adults on a planet to make a mirror Gallifrey. The War Doctor defeated them by using a virus that killed every single adult. Thus, in one fell swoop, he orphaned the whole planet.

The War Doctor was the inspiration behind the Nightmare Child.

The War Council gave the Doctor tasks to complete as an assassin. One of the tasks given to him was to assassinate the Barber-Surgeon.

The password to the archway leading to the Barber-Surgeon's domain is 'Theta Sigma.'

The population of Carter Baross had been harvested by the Daleks to make cyborgs out of them. The Time Lords destroyed the entire planet, and the only survivor was named Case, who was saved by the War Doctor because he thought she would make a good weapon.

The War Doctor placed the planet of Lacuna in a time loop on the day before its destruction and spent hundreds of loops trying again and again to save it. After failing again and again, he was eventually convinced to end the loop.

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#doctor who #dw #dr who #classic who #new who #big finish #big finish doctor who #big finish audios #dw eu #doctor who eu #doctor who expanded universe #war doctor #eighth doctor #ninth doctor #rose tyler #time war #last great time war #war in heaven #the war in heaven #gallifrey #time lord #time lords #rassilon #compassion #faction paradox #tardis #tardises #the doctor

[aristidetwain]

Ring-Master

In 2007′s Last of the Time Lords, Russell T. Davies drew our attention to the Master’s distinctive signet ring, inset with silver Gallifreyan writing, which was plucked from his funeral pyre by the hand of a mysterious woman who, in 2009′s The End of Time, would turn out to be one of the ‘Disciples of Saxon’, a cult formed by the Master in expectation of his death with the aim of enacting a ritual to resurrect him, still in the same incarnation at that.

This was a pleasant twist, and a fun tip of the hat to the method of Count Dracula’s resurrection in multiple Hammer Dracula films. (This is only fitting: as per The Book of the War, the Time Lords adapted their powers of regeneration from the Yssgaroth’s…)

However, I think there are two startling facts about this plot point which have been just-as-startlingly under-discussed in canon-welding spaces. 

Follow me after the cut to find out the truth about the Rings of the Time Lords — or should I say the Time Lords of the Rings? (This was terrible and I do not apologise.)

Fact #1: This pays off a Chekhov’s gun going all the way back to An Unearthly Child.

Much as it is sometimes entertaining to ponder the days when Dr Who might have been a lone human scientist, there is also a distinctive corpus of early implications about The Doctor’s Mysterious People as a distinct and mysterious civilisation with dominion over space and time. It started with the Doctor himself, but was followed through with other characters implied to hail from that same civilisation: I speak of course of the Meddling Monk and the Toymaker (who, I note in passing, is not actually meant to be Celestial with a capital C).

What did the Monk have in common with the Doctor, besides a TARDIS?

A conspicuous ring.

As you can glimpse in the top left photograph, the Doctor’s ring was, to be exact, a sapphire ring. 

The Toymaker did not wear a ring in the TV story as broadcast — but he did use one in the novelisation, which brought back many elements that had to be cut from the TV version due to rushed production. There, he used it to manipulate the environment of his suspiciously TARDIS-like “Celestial Toyroom”. 

Not coincidentally, in The Web Planet, the Doctor’s ring was revealed to have the ability to interface with the Ship, with the Doctor gleefully declaring that “this is not merely a decorative object”, without elaboration.

The concept seems to have persisted past The War Games. Sure, the Time Lords seen therein lacked the ring — including Edward Brayshaw’s Renegade. And Roger Delgado’s subsequent regeneration of the character also lacked the ring when we first saw him in Terror of the Autons. And it’s rare that we get the chance to check thereafter, owing to the Master’s predilection for gloves. But by The Time Monster…

…he is wearing the very flat, green, gleaming ring to which RTD attached such significance in Last of the Time Lords and The End of Time.

The idea experienced a last, potentially-coincidental gasp with Kate O’Mara’s Rani, though she was similarly prone to glove-wearing.

But the point is: throughout the first half of Classics, all the interesting Time Lords had Large Conspicuous Rings. These Rings clearly did some things, but the full extent of their power and cultural significance was kept artfully obscured.

And this is what Davies is coming back to with Simm’s all-important ring. The Doctor recognises it on sight as “the Master’s Ring”, and knows what it does. He fascinatingly describes it as “part of him”, setting all kinds of biodata-related alarm bells ringing. Given that the Rings are also related to the bond between pilot and TARDIS, could they be some kind of locus of the Rassilon Imprimatur? The thrill is of course in the asking…

Fact #2: This may not be the first time it’s happened.

A shorter but equally interesting observation: 

the Master has possessed this same green ring at least since his Delgado days.

the Doctor instantly jumps from “his Ring survived” to “his disciples must be arranging a ritual to resurrect him in the same incarnation”. This is something he knows Rings do and is relatively casual about.

at many points during Classic Who the Master was seemingly killed off for good, only to show up intact because “I’m indestructible… the whole Universe knows that”. (Or, as Missy later put it, “death is for other people”.)

Am I the only one who thinks that somewhere in Davies’s brain, he may have conceived of this as the secret way the Master had survived at least some of those past exterminations? Sure, the Disciples of Saxon were something set up by ol’Harold (the clue’s in the name), but it would be child’s play for a Time Lord with a working TARDIS to set up convenient cults for himself on a dozen worlds, just to be on the safe side. 

I’mt thinking, particularly, of the Tremas Master’s annihilation on Sarn in my beloved Planet of Fire, which seems particularly conclusive. We see him burn away on-screen; it’s not as simple as saying he teleported to safety in the nick of time. Either time was rewritten, or he was resurrected by… means unknown.

And here’s the thing, despite his panic, the Master does seem to assume he’ll survive. What does he say to express it? 

Oh yes… “I’LL PLAGUE YOU TO THE END OF TIME FOR THIS!”

Full circle, eh what? (Yes, that’s a cheap one, but fun nonetheless.)

And on that note, look at the imagery! Of course, having gone down in a column of flame, he would be reconstituted in the same way. 

“I had people who were clever enough… to calculate the opposite.”

#The Master #The Tremas Master #The War Chief #Saxon Master #Time Lords #Canon-Welding #Russell T. Davies #The End of Time #Last of the Time Lords #Planet of Fire #The Time Monster #The Meddling Monk #The Rani #First Doctor #The Doctor #Rings #Doctor Who Fandom Shenanigans #Doctor Who

[howlingaround]

[ Faction Paradox ]

I have not read or watched DUNE but I looked it up a lot and

There is something deliciously messed up about the Sandworm and it reminds me a lot of a Faction Paradox creature (conceptually, not that one image of a timeship beast in Book of the War)

The entire ecosystem of Dune is sandworm. Its all sandworm. The atomsphere is breathable for humans because sandworm. The food chain is made up of sandworm. The entire planet has been terraformed by sandworm.

All life on Dune is sandworm.

Its a self-sustaining, cannibalistic, all-encompassing cycle of sandworm, and its collapsing in on itself.

Im pretty sure the Faction would try to turn it into a time loop. Or maybe Yssgaroth already are temporal sandworms?

#Faction Paradox #Dune

[heimeldat]

Nowhere, in a never-time, the Yssgaroth bred with the Time Lords. But the children who never were died young, beheaded and taken as Paradox trophies so their skulls could become masks...

ID: a realistic digital painting of a skeletal monster seen from the chest up. Its skin is bone-white, its ribs visible, and its neck elongated below a large pointed skull. Long bat-like ears stick up from the sides, six empty eye sockets stare toward the viewer, and an enormous lipless mouth grins with long fangs. A bony frill sticks up from the creature's neck and shoulders, forming a wide curve of translucent red membrane shaped like a Time Lord's collar. The creature's skin is covered with glowing green symbols in Circular Gallifreyan, and green light shines against the darker edge of its face. end ID

#doctor who #fanart #faction paradox

[cannibalcaprine]

so, current accepted vampire entries:

Kanaya Maryam (Homestuck)

Carmilla (Sheridan Le Fanu)

Draculaura (Monster High)

Dracula (Bram Stoker)

Count von Count (Sesame Street)

Otto Chriek (Discworld)

Dr. Michael Morbius (Morbin Time)

Lady Alcina Dimitrescu (Resident Evil)

DIO Brando (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)

Marceline the Vampire Queen (Adventure Time)

Count Orlock (Nosferatu)

Alucard (Hellsing)

Pyotr (Hunter the Parenting)

A Room Full of Vampires (Drawfee)

Vamp (Metal Gear)

Liam de Lioncourt (Monster Prom)

Nandor the Relentless (What We Do in the Shadows)

Sanguinius (Warhammer 40,000)

Count Chocula (Cereal)

Strahd von Zarovich (Dungeons & Dragons)

Draluc (The Vampire Dies in No Time)

Serana (Skyrim)

Jorge (Dogs in Love)

Valvatorez (Disgaea)

Troupe Master Grimm (Hollow Knight)

Katya Zamolodchikova (Drag Queen)

Dr. Douglas Netchurch (Vampire: the Masquerade)

Mavis (Hotel Transylvania)

Malzeno (Monster Hunter)

Vlad the Impaler (Real Life)

Alucard Tepes (Castlevania)

Lucy Westenra (Dracula)

Lestat de Lioncourt (The Vampire Chronicles)

Vlad (Hunger Pangs: True Love Bites)

The Yssgaroth (Doctor Who)

Serial Designation N (Murder Drones)

Reginald (Reginald the Vampire)

Carmilla (Vampire Hunter D)

Jasper Heartwood (LA by Night)

Alice Cullen (Twilight)

Barnabas Collins (Dark Shadows)

Olivia Voldaren (Magic the Gathering)

Vampirella (Vampirella)

Soma Cruz (Castlevania)

Count Alarich von Horrificus (School for Vampires)

Seras Victoria (Hellsing)

Sylvia McDonald (The Magnus Archives)

Colin Robinson (What We Do in the Shadows)

Vampirina (Vampirina)

Pandora (The Vampire Chronicles)

Ravnos Antediluvian (Vampire: the Masquerade)

Godbrand (Castlevania)

Martin (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency)

Astarion (Baldur's Gate)

Dr. Jonathan Reid (Vampyr)

Kevin Wettsworth (Hunter: the Parenting)

Juliette Fairmont (First Kill)

Maledict (Discworld)

Kars (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)

Petar Blagojević (Real Life)

Dante (Warhammer 40,000)

Dracula (Castlevania)

Edward Cullen (Twilight)

Desmodus Rotundus (Real Life)

[arcalian]

Wait so like. The vampire bit. The vampire bit and 14 getting a bad feeling about invoke a superstition. I know this could be argued to kind of be a scherzo adaptation but like rtd i think just invoked the spiral yssgaroth?????? Like i see no contradictions to this opening the door to the enemy as a reflection of the time lords fears again????

#like. the they made us from war. specifically the vampire thing #right after they invoked the timeless child too was basically rtd being like #oh you adapted the other one? time to bring back more fucked up time lord stuff #like sorry vampire superstitions from outside the universe? what else could it be like for real #dw spoilers

[pl9090]

Timelord War Naming Conventions

Constructive feedback and criticism is welcome as always.

The formal conflict names/terms, "War in Heaven" and "Time War/Great Time War" both exist inuniverse, while both are used for conflicts involving Timelords there seems to be a vague distinction between the two as they are not used interchangeably, (the Yssgaroth conflict is the First War in Heaven while The Order of the Black Sun conflict is the First Great Time War).

The, "Time War/Great Time War" name/term is easier enough to define. Time Wars: The several temporal conflicts the Timelords have been involved in since The Order of the Black Sun conflict which are all one sided curbstomps not conflicts between equals. Great Time Wars: The temporal conflicts the Timelords have been involved in against an equal or near equal temporal power.

This being the case it's possible that inuniverse, "The Second War in Heaven" and, "The Last Great Time War" are referred to as the Second and Third Great Time Wars respectively by the Timelords and other time aware cultures? In NuWho the Timelords and other time awares seem to more often refer to, "The Last Great Time War" as, "The Time War" much in the same way we do with .W.W.2.. Maybe the, "Last" part was by The War Doctor? (He did staser, "No more" into a wall for whatever reason). If nothing else the use of the name/term, "The Second Great Time War" would help canonwelding efforts going forward.

The, "War in Heaven" name/term is unfortunately more difficult to define. Wars in Heaven: Two specific conventional, (the Yssgaroth war) and temporal, (the enemy war) conflicts the Timelords are involved in.

The difficualty arises from the fact that according to .T.B.o.t.W. the name/term is primariyl used by non and borderline time awar species who may not be consciously aware of the conflict let alone understand it so it's applied to both types of conflict thus rasing questions why others aren't included, (eg: The Black Sun Time War, the Rachnoss War, and the Dalek Time War). Having it be sepcific to Timelord only major conflicts seems to work except then that would mean that The Black Sun War/The First Great Time War would lso qualify but it clearly doesn't. There's no reason for the Timelords to keep any of them secret. I honestly have no answer for this and would welcome any ideas.

The First War in Heaven/The Eternal War/The Great Vampire War. The First Great Time War/The Black Sun Time War. The Second War in Heaven/The Second Great Time War/The Enemy Time War. The Third or Last Great Time War/The Third War in Heaven/The Dalek Time War.

#faction paradox #doctor who #great houses #timelords #book of the war #the enemy #bbc doctor who #whoniverse #daleks #war in heaven #great time war #last great time war #Order of the Black Sun #yssgaroth #great vampires #time war #war #temporal #the second war in heaven

[a-wartime-paradox]

The Spiral Yssgaroth was fashioned similarly to the Spiral Politic (it is not a parallel continuum)

When I was initially reading The Book of the War, I fell victim to it's (an extension of the House's) propoganda idea that parallel universes do not exist. However, I needed to reconcile this idea with the fact that the metahistory of the FP universe is founded upon the fact that the Great Houses fought against the Yssgaroth from an entirely separate continuum. So I concluded that, as it is called a "spiral" like the Spiral Politic, it must have been built in a similar manor. I've since learnt that parallel universes do exist, but am holding on to this.

I just find it so neat. Before Urizen pulls together the forces of Gallifrey to bind time to his domain, the Mother-King of the Yssgaroth had already built up another metastructure of history, forming am existential noosphere around it, later called by outsiders the Spiral Yssgaroth. It just adds to the idea, started by the Osirians, that the Great Houses really aren't that Great and Singularly Almighty as the Book may claim.

The Mother-King of the Yssgaroth had a child, and as it was born outside the Spiral Politic, those without it called it Timeless, as they (or at least the Houses) did not understand alien time. This Child fell through a portal, only to be found, much later, by an explorer, who experimented on them to help Urizen find the way of regeneration.

And yes, if our Spiral has a version of Earth, the Yssgaroth's does also. But you wouldn't possibly recognise it...

#faction paradox #doctor who #Yssgaroth #spiral politic #the book of the war

[gallifreyinstituteforlearning]

Rassilon = Rassilon /ɹˈasɪlˈɒn/

Name, Singular. Non-gendered.

Definition There once was a Time Lord named Rass, Who studied relative mass, While stating a theory His cheeks became weary From talking out his own ...

[CENSORED BY THE HIGH COUNCIL OF GALLIFREY]

[NEW DEFINITION FOLLOWS]

AKA the "Conquerer of Yssgaroth", the "Overpriest of Dronid", the "First Earl of Prydon", the "Patris of the Vortex", and the "Ravager of the Void", blessed be High Lord Rassilon, for it is they who created Time Lord society and hath made much sacrifice for us that we might be mighty in the universe they hath gifted unto the Homeworlders.

Example ↪ Romanised: Oxasai'Maezol-Rassilon! ↪ English: Serve mighty Rassilon! ↪ Audio:

↪ Sollifreyan (font v1):

Advanced

Etymological and Morphological Breakdown:

Ras- (Stem): The stem 'ras' in 'Rassilon' is deeply rooted in the Gallifreyan language, signifying 'strength'. This association is directly linked to Rassilon's character and his foundational role in Time Lord society. It reflects his status as a figure of immense power and capability, whose legacy has shaped the very fabric of Time Lord civilisation.

-lon (Suffix): Gallifreyan scholars are not in agreement, but it's posited that the suffix '-lon' in 'Rassilon' may be derived from 'lop', relating to 'light'. This part of the name could symbolise enlightenment, guidance, or illumination, qualities that Rassilon, as the founder of Time Lord society, embodies. Some scholars also posit that the '-n' suffix could be related to future tense, making '-lon' akin to 'light of the future', but this is disputed in academic circles.

Usage and Additional Notes:

Honorific Title: Maezol-Rassilon (High Lord Rassilon): Rassilon is one of the few individuals in Gallifreyan history to receive the highly honorific title 'Maezol-Rassilon', meaning 'High Lord Rassilon'. This title underscores his esteemed position and the high regard in which he is held. 'Maezol' is a term that elevates his status, indicating a level of respect and reverence accorded to few others.

Cultural Significance: Rassilon's name, and particularly the honorific 'Maezol-Rassilon', carries immense cultural weight. It is a name that's invoked with great respect and is synonymous with the foundational principles and achievements of Time Lord society. His influence is so profound that his name has integrated into the language as a stem for words related to strength.

Symbolic Representation: The name 'Rassilon' symbolises a blend of strength ('ras') and enlightenment ('lon'), reflecting the dual aspects of his character as both a powerful leader and a bringer of knowledge. This duality is central to understanding his role and legacy in Gallifreyan history.

Modifiers: ↪ Plural: Rassilon-ua (Rassilons) ↪ Negative: yapki-o (not Rassilon) ↪ Honorific: Maezol-Rassilon (High Lord Rassilon)

(GIL Gallifreyan Conlang Guide (coming soon))

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#doctor who #dr who #time lords #gallifreyan language #conlang #GIL #gallifrey institute for learning #GIL words #TOTW: Rassilon #whoniverse

[thienvaldram]

The Book of the Snowstorm – Readthrough/Review Part 3

I'd chain post but Idk how and I already did parts 1 and 2 seperately.

Anyway here we go...

Framing Story (Scene 6-8)

So Auteur may actually be here, which is concerning although I suspect it may not be that simple. Like how the snail tries to read something only to realise that it’s just… not relevant. Meanwhile Coloth’s still in the MFS and gets given a story from Starlight Endeavours which is a nice way to segue into that story when it’s so far outside the Third Universe. Also lmao 'The Doctor' reference.

Still Proceeding

If the other SIGNET piece was a character piece on Aoife, this was a full SIGNET story, albeit a short one. Xana for one thing was fun, as were the rest of the cast though I’m not as familiar with them as I would like (I’ll have to look into Night of the Yssgaroth at some point), the simple premise works effectively to justify Perkins’s seeming change of heart at the end and the references to Doctor Omega and Professor X were fun. I can see why this group got a series.

Abstract Tales

A story in a few parts, the framing of a party of conceptual entities in a fictional space is fun and using Remembrance as an excuse to tell smaller stories is a good idea.

Tale the First

So first of all this is about the Toymaker right? Like the Doctor Who Toymaker from Doctor Who, cause its said she vanished from her Workshop which aligns with the Toymaker escaping into the Third Universe in Wild Blue Yonder.

Edit: I have been informed that no this isn't and I'm reading too much into it, whoops.

Second of all, it was fun, simple but fun. I like the imagery of the various worlds and it evokes similar child-like world/genre hopping stories like Nightmare Before Christmas or the Lego Movie.

Tales the Second

Hello Auteur, long-time no see (not really). I must admit I didn’t see the ‘parallel Universes’ thing coming, even in spite of Auteur’s minor comment on the dream mark being a fracture in reality. Fascinating civilisation though, and Auteur’s being as manipulative as ever (he really did try a lot of plans to get back into the Third Universe didn’t he?) Moxx was a fun character too, prone to Auteur’s manipulations but not wholly subservient to them.

Tales the Third

Well now I know where the Mecharons are from, I was thinking they were another offbrand Cybermen created for this story (I see you Cyberons and raise you a Cryptopyre) but no apparently they’re an established thing (Well ok they’re from another story written by Lupan and Aristide but still). Simple story but it works, seems to at least thematically fit with what little I have seen of Jenny Everywhere from the earlier story.

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