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[nana-writes]

Happy Meet and Great Monday! What event(s) would you characters erase from their memory? Why?

Aeleine would erase nothing. She holds knowledge quite dear and she doesn’t think that forgetting things will make them or their impact go away. Besides, how could she uphold vengeance justice if she forgot the things that have been done to her?

Lor (from folklore [page, mobile]) is far more emotionally healthy. They know the things they have done and they are not ashamed of them, but neither do they hold fast to these things. There’s still pain associated with some of the things they had to do between when they first turned and when they were taken in by their pack, so perhaps some of the things from then... But I can’t think of a single incident to name here.

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[nana-writes]

folklore worldbuilding [1] [2] [3] [4]: werewolves Image Text: "werewolves occur either when a werewolf has a kid or a human is attacked and bitten by one and they survive.    - born werewolves and their packs carry more political power and traditions; a lot of the time bitten werewolves are looked down upon in werewolf society.    - Born werewolves tend to stay with their pack; bitten ones can choose to join one, which will usually be which pack first found them. --- All packs have a ceremony to officially join, and there is also a record with the Council, and the actions of one member reflect back on the pack and the leader. Pack members can vaguely feel each other's presence & emotions through an empathic link. This works better the stronger the emotion, & the proximity of the two pack members. Mating Bonds are a choice, not restricted to only two members, and practically just a stronger version of the pack bond --- There are three types of werewolf forms: semi, in which they still look mostly human except with claws, fangs and some other vague wolf-like features; full, where they could no longer be confused by someone in a costume, and are not in control; wolf, in which they turn into an actual wolf. This last one is considered a myth as very few have ever accomplished it. It is supposed to grant other, special abilities. The werewolves bond is hair removed from any of their turned forms. It must be taken every solstice." Because it loses its power when werewolves go through their solstice purification ritual, which most werewolves know about and perform even if not with a pack at the time. The bond allows the person who has it to control the werewolf while they are turned. The werewolf will have no memory of this when they return to human form. While you can force someone into human form, the opposite is a much harder thing to do. In this story, Lor (MC & PoV character) and Oriana (side character) are both werewolves. Their pack will also exist in the general periphery of the story . [wip page | mobile | wip tag | directory] . Tag list: @luna149, @heldinhishands, @shhhayna, @onedayiwillwritestuff dm or comment asking to get added!

[nana-writes]

folklore worldbuilding [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]: seers

Image Text:

"Like witches, seers too come from specific bloodlines. In the case of seers, however, it does skip generations, various at a time. This means they are rare, and theories and cultural reactions around this fact have naturally formed. It also means there is little to no political representation of seers in the council.

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In some cities or communities, their occurrence in a generation is seen as an omen - good or bad is up to interpretation. Others don't see anything mystic in their appearance, though they know it will mean trouble, eventually, when the fey get wind of it. Sometimes, seers are accepted into witches communities, at a lack of a better solution and with no other community to turn to nor any political representation within the council.

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Their power is less clear, and their extent unknown. Between the skipping of generations and the prosecution of seers throughout the ages by various other creatures - mainly fey, sometimes vampires as well - means no community or shared history is left for any new seer, there is far lesser of a community to learn from. There are no clear tradition nor rituals to follow, and little to no writings have survived. Like witches, seers have no bound."

In this story, seers will be present of course, in the main character of Temper and... well, spoilers :P You will have to read to see.

This is the last post in the folklore wip worldbuilding! This has been a lot of fun to share with you all! Next: characters! [wip page | mobile | wip tag | directory] . Tag list: @luna149, @heldinhishands, @shhhayna, @onedayiwillwritestuff dm or comment asking to get added!

[nana-writes]

Roa

Thank you for the ask! WIP: folklore

(send me a character name and i will reply with this template filled in)

B A S I C S

full name: Roa

gender: gender is fake for spirits, but he currently resides in a male body and presents as male

sexuality: gay

pronouns: he/him

O T H E R S

family: N/A

birthplace: spritis aren’t born, they form in the OtherWorld

job: being a spirit

phobias: electricity

guilty pleasures: n/a

M O R A L S

morality alignment?: true neutral / chaotic good

sins - lust/greed/gluttony/sloth/pride/envy/wrath

virtues - chastity/charity/diligence/humility/kindness/patience/justice

T H I S - O R - T H A T

introvert/extrovert: introvert

organized/disorganized: disorganised

close minded/open-minded: close minded

calm/anxious: anxious

disagreeable/agreeable: disagreeable

cautious/reckless: reckless

patient/impatient: impatient

outspoken/reserved: outspoken

leader/follower: follower

empathetic/unemphatic: empathetic

optimistic/pessimistic: neutral (?)

traditional/modern: modern

hard-working/lazy: lazy

R E L A T I O N S H I P S

otp: roa x temper

ot3: (nope)

brotp: roa & lor

notp: roa x eliana

(edited because i’m an idiot and wrote the wrong name on the otp section lol)

[nana-writes]

Hey! 😊 I just found your blog (nice content, I like it a lot) and saw you're open to asks so... Who are your favourite OCs at the moment? Would you tell about them a little, please? 😊

oh thank you! That’s very sweet of you.

Currently, I think I’m most in love with Lor and Nina.

Lor is an agender person. They started off as a DnD character, a blue tiefling monk with religious tattoos that granted them abilities, as well as their own tattoos. They are now the MC and one of the two POV characters of my folklore wip (here). I haven’t posted about that yet so this is actually the first post! In that, Lor is a born werewolf whose parents died when they were really young, and who ended up in an orphanage. Raised there, they ran away at 11 when they first turned - scared shitless and unware of what was going on. They did manage to sort themselves out eventually, and by the time the story starts Lor is happily settled: at 23 they have a pack, they share an apartment with their long-term girlfriend Oriana (a turned wolf) and they have a bit of a reputation for helping lost souls among the wolf communities.

Nina also started off as a DnD character (an adorable, winged pink tiefling wizard) and continues on as a witch in the folklore wip. Tho she is only a secondary character in it, I do have a prequel book planned that focuses on how she met her current girlfriend and how the two got together. She is incredibly smart, though very naïve, and super sweet. Her upbringing was traumatic (yes, i have a type shhh) but that only made her far more reticent to hurt others. She was such a reprise to RP and she is just the absolute sweetest.

(they are best friends in this universe, though they never met in game)

(also, that prequel? i started it for a writing class and i got commentary on it from a cishet person that really bothered me re.: lor and nina’s gf’s pronouns (the girlfriend uses both she & they), so i just made Nina a transwoman in that universe out of spite to her)

[nana-writes]

What confuses your characters?

      Aeleine WIP [wip page, mobile-friendly, wip tag ]aeleine: genuine, selfless kindnessblight: everything xDmicah: selfless love; to be loved without being asked for anythinglilis: micah’s seemingly endless ability to forgive others and believe in them, regardless of what they show him; his attitude around this will help Lilis a lot with their own growth as a charactergabriel: same as Lilis, to be honest.faeir: the fact aeleine cares/comes to care about keeping anyone else around, and curbs her actions in order to do so. For Faeir, Aeleine and them are absolutely right in their cause and as such their actions are justified, and they won’t budge on this point.

      Folklore WIP [ wip page, mobile-friendly, wip tag, (co-author) ]nina: hoarding of knowledge. She believes knowledge should be fully accessible and does not understand why anyone would like to make it not solor: the fact that you don’t always have to be solely self-reliant, or taking care of your loved ones.temper: love and acceptance; people approaching him with the intent to befriend. (by Yves; yes, we have some *sad* characters oh dear)eliana: nina.roa: thinking :P for real now, he is very much an instincts ‘person’

[nana-writes]

6 for the one word writing prompt

6. wings (word prompt list)

      “Can I see?” Nina asked, quietly and hesitant. They were laying in bed, Eliana flat on her back and Nina straddling her waist, both women’s lips red from kissing.

      Nina means Eliana’s true form and… Eliana isn’t sure how to feel about that. Nina’s curiosity is genuine, out of a want for knowledge not any sick desire, Eliana knew that. It’s how she first fell for this witch. But… Fey were not pleasant sights for most humans. Eliana wouldn’t be surprised if Nina regretted her request afterwards if… If things changed between them.

      “Okay.” She answered finally, the utter lack of emotion in her voice telling in it’s own way. The way Nina light up at having her request answered couldn’t help but bring a soft smile to Eliana’s lips.

      “You’re going to have to move,” Eliana prompted, gently pressing her fingers into Nina’s side so she’d topple the other way. The girl followed, sliding off. Eliana waited until there was no more contact and, with a single breath, let the illusion drop.

      Illusion wasn’t really the right word, or by touch alone Nina would have been able to see what was now in front of her.

      Eliana’s true form was bigger than her human counterpart, occupying more space in the bed now. Because of the way she’d been laying her wings pressed uncomfortably against her back, out of sight, but Eliana didn’t move, letting Nina get used to her new - actual? - form.

      Nina looked fascinated more than anything else and Eliana would be lying if she claimed that didn’t send relief coursing through her veins. The witch’s eyes were following every line and sharp detail of her body, as if attempting to commit her all to memory, drink all of Eliana , all she would offer at least, in. Slowly, Nina lifted two fingers and touched the closest bit of Eliana’s skin, feeling the texture of the multicolour scale like exosqueleton that protected most Fey’s bodies. As Nina’s fingers skimmed up, Eliana spoke:

      “Careful,” she saw Nina’s head snap up and she remembered how her voice sounded different to humans when she was in this form, the power of it far more clear. It was easy to forget such a detail when it all always sounded the same to her fey ears. “You’re going to cut yourself.”

      Nina nodded, taking her advice in and watching to make sure her fingers jumped over where the scales overlapped, their edges, now that she had been warned, clearly  sharp, as dangerous as every other bit in her body seemed to be designed to be.

      “What are these?” Nina asked, very gingerly taping the very end of one of the ridges. They were uneven, some short than others, the ridges climbing higher on Eliana’s neck on one side than the other.

      “A status symbol. The more and sharper the ridges on an Ipasigurt, the more power you can assume they have.”

      “So they are connected to the contracts.”

      “Mostly, yeah.”

      “Ipasigurt,” Nina said the word slowly, the Old Language foreign in her tongue. “That’s the type of fey you are.”

      “Yes.”

      “And there are two others.” Eliana nodded.

      “Do they look the same as you?” Nina asked. Her eyes kept shifting between which of her two pairs of eyes to look at.

      “No. Nepouzdan look like… Here, can I show you?” Eliana asked, lifting her hand to touch Nina’s exposed skin but aborting the movement halfway there. It was the first time  she’d moved since dropping the glamour.

      “Of course,” Nina answered, as if it was obvious. If she noticed Eliana had asked when she never really did anymore, she said nothing.

      Carefully, Eliana reached her clawed hand and gingerly placed two fingers on Nina’s forearm. She did her best to pass along the image without making it look sacry or unsettling. It wasn’t too hard, seeing as for her this was absolutely normal.

      “Wow that’s a lot of eyes.” Nina had closed hers, focusing on the mental picture instead.

      Eliana felt a quick smile spread her lips, there and gone. “Yeah.”

      “They don’t have ridges though…”

      “No. It’s their wings that will give you the same information.”“The colour?” Nina guessed.

      “Yes.” Eliana was slightly surprised at the hint of pride in her own voice.

      Nina opened her eyes, staring intently at Eliana. “Do you not have wings?”

      “I do,” Eliana answered. She let go of Nina, shifting backwards slightly so she could raise herself off the bead. With some relieve, she let her wings open slightly, before putting herself against the pillows once more. Her wings would cramp up if she kept them like this for too long, only half extended, but one of the sides of the bed was positioned against the wall, giving her no more space. Besides, she wouldn’t want to risk hurting Nina.

      “Wow.” The aww in Nina’s voice made her almost uncomfortable. It felt… wrong somehow, misplaced.

      Nina reached out once more with her hand, towards Eliana’s wings. The fey didn’t let her, snatching her hand from midair, stopping the witch in her tracks.

      “No. You’re going to cut yourself”

      “You don’t trust me to take care of myself?” Nina asked, teasing more than anything, breathing the words into the very small space left between them, her hand still gingerly held by Eliana’s clawed one.

      “The fact you’re still flirting, that you still want to touch and kiss me in this form, validates my reticence.”

      Nina didn’t say anything to that, blushing slightly. After staring for a little bit too long, Eliana placed the witch’s hand back in the bed and shifted away slightly once again.

      “I’m going to turn back now.” Eliana stared, and waited for Nina’s nod before doing so.

      She gathered her magic all back to herself, pushing it back down, pulling all the pieces together until the glamour was in place once more. When she looked back at Nina once more, there was worry in her eyes.

      “Does it hurt you to do that?”

      Eliana pondered the question. “No,” she answered truthfully, if a bit unsure. “It’s like… Pulling on a shirt with a slightly too tight collar. It’s a bit uncomfortable going over your head but it doesn’t hurt, and afterwards you’re fine.”

      Nina stared at her as if she was parsing the veracity of her words. Except, fey could not lie so. “Okay.”

      “Can I kiss you?” Eliana asked, the space between them on the bed feeling stupidly far.

      Confusion mared Nina’s expression for a quick second. “Of course.”

      Far more gentle than usual, Eliana reached out a hand to cup her face, her lips soon following. She kissed her, slowly and with care, trying to convey everything she wasn’t quite sure how to say.

      Eliana knew the power of words but sometimes… sometimes they weren’t enough, she couldn’t help but think, as Nina kissed back just as intently.

Hope you liked it! (word prompt list)

[nana-writes]

As promised, Folklore WIP characters!

In order:

Lor - agender, queer, 23 werewolf. Ori’s partner & pack mate. POV character. 3 Words: quick-witted, capable, loyal [tag]

Oriana - female, bisexual, 24 werewolf. Lor’s partner & pack mate, Lor’s partner. PicCrew didn’t allow for showing their scars, which are claw marks down their cheek, chin and neck on the left side of her face. 3 Words: resourceful, clever, charismatic [tag]

Temper - trans man, gay, 21 seer, POV character.  3 Words: sarcastic, anxious, earnest [tag]

Roa - ?, gay, ??? spirit currently possessing the body of a teenage boy. both gender and age are concepts that don’t make much sense to spirits. eventual LI to Temper. 3 Words: aloof, intuitive, spontaneous [tag]

Eliana - ?, lesbian, born ca. 1300s Fey (Ipasigurt). Once again, age makes no sense when it comes to fey. Eliana most often presents as female when in human form, as seen in the piccrew, and uses she & they. (fey forms do not have gender variations) 3 Words: inteligent, amitious, protective [tag]

Nina - trans woman, lesbian, 26 Witch, in good terms with the local convenant but not with them. Eliana’s girlfriend, and the only one with braincells in the group. 3 Words: humble, kind, intelligent [tag]

source: adriabun’s piccrew - adrisona maker  [  wip page, mobile-friendly, wip tag, (co-author) ] Tag list: @luna149, @heldinhishands, @shhhayna dm or comment asking to get added!

[nana-writes]

This is an intro post to the world of my Folklore WIP. To read about the wip itself go here: intro post (mobile friendly); wip page.

The Folklore world is just like ours, with Vampires, Witches, Werewolves, Seers, Fey and Spirits live among humans and not many are the wiser. This story, specifically, is set in Paris.

No one is quite sure when or how the first of these supernatural creatures appeared. Fey seem to have been the first, even before the humans, though even they themselves do not recall this far. Spirits only appeared after the humans, as they are made up of human souls, and so did the witches and the seers.

Werewolves and Seers seem to have come with these, and so did Witches and Vampires. It’s an often believed narrative that Witches used to be far more powerful than they are now. They became less so when, for a reason lost to time, they split into two subgroups, and one chose to try and curse the other. The magic they were messing around with worked, but with tremendous consequences. The Witches lost a lot of their power - but the other group deteriorated until they lost even their humanity, and the first Vampires were born.

Lastly, all of the non-human supernatural beings - this is to say, vampires, werewolves, fey and spirits - have a bond. This is a way to control them and their abilities. What it is and what it can do vary from creature to creature however, and there are many secrets to be found. 

Directory: werewolves,vampires, fey, spirits, witches, seers.                 [ wip page | mobile | wip tag ]

[nana-writes]

i just saw that i got a bunch of new followers! welcome! thank you for taking interest in my humble little blog!

life is a tad busy right now but i will check you all out and follow back those who are writerblrs and up my ally as soon as i have the time to go through you all!

in the meantime;

aeleine: wip page, mobile friendly, tag

folklore: wip page

and feel free to drop me an ask or message about any of my things! i hope you have a lovely time and stick around!

[nana-writes]

if u havent gotten a temper question yet: temper !

I have not gotten Temper yet, no! WIP: folklore

(send me a character name and i will reply with this template filled in)

B A S I C S

full name: Temper Kovac (born: [redacted])

gender: trans man

sexuality: gay (homosexual)

pronouns: he/him

O T H E R S

family: only has one he knows about, his adoptive father Khardur

birthplace: Paris? probably

job: N/A; dropped out of high school due to the whole seer thing, still hasn’t sorted out what comes next

phobias: abandonment probs

guilty pleasures: not sure this counts but hugs; he likes to act tough and like he doesn’t care but that ain’t true

M O R A L S

morality alignment?: lawful good

sins - lust/greed/gluttony/sloth/pride/envy/wrath

virtues - chastity/charity/diligence/humility/kindness/patience/justice

T H I S - O R - T H A T

introvert/extrovert: introvert

organized/disorganized: disorganised

close minded/open-minded: open-minded

calm/anxious: anxious (the most)

disagreeable/agreeable: disagreeable

cautious/reckless: reckless

patient/impatient: impatient

outspoken/reserved: outspoken, if he can be asked

leader/follower: follower (but can step up)

empathetic/unemphatic: empathetic

optimistic/pessimistic: pessimistic

traditional/modern: modern

hard-working/lazy: lazy

R E L A T I O N S H I P S

otp: temper x roa

ot3: nope

brotp: temper & lor; temper & ara & blight

notp: insert the above line; temper x eliana

[nana-writes]

folklore worldbuilding [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]: witches

Image Text: " “Double, double toil and trouble / fire burn and cauldron bubble / by the pricking of my thumb /something wicked this way comes" Black pointed hats, black cats and weird, gross ingredients - this is what you think when you hear witch. But black hats are out of fashion, gross ingredients are mistranslations and black cats... Well, black cats are just nice, that one isn't wrong.

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Witch Magic is based on potions, hex bags, sigils. They cannot conjure it out of nowhere, but give a witch time to prepare and you will never see it coming. A trained witch will know when they have walked into a protected place, and no witch worth their salt would allow for their home, workplace, and any other space they frequently attend to be unprotected. Witches do not have bounds, as they are practically just human.

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Witches power and knowledge is passed down from generation to generation. It does not skip generations, and is distributed equally between everyone in the bloodline. Most witches exist within covens, and this is where they learn and practice a lot of their magic. Covens aren't mandatory however, and while in some cities you might be shunned if you don't join one, in most co-existence and even open cooperation is possible."

In this story, witches will be present but not matter too much. Nina is the only witch, and she is not part of the Parisien coven, tho she is of course in good terms with them. She’s got a bleeding heart, is Lor’s best friend and will try her best to help Temper with figuring out his powers and, well, staying alive.

[wip page | mobile | wip tag | directory] . Tag list: @luna149, @heldinhishands, @shhhayna, @onedayiwillwritestuff dm or comment asking to get added!

[nana-writes]

Happy Storyteller Saturday! Pick one of your WIPS (or more than one if you want!) and say where the very first idea for the story came from 💗

Thank you! Happy STS to you as well ^^

Funnily enough, and because I am a massive nerd (to no one's surprise), both of these stories were first inspired by DND!

Aeleine - I made Aeleine as a dragon warlock (homebrew thing) half-elf. But, the DM sucked and the campaign only lasted three sessions before we all became too busy to continue (not that we were intent on making much effort to keep it up). But, I loved the character so much! I really liked Aeleine, her story, and the arc I could see her going on, and I didn't want that to be the end. So, after asking blight’s and micah’s players if I could have their characters for myself, I made a whole new world and figured out a plot, and I have been working on it for a year and a half now (two years in March).

aeleine [tag, wip page, mobile]

Folklore - Lor was my monk tiefling, Temper’s was my co-author’s tiefling forge cleric. We loved our characters, their relationships, and after that campaign ended (and oh boi, it was a ride) we kept playing with these characters, imagining them in various different au’s. Folklore started as one of these, just a fun urban magic story. And the rest was history (mostly, three nights of staying up chatting late enough in @itgirlvivi‘s dorm I saw the sun rise as I walked back to mine).

folklore [tag, wip page, mobile]

[nana-writes]

happy wbw! what’s your favorite piece of worldbuilding you’ve ever done? (across all stories; not necessarily your current one!) // ~livvywrites

thanks for the ask @livvywrites!

favourite piece of worldbuilding... of the top of my head, that would be the Spirits for my Folklore wip. It came to me at like, 4 in the morning when me and my co-writer were just chatting and I felt so good about it immediately. Also, it didn't seem like something I’d ever really seen around?

Spirits in this world are groups of souls, brought together by either the same cause of death or the same lasting feeling at the time of death. These then inform what ability the spirits have. you can read more here.

[nana-writes]

Folklore is one of my two main/current WIPs! (here's the other one) [mobile] It is currently planned as a standalone, but part of a series, and it's being co-written with Yves. It is an urban fantasy YA novel with two distinct POVs, one (Lor) written by me and the other (Temper) by Yves.

Genre: urban fantasy, ya Themes: found family, queer friendships, mlm, background wlw, background xlw, accepting your past, complicated villains, (cause otherwise they are boring imo), agender character, trans characters, no burying your gays dw, we marry our gays in this house POV: 3rd person restricted, two POV characters (Lor & Temper) Status: first draft, we pantsying this one you all

Blurb:     Lor has known about the supernatural world since their first time turning into a werewolf, an unfortunate incident over ten years ago that saw them running away from the orphanage they had lived in until then. But things are good now, they found their way into a nice pack and the apartment they split with their girlfriend is actually affordable! Unfortunately, bodies all over the supernatural panorama of Paris are dropping.     When out investigating one of these crime scenes as a favour for their pack leader, Lor runs into Temper, a boy a few years their junior, who seems to be out for the same kind of knowledge, but appears completely out of his depth. Lor takes pity on him and takes him under their wing as they race against the clock and the political tensions of their world to stop the brewing civil war someone out there is clearly engineering.

The World: in a world just like ours, maybe this very world, Fey, Werewolves, Vampires, Spirits, Witches and the ever-rarer Seers co-exit with your normal, average humans. They might be the nice lady who knows your morning order by heart at the coffee shop, the cashier at your local market, the teller at the bank. But they have their own lives too, a leader to answer to, tensions and territory to mind, and a council to oversee it all.

Cast:     - Temper, 20, he/him, a seer and in way over his head     - Lor, 23, they/them, born werewolf and way too young to be this tired     - Roa, looks 18-25, he/him, spirit, way more invested than he likes to pretend to be     - Eliana, looks ~22, she/they, fey, don't trust her don't trust her don't trust h-     - Nina, 26, she/her, witch, everything is pink and soft with her, even her soul probably

[wip page, wip tag]

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