#Æther Realm Text

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"I never knew sorrow, 'til you asked me to follow my heart."

- Æther Realm (The Sun, The Moon, The Star)

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Guardian by Æther Realm came on soon after i finished reading the update for Don't Hold On Too Tight and now the song is about it 👍🏻 dunno if the noises are your speed, but the lyrics are nice

So this ask has been sitting in my inbox for a while now and since I finally finished the new chapter today (you can read it here) I thought I'd celebrate by trying to draw some art for it and why not listen to your song rec for inspiration? Now. I have been listening to this song for a solid two hours and I have been drawing this. Boy, have I been drawing! And then I sat here and bawled my eyes out like a little baby because you know what?

I have been stuck in art block since October. That's 5 months now. And finally. Finally, I felt like coming home after so long. Please, I need you to understand how much this means to me. I have finally drawn something that made me fall in love with art and my actual own skills all over again. I have drawn something I desire to colour properly. And I can't thank you enough for triggering all this by sending this ask.

So yeah. Whew.

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The epic poem of the Aeyothian People (the Naggevarian texts)

In the ancient days before our empire was established, the four goddesses of the elements (Airᐏ, Fireᐃ, Waterᐁ, and Earthᐍ) ruled in peace without any humans to displease them. The fifth goddess of the Æther even shared her island with them. When the nineth eon came to pass, the four goddesses of the elements became inspired to create. The fifth goddess allowed them to leave her island if they all promised to bring her something back when they return.

The goddess of the Earth, Terra, set out straight away and began to form a new island. She was aided by Ember, the Fire goddess, to create the mass of land. Ember established a volcano for herself on the island and made her home there. Without the knowledge of the others, Ember had stolen the Eternal Flame from the Æther goddess and kept it hidden in the volcano.

The salt water around the island, in the sea, was poisonous. Leau, the Water goddess, knew this and came to create a river that ran across the island. She created a monument at the mouth of the river and imbued it with magick to purify the water passing through it. The air goddess, Strata, made the atmosphere around the island more magickal and easily bent.

As time went on, the Earth goddess decided it was time to create life. With her seeds, she created animals, with her spores, she creates trees, finally, she created humans from the clay of the island. When the four finished creating their island, they returned to the island of the Æther.

The four goddesses had spent so much time on their island, they forgot about what they had promised. The Æther goddess was not pleased and was already angered by the stealing of her flame. When she asked the four about the flame, none knew anything about it except Ember, who lied and said that maybe Leau had accidentally snuffed it out. Leau pleaded with the Æther goddess that it was not her and begged for understanding. The Æther goddess was fed up and with that, she banished them from her island. The four goddesses had no choice to return to the island they had created.

Many years later, the Æther goddess wondered how her children were doing and she saw that the four goddesses were fulfilling their roles. The humans on the island were thriving there. Ember who still possessed the eternal flame decided to keep the eternal flame and not tell the other goddesses.

The civilizations surrounding the island did not appreciate the land and the water and poisoned it with many different forms of pollution. Fortunately, Leau has the ability to purify the water. The other civilizations were jealous of the thriving island and poisoned the land so that no crops could grow. The people, under the great ruler Slythera, begged for the goddesses to restore the land and purify it so that they may continue to grow their crops. The goddesses obliged with the people’s pleas and restored the land. In return, Slythera maid due that all the people of the land offer something of prize to the goddesses. They offered their Offerings on November first. This day became known as Samhain, the Aeyothian people’s day of thanks.

Overall everything was peaceful on the island under the rule of the great High Priest, Slythera. The people had been taught 13 rules they had to follow in order to please the goddesses and any spirits living on the island with them.

Do no harm

To any human

To any living animal

To your spirits and deities

Know yourself

Honor your deities

Your goddesses

Your spirit guides and friends

Your animals and familiars

Leave offerings

Know the spirits

Know their ways

Honor them

Do not do anything to offend them

Always learn and grow

In your own knowledge

In your Path

Apply your knowledge in your life

Honor your deities

Preserve the earth

Respect your surroundings

Achieve balance with yourself and the goddesses

Honor the goddesses

know your path

Whatever you do shall be returned to you threefold

Be kind to others

Share what is given you

Do not steal from anyone

Keep your thoughts in good order

Do not lust

Do not slander

Do not desire for murder

Keep away from jealousy

Focus on knowing yourself before judging anyone else

Celebrate life

Give thanks

Celebrate birth

Do not mourn the dead, instead celebrate their life

Attune yourself with the your spirits

Know your familiar

Be aware of the arcane around you

Care for your physical body.

Exercise

Eat

Hydrate

Sleep

Meditate

Be one with yourself

Meditate on your beliefs

Communicate with your spirits

Achieve greater knowledge

Enlighten yourself

Under the rule of Slythera, the Aeyothians thrived and flourished. They were peaceful and grew wealthy through extensive trade. The people modeled their own lives off of that of the great ruler. Using the rules the people of the island had a sense of direction. They were harmonious, peaceful and kind. There were many other civilizations that settled around Aeyothia. The Aeyothians tried to share their teachings with them. Many of the other civilizations saw the Aeyothians as evil and this is why they poisoned their water and land. All the Aeyothians were peaceful and never fought in a war with any other civilization in the time before or during the rule of Slythera. Although many civilizations once claimed the Aeyothians cursed them.

After the poisoning, the great leader, Slythera, cut off all trade with the outside world and cast an enormous arcane spell on the island to hide it from anyone who came near it. The spell took weeks to cast, and continuous aid from the four goddesses. Slythera was nearly killed from casting it, when he finally made contact with the fifth goddess. The Æther goddess aided him in finishing the spell. Unfortunately, The spell was too powerful for Slythera’s body and he was turned to ash. His soul was collected by the Æther goddess and she took it with her to her island as her prized possession.

The people of Aeyothia were so deeply angered that they, with the help and aid of all four goddesses and all of their familiars and spirits, declared war on the Æther goddess.

Out of their midst rose up a heroine. She was a demigoddess, daughter of Strata and her High Priest Cumulou. This heroine possessed a sword lighter the a feather, stronger than anything this world has seen, and as sharp as a heron’s beak. With war waged on the Æther and their ruler gone, the people of Aeyothia needed a cause of binding. They needed someone to lead them; to inspire them; to be their general and lead them into battle. They had someone now. And her name was Skyla Wolfsbane.

When the Æther goddess heard that the people had waged war upon her, she was outraged. She opened up her realm and sent a force of 20,000 goblins, imps, efrits, fae, shades, and other spirits to invade Aeyothia and take down this rebellion. The people of Aeyothiua stood strong. They took down her entire army without a single casualty. There were many horrid injuries, but no deaths.

The goddess of the Æther was outraged. She sent an army tenfold the first. The Aeyothians were able to defeat the army of the Æther, but had seven casualties. These six men and one woman were pitied by the Earth goddess and she preserved them as trees.

The Æther goddess was so angered by her losses that she tore the veil completely from her realm and cast the Æther upon the whole world. Eternal night fell over the island but did not stop there. Soon, the whole world was eclipsed in darkness. The creatures of the Æther roamed free across the land with no limitations and nothing holding them back. The Ætheral beings destroyed much of the island’s crops and resources. The Aeyothians were so angered, they took the fight straight to Æther goddess. With the seven souls of the innocent and the power of the Eternal Flame, they chained down the arcane being and Skyla, with the help of Strata, cut down the mad goddess and she was destroyed, but at a terrible price. Although the goddess was defeated, Skyla was also destroyed by the heat and immense power of the Eternal Flame.

Even though, there enemy was defeated, there was no way to close the Ætheral dimension without Slythera’s aid. The Aeyothian people searched and searched for their lost king, but could not find him. They called for the help of any spirit who knew of their king’s whereabouts. Finally, a shade, called Arielle, came to them and told them that the king’s soul had been split into three parts. A spirit, a young boy called John, and a candle, which the Æther goddess had snuffed out.

The people of Aeyothia found the boy and the candle, but could not find the spirit. For the people of Aeyothia did not know that the spirit of Slythera was actually disguised as the shade Arielle. Ariel (Air-ee-elle) tested his people’s loyalty three times. He told them to wander in the Aether for a year in search of him. He then commanded that they slay half of the Aeyothian livestock and offer it to a god they had never heard of. The people refused to do so. Finally, he asked the people to give up on hope of ever finding their lost king. The people refused. When he was satisfied, he revealed himself to the people and his parts were reunited as one.

“The great king Slythera has returned!!” The people of Aeyothia shouted in rejoice. With the help of the four goddesses, Slythera closed the Æther and saved the planet.

When Slythera learned of the losses of eight of his people. He mourned, weeping one moon phase for each soul lost. When the time of mourning was over, he offered all eight souls a place in his council. They all accepted except Skyla, who wanted to return to her mother. Skyla was honored as the goddess of heroism and bravery and the other seven formed what was known as the council of the lost. With the council of the lost and his own great leading skills, Slythera ruled Aeyothia for the rest of time. When he died, his soul was passed into and shared with that of all the rulers below him. His reign never ends. He is never mourned for he always is there in the other rulers. Every year he is honored with the annual Festival of Great Kings, where his life is celebrated.

Skyla was now honored as a goddess and and blesses Aeyothia whenever someone does something selfless and brave. As for the other four goddesses, they all live in harmony as one. The Aeyothians continue to thrive and will never end. Such is the story of the small, but powerful Aeyothia.

Lol hey everybody this is part of a project i had to do for school but i loved it so i’m posting it.

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Tagged by @victoria-krueger! Thank you! :D

LAST: Last Drink: Water Last Phone Call: My boyfriend Last Text Message: Also my boyfriend haha Last Song You Listened To: Ravensong by Æther Realm Last Time I Cried: Last week in therapy.

HAVE YOU EVER: Dated Someone Twice: Yeah, unfortunately. Don’t do it! Been Cheated On: Kind of. It’s a long story. Kissed Someone and Regretted It: Yeah Lost Someone Special: Yes Been Depressed: Yup. Currently am. Have been for a long time. I’m working on it. Been Drunk and Thrown Up: Oh yeah. I used to drink way too much.

IN THE PAST YEAR HAVE YOU: Made a New Friend: Yup! Fallen Out of Love: Nope Laughed Until You Cried: Yeah. My boyfriend just made me cry laugh last night. Met Someone Who Changed You: Yes Found Out Who Your True Friends Were: Nah I got all that over with years ago. Found Out Someone Was Talking About You: Nope

GENERAL: How many people on tumblr do you know in real life?: A few of my real life friends are on here that I follow. Do you have any pets?: A dog and two leopard geckos. :) Do you want to change your name?: Nope. I love my name. What time did you wake up this morning?: Around 9:30 am What were you doing last night?: Cooking dinner and exercising Name something you cannot wait for: Some upcoming concerts we plan on going to and Star Wars! Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: Yeah What’s getting on your nerves rn?: My body just shutting down when I’m trying to get things done and get healthier. Blood type: No idea Nickname: Tak, D, Deedee Zodiac sign: Leo Pronouns: She/Her Favorite tv show: Anything on food network, Vikings, Bob’s Burgers, The Office, The Addams Family College: Got a couple of AS degrees at my community college. Hair colour: Naturally light brown, but I hate it. Currently blue black. Long or short: Short Do you have a crush on someone: My boyfriend! What do you like about yourself: I think I’m a really genuine and kind person.

FIRSTS: First surgery: Never had surgery First piercing: Ears First best friend: A girl in elementary school. We grew apart as we got older but we’re still friends. First sport you joined: I’ve never been a sports person First vacation: Camping with my grandma. First pair of sneakers: No idea Eating: Just chewing on gum Drinking: Water

I’m about to: Take a bath and go to sleep since today was kind of a bust. Listening to: The TV Want kids: Nah Get married: Yes! Career: I dunno, man. Thought I had one but it didn’t work out and I’m still trying to find a new path.

WHICH IS BETTER: Lips or eyes: I love both but I’d pick eyes if I absolutely had to. Hugs or kisses: Both! Shorter or taller: Taller Older or younger: Older Romantic or spontaneous: A little of both Sensitive or loud: Sensitive Hook up or relationship: Relationship Troublemaker or hesitant: Depends on the situation

HAVE YOU EVER: Kissed a stranger: No Drank hard liquor: Yeah Lost glasses/contacts: Yes it’s the worst thing because they’re so expensive. Sex on first date: Nope Broken someone’s heart: Yeah unfortunately. Been arrested: Nope Turned someone down: Yeah Fallen for a friend: Yes

DO YOU BELIEVE: In yourself: Sometimes. I’m really trying to work on it. Miracles: Sure Love at first sight: I’ve never experienced it but I’m sure it can happen. Heaven: Nah Santa Claus: Nope

I’m not feeling up to tagging anyone but, if you feel like doing this consider yourself tagged!

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Gold Records (Alara) By Doug Beyer (6/29/09)

Every world has its criminals, it's lowlifes, it's cruel and vindictive scum, who prey on the innocent and flout the law of the land, spreading violence and exploitation. Alara has five worlds of these wanted beings, and now that the shards have converged into one massive, multicolored plane, the instances of solid-gold sin are on the rise. Today we get a peek at the case files of seven of Alara's most wanted. Before you go planeswalking to Alara's gilded realms, study this intelligence well, and take it as fair warning.

Subject: Revin Skoros

Aliases: Dead Reckoner; The Anathemancer; Ol' Flame Eyes

Wanted for:Corruption of mana bonds in three shards. Consumption of the flesh of the living, minor. Consumption of the flesh of the dead, disgusting. Assault. Arson. Unauthorized tissue reanimation in a holy zone.

Bio: Centuries ago, Revin Skoros was a brilliant human æthermage of Grixis. Skoros traveled the plane, studying the art of the mana bond, its relationship to the mind of the spellcaster, and the nature of magic itself, advancing knowledge of the mystic arts like none before him. If the demon Banath'thur hadn't tempted Skoros with promises of exotic new bonds to sources of mana he hadn't been able to discover on his own, Skoros might never have become one of the Damned, an undead husk who had surrendered his soul. Despite his condition, Skoros retained his mystical connection to mana bonds of all types. But in a mockery of his detailed knowledge of mana, his new unnatural life caused him to corrupt the mana around him. He is now known to stalk Alara, following the lure of potent mana wherever it draws him, instilling all sources of power with his baleful aura.

*****

Subject: Ranalus of Palandius

Aliases: Ranalus the Heretic; Queen of the Coatls; The Blue Hermit

Wanted for: Heresy. Maltreatment of a member of the Ethersworn. Desertion. Unlawful removal of etherium enhancements. Suspicion of protection and harboring of a wild beast.

Bio: The vedalken scholar Ranalus was no star pupil or master of etherium. She was uncouth in sanctum discussions, talked back to her mage-superiors, failed to respect the Ethersworn etiquette protocols, and was once scolded by the Sphinx Hegemon, Sharuum herself. Though her intelligence was substantial, Ranalus had no place in Esper society, finding herself increasingly distanced from those around her. When the war broke out, she volunteered for reconnaissance duty as a civilian sojourner amid the Seekers of Carmot. Once in deep cover in the jungles of Naya, the heady bouquet of wild green mana appealed to her, and she made the decision to renounce Esper and to repudiate the principles of the Filigree Texts. Laboriously and excruciatingly, she extracted every thread and joint of etherium from her body, while a huge Nayan snake known as a coatl offered its regenerative powers to her. The painful ritual excised the magics of Esper from her mind like a surgeon's scalpel, and replaced it with a new kind of enlightened jungle mysticism. Her mind blossomed, forming new connections with the living jungle around her, her power of divination and evolution growing each day. Clearly, she is a danger and must be stopped.

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Subject: Haaach of the Bloodhall

Aliases: The Hackblade; What the Hell Was That?; The Piranha of Valeron

Wanted for: Twelve infractions of Bant war-laws, including three aggravated prayer violations and five instances of dishonorable initiation of force outside the lawful hours of war. Possession of a stolen weapon. Assault with a jagged golden sword. Speeding.

Bio: Haaach is thought to have originated from the warren of Jund goblins that originates from the Bloodhall, possibly Jund's deepest geothermic cavern system, whose hot underworld supports an ecosystem of scaly black insects and immense carnivorous oozes. Haaach was not the largest or the strongest of his fellow goblin warriors, but he was well-known for his astonishing ferocity and speed, once carving up and devouring the choice parts of a fallen rockwurm before it had managed to stop breathing. Since he stormed across Naya, Haaach has carried an ancient ceremonial dagger originating from a jungle shrine near Qasal; the Nacatl prides have posted a reward for its safe return. Haaach was last seen at the Battle of the Bloody Gate in Valeron, where he is believed to have been responsible for the deaths and partial ingestion of over twenty neophyte soldiers. Those who encounter Haaach are advised not to approach.

*****

Subject: Dollun Spinebreaker

Aliases: The Rhox Brute; The Stars of Jund; Dollun the Bloody

Wanted for: Assault, on all five shards. Dereliction of duty, on Bant.

Bio: Dollun was one of the foremost rhox champions of the army of Jhess, on the Bant coast. Dollun's rise through the Sigiled caste was meteoric; he had earned the title of Knight-Captain in only seven years and had commanded the Eleventh Legion of soldiers, Sigiled paladins, and leotau cavalry during the Jhess-Valeron conflict. A stickler for religious tradition and military procedure, Dollun was known for his perfect pre-battle recitations of long passages of the Prayer to Asha to inspire his troops. Soon after the war between the shards began, Dollun's military career came to a rapid end. Dollun saw his men slain by the hundreds on a long and chaotic campaign into Naya, their blood shed in senseless battle with brutish monsters that knew nothing of procedure. The experience shattered Dollun's sense of propriety and honor, and he began to command his troops to execute wild maneuvers and bloody, backhanded tactics. One night, after almost all of the Eleventh Legion had been slaughtered on the catastrophic campaign through the jungle, Dollun emerged from his tent in tribal garb, blood-spattered and wielding two massive spiked maces. He left the rest of his own Jhessian soldiers alone, but immediately charged and butchered the Naya and Jund enemies that had encamped nearby, then escaped into one of the lowland chasms of Jund, raving and roaring fragmented passages from the Prayer of Asha.

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Subject: Banath'thur

Aliases: The Demon of Qasal; The Defiler of Souls; Hell's Lash

Wanted for: Mass destruction and soul-corruption throughout Jund, Naya, and Bant. Conspiracy to commit genocide. Entering a contract with a minor. Forgery. Torture. Two counts of destruction of a holy being.

Bio: The demon Banath'thur was imprisoned by astute Vithian humans of Grixis. They used complex warding enchantments to intern him in the vaults deep under their hermitage in a region south of Unx. When the ongoing Conflux forced the surrounding region to coincide with part of Naya, their hermitage broke through a rocky hillside, irreparably damaging the building and, unfortunately, the Vithians' binding spells. Banath'thur turned the Vithians and the nearby Nacatl pride into his own personal minions, tempting them with lies and lashing the souls of the noncompliant with his demonspine whip. Those who survived his onslaught helped him find his way to the souls he craved: the angels of Bant. He has already slain two of Bant's angels, and it is believed he wishes to take more if he can find them. Banath'thur is difficult to approach, as his deadly whip destroys all who are not already overrun by his soul-crippled human and leonin underlings.

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Subject: The Viashino of Thunder Thrash

Aliases: The Lost Thrash; The Etherium Thunder; The Skyclaw Thrash

Wanted for: Theft of etherium (methods unknown). Unlawful implantation of etherium (methods unknown). Assault. Intimidation. Violence on academy grounds. Airspace violations (methods unknown).

Bio: The Thunder Thrash was already notorious on Jund as one of the most vicious, bloodthirsty, and instinct-driven viashino clans on the plane. Their dragon-hunts were legendary, their human hunts infamous. Their success on that cutthroat plane was even more impressive given their utter, thick-skulled primitiveness. Believed to possess an even smaller brain pan than some goblins, the Thunder Thrash never excelled at feats of memory, intuition, or conceptual thought. But when their blood-raids took them all the way to the shard of Esper, they were surrounded by a culture founded on the power of the intellect. At first they met with their traditional success, using brazen surprise and a natural immunity to mind-control effects to smash their way through the Esper mage-forces. But once their enemies' plans adapted to their strength, they lost many of their number. Eventually, their elder Jkkhah led the thrash to attack a facility that turned out to be a temporary wartime storehouse for etherium. The vedalken and homunculus guardians were overwhelmed, and fled—and no one was seen leaving the facility for days. Then, just as an Esper army was assembled to take back the etherium, the Thunder Thrash emerged, strange etherium enhancements suffusing their muscular frames. Their etherium was improperly and illicitly installed, but it functioned well enough to offer strange new abilities to the viashino. The Esper strike force was quickly dispatched as the Thunderers flew into the air, blasted them with waves of piercing psychic energy, and then fell on them jaws-first, flashing teeth made of the æther-infused metal. Any who meet the Thunder Thrash are advised not to engage them, and under no circumstances should anyone agree to any form of negotiations, deals, or mental probing with any of their number.

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Subject: Sarrasa, Guardian Angel of Giltspire

Aliases: Sarrasa the Traitor; The Fallen One; The Shame of Giltspire

Wanted for: Crimes against the holy order. Failure to defend a holy site. Failure to protect wards under angelic charge. Murder of a Blessed-caste.

Bio:

The angel Sarrasa, of Amesha rank, guarded the castle Giltspire, a holy site whose history traced back hundreds of years. Sarrasa had defended the castle through centuries of relic robbers, flashfires, foreign paladin crusaders, and war. Her worshippers left her offerings, sometimes of extreme value, at her shrine inside the castle walls; the gifts were repaid in turn with angelic favors: moments of divine strength, healing miracles, protection from deadly mishaps, and victory in battle on the grounds outside the castle. But one day not long before the Conflux began, Sarrasa deserted the castle for reasons unknown. She gave no show of explanation, and hinted nothing to the Blessed-caste leaders who interpreted her will; she merely vanished from her post in the heavens above Giltspire, never to return. It is believed that she may have struck down one Blessed-caste priest who witnessed her departure, but beyond that, her only crime has been her absence. Since the recent events at Giltspire, the impact of her desertion has been catastrophic. To this day it is unknown whether she still lives, and if so, whether she feels spite or remorse with regard to her actions.