#Everbright

[coreene]

Everbright

The dwarves were the first to discover the secret of treating their metal with everbright. The technique has been imitated by other races, to varying degrees of success. Armor, weapons, and other metal objects to which everbright is applied maintain their luster without needing to be polished, and are res istant to natural (and, in some cases, magical) pitting, rusting, and tarnishing.

source: Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide pg. 50

[ethereal-feline]

One day I'll figure out better lighting for my pics but that day is not today

Just played around with watercolor, and no outlines apparently. A smaller size than I'm used to but I'll get the hang of it 💜

[gargoyleandgremlinpress]

Sudden Nature by everbrighter

This MDZS fic/series is a modern AU that's mostly without magic... except there's a heavenly bureaucracy. And every once in a while, it makes a mistake, and sends someone who's died back to earth. This is rare, but frequent enough that hospitals have resurrection wards just in case.

If you're at all familiar with canon, I think we can all see where this is going.

Wei Ying is a a whistleblower on the Wen Corporation in this one, who's adopted baby A-Yuan. When he's killed in an accident, Lan Zhan raises Lan Yuan and lives with his grief... and then Wei Ying comes back. This is a story that's emotional and heartfelt, and very funny in bits, about grief and loss and family, and getting something back you never thought you would, much like canon.

The series is a bunch of interconnected short fic with two long segments. The first one is from one from Lan Sizhui's point of view: "Lan Yuan has lived most of his sixteen years not knowing the man who raised him as a toddler. So when Wei Ying suddenly comes back to life, both Lan Yuan and his dad, Lan Zhan, work to make room in their lives for him. Too bad he has a science project due this week..."

The second one is from Wei Ying's: "Wei Ying comes back from the dead, all of a sudden. Over the course of a week, he remembers what it is to be alive, and what it is to be in love." (Not gonna lie, I kind of love the parts where Wei Ying is adjusting to no longer having the body of a twenty year old, in terms of sleeping for a week on the couch now has CONSEQUENCES.)

But it was the very first part of the series that hooked me, where Lan Zhan falls in love. And it's not who you think.

"Aren’t there classes for this? Aren’t there books a person is supposed to read for this? Should he have done research? Shouldn’t he have prepared? But ah, it’s too late now, and there’s a baby in his arms, face to the shoulder of Lan Zhan’s cable-knit sweater."

I finished the typeset for this fic back in the fall of 2022, and it was in my pile of text blocks to finish binding for Binderary, an annual fanbinding challenge, in February, 2023. It was the last one left. I looked at the text block. I looked at my bookcloth and paper options for the cover. I pulled out two options... and couldn't decide. It turns out, I just didn't have the right combination of colours.

In the interim, I obtained some Duo book cloth, a particular line that has a two-tone colour shift to it, gorgeous in person, but really hard to photograph. The company that makes it, sadly, has gone out of business, and the final group orders for it obtained near epic status among @renegadeguild circles. (It has its own lore. And fic.)

Which is to say, the spine of this book is Duo Dragonfly, and the cover is chiyogami paper. The endbands were my first time trying a double core, in sewing thread, and are a little bit shaky as a result, though I'm pretty happy with the colour combo. Lettering stencilled in gold acrylic paint.

I was going for an ethereal, heavenly feel with the title page, and a shout out to the Toronto setting with the spread on the table of contents. (Hello, fellow Canadians!)

A few interior shots here, and a vaguely Lan cloud used for the section breaks. I did a bit of formatting to mimic a newspaper column for the article that starts off "Thirty-Seven," the long section from Wei Ying's point of view.

I am pretty happy with how it turned out, and glad I held off to get the match that felt right for the cover materials!

And behind the cut for spoilers... the last sentence in the short chapter right before Wei Ying's death gets me RIGHT IN THE FEELS every single time I read it.

Lan Zhan held onto A-Yuan! He held him for fifteen minutes, and then for the next sixteen years it took for Wei Ying to come back from getting milk at the 7-11! Oh my heart. Nnngh.

(Also, I slid in a fan art illustration for the fic from GreenTeaPikachu, so enjoy the drunk!LanZhan Does Parkour as an added bonus for clicking through!)

[asmrbrainrot]

Heyo~! I don’t think I’ve done any content for @darkandtwistedasmr’s universe yet, but I’ve had this Oc for awhile and I’m so excited to share her with the world! Everyone, meet Candela Everbright! The first ever human student to attend the Blue Rose Academy, Candela (Much like her name suggests) is a bright young lady and fast learner. Her family owns a well renowned candle shop in her hometown and as such she is very proficient with candle magic~

(I included her casual outfit and school uniform)

[tuna-moon-draws]

Arcor

[derp-craft]

Per usual, over thinking decoration options to the extreme... I can't decide on which trim I want for the tower windows.

[passionesque]

Hi!! I just read your Clato fic on AO3 and was just wondering if Everlight will ever get more chapters or if it’s technically abandoned/completed? No pressure to write more! I just want to know if I should harbour any hope for it or not :D

hello!! and omg wow, that fic is old, I'm glad you enjoyed it! and about everlight, i was always intending to complete it, it's just that I've constantly gotten distracted with other writing projects and inspiration and motivation is a fickle thing. tbh, I'm not sure when I'll get back to it, but who knows? one day i might just drop the remaining five bits up 😅😅 because I'll admit the idea has crossed my mind, but I'm afraid i can't make any promises. 🥲

[justices-blade]

"Huh... These candies have a [fortune] wrapped inside of them..." Nanna unwrapped a mint candy and quietly read it aloud. "...Adversity is the parent of virtue." Nanna quirked her eyebrow up in amusement. Not sure if this involuntary captivity is part of that but, that's fine."

"Hey, would you like some? It tastes a bit like sweet fresh snow." She held out pretty, glistening candies from her palm.

Hum, don’t fortunes usually come from cookies? Cookies that give you vague life advice, too, instead of any kind of real prediction — But still fun to read! And hear, in this case.

“Pfft. Some kind of adversity we’re in right now.” Edward snickers. “No way I’m complaining about the party, but some virtue does sound nice for the goodie bags.”

Not that that matters until they figure out whether the shrinkage is just a party thing — A party’s a party, candy’s candy, and fresh snow is a kind of taste description he only really gives to, well, fresh snow by the handful. It makes for an expectant, sparkling kind of thanks as the girl offers him one of said fortune candies.

“Oh, hey, thanks!” The boy takes what’s offered, the contact of their hands sending sparks forth — Purple and blue spring into being, marveled at before sugary sweets take center stage again.

The crinkle of a deftly unwrapped candy, a brief pause as grey eyes flick over the text twice just so he reads it right. “Love is at your hands. Be glad and hold onto it.”

A satisfied hum as he stuffs the fortune into his pocket and pops the candy into his mouth, and — Oh, it’s mint! That’s kind of a fresh snow taste, right? Probably? Whatever, it’s good. Happy with both outcomes, Edward nods in evident delight. “Yeah, that’s a good one! Another thing to hold on to in the middle of,” A broad gesture, paired with a snicker. “All this.”

[ethereal-feline]

He is SMOL and L O U D

[everbright88]

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