“You did this,” he cried. “You killed us all! You’re a monster! You’re evil!” He tried to say more: she had betrayed everyone in the kingdom of Celdaria, everyone in the world. She was supposed to be the Sun Queen, their savior and protector. And yet she had become the Blood Queen. The Kingsbane. The Lady of Death.
Looking for the perfect equivalent to the Grisha trilogy ? What Darklina and Malina could have been if written well ? All with an equally bittersweet ending ?
In this case, you must absolutely read The Empirium Trilogy with the relations of Corien & Rielle (Corielle), and Rielle & Audric :
Darklina VS Corielle (by the way, if you know the names of the artists for the Darklina and Corielle fanarts, please tell me ? That I name them and above all that I go see their other creations) :
I'm late to the party on the Emperium series but just finished Kingsbane and am not okay. So a quick Eliana - The Dread of Orline who I bet wishes things were as simple as they had been when she was just Dread.
Of course I would wind up becoming obsessed with a series that has a tiny/inactive fandom. I was so excited to finish Lightbringer and look at fanart of some of the hype moments, but there’s not really anything… I wish I was a better artist but I’m just not dedicated to it and I know that about myself.
This series wasn’t perfect, but I had a great time with it. Kingsbane really sagged for me to the point where I had to switch to the audiobook, but Lightbringer, despite the impasse the characters were at for much of it, felt relentless in its pace. I blew through it, and (barring the epilogue) I was satisfied. I’m not sure I’ve felt hollow over character fates in quite this exact way since Mockingjay (if you know, you know).
I’ll continue following the tags for this series, hoping some cool fanart will appear one day. Maybe I’ll even commission some! But in the meantime, I’ll be recommending this series to anyone who likes elemental magic and steampunk (especially Dishonored), and I’ll be holding these glorious, brutal queens in my heart and mind. I loved them; I hated them. I laughed with them; I cried with them. Eliana and Rielle will be with me forever.
I get that Rielle isn't meant to be that great a person... doesn't change the fact that she's an insufferable brat too drunk off her own inflated sense of self-importance who refuses to take responsibility for her own actions and that Audric is a moron for constantly kowtowing to her.
Two custom World of Warcraft characters: Paladin (shining gold knight with a sword) and Undead (gloomy guy with two blades). These sculptures were made to order. They have different owners and live in completely different places - but they looked so suitable together that I couldn’t help but take a photo of them. After all, I don't often get the chance to take photos of my sculptures together 😉
All weapons - Ashbringer sword (belongs to Paladin) and Alysra's Razor & Kingsbane (belong to Undead) - were made removable. Kingsbane has a real blade in it, you can check out one of my previous post to see how truly sharp it is!
Made of polymer clay, painted with acrylic paints and coated with a protective matte varnish.