#amaranth rambles

[amaranth-moths]

Oh my god

Hey guys you should go read the security that screams on AO3 if you like splatoon GO !!!! NOW!!!!! GO NOW!!

[constellationofcalibur]

World-building for TPC: Vibrancy

The moment a shape knows they are going to become a parent or have become a parent, they are either gifted or get a broach that is meant to represent the child. If it has a white border, it means the child is alive. If it has a black border, it means the child is no longer alive. It is tradition to wear a broach to represent your child, but some shapes refuse to. An instance of this is Cintagon. Cintagon originally wore his broach for Pentellow with pride but when he gave her away cause he felt like he could raise her, he started not wearing the broach, keeping it somewhere safe.

Some shapes have animalistic traits cause I said so. Depending on what animal they’re based off of depends on what traits they might exhibit.

Monster Shapes age ten times slower than the average shape, meaning they reach adulthood at 180 instead of 18.

Romantic relationships between Monster Shapes and “Normal” Shapes are looked down upon more a multitude of reasons, especially after the corruption. Some of these reasons are how the mature differently, the difference of culture, and plenty of other things.

Monster Shapes are vegetarians exclusively. However, after being corrupted, they permanently have a taste for meat and it becomes difficult for them to maintain the vegetarian diet as the corruption built their body to now require meat. A lot of Monster Shapes take specially made supplements after corruption, but some happily just accept they have to eat meat now.

As I have once spoken about before in headcanons, heroes have different abilities surrounding ghosts. However, I have decided they are different now that I have had more time to think about it. Not all of them can see and hear any ghost, but if a ghost is haunting them or has attached themself to them, they can see and hear that ghost. Gold’s ability with ghosts is being able to harness their power and use it as his own. Barracuda is the ghost that is attached to him, which means Gold can reliably handle his power and actually know what he’s gonna do. Tsavorite can reliably see and hear ghosts and interact with them. However, he cannot see or interact with ghosts that have attached themself to another hero. Orange can turn a ghostly item into a real item again. So, if a ghost hands him a pen that they had when they died, he can turn it into an actual pen again. Cyan can cause injuries to ghosts, but it’s kinda difficult to do that considering he can’t see them. Cyanide/Teal/Cyanogen is able to be possessed by a ghost so they can interact either the world while still maintaining control of her body. Amaranth (she’s canon and I refuse to accept anything else /silly) has the ability to turn alive shapes into ghosts temporarily and can see those she has done that to. She can really only keep them as ghosts for a max of five minutes at a time and she can only turn about three shapes at a time, but it is a useful tactic to use in battle to surprise the enemy.

Heroes with Monster caretakers have more monster traits. Amaranth is a really special case since she has Cuda’s blood in the mix as well.

[alzelao3]

Since you asked for ideas on the whole outsider perspective thing on Kobylu I imagine the others would make joking comments on it? Like not out right meant to be rude or anything like that it’s purely just them finding the situation funny

They would! They have a betting pool on who's gonna confess first, and none of them win, because neither luffy or koby confess. Luffy just decides they're dating, and calls him his boyfriend in front of some other pirate/marine and Koby goes: "oh. yay :)" bc he's used to luffy's bullshit, lol.

The crew don't find out until like. one month after that incident and it's bc luffy gives koby his strawhat and Koby kisses Luffy on the cheek in the return and everyone in the room (except for robin bc she's a queen) has to reboot their brains.

BEFORE Luffy knows abt Koby's feelings, I imagine nami and usopp would make jokes like: "Yeah right. Koby will confess before we get out of this stupid cave." when luffy's not around. Koby won't admit he finds it at least a little funny. I love it when the coward duo is kinda mean <3

The crew conveniently leave the two of them alone so Koby can confess, but Luffy decides to drag Koby to the dirtiest unromantic places and Koby's too busy swooning to remember his confession. The excuses get more and more ridiculous as time goes on, and usopp even stops saying "I have can't go to this island disease" bc the crew is TIREDD of these homosexuals

[ivypelvis]

I must know: who is a dom, a sub and a switch?

For the sake of my sanity, for now, we're talking: The Main 18.

Though all of them are variably switches, they do have a preference.

Sub: Classic, Clove, Jet, Cortado, Ebony, Dolce, Dolcetto,

Dom: Hound, Vanilla, Cinnamon, Captain, Airen

Switch: Syrup, Caramel, Glamour, Navy, Cardinal, Brass,

[wren-writes-things]

Sasha’s speaks of their love story like an ancient hero’s epic.

Marcy speaks of it like a doomed lover’s elegy.

Wren writes this all without elaborating as to what it means.

[cursezoroark]

mona's main team! (paragon)

[laughroditee]

I have this on my playlist for my "Your Ghost" fanfic, but I'm just listening to it on loop these days. Thought I'd share. 🖤

Lyrics:

Did you know a soul could love someone completely Just the way I do with you? All the shadows from the past are here beside you But there's nothing I would do If I didn't love them too I wouldn't love all of you Stay a little while Hold a little longer And believe I'm here to stay I wanted you to feel All my inspiration As the mornings drift away I wanted you to stay To take away my pain Stay a little while I was told life and destiny can change us By the shadows we have known But now I know I could never be without you And you'll never walk alone Shape a history of me and you Together we can see it through Stay a little while Hold a little longer And believe I'm here to stay I wanted you to feel All my inspiration As the mornings drift away I wanted you to stay To take away my pain Stay a little while Stay a little while Hold a little longer And believe I'm here to stay I wanted you to feel All my inspiration As the mornings drift away I wanted you to stay To take away my pain Oh, to take away my pain I wanted you to feel All my inspiration As the mornings drift away I wanted you to stay To take away my pain Stay a little while

[ivyprism]

Bad Apple Brain thoughts...

Warning: Fighting, descriptions, etc.

The idea starts with Ivy as the starter. She's writing when she hears something and turns, before she knows it, she falls into the void and the song starts.

"Ever on and on, I continue circling... With nothing but my hate and the carousel of agony!" It cuts to Marguerite laughing while drinking tea with Hollyhock when her cup drops and the scene cuts. "Till slowly I forget and my heart starts vanishing and suddenly I see that I can't break free, I'm..." It shows Lilium holding her chest as her soul glows and she holds it out but then it cracks and chains grasp her wings and soul.

"Slipping through the cracks of a dark eternity... With nothing but my pain and the paralyzing agony." Belladonna shows up as she spins and frees her hair out of a ponytail. "To tell me who I am! Who I was! Uncertainty enveloping my mind." It shows Eucalyptus crossing her arms when she looks at the camera and turns and she fixes her mask and walks. "Till I can't break free and..."

"Maybe it's a dream, maybe nothing else is real... But it wouldn't mean a thing if I told you how I feel." It shows Willow admiring a sword and cleaning it. "So I'm tired of all the pain, all the misery inside and I wish I could live feeling nothing but the night..." The camera pans over to Primrose who is mending some clothes, she perks up and smiles.

"You could tell me what to say, you could tell me where to go... But I doubt that I would care, and my heart would never know." It shows Blossom and Heliconia on their ship ordering their respective crews before talking. "If I make another move, there'll be no more turning back... Because everything would change, and it all would fade to black!" Celadine sighs as she looks at Clemensia. Clemensia smiles as they join hands and then points off somewhere.

"Will tomorrow ever come? Will I make it through the night? Will there ever be a place for the broken in the light?" It shows Floryn humming as she opens one book, and uses her magic to open another, her fingers graze over the pages before she turns as the scene cuts. "Am I hurting? Am I sad? Should I stay or should I go? I've forgotten how to tell, did I ever even know?" It shows Ione and Fleur being freed from their shackles and joining hands before they smile at the camera.

"Can I take another step? I've done everything I can... All the people that I see, they will never understand." It shows Abelia reaching for Spirea before she hesitates and pulls her hand back. "If I find a way to change, if I step into the light then I'll never be the same and it all will fade to white..." It shows Spirea sighing before she turns back to Abelia and walks over to her as the scene fades.

It then cuts to Carnation, Mimosa, and Primula dancing together as she beat goes on. Marigold smiles and gestures away from her. Hepatica and Calanth look over as their forms change a bit and then they gesture towards another place.

"Ever on and on, I continue circling.... With nothing but my hate and the carousel of agony!" It shows Bluebell sitting in a field while Orchid and Daffodil clean up around together. She looks up from her book as a petal falls into her book. "Till slowly I forget and my heart starts vanishing... And suddenly I see that I can't break free, I'm!" Marigold dances as a transition as Lisianthus is walking when Achilla bumps her shoulder with hers and they smile.

"Slipping through the cracks of a dark eternity... With nothing but my pain and the paralyzing agony!" It shows Wisteria humming as she slowly closes her umbrella and spins it on her hand as it transitions to someone else. "To tell me who I am! Who I was! Uncertainty enveloping my mind... Till I can't break free and-" It shows Bellona walking as Olearia grabs onto her arm and they walk together. The scene cuts.

"Maybe it's a dream, maybe nothing else is real... But it wouldn't mean a thing if I told you how I feel!" It shows Ivy again writing something when she drops her pen and she reaches for it but then she stumbles and falls into water and then... So I'm tired of all the pain, all the misery inside and I wish I could live feeling nothing but the night..." It shows Hibiscus appearing and she carefully begins to push Ivy back up towards the surface.

"You could tell me what to say, you could tell me where to go... But I doubt that I would care, and my heart would never know!" It shows Hibiscus getting Ivy to the surface before it fades. "If I make another move, there'll be no more turning back Because everything would change, and it all would fade to black..." It shows Ivy falling as the AUs flow past her like water and then everything turns black.

"If I make another move, if I take another step... Then it all would fall apart there'd be nothing of me left..." It shows Chamomile and Freesia sighing as they close their eyes and put on their masks. "If I'm crying in the wind, if I'm crying in the night...Will there ever be a way? Will my heart return to white?" It shows Crocus and Nerium fighting as they move quickly and meticulously. "Can you tell me who you are? Can you tell me where I am? I've forgotten how to see...I've forgotten if I can..." It shows Ivy reaching towards a pair of skeletons as they fade into the dark. She feels her vision blur.

"If I opened up my eyes, there'd be no more going back..." It shows Ivy shooting up out of bed in blearly confusion.

"'Cause I'd throw it all away and it all would fade to black..."

[constellationofcalibur]

This is the thing I was referring to earlier, btw. Amaranth RP Blog officially exists, lets go!

Uh, hello, everyone. I’m Princess Amaranth. Um, my parents are Dub and Barracuda. I’m gonna help them rule over Paradise one day. For now, I guess I gotta help them by being the Corrupted Hero that Dad needs…

Um, I guess feel free to converse with me on here? I really don’t know how to work this thing. Can’t ask Ma or Dad for help either cause they don’t even know I have this thing…

Uh, I’ll see you all around, I guess. Have fun…

[itsnotso]

Art nouveau inspired Crowley The Snake of Eden

Click the image for better quality

Symbolism breakdown and closeups under the cut (buckle up 'cause there's a lot of symbolism. You have been warned)

This whole piece took me over 18 hours to finish (closer to 19 if my calculations are correct, and this is without including the planing/thumbnails) so I hope you'll enjoy 😊

Symbolism:

Snake - Crowleys serpent form/the snake of Eden

Stars and moon- Crowley is (or at least was) the Starmaker, so I wanted to include some astronomy related imagery

The constellation on the dark side of the moon is Serpens Caput - Snakes Head (I know this is not how the moon works, and it's not possible to see the stars through it, but this is my artistic interpretation, because I wanted to include stars. I also know this is not exacly how this constellation looks, but it's close enough)

The frame around the moon doubles as the clock face, because of Crowleys time manipulation powers and his association with time in general

The yellow/golden rays emiting from the clock make it look like the sun during eclipse

Crowleys hair has a gradient making it look like fire (a reference to his fall to hell)

Flower symbolism (from left to right):

Monstera plant - I used it because it's one of the plants Crowley has, but also the name Monstera sounds very similar to the word monster (plus it looks nice)

Ambrosia - love is reciprocated

Purple hyacinth - grief, regret and sorrow

Pansy - thoughtfulness, affection, friendship, "think of me"; can also symbolise sorrow and regret (and in the context of Good Omens, there's also THE Southern Pansy)

Tulips in general - deep, perfect love, consuming love

Yellow tulips - cheerfulness, hope, desperate/hopeless love (also we all know Aziraphale thinks that yellow is pretty 💛)

Bellflower - unwavering love, a constant heart

Daisy in general - loyal love

Blue daisy - long term layalty and trust

Forget-me-not - true/faithful love, affectionate remembrance, don't forget me

Amaranth in general - immortality

Globe amaranth - immortal love

Snake plant - I used it because Crowley is a snake, and it looks cool

Lilly of the valley - returning happiness

I know it was a lot so thanks everyone who took the time to read all of my rambling. I really like adding stuff like this to my illustrations, so that they have more of a meaning and thought behind them 😅

Usually I also put the WIP photos alongside the finished piece, but this post is already long enough. I might add some of it later in the reblog

Again, thanks for reading and I wish you all a great day/night 💙

Sources:

Wikipedia article about plant symbolism

Article about flowers symbolizing regret

About tulip symbolism

[amaranth-moths]

Being objectum is the most beautiful love letter to the world

[constellationofcalibur]

every time a character gets in trouble with their parent(s) i think of this meme and its so fucking stupid /pos

honestly that’s so real of you /pos

FREE MY GIRL SHE DIDNT DO NOTHING!!!!! /silly

[moosesarecute]

Part 7: The Shadows Sing

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 8

You were drowning. You felt your hands and foot freeze as you sunk further down into the lake.

You were too weak, so you let your shadows out.

Not even seconds later, they had shadow walked you out of the lake.

However, in front of you wasn’t the beautiful hazel eyes you’d learn to adore, it was Amaranth’s black eyes staring into your soul.

“We’ve got you now. You can’t get away.”

It was Amarantha that was speaking, but the voice was Adrian’s. The illyrian that took your wings.

“I see you’re a shadowsinger,” the voice continued. “We could use one of you on our team.”

You were dying.

“Please don’t run away,” Azriel said the second you opened your eyes. “You need to rest, you have a fever.”

You sat up in your bed and looked around. You were home and safe. The fire was going.

You noticed the presence of your shadows and immediately hid them away.

You felt warm. Not only from the fire, but from the presence of the illyran male that sat before you. You hated to admit it, but you couldn’t hold it back any longer. You didn’t want to run away from him.

Azriel slowly walked towards you with your mug in his hands. You had made it yourself out of tree.

He handed you the mug and you looked down at the content. You had no idea what it was, but it smelled delicious.

“It’s hot chocolate,” Azriel said before you could question him. “It’s chocolate melted and mixed with milk. Remember to blow on it, it’s hot.”

You nodded and did as he said. It was so good, you felt like you were in heaven.

“Where did you get milk?” You asked him.

Milk was something you’d never have money for. Oat milk you were sometimes able to buy, but never cow milk.

“My shadows got it from Velaris,” he answered.

“Velaris?” You asked him. “Is that a store?”

You had never heard about that, but the name told you it was beautiful.

“It’s a city in the Night Court,” Azriel answered. “I live there.”

You thought back to your time in the Night Court. You were always told the court didn’t have any cities other than Hewn City. You’ve never heard about Velaris.

“It had been a secret for over 5000 years,” Azriel explained. He must have seen your confusion. “It only got revealed during the war against Hybern.”

You tried to imagine what your life had been like if you’d live in a city. If you’d know about a city, you could have escaped the war camp easier and probably hidden well enough to not get caught.

“Many other illyrans still does know about it. That’s probably why you don’t know about it either,” Azriel continued hesitantly. “I talked to Rhys.”

You couldn’t stop yourself as you whipped your head towards Azriel.

“Rhys?” You asked him. “Rhys as in Rhysand as in the High Lord of the Night Court, Rhys?”

He only nodded.

“I’m his spymaster,” Azriel told you.

You immediately stood up from your bed. Your now empty mug fell to the floor.

“Why does he want to spy on me? I haven’t done anything wrong. I would’ve died if I didn’t do that I did. I’m not going back.” You rambled.

Azriel stood from your chair and took a step towards you. His arms were lifted, it was like he wanted to hold you, but he soon lowered them again.

“I didn’t mean it like that,” he said. “I’m not here to spy on you. Definitely not here because Rhys said so. I’m here because I’m curious about you. I’m also here because I realized I like talking to you. No other reasons.”

It didn’t calm you down. You felt so vulnerable.

You’d let a spy into your home. Not only a spy, but an illyrian spy.

You can’t believe you thought of him as safe.

“You’ve used your five minutes,” you replied with a shaky voice. “The bargain was that you’d leave me alone after the five minutes.”

His eyes widened a little as he shock his head.

“The bargain was that I’d leave you after five minutes of questioning if you told me to leave,” Azriel told you and moved towards you. He lifted his arms again, but this time he put them on your arms. You loved the feeling. One simple touch from him made your anxiety disappear. “Tell me to leave, and I’ll leave.”

You looked deep into his hazel eyes. You didn’t want him to leave. You wanted him to stay. For him to continue holding you.

“I…,” you started, but had to stop.

You heard him draw a sharp breath and felt his shadows in your hair. They then moved to caress your cheeks.

You felt worry spreading through your body. You didn’t understand why, it’s not like he would reject your request for him to stay. He literally just told you he wanted to stay.

That’s when you realized, you felt his emotions. You’d been feeling them ever since the bond snapped for you, but it felt so much stronger.

You realized his grip on your arms had tightened, not in a dangerous manner, but in a protective one.

“It snapped for you too?” You asked him before you even thought about it.

He just nodded as his eyes grew in size.

You almost laughed.

“I don’t want you to leave,” you told him. Knowing he felt as nervous as you did made you confident.

“Then I won’t leave,” he answered determinedly.

“Good,” you said. “I’m going to sleep.”

He let out a small laugh.

You’d slept through the night and woke up to a ready breakfast. You didn’t talk much while eating, you only focused on savoring the taste. You loved the feeling of being full.

“What happened yesterday?” Azriel asked you when you’d both finished eating.

You thought for a second. You felt so embarrassed. You didn’t want him to look at you as weak.

“There are a pair of twins in my hunting group,” you started to explain. “They’re the best of all of us.” You had to draw a breath before you continued. “They thought it funny to pull my prosthetic from my foot and throw it out onto the ice. I had to crawl out to get it and fell through the ice.”

You could see the anger spreading through Azriel’s entire body.

“How did you get out?”

“I waited for them to leave and shadow walked out of the lake,” you explained. “They didn’t want to help me further.”

Azriel tucked his wings back as he thought. He pushed his shoulders back.

“I want to train you,” he explained. “Both in combat and how to control your shadows.”

You didn’t hesitate as you agreed to take his training.

“Balance is the most important part of fighting, both with and without shadows,” Azriel explained to you.

It had been a week since the lake incident and your fever was long gone.

Azriel had met you twice during the week and finally agreed that you were healthy enough for training. What he didn’t know was that you’d been out hunting every day this week and had been categorizing yourself as healthy all along.

The two of you can found a clearing far away from anyone you knew and decided it would be your training spot.

Azriel had his shadows in every direction, so that you would know if anyone got close to where you were.

“We start with your right foot,” Azriel told you next. “You’ll need to balance and I’ll poke you with this stick trying to make you unbalanced. Got it?”

You nodded as you lifted your left foot off the ground.

“Do you always carry all your weight on your right foot when you stand?” Azriel asked you.

You were about to answer him when he poked you with the stick. You used all the strength you had, but managed to stay upright.

“Yes,” you answered him.

“We’ll have to change that,” he explained. “It’s a weakness that’s easy to notice.”

You knew he meant well, but you didn’t like that he talked about your weaknesses. You’d spent your entire life trying to hide your weaknesses and Azriel picked up on the weakest one within minutes of you two training.

You were soon pulled out of your thoughts when the male poked you again with his stick. This time, you didn’t do so well.

You lost balance completely and you were about to step down on your prosthetic leg, when you were covered in shadows.

Not yours, they would never help you like that, but Azriel’s. They felt a lot cooler than yours, but they were careful around you.

They helped you regain your balance and soon you stood still on your right foot once more.

“Our goals is for you to use your own shadows to stabilize you if you loose balance,” Azriel told you. “Just like my shadows just did. That way, we can practice both balance and shadow control at the same time.”

You nodded at him, but you felt like the task would be way too hard. Your shadows never listened to you other than shadow walking. They never liked to take directions from you.

Azriel looked like he was waiting for you and you realized he wanted you to let your shadows loose.

It felt extremely unnatural to let someone else see your shadows, but your shadows were ecstatic.

“Yayyyyy.”

“Friends!!!”

“Mate!”

“Safe!”

They immediately surrounded Azriel and both yours and his shadows started to dance together in the wind.

You liked to see them this happy. Usually they hid away and moved around slowly. You often thought of them as moody teenagers.

“You’re ready?” Azriel asked.

You were still standing on your right foot as Azriel did his best to get you unbalanced.

“Try to get them to help you,” he instructed you.

You drew a big breath and tried to lighten the tone of your voice.

“Can you help me stay balanced?” You asked your shadows. “Please?”

They reacted worse than you expected.

One second they were dancing around with their friends and the next one, they had pushed you so that you ended up on the ground.

You felt your cheeks getting red. You felt so embarrassed you couldn’t control the shadows that were a part of you.

You looked up to Azriel. He stood and held out a hand to help you up. You looked past his hand and glared at him. He wore a smug smile.

“Are you laughing at me?” You asked him. You were pretending to be annoyed, but you couldn’t lie, you’d never be annoyed at him for this.

He shrugged as he helped you stand.

“We’ll change to the other side, okay?”

You moved your weight over to your prosthetic and lifted your right leg off the ground.

“Ready?”

You nodded. You were struggling, so you spent all your energy staying balanced and had no energy left to answer him with words.

Azriel poked you with the stick and you immediately lost balance. You had to set down your right foot and you then spent a few moments before you managed to balance on your prosthetic once more.

You had a long way to go.

Azriel had left after your training session. He gave to you tasks before he left. First one was to practice balance on both your foot and prosthetic. The second one was to become friends with your shadows.

“They’re your companions,” he had said. “You’re supposed to help each other.”

So you decided that for them to be your friends, you had to make them happy. And your shadows loved two things more than everything else. They loved to be out in fresh air and they loved to bother you.

So your daily routine the last week had been you and your shadows, practicing balancing in the clearing you and Azriel had found. You would balance and they would try to overturn you. They were very rough against you, so you fell more times than you should in the beginning. However, your shadows have never been happier.

Throughout the next few weeks you would, after advice from Azriel, let your shadows roam free also when you weren’t with him. You would leave them at home if you left the house to meet with Master Raven and the rest of your hunting team, but you’d bring one that would cling to your tight the entire time.

If you went hunting, they would come with you. They would keep their distance, hiding behind trees or in bushes, but again one of them would always stay close to you.

After a while, they started to argue about who’d stay with you and who’d be on their own. The luckiest one was the one that was allowed to be with you on your adventures.

“My turn!”

“No, my turn!”

“You went last time!”

You learned to know the difference between the shadows and had different inside jokes with all of them.

They finally had become what Azriel had described them as: your companions, your friends.

As winter turned to spring and the nature begun to bloom, so did the relationship between you and your shadows.

However, also the relationship between you and Azriel had bloomed a little.

Not a lot, you were nowhere near accepting the mating bond, but you’d become friends at least. You’d start every training session by talking about what had happened since last.

You’d learn about his family, he’d learn about the people in your hunting group.

You’d told him nothing about why you were hunting or how you ended up in The Middle and he told you nothing about what he was working on. You had a mutual understanding that you both needed time before you could talk about that.

You one thing you knew for sure, you’d never been happier.

@i-have-a-thing-for-the-dark @saltedcoffeescotch @rcarbo1 @mrsjna @kitsunetori @thecraziestcrayon @blessthepizzaman

[duskiily]

i dont think anyone is as interested in a gore x GLENMORIL as i am LMAO

with how linear glenmoril is compared to that of VIGILANT, and especially considering the themes and how GLENMORIL touches upon very personal aspects of the player character, thinking about how gore could possibly fit into that storyline is SO fascinating to me (can you tell GLENMORIL is my favorite out of vicn's tetralogy? 😭)

// MAJOR SPOILERS FOR GORE X VIGILANT, VIGILANT AND GLENMORIL BELOW

ive been thinking about how gore could possibly play into the events of GLENMORIL ever since i first played through gore x vigilant and a potential for a gore x glenmoril/unslaad was teased. im a massive nerd on vicn's tetralogy, so forgive me if i ramble.

GLENMORIL is the black owl's/the gardener's/hermaeus mora's eras long plan finally coming to fruition. hes had this plan - this plan to escape the cycle (CHIM/amaranth), eras in the making to do so, but can't do it on his own. its why we've caught his attention, us, a prisoner, the only being not bound by fate. VIGILANT was our testing ground to see if we are what hermaeus mora has been looking for all this time - its GLENMORIL where this eras long plan has finally come into play.

i think the main thing gore x vigilant manages to portray is gore's mortality, and it constantly drives this home at any chance it gets. gore is a mortal man - hes no legendary dragonborn, prisoner not bound by fate. hes fragile in coldharbour; hes been picked apart, soul torn in half. gore isn't special like you are, and hes a mere mortal. its also apparant with the amount of opportunities you have where you can get gore killed/kill gore in the base game - for example when you first meet him, namira's/boethiah's quest also comes to mind. hell, even his personal quest in blood ties. gore is just a mere mortal. the world of skyrim, the elder scrolls, is so unbelievably cruel. normal people, people like gore are not meant to handle daedric realms and tangle with daedric lords. they're just not.

the events of GLENMORIL are so extreme its honestly hard to think how gore could possibly survive it. coldharbour almost tore gore apart, and it can if you dont be careful. but the thing is, is that GLENMORIL is beyond cruel - all your well-intentioned actions end up making everyone suffer, and you get an UNBELIEVABLE amount of people killed throughout the storyline. could you imagine how gore could end up feeling? i feel like i could see him begin to doubt your actions, wondering if they're well-intended or not. his VIGILANT line pops to mind - 'do you think we're bad people'?

another thing i want to mention - the blood curses. i'll be rambling into more act 4/act 4 ending drafts that were published on the owlc0da discord, so apologies if some things seem non-sensicle. the blood curse that your dragonborn gets during the events of GLENMORIL hints at you becoming this amygdala in the final stages - but in reality this isn't the case. the blood curse originated from laza - its the concept of nostalgia given form and driven to extremes. it gradually takes over the victim and makes them hallucinate loved ones in those around them (this is why felix always referred to you as ozwald).

- i find it SO interesting to think about how the dragonborn with the bloodcurse could tie in with gore. could you imagine if you began to hallucinate gore throughout GLENMORIL? - from what you thought was gore travelling alongside you, wasn't gore - and infact he was long gone, possibly dead. its also interesting to think about if gore was made to drink the chalice when we are also made to drink it when he first meet the black owl. could gore join the witch hunters alongside us? maybe unwillingly.

gore isn't the type of person to leave the dragonborn - he shows this constantly, in VIGILANT (both in the early acts and dialogue in coldharbour; that he doesn't want to be left alone) and in the base game (the thalmor embassy comes to mind). gore WOULD stick with you through GLENMORIL, even if it would kill him. and unfortunuatly, i can absolutely see him having multiple opportunities to die in the events of GLENMORIL - its actually difficult to think about how he could possibly survive.

theres so many smaller things i want to add, like the anatomancer, how one of the ending drafts for glenmoril seem to SUGGEST that the ldb becomes the anatomancer, and how that could possibly play out for gore, how gore would act WERE he to join the witch hunters (would he begin to go back to his roots of being a cold blooded mercenary like he was with the ravens??), the black owl's/ja'zel's influence on him, his possible connection with lalanoah and how her death could absolutely shatter him - its so interesting for me. gore is by FAR my favorite cvf - with him having an addon for VIGILANT, and the lore of his own story within coldharbour being a HUGE vicn tetralogy nerd - god, no other cvf rivals him for me. i do fear the day a gore x glenmoril happens though LMAO 😭 ITS SO HARD TO JUST. SEE HIM SURVIVING IT?? although a gore x unslaad was confirmed, so

anyways - rant over<3

[wren-writes-things]

I think the single funniest thing about me writing Cyclamen (the Witch Marcy AU) right now is just watching as it slowly grows, because at this point chapter 4 might be chapters 4 and 5

[demgozellegs]

Rewriting my lore for my character. Her name is now Amaranth, but she also goes by Maure (her name while she was in the Grimm Troupe).

Amaranth is not a Vessel, she was born into a normal family far from Hallownest, around 300 years before the events of the game. She grew up in a small kingdom built around and on a series of lakes. She loved to swim and catch little water bugs. In her free time, she would study under the local nailsmith, a bug she often saw as her father. She became quite adept at making deadly weapons.

But a terrible flood destroyed her whole kingdom and separated her and her family. she and the few bugs who survived stayed in the kingdom, rebuilding what they could, until a traveling circus appeared in their home, searching for scarlet flames. One of the members of the circus promised life and prosperity to whoever joined. Amaranth, desperate to find her parents, accepted. She became a member of the Grimm Troupe, but at a cost. Upon accepting her mask, she lost all empathy and became much stronger. She forgot her former life and completely devoted herself to the Troupe, taking on the name Maure. She searched far and wide for fallen kingdoms and scarlet flames with the Grimmkin at her side.

After serving the Troupe for almost 300 years, she encountered two bugs traveling to a distant kingdom. They had lost their minds due to being in the wastelands for so long, so they attacked her viciously. Maure, unprepared for their viciousness, was caught off guard. One of the bugs severely injured her, snapping off her left horn and clawing all over her shell and knocking off her mask. In a panic, Maure stabbed both bugs, killing them instantly. But because her mask had been knocked off, all her memories came back and her strength faded. She recognized the two bugs she had killed as her parents. Devastated and injured, she fled.

(Grimm would later find Maure's broken horn and mask. He replaced her with Divine.)

Maure barely made it to an empty town, where she found a well and she hoped it had water. But she fell down it, landing in the Forgotten Crossroads. She crept into Greenpath, where she fed on Squits and went into hiding.

And that's where Honeysuckle finds her :3

Maure is partially mute. She struggles to speak after she left the Grimm Troupe. She can string together a few coherent sentences and words. She also can't walk properly, as the accident and the fall down the well completely wrecked both of her legs. She uses her nail for support, until Honeysuckle made her some braces and began helping her move around. Honey also made her a prosthetic horn.

Anyways, that's my lore so far!

Sorry for rambling lol