#apocrypha dm stuff

[lmdoodleshack]

I like thinking of potential arcs and threats, since while I can't script a whole lot, I can think of prospective enemies. Sometimes things change and threats change, though. I probably won't get to them all, or they might get repurposed to other places, but I like to give myself options and ideas during idle periods between sessions. They're not in any sort of order right now.

But I liked slapping together logos just to give Loose Ideas. Hints, maybe.

Season 1: Drawn Together by Fate's Strings - Apocryphal Dreams

Our heroes gather together, and uncover a new world hidden by the Mists of Apocrypha City.

Season 2: The Wise God's Desperate Stand - Wisdom's Penance

The Wise God Odin pushes to gain authority and change Apocrypha City for better or worse, once and for all.

Season ?: Beauteous Kingdom of Liberation - Midsummer Fantasy

The price of freedom.

Season ?: The Light of the End Times - Ad Meliora

Mors mihi lucrum.

Season ?: The Shadow of the Apocryphal City - Mirrored Sun

Look beyond the smoking mirror.

Season ?: Perfection Living Imperfectly - Trial of the Heavens

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

[fogwarden]

The Crow and the Shepherd: Excerpt from a Pathfinder Campaign

((A bit of context, skip straight to the read more for the good stuff. The following is the backstory for my character in my Wrath of the Righteous campaign. For the unaware, the plot is that there's a giant hole in the world known as the Sarkoris Scar or the Worldwound from which an endless tide of demons is flowing forth, barely contained by the nation of Mendev. Initially, all I had for a character concept was that I wanted to wield a lantern staff and had some loose ideas for using the "corruption" system from Horror Adventures, which my DM was all too happy to help with. I did my best to incorporate a fair amount of the existing worldbuilding for Pathfinder's setting with the help of many wiki tabs, though, but that's all the important stuff.))

Positioned between the undead-prone wastes of Lastwall and the violence pouring from the ever-gaping mouth of the Sarkoris Scar, it is no wonder that the Ustalavic town of Grayce sought little more than peace. And though she was far from the only deity who the residents prayed to for protection day in and day out, it was the empyreal lord Andoletta who perhaps best reflected the town's beliefs and values. A shepherd of the weak and protector of innocents as well as the steward of Requius, she was in many ways the patron saint of those seeking a simple rest away from the eternal war between good and evil.

It is no wonder that Tisma, who was already different from most of the town, felt otherwise on this issue as well. ***

Tisma Phorganna was already a stranger from the moment she was born. Her mother, though she returned hand-in-hand with a member of Ustalav's navy, was a Varisian nomad- a former member of the caravan, and already pregnant at that. Her father had saved her from a band of Razmiran zealots while sailing Lake Encarthan, but neither she nor her unborn child escaped unaffected. Tisma was born with a third eye, and as much as her parents taught her to greet others with politeness and cover the mutation with her bangs, there was no chance of the town truly accepting the odd family. It didn't help that Tisma was by all accounts a peculiar kid, though whether that was due to her social isolation or was inherent to her character is… debatable. Much of her early childhood was spent exploring the town by her lonesome, befriending a few of the elderly and wandering the riverside. Things were only truly set in motion when, at age 9, her curiosity and lack of self-preservation instincts lead her tumbling of Chapel Bridge and into the freezing waters of the Path River below.

Medically, Tisma was dead for about 34 seconds before the priestess of Pharasma arrived to resuscitate. And while Tisma escaped with no lingering physical affects other than newly-onset asthma, her mind on the other hand…

If Tisma was an odd child before, she was utterly uncanny now. The girl would spend hours speaking to spirits, would learn to dodge snowballs with her eyes shut, would gaze unflinchingly at others with her third eye that seemed to pierce through hearts and minds alike, would spend days on end pouring over tomes in the dark corners of the town's old library until the lantern grew dim and the shadows long and she fled home for fear they'd reach out of the darkness and claw at her robes- a fear born from buried memories of what happened in those 34 seconds between realms.

Her parents did their best to engage Tisma in the faith- both in an attempt to get her friends other than the specters she spoke to on occasion, and in the hopes that it might chase away the dark bags under her eyes and darker shades in her nightmares. And to their surprise, it did seem to be working at first. That same fervent devotion and intense focus that Tisma showed towards old apocrypha and lexicons she now found drawing her towards the tenants and worship of Andoletta, or as Tisma prefers to call her, Grandmother Crow. Quickly, she found the divine magic springing forth from her fingertips, sparks and healing light now guiding her path forwards. But that path, as Tisma would soon find, put her directly in conflict with Andoletta's clergy. While it was understood that Andoletta was an arbiter of justice as well as a protector of the innocent and those unfit to fight, her role as judge was scarcely utilized within her existing worship. A town like Grayce, already surrounded on all sides by conflict and the tragedy that results from such, had no interest in metering out justice with sword and staff. Plenty of townsfolk knew friends or family who gave their lives in the never-ending fight between good and evil, and that grief fostered an insular notion that it was best to stay in the fields where Andoletta could protect her flock from the harrows of war. But when the odd survivor from the crusades would trickle down the Moutray and into the chapel seeking peace, or news of the latest city fallen to the horde would filter into the church pews through hushed whispers, Tisma did not see more evidence that they aught to remain in the pasture. She saw that the world was in need of more shepherds.

er beliefs pushed her social position from simply an outcast to borderline heretical. Her parents did their best to support their daughter while pacifying the growing malcontent amidst the town, but Tisma made the issue easier for them when she expressed that she herself wanted to leave. Outwardly, she spoke that she had grown tired of the library's catalogue and wished to journey out to other founts of knowledge. And to be fair, this wasn't a lie, either. But her parents knew the true motivation behind her coming pilgrimage, and so it was with heavy hearts and long embraces that they bid their only daughter off at age 17 with the best equipment they could manage.

From there, Tisma's wandering brought her to the Ustalavic capital Caliphas. Some basic combat training, a wealth of books for her to consume, and further opportunities to use her magic to heal and protect in equal measure occupied the next few months. But as her connection to Andoletta grew in strength, filling in a part of her spirit she hadn't known was incomplete, so too did her worries. In her dreams lingered a lingering presence. A hole in a ship's hull that could not be patched. And though this allowed her eyes to be more fully opened to Andoletta's truths, it too threw open doors that could not be closed to dark influences. Or, at least, her perception of it as so resulted in the same effect. Evil magic clung to her with unnatural ferocity, and though she did her best to cloak and shield herself with the power of the divine, it felt like only a matter of time before the thing hunting her in her dreams caught up to her.

From there, something occurred. And she does not know what. There is now a dark, looming abyss in Tisma's memory. Like the page of a book with the middle burned to nothing; she can only guess at what that period of time contained based on the singed facts surrounding the unknowable.

It was two and a half weeks during her 20th summer.

Her nightmares had been worsening and she was seeking treatment methods, both arcane and medical.

She was headed north.

She can't find any official record of the caravan she travelled with.

There's scars along her shoulder and left ankle that weren't there before.

And there is something distinctly other lurking over her. Like the weight of a heavy fabric you forget you're shouldering the burden of, or the darkening of the sun setting so slowly you don't notice until it's too late. And it wasn't too late yet, still isn't, but already she can feel her thoughts clouded by something distinctly opposed to the comforting presence of Andoletta's warmth. A terminal poison, tinting the world in acidic hues, and one that is barely kept at bay with her constant focus as is, and yet continues to fester.

Still, there was not to do but continue her journey onwards. Towards the front lines of the crusades, in hopes of finding a place her help was needed. Except now, in addition to her belief in Andoletta's tenants of protection and justice, there was now one more aspect of Grandmother Crow that she prayed to when preparing to face her nightmares once more. That of Andoletta as the ameliorator of the wayward and the aider of redemption.

[satsuki-yumizuka]

I havent really like posted too much about them I think but just so everyone knows I'm like. A Type-Moon freak now. I apologize to anyone who may be offended by this sudden change and I beg for your forgiveness 😔

[reachfolk]

hi idk why i cant change which blog im using to ask so heres my sdv one JGHFKIDJDN but!!! my skrim blog is coleenofthemoon so u can tag me if u like!!!!!

ANYWAY i just wanted to talk about miraak now that i am free from no simp september after i failed like an hour after sep 1

btw this has soulmate stuff in it....

so my oc is this shifty little half-bosmer, half-breton conwoman with a lot....of names so basically she goes by arpina sun-stealer but her real name is a nord name (heehee lore) and she's the guildmaster of the thieves' guild and the listener of the dark brotherhood!! in terms of backstory this totally fits in but on a moral level it gets kinda fun because she's very soft and patient and exudes big Robin Hood energy THOUGH it is very clear that she Can and Always Will Be A Ratty Bastard despite her very fancy upbringing!!

all her life she's had a strange scar on her arm and when she meets the greybeards they read the name for her and they recognize it, but they can't tell her much bc soulmates are a dragon thing, not a human thing. eventually she meets miraak after getting harassed by his cultists and she is FURIOUS and HORRIFIED and naturally she's very upset but when she meets him she feels genuine sympathy for his plight and just can't bring herself to kill her soulmate.

miraak for his part is justifiably very angry abput being transferred over from one jailor to another, but he doesn't know that arpina's his soulmate until they go and take down alduin, but from his freedom from apocrypha to their entry to sovngarde he learns to get along and eventually starts enjoying their time together.

ANYWAY THATS ALL AJDHSKJS if i said anymore i'd spoil the fic......

thank u ur so cool<3333

ask game: send me some info about your tes oc and their love interest (incl. mods) and i'll send you a song about them!

@coleenofthemoon THANK U FOR THIS, I WAS HOPING SOMEONE WOULD ASK FOR MIRAAK BC I LOVE HIM AJAKSKKD also i rly would love to hear more abt arpina if u wanna dm me ❤❤ i think she'd get along with my girlie alexandria !! (shifty ratty bastard with robin hood energy and a fancy upbringing?? literally same hat)

anyway disclaimer that there is NO consistent genre here. there's like some old jazz and some pop, it's all over so im sorry about that 💀 i wanted to include some oldies in there because miraak is an old ass man and he'd vibe to it /j

i don't want to set the world on fire by the ink spots | spotify. youtube.

"i've lost all ambition for worldly acclaim; i just want to be the one you love"

i was an island by a.w. | spotify. youtube.

"i can't do this alone anymore 'cause i'm no good on my own anymore. what did I do to deserve this? what did you do to me?"

killing me softly by the fugees (cover by joseph vincent) | spotify. youtube.

"strumming my pain with her fingers. singing my life with her words. killing me softly with this song"

livewire by oh wonder | spotify. youtube.

"oh won't you be my livewire? make me feel like i'm set on fire? your love will take me higher and higher"

past lives by BØRN | spotify. youtube.

"here's to our past lives, our mothers, and fathers. our love is deeper than the oceans of water"

guillotine by jon bellion | spotify. youtube.

"There's bones in my closet, but you hang stuff anyway"

where you let it go by i the mighty | spotify. youtube.

"i will love you even if we're just energy out in the universe"

under my skin by jukebox the ghost | spotify. youtube.

"i can feel you laughing under my skin and the happy palpitations are making me grin. you know it fills my heart with music"

i love you, i love you. it's disgusting by broadside | spotify. youtube.

"you rescued me when my mind was in a prison. you set me free when no one else would listen"

"murder" he said by betty hutton (cover by dinah shore) | spotify. youtube.

"finally found a fella almost completely divine, but his vocabulary is killin this romance of mine"

(ok this one is 100% a joke, i just can't imagine miraak who spent gods know how long in literal oblivion even remembers what it's like to feel the touch of a woman, he a lil lost on how to romance arpina 🤚😭)

[kuzuyami]

ok ~ so my health is no good but i want to make gifs for you! so if you could send requests to my ask box or feel free to DM me - that would be super fun. gifmaking and stuff like that keeps my mind off the fact that things are kinda crappy. also my state is in pretty severe lockdown so I’m quite bored! whats more awesome is if they’re of a fandom i’m apart of/enjoy/have the thing already. hence this post!

some stuff about requests under the cut, just some asks from you about requests (things I like, shows I’ve watched or have on my HDD, etc) -  all requests are tagged #request and the appropriate fandom. 

when requesting it would be awesome to keep some of these anime in mind. they are ones I have on my person and have watched about a hundred times :) also the more specific the better! and here is MAL for anime I’ve seen (I try to rate it as well) as its always easier to gif something I’ve seen before of course. i’m not bound by this <3 its just faster and easier on my brain. also just give me time :) the more specific you are about your request the better! heres a list of what I keep on hand: akuma no riddle, another, angel beats, aonohana, ao no exorcist, black butler, boku no hero academia, bishoujo senshi sailor moon, boki dake ga inai machi, code geass, chuunibyo demo koi shitai!, citrus, date a live, deadman wonderland, death note, death parade, darling in the franxx, danmachi, dusk maiden of amnesia. fate series (fsn ubw, zero, grand order. apocrypha, movies, etc) happy sugar life, high school dxd, higurashi, hunter x hunter,  kuzu no honkai, kyoukai no kanata, kakegurui & kakegurui xx, kiznaiver, kill la kill, kobayashi san chi no maid dragon, konosuba, mahou shoujo madoka magica, mirai nikki, mahou shoujo site, Mahoutsukai no Yome, noragami, neon genesis evangelion, no game no life, orange, overlord, owari no seraph, re:creators, re:zero kara hajimeru isekai seikatsu, Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, shinjeki no kyojin, shinsekai yori, steins;gate, sword art online (and sao: gun gale onlne, and SAO alicization), tokyo ghoul, violet evergarden, yakusoku no neverland, youjo senki, yuri!! on ice, zankyou no terror.. basically most kyoani, triggger, and shaft anime.  movies: koe no katachi, boku no hero academia (both films), code geass (all movies), all fate movies, kimi no na wa, kimi no suizou wo tabetai, mahou shoujo madoka magica trio, Uchiage Hanabi, Shita kara Miru ka?, all neon genesis evangelion film, all studio ghibli films, tenki no ko, ookami kodomo no ame to yuki. like I said i’m not bound by these or MAL but if theres anything from here that you want gifs for all the better as I’m often fatigued and its just easier to do gifs for stuff I’ve seen. 🖤

Please understand that I’m quite sick, and it may take a bit but I do want to get to as many as I can. love you all <3 doing this keeps me going.  (also thank you for the well wishes, unfortunately chronic illness/chronic pain/mental illness means just that - it won’t go away. its acute and bad right now so I can only hope for it to go back to its regular state of crappiness)

[lmdoodleshack]

Making an NPC Masterpost that will only grow larger and more intimidating in time.

This is for me so I don’t have to bounce through several documents just for basic NPC details and also keep track of which Rifts I’ve confirmed or not.

[???] Meaning that they may or may not possess a (awakened) Mythos. Everybody canonically has a latent Mythos, even if it isn’t active.

Club MIDSUMMER:

[”King of the Entertainment District”] - Fairy King Oberon

Sun-hi ‘Goodfellow’ Byeon (Manager) - Robin Goodfellow/Puca

Devon (Bartender) - “Elven Mythos”

Darwin (Bouncer) - “Dwarven Mythos”

CROWN CORP:

Claudia Julia Latreia - “Final Inevitability Mythos”

Khalid Suleiman/”Seraphim” - “Angelic Mythos”

“Kinkajou” - [???]

RAVENSEYE NEWS:

Formerly known as: Eden Mittwoch (CEO) - Odin

Brenda Mittwoch - Brynhildr

Cailean Wagner - “Otherworld King Mythos”

Orson Viceroy - “Arthurian Swordsman Mythos”

‘Frosty’ - Perchta/Frau Holle

Accompanying Swordsman - “Druidic Sea God Mythos”

Masked Madwoman - “Tortured Eternal King Mythos”

Holland “Holly” Weiss (Reporter) - [???]

Mac (Cameraman) - [???]

‘GENERAL’ NPCS:

Kai Guoliang (Kingfisher Shopkeeper) - “Tactician Fisherman Mythos”

Issa Jelani (Doctor) - “Healer Lioness Mythos”

Beau (Rainbow Connection Host) - Iris, Goddess of Rainbows

‘AUCTION-INTRODUCED’ NPCS:

Marlene Goddard (Philanthropist) - [???]

Harrison Goddard (Philanthropist) - [???]

Elisabeth Coda (Theater Actress) - [???]

Stephan Zola (Tech Company Shareholder) - [???]

Christina Havfrue (Art Collector) - [???]

Damian Orwell (City Councilmember) - [???]

Marius Coda (Philanthropist) - [???]

Iara Bakir - “Heavenly Beauty Queen Mythos”

THE ‘GO-GO’s’ (Shipwrecked Venue Band):

Jayce Tripp - Prince Iason

Barry Horne - Orpheus

Harold - Heracles

Piper - “Blacksmithing Argonaut Mythos”

Carol and Zeke - “Winged Argonaut Siblings Mythos”

HEARTSTONE CAFE

Jimmy Smalls (Cook) - “Goblin Mythos”

Sally (Waitress) -  [???]

CASE 1 NPCS:

Sandra Bakir (Heavensent Manager/Lounge Singer) - “Heavenly Justice King Mythos”

Adam Bakir (Heavensent Club Co-Manager/Bouncer) - “Heavenly Storm Lord Mythos”

Marie LeBlanc - [???]

James (Leo’s Boy) - [???]

Thomas  (Leo’s Boy)  - [???]

Calvin (Leo’s Boy) - [???]

CASE 2 NPCS:

Olivier Horne (Conductor) - [???]

Hannah Sharpe (Concertmaster) - [???]

Tommy Wright (Orchestra Member) - [???]

Bernard Anderssen (Security Guard) - Beowulf

Melody Wright (Former Actress) - Maenad/Bassarid

Viola Briar (Former Actress) -  Maenad/Bassarid

Meredith Aria (Former Actress) -  Maenad/Bassarid

Alphonse Horne (Former Stagehand/”God of the Arts”) - Dionysus

CASE 3-4. NPCS:

Ashley Taylor - “Twisted Vampiress Mythos”   

Ian Armstrong - [???]

Evelynn Armstrong - [???]

Orchid Foley - “Great Detective Mythos”

Jasmine McNamara (Clergywoman) - [???]

Rachel Raymond (Librarian) - [???]

MORAY’S FORMER CREW:

Amrita Mangal - “Invincible Demon King Mythos”

Orville Dior - “Bloodthirsty Fae Woman Mythos”

Mun-hee Byeon - “Good-natured Thief Mythos”