#axii

[demonstenes]

Thought I'd share the Witcher nails I painted for myself today

[gingerfoxsden]

New The Witcher brecelets in my shop!

[thespeakingsquid]

Drewly: Glyph of Axii

Glyph of Axii: This textile patch has been enchanted to improve the mind-affecting sign Axii. Axii allows Witchers to dominate the minds of their targets. 

Week one of Drewly is in the rear view and today we begin week two.

What is Drewly?

Drewly is a month-long art challenge for July where you post art you have already made. No new art just for Drewly.

There are three rules:

Only post art you have already made.

Post as much or as little as you are comfortable with.

Tag your posts with #drewly and #drewly2024

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Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

[chradi]

Charlie sketchdump!

[achillei]

[stoatsaystotalmisplay]

"Come on, let's go."

[drearygenie]

i wish i could say the stars had some meaning but no i just. couldnt fill the blank space

also college name is Boulderay Heights University, or bhu home of the (stinky) dragons credit to @axiigotlost

[iceclew]

*dying from post-editing*

Finally finished this..This has been rotting on my PC, lined and coloured for like... 5 weeks....or something.. I don't know.. Can you remember when I posted the Witcher AU ref sheets for Hans and Henry? Yep.. that's when I did that hansry art too.... just never found the muse to finish it until now.. (also added one tiny sketch today)

and well yes... I have my issues with the faces... they look always different. by now I feel like I can live it down, ig...

There's a lot of text, I feel like I will spare you any more details and ideas I have about the scenes ...although I recommened to look at the ref sheets plus story background from my witcher AU first for context.

No-text version below

[krislgfox]

Idk, just a quick lazy drawing of a happy gay family

(I made Axiy's color palette a little bit darker to match with Sam's colors)

[ninjachael]

axii and bunwack

[cookie-nom-nom]

I really like how, akin to miles, lymond so far is a weaselly twit who’s delightfully clever enough to be worth it.

[shrillvoices]

One author to another, on a scale from 1-10 how gory do you think a fic is allowed to get

In general? 5-6 is usually a good place to start, but anywhere from 8-10 if it's the main focus, something like shock horror, or somewhere close to it.

I like gore when reading, but not super heavy 8-10 unless I know what I'm getting into beforehand. I also never write super heavy gore (mostly because it's never the main focus and I'm trying to appeal to everyone for the most part), but when I do it's very "light" (3-5).

Hope this is the kind of answer you were looking for!!

[wanderingandfound]

So billionaire geniuses with goatees named Anthony and who others call Tony like to make sentient robots huh?

[arcanigenum]

would velraen torture people? yes

would velraen force people to torture themselves? also yes

[thedemonofcat]

What if Jaskier was cursed or something, and it was not only fatal but likely to kill a whole bunch of people.

Jaskier puts out a contract with a stipulation: "Not Geralt of Rivia".

It's not because of the mountain. As hurt as Jaskier still is, he has faith in Geralt's abilities and his compassion. There was no witcher Jaskier trusted more.

However, Jaskier had seen many curses. He knew his was a bitch and may very well end poorly. If that happened, Geralt would have to kill him.

And, Jaskier knew Geralt hated killing people. Especially ones he knew well. Despite any resentment Geralt may hold, Jaskier knew the wolf would be burdened by the deed. He wouldn't be able to see it as the mercy it was.

Unfortunately, the witcher who did answer the contract was one of Geralt's brothers, and he took it upon himself to write the white wolf.

The sound of hooves jolted Jaskier awake. He had been feeling increasingly exhausted ever since the curse had taken hold, draining him in ways he couldn’t fully describe. With a weary groan, he swung his legs out of bed and shuffled toward the front door.

“Let me see him,” Geralt’s voice rang out, tense and commanding.

“I will, but you need to calm down,” Eskel replied, his tone firm but understanding. The witcher Jaskier had hired to end his suffering sounded exasperated. “He’s sick, Geralt. It’s a curse, and it’s bad.”

Jaskier hesitated, eavesdropping as guilt and frustration churned in his gut. Finally, he stepped outside, interrupting the heated exchange. “Geralt, what are you doing here?”

At the sight of him, Geralt strode forward, his movements urgent yet careful. He cupped Jaskier’s face in his calloused hands, his expression softening with both relief and alarm. “I got a letter saying you were cursed,” he murmured, his golden eyes scanning Jaskier’s pallid face. “It’s alright. I’m here now. I can fix this. We’ll figure it out, and everything will go back to the way it was.”

There was a crack in Geralt’s voice, a desperation that Jaskier hadn’t heard before.

“You can’t save me,” Jaskier rasped, his voice breaking with emotion. If he weren’t so drained, he might have wept.

“I have to save you,” Geralt whispered fiercely, his grip tightening. “I have you back. I won’t lose you.”

“Just stop!” Jaskier snapped, his voice rising. Suddenly, a faint glow emanated from his skin, and Geralt’s hands jerked away as though scalded. He glanced at his palms, now marked with small, reddened burns.

Before either could fully process what was happening, Eskel stepped in, casting the Axii sign. Jaskier’s frantic breathing slowed as calm washed over him.

“You’re alright. You’re calm now,” Eskel said, his voice soothing as he gently took hold of Jaskier’s arms. “Let’s get you back to bed.”

As Eskel guided him inside, Geralt stood frozen, staring at his singed hands. His jaw tightened.

This was the curse Rience had inflicted on Jaskier: a slow, insidious burn from within, one that worsened with strong emotion. If left unchecked, the bard’s fiery outbursts could ignite into an inferno capable of devastating everything for miles.

[inexplicifics]

so im rereading tenderness and the bit with eskels axii made me think of smth. sasha says that if he didnt already know better, he would think axii was just a truth spell. i was thinking abt flung and how morvran and cahir rly only see axii used to get truthful information and nothing else, and when the trainees go over the restrictions with cahir i dont think they actually say anything that contradicts that it could just be a truth spell. do morvran and cahir realize what axii actually is, or do they go back home assuming witchers can compel honesty but not like. other mind control stuff theoretically? does anyone in nilfgaard remember anything abt witchers from before ard carraigh?

I don't think Witchers pre-Warlord really told anyone what Axii could do, because it's not the sort of thing one wants to spread around. People were wary enough of Witchers without the possibility of mind control, and also it's the sort of weapon that works best when not expected. So anyone who met Witchers pre-Warlord would probably not know they could cast Axii, or what it could do.

Cahir knows a little more, but the young Witchers weren't actually explicit about Axii being mind-control, just that its use was carefully regulated. As far as he and Morvran know for certain, it's a truth spell.