#because it will be

[djosephqueery]

What’s this? A wip sketch?

Don’t get used to it.

[xoxo-ren-xoxo]

Introduction to Kingdoms AU - a Hermitcraft / Life Series Fantasy AU

This idea has been rotating in my brain for several days now and I thought I should actually explain some bits about the lore and such! All posts about this AU are tagged #kingdoms au on my blog :)

More under the cut:

The Setting

A mid-high fantasy world with limited technology

Magic users (Mages) are commonplace and there are specialised universities for different kinds of magic. You can learn magic or be born knowing how to use it (Sorcerer)

Hybrids, demons, and humans co-exist

There are three main kingdoms which trade with each other but have shaky alliances

Kingdoms and Characters

The Ocean Kingdom

An underwater kingdom run by a king and queen, taking up much of the local ocean space

Home to mostly Mermaids and Sirens (fish and sealife hybrids)

The king and queen's son is Scott (a lionfish hybrid)

The king and queen enjoy tradition and keep their palace beautiful while the citizens deal with poor infrastructure that the king and queen don't want to change

The king and queen are very stuck-up and don't trust the other kingdoms despite trading with them

Mermaids and Sirens can shift into having legs rather than tails, and can breathe both in and out of water, but may be uncomfortable out of water for too long

Other residents: Lizzie (Axolotl hybrid), Joel (human, built an underwater breathing suit)

The Red Kingdom

A more traditional kingdom with a walled city and a castle in the centre

The only kingdom with guarded borders

Landscape is agricultural, surrounded by snowy mountains

Home to the best universities for technological magic, a type of magic which relies on mechanics to work and results in lots of new inventions

Controlled by Ren, the Red King, who is the first hybrid (Weredog) to become king there

Ren has a royal council to advise and help him run the kingdom, made up of great minds he scouts from universities and such

Ren is paranoid about losing the throne and therefore places a lot of focus on guarding the kingdom and catching criminals

He cares about his citizens, giving basic necessities to everyone at his own cost

Most inter-kingdom meetings are held here as it lies between Roost and The Ocean Kingdom

Other residents: Martyn (coral siren, royal council defence specialist), Doc (goat hybrid & demon, technological mage, former university professor, and royal council technology specialist), BigB (human, mind mage, royal council negotiator / kingdom ambassador)

Roost

A kingdom located in the canopies of a large forest, with wooden houses and rope bridges

Home to many Avian and Insectoid hybrids, but also some humans

Used to be ruled by a monarchy, but there was a Civil War which resulted in a democratic system being put in place

The elected government is treated the same as everyone else, and currently runs Roost as a commune, with everyone helping to gather resources and build the society up

The citizens have no need for money, but money from trades is shared just in case a citizen wants to travel

Exports a lot of fruit, nuts, wood products, clothes and woven products

Pearl (lunar moth hybrid, astrologist and animage) is a member of the government, and has a dog familiar, Tilly, who she talks to using her magic

Pearl's brother-figure, Grian (Scarlet Macaw hybrid) went missing five years ago, and she hasn't really gotten over it

Her other brother-figure, Jimmy (Canary hybrid) helps deliver exports to other kingdoms, as he used to be a traveller and is flightless, meaning he enjoys the journey- and also enjoys catching up with Scott at the Ocean Kingdom

Pearl only wears red since Grian's disappearance and is very quick to anger, holding a grudge against the other kingdoms for not helping her search efforts

Thieves Haven

A darker forest located in No Man's Land, home to demons, thieves, and the black market

Residents speak a secret code language and have a duty not to hurt each other unless necessary

Residents include: Cleo (gorgon demon, mercenary), Bdubs (human, life and soul mage), Etho (demon, mercenary), Tango (demon), Impulse (demon, thief), Skizz (human, thief)

No Man's Land

The space between kingdoms, dotted with trade routes, taverns, and guard stops

Some settlements and lone houses can be found here

Residents include: Scar (Sorcerer, necromancer, mythologised outlaw), Mumbo (human, former professor of technological magic, also an alchemist, now an outlaw of the Red Kingdom)

I'll make another post about types of magic and link it here! I hope this gives a good overview of the AU and it's world and I would love any questions about it so I can ramble more lol!

[davaia]

have u ever written while listening to the broadchurch soundtrack and was it the most horrifying, angst-ridden thing u have ever written in ur life

[theredtours]

why yes I AM making boop gifs from screen recording

[faeriekit]

"This fic was ai generated—" Cool, so lemme block you real quick

[sunbentshadows]

Hey all, you know how internet searches suck now? When the results are awful, full-of-AI, death-of-the-internet levels of bad?

Start appending date constraints to your searches - "before:2023".

My results have gone from 90% AI bullshit to ~60% usable - which frankly at this point is a huge improvement.

[thesefallenembers]

the problem with reading and writing leading to a strong vocabulary is that you tend to know the vibe of words instead of their meanings.

if I used this word in a sentence, would it make sense? absolutely. if you asked me what it meant, could I tell you? absolutely not.

[ms-demeanor]

hey, don't cry. one cup heavy whipping cream, two tablespoons granulated sugar, three tablespoons cocoa powder and whisk until stiff peaks form for three ingredient chocolate mousse, okay?

[trashy-greyjoy]

really love dynamics that are like 'it honestly doesn't matter if you view them as romantic or platonic, the point is that they love each other. the type of love is inconsequential, all that matters is that it's there'. gotta be one of my favorite genders.

[chainmail-butch]

One time I ate probably way too many mushrooms and I could feel my trip going bad. So, I turned to my roommate and I said something along the lines of,

"I feel amazing but I feel like this sensation has a price and I'm about to pay it."

To which he responded, "What are you, catholic?" And that knocked me so firmly out of my mental state that the rest of the trip was hands down the best time I ever did mushrooms.

[loathsome-sickness]

"people show their true colours in life threatening situations" no, they show you what they act like when they're mortally terrified, an emotion notorious for literally turning your entire brain off to the point where people who go into those situations as a profession need to be literally trained on how to not have that happen

[thunderon]

“long hair on guys doesn’t make them less masculine. think keanu reeves, jason momoa, danny trejo, or the guy at your local dive bar who rides a motorcycle”

*the crowd nods*

“so long hair doesn’t necessarily determine masculinity”

*the crowd, more hesitant, still nodding*

“butches can have long hair—“

*GUNSHOT*

[angelicgarnet]

the way people online talk about autism is getting really weird, like do they know that neurotypicals still have interests? that someone being passionate about a hobby doesn't mean they're autistic? you guys know that right

[brightlotusmoon]

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Knowledge Revenge.

[sleepygaymerdisease]