#he was a necromancer who was killed by his own creation. then he was revived. given a second chance.

[multi-lefaiye]

puts eden in my mouth and shakes him back and forth like a rabid dog

(art by my fiance @skitzo-kero <3)

[theink-stainedfolk]

Character Poll Antagonist Edition.

Thank you for the tag @willtheweaver and @the-golden-comet

Minister Farnak From The Tale of The King & His Knight

is a man driven by an insatiable hunger for power and control. Behind his calm and composed exterior lies a mind constantly scheming, always a step ahead in the political game. Farnak is highly intelligent, a master manipulator who knows how to exploit the weaknesses and desires of others to his advantage. He thrives in the shadows, pulling the strings of the kingdom without ever revealing his hand.

Dante from Beyond the Pages

is a complex individual, driven by a deep sense of control and an obsession with perfection. He sees the world as a canvas, where every person and action must fit into the intricate design he envisions. Highly intelligent and articulate, Dante has a penchant for manipulation, viewing emotions as tools to be used rather than felt. His mind is a labyrinth of calculated moves, always several steps ahead of those around him. While he initially appears composed and cultured, beneath the surface lies a relentless need to dominate and possess, particularly when it comes to those who catch his interest. His fixation on Pareen shifts from a desire to eliminate him to a more twisted longing to own and shape him, much like an artist with their prized creation. Despite his cold exterior, Dante is not entirely devoid of emotions, but he channels them into his obsession with control, making him both a terrifying and captivating presence.

The antagonist in Shades of Erudition

is a complex and multifaceted individual, someone whose outward demeanor masks a deeply cunning and manipulative nature. He is a professor at the university, but his academic role is just the surface layer of his identity. Beneath his scholarly persona lies a man driven by ambition, power, and an insatiable thirst for control. He is highly intelligent, with a mind that works several steps ahead of everyone else. He has spent years carefully cultivating an image of respectability, using his charisma and influence to gain the trust of both his colleagues and students. His reputation as a brilliant scholar and a mentor is well-established, making it difficult for anyone to suspect the darkness that lurks within him.

The Archon from The Shadows We Cast

is a figure shrouded in both mystery and fear. He is a man of intellect, driven not by chaos, but by a deeply rooted belief in his own vision of order. The Archon sees himself as a necessary force, someone who must reshape the world according to his ideals, even if it means bending or breaking the law. He is meticulous, calculating every move like a grandmaster in a chess game, always several steps ahead of his opponents. Unlike typical villains, The Archon isn't motivated by greed or vengeance. Instead, he is fueled by a distorted sense of justice, believing that the current system is flawed and that only he has the wisdom to correct it. He is coldly rational, often viewing human emotions as weaknesses to be exploited rather than experienced. To him, the end always justifies the means, and he is willing to sacrifice anything and anyone to achieve his goals.

The Necromancer from The Veil of Allegiance

The Necromancer, whose true name has been lost to the ravages of history and persecution, is not inherently evil, but rather a tragic figure shaped by the injustices inflicted upon him and his kin. He is a protector of the marginalized and the forgotten, those who were hunted, killed, and erased by Etral’s ruthless campaign against magic. To him, the revival of magic is not just an act of rebellion—it is an act of restoration, a way to reclaim the dignity and power that was stolen from his people. Driven by a profound sense of duty and sorrow, the Necromancer sees himself as the last hope for his people

I'll tag @cssnder @finickyfelix @leahnardo-da-veggie @illarian-rambling @winglesswriter @paeliae-occasionally @drchenquill @thecomfywriter @roarintheheavens @wyked-ao3

[llitchilitchi]

thinking about the revive book again and how there is just so many more questions raised now that we learnt more

what makes limbo so bad? why is limbo so bad? how does the death influence it? he said all of those things, though it’s possible to argue that not all of the limbos are as bad as we make them out to be (or maybe I’m just a chronic dnfer and wouldn’t mind watching space croissants dsmp compilations for the rest of eternity, but I digress) why does limbo choose to hurt the player after they died? why is it miserable even for people who met a horribe unfortunate end?

what kind of death was the one Tommy died in the prison, to make the limbo a black void? why was Wilbur’s limbo an underground station? (could it be that, at the heart of it all, his death was a suicide and he died miserable, so he was stuck within his own creation that he hated because it reflected those feelings?)

why are there ghosts? why doesn’t everyone get a ghost? what made Ranboo and Wilbur so similar that they both got ghosts? did Dream become a ghost, at some point while they were testing? did Punz?

how did Dream and Punz test the deaths? do the means of death affect the way their limbo works? if Dream were to stand in one spot and get stabbed, a willing sacrifice, and get beheaded with just as much fervor, would his limbo be the same, or would it be different? how did they guarantee that the death was one thing or another - self defence, suicide, death in a battle, anything, really?

why was Dream so scared to die, during the disc finale? no matter how I look at it, him allowing himself to be killed a third time would be beneficial. he was in limbo before. he knew what to expect. he had Punz waiting for him in the realm of the living. surely, dying and being considered dead, only to be brought back by Punz somewhere far away would have been much, much safer than him being locked up in Pandora where he has no control whatsoever? what made his limbo so horrifying that he chose his own hand crafted hell over limbo? why was he so scared to die?

he was brought back, before, and then he lost two canon lives in the staged finale. that means he was brought back with all three lives. but then after he revived Tommy, the only canon death Tommy suffered was during the s1 finale in the vault, and he went to limbo immediately. does that mean that they get to choose how many lives they bring the other people back with? (did that cause the imbalance that Dream spoke of, with death and DXD?)

Dream was in limbo. and so was Punz. and Dream said that they can revive each other from limbo. was that just an empty threat to scare Tommy and Tubbo? or was he telling the truth? the implications of the truth are absolutely wild,  because it means that they both had to die at the same time and try to revive each other From Limbo. or is there a third person that they didn’t mention that has the access to the revive book? would there have been a third person, just in case, so if revival from limbo is impossible, there is still someone waiting for them in the realm of the living? (was it Ranboo? was that what the mind control experiments were about?)

what went wrong during the testing? why is there an imbalance? what happened to Lazar and Vikk that Dream needed to mention that Things Went Wrong With Them Especially?

when did the tests happen? was it before or after prison? was it both? what tests happened before the staged finale? did Punz keep testing while Dream was gone? if they kept testing after, is it partially responsible for Dream’s slow deterioration that Tommy pointed out?

where do the resurrected people appear? can the necromancer affect that? the first revival we saw was of Tommy, and he woke up in the prison in the spot he died. the second one was of Wilbur, and he crawled out of the button room. we could almost assume that the place the person is revived at is the place of their death, or the place where their body is. but Dream got revived at the bottom of the staircase, right by Punz’s side. (is that why we heard the End portal when he was revived? or was that something else entirely?)

what have they tried, really? why was the only death they haven’t tested yet a heroic sacrifice? was that something that Dream did just to play villain? (why were they given such an easy way out, then? with the wooden pressure plate, and food, and possibly hiding items that Dream and Punz haven’t thought to check for?)

does that mean that they tried the worse options? does that mean that Dream was, at some point, hurting and broken enough to walk off a ledge, or throw himself into lava, and recount what happened in limbo after? (after all, he did have these tendencies in Pandora. who is to say they weren’t something he developed before he got locked up, and now they were just so much clearer and more on display, with nothing left to hide them?)

the revive book is just so damn interesting, and they dropped too much on us in the finale for me to believe there isn’t more to it

[daiourage]

I’ve had this idea for a game/story for a while.

Like, a loosely NieR/FFXV based combat system,

A fantasy/close future world of that centers around Magic vs. Machine,

But the story is entirely based around a cast that is mostly male, but have troupes often given to females.

This was a concept based on the fact that I’m one of the few who were disappointed in the FEH community for consuming only the females of the series, without much regard for the males that the series has been built on.

So, as a result?

Main cast is only males, with a select few characters being female.

I’m also disappointed in the basically porn-like mobile games built around females, so there’s also that.

I also draw for this series, and compose music for it.

So.

(I can’t give a “read more” thing on mobile. I’m sorry for whosever dash I end up on.)

There are already three parts to the story, with the last one tying them all together.

The first part heavily follows the story of three characters from drastically different worlds—like Dissidia!

The trio come into the world, hoping to find one person (and they know that that’s their task because one is an android, in which the objective is sent to him and the other two follow), but instead find a small boy lying in a field. They ask who he is, and he is revealed to be the younger sibling of the person that the trio is looking for.

There’s a second half of this first story, which follows another android that used to be human, and actually used to date the man that the trio is looking for.

This android—which is the customizable protagonist—frees a small boy from an underground bunker, filled with regular people who’re trying to hide from the war. This small boy was actually isolated because he was magical, himself, but didn’t know it.

This duo and the other trio meet up, they eventually find the man they’re looking for, and get more people along the way. (Two of the new people they get are a parent and his “child”. The father actually created his child with the help of his wife—and actually is the leader of the creation of the magical people and androids, called “Project Eden”. The father becomes someone you’d have to fight much later in the story.)

The small boy and the younger sibling of the man the trio was originally set to find are actually two halves of the same person, purposfully cut in half by the elder sibling to make sure that he never figures out why said elder sibling left him alone.

The whole group then go to the main source of creation of the machines and magic users, hoping to seal it forever and then have the two parties make peace.

After the final boss—who I’ll reveal later because I don’t want this to go on forever—the main trio from the beginning leave to go back to their own worlds, but the custom character decides to stay.

You either have an option to date the elder sibling, the younger sibling, or neither, but stay close to both (I know it sounds weird, but the brothers are close to the custom character’s age. The younger brother is legal, don’t worry!)

Second part; takes place three years later—even though it’s only been two years in the worlds that the first trio is from.

The younger brother—now the ruler of a kingdom—calls back the trio from before, and has them set off onto a quest.

One to stop time from moving too fast, and the other... to stop mass killings in his kingdom.

However, the two other members are kidnapped. It’s up to the android from the trio, and a new custom main character—who the king hand-selected—to save them, and get to the bottom of random citizens getting killed.

The reason is two androids—killing people so they don’t die.

After the war, androids no longer have a purpose. Their original reason to exist was to war with the magic users and protect the common people, but now they stand idly by, doing nothing. So the citizens have been shutting the androids down and—basically—killing them.

During the journey, you recruit more people—as usual—whilst figuring out that the custom character’s weapon holds a secret.

It’s the vessel for a god (who has manipulated memories when you first meet him), who’s looks are somewhat based off of Marluxia’s from the Kingdom Hearts series.

This god (who isn’t really significant to the creation of earth or anything—he’s actually the god of fertility...

And chocolate???)

Is actually a friend of the person that’s making time move faster—the Emperor of Time.

Eventually, the duo (techinally trio) save the other two of the trio, have the older android of the two from the beginning join (after we kill the younger one), and have a mercenary join.

In the end, you have the ability to kill the Time Emperor and give the crew the happy ending they deserve, or you can spare the Time Emperor and wish for his happy ending, too.

Everyone lives, and everyone that’s died from the past game+this game that was significant to any of the main cast comes back.

The custom character from the past game comes back, too, and the scene changes, depending on who/if you dated someone.

You can date in this one, too, and have the option to be adopted by the mercenary.

The mercenary’s fianceé comes back, also.

The third and final part; takes place in the same time frame of the second game, after the good ending.

There’s a necromancer on the loose, and it’s later revealed to be the future child of the mercenary and his fianceé.

The necromancer revives people, but their soul and heart don’t come back.

He ends up reviving one of the two “gods” that this entire story is based on.

The entire gang (which consists of one-too-many characters, combining the two previous stories with the custom character of this story, plus new characters for this story only—) revive the other of the two “gods”.

Then they fight.

Eventually, the necromanced “god” falls in battle, but his soul is soon saved by the gang, and is able to reunite in full with his friend. The two are revealed to be the original masters of the technique of swordfighting, and they were unstoppable together, with the locals garnering them as gods.

Their names mean “sword” and “blade” in Japanese, which is a little dumb.

But the series is called “The Blade of My Sword is...”

Based off of the fact that:

I didn’t say, but the first half of the king gets absorbed into the sword of the first custom character.

The god of fertility lived within the second custom character’s “sword” (really a bow and arrow, but the sword that this god used passed down to the custom character. He eventually got his real memories back in the good ending.)

The “Blade” and “Sword” “gods” complete one another. In Japanese, the title is “実は、ケンのツルギは俺/僕の…” which translates to

“The Truth is, Sword’s Blade is my...”

“Sword” = Ken.

“Blade” = Tsurugi.

Those are the names of the “gods”.

Just two friends who loved each other.

[kittyatakeyboard]

The King's Keepers

The King was known for having the greatest collection of animals in the kingdom, many of which were kept for use in his grand Arena, where prisoners would fight to the death against all manor of beasts, both plain and magically enhanced.

It came to the King's attention that it would be much better to simply revive animals than find or wait for new ones. So he hired a Necromancer. Said Necromancer went by the name of Sebastian, and Wass only 23 at the time. By the time he was 29, he was married and his husband, Julian, was a life mage.

The couple decided that, using Julian's life magic, to allow the couple to have children. They ended up having three.

Now Julian would be the first to admit such a spell was in truth beyond his ability, but there was very little side effects from this. The three children each inherited some power from their fathers.

Their daughter Julia inherited Sebastian's Necromancer powers. Their son Sebastian, the second, inherited Julian's healing life powers. Their child Sam, who was born of both sexes, inherited a curious and unique power mixed of both their fathers. And yet it was Sam that grew to be the most honoured of all the King's Keepers.

"Hello, are you Sam of the Arena?"

"Indeed I am."

They stood from the crouch from where they had been examining deer tracks. Their frame was slender and feminine in build at the hips and shoulders, but none of the other curves associated with that sex. A faint ghost of stumble adorned their chin and lower cheeks. Hair cut practically and almost brutally short. A rawhide pack strung with roughly braided cord slung from shoulder the hip across their back.

"I have been sent on the King's Order to become your Apprentice."

"Apprentice? Young man, the kind of magic I possess is of singular uniqueness, therefore I highly doubt that you could cultivate the a kills necessary to become more than a Runner Boy for my errands."

The boy looked down towards his feet, hurt in his heart obvious across his unaged face.

"Please, I come from a long line of peasantry, and am the first in my family to show even a hint of power. I require no wage, but a place to sleep and a simple meal but once a day. I am more than happy to remain your Runner if that is all I am capable of."

"Very well then, bring whatever belongs you might call your own to stable yard of the Arena by dusk. You can be of some use, though I shall not grace you with the title of Apprentice unless I see signs you might have true potential."

"Thank you! I shall be there an hour before dusk, I swear by it."

The stable yard was the main entrance to the Animalarium of the Arena, and as such was stocked with more than just surplus from the King's Cavalry. Livestock such as cattle and sheep kept to feed the various creatures of the Arena's Keep. But the true curiosity of the stable was the stables and pens built on the second floor, seemingly inaccessible to any animal suited to reside in them as only rope ladders gave access to the roof. But it was obvious by various sounds and glimpses of movement that creatures did inhabit these stables also.

Sam climbed up one such ladder to the first stable. Sliding wooden bar aside, they the door only enough to slip inside and closed it firm behind them.

The powers blessed to solely Sam were special in that it allowed them to create creature that were blends of natural creatures. The feathered wing of an eagle, the clawed paw of a big cat, the ribcage of a horse, the head of a dog. When fresh enough and combined under their influence, a new creature would be born. This particular combination was now no longer practised, as enough had been created to form a breeding stock that now supplemented the King's Cavalry. A single special battalion. Body and size of a horse, Mind of a dog, great wings of an eagle, legs equipped the claws of a big cat. They were perfect for the army, as they were highly trainable and highly dangerous.

In this stable was not such a creature, but one similar to it. Into this combination, the entire body save head of a tiger decapitated in the Arena (the lose of the head prevented Necromancer abilities having any effect in reanimation), the head of a dog that had died on the final stages of birthing her pups, and dove wings left over from a meal Sam had been preparing for themselves.

The creature formed was of moderate size, with the shoulder of the adolescent reaching Sam's hip, and had the body of the tiger used to create it, in that it lacked the distinctive orange colouration so associated with the species. Thinking on it now, Sam considered how perhaps a dash of blood from a prize cart horse, or even from one of the elephants in the Arena's Keep might have caused the creature to be much greater in size, but it was too late for that now.

The wings were snow white also, yet had become flecked with black stripes across a minority of feathers, not an uncommon occurance for patterning to transfer like such. It gave a pleasing elegance that had not been expected. The eyes had not darkened to green from the original blue, though silvery flecks had grown in them.

The creature was curled up upon its bed of straw created in the corner with a few spare boards. Everything was neat and obviously freshly cleaned, as Sam expected.

The creature itself had grown strong and healthy enough that Sam knew training it would be a worthwhile endeavour, and that creation if more would not be a pointless waste of resources.