#its own play and story

[realtis-historian-society]

Recap of Wars

Within Realtian history, there have been three major wars. The Niiolyk-Realtian War, the Hevadenian War, and the Viranan War.

Below will give a brief summary of each war and the more important details we have found so far.

My own thoughts will be noted in the tags.

The Niiolyk-Realtian War

This is the best known war of Realtian History as it intersects with a major point in Niiolyk History. Realtis was one of the first few nations to incite a rebellion that would lead to a war.

The Niiolyk Empire was set into several different districts that would each focus on a specific industry to help the nation. With Realtis, they were focused on creating mages to support other industries. The training conditions were harsh and left little to no individuality among the populace.

We recently found a diary of a student drop-out from one of the numerous training facilities detailing the environment. There was little to no socialization among peers unless it was for a group project. Everything was graded based on a rubric and would often not allow for creative outlets for new ideas unless the mage was among the higher working class. This would leave bright, new students stuck being unable make changes to the system. This idea of a ‘perfect’ mage suitable for the empire would have severe effects and would begin an underground organization of students and drop-outs.

As the organization grew, it became known as, ‘üksyk’, the Niiolyk word for ‘individual’. This would eventually grow to have people from all ranks and domains in the area. Eventually a noble family would join their cause and later become known as the ‘Valvira’ family. They would attempt peaceful protests at first, but when violently put down, they began to use their magical abilities.

It is currently unknown as to what magic was specifically used as they all seemed to be some form of original spells with links to later spells used in history. With our current knowledge we are unable to determine what exactly the runes mean or what spells they would be in themselves.

The first retaliation against the palace guards would begin the war. The war would continue on for about 7 years. During this war, several others would be started as other districts attempted to retaliate as well. Only two nations out of six would succeed in independence. This would be Realtis and Imenlatem. Both of these nations were part of the magic-based districts within the empire which factored into the war.

With the rise of new magic spells being spawned from the efforts of war, normal soldiers struggled. Most of the notable battles would have been between the mages of the rebelling nations and the specialized soldiers and mages of the empire. The Valvira’s seemed to have had military experience based on maps found within Realtian archives which allowed them to know what would be the tactics of the Niiolyk Empire.

The Valvira’s also used their connections with other nations to gain help from certain noble houses discreetly. We were able to find a few letters, but it seems that most of them were destroyed in the name of secrecy. We were only able to find the last few letters which detail the successes towards the end.

By 185 A.B. Realtis would become an independent nation.

The Hevadenian War

From our research, Realtis founded a subdivision of the main religion of Niiolyk, focusing more on the fae of the realm. This will be later discussed in a separate post.

As the royal family was seen as being chosen by the divine, the church and state closely worked together. Though, as humans continue, a wish for power grew within both sides and conflict began. Each were vying for more power over the other. The Fernan family took note of this and thus brought upon the idea of removing the church from power. Peaceful negotiations were attempted, but it seems that they were never able to come to a proper agreement. In fact, both sides would cause more offenses to the other.

By 538 A.B., a civil war had broken out between both sides. The nobility would become split upon both sides. The most notable houses were the Fernan’s and the Opilant’s. The Fernan’s would use this war to solidify their trust with the royal family.

The war lasted for three years until they came to an agreement separate church and state. This would lead to another faction being created within the political sphere later on as the church attempted to regain their lost power.Though it seems that with a new leader, they would maintain neutrality within the sphere. The government would, for the most part, become separate from the church and reign on its own without relying on them.

The Viranan War

Immediately after the Hevadenian War, the Fernan family would backstab the Valvira family with a surprise coup in 541 A.B. It is theorized that during the Hevadenian War, the Fernan’s were working together with other noble families and foreign sources to remove the Valvira family from power.

Thus would begin another civil war within the nation for the next four years. The nation was broken into three factions, those sided with the royal family, those sided with the Fernan’s, and those who remained neutral. This is where it is believed that the church began to maintain their neutral position within the politics of Realtis as they did not see the Valvira family as having the divine right to rule anymore due to the Hevadenian War, but also not fully accepting the Fernan’s as the next family to replace them.

The Valvira’s generally lacked resources due to the previous war, but they still maintained excellent strategies that took note of what they had. The Fernan’s had their wealth and abundance of resources and would use attrition warfare to eventually win.

After the loss of many resources, the Fernan’s did a final storm of the palace and executed most of the royal family. Within the chaos, Kainus Valvira escaped to Elisymina where the rest of his story remains unknown to us as of this point in time. Augustus Fernan would also die in this last raid, seemingly stabbed by Agnesia Dresik (Who was queen at the time), which would result with the decision to execute the rest of the royal family. 

Thus in 545 A.B., Darius Fernan would take the throne at age 20 with the end of the war. He would later marry Mira Lynrya in 564 A.B. and have Lucien Fernan be born in 565 A.B.

[odysseys-blood]

i think its very fun to consider the mc as another king like obviously not the same way as the devil kings but in two ways: one being that you are the descendant of the wise king, solomon, and what he had has been inherited by you, but also as in the mc having rule over a very small, but wholly devoted kingdom.

and by that i mean minhyeok.

sure it was a kids game, him swearing his loyalty to you and you ordaining him as your knight, but that kids game became his reality. he is your only subject but he will never leave you. whatever he can do to protect you, he'll jump to it in a heartbeat even if in the end it costs him his life. but a king cannot be a king with no one to rule, which is why when it was your turn to save him there was no hesitation to literally make a deal with the devil to keep him alive. and he will wait as long as it takes until you return and he can be by your side again

[gotalottalegs]

Life on the Murder Scene is such a good name for a vampire mockumentary Stupid bullshit inspired by this post from @mychemicalraymance​ Bonus btw

[genericpuff]

i have nothing to say about the newest episodes of LO

so I'll let past me from the year 2022 say it instead

because everything they said a year and a half ago ironically still applies today and i don't even know how that's possible but it's where we are 💀😭

[starsandthorn]

no but actually. the parallels to other Twins in different nations of teyvat in relation to the traveler and their desire to reunite with their own sibling makes me a little bit bonkers. like.

diluc and kaeya as what the traveler has and fears, after we will be reunited [separation born from conflict that seemingly cannot be mended; they both care for each other but ultimately their opposing ideals mean they cannot be at each other's side in the same way that they used to, and no longer have the close bond they once did]

ei and makoto as what the abyss sibling experienced [a crushing loss not just of one's twin but the last remaining friend they had and the safety and security of their nation, coming out the other side traumatized, cold and jaded and making decisions that will ultimately hurt the people they claim to want to protect for the sake of an unattainable goal]

and lyney and lynette as what the traveler and the abyss twin used to have before they were separated [never apart for long, home is wherever we are together], what the traveler wants [their separation brief and quickly amended, continuing to be inseparable after they reunite], and also the choice they'll have to make [the twins being together in an organization the traveler inherently doesn't trust - does the traveler want to be by their sibling's side badly enough to throw their lot in with the abyss, and turn their back on everyone else they've met on their journey so far?]

[blinkpen]

brainstorming mechanics for a bloody mary of my very own

[cryptocism]

I love the comic book writing sensibility that Frequency has, like how Three and Five's ending is great for the story being told but if it were a published comic it would still leave them on the table for if a future writer wanted to use them.

whats funny is that despite doing my best to keep in line with dc comics/comic writing sensibilities throughout the fic (staying as comics-accurate as possible in terms of continuity/tone/characterization/story elements etc) that particular comic writing reality was one that was like. kind of a genuine anxiety that i didn't know i had until i started writing this thing.

ive said before that in the original concept for Frequency all of the clones (besides Thad) were going to end up dead. whether it was via killing each other or unintentionally being the instrument of their own demise (disney villain style). obviously it changed because creating an entire narrative about this one character's redemption arc and then not allowing any of the other villains to have a shot at redemption felt hypocritical and like. mean. not to mention antithetical to the whole ethos of the story.

but the reason why killing off all the other clones was my first instinct is partially because i had this kinda subconscious recoil to the idea that any of them would actually continue on after the story was over.

like, because i was trying to stick to canon so much, while figuring out the story a thought came up a couple times that basically went like, "okay, well, if this was a real comic, then...". and inevitably i had a realization that if this WAS a real comic, my original clone characters would be canonized, and therefore available to any future writer who wanted to yank them out of their respective endgames and inject them into other stories. which i Did Not Like the Idea Of.

classic "making up a guy to get mad at" except it was more "making up a reality to get anxious about". because obviously no matter how much it sticks to canon, Frequency still exists in a fan-created space.

but! i'd never made up original characters to put in my own fanmade stuff before and was definitely feeling protective. because all those original clones i made had yknow: a story purpose and narrative function to facilitate the actual key characters, Thad and Bart. the idea of them being removed from that context in any capacity, even if it was in the hands of a good writer, made me have this gut "no STOP you're ruining it!!!!" reaction.

they were all made for Frequency, and to foil Thad as a character, i didnt like the idea of Three being brought back as a one-note villain or Jude and Nathaniel getting folded into the wider Flash cast of allies. and none of them were made to be main character material. plus the character roster at DC is already uhh Extremely Stacked i genuinely did not want the takeaway to be "and here's the nEW ADDITIONS TO THE FLASH FAMILY!" because that wasnt the intention

anyway i got over it lol. i still did my best not to leave any loose ends, and have each ending be wholly satisfying on its own, and ideally the oc clones basically continue on offscreen while the true adventures are based around Thad and Bart. but yeah it felt right to leave off on that note (and served the story much better than killing everybody off)

[pagesofkenna]

I'm fascinated by the fact that the Burrow's End fam are cultists

like they walked into stoat bastion and immediately clocked the leaders as Evil and Fascist based solely on (*checks notes*) the fact that they were the authority figures. and they dedicated themselves to overthrowing the First Stoats, and murdered them, and immediately set about claiming authority over the bastion using their skills as literal cult leaders

it's haha funny but also remember how Thorn and Viola literally run a cult?? it's not a mercenary group or a small princedom it's a cult. it's called that in and out of character. Thorn is a charismatic cult leader with mystical powers. they murdered the First Stoats and Viola immediately put the pope hat on and it was haha funny but also she did it because she wants the bastion to be their new cult

it's buckwild

Tula said this episode to Bennet 'anyone who strives for power is suspicious' and her sister was RIGHT there. Tula actively assisted in Viola's desire to infiltrate Population Support to turn it into Population Control. it's haha funny but you did that in character. oh are the First Stoats keeping information secret and trying to nudge their population into war with the humans?? what was Thorn doing. what is Ava doing, actually. once you put that stoat pope hat on what are you going to do that's different from what stoat pope did??

there's a world in which Aabria leaned more into the family's own fascism, pitting the reality of their actions and mentality up against the First Stoats. it feels like she wanted to but didn't because she wanted to preserve the cooperative vibe of the season but I am absolutely on her side in this adventuring party: at the first sign of opposition the family jumps to lethal solutions and bids for power. Lila and Jaysohn are children and their instinct was to establish themselves as supreme powers within their age group. again, haha funny, kids being kids, but their favorite auntie and uncle are cult leaders. Thorn's talked about giving them places of power in his cult. I can't get over it

like I can't get over this lmao!! the players kept trying to contradict Aabria and say no no, the First Stoats are evil, clearly we had to kill them—and yes, this is how the game works, and the crew made all these complicated battlemaps so yes you did have to use them. but you didn't have to be cultists!! you didn't have to be so clearly trying to take the First Stoats' places for yourselves! like Aabria said you could have talked!! so many times!!

[ty-bayonet-betteridge]

3l!grian is frequently depicted as a tragic figure and sometimes i wonder if we even watched the same series

[animentality]

there is a difference between being a hater and having a working human brain that can pinpoint exactly what does or does not work for you specifically in media.

don't be such a mindless consumer, you aren't really appreciating art if you're not thinking about it at all.

and how is that a controversial statement?

"turn off your brain," oh yeah, sure, i know you only use yours for cobweb storage.

but some of us use ours for things other than work.

[hylianane]

I know the dudebros who pitched the theory of Zoro scarring (possibly removing) his very own eye in order to draw out his Observation Haki did so because they thought it was cool and badass. But personally. I’d be fucking devastated man. Thinking of the context and specially considering Zoro’s mental state in Kuraigana Island after being left in pieces by Kuma and discovering he’d failed to be there for Luffy at Marineford- listen. He’s always been portrayed as having very self-punishing tendencies since at least Alabasta, so if this was truly what happened, I don’t think it’d be portrayed as an empowering moment of manliness at all. I certainly wouldn’t want it to be.

[puppyeared]

Ouhhhh friendship I love friendship……..

[askblueandviolet]

Can you play any other musical instruments?

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[xdraonarts]

found out league has a new pause mechanic in quite possibly the most scuffed way possible

[yo-yo-yoshiko]

Getting used to the boy before settling in for some page inking using these old sketches.

[thelaughingmerman]

My favorite detail of Woodrows design is the little cork on top of the umbrella covering the metal bit. To keep it from attracting lightning. I just noticed it and I think it's so clever. (My other favorite detail is all the leaves stuck in his clothes but this is an umbrella appreciation post).