#king oswald

[dragoneyes618]

The Araluen royal family seems very small - riskily so. Royalty and nobility usually try to have at least several children, so in case the heir dies - the risk of dying young was a lot more common back in the old days, between sickness and accidents - there's still other family members to inherit if needed.

But Duncan has no siblings. Cassandra has no siblings. Madelyn has no siblings.

We don't know anything about Duncan's childhood. Maybe he did have more siblings who died. (I personally headcanon that Oswald and Deborah got married later for whatever reason so Duncan was the only child they had [which is part of the reason why Oswald changed the law to allow girls to inherit, because if he and Deborah only had a daughter and couldn't have any more children than someone needed to rule the kingdom] , but that's just my headcanon.)

But we know about Cassandra, and we know she's definitely an only child. Alright, so we know why Cassandra is an only child. Her mother died in childbirth. Maybe her father was too brokenhearted to ever remarry. Not to mention that what with having to deal with the aftermath of Morgarath's war, build himself a reputation as a good, strong king (with Morgarath not having actually been defeated, and with the army unable to get him out of the mountains, that probably didn't look very good for Duncan's first war as king) and raise a newborn daughter, remarrying was probably not high on his list of priorities at the moment.

But after a few years, even if Duncan himself didn't want to remarry, his court should have been beginning to urge him to. After all, Duncan only had the one heir. If anything happened to Cassandra, there'd be no one to inherit the throne. And indeed, Cassandra came close to dying many times. What if she'd died in Celtica? What if she'd died in Skandia? The future of Araluen's throne would have been in jeopardy. It would've been a lot less dangerous and risky if she'd had one or two siblings, just in case.

Moving on from Cassandra, there's Maddie, who is an only child as well. Again, it's risky for the monarchy to have only one heir. Especially now that she's no longer living safely at the palace but is training as a Ranger. Sure, she's not planning on actually becoming an active Ranger, but Ranger training in and of itself can be risky. Ranger apprentices are expected to go on missions and risk their lives just like full Rangers. Maddie almost died when she was wounded in the hip that time. What if she actually had died? What if she dies from an accident during training? All that would be needed is one bandit or whoever to get in a lucky shot, and that's it.

Royal families usually try to have at least "an heir and a spare." Just in case something happens to the heir, that's what the spare is for. But Araluen hasn't had any "spare" in generations.

The kingdom needs heirs, and generation after generation of only children in the royal family aren't enough of them to secure a stable future for Araluen if there is no direct heir. What if Maddie dies, and Cassandra at this point is likely too old to have children? Who will inherit the throne after Cassandra?

[ask-king-oswald]

And we’re back again!!  Sorry for the haitus, school has not been too kind to me, and with 3 other projects i have to juggle, it makes keeping up with this one a bit too hard, but we’re back for as long as I hold out! 

Might have to clear the ask box again, but not all asks will be deleted!! So sorry if I didn’t make it to your ask! 

[that-one-enby-ranger]

"Bad sign or no, it made little difference to his situation."

King Oswald is really over here pulling an "it is what it is"

[sketchnskribbles]

If it isn’t our favorite lucky rabbit.

[m00ngazer]

𝑺𝒕 𝑨𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑳𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆

𝘢𝘯 𝘐𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘰-𝘚𝘢𝘹𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘢. 𝘏𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦, 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘰-𝘚𝘢𝘹𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 (𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴).

[thelodge]

Rest in Peace Babyboy 🐺👽 I love you Oswald! ❤️🙏🏽

[maypoleman1]

31st August

St Aidan’s Day

Source: Catholic Exchange website

Today is St Aidan of Lindisfarne’s Day. Aidan was a seventh century Irish Christian monk and missionary who travelled to then, largely pagan, Anglo-Saxon England, eventually settling in the remote but renowned monastery at Lindisfarne. The newly-converted Christian King Oswald of Northumbria welcomed the holy man by presenting him with a magnificent horse that the saint promptly gave away to the first beggar he encountered. When the disappointed Oswald remonstrated with him, Aidan came up with a reply impossible to counter. He said: ‘Is this child of a mare more valuable to you than this child of God?’ Oswald had no reply. Aidan became the first Bishop of Northumberland and many miracles were attributed to him. The most notable was when the pagan Mercian king, Penda attacked Northumbria and started pillage the area around the monastery. When Aidan saw Bamburgh burst into flames, he called in anguish out to God for salvation. A thunderstorm immediately put out the blaze and drove the invading Mercians away.

Late August and early September is also the time of Harvest Home and when the realm of Faerie can reach out into into the mortal world. William Noy set off across Selena Moor to the nearest tavern for a post-harvest drink, but got lost in the gathering gloom. Seeing lights and hearing laughter, William’s relief was short-lived when he realised he had come across a faerie Harvest Home feast. There he came across a vanished former girlfriend, Grace Allen, who had been abducted by the faeries years before to work as their servant. William knew that turning clothes inside out confused the otherworld creatures, so he inverted his hedging gloves and threw them onto the feast table. Everything then did indeed go dark and William awoke on the moor three days after he had set out. He looked in vain for Grace but his lover had only partially escaped the Faerie realm: she would visit him occasionally as an insubstantial wraith - not a good basis for the resumption of their relationship.

[sweetlullabyebye]

Characters that are absolute lovesick disasters but also brutal killers are... definitely something

[tubapun]

EVERYONE SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRANK WELKER

[spacedace]

He paused at that, eyes narrowing. “Doc,” He said, slowly, “Who, exactly, did you reach out to on this matter?”

The amusement in Leslie Thompkins’ voice said everything he needed to know. As did the sudden thunder of feet as his security team began to swarm him - a few skidding on the ice, though recovering admirably - and make their way to the front door, guns at the read. “You’re clever Mr. Cobblepot, I’m sure you already know.”

The worst part was that he did.

Oswald felt a headache bloom behind his eyes as he realized the chaos about to invade his home.

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Chapter 8 is (finally) here!

[37-artwork]

【⚠︎fanfic】

Kingdom Mickey & Oswald

Do NOT use my illustration without permission

[dragoneyes618]

Since when does Cassandra have cousins?

These cousins are never mentioned again. And Duncan was never mentioned to have any siblings.

They could be her cousins on her mother's side, I suppose, but Rosalind's family would have no reason to be at Castle Araluen with such regularity.

However, there is one other royal cousin mentioned: Dimon.

I believe it says that he's a third or fourth cousin, or of some such degree. As the only living male heir, he'd be directly in line for the throne if women couldn't inherit.

Could Cassandra's two male cousins actually have been second or third cousins, Oswald's great-nephews or something or the sort?

Could one of these cousins have been Dimon's father(presumably now deceased)?

[ask-king-oswald]

Thank you for 50 followers!!

i know it’s not a lot, but I think this is the biggest following I’ve had during my time on tumblr, so I appreciate it!

sorry for not posting though, mental health has been weird lol, but I’m back for the most part!!

Here’s some art that I made to celebrate 50 followers:]

[bihters]

A year ago, I held Fish Mooney's umbrella. Now she's dead by my hand. Along with Maroni. Falcone is in hiding. And all of their businesses are mine. They all underestimated me... I suggest you not make the same mistake.

[everythingatrophies]

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+ Doctor Who

(doctor who brainrot...head empty doctor who only...making this has killed me)

[imthekingofgotham]