#she does dark magic for her

[may12324]

She remade her, she held her bones in her hands and put each piece back together. Only to have to carry on without her.

Everything she did, she did for Falin

~

Inspired by The Locked Tomb and Howls Moving Castle, and also how hot these two look in these outfits/forms. This will be a future print for cons this year.

[normally-blue]

Marcille im lov you <333

[batsight]

Star Flower, loner, Medic of SkyClan

She/Her, cis bisexual

Mother: Turnip

Father: One Eye

Adoptive Father: Skystar

Siblings: Unnamed, all deceased.

Design notes:

-She is styled after the Pokemon, Ogerpon

-The plants are a physical part of her body. They grow out of her.

-She is the physical embodiment of The Blazing Star.

Story notes: [Abuse CW]

-She was born as a normal kitten to a traveling band of rogues who loved to trade and spread their music. Unfortunately, this band died out to a plague, one that nearly took her own life. Desperate to save his family, her father Carrot traveled to a set of tunnels in Sanctuary Lake rumored to house a reality-bending god. He asked the god for a cure, and the god asked for his eye in return. They made the exchange, and he retrieved a glowing, golden, five pointed flower. However, he was too late to save most of his family, so the entire cure went to his surviving kit. He wasn't expecting her to survive the night given her fragile state and the dubiousness of the exchange...

-But the next morning, she was perfectly fine- great, even. If a little... odd... were those buds growing on her paws...?

-It only got stranger from there. When Carrot ended up finding more cats suffering from the plague, just a few calming purrs from his kit seemed to have them ripe and ready to go the next morning. Carrot understood then what had happened- his kit had become the cure herself. And cats were starting to look towards them more, started begging for her healing, for anything. And Carrot had lost everything... wasn't it time to start winning stuff back?

-And so, the pair became One Eye and Star Flower, for recognition's sake. The two formed their own small group, filled with cats Star Flower had healed. Star Flower loved to spread her magic where she went, to save cats from the brink of death and be showered with their love and appreciation. They felt like they owed a great debt to her, and she enjoyed that.

-She was very close with her father, even if their relationship could be strained. One Eye loved her, but to an extent, he also used her. He grew arrogant in his success, believing he had become the accomplice to a god, and began to hold that over cats who fell sick. He grew desperate for control and Star Flower was his key to that.

-One day, however, her father's group encountered the early clans. They were just beginning to settle down, work out their new rules, and declare borders. But what caught the group's attention was the near murder of a young kittypet, almost mauled to death by proto-SkyClan's leader, Skystar. Unable to heal wounds with her magic, Star Flower managed to bring the cat to a twoleg, who took her away.

-Appalled by the cruelty, Star Flower took a great interest in Skystar's group, and witnessed several of his other crimes against his cats and the other groups. As did One Eye, who, seeing the early signs of a plague, had an idea to put this cat and the other leaders in their place.

-One Eye and Star Flower joined the group, with One Eye acting as a curious loner, flattering Skystar with praise. Skystar enjoyed his company, and so One Eye grew in the rank rather quickly. He also took a great interest in Star Flower and her abilities. After murdering Tom, who insulted the cats and attempted to attack them, One Eye took the chance to take control over the group, overpowering Skystar and using Star Flower's power to keep the remaining cats in line- everything is going to be okay, you'll get your cure... if you stay in line and do as One Eye says.

-This went on for a moon, of Star Flower holding her magic over the heads of her clients to keep their loyalty towards One Eye. She would be lying if she said she didn't feel pride at it all at helping her father.

-Ultimately, One Eye was overthrown and killed when Skystar came back with reinforcements from the other clans. The rest of the rogues they'd accumulated ran off, and suddenly, Star Flower was alone. She'd never been without her father, and running would mean abandoning his grave, which she didn't want. But... this place had been a home to her for some time now, and she needed a place to stay. SkyClan had taken all of the available territory in the area, anyways, and she was in no shape to brave the other territories or twolegplace. So she offered her power to SkyClan as a peace offering and asked for shelter in return.

-Skystar was still sore from the event, but he couldn't deny that having Star Flower as an asset would be beneficial to him in the long run. And around this point, his son Thunderstar had disowned him and split off ThunderClan from SkyClan. He felt that he was losing allies, losing family, and he latched on to desperate Star Flower very quickly- as a cat who would never disobey him.

-Skystar takes Star Flower under his wing as his new child, her new ward, instating her as a medic. And because she is loyal to a fault, she won't disobey a new leader so similar to her father. And so, he pushes her to do humiliating things in front of the camp, ranging from general chores like tick baths, to forcing her to run laps around camp with an injury if she took too long to work her magic. He would take out his frustration from gatherings on her and berate her over the most menial things. He would make her withhold her power to help anyone in the clan who had displeased him. And if Star Flower ever tried to stick up for herself, all he had to do was remind her of what she did, how she helped torment his cats by holding a cure over their heads to help out her father.

-This went on for years, Star Flower becoming more and more despondent. One night, there was a particularly stressful gathering, in which Skystar got into a territorial dispute with Thunderstar over a pack of dogs ravaging the territories. He lost the dispute, came home, and immediately took it out on Star Flower, shouting at and attacking the molly for "taking too much food she didn't deserve". And something in Star Flower finally snapped, and for the first time, she didn't save a life- she took one. And another. And another. As many as what remained in Skystar's soul. She was discovered taking his very last life in his nest, while she was wondering if she could pin it on the dogs. She escaped the camp, and wandered the territory for the rest of her life.

-Unfortunately, while she finally won against Skystar in the moment, it was history who decided the victor. Sparrowstar declared that they couldn't let a tragedy like this happen ever again, and doubled down on banishing rogues. Every rogue-born cat was looked at with suspicion from then on, and as the decades began to pass, Star Flower's story became twisted and bent. As the story is told, a rogue had infiltrated SkyClan's camp asking for help, but had manipulated and charmed the leader with her prowess and rose in the ranks just high enough to take him out and attempt to claim his spot. Her story was used as a cautionary tale against rogues, warning cats against those who would infiltrate the camp and rot it from the inside. Eventually, even her true name was lost to time...

Rotten Flower, Warrior of The Dark Forest

Skystar didn't hesitate to throw her in the depth of the Dark Forest when she died. She wears her mask constantly, trying to keep away from the sickness of the muck. She's embraced the false myth made about her, claiming to have killed a founder for power and prestige. But in reality, it's been so long that she's forgotten her family, her power, her name. She barely even remembers Skystar himself. Though she's admired in the Dark Forest for her achievements, she doesn't hang around anyone, and acts hostile to those who approach her.

Perhaps someone can help her remember who she truly is...?

[chicicherrycola]

i finally figured out who laois reminds me of

[ultrabananapudding]

Clarachel | Halloween

Setting: Rachel buys rare ingredients from Clarice for her potion making business. The Forest Nymph doesn't ask for money as payment, so Rachel gets creative with what she could offer in return.

[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads // twitter thread

The Sun and The Void

Venezuelan inspired high fantasy

follows a young outcast swordswoman taken in by her grandmother, the dark sorceress for a noble family, who relies on the magic to keep her alive after being attacked by monstrous creatures

and a young noblewoman who’s the shame of her family because of her mixed heritage and desire to use magic

both are manipulated by those with more power than them into a plot to free an ancient evil god

mineral based magic, politics, nonhuman MCs

[theminecraftbee]

speaking of magical girl au doc i think. i think he grew up in the shadow organization, actually. his life’s work is on magic. the opening of the spirit jar and the ever-nearer wishing star is a dream to him. subjugating the spirits in order to bring magic back to humanity is basically everything he wants, and to use it for the greater good -

- and naturally, everyone says that power needs to end up in the hands of the worthy and -

- and he sits outside the steps with blackbird. the magical girl’s wings are spread out so they can be checked for injuries. she normally only shows up when she’s badly hurt; she knows better than to give them access to her when she doesn’t absolutely need it. nonetheless, doc helps, because when they help, she lets them run tests. a quid pro quo. the moment his boss figures out how to trigger a transformation in someone who isn’t her, doc has no illusions about what will happen. he used to gloat about it, in fact. why wouldn’t he?

it’s his life’s work. it’s everything he’s ever wanted. it’s everything he’s ever known how to want.

but lately...

he’s patching up blackbird, gentler than many of his coworkers, when she suddenly says: “you can do better, you know.”

(he doesn’t know she’s echoing words scar told her on the edge of a battlefield before, her lips wide and snarling through her injuries. he won’t even guess until he’s shown footage he knows is edited but can’t get the real version of.)

“can i?” he asks.

blackbird snorts.

“you have a point,” she mutters.

he doesn’t know how to say that the other day, out drinking with ren, he’d watched an attack on the tv and babbled something about resigning. he doesn’t know how to say that he’s pretty sure he’s not actually allowed to resign. he’s doesn’t know how to say he doesn’t know anything else.

“besides, you’re the answer to a lot of mysteries i want answers to,” he says instead.

“i am, aren’t i? but don’t you ever...”

she goes quiet.

“nevermind,” she says. “don’t know why i bother talking to you.”

“hah,” doc says. he finishes what he’s doing without speaking and then, hesitantly, walks inside without making blackbird take a blood test or anything else. he’s not sure why he skips it. he’s just... he’s not as motivated lately. not sure what that says about him.

two days later, he’s being questioned after blackbird vanishes from all their tracking. he will not see her again until she’s dragged back in in chains a week and a half later. he doesn’t know why. she doesn’t answer. he doesn’t ask.

[clauderry-berries]

i really hope Callum uses dark magic to revive/un-coin-ify Runaan, Tiadrin, Lain, and Mystery Coin Guy

because the only times he uses dark magic is to save Rayla

and because there’s been hints of Callum falling prey to Aaravos and dark magic in S4

[master-k0hga]

| Drops this and leaves

FUCK YOU-

//cough

An Age of Calamity AU where everything is the same but also not-

Sooga overthrows Kohga's title as leader and becomes a corrupted PoS then kills the King and is now trying to fight Zelda for Hyrule's throne

Kohga is now his timid slutty lil assistant who just wants his "old Soogy back"

.....

And may have been the reason why Sooga ended up like this...

Hint hint it's a soul binding, corrupted mask he accidentally made for him

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Also may need their counterparts from the official AoC timeline to correct their bs and to re-teach them the lesson of their love for each other

Anyways

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[teeth-draws]

“You are a scholar, are you not?”

@shepherds-of-haven‘s Red + my MC Halle as Milo and Kida for Halloween huehue

[kraviolis]

with the rising fascism in the world, im not gonna trust any new medias with stories that make the villain an agent of chaos & terror while the hero/es fight to preserve the status quo.

[vigilskeep]

colour symbolism breakthrough

[kuroimarzipan]

sandrine can have a little artist trend outfit. as a treat

[sorieba]

my dnd party recently saved someone who they didn't know was actually next in line for royalty (...after overthrowing the other queen)

[sketchyallstar]

I was unsure about posting these for the longest time, I wasn’t exactly happy with how they turned out but I love small aspects of these sketches. These are some witch characters I made and now I’m working on a story with them in it. I need to keep drawing them till I’m satisfied with an illustration and I want to finalize it, this was just experimenting with certain ideas I hadn’t been able to visualize properly before now.

[nettleandthorne]

Tamarack: What character fits into two different groups that are usually opposites?

hello! thank you for the ask! this is... a fascinating question. i suppose i want to say maria, even though i most likely talk about her far too much already given she isn't the main character. she very much fits into the role of villain and the role of friend, which is... a little confusing for the gravedigger. she represents the greatest threat to them of anyone, but she's so desperate for someone to actually understand her that she makes herself remarkably vulnerable in front of them. but it doesn't stop her being dangerous, and manipulative, and desperate. even if she is the gravedigger's friend, she can never really be trusted.