#stardew dally

[dragonbleps]

I can no longer hold my silence

who is dal? everywhere I go, I see his face. I've heard so much about the man and yet I don't know who he is. oc? sona? simply an incredible fictional character?

(aka I dont member but am intrigued so i'm specifically asking you to ramble about your guy. I need twelve paragraphs by noon tomorrow /lh)

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MY BOY!!!

SO, Dal is my OC! Or, rather, Dal is the nickname for my TES OC, Dalamus Rex, but when talking about other AUs of him, I'll also use the name Dal often without clarifying, usually forcing people to either assume or figure out from context which version of Dal I'm talking about. A few of his AUs keep the Dalamus first name, or have a name that can be shortened to Dal, even if the name they actually go by is different (ie "Modern Dal" Damon Rex, whose birth name is Dalmatius). Sometimes, if talking about multiple Dalamus' in the same post, I might differentiate between them by using last names (Rex, Sarangerel, Strighym). Or sometimes I'll tag something as "Dal" because it applies to all of them, or vaguely makes me think of Dal even if it isn't entirely accurate to a specific version of him.

Clear as mud, right? WELL, allow me to go through the list!!! (All AUs are specifically AUs of Dalamus Rex. No weird permutations. Dalamus Rex is the origin of all and acts as the base.)

Dalamus Rex (he/him) is the original Dal, and one of two that can be safely assumed I'm defaulting to when I just say "Dal", (the other currently being Dalamus Strighym, and we'll get to him later). Dalamus Rex is a TES OC! He's a Dunmer/Bosmer (Dark elf/Wood elf) vampire who was originally intended to be a one-off antagonist for my other character, Thaerondil, to face. I felt I had hit a wall when writing Thaerondil, and needed something to force me to get him to mature a bit, so I started writing Dal. Dal was eventually supposed to just disappear or die and. Well. It's been 12 years and he's still here! And he's infecting the rest of my braincells.

Dalamus Rex started out life in Morrowind, to a family with a terrible father and a mother who tried her best but was treated just as awfully by her husband. I won't go into specifics unless asked, but you can search Dal's blog and find info (just mind the trigger warnings)! After his mother died, he ran from home and just kept running, eventually making his way into Skyrim at a young age. So while Morrowind might be his homeland, he basically grew up in Skyrim.

In Skyrim, he continued to use his stealth and thievery skills to survive, jaded and unstrusting, until eventually he caught ill with serious respiratory illness and collapsed outside the door of a Bosmer named Falin (fuh-LEEN). Falin took care of him and nursed him back to health with food, kindness, and herbal remedies because Dalamus does not trust mages or healing magic. In spending so much time together, they become fond of each other and fall in love.

Unfortunately, it would be cut short. At Falin's behest, Dalamus accompanies mercenaries to help clear a den of vampires, and ends up knocked unconscious and unknowingly infected with vampirism himself. Near the end of the week, Dalamus would wake a vampire in the middle of the night and kill his beloved Falin for his first feeding.

Wracked with guilt and shame, he runs and goes into hiding. For nearly two centuries he oscillates violently between ridden with guilt and starving himself, and succumbing to the Thirst and becoming a terror to anyone or anyplace nearby. He is stealthy, and wickedly fast, so god help you if you try to run, because he enjoys the chase. While not the strongest vampire, his agility and athleticism more than makes up for it.

Near the end of the two centuries, he finally evens off into a sort of homeostasis, emotionally speaking, allowing him to integrate himself into society if only to lure people to their death in typical Suave Charming Seductive Vampire fashion. This is where his blog canon takes place.

As he manages his Thirst better and can spend more time among people without needing to feed, he spends his time thieving from people and seducing them for more.. mundane needs. But it also means he has the time and ability and wherewithal to have conversations with people, and conversations often lead to connection. And he starts getting attached. (The next bit is going to be incredibly condensed and summarized because otherwise it's 10+ years of storytelling).

He starts building bonds with people. He learns to trust. He starts making friends, some to the extent of considering them family. He learns how to be vulnerable. He accidentally hurts friends. He learns how to apologize. He makes up with friends. He finally finds love again. He has a daughter. He cheats on his wife. He learns that apologies are not always enough. They get a divorce, and it hits him hard. But he has supportive people in his life now, his closest of which know he is a vampire and know of his past and that he has killed on his way here.

He learns how to change his behavior while still remaining himself, becoming ever closer to his friends and family. He finds love again, and is now in a stable relationship with an Agent of Mara, who also happens to be a Healer and a werelion. He has several close friends who he quite literally owe his life to, and for whom he would risk his life in an instant to keep them safe. Dalamus is not religious and is still afraid of Healing Magic but he occasionally reads about teachings of Mara when struggling, and he is slowly, slowly working up the nerve to be accepting of magic, although traumatic experiences and misunderstandings of how magic works are significant bumps in the road.

Damon Rex (he/it) -- A vampire in a fantasy Modern Earth who owns a jewelry store called Aeternum Rex ("forever the king", "forever king", "king forever", "eternal king", however you wanna think of it). CEO, owner, manager, boss, he's all of it. This is his store, and he uses it to swindle wealthy people :)

He's also a jeweler, gemologist, silversmith, gemcutter, etc etc. He's had time to learn it ALL. And he does make some of the available jewelry for the store. Some of it is stolen from the rich and altered to hide the fact. And some of it is synthetic jewelry altered to seem natural. The idea is that he steals valuables from the rich, changes them slightly, then sells them back to the rich when they come around looking for a replacement. Selling the synthetic gems at such a high profit margin also gives him leeway to give discounts to.. whoever he wants, really. But generally it is given to those who are not rich or wealthy, those looking for one-time gifts who will likely not be repeat customers.

He employs mostly teens and young adults from less-than-ideal living situations, or generally those who are desperate for the financial stability to get out of bad situations, buy necessities, etc. How he does this legally, who knows. But he pays them very generously for easy work, and time off is given on the honor system, assuming you will show up when you can work. See, with his speed and with how small the store is, he doesn't really NEED the help, but he wants to help others.

His own backstory is similar to TES Dal's in terms of family situation. But where TES Dal's mother died, Modern Dal became a vampire and returned to save his mother from his father. He then was able to live with and take care of his mother for the rest of her natural life, and this helped give him skills to integrate into society in a healthy manner earlier in his life.

Few people know he is a vampire aside from other supernatural creatures. His employees (who he eventually comes to see as his own kids, in a way) joke about him looking like one or dressing like one, but none of them actually believe anything out of the ordinary is happening. He's just goth, that's all. He's a little scary but he only ever uses his scariness on people who are disrespectful of his employees so it's fine.

Dalamus Sarangerel (he/they) -- FFXIV AU. A Xaela Au Ra who grew up in the Steppes in the Sarangerel tribe. His father is an herbalist, and his mother a hunter, giving him the chance to learn a well-rounded skillset for survival. The particulars of his tribe are TBD, but in my head they're more bestial than is shown in-game.

They were a peaceful tribe. His tribe worshipped the moon, Dalamud, as a guiding deity--Dalamus' was even named after it. But when Dalamud turned red and began descending, all manner of creature and people began behaving strangely. Dalamus' tribe was affected gradually, so gradually he hardly noticed, until they started treating Dalamus himself as a harbinger, and sacrificing animals for their deity.

When the Calamity happened, and Dalamud split open to free the dragon Bahamut, Dalamus got the wake-up call he needed to leave the tribe. Their violence continued, but Dalamus was determined to find a way to reverse their madness.

So, he left for Eorzea (where the game takes place), and discovered that the reason he was unaffected by Dalamud was this mysterious power called the Echo which he unknowingly had. And it meant he was a Warrior of Light. Out of one "prophecy" and into another. Chosen One for a different camp. But if defeating Primals will help him find answers on how to help his tribe, he is willing to do what they ask...

(I haven't played super far into the game, so, alas, his story is limited!)

Dalamus Strighym (he/him) -- BG3 AU. Dalamus Strighym, a Drow born simply as Dalamus, as surnames denoted nobility and a House, and he was born a commoner in the subterranean city of Menzoberranzan 200 years before the events of Baldur's Gate 3. (Disclaimer: Lolth-sworn Drow society in DnD is all kinds of messed up and potentially Problematic, and I'm well aware, but I'm not going to be the one to fix it; I'm mostly taking it as-is).

His family's trade was gemcutting, but neither of his brothers showed much aptitude for it. He had two older brothers. Orgoll, the eldest, a mean sonovabitch who delighted in harassing his youngest siblings. Orgoll became a military officer, strong and powerful, and most importantly, feared. Orgoll was jealous of what small amount of favor Dalamus was shown for his gemcutting skills, and would often sabotage his work.

And Nilaufein, second eldest, a weirdo by Drow standards, passionate about his job raising and training Riding Lizards and Pack Lizards, with a curiosity and fascination about the Surface. In private, he was kind, and hated the cruelty which ruled Menzoberranzan, and avoided being cruel whenever possible, instead using his wit and charm to diffuse situations and altercations. Nilaufein tried his best to keep his brothers from seriously injuring each other.

Nilaufein was selected to join a Raid on the Surface when Dalamus was 30. It was to be Nilaufein's Blooding, the coming-of-age ritual that would see him socially treated as an adult, if he survived. But he never returned, and is presumed dead. Dalamus' own Blooding was to battle a Displacer Beast with a handful of other Drow, and he survived, but not without massive scarring from a tentacle. To celebrate his success, Orgoll visited at the behest of their parents, but used the opportunity to mock both Dalamus and Nilaufein. Dalamus killed Orgoll later that night.

For a while, Dalamus had peace as the only child. He is excellent at gemcutting, one of the best. He makes good money for himself and his family. Then his sister, Taliira, is born, and immediately becomes the family favorite (Menzoberranzan operates under a Matriarchal Theocracy, where men are second-class citizens at best, and Priestesses of Lolth rule with fear and cruelty). If Taliira can undergo clerical schooling to become a Priestess, the family can be elevated.

And so, much of Dalamus' money becomes saved and dedicated to Taliira's teachings. While she is still small, Dalamus is often left to take care of her. He does not dare punish or discipline her, leaving her to do whatever she wants. At first, this meant hanging around him and curiously watching him work on his jewelry. She'd ask innocent questions, he'd give straightforward answers. But as she grew up and was encouraged to be cruel, Dalamus became target practice for her budding magic skills. Despite only being a teen, she was a hellion, and further compounded Dalamus' dislike of magic, especially anything that manipulated the mind or body.

She eventually was sent off to schooling, at which point Dalamus got a few years of peace. Until the minor noblewoman, Nedvyllanna Strighym, set eyes upon him. She thought he looked handsome, and interesting (his eyes and hair are not the typical Drow colors often selectively bred for), and his jewelry skills were second-to-none, and she wanted him for herself. And so she did. He became her personal gemcutter, jeweler, and favored consort.

I won't go into details what that entails bc again, messed up society (if you're interested then you can check his blog where I've written headcanons). But we will just say he is not treated kindly, and yet, because of how twisted the society is and the expectations for men, he thinks it's fine, even preferable in some cases. After 8 years, they have a son. He is not allowed to see or be around the son and does not get attached.

Two years later, he gets caught stealing from another noble (at Nedvyllanna's request), and his punishment is exile. She injures him with a whip and sends him out to wander the Underdark and hopefully die. But he survives, using his piwafwi for stealth, his knowledge of Underdark flora to stanch his bleeding, and a little subtle help from a Goddess he does not worship (and doesn't realize it's her doing). He doesn't escape unscathed, though, as an encounter with a bear-like creature called a Quaggoth gives him a back injury that'll prove permanent and be a source of both chronic and acute pain.

But he makes it to the Surface. And despite being blinded by the light and exhausted by the heat, he makes it to a town, and then a city, and commissions a back-support corset to be made. About a month later, he receives the corset--and the Nautiloid appears over Yartar and begins abducting people, Dalamus included.

So now he's got this mind flayer parasite behind his eye, his back injury is still healing, heck his face and neck scarring isn't completely healed yet, and now he has to work with strangers on the Surface where the sun burns his skin and blinds him, to try and figure out how to remove the parasites before they all become Mind Flayers.

It's been a helluva time the past few weeks for him.

Other versions of Dal I occasionally talk about but don't have specific blogs for:

Dalrex -- (Fallout) An odd, intelligent dark-colored Alpha Deathclaw. Seems to have a proclivity for finding shiny loot to try and decorate his hide with. Curiously able to speak, but not much more than a child. Extremely dangerous, and yet some say he's actually docile unless given a reason to be otherwise. Not many are willing to test that theory, though.

PokeDal -- (Pokemon) An adult pokemon trainer named Damon. He's gaunt, has bags under his eyes, is pale, and a Lampent follows him around. It's believed Lampent is a sort of emissary of death, appearing right before someone dies to take their soul, and yet Damon is still here. Some say it's because he's actually a vampire! But he's not. Probably. He's just a tired recluse who lives in a castle. He takes care of a sanctuary for pokemon who can't, won't, don't want to, or shouldn't become partner pokemon for trainers for various reasons. His team consists of mostly Dark types. Lemme see if I can remember... Houndoom, Corviknight, Umbreon, Zoroark, Lampent, Crobat. I think.

Stardew Dally -- (Stardew Valley) Dalmatius is a farmer who got tired of the monotony of working for a corporate entity. He's a bit pale and thin but surprisingly strong. He always wears his straw hat because he burns in the sun so easily. Just might be a vampire. He mostly keeps to himself, but holds respect for the townspeople.

MonHun Dal -- (Monster Hunter) An arrogant, tall Wyverian man named Dalakai. Unlike many of his people, who dedicate their lives to the study and understanding of the world around them through scholarly endeavors, Dalakai thrives being a Monster Hunter. He is considered immature and brash by his people, but his skills are nothing to sneeze at.

[dallydaydream]

I've kinda been making eyes at my relatively unplayed copy of Sun Haven, but the thing is I'm closer to perfection in my current Stardew Valley save than I've ever been before and I just know if I switch to a different game now I won't come back to this file and I will start over from the beginning again next time I play.

[m4sonn]

the outsiders characters modern au fav switch games ⁉️

ponyboy probably like smth like stardew valley but he’s embarrassed to admit it so he says like some random violence game (idk i dont play violent games)

johnny likes either splatoon or animal crossing, idk why i just feel like he’s that type of guy

two-bit like mario games. any mario games

darry likes RPG but like zombie apocalypse RPGs.

steve and soda both like rocket league (car soccer, idk it seems like an underrated game)

dally likes gun games.

the gang all plays mario kart and splatoon together some nights.

two-bit and steve both beef with ponyboy. darry’s yelling (again) soda’s just watching and laughing like rolling around laughing, dally threatened steve since he’s also beefing with him, johnny stopped playing because he didn’t wanna get caught up in..that, someone ends up crying (ponyboy probably) steve and soda don’t talk the next day.

same with monopoly, they ALL want each other dead

anyways. i need more of modern au them,,its so funny please 😭

No no cause hear me out most of the gangs mutual favorite game to play together is just dance. The only people who don’t like it are Darry cause he’s bad at it and dally cause he thinks it’s stupid (and embarrassing but he won’t admit that) they bought extra controllers so like 4 of them could play together at a time. Usually they’ll play Mario kart or monopoly and then Johnny will force them to play just dance so they can stop trying to murder each other

[tigergirlpaya]

Gangs video game hcs :)

Darry:

• loves turn based combat and strategy games

• loves the og fallout but just can not get into anything passed fallout 2

• plays baldurs gate for the combat only

• 3000 hours in an obscure indie title that only ever has 3 players active at a time

• once got the entire gang to play FarmVille and he would get actually angry if they didn’t help complete the guild quests

Twobit:

• plays among us unironically

• gets drunk and goes on VR chat

• plays the sims just to make fucked up looking dudes to drown

• plays cod zombies religiously

• “IS THAT THE BITE OF 87’ ?????”

Dally:

• u know this man is grinding league and val like his life depends on it

• hard stuck bronze 2 😞

• the only person in the gang who will play games w him is Johnny bc everyone else is subject to his intense gamer rage

• takes every game way to seriously and is way to over competitive

Soda:

• doesn’t like video games very much

• logs into animal crossing every day to check On his villlagers anyways

• tries to play games w the gang even tho he doesn’t really know what’s going on

Steve:

• only plays triple a games

• gets just as angry as Dallas does and they have screaming matches in team chat when they play together

• Fortnite, apex, pubg man loves his battle royales

• secret obsession w dating sims that only Soda knows about

• knows how to code and makes shitty platformwrs for the gang to enjoy

Johnny:

• hates playing games by himself

• usually on stardew with Pony or playing some multiplayer horror game with Dally

• tries to get everyone to play games w him bc he thinks the more people who play the better but everyone is either busy or has a reason to not play w someone (Dally gamer rage, Pony bad at video games, Two not taking anything seriously etc.)

Pony:

• graphic novel and puzzle game enjoyer

• loves soulslike games but is awful at video games since he doesn’t play them so he either watching videos or asks someone to play so he can watch

• severe stardew valley addiction

• plays shitty old Jrpgs on an emulator on his phone

[kurtc0ba1n]

what r ur favorite characters? like in any and all media? :>

okay so

alex from stardew vally

Klaus, viktor, and murder magician from the umbrella academy

Dally winston from the outsiders

oh and a friends showed me Dont Starve and i like wormwood a lot

i like fuecoco from pokemon

and mike milligram from killjoys national anthem

theres probably more but this is what comes to mind at the moment

[b0n3s-is-gay]

What I will and will not write

Do's:

Smut

fluff

angst

Any Au

Reverse Comfort

Don'ts:

R@pe/Non-con

Friends with benifits

Piss kink 🤢

Real world people

P3d0philia

Maybe (depends on character)

Yandere

Rope/tying kink

Major Character death

Breeding kink

Characters I write for:

Levi Ackerman

Mikasa Ackerman

Armin Arlert

Nagito Komaeda

Makoto Naegi

Riddle Rosehearts

Malleus Draconia

Trey Clover

Ceil Phantomhive (NO SMUT >:|)

Joel Miller (Game)

Aizawa Shouta

Touya Todoroki

Toumura Shigaraki

Sebastian (Stardew Valley)

Abigail (Stardew Valley)

Robin (Stardew Valley)

Dallas "Dally" Winston

Sodapop Curtis

Darrel "Darry" Curtis

Simeon (Obey me)

Barbatos (Obey me)

Lucifer Morningstar (Obey me)

Satan (Obey me)

Diavolo (Obey me)

Michael Myers

Ghost face

Jason Voorhees

Dazai Osamu (Bsd)

Ranpo Edogawa (Bsd)

Chuuya Nakahara (Bsd)

Fyodor Dostoevsky (Bsd)

[nocturnalhe]

del’s cool introoo

allo, my names delano, or del, i’m from canada and my job truly is to dilly dally

i like to play guitar, sleep, and i do art much more than i realized, so i’ll drop some here and there🤞

my main interest is ghost, it has been for too long (evil adhd laugh ah ah ahh), but i’m also into other things like stardew, and saw, that’s about it … that’s all i got going on 4 me .. so it’s probably all i’ll post

stay safe, hug the homies

[neutrontears]

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Welcome to neutrontears‘ blog

introduction and “what I will write“ post!

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꩜ About the author

Nicolái | he/they | infp | autistic

╰┈➤my linktree: https://linktr.ee/neutrontears

╰┈➤ likes: sharks—nature—art—videogames—music—movies

╰┈➤dislikes: school in general—p.e.—maths—teachers calling on me—waking up early on weekends

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꩜ Disclaimer

! I‘m not a professional writer

! I‘m a student so I‘m most likely busy

! I will keep the reader (y/n) genderneutral, unless it was mentioned otherwise

! I‘m used to write m!characters x reader so I‘m still trying to learn to write more with fem!characters

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꩜ What I will write

- fluff

-angst

- sfw

-nsfw (I will try my best)

-headcanons

-swearing

-others

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꩜ What I won‘t write

- Proships/Comships

- weird stuff in general I guess

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꩜ What fandoms I write for

- The Outsiders

- The Breakfast Club

- Creepypastas

- Stardew Valley

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꩜ Characters I will write for

! don’t be scared to ask for a character that’s not on the list !

The Outsiders:

Ponyboy

Sodapop

Darry

Johnny

Dally

Steve

Two-Bit

The Breakfast Club:

Andrew

John

Brian

Allison

Claire

Creepypastas:

Ticci Toby

Masky

Hoodie

Eyeless Jack

Stardew Valley:

Shane

Alex

Sebastian

Sam

Haley

Abigail

Harvey

Emily

[80stacos]

Modern!Outsiders AU Headcanons

—warnings: mentions of vaping, and one sexting reference at the end.

Two-Bit and Soda watch SpongeBob together regularly.

Ponyboy loves Tumblr. He writes a lot on it.

Two-Bit and Steve thrive off of memes.

One of Soda’s favorite bands is Arctic Monkeys.

Darry has one of those in-home security cameras to make sure the gang isn’t wrecking the house. Whenever one of them denies doing something that they did, Darry shows them the footage and they don’t know how to respond.

Pony really likes ASMR it makes him feel like he’s not alone at night, and it helps with his nightmares.

Steve and Soda go to those car shows all the time, they basically fangirl over the cars (IDK if cars shows existed in the ‘60s </3).

Whenever the guys can’t hang out together in-person they totally take advantage of FaceTime.

Darry tracks Soda’s and Pony’s locations on his phone. He wants to make sure they’re safe when they’re out.

Johnny probably has a Nintendo Switch. He keeps it Darry’s house since he’s there most of the time. He likes it because it has games like Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing which are relaxing, plus he can take it wherever he goes.

Pony probably vapes.

So does Johnny.

They’re vape buddies <3.

Soda googles the weirdest questions.

Dally flirts with the DoorDash girls.

Pony, Johnny, and Dally like to go live on Instagram when they’re out.

Dally usually flips the camera off at least once, Johnny hides behind Pony because he’s shy, and Pony updates the 3 viewers on what they’re currently doing every five minutes.

Darry falls asleep watching the news or the cooking channel almost every night.

When Pony or Soda try to change the channel Darry just wakes up and is like, “I was watching that! :((“

Steve and Evie FaceTime A LOT.

Sometimes not just to talk 👀.

Two Bit once answered Steve’s phone while he was out of the room because he thought it would be funny but Evie didn’t have her dress on and they both screamed and Two-Bit dropped the phone. When Steve found out he knocked Two-Bit unconscious </3.

After that Steve ate all the cake before Two-Bit could get to it for the next month.

[dragonbleps]

Stardew Dally and the Moon Jellies 🪼

[dragonbleps]

starts a new game in Stardew Valley to play Clean Up My Farm And Organize My Chests Simulator <3 my beloved

[dragonbleps]

Going with mom to Urgent Care (Her knee has been paining her really, really bad. She can still walk but knows she wouldn't be able to work in this condition so she's hoping the doctors will say something about it) so I'm not entirely sure when I'll be back.

I'll see ya when I see ya!