#storm's calamity

[solemn-siren]

Bracelet

Community Creations entry (Grapple-pap)

Yea I started writing this on the 28th... Truth is I struggled to come up with anything, however I got my idea after I played through the Grapple-pap side quest.

I guess this is kind of a mini prologue to Felix's origin story, Aerie of Eagles? I probably won't start writing it until late 2023 but it is canon to the timeline I tell you.

Anyways enjoy this mini prologue I guess! And Merry Christmas (a bit late but better than never!)

It was the morning of Grapple-pap. The morning where kids rushed down the stairs to open gifts with their families. A time where as the old saying goes, "if you don't spread cheer, Grapple-pap will get you for a year."

Boys asked for cars and action figures. Girls asked for dolls and ponies. That morning they would giggle and laugh with happiness at their new toys, playing with them all day long.

For the Jones family, living in a town with festive decorations up for their occasion, their gift to their son, Felix, was not a toy, but a tool.

As the young boy opened the small box which was the gift from his parents, he was met with a strange bracelet. Unlike the sparkly bracelet with beads girls wore, it was made with a durable, neon orange rope, tied in a way you could unravel it. the rope was connected by a black side connector buckle, like the ones you see on backpacks. A small compass was embedded in the buckle, and even the buckle's shape was odd, with strange fork prongs inside.

"Daddy, what is this?" The young boy asked, looking up at his parents. His dad smiled, crouching down and explaining it all to him.

"My Fledgling, this is a survival bracelet." he said, taking the bracelet from the box. "I know you want to explore the world, but there are dangerous things out there. This will help you avoid those dangers."

"How?" Felix asked, even more interested in the bracelet.

"Think of all the uses for a rope. This survival bracelet can do it all." His father explained. "It even comes with a knife, which might be the most useful tool ever." "It's still too big to fit on your wrist..." Felix's mother pointed out as the young boy excitedly put the survival bracelet on. "But one day it'll fit perfectly. I can't wait for that day!"

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10 years later, the bracelet now fit perfectly around his wrist, as if it was a part of him. But his parents were no longer around to see this day. There was nothing but snow as far as the eye can see.

The days of being called 'Fledgling' was over, for it has been days since he left the nest known as an orphanage. In fact, it felt wrong calling it his nest. It wasn't even his real home.

Felix glanced at the bracelet around his wrist. The days of his youth, before everything he held dear was ripped away from him. To think that whoever did this had gotten away with their crimes.

He couldn't stand it anymore. He had a destination in mind, a group called the Fearless Eagles, who he hoped to learn everything he could to make his plan work.

The days when he'll get his revenge is drawing closer.

To be continued in Aerie of Eagles...

[ernstiggroteadelaar]

Saw someone on youtube open some Bloomburrow play boosters and when they pulled Ygra, Eater of All, they said: "Is this the villain? I don't actually know who the villain of the set is."

and now I cannot stop thinking about why people we see a wild animal that can be dangerous and immediately assume it evil and out to get the heroes. And how the story actually very much tells us that we should learn to see that some natural circumstances that at first glance seem just dangerous and unideal to live with are actually worth our protection

[dumpsterf11re]

more wizzy doodles now that i can draw on my computer again (ft. arc 1 calamity)

[pocketgalaxies]

"the last time the people of exandria made a choice, we lost two thirds of the population of this world." juicy line mr. storm! me personally i am thinking So Hard about exu calamity and how it could've been 100% of the population, had a few people of exandria made a different choice. in truth, the last time the people of exandria made a choice, they saved it from extinction. and i am thinking about how that part of history will never be taught to the generations that follow. fun!

[zeephyre]

CR3 EPISODE 98 SPOILERS

???????????? im not sure where to start or end.

lets just start with how incredibly beautiful the cast looked at the live show. and how much i enjoyed seeing both brennan and aabria present (we will get to brennan again in a second)

as far as the actual episode, i think this episode is both one of the best episodes and one of my favourite episodes. dominox's visions were brutal but it was really interesting seeing how the hells handled them. chetney and dorian seemed the most affected, and honestly chetney's was the most mindfuck-y, but the way that ashton and imogen just got to the root of the manipulation, trying to reach out to dominox.... *chefs kiss*

i loved the mystery of this episode... smth abt how creepy dominox is and bells hells going back and forth on what they should do with it/him/her. dominox manifesting as a little girl was so??? creepy but also the greatest shit ever, i found it so compelling and far scarier than the big scary demon form. something something the corruption of innocence something something

it is really fucked up to give ashton that fcg vision just after sam got back to the table... like that was just twisting the knife deeper and deeper.

we NEED to lock braius up or something, i thought fearne was the most horny poly pc with chetney but GOD he really locked tf in as soon as he took bells hells in. in all seriousness i cannot wait for more braius (in like....a fucking MONTH I CANT DO THIS ANYMORE). interested in whatever the fuck he's got going on with dorian, ashton and fearne... will need him to flirt with chetney cause we didnt get around to it.

speaking of fearne... teven saying they're bound together and expressing desire to have her join him in the hells... love toxic romance idc. also him saying he's bound to a lot of people and then fearne saying SHE IS TOO??? can y;all stop the ship wars now please how much more explicit can fearne get about being poly and not wanting or needing to CHOOSE. hell... ashton literally keeps flriting with other dudes, i.e: essek, and now braius. HERE'S HOW POLY HELLS CAN FINALLY BECOME REAL.

bells hells morality in question is always my favourite bit at the table becausse like... they're good people, i guess but really they care more about each other than other people. (and then theres orym who is just a little guy with trauma... he'll match our freak eventually)

LUDINUS APPEARANCE WAS SO INCREDIBLY INSANE LIKE HE WAS WAY TOO CASUAL ABOUT IT AND THAT WAS SO FUNNY TO ME. GOD. AM I IN LOVE WITH LUDA??? (a little yeah). tag teaming dominox with ludinus is literally the greatest shit ever i am so SO sorry keyleth i know we were supposed to kill him on sight or whatever (and they did attack him immediately) but i want to ask him my silly little questions.

i have never thought that ludinus was... wrong, idealogically, as the discourse can have us going in circles, i mostly just dont like people who murder hundreds for their own agendas. however comma i do love a motivated hot old man with religious trauma.

whatever the hell ludinus found... if it shifts bells hells' reality to the point they join him (unlikely but not totally impossible) i will lose my fucking mind. regardless i WANT ludinus to do what he said he said he wanted to do -- show exandria what the gods want BURIED.

brennan... brennan please reveal your secrets to me. please. pleas.e nwow. pleae brewnan. im begging,

anyway, is it thursday yet (AFTER TWO WEEKS GOD WTF)

[voidcomett]

[screechingfromthevoid]

ok but Dorian saying "Orym of the air ashari is such a mouth full. How desperately I want to change it to Orym storm." Because ah

[simplegenius042]

Music Monday

Tagging @inafieldofdaisies @voidika @icecutioner @socially-awkward-skeleton @derelictheretic @shallow-gravy @direwombat @strangefable @rhettsabbott @josephseedismyfather @josephslittledeputy @imogenkol @cloudofbutterflies92 @skoll-sun-eater @cassietrn @carlosoliveiraa @adelaidedrubman @g0dspeeed @wrathfulrook @afarcryfrommymain @strafethesesinners @raresvtm @aceghosts @turbo-virgins @shellibisshe @deputy-morgan-malone @softtidesworld @starsandskies @ladyoriza @la-grosse-patate @florbelles @sleepyconfusedpotato @titiagls @minilev @yokobai @thewanderer-000 @omen-speaker @justasmolbard @alypink @thesingularityseries @nightwingshero and @noodlecupcakes

Songs for An Old Ballad Of Chance And Ember Hearts Trilogy, A Radioactive Calamity Of Love, Bombs & Gore and one specifically called "Dinosaur Escape" for the Jurassic World WIPs in The UnTitledverse, though the Jurassic World: Into The Eye Of The Storm WIP fits this one. You can listen to them below the cut:

The Trilogy of An Old Ballad Of Chance And Ember Hearts are a trio of original works about the first pair of human explorers of the Multiverse as they traverse through numerous and wonderful worlds that exist within it. It explores the beauty and darkness of the mesmerizing nature of life. "Dream Your Dream" I believe encapsulates the fantastical and ethereal tone, especially with its balance between the whimsical dream and a dreadful nightmare, which is emphasized through the lullaby-aesthetic of the song, as this trilogy is written as historical accounts of these two explorers' journeys from a time that has long since passed.

"The ticking clock breaks the spell with every beat Illusion or not, you are safe for now So dream, so dream your dream So dream your dream

So dream, dream, dream your dream 'Cause when you're awake your nightmare awaits So dream, dream, dream your dream 'Cause when you're awake the nightmare awaits It's a fantasy, they'll be seeing you soon Nowhere left to go, terrors keep breaking through So dream, dream, dream your dream 'Cause when you're awake The nightmare will become the truth."

Throughout all six of the fics I have for my Fallout series, A Radioactive Calamity Of Love, Bombs & Gore, I think the most grim and game-changing one would have to be the Fallout: New Vegas fic, The House On Top, not that this series isn't already written to be grimmer and darker than the games. Anywho, the song I believe sets the tone going forward during and post-FONV's fic would have to be "Game Of Survival".

"Who's in the shadows? Who's ready to play? Are we the hunters? Or are we the prey?

There's no surrender And there's no escape Are we the hunters? Or are we the prey?

This is a wild game of survival."

Of course "Dinosaur Escape" can just be for all my Jurassic World fics, however I think it's closest to my Jurassic World: Into The Eye Of The Storm WIP as that takes place during Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, especially with references to the Isla Nublar eruption and the Indoraptor himself. This specific fic focuses on Joaquin Cobalt, Edward Carmine and Indo (+ Diego & Phone) as they try to get off the island before they're consumed by molten ash of death. It's also the fic where Maisie gets introduced, and she plays an important part throughout The UnTitledverse entire series. The song's also a kind of Spoiler-ish free recap for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom if anyone wants to listen.

"On Isla Nublar So many dinosaurs are running wild Too many to count But Claire has got a list of names compiled I feel a rumble on the island and I start to think... We have to save the dinosaurs before they're all extinct

Start with the herbivores!

The Stegosaurus last was seen by the Cretaceous Cruise Triceratops was in the Gentle Giants petting zoo Pachycephalosaurus used to fight in Pachy Arena Ankylosaurus were around the Gyrospheres beside the forest

Oh! I feel a rumble coming from a volcano I see a stormy cloud I see a dark red glow So grab the gyrosphere and step on the gas We've got to go It's gonna blow 'Cause it's an eruption Eruption

Chaos is all around While Claire's embarking with a crew And Owen Grady joined the team to help them look for Blue Isla Nublar's falling and the population's on the brink They've got to save the dinosaurs before they're all extinct

Onto the carnivores!

Carnotaurus has two horns protruding from her head Ferocious Allosaurus broke from holoscape and fled Last remaining Tyrannosaurus Rex escaped her kingdom Baryonyx almost ate the crew inside the lava chamber

Oh! I feel a rumble coming from a volcano I see a stormy cloud I see a dark red glow So grab the gyrosphere and step on the gas We've got to go It's gonna blow 'Cause it's an eruption Eruption

The Indoraptor was created by Dr. Wu A hybrid dinosaur 2,000 pounds designed for war Half Velociraptor, half Indominus Rex And it's up to Blue to defeat him now

I feel a rumble, I feel a rumble I feel a rumble coming from a volcano I feel a rumble, I hear the sound We've got to go before Jurassic World comes falling down Yeah!

Eruption!"

[pageofheartdj]

Don’t worry, Camila. It’ll be easier with five of them xD

[velvettedd]

drew this mid-class in college and originally i wanted to finish this comic like the original but this shit is way funnier to me

[takonei]

I like Signus he's a funny man. thing. eldritch horror whatever. Make it human-ish like the rest

And now that I have the whole distortion gang I can put those guys in situations <3

(Some additional details about Signus's design under the cut!)

[solemn-siren]

Storm's Calamity: Chapter eight

Chapter eight: The amulet thief

Previous chapter: Seal the deal

A/N: With the PHB’s community creations theme for February being thievery and with the recent shenanigans in the last chapter, I have finally decided to write chapter eight! Hooray!

this also means chapter eight (and theoretically seven too) is my submission to February’s community creations! Maybe stay around because I might draw stuff from this chapter and submit that too. Who knows. (Edit: wrote this back at the start of February so maybe not anymore)

anyways as usual, enjoy,

(Please ignore all the typos I have somehow made, I am writing on a new iPad and I find the keyboard hard to use…)

My mind went back to the incident with the strange hooded figure in the forest.

I was frozen in fear, and my mind was racing. Future me would’ve given that hooded man a punch in the face and a good old lesson, but no. Past me was still new to the concept of standing up to bad guys. That or I was afraid of the knife.

Either way, I reluctantly handed the map to him. Lynx was freed, but since that day I questioned if that was the right thing to do. The map could’ve lead to a destructive weapon, or anything you don’t want someone to find.

Either way, that hooded man was a thief. A big bad thief.

And now that hooded thief was back.

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Some people never change. Octavian was one of those people. He stole that map Lynx and I discovered years ago, and now he was possibly the thief behind the amulet too. I had every right to call him a thief.

“Didn’t expect some try hard action girl to be on the island.” Octavian muttered, staring at me and the dagger in my hand. “It’s very rude to call someone a thief when you first meet them, dodo scarer.”

“Hey stop acting like you have no idea what’s happening!” I shouted, reminding Octavian that I was holding a literal weapon in my hands. “Don’t you remember? Small girl and her friend found a map and you threatened to take that from us?”

“No.” He calmly answered. “And I don’t care.”

I rolled my eyes. Man he really is still a jerk. “I don’t have time for past thieves today.” I said, putting the dagger away “I got an end of a sweet deal to finish off and a different thief to find!”

“Were you looking for this?”

Octavian held out a necklace with a silver hammer charm. The one the Viking settlement was looking for.

I didn’t even hesitate to bring out my dagger again. “You thief! You’re the one who stole the amulet from the Vikings!” I shouted.

Octavian put the amulet around his neck, a sinister, thief like smirk on his face. “Oh you want to play hero and take it back do you?” He mocked. I hate it when adults just assume Kids can’t do certain things. “Then you’re gonna have to get it back, the hard way.”

With that, he bolted off towards the waterfalls. “Hey get back here!” I yelled, immediately chasing after him.

I considered having Merlin deliver a message to the rest of the team about Octavian and him being the amulet thief. However Merlin didn’t seem to be in the mood for flying because he was literally asleep on my shoulder. I forgot owls are nocturnal.

The sound of water falling from great heights and the mist from the falls alerted me about our whereabouts. The waterfall was beautiful and I would’ve stopped to appreciate it, if I wasn’t chasing a thief.

Octavian hopped across the stone outcrops that formed a path up to the top of the waterfall. Was he planning to make me jump off the waterfall to retrieve the amulet? I had no idea.

I continued following him, jumping onto the first rock. However I didn’t keep in mind the fact this was next to a waterfall, and wet rocks are one of the most slippery things an adventurer can face.

I slipped and fell into the river. ———————

I was glad it wasn’t solid ground down there, because that would’ve been my demise.

Climbing out of the river I sat down on the grass, soaking wet from the top of my head down to the tip of my boots. Merlin was flapping about wildly on the grass, the sudden plunge woke him up and he did not like it, because he was glaring at me before giving off a single “hoot”

“Sorry Merlin. But wet rocks are the worst.” I explained, putting the soaking wet brown fuzzy owl on my shoulder. “But dang it, we lost Octavian. That can’t be good.”

Merlin gave off a single hoot again. He did not care about Octavian but he did care about his wet feathers, and was flapping about to dry himself off.

“Hey were you going after Octavian?”

I look in the direction of the voice, thinking it was Alouette or Maverick. However it wasn’t.

staring at me were three kids, two boys and a girl, all younger than I was. One of the boys had blonde hair, the other boy and the girl had black hair. They didn’t look like they were from this island either.

“We’ve been going after Octavian too.” The blonde boy said. “If you’re also after him, maybe we could each other help out?”

[northernember]

red queen taking place after the 6th mass extinction event has me so unhinged and feral like,,,

its about the underlying theme of being undone down to your base essentials and than remade entire by circumstances out of your control. its about stumbling out the other end, having miraculously survived the horrors done to you but being unable to recognize the person looking back.

its about how humanities hubris will always guide us down the same paths and corridors. how our base components and nature will always ripple across time even as the knowledge of those that came before us is lost.

and what of the great blood divide? how many times were those that bridged the gap unraveled and sewn back together by the massive amounts of radiation they were subjected to until they emerged with silver blood and abilities? How many succumbed to radiation sickness? How long did it take?

How long did humanity claw themselves across the ground of their forefathers failings before they learned how to walk again and how long until they repeat it?

i need to know of the calamities, i need to know what domino fell first. what happened afterwards, How the blood divide happened. Was the Silver’s creation violent and cruel? to mirror the natural, 1500 year evolution of the New bloods? were they made from those in poverty left to die to the radiation, to circumstances they had no control over but managed to somehow survive in spite of it? to mirror the Silvers treatment of Reds now?

was Cal’s arc the radiation? was it the explosion that shattered the windows and cracked the pavement? was it about the unmaking of everything youve ever known to pave a path for it to be remade for those who come after? was it feeling yourself come undone, feeling your dna unraveled, your cells torn apart and Surviving but seeing someone else staring back at you in the mirror? that the blood and ash is still on your hands but the person who stares back is not who you were before. he is scarred and scared but Better, kinder with gentle hands that will hold the world aloft, to help pave a way for those who can fix it, To fix it because he has Learned where his ideals and duty would have lead through his own unmaking.

was Maven’s arc the ruined cities? a place once full of joy and sorrow, of music fluttering through the windows, the smell of paint that clings to some people, the gentle noise of people typing as they write novels and essays and chat with their friends, of people walking and talking, of everything humanity was and now it is nothing more than a hollow city full of the echo of ghosts. A place left to decay and crumble beneath the tragedy brought by those that promised to protect it. A place that is seen as unsalvageable but only needs time to heal. Plants and vines climb up through the cracks, leaving a promise and echo that it Can heal. That it could have healed.

and was Mare’s arc the aftermath? was it the stubbornness and determination to stand on to shaky legs, to look out upon a world ripped apart and left in ruin and choosing to fix it, for yourself and for all those who will come after you? was it about pulling together a community left to die, to rebuild all that was lost, to heal the world and yourselves with gentle seeking hands and promising to do better? you came out bearing scars and cracks, searing memories of the terrible things done to you and choosing to take a trembling step forward even as the earths crust shakes beneath your will. You have had terrible things done to you time and time again but still you loved and still you chose to stand up on your own or reach for outstretched hands. You are scarred and you see yourself as unfixable but your community and family do not and they will give you the things you need and the time to patch yourself up until your tremors stop and your waters settle, until the sun is blanketed by your ozone and made gentle and kind again, until your raging storms become kind bouts of rain. They will wait for you to be okay again, and they know you will never be the same and they will love you through everything. They will stand with and beside you until the end of time. are you the aftermath of humanity or are you the earth’s embodiment?

[ominous-feychild]

✦ OC In Three Tag 3 ✦

This round of characters is coming from a story I've barely mentioned before: what I affectionately refer to as "the Calamity Crew" (aka it's a placeholder title)! Zarina is the captain of the ship, Cricket (more formally known as Hugo) is the navigator and her right-hand man, and--... actually these two are the only ones I'm sharing from tCC. They're definitely not my favorite or anything... even though I love the other characters, too, haha.

On the other hand, Cassandra... well, she's got a lot more in common with them than they think! And shows up in the story they're in. 👀

ZARINA

CRICKET (HUGO)

CASSANDRA CASSIEL

These guys were super hard to pick images for because they had soooo many options, haha! But I think I'm satisfied besides wishing I could put more ocean stuff for Zari/Cass and maybe some runic/study material for Cricket.

Feel free to make guesses about their characters! I love each of these guys, but they won't show up in my writing for a long, long time... 👀😭

OC In Threes: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 Part 6 | Part 6.5 | Part 7 | Part 8

Tagging list/those who seem interested! (Ask and I will not in the upcoming ones): @creative-author @honeybewrites @the-golden-comet

[mary-claire-art]

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Do you have what it takes to conquer the hearts of the mightiest heroes of Exandria? 

 I had SO MUCH FUN working on this project. I hope you guys like it

[extravalgant]

i think its very interesting that most npcs within the wiz story remember the necromancers very well.... they note a trend among death wizards that allows for prejudices to form even though many of them were going through very real and heartbreaking things (i note malistaires death of his wife and his grief specifically & the loss of morganthes brother)

BUT THE SAME IS NOT SAID OF DIVINERS... most notably the villains/antagonists in arc 3 (i think of vanitus and the storm titan specifically) are all diviners or use storm magic. there's something in there about the double standard of these schools but its so interesting to think about