#young mages

[oftachancer]

There’s new works up on AO3.

Ever wondered what Karl was like when he and Anders were younger? Yeah. That’s there. Check it out.

[worstloki]

very carefully explaining to the princes of asgard how recessive genes work and skirting around details because eye colour is the textbook example and one of them has green eyes when neither parent does. hair colour is the other example in the textbook but well one of them has black hair when neither parent did.

[book--brackets]

Young Wizards by Diana Duane (1983-2016)

Nita Callahan is at the end of her rope because of the bullies who've been hounding her at school... until she discovers a mysterious library book that promises her the chance to become a wizard. But she has no idea of the difference that taking the Wizard's Oath is going to make in her life. Shortly, in company with fellow beginner-wizard Kit Rodriguez, Nita's catapulted into what will be the adventure of a lifetime—if she and Kit can both live through it. For every wizard's career starts with an Ordeal in which he or she must challenge the one power in the universe that hates wizardry more than anything else: the Lone Power that invented death and turned it loose in the worlds. Plunged into a dark and deadly alternate New York full of the Lone One's creatures, Kit and Nita must venture into the very heart of darkness to find the stolen, legendary Book of Night with Moon. Only with the dangerous power of the wizardly Book do they have a chance to save not just their own lives, but their world...

Valdemar: The Last Herald-Mage by Mercedes Lackey (1989-1990)

Though Vanyel has been born with near-legendary abilities to work both Herald and Mage magic, he wasn't no part in such things. Nor does he seek a warrior's path, wishing instead to become a Bard.

Yet such talent as his, if left untrained, may prove a menace not only to Vanyel but to others as well. So he is sent to be fostered with his aunt, Savil, one of the fame Herald-Mages of Valdemar.

But, strong-willed and self-centered, Vanyel is a challenge which even Savil cannot master alone. For soon he will become the focus of frightening forces, lending his raw magic to a spell that unleashes terrifying wyr-hunters on the land.

And by the time Savil seeks the assistance of a Shin'a'in Adept, Vanyel's wild talent may have already grown beyond anyone's ability to contain, placing Vanyel, Savil, and Valdemar itself in desperate peril.

The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi (2016-2018)

Fate and fortune. Power and passion. What does it take to be the queen of a kingdom when you're only seventeen?

Maya is cursed. With a horoscope that promises a marriage of Death and Destruction, she has earned only the scorn and fear of her father's kingdom. Content to follow more scholarly pursuits, her whole world is torn apart when her father, the Raja, arranges a wedding of political convenience to quell outside rebellions. Soon Maya becomes the queen of Akaran and wife of Amar. Neither roles are what she expected: As Akaran's queen, she finds her voice and power. As Amar's wife, she finds something else entirely: Compassion. Protection. Desire...

But Akaran has its own secrets -- thousands of locked doors, gardens of glass, and a tree that bears memories instead of fruit. Soon, Maya suspects her life is in danger. Yet who, besides her husband, can she trust? With the fate of the human and Otherworldly realms hanging in the balance, Maya must unravel an ancient mystery that spans reincarnated lives to save those she loves the most... including herself.

The Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson (2008-2014)

Janner Igiby, his brother, Tink, and their disabled sister, Leeli, are gifted children as all children are, loved well by a noble mother and ex-pirate grandfather. But they will need all their gifts and all that they love to survive the evil pursuit of the venomous Fangs of Dang, who have crossed the dark sea to rule the land with malice. The Igibys hold the secret to the lost legend and jewels of good King Wingfeather of the Shining Isle of Anniera.

Myth Adventures by Robert Lyn Asprin (1978-2002)

Skeeve was a magician's apprentice--until an assassin struck and his master was killed. Now, with a purple-tongued demon named Aahz as a companion, he's on a quest to get even.

The Land of Elyon by Patrick Carman (2003-2008)

Alexa is curious about what lies beyond the massive ramparts that surround the city and the walled roads that link Bridewell to nearby towns; soon after town leader Thomas Warvold passes away, Alexa finds herself outside the walls, acquires a stone with remarkable powers, and discovers that she's meant to stop a potential war from occurring.

The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy (1974-2018)

Mildred Hubble is a trainee witch at Miss Cackle's Academy, and she's making an awful mess of it. She's always getting her spells wrong and she can't even ride a broomstick without crashing it. Will she ever make a real witch?

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix (2020-2023)

In a slightly alternate London in 1983, Susan Arkshaw is looking for her father, a man she has never met. Crime boss Frank Thringley might be able to help her, but Susan doesn't get time to ask Frank any questions before he is turned to dust by the prick of a silver hatpin in the hands of the outrageously attractive Merlin.

Merlin is a young left-handed bookseller (one of the fighting ones), who with the right-handed booksellers (the intellectual ones), are an extended family of magical beings who police the mythic and legendary Old World when it intrudes on the modern world, in addition to running several bookshops.

Susan's search for her father begins with her mother's possibly misremembered or misspelt surnames, a reading room ticket, and a silver cigarette case engraved with something that might be a coat of arms.

Merlin has a quest of his own, to find the Old World entity who used ordinary criminals to kill his mother. As he and his sister, the right-handed bookseller Vivien, tread in the path of a botched or covered-up police investigation from years past, they find this quest strangely overlaps with Susan's. Who or what was her father? Susan, Merlin, and Vivien must find out, as the Old World erupts dangerously into the New.

The Lighthouse Witches by C. J. Cooke (2021)

When single mother Liv is commissioned to paint a mural in a 100-year-old lighthouse on a remote Scottish island, it’s an opportunity to start over with her three daughters–Luna, Sapphire, and Clover. When two of her daughters go missing, she’s frantic. She learns that the cave beneath the lighthouse was once a prison for women accused of witchcraft. The locals warn her about wildlings, supernatural beings who mimic human children, created by witches for revenge. Liv is told wildlings are dangerous and must be killed.

Twenty-two years later, Luna has been searching for her missing sisters and mother. When she receives a call about her youngest sister, Clover, she’s initially ecstatic. Clover is the sister she remembers–except she’s still seven years old, the age she was when she vanished. Luna is worried Clover is a wildling. Luna has few memories of her time on the island, but she’ll have to return to find the truth of what happened to her family. But she doesn’t realize just how much the truth will change her.

Reckless by Cornelia Funke (2010-2020)

Jacob has uncovered the doorway to another world, hidden behind a mirror. It is a place of dark magic and enchanted objects, scheming dwarves and fearsome ogres, fairies born from water and men born from stone.Here, he hunts for treasure and seeks adventure in the company of Fox - a beautiful, shape-shifting girl, who guides and guards him.But now Jacob's younger brother has followed him into the mirrored world, and all that was freedom has turned to fear. Because a deadly curse has been spoken; and Jacob must risk his life to reverse it, before his brother is turned to stone forever...

[nocturnalfandomdoodles]

i shrank ml link. zelda is next. ignore the wonky pose this always happens when i'm designing clothes.

[cloudycloudsminusclouds]

[Day 15]

Yknow how I said I didn't do transporter Scott cause I didnt have orange ink. yeah about that. (i do not like this orange but that's okay!! I had fun :D)

[noneknxws]

batfam: would they go honkmimi or honkshoo

Bruce: honkshoo but not in a snoring way. in an intimidation way. he’s actually silent as he sleeps it’s scary

Dick: honkshoo this guy gets hit by pillows so often for snoring (he does it on purpose)

Jason: honkshoohonkshoo he snores SO LOUDLY they all think it’s on purpose but it’s not

Tim: honkmimi he’s almost as silent as Bruce when sleeping but he sleep talks. when Young Justice told them (batsiblings) he sleep talked they all thought it was like embarrassing stuff it was actually just. really depressing

Stephanie: honkmimimi that girl sleeps soundly (except for nightmares)

Cass: honkmimimi she’s more silent than bruce. half the time they don’t even know if she’s sleeping

Damian: honkmimi because he’s a little guy but he grows to be honkshoohonkshoo

Duke: honkmimihonkmimi and will stay like that forever (much to his mortification)

Barbara: this. this is hard. um. honkshoo. can’t explain why

+ friends

Kon: HONKSHOOHONKSHOO also he sleep floats

Bart: honkmimimi he’s just a little guy and will stay a little guy

Cassie: honkshoohonkshoo to Cissie’s also honkshoo

Anita: honkshoohonkshoo

Greta: honkmimi

Tim cannot sleep around the snorers. he is in constant agony.

[sweetandglovelyart]

Knightfall in Dream Land - Page 6

Meta Knight begins his long fall to Popstar’s surface and passes by some familiar faces on the way down.

[dungeons-and-dragon-age]

ALSO. How come there are no stories about the mage and the golem who aided the rebel army in their war? Or the Dwarven legionnaires who saved the prince and played an important part in retaking Gwaren during the rebellion (AND fought at river Dane)?

[fae-sodapop]

100% accurate to how the long haired mage felt about Asgore.

More Poncho human & the long haired mage

Cirah / Poncho human

- they/them

- Red eyes

- heir to the human throne

- Chara's ancestor

- 8yrs old pre-war, friends with Asgore

- 23yrs old during war, helped the mages seal monsters away

- They loved monsters! They didn't want to...

Faris / The long haired mage

- they/them

- Gold eyes

- child & apprentice of a royal mage

- Frisk's ancestor

- 15yrs old pre-war, made to watch over Cirah

- 30yrs old during war, manipulated Cirah & helped seal the monsters away

- Hated monsters

Asgore / Monster King

- He/Him

- Monster prince

- Took the crown in the middle of the war after his parents were killed

- 8yrs old pre-war, prince of monsters & friends w/ Cirah

- 23yrs old during war

- he was very hesitant during the war & wanted peace

[mandaloriandragontrainer]

She’s right and she should say it.

[bartallenmyblorbo]

Im about to sound INSANE but…

Bart Allen is a Mage of Time,

Kon-El (Conner Kent) is a Heir of Space,

Cassie Sandsmark is a Sylph of Life,

And

Tim Drake is a Knight of Void.

Thank you for coming to this TedTalk. Might expand on this later.

[gay-i]

[muses-of-the-memory]

Happy Birthday to Kirby

Hello everyone, this is a very special day. Because, it's the 32nd Anniversary for the infamous Star Warrior we all know and love...

Kirby, kirby, kirby! That's the name you should know! Kirby, kirby, kirby! He's the star of the show! He's more than you think, he's got maximum pink! Kirby, kirby, kirby's the one!

Yep, it's his birthday, back at ya!

So today, this is an open roleplay starter for Kirby and his friends in Dream Land, especially his enemies he made over the years, despite them helping out in Star Allies.

So, like or reblog for a starter to go with Kirby's Birthday.

[wheretwofacesmeet]

[proheromidoriyashouto]

Accidental Warlord AU headcannon that the Witchers have to take human carrying lessons. Prior to Geralt's little oopsie, a Witcher on the Path wouldn't have handled a non-witcher at all or with much care whem they did have to. Like having to fight a monster and only having one hand free to shove some scared person behind them or carrying a corpse back to town. It's not gentle handling of relatively fragile (emotionally and physically) beings.

After Geralt's become the Warlord, there's a baby in the keep. And that baby gets handed to different people, all of whom have 0% experience holding a baby, much less correctly.

"The baby doesn't like me."

"Why'dya think that?"

"Everytime I hold her she rolls her head away from me! She doesn't want to look at me."

"She's a baby. She doesn't know what she likes yet."

"...do you think she's afraid of my scars?"

"Eskel..."

"Maybe someone else should watch her for Geralt during meetings."

"No, look. Let's go get her right now and figure this out. Prejudice is learned, right? It's not possible that she could make that kind of judgement I don't think."

"Well, okay but I swear she does it."

"..."

"..."

"...you know you have to support her head, Eskel?"

"...What's that mean exactly?"

"I don't know. Ya just do it."

"Helpful advice."

And like, Jan has to come to their rescue and teach them how to hold baby Ciri properly and how to swaddle her just right and how to carry her in a bjorn sorta thing without slipping out to hit the floor and how to carry her on a hip while still getting work done as she gets older. Throwing her over a shoulder potato-sack style is a sometimes-at-play thing not a consistent means of transporting the Warlord's heir (no matter how she laughs when they do that).

It doubles with chores for efficiency. Bricks and mortar wrapped in old clothing to mimic the general shape of babies which are then strapped to chests or cradled in an arm. If your brick cracks your baby is dead. If the "head" rolls off your baby is dead. If you forget about it off to the side for too long the enchanted cloth changes color to signify your baby is dead.

Literal sacks of flour hoisted onto a hip and kept there all day to mimic clingy toddlers. Your "kid" gets wet the enchanted sack becomes covered in a layer of mucus to simulate how easily they can become sick. Your "kid" drops to the floor, it's been enchanted to scream until you cuddle it into a fitful "sleep".

The Witchers develop a point system and maybe a drinking game about it.

After Geralt, who has learned how to hold Ciri in the trial-by-fire that was traveling the Path with an infant, Lambert and Aubry pick it up the quickest, being the most involved with the current generation of Wolf Cubs.

After a good streak is kept, most Witchers are free to leave the training game, but a good chunk decide to move up a level instead and learn to handle the live children in the Keep. Mostly the little trainees, but also the servants' children. And all the laisse-faire attitudes about dropping bricks and sacks of flour are abandoned immediately.

Little bodies, so warm and heavy in one's arms that when they wriggle away it leaves Witchers feeling bereft. The slow puffs of sleepy breaths buried against hollow throats as children doze off while being held in arms that have been trained ot destroy. The bouncy giddyness of a child-upon-hip delighted at the height at which they see the world as stairs are ascended. A fussy baby distracted by strands of long hair that surround them as a nose buries into their head to breathe in deep that sweet infant scent.

And it feels right caring for the children who are their future brothers and honorary nieces and nephews and cousins. Like something they should have been doing all along. Tending to a kinder future.

[whumpshaped]

im sure this post has been done before but whats everyones go-to whump scenario before bed