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torbooks · 8 months
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“Holly Black is a master of fantasy with the Midas touch—there is no story she cannot turn to gold.” —V. E. Schwab, New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
“A gripping ride from start to finish. Book of Night invites you to reckon with the shadows of your past.” —Olivie Blake, author of The Atlas Six
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#1 NYT bestselling author Holly Black's stunning adult debut Book of Night, a modern dark fantasy of betrayals, secret societies, and a dissolute thief of shadows, is now available in trade paperback
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dazuresky · 9 months
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colored sketch commission for @error__63 on twitter!
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deckofflora · 22 days
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shadowmancers beware
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school icon
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shroompunk · 4 months
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Atlas laughs.
ID: Lineart only drawing of an anthro bird man with a jagged beak and long hair-like feathers raggedly covering his face. He's wearing a fur-lined coat and striped pants, and has shadowy arms providing a light for his cigarette and planting a jagged shadowy crown on his head. At his feet, his shadow forms wiggling tentacles.
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gretchen-nightbloom · 5 months
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I'm currently playing ch 10 but I just got to the lore tablets part.
I 100% believe now that the Watcher is the villain.
The lore tablet states that Light magic and Shadow magic were both used back in the old days and that there were no ill side effects (draining your life force or losing your mind) and even states that light is nothing without darkness. The tablet continues to go on to say some cataclysm caused these two forms of magic to have negative side effects, and that the imbalance continues to grow. It even warns that the chasms could swallow magic's scared creations whole.
What I'm getting from this is that the rifts are actually good. I think they are bridges trying to restore the balance between the two forms of magic. I think that closing them will cause a grifter divide between Light magic and Shadow magic, and that the Watcher wants this to happen.
This lore tablet is described as being different so I do not believe the Watcher wrote this one, since it alludes to him being evil.
I also believe that the other realm walkers who have disappeared have been purposefully trapped by the Watcher (possibly so they can not foil his evil or plans, or so he can take their life force).
It's also possible that the cataclysm could have been caused by the Watcher himself. He is after all old enough to remember the elven old gods.
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gammatrap · 1 year
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Tell the powers that we'll be watching. The time of magic is closing fast!
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"Well really darling, the truth is that - after looking into the Void so many times, you simply don't care if it looks back."
Remember Eclipsa from SVFoE? I sure do.
Mostly because me and @thebiscuiteternal never got over what we felt was a total waste of all the buildup of her character, taking what was originally a presence implied to be more dangerous and unpredictable than the literally unkillable lizard man and basically making her a kooky wine aunt.
The writing just made her too mild for out mutual preferences and if it were up to me, her past would be built as way murkier , and her morals more questionable...at least for a Disney channel show.
(Which, considering what it's been doing with complicated characters with difficult pasts in other shows, really just drives home how much of the ball was dropped for our girl here.)
Anyway, I took a stab at how I'd like her to look; make her usual outfit more regal and have a presence to it. Clearly her outfit was based off what she wore in her trial episode, mostly because I really dug it when I saw it and wanted to work off that.
History books would tell all kinds of conflicting stories about her actions, from purifying a town's drinking water in a time of crisis, to draining the life of several Mewni soldiers for the sake of boosting her power. Was her diving into dark magic the result of sinister motives or just the result of her curiosity taking over?
Eclipsa isn't too keen on confirming or denying which is true.
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authorkrysejay · 2 months
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Phoenix Awakening Worldbuilding pt4
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Phoenix Awakening is a romantic fantasy novel releasing February 2nd 2024 and the first book of the Hiraeth Song series.
The world is separated into five kingdoms and two territories separated by walls and the Alcross Ocean. Magic is represented through gifts and centered around elements.
The people of Diablus (Die-abb-less) are gifted in weaponry, combat and strategy.. A military focused kingdom, structure and discipline is everything. Training begins at a young age. Hand to hand combat and fighting with wooden weapons begins around the time toddlers began to walk. A vigorous and strict schedule (including but not limited to obstacle courses, archery, and battlefield strategies) follows throughout adolescence until a gift is awakened, in which case specialized training follows. 
The Onyx Dragon hanging on their banners is more than a creature of myth. The capital, Zephyr (Zef-fear), is said to be built on the back of an ancient sleeping one. The city is separated into three tiers, making it nearly impregnable with Ox Point as its only entry point. The Ironkeep Fortress sits at the very top tier. 
Wyverns and other winged scaled creatures can sometimes be seen far off on the mountain tops of the Wyvern Mountain Range that makes up most of the eastern border. Iron and other cherished ores, crystals and minerals are mined at the base of them. All of it is essential for weapon production. Blacksmithing is considered an honoured craft. 
Valron is the second largest city in Diablus, located just off of the Wyvern Mountain border where all mined goods are collected and a majority of those gifted in smiting are located. 
The higher elevation of the kingdom results in colder temperatures. Harsh cold winds cut through the warmer months. Winter brings with it mounds of ice and snow, stretching nearly six months of the entire year. Thick furred cattle as well as imported goods are essential in keeping the kingdom fed when the land freezes. 
Ice skating on the Endless River and other creeks and ravines, snow fights, building snowmen and snow forts are all activities enjoyed by the people of Diablus. 
Rankings in society are achieved by hard work, experience and training. Gladiator style fights as well as other competitions are an exception. The Rise is one such tournament, occurring every two years. Novice squadrons tour Diablus’s countryside while more experienced ones are placed to watch the border wall battlements. The Warlord is the highest possible ranking. It is only available after the previous Warlord dies or if they abdicate the position. The Trials of Succession commences shortly after. Anyone may participate to showcase their honorary leadership values. A successor is chosen either by the previous Warlord or a council of elders. The Shadowfall Arena is Zephyr’s coliseum.
Diablus offers protection for all Five Kingdoms. Its people protect their borders and waters against attacks made from Outlanders. After death, the deceased is decorated in any honors awarded during their service. After a few sunsets and night breaks its way across the horizon, the physical form of the dead dissolve away into shadow to join again with the Unending Void. 
Citizens of Diablus have the palest completions of all Five Kingdoms. Dark brown and black hair is most common as well as hazel and brown eyes. Silver hair and pale pastel colored eyes are seen in some family lines. 
Main exports are precious metals, crystals, gems, weaponry and armor. 
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looceyloo · 2 years
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Commission of Mornah Amalgard and her Hound of Ill Omen, Belial :D
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noirwoodtheowl · 7 months
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A child!!!
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torbooks · 2 years
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Even your shadow can be stolen.
Book of Night by Holly Black, May 2022
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totallynotzzombiecat · 11 months
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Aleksander Morozova ·· Temnyy (The Darkling) recent DnD portrait commission for amazing @lordofpenandpaper 🖤🖤
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theotherrobin · 6 months
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Shadow magic go brr
~A lil animation I had to make for school. I was limited to 27 frames, but I think I did a good job~
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marisathechaotic · 1 year
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- Shadows can cut - @theinkymystery
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gretchen-nightbloom · 6 months
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I have a feeling Blades is going to go down the route of shadow magic and light magic aren't good or bad, it just depends on how you use it plot.
If you look at book 1 Solerne used light magic to do evil things.
And Nia while the Dreadlord was inside of her used his dark magic to attack the Shadow Court.
And with people theorizing that Nia has shadow magic now.....
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riyamilea · 5 months
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Artfight 2023 attack featuring @soulofseal 's OC, Gilbert Von Reinecke!
Really like Gilbert's color palette and character concept!
Thanks for looking!
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