#the raven prince | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

suis0u · 2 months

Text

Working on something new for @not-poignant 's Raven Prince~.

#my art #wip #the raven prince #fae tales fanart #fae tales verse #notpoignant #illustration #artwork #artist on tumblr

116 notes · View notes

not-poignant · 2 months

Text

Birthday Spotlight - The Raven Prince

[20th February - Pisces]

The Raven Prince has been a highly divisive character since introduced. Beloved Unseelie King who created the most peaceable reign in existence for the Unseelie fae, or evil, cunning and manipulative trickster, he's a character that often has people feeling everything for him from pure hatred, to hero worship, to general love, to constant suspicion. And you know what? He'd love that.

The Raven Prince is a raven shifter who gave himself the name 'the Raven Prince' long before he ever became royalty, famously eating his true name from the minds of his parents. His true Unseelie appetite is feeding on words, languages, writing and even culture. He is a world class Master Mage, more powerful than anyone will ever truly comprehend, and he prefers diplomacy over bloodshed, but that doesn't mean he won't make mischief, or ruin someone's life, especially if he feels slighted.

The Raven Prince has been trickster, villain, antihero, hero, and just a raven. He has a complex relationship with everyone, but those who get to know him, tend to adore him.

But a story then? All right. I make no pretence at being a storyteller, I’m only a raven, and we only croak and caw don’t we? Try and find something of use in my words, or don’t, it matters little to me.

The Ice Plague II

Game Theory - (canon) Mentioned in the very first chapter, but never seen in the story, the Raven Prince's presence was already established as the 'King that Augus deposed/defeated' and drew everyone's suspicions towards him long before he ever officially became a villain who needed to be defeated by Gwyn ap Nudd. For years, no one - including readers - knew how Augus defeated the Raven Prince. And Augus wasn't about to tell a soul.

The Ice Plague II - The Seething Seas - (canon) The Raven Prince returns in the flesh for the first time in the canon, and manages to save everyone's ass several times over. But he does it in ways that doesn't endear him to anyone, and he seems to prefer it that way, right up until Augus breaks his heart.

A Broken Feather, Straightened - (canon) Asexual, sex averse, and not prone to romanticism, the Raven Prince is curious, nonetheless, about Augus' vocation as a professional dominant. Augus is determined to make the Raven Prince his, in his quest to eventually make him vulnerable enough to defeat.

These Troubled Times - (canon) Augus is determined to try and defeat the Raven Prince, and the Raven Prince is determined to make sure Augus is aware of his place beneath him, as servant and not master.

Deeper into the Woods - (canon) Mentioned only

The Nightingale and Terho the Mouse-Lad - (canon) Mentioned only

The Court of Five Thrones - (canon) Shown in Augus' flashbacks, and the question of how the Raven Prince was defeated is finally answered.

The Ice Plague I - A Forest of Fire - (canon) Only mentioned here.

The Ice Plague III - The Ice Plague - (canon) Creating a holograph of himself within a crystal to teach Mosk magic, his lessons are invaluable in teaching Mosk the finer points of learning magecraft.

All that We Were, All that We Will Ever Be - (canon) In Gwyn's and Augus' happy ending, the Raven Prince is an unexpected part of it, in ways that enrich their lives

The Wildness Within - (AU) The Raven Prince is a significant figure in this, as the one who takes on Gwyn as his apprentice in magic, learns how to become a softer person, and forces a higher Court status on Augus.

Spoils of the Spoiled - (AU) Only ever known as 'Mr Prince', the Raven Prince here is the master of the House of Ravens at Murdock College where Gwyn and Augus attend as students. A stern guide, and retired Olympic fencer.

Constellations - (AU) Mentioned only.

The Lone Wolf - (AU) Significant figure and master of Gwyn ap Nudd, and Unseelie King. Puts him in a difficult position, but still has love for this fae he adopted.

The King's Dog - (AU) Continuation of The Lone Wolf. Holds the Masque where he insists Gwyn attend and Augus be there.

The Nascent Diplomat - (AU) Continuation of The King's Dog. Unseelie King who finally learns the truth of Gwyn's past and fully steps into his role as Gwyn's father.

Underline the Blue - Cameo, and Nate Prince's uncle.

Underline the Silver - (upcoming) In which the Raven Prince (as Corbyn Prince - his human counterpart) will be a point-of-view character and omega opposite Augus Each Uisge, a peak alpha, in the Underline the Rainbow omegaverse.

A raven shifter.

Incredibly intelligent, known as the 'Wordsmith.' His dialogue is always quite precise and it's rare for him to fumble his words.

Black hair, black eyes, raven feathers in his hair.

Distinctive raven feather cloak and prefers wearing black shoes, black clothing, and a lot of silver chains with crystals that are charmed.

Age undetermined, but in the canon, over 10k years.

Unseelie King and the most beloved of the Unseelie Kings

A fae superstar even among the superstars

A fickle trickster who can sometimes be profoundly childish or profoundly mature, the most like the Gentry of all the fae we meet. He can be petty and cruel, but he has a soft heart deep, deep, deep down. Unfortunately it doesn't stop him from doing some truly horrendous things.

One of the strongest magic users in existence. Master Mage, trained at the School of the Staff.

Eats language.

Selfish but drawn to roles of service.

Lively curiosity.

Incredibly self deprecating followed by grandiose statements which are often just him dropping facts because he really is that powerful.

Strongly prefers his raven form, and feels 'clumsy' in human form, which goes some way to explaining why all his actions seem so precise in human form.

Finding Augus incredibly and bewitchingly attractive (and sometimes even falling in love with him), and constantly insulting Gwyn and Ash (but secretly quite liking Gwyn).

That's NOT how you deal with Ash's debt to Olphix, the Raven Prince! (The Ice Plague II)

Being known as the defeated King, and then finally finding out he was behind it all.

Giving Augus to the Nightingale to protect himself and the Kingdom

All his moments with Mosk on the Mantissa, especially on the crow's nest.

Always has black eyes and black hair

Excellent at fencing in every universe

A precise, educated manner of speaking, highly self-educated, comes from humble origins.

Trauma in his background that's often undisclosed for a long time.

Big reader, into languages, finds culture fascinating. Often a writer.

Educator.

Puts himself in roles where he is in service to others (King & educator being the most common)

Has body dysmorphia (when in human form in the fae realm, and the rest of the time just in general).

The Raven Prince was partially inspired by the character of Jareth as played by David Bowie in The Labyrinth.

He gave himself the name 'the Raven Prince' before he was ever royalty, and due to his ability to eat language, he at the memory of his true name out of his family's minds. As a result, he is the only one who knows his true name. (And no, it's not Corbyn, that's just the name I have for him when he's human which hilariously means 'Raven.')

A lot of people tend to assume the Raven Prince is a top in the bedroom, but he's naturally a bottom, and leans towards a degree of submission when the circumstances are safe. He's asexual, but curious about the sensations around sex.

The most divisive Fae Tales character I've ever written. The people who love him, love him. The people who hate him, hate him. I love him. He's probably in the top five characters I've ever written. Maybe even the top three.

Initially I built up his reputation and power by intentionally never having him in stories for years, and only ever having people refer to him with often a great sense of nostalgia (or in Augus' case, bitterness and regret). By the time he appeared in the canon, in the present, over half a decade had gone by, yet it felt like he'd been with us for a long time. But this was an intentional writing technique, and it's one of my favourites.

I no longer crave death. But I am only a bird, and I fear what comes next.

The Ice Plague II

#birthday spotlight #the raven prince #fae tales verse #fae tales #pia foxhall #not poignant #it's REALLY hard not to put in 'i am a dumb fucking raven' in the quotes here just know that #or 'this is all that i am'#anyway!!#birthday #character birthday #do you have any memorable moments about the Raven Prince that stick in your mind most?

59 notes · View notes

siyuri · 4 months

Text

@not-poignant 's The Raven Prince. Sometimes you read a story. Then move on with your life. But in a chaos of things you suddenly understand that some characters are now travelng with you. So this one made a crow's nest in my head. And couldn't be more grateful for it. Thank you, Pia! <3

#meditation #new #mine #things I dream about #The Raven Prince #forever and ever in my head #No matter what I want to do yk be sad or meditate or just feel calm waves or need some blackblue colors for agitated mind - he is there #helping #spinning the world around #anyways #thank you Pia for this gift to us all #so it wasn't my intention to time it for birthday #and lets be real #this is kinda too stormy and gloomy I think to it to be happy birthday present #but if you are OK with getting such things then I will be happy to make it a birthday present))#i am bad at animation #but I needed it to move for it to bring the whole spectr of my feels to this image #this and My Skin by Natalie Merchant

60 notes · View notes

haennsche · 4 months

Text

Over one year of drawing the raven prince!!!

These are from october 2022 to december 2023 (there are more, especially from august 2022 but i h a t e these drawings). Some of these I like more, some less, but all in all I like illustrating the raven prince, eventhough his aura is one I'll probably never be able to bring across on paper the way I would like to. The raven prince fascinates me and he has put me through A LOT of emotions with his appearances and mentions in the fae tales verse aahhhtqkwkzdkzdhld Anyways I've never posted any of these on here so I figured, why not all at once??

Wishing you the best and a kind year 2024 since this will be my last post in the year 2023 (I cannot comprehend that)

<3

#fae tales fanart #fae tales verse #the raven prince #not poignant #my art #there even are sketches of him in my calendar #god i have drawn him so often #but there are many sketches i don't like

26 notes · View notes

fluister · 1 year

Photo

‘I might have nightmares again. My light can be damaging.’

‘Have you ever destroyed your bed, in the Unseelie Court?’

‘…Well, no,’ Gwyn said. ‘Normally it’s just…around me. And- No, well, that happened once when I was very young. My light is more likely to flash. I’ve never seen it, but I’ve had it described to me. The Raven Prince said I used to do it when I slept as a baby.’

-From The Nascent Diplomat

Happy birthday @not-poignant !

#Papa Raven Prince and the Rave Babe #Gwyn ap Nudd #The Raven Prince #The Nascent Diplomat #not-poignant #flu art #sillies #cw: flashing

118 notes · View notes

yacrimago · 10 months

Text

Hi!!!! So i finally finished this piece! This one is a gift for @sunnyrosewritesstuff based on the plot bunnies that were in the poll a time ago. I tried with another brushes and textures, I hope you like it! I want to draw another one of the plot bunnies, but i still have to decide which one.

Here, in case you missed the poll :

The Raven Prince- Swan Princess AU; Thorin never gave much thought to his fiancé past how much he didn't want to have a fiancé, especially not this hobbit. However, after the mysterious death of the Shire Kingdom's monarchs and Bilbo's disappearance, Erebor is approached by a sorcerer who flexes his power and influence on Thorin. Now he's a raven and he must somehow save Bilbo, save his kingdom, and get his father's blessing before it's too late.

#the hobbit #bagginshield #bilbo baggins #thorin oakenshield #lotr #lord of the rings #thilbo #my art #birthday plot bunnies #the raven prince

28 notes · View notes

forgotteneilionora · 3 months

Text

The Raven Prince | Eilionora & Edmund

Eilia had expected her limitations. From the instant that Roderick Varmont had set foot within her castle's walls, Eilia had known that she could look forward to confinement, but what she hadn't fully expected was how greatly she would come to adore her constitutionals. Eilia had always enjoyed a walk, but having become deprived of nearly any other opportunity to so much as stretch her legs, she'd come to develop a queer hunger for those periods when -- guarded and escorted -- she would be permitted to pace the perimeter of the inner courtyard.

She knew these walks were more for Roderick's sake than for her own -- it was important that the people of Astaira be able to glance up upon the parapet and glimpse her on occasion to know that the emperor had done her no harm, and particularly walking shoulder to shoulder with a Varmont -- but feeling the sunshine on her face was a gift she'd come to treasure. She swore to herself that, were she ever to be queen again -- truly queen -- she would never again take such simple pleasures for granted.

It was a fair day, and Roderick had selected for her companion upon this particular afternoon, none other than his second son, Edmund, the Raven Prince of Varmont. While she had had no opportunities to publish information elsewhere for public consumption, her spy network had informed Eilia before the Battle of Malconaire that it had been his banners which had marched against her own and, she couldn't help but think as they climbed the steps to the high walls, it may have ultimately been this young man, with a head full of tousled curls, who had lain her kingdom low. She wondered how he dared show his face at the estate.

Perhaps it was some spiteful impulse, but she turned to him with an arched brow. "My sister tells me you were to see Lady Malconaire and her family, this morning? How did you find them all?"

Knowing she was about to fix him with a resentful glare, Eilia quickly redirected her gaze. It was only once a week that she was permitted this view, and she did not mean to waste her opportunity. Beyond them stretched the verdant meadows of Astaira, once capped by leafy green trees but now pocked with craters where Roderick had uprooted them for the unspeakable horror of his so-called Pyre Walk. Still, in the two years since his brual conquest, those ditches had been overtaken by green grass and flowers and even, in a few spots, a sapling tree poked it delicate branches out from the earth. Now, blanketed in snow, Eilia knew it was there. Eilia tried to take some hope from this, fair Astaira healing herself, but she could not entirely rejoice in hiding scars her people still felt with each passing day.

Escape felt less and less likely with each passing dawn and, glancing towards Edmund again, Eilia found herself wondering, not for the first time, if the best answer would, indeed, be to marry his father in exchange for freedom for their traditions. It would be a betrayal of Astaira, that could not be denied, but she would not sell her nation cheaply: their sacrifice would save the whole world.

"His Imperial Majesty--" Eilia began before she quite knew she meant to speak. She cleared her throat. "Was he a very...attentive father, when you were small?" She wasn't sure if the negative or affirmative answer would be worse for the child in question, but it was somewhere to begin, at least. Establishing expectations.

#the raven prince #edmund varmont #ooc #i was just going 'ooooh yessss' to everything so i thought id go ahead and start 'em!#i was writing this and i realized that being queen eilia probs knew it was edmund at malconaire so i did throw that in there i hope it's ok #she def wouldn't have had a chance or reason to tell cillian or the malconaires so i don't think it'd change anything #thought id leave the timing of this nebulous so we can either set it before or after the ball depending on what we wanna cover

4 notes · View notes

fallloverfic · 2 years

Text

Rating: Mature

Fandom: Fae Tales - not_poignant

Relationship: Gwyn ap Nudd/Augus Each Uisge

Tags: Gwyn ap Nudd, Augus Each Uisge, Gulvi Dubna Vajat, Ash Glashtyn, Original Characters, The Raven Prince, Fluri the Mouse Maiden, The Nightingale, What If, Friendship, Angst with a Happy Ending, Injury Recovery, Rescue Missions, one-sided pining

Summary: When Seelie General Gwyn ap Nudd learns through his friend Gulvi Dubna Vajat of Ash Glashtyn’s desperation to find his missing brother, Augus Each Uisge, Gwyn wonders if everything really is okay with the fae everyone says is just on vacation, and goes to investigate.

"Found You", Chapter 1: Listen

For Faedom Week 2022, Day 1! Inspired by "Deeper into the Woods"!

#faedomweek2022 #notpoignant #not-poignant #Gwyn ap nudd #augus each uisge #ash glashtyn #gulvi dubna vajat #the raven prince #FallLover #fanfiction #fae tales verse #faedom week 2022 #fallficposts

22 notes · View notes

krabkrab-wontshutup · 2 years

Text

This is good ol’ Jaspers Williams’s design!

i added the feathers to their villain outfit to really solidify why he calls itself the “Raven Prince”, since most of his powers are shadow themed.

#s and d tier ocs #s and d tier #the raven prince

4 notes · View notes

hoperays-song · 1 year

Text

I don’t think you’re getting it guys, there are two types of found family: the organized type, with “I chose you and I choose us’, healing together, and nurturing vibes, and the chaotic type, which mainly falls into the “good luck getting rid of me now” category like bringing home stray cats does.

Sometimes it’s just one, other times it’s both combined in some way. And both options are so fucking amazing.

5K notes · View notes

suis0u · 2 months

Text

A bit further with @not-poignant's Raven Prince and Jareth from The Labyrinth movie (my little cross-over idea, ha).

#my art #wip #the raven prince #fae tales fanart #fae tales verse #notpoignant #illustration #artwork #jareth #the labyrinth #artist on tumblr

98 notes · View notes

not-poignant · 6 days

Text

Daily excerpt from chapter 44 of The Nascent DIplomat:

He stepped forwards as Augus and Gwyn walked over, and there was an expression on his face Gwyn hadn’t seen before. The way the Raven Prince stared at him, like his eyes were hungry, but also…fond? Gwyn opened his mouth to speak and then closed it. He’d felt every day for the last week that his life was going to be the same once he returned to it, but it was already different. The Raven Prince walking over to him with this expression on it was new. It was so new. Gwyn knew the Raven Prince as someone stingy with his praise, cold instead of warm. Tears came to Gwyn’s eyes, and he had to look away, and the Raven Prince reached out and stopped just shy of touching his arm. ‘I want to go home,’ Gwyn said. His voice was cracked and rough.

#daily excerpt #the nascent diplomat #gwyn ap nudd #the raven prince #original writing #fantasy #mm romance #queer romance #hurt/comfort #whump with a happy ending #fae tales au #fae tales #LAST CHAPTER #saklfjsdaflksda last chapter until the next installment i can't deal dsaklfjdsa

22 notes · View notes

squash1 · 1 month

Text

:’-)

[greywaren / young royals]

#this is me when both my hyperfixations have happy endings :’D #So. many. feelings.#anyway #tdt #the dreamer trilogy #young royals #prince wilhelm #simon eriksson #wilmon #ronan lynch #adam parrish #trc #the raven cycle #pynch #adam and ronan #young royals netflix #mine #young royals season 3 #young royals spoilers

694 notes · View notes

haennsche · 1 year

Text

" 'Do not think me a fool', the raven prince said. 'Your mind is like what mine might be, were my mind broken.' " -from "a broken feather, straightened" by @not-poignant on ao3

THESE TWO I CANNOT KDTDOOGFGFKSLGFKS their stories tear my heart apart, good lord (also there are so many quotes like this one that just get me every time)

I had this idea for an illustration of Augus and the raven prince and here it is.

#augus each uisge #the raven prince #not poignant #The court of five thrones #fae tales fanart #fae tales #I am actually quite proud of this #Cw blood #Blood #my art

39 notes · View notes

croptopscout · 2 years

Text

extremely niche post but Edward de Raaf would 100% be a wolf witcher and Harry Pye would be a cat witcher and if you disagree you are wrong

#the witcher #also inspired by the accidental warlord and his pack #by inexplicific #GO READ ITTTT #princes trilogy #elizabeth hoyt #the raven prince #the leopard prince #edward de raaf #harry pye

0 notes

tessalation · 1 year

Text

The best trope is enemies to found family. This either works as “we all used to try and kill each other but now we fight for each other” or as “you were sent to assassinate my found family but we simply adopted you, and now you’re on a redemption arc like no one’s ever seen,” and they both mean so much to me

5K notes · View notes