The Opening
Dear friends
Hello! Welcome to the world of "North Western Chronicles." A Thomas The Tank Engine AU, set in a similar, but ultimately, different timeline from our own. NWC is a part of the wider 63A Universe, which is also of my own making. Most things here really came about from crack ideas & thoughts. But also ideas that have been in my mind now for a few years. Anyway, I hope you find both NWC & 63A to be of interest. And if not, you can dump me in the sea.
The Author
Welcome to the ride of your life.
https://www.tumblr.com/northbritishatlantic/712109952863485952/nwc-nwr-loco-fleet -NWR Loco database (Updates possible)
NWC Stories (To be Updated)
Push-Pulling My Strings
Crying Over Split Milk
A New Job For Milky
George And The Trucks
Things That Go AHHH In The Night
It's Fairlie Basic
Finally! An Atlantic!
Wrong Side Of The Grass
A Royal Flush
Caddy's Chocolate Crunch
Halls & West Countrys
More Than You Can Pull
Unlucky Number 13
A Merry Harbour Christmas
The Last Claughton
Alison
[DATA EXPUNGED]
The Meeting
Last One Standing
Off The Straight & Narrow
Little Giant
Smile Like You Mean It
NWC Miniseries (To be Updated)
THE STAR & THE ATLANTIC
A New Engine
Lovestruck
A Scotsman Problem
Express Coming Through
Christmas, 1935
KOMI THE SLIENT ENGINE
It's Just A Quiet Shunter
It's Just Making New Friends
It's Just Shunting 101
It's Just Some Odd Engines
It's Just Some Yard Things
It's Just Christmas
It's Just Bolier Flu
It's Just A Day Out
It's Just Valentine's Day
It's Just A Happy End
VICARSTOWN MUSEUM ENGINES
Welcome To The Museum
Escape From Derby
THE FIVE A3's
You're On The List
Saved For The Nation
Record Breaker
For Sale (Going Cheap)
Falkirk Or Bust
Reunited
THE SUDRIAN CATHEDRAL
The 21st
Welcome.....Cathedral?
Trials & Mirrors
Noah
A lesson well learned
You're A Good Engine Wellan
RAIL OMENS (UNDER REWORK)
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amecareth is a monsterfucker? context? <3
OH god the context for that one is a series of fantasy books written in french by Anne Robillard, Les Chevaliers d'Emeraude (the Knights of Emerald in english, the 12 book series has been translated in english (!!rare thing to have happen) and is available as ebooks on her website but I don't really recommend them).
I'm going to put a content warning here for rape even though I'm not going to go into graphic detail.
The Big Bad Evil Guy, Emperor Amecareth of the Tanieth, has a hobby called "raping non-Tanieth people to have hybrid kids and have them learn magic and have a gaggle of superpowered evil kids to take over the world".
I think the Tanieth are meant to be beetle-humanoids ? But their home was once compared to an anthill so they're just ant guys in my brain. Little funny ants who are super tall and will kill you.
The manner in which Amecareth is written is very "he's evil and he rapes people for shock value, with 0 care attached to those kinds of storylines", and rape is rarely a subject I enjoy writing about, so I was just... writing a fanfic where he really is just the Tanieth equivalent of a monsterfucker, and doesn't rape people. Also he's the Tanieth equivalent of a very lost 20 year old in that fic.
I think he could be an immensely interesting character while still being an evil imperialist motherfucker (literally) without the need to go "yeah he's a rapist to tell you he's evil in a Shock Anecdote !"
But that would just loop back to my general gripes with Anne Robillard's writing - I think there's often very little care or substance on whatever she's writing/implying at any given moment. Amecareth being a rapist could be a useful character bit in the hands of another writer. I don't want to write that, as I don't think I have the skill to do so currently, so I'm chucking it out in the waste bin.
Now, realizing that political alliances with all sorts of human and non-human people is SUPER USEFUL if you HAVE KIDS WITH THEM ? and THEN using these kids as a way to give more power to your evil empire ? THAT's what I want to write about, and that's pretty much what "Amecareth is a monsterfucker" is about, if we add onto that first love and getting his ass handed to him.
A brief summary of the fic would be :
"Amecareth gets thrown out of his home by his father the emperor of the Tanieth for being too ambitious for his own good, and is told to go invade a southern continent about it on his own if he's THAT smart. Once there, Amecareth begins studying the people living there, finds love, war, and death in rapid succession.
This is the story that led to Enkidiev's First War against the Tanieth."
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Things you didn’t say at all
Emerald Knight Complex. 2027
The room was chilly. A stagnant cold that sunk into the very flesh and rooted itself in the bones. It did not come from an air conditioner turned up to high, or even from the weather. Outside it was lovely, the sun was rising, deep hues of orange and pink lighting up the sky. Inside, however it was freezing. The sort of cold brought on by pure unmitigated hatred. Hadrian wanted to sigh, to shift restlessly and cross his arms. Such a thing was not possible though, this was not his body and its real owner was holding himself as tight as a wooden plank. Across the room the source of all this chaos, lounged in an armchair, the picture of insouciance. Long black hair barely restrained by a collection of pink hairclips. Thick lashes that hung low over his gray eyes, tanned skin, full lips, and a smirk to infuriate the calmest of men. He was good looking, a fact that was not helped by his half-dressed state.
Hadrian sighed mentally again, wishing that he could reach out and fix that loose collar, perhaps even tug it over that narrow shoulder it kept falling off. His host sighed gustily, and he felt the pinch of nails as the magician clenched his fists. The door slammed open, bouncing off the wall with a resounding crack. The last two members of this meeting strode in, or more accurately one stomped in and the other was hauled in like a disobedient cat. Clearly, his host-
<<Abnar!>>
Hadrian rolled his eyes again, before continuing his train of thought despite the interruption. <<Clearly, you think the same. I can feel you trying not to smile,>> he thought at the Crystal Magician.
<<Using my name is the least you could do,>> Abnar thought back, his mental personal even went as far as to turn up its nose, before it turned away, glaring at the newcomers.
Hadrian sunk deeper into the mental plane, his form shifted as it did, the clink of chains loud in his ears. He watched as Wellan, the current Knight-Commander, shoved young Kira forwards. The girl caught herself neatly and hissed at him her ears practically flat against her head. Her tail lashed angrily. Hadrian could not find it within himself to blame her, if her dress was anything to go by, she’d been pulled straight from her bed. The princess fixed her clothing with several muttered words, unfit for a young lady to utter. That done, she sulkily cast herself into an empty chair, curling up there like a grumpy kitten.
There was a long moment of silence, the renegade king and the knight-commander attempting to disembowel each other with their eyes. Eventually, Onyx tossed his head and looked away. Wellan turned his glare onto them. Hadrian felt his host stiffen further.
“Is he still in there?” Wellan growled.
“Yes,” Abnar said, “research into finding a method to extract him as been inconclusive.”
Wellan gave a nod, his eyes growing colder, without looking away from Abnar he spoke again, “Have you discovered a way to fix your screw-up, girl?” He asked. Kira flinched at his words, and she sunk further into the chair.
Hadrian bristled instinctively, for all her faults Kira was still one of his descendants. There had been no need for that tone.
“Don’t speak to her like that,” Onyx said. He remained unperturbed even as every other eye swung to him in surprise.
<<What is he playing at?>> Abnar’s thoughts pressed into him, and Hadrian shrugged back. Taking advantage, he swept his own gaze over his friend, noting the faint lines around his eyes and the way his tongue swept out to lick his lips. <<Focus!>> Abnar snapped, disgusted. Hadrian pulled back long enough to glare at the magician, but when he turned his attention back on Onyx the latter was staring straight at him. Hatred brewing darkly in his eyes, but for a moment he saw a flash of warmth. Oh, Hadrian thought. Of course.
<<Of course, what?>> Abnar sounded exasperated.
<<Nothing you need to worry about,>> Hadrian replied. He retreated from the magician’s questioning, shutting him out as best he could.
“Don’t tell me what to do,” Wellan was saying, “your presence here is by lucky circumstance. You are no more welcome than a cockroach would be.”
“So poetic,” Onyx hummed, “fortunately for you my presence is much more beneficial. Isn’t it, magician?” His head tilted mockingly, and a mental image flung itself into their heads. Kira yelped. Wellan snarled. Abnar recoiled with an outraged cry. Hadrian for his part turned red, the memory of that kiss, surging to the front of his mind. He blinked it away, surprised to find himself in control of the body. “Old friend,” Onyx purred, he flickered, appearing in front of Hadrian in a careless flaunt of magic. His hands reached up to gently cup his face, gray eyes glistening.
“Nice hair accessories,” Hadrian replied, already the magician was fighting for control of his body, but the former king pushed him back without much effort. “You’ve caused much chaos again,” he continued softly. “has it been worth it?”
Onyx smiled up at him, baring his sharp teeth. To some the gesture might have been threatening, but Hadrian knew better, even now the renegade’s eyes were crinkling and a dimple had appeared in his cheek. It was stupidly endearing, and Hadrian felt his disapproval soften. “Must you always be so careless,” he muttered and gave in to the urge to rearrange Onyx’s clothing. The latter leaned into his hands, still smiling that wolfish grin.
“If that self-centered magical maggot begs nicely, I’ll drag him out of his bondage,” Onyx said.
“It was his body originally,” Hadrian said, finished with their task is hands came to rest on the smaller man’s shouders.
“You need a body as well, one much sturdier than this one.” Fingers flexed against Hadrian’s cheeks, sharp nails digging into the flesh. Hadrian felt no pain, though Abnar must of for his thrashing redoubled.
“I’m a ghost far past its prime,” Hadrian tried again, “I’m of no use to this world.”
Onyx frowned at him, words swimming in his gaze but he spoke none of them. He had always been that way, silent about the important facts, unless forced to anger, and then it always exploded out of him leaving broken bodies in its wake.
“That’s not true!”
As one they turned. Kira had recovered from her embarrassment and was now standing in the armchair. “That’s not true,” she repeated. “You are very useful to me. I told you, I need your help!”
“To become a Squire,” Hadrian reminded her, “which you have become, have you not?”
The 10-year-old shrugged mutinously. “Doesn’t mean I don’t need your help still, Uncle Wellan is going to kick me out for sure!” She gestured towards the knight, who had been surprisingly silent through this debacle.
“No, he will not,” Onyx said, the cloth with which he had bound the knight-commander grew tighter.
“Onyx,” Hadrian scolded, but a smile was fighting its way onto his lips. “You shouldn’t turn people into burritos.”
“Don’t tell me what to do, ghost,” Onyx replied. He bit his lip, seemingly struggling to form words, but they were not given the opportunity to emerge.
Abnar had chosen that moment to wrest back control of his body, and he sent the renegade flying with a vicious shove. Onyx landed hard on the ground, and immediately rolled to his feet, his sword appearing in his hand, but even as he did chains were wrapping around his ankles. He struck at them, snarling, and rolling away under the table.
<<Magician.>> Hadrian snapped reaching out to grasp at Abnar’s wrist. <<Stop! You cannot defeat him!>>
<<Killing him would be blessing on the lands,>> Abnar replied, but he did not set the table on fire. Instead he turned his attention on freeing Wellan. The latter burst out of confinement, red in the face, and eyes glowing disturbingly.
“He is gone,” Abnar said grumpily. “This was a waste of time.” He strode from the room despite Hadrian’s protests.
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NWC: NWR Loco fleet
Welcome to the AU. There is no order, just pure chaos & crack ideas. More info to follow. - The Author
NWR STEAM ENGINES
Thomas (NWR 1)
Alice/Edward “Alice Edwards” (NWR 2)
Henry (NWR 3)
Gordon “Shooting Star” (NWR 4)
James (NWR 5)
Percy/Paisley (NWR 6)
Toby (NWR 7)
Duck “Montague” (NWR 8/GWR 5741)
Donald (NWR 9)
Douglas (NWR 10)
Oliver (NWR 11/GWR 1436/1451)
Emily (NWR 12)
Eagle (NWR 13)
Tilly “Tilbury” (NWR 14)
Gwen (NWR 15)
Alberta (NWR 16)
Jessica (NWR 17)
Callum (NWR 18)
Sam “St Johnstoun” (NWR 19)
Noah (NWR 20)
Archie (NWR 21)
Alexandra “Princess Alexandra” (NWR 22/GWR 4053)
Aaron (NWR 23)
Rosie (NWR 24)
Louise “Princess Louise” (NWR 25)
Garry “Glen Garry” (NWR 26)
Molly (NWR 27)
Josh (NWR 28)
Skye (NWR 29)
Trigger (NWR 30)
Rachael (NWR 31/GWR 4112)
Charlie “Charlotte” (NWR 32)
Joey/Josephine (NWR 33)
Jinty (NWR 34)
Catlin “City of Coventry” (NWR 35)
Neville (NWR 36)
Arthur (NWR 37)
Murdoch (NWR 38)
Belle “Annabelle” (NWR 39)
Angus (NWR 40)
Rebecca “Saunton” (NWR 41)
Tadano (NWR 42)
Sophie “Sophia” (NWR 43)
Ren (NWR 44)
Nakanaka (NWR 45)
Komi (NWR 46)
Hiro (NWR 47/JNR D51-1158)
Marklin (NWR 48/DRG 80 0007)
Barry (NWR 49/GWR 5609)
Shuuko (NWR 50/JGR 58629)
Ella (NWR 51/NSR 245)
Tess "Tulip" (NWR 52/NS 3820)
Nia (NWR 53/KUR 1118)
Tid “Tidmouth hall”* (NWR 54/GWR 7930)
Ryan (NWR 55)
Winnie (NWR 56)
Gill “Lough Gill” (NWR 57/GNRI 196)
Ashima (NWR 58/NMR 37395)
Andrew “Andrew Bain” (NWR 59)
Kenzie* (NWR 60)
Hank (NWR 61)
Philip (NWR 62)
Mark (NWR 63)
Wells/Wellan “Wellsworth Cathedral”* (NWR 64/GWR 8020)
NWR DIESEL ENGINES
Daisy (D1)
BoCo (D2)
Bear (D3)
Glenn “Works diesel” (D4)
Derek (D5)
Dennis (D6)
Paxton (D7)
Splatter & Dodge (D8 & D9)
Diesel 10 “Cockade” (D10)
Edwin (D11)
Sarah (D12)
Martin* (D13)
Alastor (D14)
Paul (D15)
Patryk (D16)
Robin (D17)
Iris (D18)
Peak (D19)
Sidney (D20)
Grant & Polly (D21)
Den “Denise” (D22)
Dart (D23)
Yin Lee (D24)
Pip & Emma (D25 & D26)
Darren (D27)
Mavis (D28)
NWR ELECTRIC ENGINES
Thor “Thorkell” (E1)
Loey “Loey Machan” (E2)
Lindsay (E3)
Sandra (E4)
Crovan (E5)
Kirk (E6)
Stafford (E7)
Arnold (E8)
Madison & Mel (E9 & E10)
Ark & Parker (E11 & E12)
Logan & Beth (E13 & 14)
NWR DEPARTMENTAL ENGINES
Ernie (SRR 1)
Bertha (SRR 2)
Jones (SRR 3)
Sixteen (SRR 4)
Niffty (SRR 5)
Husker (SRR 6)
Winston (HATT 2)
Diana “Denmark” (NWDS 1)
Harvey (NWDS 2)
Baxter (NWDS 3)
Victor (NWDS 4)
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