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The Gray Ascendancy
What are you, a person with no memories, if not a liar?
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If Y isn't a sidekick owner what are we
Just a subordinate right now, I’d say. When deciding whether or not I should check that box, I figured a sidekick is someone who tags along, and Y either doesn’t go out in the field or does their thing solo. They have a high stealth build (which is why I pegged them as a rogue in a dnd-like setting 😁).
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This is such a good one from probably one of those ask memes but I just thought of it so here:
What is more important to the characters- honor or duty? 😈
(More asks to come obviously because I cannot help myself lOVE YOUUU)
Arthur: honor
Darla: duty
Gale: duty
Ianthe: duty
Jax: honor
Yvette/Yves: honor
(mwah, your questions expose them so well…)
#the gray ascendancy#tga if#ch: all#ch: arthur#ch: darla#ch: gale#ch: ianthe#ch: jax#ch: y#kingdom-dance loving hours
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Having the art of the character(s) enables this, and I am living for it
there are no right or wrong answers here except for Y being the enemy of the state
template taken here
#the gray ascendancy#tga if#ch: y#chewing on my laptop as I wait for an opportunity to get the art of the others
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just so you know the scene of the very second meeting with the gang upon the lake made me google youtube tutorials about how to lie effectively.
the tension is working wonders, is what i am aiming at.
Ah, but think of the scene of the MC innocently looking for a snack in their satchel, and a "How to lie effectively" manuscript falling out of it right in front of the gang...
Thank you!! And we gotta keep up the tension, because those hidden trust meters haven't moved an inch so far ;)
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Why is Yvette so pretty.
women
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😭 but then what does it tell us? correct, he has potential! 🤓
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Devourer by Aidoneus is a Y coded song send tweet
Cure me of myself
River wide, immortal
I, a curse, a plague on the Earth
Human in the end
...and right into the Y playlist it goes. Excellent suggestion, simply marvellous!
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Sorry if this has been answered before but what are the RO‘s like after sex?
Arthur: serene, all about slow and gentle, at peace with himself.
Darla: unusually inspired and chatty, and the words that spill from her tongue at her partner are quite sophisticated compliments.
Gale: giddy, everything becomes amusing to him.
Ianthe: touchy, interlocked fingers to the max!
Jax: soft and a bit exposed. Work fades away, leaving only them.
Yvette/Yves: depending on their mood, either exceptionally lazy, keeping their partner in the bed for as long as possible, or it energizes them, cogwheels in their head spinning as they bounce their ideas off the partner.
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i imagined them more... hmm... gray? (≥ w ≤) (still love them tho ❤)
I can explain that, anon! When Y was born, no one thought they'd become the Gray Regent one day even as a joke, so they were given unlimited access to colors 😎 /j
Glad you loved it (I'm still so giddy about it!)
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Rule of First Blood or unnamed chasexniamh baby fic!!! - em <3
I went kookoobabanas and whoopsie I ended up finishing pretty much all the of prologue/opening to this so uh here
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Rule of First Blood
the unwritten rule: the first Hunter to inflict a fatal wound makes the claim.
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The thing about Mage Hunters that infuriated her the most, she thought, was that she is not prey.
It was in those early days for Vesper when she heard the term, absorbing all she could, filling in the absence of memory with knowledge, ravenous to simply know. To know anything, to soothe the nothing that made the edges of her mind blur and blacken; some raw, gaping hole in her head and her heart. Anything to stop feeling hollowed out.
It made her brow furrow. Hunters, whose mark consisted of those born with the remains of an old covenant in their blood. Their fellow man, made in the image of Six.
The Viper King thinks we are dangerous, too dangerous to live. The Hunters were created to cull us. Drive us to extinction. Jax said.
“Like wolves.” She finished. But back in that moment,she felt more like a fawn, wide eyed and skittish, quick to flee, slow to fight, curled in a bramble and out of sight from the keen cerulean burn that meant the end.
Bellona was a pretty flower. The sketch in one of the books His Majesty had gifted her showed the petals, painted in blue ink, the thorns and leaves and next to it a description of the plant.
Beautiful. Deadly.
How could someone take something so lovely and turn it into a weapon? How wicked to look at beauty and think it the bane of your enemies. Poison- the venom of the Viper King-in their hands, in the veins, arrows tipped.
The wolf to the common folk, the hart to the hunter.
As she learned, as the intrinsic gift pulled and pushed and called to her, as she became entwined with the ambition of her regent who offered purpose, Vesper grew less resentful of the idea of being The Hunted.
After all, hunters step in their own traps. Fall to friendly fire. Gored on tusks and antlers. To creatures born to render and tear flesh with their teeth, hunger is a powerful thing.
If she is to be the quarry, she will be the quarry with fangs and claws. Quick and powerful, quiet and cunning, and most of all, hard to kill.
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Commentary below !!
The title came from google searching something different and I was like I… can’t NOT have this be a fic specifically about Vesper and Arthur (thus dubbed…Vespa), and I don’t know where it’s going besides it’s obviously playing into the fact they are foils of equal and opposing force who eventually fall in love, and I just love a good themed character study so the more we learn about our dear darling Margrave I think the more crazy I will get with this. The wonderful @thegrayascendancy-if WIP is still in its infancy and much is shrouded in delicious mystery, and while sometimes I feel like I have the measure of him, he is still largely enigmatic to me which works for Vesper POV fantastically as both she as the character and me as the writer of fiction and a reader of The Gray Ascendancy. He’s fascinating and I have to restrain myself from asking all the questions about him to his dear author- this may be me just studying him and Ves under a microscope, with some action thrown in there(not just massive introspection). I think when two people are posed to really do some damage to each other as in their nature to do so and are (as I’m interpreting it) pretty evenly matched, it’s just -Chef’s kiss- ;adding tension romantic or sexual or otherwise and raising the emotional stakes is also just a freaking delight. It’s really fun to write fierce and ambitious Vesper and learn more about her through my writing and in the story setting as it progresses too, and I’m salivating at Arthur (and the other 2 that make up the trio) having a meaningful impact on her. I joke that I want Arthur to destroy her wholly, and I think this is the start of it. Teehee.
#kingdom dance loving hours#this is such a raw take on the mage-hunter antithesis it reads like a painting#how our perception informs our feelings#chefs kiss
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Character art R1: Yves and Yvette le Tellier
Our sly Regent received a depiction by the hand of the fantastic artist august (<- link to their Twitter) who zeroed in on the vibe despite my haphazard explanations and executed it in a way that just stole my breath. I can scarcely believe that I'm even looking at them! Having to pick between the initial sketches was a real challenge (but also such a wonderful treat), and I'm so excited about finally getting to share it with you all!
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Character art R1: Yves and Yvette le Tellier
Our sly Regent received a depiction by the hand of the fantastic artist august (<- link to their Twitter) who zeroed in on the vibe despite my haphazard explanations and executed it in a way that just stole my breath. I can scarcely believe that I'm even looking at them! Having to pick between the initial sketches was a real challenge (but also such a wonderful treat), and I'm so excited about finally getting to share it with you all!
#the gray ascendancy#tga if#ch: y#art: y#portraits: y#bye i'm off to look at them like i'm getting paid for it
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Wait Darla and Yvette poly?
Hate to be the bearer of unpleasant news but even if there were poly options, this one wouldn't be it as they would think nothing good about each other beyond maybe some surface curiosity 😬
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It’s been soooo (not) long since I’ve been back here to pester but this is for a good cause (albeit perhaps a vERY ambitious one) but what Tarot cards/arcana would you assign to the ROs and possibly any secondary/tertiary characters?
knuckles cracking, gripping the desk for dear life as I stamp on my desire to write a dissertation on this ILOVESYMBOLYSM
Arthur: The Magician (resourcefulness/untapped talents)
Darla: The Fool (innocence/recklessness)
Gale: The Hermit (introspection/isolation)
Ianthe: High Priestess (intuition/sacred knowledge)
Jax: Judgement (inner calling/self-doubt)
Yves/Yvette: The Tower (upheaval/chaos)
Special cameos of tonight...
Karon, the Viper King: The Emperor (authority/domination)
Libeth, first princess of Daelan: The Moon (illusion/repressed emotion)
Even more special cameos:
The First Sister: Chariot
The Second Sister: The Hierophant
The Third Sister: The Fool
The Fourth Sister: Lovers
The Fifth Sister: The Hanged Man
The Sixth Sister: The Empress
The MC: Death/World
#the gray ascendancy#tga if#ch: all#ch: arthur#ch: darla#ch: gale#ch: ianthe#ch: jax#ch: y#i've consulted five websites it's that serious#kingdom dance loving hours
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Once again thinking about Darla and Yvette. Dangerous women... <3
And they are the two sword masters of this game lmao (unless the MC has also picked it up)!
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Hi this is definitely not user kingdom-dance it’s just some random anon :)))) but (if it’s not a spoiler) what does mage hunter training entail? How long until someone is considered a full fledged mage hunter? Is it like a school/academy/training camp situation?
Thank you!
-NOT tumblr user kingdom-dance :3
Hello anon! 😊
The training starts with the consumption of the poison, of course. Controlled doses at controlled intervals, the body's response observed. It is as pleasant as it sounds! Once it is confirmed that the person can survive and withstand the bellona poison, they start preparing for the power. Learning how to finely control it, the caveats, blind spots—and, of course, continued poison consumption. All that is accompanied by physical training (with a focus on archery) and learning from the older hunters' experience with different types of magic.
You will learn how that felt in the game if your relationship with Arthur is good enough ;)
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No Y cuddles? 🥺
Not when they are asleep, at least, as in that, they are quite territorial and messy. It's more of intertwined limbs than proper cuddling 😅
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