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The One, the only, Dark Lord himself!

The first picrew is how he is around friends and when he doesn't have to do the whole "Dark Lord" act. His actual name is Heshiktow, but only Rukard knows it.

~backstory~

He was raised by a couple of spirit speaker healers - they knew stuff about magic, even had a magical artifact, which is incredibly rare. It was used to sustain Heshiktow's life, as he almost died at a young age. Took care of anyone they could, opened a monster &beast rehabilitation shelter... Little Ice age rolls around, things get difficult, people need a scapegoat. Something something torches, something something pitchforks, and Heshiktow winds up alone at the bright and ripe age of fourteen with a few monsters in tow.

He meets Rukard, they bond, try to save a kingdom, fail, and decide that they were just thinking too small and the best course of action is to take over the world (like sane people do).

Fear seemed to be a pretty casualty-free way of staying in control, do the Dark Lord legend is born.

Nicknames: Dark Lord ( everyone, more of an alias), Heshi ( Rukard, Mourisha)

Age: 21

Sexuality: bisexual

Note: half of this post self erased the first time I tried to post it. Wierd.

Mourisha

Mourisha is what Rukard calls him, because he doesn't remember his name. Mourisha means "smile".

His hair is gray, yet he doesn't look old, and his face and entire body is covered with scars upon scars, to the point where there is almost no visible skin.

He's most likely not human, but no one knows what he is: in the world of JYTFS, there are only humans, spirits, demons (seriously pissed off spirits), and gods, and he doesn't really fit any category.

He knows as much about himself as anyone else - he doesn't remember his name, where he's from, where he's going. He was surprised by his own appearance. He has a vague feeling of guilt, which leads him to believe that maybe it's best if he doesn't remember.

He carries a big book wherever he goes where he makes sketches and takes notes, and on the last page of said book is a detailed map of the world with a mark and a short note under it: "take here once filled".

He's usually cheerful and not-too-serious, a bit childish. Sees beauty in everything (to unsettling extends), tries to cheer up everyone around him, make them happy. Hates conflict of any kind.

His conduct is... unusual. When he spotted Rukard sulking alone in an abandoned castle in the middle of nowhere, he broke into said castle to cook cheer-up breakfast and refused to leave because Rukard obviously needed company.

Nicknames: Mourisha ( by Rukard, currently uses as a name), what even is that thing ( practically everyone but Rukard)

Age: ???

Sexuality: ???

Ethnicity: ???????

Rukard

Needed to make two picrew pictures for him - first one is his "default", how he likes to present himself. He tries to sustain this ethereal wild hunter, fae prince appearance, which led to him being commonly referred to as Prince of the Dark Woods.

Second one is depression-phase Rukard. Let himself go a bit and started wearing the clothing of a someone he really misses, which are far from his usual style.

Rukard is the Dark Lords right-hand man, best friend, and servant with a ten-year magical contract all in one.

He is a skilled fighter and leader, basically running most of the technical, logistics part of sustaining their undead and monster army, keeping the demons in subordination, all that. Has a backstory™ that I have to at least mention because it's one of my absolute favourites.

Nicknames: Prince of the Dark Woods (more of a title), vampire boy (by Murisha), Amila (will make sense later)

Age: 23

Sexuality: heterosexual

Ethnicity: need to make those! Need to make those! But the closest our-world equivalent is German

They're so sweet! I love Mourisha

WIP snippet

Posting a little WIP snippet nobody asked for no apparent reason (may have been inspired by @chazzawrites ) Enjoy!

For context: mourisha’s intro

rukard’s intro

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She is so cool! And the angst is amazing

Introducing Ena

The first picrew is how she normally looks these days - messy hair, tired, in a sweatpants-and-a-hoodie combo (normally quite soiled). The second is her official look, for statues, paintings and such.

She's an apathetic misanthrope that just wants to be left alone and is generally tired of the world. Which wouldn't be a problem if she didn't own approximately one third of it.

~backstory~

She's a powerful goddess that became very popular because of her complete devotion to her believers - whatever was asked of her, she would do anything and everything to provide, whenever a believer was in trouble, she would personally come and help, never resting, being in a thousand places at once just to do her best for her people.

However, after countless fights and wars between her believers, where she couldn't possibly pick a side because she was supposed to protect both of them, and a civil war that practically destroyed the empire she worked so hard to create, she lost her faith in humanity and became a bitter recluse, ignoring all of her duties.

To pass the time of immortality, she sometimes messes with people, creating little stories to watch unfold. When she's asked to pick a Chosen One, she picks Mary mostly at random to watch her misadventures

Full title: the great protector of this world, the warrior of light, the all-powerful Ena

Age: ≈500

Sexuality: too tired to be interested in anything and anyone anymore.

Taglist: @apocalypsewriters , @chazzawrites

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This was so good! And a real delight to read. I can't wait to read more, and the animal hybrids would be so good to read

The thing is here!

Remember how I’ve been babbling about this chapter that I’m very excited about and want to post here once I finish it? I finished it, so here it is!

T/W: nothing serious, but there is a hunt scene where an animal is killed, and it’s briefly described. And repeated mentions of alcohol concumption.

Note: Again, not a native English speaker. If you think something sounds strange, please, tell me! This is the first draft, so there’s a chance some details might change, but the hardly anything serious. Also this is about 1,900 words - not very long, but you might want to find a comfortable place and maybe get some tea.

Chapter 3. Never cry Villain

Where a sad and lonely person becomes perpetually more sad.

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Ahhh this is so cool!! I love your world building and lore! The thought, time, and effort you put into it is noticeable and makes reading your writing so enjoyable

Spirit education

I will make a general post on spirits soon-ish, but strangely, spirit education comes up more in my story so far than the spirits themselves, so here’s a post on that.

Spirits can transcend the natural borders - the borders between beings, which they use to form bonds and sometimes to read minds, the borders between real and imaginary (can be used to grant wishes or bring about nightmares), some other borders of such types. To learn to do that, they have to study for quite a while.

A spirit is considered an adult after studying for 128 years. The process is called “the understanding of the world” and is divided into four segments. 

The first segment, from birth to four years, is the understanding of day and night, evening and morning - how does the energy flow within nature and animals, how does the sun, the moon, the stars influence it, why the division between times of day important. After that, the spirit also understands what kind of spirit they are - a morning spirit, a day spirit, an evening spirit, or a night spirit. That defines when they’re the strongest. 

The second segment, four to sixteen years, is the understanding of spring and summer, autumn and winter. After that, the spirit can communicate with the primal energy better and also understands which one they belong to,

The third segment, sixteen to sixty-four - the understanding of the elements - air, water, fire, earth. Again, level-up, understanding which one they belong to. It requires meditating in each element for twelve years. And when I say “meditating in” I really mean it. Stay in that volcano for twelve years or your understanding of fire isn’t considered complete.

The fourth segment, sixty-four to a hundred and twenty-six - the understanding of the energies of life and death, creation and destruction. With that, they understand the nature of all the primal forces of the world and know all the spirit tricks, and, of course, understand which one they are connected to.

Shimmi passed the first two stages - he “understands” the times of day and seasons and knows he’s a spirit of day and spring. That lets him become completely unnoticeable or very conspicuous by will in any setting and lighting, see in the dark and not be blinded by bright light, feel comfortable in any natural temperature/climate. However, continuing his spirit education would most likely destroy his human body, so he took a break to figure out if he’s okay with that.

This concludes my tedtalk.

Taglist: @chazzawrites, @apocalypsewriters, @pagesofcursive, @47crayons

Aww I love this. I'm a sucker for domestic interactions between characters

A typical morning in the JYTFS world

I didn’t know how to sort them, so they’re in alphabetical order.

Ena - wakes up whenever the first-morning prayer reaches her, answers it, normally ignores whatever was asked of her, and tries to go back to sleep. She doesn’t really need food or sleep, but that doesn’t stop her from remaining in something of a coma most of the time unless someone or something really annoys her. Then it’s lightning-striking time.

Heshiktow - wakes up early, feeds the snake-lions and whatever injured creatures he’s taking care of at the time. Cooks breakfast for himself and Rukard - Rukard isn’t used to cooking for himself due to growing up in an environment where everything was done for him. 

Mary - wakes up whenever Yahgur wakes her up, normally way too early in her own opinion. Eats whatever Yahgur cooked or ordered for breakfast - he’s the only one who knows how to cook in the whole Chosen One team, so he cooks for himself and Mary, and sometimes Shimmi, but Shimmi doesn’t always need human food.

Mourisha - wakes up whenever, but likes to wake up early and watch the sunrise, and sometimes draw it. Normally forgets to cook for himself and just heads out to continue with his journey, but after meeting Rukard he started to cook breakfasts for the two of them, naturally slipping into Heshiktow’s vacant place as Rukard’s caretaker.

Rukard - wakes up whenever and eats what Heshi (or later Mourisha) cooked for him. When Heshi is around, he likes to take showers in the morning, but when Heshi’s away he wouldn’t come in contact with big amounts of water even if his life depended on it.

Shimmi - he doesn’t really sleep. In the night, he exits his human body and wanders around as a spirit, chatting with other local spirits and finding himself some energy that he uses instead of food. He returns by sunrise and tells Mary and Yahgur all the spirit news of the region, which hardly makes any sense for humans. Puts on his make-up. Yes, he always wears bright-golden make-up, no matter the occasion. Sometimes sings in an extremely Disney-princessy way, with birds landing on his hands and everything. 

Yahgur - wakes up first, cleans their camping spot if they were sleeping outside, alternatively room if they managed to find an inn. First takes care of himself, then of the bear, if necessary. Cooks breakfast or orders it if possible. Plans out the team’s travel route and course of action. Makes sure Shimmi’s body is safe and comfortable while he’s away and wakes up Mary.

Taglist: @chazzawrites, @apocalypsewriters, @pagesofcursive, @47crayons

This is so coool!!!! I can't wait to see all this in play in your story. The depth, the detail, is absolutely fantastic

Your daily dose of JYTFS lore

I’ve been saving this guy for a while as a treat to myself. He’s one of my favourite characters, and also one that hardly ever comes up because he’s a god of a small, modest cult of a civilization that has been extinct for over 8 million years.

This one is long, so I’ll  put it under read more.

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Oh I love that so much. Dumb misunderstandings resulting in fights is such a good trope, and then Shimmi and Mourisha apologizing to each other and talking about Rukard and Yahgur like their dogs. Golden

Welcome to today’s episode of Absolutely Random Scene That Has Been Stuck in My Head for Weeks and May or May Not Make It to the Book!

Exposition:

Shimmi and Mourisha run into each other and start to chat about their common interests - like loving the world and being cinnamon rolls - and lose track of time.  Rukard goes looking for Mourisha and Yahgur does the same for Shimmi, and they bump into each other when they encounter the first two.

Scene:

Yahgur recognizes Rukard, or, more likely, the Dark Lord outfit he borrowed. Yahgur blames the Dark Lord for the bear accident (even though there’s little to no evidence that that’s actually true), so he attacks him. Rukard sees some strange individuals surrounding Mourisha, misinterprets the scene as a kidnapping and Yahgur’s attack as a confirmation of the bad intent, and aggressively fights back.

Shimmi and Mourisha try to pull them apart.

Shimmi, gesturing towards Yahgur, smiling awkwardly at Mourisha: I’m sorry. He’s not always like that. In fact, normally he’s quite calm and collected. I don’t know what’s gotten into him.

Mourisha: Oh, don’t worry. Rukard’s not really like that, too. He’s just very protective sometimes, you know?

Shimmi nods and sighs

Yahgur and Rukard, simultaneously, seeing that Shimmi and Mourisha are still talking: Step away from him! He might be dangerous!

Yahgur and Rukard, now death-glaring each-other: Who are you calling dangerous?! Shimmi/Mourisha wouldn’t hurt a fly!

Fighting continues, now with more zeal.

Eventually, Mary finds them, actually listens to Shimmi’s and Mourisha’s explanation of what’s happening, and breaks up the fight, more successfully than she planned.  She dumps a bucketload of water on the two. Water, as a supple and changing environment, may trigger uncontrolled transformations in magic folk. And it does. So now we have a bear and [what Rukard turns into which I still can’t say because I’m very protective of this exact spoiler for some reason] staring at each other, dumbfounded.

End scene

They have a decent conversation later and figure out the misunderstandings, but if the two idiot trios ever meet before the final act, that’s how it’s going to play out.

Taglist (Should I even include the taglist on this idiocity?) @chazzawrites, @apocalypsewriters, @pagesofcursive, @47crayons

This is so good! I love the chaos, and the sass, and the characters have so much life! You painted the scenes so well, I could see it happening

Chapter one, as promised

Note: you know the drill! Pointing out any unnatural wording/ wierd phrases would really help due to English being my second language.

T/W: I looked through it, but couldn’t find anything that could be a trigger. If you spot something that you think I should warn people about, let me know!

Chapter 1. Everything has to start somewhere

Where a divine being reluctantly kidnaps a teenager

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She's so cool!! And she's a badass, just as I hoped. Would she bring cake to tea parties with Uncle Seb is the question

Other information:

Some worldbuilding explanation required:

In some cultures of the world of JYTFS, being an assassin or warrior is considered to be specifically a woman’s job, with some rare exceptions. It’s a take-and-return, keeping-the-balance thing, and it’s highly encouraged for female warriors/assassins to have children. Warriors are those of the higher rank, those that get more respect, while assassins, while not completely illegal, dwell on the borders of legality. You know, the type of folk to find an occasional angry mob at their door, or have some arrests for uncertain reasons, but aren’t illegal enough to be imprisoned or executed just for doing what they do.

backstory under read more because it got quite long

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Ooh this is so cool!

Image id: a uquiz result titled Spirit, with the description reading: You would live in the forest for centuries of you could, enjoying every leaf and strain of grass. It maybe in the mountains, or in a desert. Having a mortal coil seems like a bother. You just want to fly with the birds and learn their songs. And that's good! Keep dreaming your dreams. They're wonderful.

I made a u-quiz thingie!

Take a quiz and I'll assign you a fantasy species

Awww yeahh

Rukard, The Prince of the Dark Woods

Just... try and express your emotions sometimes, okay? That might actually help. Talk to people. Enjoy the scenery. Do not, I repeat, do not try to take over the world. It's not worth it. And don't be too hard on yourself, it never helps. I love you <3

Psst.

The first quiz went well enough, so I made another one! This one is for which character from JYTFS are you :)

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