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Finally, I Can Maintag This After Nine Months
Hello everyone! This post is about my very long (80k) Empires S1 fanfiction, (i'll tend to the flame, you can worship the) ashes.
Ashes has been nine months in the making, and the last chapter was just posted today. It is twice as long as my previous longest published work and I made a lot of it up as I went.
The premise is this: The Rapture was three months ago, and Gem and Fwhip are on their way out of the world. They land for the night on the edge of the desert, and stumble upon a certain emperor, who's been missing for eight years and long presumed dead. Which is great! They found him! But... he's strangely quiet.
More details and a general FAQ for the fic under the cut.
Why does this fic have the Graphic Depictions of Violence warning and the Author Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings ratings applied at the same time? What does that mean?
I explain my full reasoning in a post here, but basically, I wanted to let people know that there was violence while also implying that there were also some other things that needed to be handled carefully that aren't necessarily covered by an Archive warning.
Ashes has the Canon Compliant tag attached, but this is a scenario that I've never seen in canon before.
This is correct. When I started writing this, my tag for this fic was #ashes au because I was pretty sure that I was going against canon with some of the details I was including. I added that tag later after realizing that even though some of the specific details didn't line up, it counted to me. (The tag stuck because I've linked it everywhere by now and don't want to change it.)
As for the post-canon status of this work, Ashes was mainly started because I felt like Pixl's ESMP s1 POV (which ended early because he got busy with another project; this happens to everyone and i do not hold it against him) deserved to be finished and so I set out to write it. Pix later said in an Empires S2 livestream and then in his s2 finale that every interpretation of what happened to the Copper King was correct, so I just went with it.
If I wanted to make fanart or fanfiction of this fanfic, could I do that?
There is a section for that on the website I made for Ashes! (I learnt HTML at 12am for this. I couldn't sleep.) Any questions you have that aren't answered by that, send me a message or an ask and I'll be happy to answer.
I know you haven't really done many prompts for Empire SMP, but having seen Jimmy's perspective today, I really want to see him just talk about everything that's against him and I think it would be really fun to see him just breakdown with Pixl.
Lore-wise, Jimmy really has gone through the ringer.
he really has T_T someone pls save him
...
Pixlriffs is working on setting up some more candles around the vigil when he hears a noise from behind him. Immediately alert, he spins round, already pulling out his sword, but he freezes when he spots a figure half-limping towards him.
As he rushes towards the figure, he realises with a jerk that it’s his closest ally. “J-Jimmy?!”
The ruler of the Cod Empire is dishevelled and clearly exhausted, and instead of his normal cod mask, he’s wearing the brown llama mask that Pixl remembers giving him a few weeks ago.
Pixl reaches out to steady his friend, holding him by the arms. “Jimmy, what on earth-?!”
“Gosh, your empire is… is really out there,” Jimmy murmurs, his words slightly slurred. “In the middle of a desert. I’m so hot…”
With that, he collapses against Pixl.
“Jimmy!” he gasps, propping his unconscious friend up.
He manages to lift Jimmy onto his back and hurriedly carries him over to his home. He lays Jimmy down on his bed and hesitantly removes his friend’s mask.
He’s shocked to see a fairly fresh cut on Jimmy’s face from his left temple to the corner of his left eye. It’s not still bleeding but it looks untreated. Maybe from the last day or so.
Forcing himself to ignore that for now, Pixl fetches some water and an ice pack, the latter of which he applies to Jimmy’s forehead. Immediately, Jimmy lets out a quiet sigh and stirs slightly, though he doesn’t wake.
After about ten minutes of gently tipping sips of water down Jimmy’s throat, Jimmy’s eyelids flutter.
“Hey,” says Pixl quietly, giving his friend a soft smile. “Can you hear me?”
Blinking groggily, Jimmy frowns. “What happened? Where am I?”
“In my empire,” says Pixl. “Do you not remember?”
Jimmy lifts a hand to his forehead. “My head’s a little fuzzy.”
“I’m not surprised; you were pretty dehydrated. Do you have any idea how long you were wandering around in the desert?”
“No, not really.”
“Well if you walked all the way here from your kingdom, it’s a wonder you didn’t parch to death,” Pixl responds. “Why didn’t you use your elytra?”
“I wanted to walk as long as possible and then when I eventually tried to take off, I realised I didn’t have any rockets,” says Jimmy sheepishly.
Pixl chuckles. That’s so Jimmy. “Right, I see. Why would you want to walk all the way here, anyway? We didn’t have a meeting or anything, did we?”
“No, I…” Jimmy hesitates. “I just needed a break. And I wanted to see you. And I needed to be several thousand blocks away from everyone else.”
“Really?” Pixl frowns. “Are you okay?”
Jimmy hesitates again, before deciding to tell the truth. “Um… no. I’m not okay. A lot of stuff happened yesterday and I’d really like to curl up and cry right now.”
Pixl gives his friend a sympathetic look. “Tell me about what happened.”
“W-Well…” Jimmy sits up in the bed, taking a deep breath. “fWhip covered my nether portal in cobblestone so I told him to come over and clear it up but he used tnt to blow it up and then when I told him to fix the hole in the ground, he blew a bigger hole under the first one and then Scott and Gem showed up and I was hoping they might be on my side but apparently Scott actually helped fWhip make the cobblestone thingy so then I got really mad and hit fWhip with my sword but then he killed me and stole my Codfather mask and I begged him to give it back but he just flew off with it a-and I don’t know how to get it back now cuz Scott said I keep starting things I can’t finish and that even with my allies, I couldn’t hope to beat fWhip but I need that mask back Pixl I can’t-.”
Sensing Jimmy’s rising panic, Pixl quickly grabs Jimmy’s shoulders to stop his friend. “Hey hey hey, shh. It’s okay, Jimmy. Shh.”
Jimmy lets his breathing settle, clearing his throat as his voice cracks. “Wh-What’s wrong with me, Pixl…?” he whispers. “Why am I such an easy target? Is this all because I stole stuff from Sausage so early on? Do I deserve all this?”
“No, Jimmy,” replies Pixl immediately. “fWhip is being a bully, and bullies always have their buddies backing them up so they feel stronger. First it was Sausage, now it’s Scott.”
“I just… I just don’t understand. I thought Gem and Katherine were my allies but Gem is now fully on fWhip’s side and Katherine pretends she’s on everyone’s side but she always seems to back up the person who isn’t me. Who do I have on my side?”
“You’ve got me, you’ve got Joel, you’ve got Lizzie.”
“I do trust Joel and Lizzie, and you of course, but… I-I’m just kinda expecting everyone to leave me if another alliance offers something better. And I wouldn’t even blame them.”
Pixl pauses, casting a brief look at the walls surrounding him. “...well, I’ll never leave you.”
“I-I don’t think you can realistically promise that,” Jimmy responds dejectedly.
This reinforces Pixl’s resolve. “I’m doing it anyway. You need an ally you can always count on, and I will be that ally. No matter what, Jimmy, I’ll stick by you. I know my empire is a long way from yours but if you ever need backup again, send me a message and I’ll drop whatever I’m doing and fly straight over.”
“Really…?” Jimmy stares at him with hopeful eyes. “Wh-Why would you do that for me? Aren’t there better, stronger empires out there you can ally with?”
“Frankly, yeah, there are. But I don’t care. It’s not all about power.”
Jimmy scoffs.
“It’s not,” Pixl repeats. “Power gets you through a war, sure, but wars aren’t the only things empires have to deal with. You’re a kind and fair ruler to your subjects, Jimmy. Villagers, animals, everything. You always go the extra mile to ensure their comfort and safety, and in this world, that’s a rarity. Power really isn’t the only thing that matters. It’s one of the biggest, but that doesn’t mean you should be counted out just on lack of power. That’s why you find yourself a powerful ally, right? And I like to flatter myself that I’ve built up a pretty powerful empire here. Maybe not fWhip-level powerful, but strong enough to defend us both if a certain tnt-crazed empire comes calling.”
Jimmy gazes at him. “Would you really put your empire on the line for my fights?”
“Of course.” Pixl gives him a kind smile. “That’s what allies do.”
“...Pixl, I…” Jimmy can hardly muster any words to express his emotions. “I-I don’t know what to say.”
“You don’t have to say anything. All we need to do is take care of each other and we’ll be okay.”
“Pix…” Jimmy is almost completely lost for words. He’s never had someone show this level of dedication towards him before, especially considering they haven’t known each other very long. “A-Anything you need, Pix, anything at all, just ask.”
Pixl’s smile falls as his eyes flicker up to the scar on Jimmy’s face. “Actually… I do have a question. How did you get that scar on your face?”
“Huh?” Jimmy’s hand automatically moves to touch the jagged line on his forehead. “Oh. This. A, um… a piece of debris from fWhip’s second tnt explosion got me. Nearly got my eye, actually.”
“It looks bad. Untreated.”
“Yeah, I… I’m not so good at first aid and I did ask Scott and Gem if one of them could help me clean it but they refused.”
Pixl’s eyes widen. “They what?!”
Jimmy nods sadly. “They made some excuses and left. Scott said it didn’t look that bad and I could deal with it myself. I looked at it in the river and I also didn’t think it looked that bad.”
“Gosh.” Pixl shakes his head disapprovingly, a deep frown on his face. “That’s… That’s so terrible.”
“I-I’m sorry,” whispers Jimmy.
“What? No, not you. I can’t believe Scott and Gem would leave you when you were clearly hurt. Do you have a first aid kit back in your base? And your food situation: do you have enough food? What’s your diet like?”
A little taken aback by the sudden questions, Jimmy hesitates. “I’ve, uh… been eating fish, mostly. Cod Empire, you know.”
“Any potatoes? Carrots?”
Jimmy shakes his head.
Pixl scrutinises him. “Right, okay. Jimmy, you’re gonna stay with me here for a while.”
“A-A while?”
“A few days. You’ve been through a lot lately; you need someone to take care of you. I’ll get that wound treated for you, show you around my empire, and make sure you get some nutrients in your diet. Do you have a potato farm?” Before Jimmy can reply, Pixl continues, “Nevermind, I’ll get you enough potatoes to either get started or improve it, whichever. You need to keep drinking water, though; you’ll get dehydrated really fast in the desert.”
He pauses as he registers the smile on Jimmy’s face. “What?” he chuckles.
“Nothing.” Jimmy averts his gaze, though his smile remains. “Just… thank you. I can’t tell you how much it means to me to have you on my side.”
Pixl smiles back and squeezes Jimmy’s shoulder.
“I’ll always be on your side, Jimmy. Always.”
I was looking through your older requests and stuff from 3rd life, and I remembered the one with Scott and Jimmy nearly getting sacrificed to Dogwarts and I thought hmmm...demons, red aesthetics, a generally more powerful side?
Basically, I think it would be cool to have a version of that with Sausage and fWhip trying to sacrifice Jimmy.
(And wow, Jimmy really can't get a break with religious tones after EVO, huh?)
THIS. is genuinely one of my favourite things i've ever written, if not THE favourite. i'm so so proud of it :D
cw beating, blood
…
Jimmy no longer has the energy to scream or fight. Having been beaten periodically throughout the day, his chest and neck are in too much pain for him to move. Sitting slumped in the tiny cell he’s been put in with his hands tied behind his back, all he can do is keep fighting against the dull pain all over his body threatening to drag him into unconsciousness.
All he can do is keep fighting to stay awake.
Finally, they come for him. Led by fWhip, Sausage pulls Jimmy out of the former’s base and out to the altar that’s been set up in the centre of Sausage’s castle.
Jimmy knows exactly what’s coming. Neither fWhip nor Sausage has made any secret of what they intend to do to him. And after a full day of being kept in a cell, hands tied behind him, beaten every time he tried to escape or fight back, he doesn’t have the strength to try and stop it.
As they push him onto the altar, Jimmy stumbles. As a response, Sausage hits him in the stomach, knocking him to the ground. Seconds from passing out, Jimmy is powerless to stop Sausage from pulling him up onto his knees.
Coughing weakly, Jimmy slowly lifts his head to look at his captors. “Wh-Why are you doing this…?” he croaks. “What did I do…?”
“Sorry Jimmy, but Xornoth demands a sacrifice,” fWhip responds, and Jimmy can almost hear a twinge of genuine remorse in his voice.
Jimmy tries to push himself up in one final desperate attempt to escape but his chest and throat are screaming in pain and he’s unable to stop Sausage from pushing him back down and holding him in place.
“Please…!” he rasps, pulling weakly at the ropes binding his wrists. “Please…”
Neither of them respond as Sausage pushes Jimmy’s head down and fWhip lifts the axe.
Tears fall from Jimmy’s bruised eyes. He wishes he could fight back but he barely has the strength to stay conscious. If he has to die, he’ll die with as much dignity as he can.
“STOP!”
Jimmy again lifts his head, and though he can’t see very well through his blurred vision, he can make out a figure standing on the wall several blocks away.
“Pixl,” Sausage growls.
fWhip’s demeanour completely changes. All his remorse and carefulness disappears as he roughly hauls Jimmy to his feet by the scruff of his neck and holds his sword against his throat, angling Jimmy in front of him like a human shield.
“Don’t come any closer,” he says coldly but calmly.
“Let Jimmy go,” Pixl orders, lifting his trident and aiming it directly at fWhip. “Now.”
fWhip’s grip on Jimmy tightens. “You’re in no position to bargain. One quick movement and we’ll see how much blood the Codfather has inside him.”
Nausea rises in Pixl’s stomach at the grisly mental image. “I’m not saying this again, fWhip: LET. JIMMY. GO.”
“How did you know to come here?” Sausage snaps suddenly. “You live thousands of blocks away!”
“I told him.”
It takes Jimmy’s fuzzy mind a moment to recognise this new voice but when he does, his heart skips a beat.
“Scott?” A hint of surprise is audible in fWhip’s voice. “Why would you do that?”
“Because what you’re doing is barbaric,” replies Scott icily. “Now listen to the Copper King and let Jimmy go.”
“What do we do?” whispers Sausage to his ally.
fWhip narrows his eyes, his analytical mind trying to calculate the odds of him winning this fight.
As he does, he twists the sword in his hand and nicks Jimmy’s neck with the sharp blade, causing him to let out a semi-conscious cry of pain.
That sound triggers something in Pixl and he lets his trident fly. His aim is remarkable and it slams into a tiny piece of fWhip’s armour visible just to the side of Jimmy.
fWhip staggers back, releasing his grip on the Cod Empire ruler, who collapses to the floor like a stone. “Retreat,” he hisses to Sausage. “We won’t win this fight.”
Sausage, clearly needing no further encouragement, takes off into the air with his elytra, followed closely by fWhip.
Immediately, Pixl and Scott both rush to Jimmy’s side. Scott pulls out his dagger and cleanly slices through the ropes binding Jimmy’s wrists, while Pixl carefully lifts Jimmy into his arms.
“He’s really beaten up,” Scott observes shakily. “How could fWhip and Sausage do this to him…?”
Pixl straightens up, Jimmy clutched limply but securely in his strong arms. When he speaks, his voice is low and barely controlled. “I don’t know. But we need to get his injuries seen to as soon as possible.”
“Take him to his house,” says Scott. “Gem and I have been working on healing magic so I’ll fly over and get some of that to help him.”
“Okay. Good luck.”
“You too.”
As Scott takes off into the air, Pixl rushes back to Jimmy’s house and carefully lays him down on the bed. As he removes Jimmy’s gloves, he spots bulging red burn marks left over from where the ropes dug into his wrists.
This simple sight almost unleashes Pixl’s barely-contained fury. Tears of anger spring to his eyes as he gazes down at the bruised face of his unconscious friend, twisted in pain even in sleep.
He turns his head to look out at the darkness through the window. fWhip and Sausage needed a sacrifice for their stupid demon and they chose the easiest target. It makes Pixl’s blood boil to see them continually pick on Jimmy just because he’s unable to fight back.
A weak cough brings Pixl’s attention back to his injured friend. To his horror, he sees blood pooling at the corner of Jimmy’s mouth, so he leans down and checks his young friend’s breathing.
As he’s doing this, Scott returns, holding a leather pouch in his hands. “How’s he doing?” he asks worriedly.
“He’s not breathing well,” says Pixl quietly. “And he’s coughing up blood. A few more minutes and we may lose him. What have you got?”
“I have a healing crystal,” Scott reports, pulling a magenta crystal out of the pouch in his hands. “It should heal any internal injuries and ease his pain, but external injuries won’t be affected.”
“That’s fine. Do it.”
Scott moves over to Jimmy’s bedside and closes his eyes as he holds the crystal over Jimmy’s body. The crystal glows magenta, and similar-coloured energy starts to flow from it into Jimmy.
Pixl watches this with interest. He’s never had an affinity for nature magic and it intrigues him how crystals can have such magical properties. But soon his interest is outweighed by the relief that the colour has returned to Jimmy’s skin and his chest isn’t heaving so much anymore.
Finally, Scott lowers the crystal, which has stopped glowing, and tucks it back into the bag. “That should help,” he says.
“Good,” murmurs Pixl. “He looks like he’s breathing easier.”
Scott nods, not trusting himself to speak again.
A brief pause follows.
“I want to ask you something,” Pixl says, in a tone that makes it clear he expects no argument. “Why did you call me?”
Scott glances at him in surprise. “What do you mean?”
“You’re on their side. Why would you want to go against them like that?”
After a moment, Scott looks away. “Because a long time ago, Jimmy told me he didn’t want to look me in the eyes as I get sacrificed on an altar; I realised earlier that I didn’t want the reverse.”
Pixl nods slowly. He, like many others, heard about what happened on 3rd Life and even though he isn’t aware of specifics, he can’t help thinking that Scott’s remark is tied into that.
Scott lifts Jimmy’s limp hand and pushes back his sleeve slightly to reveal the burn marks that Pixl noticed earlier. He gives a deep frown as he tenderly traces the mark with his finger. “I don’t understand how they can do something like this to someone they once called their friend,” he murmurs. “No matter how much things have changed, he… They… You just don’t do that to someone.”
Pixl nods again as Scott carefully places Jimmy’s arm back down on the bed. As he turns to leave, he again glances back at Jimmy and hesitates. After a moment, he reaches out and gently brushes the bruise over Jimmy’s eye with the backs of his fingers, unable to hide a deep frown of worry.
“Why do you treat him so coldly all the time?” Pixl asks. “You clearly care for him a great deal and he cares about you. Why do you continue to push him away?”
Scott takes a moment to compose himself and steady his voice before he replies. “I’ve already gone through the pain of losing him once. I can’t do it again. I’m sorry, but I have to go now.”
Pixl almost argues but thinks better of it. “Okay. Thank you, Scott. For calling me and for helping Jimmy.”
“Of course. Goodnight, Pixl.”
“Goodnight.”
After Scott has left, Pixl locks the door behind him and pulls up a chair next to Jimmy’s bed. His friend’s face is a lot less pale than it was, though the bruise over his left eye and the thin cut in his neck are still very much visible.
Feeling a wave of affection and protectiveness, Pixl gently strokes Jimmy’s shoulder and takes a great deal of relief from seeing a small smile appear on Jimmy’s face in his sleep. Every instinct in his body is urging him to fly out there and enact vicious revenge on the people who did this to his friend.
“I’ll make them pay for hurting you,” he vows quietly. “I swear.”
stop making me cry
I adore how the fandom seems to agree that Pixandria was unaffected by the explosion and chaos of the finales.
And I’d like to add some things
For the rulers who remain alive, but have left. The tiny trails of smoke their candles produce will forever travel in the direction of the soul they represent.
But for the ones who have died, and this time will not return through the normal means, the candles no longer light when Pix sparks his flint and steel.
The ocean queen’s flames are dimmer now, as though her spirit remains but has gone through a magical change.
Unless taken into the nether, the candles for the Wolf Spirit point towards the nearest portal.
Pix smiles when Gem and Fwhip’s candles cause two lines of smoke to combine together, proving they’re staying by each other’s side.
Pix struggles to learn of what happened exactly to the ones who didn’t make it, or where exactly the wanderers will end up before they settle down again, or if the next time their candles stop pointing in a new direction they will simply be blown out by fate.
He’ll pack away the lightless candles, storing with them books of what they had accomplished in life, and he’ll track the paths of the remaining ones as far as the maps brought to his kingdom will allow.
But he’ll remember all of them for as long as he lives, because he’s capable of doing so when no one else is.
"Do you believe in the gods, Pix?"
The archeologist chuckles, and continues adjusting measurements on his hologram projector. "You trying to convert me, Joel?"
The god of Stratos waves his hand dismissively, and though Pix isn't looking at his face, he can almost feel an the eye roll as clouds briefly wink over the sun. "Obviously you believe in me. If you didn't, we wouldn't be talking right now."
"Ah."
"I mean the old ones. You know." Joel waves a hand vaguely the direction of the ruined capital. "The absent ones."
Pix pauses in his work to turn and look past the bridge. The burnished gold of the tip of one of the angel's wings is all he can see over the hillside gates, but he knows the goddess is there. He memorized every curve and angle of that monument when he'd found it. It was... An impressive statue. He turns back to his projector and keys in a few more measurements, trying to get the height of the road just right.
"I don't know."
"Oh. Well I suppose you wouldn't." Joel shrugs at Pix's questioning glance. "You're human."
There is a moment where they're silent. Pix works keys a few buttons, adjusting the placement of his projection, and Joel watches, arms crossed like a sentinel. He doesn't help Pix. Not really. Joel isn't really that kind of god. He bestows gifts and blessings, but he reserves his hands for his people and his whims. But Pix didn't invite the god here to build. He doesn't mind reconstructing this old capital by himself. Joel does, however, grunt disapprovingly every time Pix places the structure wrong, and flick his eyes a little to the left, and Pix takes the hint and adjusts the hologram in that direction.
"You wanna know what I think?" Pix says, setting the hologram in its final place and taking a few steps back to observe it.
"You think?" The god chuckles, and when he does, distant thunder rumbles.
"I think more than you."
"I'll take that as a compliment."
"I think worshipping the world is the closest we can get to an omniscient god." Pix finishes the thought before they can devolve into ribbing each other. It's fun to bicker with Joel, but that's not where Pix is going with this conversation.
Joel cocks his head to the side thoughtfully. "You don't think I'm omniscient?"
"Would you ask me this stuff if you were, oh all-knowing god of storms and things?"
"Sky god," Joel corrected. "Touché, little history man. So, you worship the world, then?"
"Everything we do leaves a footprint," Pix tells him. He adjusts his hologram just a bit to the left again. Joel nods at him almost unconsciously. Pix stops fiddling and starts playing shulkers, preparing to build. He's going to finish this bridge today. "The earth records these footprints. It's the nature of things that change, that they hold impressions of what changed them."
Pix gestures to the rock slide that cuts off one side of his hologram. "This gate used to carve right through this hill. Even though this side has collapsed, and erosion has eaten the side, beneath that rubble, there are cobblestones someone laid by hand. Maybe they were slaves, or skilled craftsman, but regardless they existed. The lived a full life, whatever that meant for them, they spoke to people they loved, ate their favorite foods when they were sad, and one day, they died. Bones turn to dust, epitaphs fade, but that builder's hands still touched those cobblestones."
The god of Stratos watches the hologram with a new and open curiosity. He reaches out a massive hand and places it gently on the particles of light, as though he could touch the recreation. Instead, his fingers dip through the projection, making long flickering shadows in the light field, distorting the image like rain on a glassy lake. It's almost comical watching the massive god be so gentle and reverent, especially over something so inconsequential as a bridge piece.
"So is this how you worship the world, then?" Joel asks quietly. "By helping it remember what it's forgotten?"
There is something loaded in the words. Pix looks up at the god, and he remembers signs underneath a floating city as citizens gently remind their god they love him, and they need him. He thinks of temples to gods whose names have passed out of history, floating amidst a living city made by a god who has no temple built. Not yet.
Pix doesn't know what to say, so he opts to say nothing, instead reverently laying out his tools on the bridge like precious gifts on an altar. The two don't talk. Pix begins laying stones for a new foundation, and Joel watches thoughtfully, not seeing the world in front of him. They finish the bridge.
Empires 2 smp Tarot
Using information from the site Labyrinthos I chose the appropriate tarot in my opinion
The Devil- As this tarot’s thing is materialism and playfulness I see no better individual then the king of the underground Fwhip
The Lovers- Don’t know if their going to do another wedding thing this season but this card will always belong to Ldshadowlady and Smallishbeans when applicable
The Fool- Because this tarot’s thing is innocence and new beginnings I’m giving it Shubble as her character is looking for a fresh start
The Sun- I think I would be speaking blasphemy if I didn’t give it to sun princess Gem
The Hermit- I’m giving it to False because I think its funny and ironic
Justice- I think it would be a metaphorical crime if I didn’t give it to The Sherif
The Emperor- Part of this tarot’s thing is authority so I think this should go to Smallishbeans as he is playing a thing with the most authority a god
The Empress- Part of this tarot’s thing is nature and considering LDshadowlady is making an animal kingdom
The World- I’m giving the world to Pixlriffs as part of the world’s thing is completion and as the archeologist and dungeon master- question mark- is trying to complete the world through by understanding the past
The Tower- Part of this tarot’s thing is sudden upheaval and broken pride so I’m giving it to Joey because the lost of his pirate ship seems like a sudden of upheaval of his character’s life
The star- part of this tarot’s thing is hope faith and rejuvenation so I’m giving it to Katherine because she is trying to restore her lost kingdom and it fits her character
Strength- Part of this tarot’s thing is bravery and compassion so I’m giving it to Sausage as despite his dark past he chooses to be compassionate and brave
The Magician- part of this tarot’s thing is creativity so I’m giving it Smajor
Edit: Forgot Smajor and Sausage
Empire chronicler: Pixlriff
I got bored one day and decided to do this, because even though pix is basically chronicling the world of empires who chronicles the chronicler. So this is a sort of rough draft or something that I might not continue
Pixlriff
Out of universe Pix has decided to take the role of sort of dungeon master meanwhile in universe he decided to play the role of archeologist.
He began his first archaeological mission by unearthing The Machine an unknown device. His next archaeological mission was the unearthing of a villa. It will take sometime for the villa to be unearthed but one thing that pix learned was one of the primary export of the empire the villa was possibly connected was frog light
The war of Pirate and God
Pirate Joe invaded the land of Stratos and stole the Stratos spheres. In retaliation the Tall god destroyed the Pirate’s precious ship and kidnapped his first mate- after a fierce battle- Sir Piggle. Now as the embers of war roar in the distance whose side will the other empires choose.
Shubble- The great witch of the Evermoore joins the side of the tall god for her own reasons. Supposedly an affair of the heart, but that’s neither here nor there
Solidarity- The Sheriff even though he dislikes the sea outlaw, he would join him to take the tall god down a peg.
Sausage- due to their odd union I see the leader of Sanctuary joining the side of the tall god.
Fwhip- For obvious reasons the leader of the Goblands would be joining the rank of Pirate Joe.
Gem- Due to having alliances with The Sheriff of Tumble Town as well as the ruler of Sanctuary the princess of Dawn would be a neutral party and not join either side, but would support Pirate Joe as the tall god tried to steal her export once
LDcatlady- She would probably join the tall god, for what reason I don’t have one. However I do see the wise Dirk joining up with Pirate Joe as a response of hearing Sir Piggle’s kidnapping and his leader siding with the man responsible.
Katherine- Not wanting to put her empire in danger the princess of Glimmer Grove would remain neutral much to the disappointment of Joe, however she would sell her skill under the cover darkness as a merc.
Smajor- Honestly he could go either way since both side aren’t necessarily right or just.
Pixlriffs- The archeologist he also remains neutral
False and the newly added orionsound would also stay out of this conflict as neutral parties, but if they’re asked they would join.
Empires 2 smp Tarot #2
The World- I’m keeping this as Pix as part of the worlds thing is completion and as the archaeologists he is trying to understand and complete the story of the world.
The Sun- Its still Sun Princess Gem it would be blasphemy and she is one of the most positive minecrafters which is part of the sun tarot’s thing
The Star or Moon- Its still Katherine as the stars thing is hope faith and rejuvenation- Katherine is trying to restore her kingdom- however the moon’s thing is illusion which might represent her magical warrior secret identity thing.
The Devil- Part of the Devil’s thing is playfulness which is something that still fits the ruler of the Goblands fwhip
Death- The reason for this post was caused by a twitter post I saw that depicted Pix’s statue as the death tarot and it does make sense
Justice- It would still be a crime to choose anyone, but The Sherif Solidarity
The Wheel of Fortune- As part of this tarot’s thing is change I chose the Orionsound as he left afterlife and somehow came to empires
The Tower- Its still Joey, but this time in reverse he is slowly building his crew back up so the reverse meaning of the tower is resisting change
Strength- Its still Sausage as bravery and compassion is this tarot thing
The Lovers- The lovers is now Hermes as he is a sort of union between Sausage and Joel
The Hierophant- Once again in reverse now belonging to shubble as she is actively rebelling against the council of witches and rebellion is the reverse hierophant thing
The Hermit- Although originally a joke I now fully believe that it still should be False as she is looking for truth which is the Hermit’s thing
The Emperor- I’m keeping it as Smallishbeans as part of the emperors thing is authority as he playing the thing with the most authority, a god
The Empress- I’m keeping it as LDshadowlady as the tarot’s thing is nature and she is making an animal kingdom as well as being an animal herself
The Magician- Its still Smajor as part of the magician's thing is creativity and nothing else really fit him
Edit: forgot smajor
Empires 2 smp standos
This is a sort of a follow up to my tarot post, but not because with the exception of three individuals they don’t have tarot for their stands
Ruin World its user Pix. The stand manifest as a watch that can show its user a restored versions of ruins.
Destructive power- E
Speed- B
Range- A
Stamina- A
Precision- A
Developmental Potential- E
The Sun its user the princess of Dawn, Gem. The stand manifest as a feminine humanoid with butterfly wings with pyrokinetic abilities
Destructive power- C
Speed- A
Range- C
Stamina- B
Precision- C
Developmental Potential- E
Lovely Night its user the princess of Glimmergrove Katherine. Using my stand [In the space where the event is taking place] I have tried to get katherine’s stand to manifest, but have been unsuccessful all I do know is that its ability bring calamity
Destructive power- B
Speed- E
Range- B
Stamina- A
Precision- A
Developmental Potential- E
Peek-A-Boo it user Fwhip leader of the Goblands. The stand manifest as a humanoid boar man capable of digging through the earth with ease
Destructive power- B
Speed- A
Range- D
Stamina- A
Precision- C
Developmental Potential- B
Friend in me its user The Sherif of tumble town. The stand manifest as a group of tiny humanoid cats willing and able to dispense justice
Destructive power- C
Speed- A
Range- C
Stamina- C
Precision- D
Developmental Potential- C
Rough Boy its user the Orion Sound. Once upon a time this stand went by a different name, however that’s not important what is that it manifests as an axolotl man with drip, the stand can teleport and with a punch can heal you
Destructive power- C
Speed- C
Range- D
Stamina- E
Precision- B
Development Potential- D
Love Glove its user ruler of the Eversea Pirate Joe. Its odd similar to Katherine his stand is already manifest all I know is that the stand manifests as a tricorn hat and its possible for several to appear
Destructive power- C
Speed- C
Range- B
Stamina- A
Precision- C
Development Potential- E
Dysfunctional tango its user the leader of Sanctuary, Sausage. Similar Oli the stand also went by a different name and apparently a metamorphosis as apparently now its appears as an armored humanoid with a sword
Destructive power- B
Speed- A
Range- B
Stamina- D
Precision- D
Development Potential- D
The Lovers? Its odd the lovers can only manifest when in the presence of people depicted on it, but it keeps showing me an armor stand with a shulker head on it and every time I try to get it to manifest by brining the two people that were originally depicted on it together a small child with a purple streak in his hair wearing a toga tries to kill me.
Destructive power- B
Speed- A
Range- C
Stamina- A
Precision- D
Development Potential- A
Wicked its user the great witch of the Evermoore, Shelby. Her stand manifest as a black humanoid-ish frogish thing, but it doesn’t do anything, but give off a menacing aura.
Destructive power- A
Speed- B
Range- C
Stamina- C
Precision- A
Development Potential- A
Long winding road its user the dimensional traveler, False. Her stand takes the appearance of a humanoid figure in green armor and messy brown hair, what it does is a mystery to me, but its not the reason why she traveled dimensions.
Destructive power- A
Speed- D
Range- C
Stamina- B
Precision- D
Development Potential- C
Glitter and Gold its user the tall god and leader of Stratos Joel. The stand takes the appearance of a golden humanoid with the ability to change the perception of its user and others
Destructive power- C
Speed- B
Range- D
Stamina- B
Precision- A
Development Potential- E
Cat Pack its user the mayor of Critter City Lizzie. The stand takes the form of a humanish figure it able to obscure the perception of other towards its user
Destructive power-D
Speed- A
Range- A
Stamina- C
Precision- A
Development Potential- D
Rock house its user the Chromia, Scott. This is another odd stand as it manifest in two different ways one as his eye and second as a colorful skull, his eye can see magical abilities and if he wears the skull he can see stands such as my [In the space where the event is taking place]
Destructive power-C
Speed- A
Range- D
Stamina- B
Precision- A
Development Potential- E
The Witches fear
Okay so hear me out as I’m about to write something that combine some headcanon together.
Even though its unlikely for Kathrine to fall for Joe, Shelby feels like she needs to stop it by force if needed. But unfortunately even if she could take Joe down she’s wouldn’t be able to deal with Sir Piggles or heaven forbid The Graceffa grandfleet at her doorstep. That’s why she’s hear in the nether with a book written by the chronicler working under Pix, Johnathan Journal. She thought the things written in this book were a mere flight of fancy by a man’s whose job is to document the things found by Pix- considering their is a page where a vampire fights an angel how could it be any, but a flight of fancy- however after reading a few pages of men who look similar to the tall god joel she knew some of it was true.
She went to Johnathan on if any of those depicted in the book were still around. and all he said “I wrote that when I was young and thrown into a different dimension, so hear they aren’t,but I think you can summon them Great Witch.” She’s never tried summoning one of things she failed at doing when she was still at the school, but Johnathan said that even she can do it, because she wasn’t summoning a random creature to be her familiar.
Back to now, she began the summoning ritual. “Cat’s hair, blue tit feather, shulker shells and a whole bunch of mushrooms for some reason.” she placed the items in the circle she made then stood at the room’s entrance facing the circle so her shadow was in it. “Finally the chanting” She chanted the words “Shadow to Shulk” three times. Her shadow disconnected from her body as the items in the center disappeared into a black mass finally coalescing into a humanoid figure about the witches height.
“What happened” the shadowy figure asked
“I summoned you” Shelby said
She looked at her squinting her eyes a bit “Summoned, like what the chronicler did that one time” She took off her red and white polka dot. “Anyway names The Shubble, but my friends call me Shadow girl if they were still alive” She put her hat back on. “So what do you need stranger who looks like me”
“Well it’s a long story, but it boils down to me wanting you to fight a pirate and his crew” The Shelby said
“Sound easier then fighting an angel” Shadow Girl stated
“One of the pirates is a dragon and another is a really tough pig” said Shelby
She smiled as s he disappeared “Oh easier then, I’ll tell you when the deed is done”
“Please don’t kill the- and she’s gone” Shelby said. “What did I just unleash on the Eversea
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Context for those who are reading this is important
I have headcanoned that Pirate Joe has a grandfleet made of several crews based on his lives from afterlife
Johnathan Journal is my Empiresona/oc that works under Pixlriffs as a record keeper for Pix’s finds. He was sent to world of afterlife to chronicle the lives of those who lived there. He’s also deftly afraid of theorionsound which isn’t important, but is something funny to make note of.
Shadow Girl/Shubble- I have headcanoned that despite the short coming of the shadow crawler origins in afterlife that Shadow Shubble is the second most powerful and the angel she mentioned was my headcanoned
at some point Pix said, that he's like mushroom
so, mushroom revenant sounds nice
I finished that sketch of revenant-mushroom siblings right in the moment when Pearl changed into arachnid... but at least she's australian
empires
I just watched Lizzie's and False's povs of empires season two. I'm currently watching Gem's. I'm so excited for the season, it already is so cool looking and exciting! The lore and story line also seems incredible! I can't wait for more videos :D
So with empires smp season 2, double life smp, and hermitcraft going on at the same time it like just dawned on me how far behind I am lol. My Saturday will now be devoted to catching up with all the episodes I need to watch. Can anyone else relate or is is just me? I also have a crap ton of other random videos to watch on the side to...
And so it begins
There are often threats that come with exploring haunted buildings.
Inktober Day 1: Gargoyle
I'm insane btw
What's that? Make 10 new designs and draw 13 people all in different angles in one night?? Sure! Absolutely! I regret everything but Lizzie
Based on this:
Woo.
Inktober Day 28: Camping
Headcanon of the Day #1 [I'm making it a series]
Jimmy did the braids & buns for Scott, Gem, & Katherine. It's just an odd thing he's good at and his longer-haired allies enjoy the pampering of cute hair styles they get for important events.
• Pearl, Titled Aeolus, the whimsical Ruler of the Winds: As friendly as she is to visitors, she does have a rather hard time resisting causing some trouble now and then.
• Fwhip, the unpredictable Messenger God of travel, luck, & speed: He's considered unpredictable at best and borderline maniacal at worst. He falls far past the line of a "trouble-maker" but can't help himself in becoming a close companion of Sausage's (at least, as "close" as the Gods can be considered).
• Gemini, the dangerous & protective Goddess & Sorceress: She's shrouded in warnings of her power & her silver-tongue. While stories will call her a "Witch" or "Temptress," she considers herself a guardian who who will do whatever it takes to protect the one's she loves.
•[Gods of "The God Games"]•
-> when they're properly & fully revealed in the musical, I'll be able to give proper descriptions/character to them all. These are more-or-less base concepts of them <-
• Oli, the God of the Sun, music, & archery
• Pixl, the God of the Forge, fire, & craft
• Lady Katherine, the righteous Goddess of Love, beauty, & war
• Shrub, the combative God of War & bravery
• Joey, the spiteful God of marriage & family
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Pt. 1 || Pt. 2 [Here] || Pt. 3 || Pt.4 || Pt. 5
Round 2 of the characters complied!
I look forward to fleshing out some of these characters more as they're revealed but, as of now, these are gonna be the concepts for The God.
While it doesn't fully effect how the characters are going to be portrayed, I'm more than open to getting information or stories on the Greek Gods equivalents of these characters.
I'm not fully versed in the stories & representations of the Gods aside from some Google searches now and then. I also love learning mythology and all that comes with it.
I do believe there will be One or two more character posts after this before i start working on penning & story-line art.
In the meantime, feel free to continue asking whatever your hearts desire.
Do enjoy your time here.