Creative Corner

[center][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/bbdd3ade6d89228186a63b604be9c054/57f90b8a7260f0fc-32/s500x750/37ee34d89f94a3c71e19f8a6100e6636697ac852.png[/img][/center] [center][size=6][font=cambria][b]The Book of Blight[/b][/font][/size][/center] [center][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/trinket/8095.png[/img][/center] [indent] [size=4][font=cambria][b]Introduction[/b][/font][/size] Hello and welcome to my assorted lore compendium for the various Necromancers and Necromancer-variants I have.[url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/2412017]The Necromancer Subspecies is by 3idolon[/url], and all lore posted here build upon the lore provided. This thread came about when I realized all the random lore snippets I was writing would never realistically fit into one single dragon bio, and also sort've formed a running narrative. This thread will include lore written for various purposes (blurbs, short stories, in-character notes, daily prompts etc.), including those written for official Necromancer Lore contests. They will likely not be posted in chronological order, but I will have them listed in the Index in a semi-linear manner. [size=4][font=cambria][b]Rules[/b][/font][/size] [LIST] [*] Feel free to post comments! I love feedback and it would encourage me to keep writing. [*] Please don't use my characters/dragons without my knowledge or permission. [*] Interested in forming lore connections? Send me a DM! [/LIST] [size=4][font=cambria][b]Pinglist[/b][/font][/size] Want to be pinged when I post something new? Add (or remove) yourself to the [url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ywbnP8lcXogt3iPrtlatMYbTFx4CMJaISmdXhNH_b4c/edit?usp=sharing]self-edit pinglist here[/url]. [size=4][font=cambria][b]Credits[/b][/font][/size] [url=https://msb-lair.tumblr.com/tagged/Dividers]Dividers[/url] by msbarrows [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/2945306]Pinglist template[/url] by Myndris [/indent] [center][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/803d286aae3fb2d900878a5aada8a88b/57f90b8a7260f0fc-b5/s500x750/619bf14b5d864961a9e4aa5c645286493f4509df.png[/img][/center]

[center][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/bbdd3ade6d89228186a63b604be9c054/57f90b8a7260f0fc-32/s500x750/37ee34d89f94a3c71e19f8a6100e6636697ac852.png[/img][/center] [center][size=6][font=cambria][b]Dramatis Personae[/b][/font][/size][/center] [indent] a work in progress; mind the dust [size=4][font=cambria][b]The Coven[/b][/font][/size] The Coven consists of Necromantic Councilor [i]Neveah[/i] and her entourage. [columns][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=72171933][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/721720/72171933p.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] [color=#9c282a][font=cambria][b]Neveah[/b][/color] | [i]A Necromancer Sage (she/they)[/i][/font] [color=transparent]__[/color][font=corbel][color=#453e3f]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Maecenas facilisis ex quis enim condimentum, vulputate elementum lacus viverra. [/font] [/columns] [columns][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=73464494][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/734645/73464494p.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] [color=#9c282a][font=cambria][b]Lorelai[/b][/color] | [i]A Wraith (she/they)[/i][/font] [color=transparent]__[/color][font=corbel][color=#453e3f]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Maecenas facilisis ex quis enim condimentum, vulputate elementum lacus viverra. [/font] [/columns] [columns][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=73402332][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/734024/73402332p.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] [color=#9c282a][font=cambria][b]Xyra Nox[/b][/color] | [i]A Necromancer Holy Knight (they/them)[/i][/font] [color=transparent]__[/color][font=corbel][color=#453e3f]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Maecenas facilisis ex quis enim condimentum, vulputate elementum lacus viverra. [/font] [/columns] [columns][item=spade tail] [nextcol] [color=#9c282a][font=cambria][b]NAME[/b][/color] | [i]JOB[/i][/font] [color=transparent]__[/color][font=corbel][color=#453e3f]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Maecenas facilisis ex quis enim condimentum, vulputate elementum lacus viverra. [/font] [/columns] [/indent] [center][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/803d286aae3fb2d900878a5aada8a88b/57f90b8a7260f0fc-b5/s500x750/619bf14b5d864961a9e4aa5c645286493f4509df.png[/img][/center]

[center][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/bbdd3ade6d89228186a63b604be9c054/57f90b8a7260f0fc-32/s500x750/37ee34d89f94a3c71e19f8a6100e6636697ac852.png[/img][/center] [center][size=6][font=cambria][b]Overview[/b][/font][/size][/center] [indent] wip [/indent] [center][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/803d286aae3fb2d900878a5aada8a88b/57f90b8a7260f0fc-b5/s500x750/619bf14b5d864961a9e4aa5c645286493f4509df.png[/img][/center]

[center][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/bbdd3ade6d89228186a63b604be9c054/57f90b8a7260f0fc-32/s500x750/37ee34d89f94a3c71e19f8a6100e6636697ac852.png[/img][/center] [center][size=6][font=cambria][b]Index[/b][/font][/size][/center] [indent] [size=5][font=cambria][b]The Book of the Coven[/b][/font][/size] [indent][size=4][font=cambria][b]PROLOGUE[/b][/font][/size] This encompasses the time before the Coven; here you might find stories of the Coven's hatchling days, their time training to become Necromancers, and their trials. [LIST] [*]- [/LIST] [size=4][font=cambria][b]ACT I[/b][/font][/size] This encompasses the time when all actors meet and the Coven has been formed. [LIST] [*] [b][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3074217/1#post_49579589]TROUBLE[/url][/b] | [i]Tags: Lorelai, Neveah, mentions of past abuse; Posted 19/11/21[/i] [*] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3074217/2#post_54276146][b]THE BRACKWATER COLLECTIVE[/b][/url] | Tags: Neveah, Lorelai, The Brackwater Collective; Posted 30/5/23 [/LIST] [/indent] [size=5][font=cambria][b]Venatrix[/b][/font][/size] Lucky, a Wraith and Independent Contractor for the Venators, is given the opportunity of a lifetime. [indent][list] [*] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3074217/2#post_56560247][b]PART I[/b][/url] | [i]Tags: Lucky, Makhai; Posted 10/4/23[/i] [/list] [/indent] [size=5][font=cambria][b]Miscellaneous[/b][/font][/size] [indent][size=4][font=cambria][b]Non-Canon[/b][/font][/size] Non-canon snippets I've written that I've either decided are non-canon or are character building exercises and thought experiments. [LIST] [*] [b][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3074217/1#post_49495272]DOUBTS[/url][/b] | [i]Tags: Neveah, Necrotober 2021 (Posted Nov 9 2021[/i] [/LIST] [size=4][font=cambria][b]Crack[/b][/font][/size] The silly stuff. Anything goes. [LIST] [*] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3074217/1#post_53892421][b]"Whatcha Got There, Neveah?" "A SMOOTHIE."[/b][/url] | [i]Tags: Neveah, Emperors, Crack[/i] [*][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3074217/2#post_56583183][b]"Whatcha Got There, Neveah?" "A SMOOTHIE." V2[/b][/url] | [i]Tags: Neveah, Emperors, Crack[/i] [/LIST] [/indent][/indent] [center][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/803d286aae3fb2d900878a5aada8a88b/57f90b8a7260f0fc-b5/s500x750/619bf14b5d864961a9e4aa5c645286493f4509df.png[/img][/center]

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[center][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/bbdd3ade6d89228186a63b604be9c054/57f90b8a7260f0fc-32/s500x750/37ee34d89f94a3c71e19f8a6100e6636697ac852.png[/img][/center] [center][size=6][font=cambria][b]Reserved[/b][/font][/size][/center] [indent] [size=4][font=cambria][b]Reserved[/b][/font][/size] - [/indent] [center][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/803d286aae3fb2d900878a5aada8a88b/57f90b8a7260f0fc-b5/s500x750/619bf14b5d864961a9e4aa5c645286493f4509df.png[/img][/center]

[center][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/bbdd3ade6d89228186a63b604be9c054/57f90b8a7260f0fc-32/s500x750/37ee34d89f94a3c71e19f8a6100e6636697ac852.png[/img][/center] [center][size=6][font=cambria][b]Reserved[/b][/font][/size][/center] [indent] [size=4][font=cambria][b]Reserved[/b][/font][/size] - [/indent] [center][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/803d286aae3fb2d900878a5aada8a88b/57f90b8a7260f0fc-b5/s500x750/619bf14b5d864961a9e4aa5c645286493f4509df.png[/img][/center]

[center][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/35dbb6b57527556b1ee9a5469cb538cf/ebfd7203a73ed8fd-dd/s500x750/c38adee927618c5edfb4b37b19979372fbc9e017.png[/img][/center] [center][size=6][font=cambria][b]Doubts[/b][/font][/size][/center] [center][size=2][i][b]Tags:[/b] Non-canon, Neveah, Necrotober 2021 (Written before I'd decided that Neveah would be better suited as a Sage than an Oracle)[/i][/size][/center] [indent] The Oracles, blessed with the Sight granted by The Mother, were supposed to be able to divine holy insights from the progression of disease and decay. Patterns in decomposition were the manifestations of Her words, meant only for the cleverest to puzzle out from the spread of mould and maggots and muck. She would speak to the Worthy through the lines of blood poisoning, leaving clues of Her Will in each canker and abscess. Such was the way of the augurs that served Her, as it had always been. When Neveah looked upon the half-decayed haunch before her, however, no revelations made themselves known. This was not for lack of trying, mind; No matter how closely she studied the spidery spread of spoilage, no matter how much she breathed in the putrid stench of cadaverine, she could not discern any inkling Her Will… and while some of her brethren could tolerate and even like the miasma of putrification, young Neveah had come to the conclusion that she emphatically did not. Doubt clawed at her heart and twisted her stomach, and she shoved the rotten meat away. She snarled at the anxiety fluttering in her belly. Was something wrong with her? Why did the Mother not speak to her? What good was an Oracle if they could not portend the Will of the Mother? Insidious thoughts began to take root as her mind wanders back to the hushed whispers that still haunted her steps. Spawn of an Emperor, offspring of an Abomination… did the blood of her undead father running through her veins preclude her from hearing the sibilant whispers of The Mother? Was her inability to divine Her Will a sign that the Mother rejected her? Was this to be her fate, doomed to fail from the very moment of conception? [/indent] [center][size=2][i][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/raf/3061896/18#post_49417482]Original Post[/url][/i][/size][/center] [center][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/803d286aae3fb2d900878a5aada8a88b/57f90b8a7260f0fc-b5/s500x750/619bf14b5d864961a9e4aa5c645286493f4509df.png[/img][/center]

[center][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/23364687a78ee774b5e29ea668cd0fb1/0cc8196283969e23-a1/s500x750/5e3a258017d39cd29ae100bd3a259ea382c34067.png[/img][/center] [center][size=6][font=cambria][b]Trouble[/b][/font][/size][/center] [center][size=2][i][b]Tags:[/b] Lorelai, Neveah, mentions of past abuse[/i][/size][/center] [indent] In the beginning, she couldn’t stand her new master. Part of the animosity was due, no doubt, to the fact that Neveah happened to have had the good luck to pass her trials and become a Necromancer, while Lorelai had failed them so thoroughly that her very colors had tarnished, cursing her to a lowly existence as a Wraith. To be so close to attaining her destiny only to have it snatched away at the 23rd hour (or, in her case, just past the time limit of the 23rd day of the Trial of Survival) had been a great hardship for her. At least a Necroservus kept their power to infect; once she’d beaten back the holy infection and somehow avoided becoming a ghoul, she’d felt her magic slip away from her, until she could barely even feel it within her blood. That loss had broken her in a way she could not articulate - it could only be expressed by a primal screech of despair. The other half of the problem was that Neveah was… well, Neveah was different to what Lorelai had expected. Instead of vying for better standing within the Council and playing the delicate games of politics as befitting a Necromancer of her lineage and standing, she instead spent her time in her library, pouring endlessly over ancient books and tomes and writing notes in that bloody journal of hers. She had no ambition whatsoever, content with her role in life. It infuriated Lorelai to no end that, by some cruel twist of fate, she’d been saddled with one of the most boring Necromancers in existence, meaning she couldn’t even find some meaning in living vicariously through the career of her master. Lorelai channeled the humiliation in her heart into barbed words and blatant disobedience, practically daring Neveah to punish her for her insolence. She’d employed this tactic before, when the Council tried to pawn her off to other Masters, determined to find anyone who would tame the shrew, and one by one she annoyed them so thoroughly that she’d be sent away. Thus, they both knew Neveah been saddled with Lorelai as an absolute last resort: the Council, fed up with the obvious problem, finally dumped her at the feet of one of the younger, newer Necromancers and said, “[i]She's your problem now!”[/i] And yet- No matter how viciously she lashed out with her tongue, no matter how often she caused chaos and attempted to drive her up the wall, Neveah did not grow weary of her. Neveah did not curse at her for her wretchedness, nor did she punish her for the quite frankly childish tantrums she’d throw. Instead, her master looked upon her with kind eyes, and once Lorelai had burnt herself out, Neveah would tuck a blanket across her shoulders and make her a cup of tea. “Why don’t you punish me?” Lorelai finally demanded, after she’d overturned braziers and torn down tapestries and shrieked and shrieked and shrieked until her voice had gone hoarse. “Why do you put up with me?” “Because I believe you deserve a second chance,” Neveah answered softly, “I don’t believe them when they say you are lesser than me.” Lorelai sneered. “So you only keep me around because, what, I might be useful to you?!” She’d heard rumors, of course, that Necromancers could use Wraiths to do great things. Was this to be her fate after all? “No,” Neveah huffed at her. “I keep you around because you’re a [i]person[/i], with thoughts and feelings and hopes and dreams, and you’re worth more than what you can do for others. You lash out because you are in pain, but I know that you are more than this. You [i]matter.[/i]” She said it with such sincerity that a part of Lorelai wanted to snap at her, to mock her for such foolishness, but- another part of her, that secret part of her she’d worked her whole life to suppress and hide away for fear of showing weakness, began to tremble. All her life, she’d had to prove her worth and earn her keep. From the moment she’d hatched, she’d had to justify her existence by showing just how useful she was, how talented, how clever, lest her parents and clan cast her out. The Council, of course, was much the same way, a rat race full of lies and deceit and alliances and backstabbing. And now, to have someone tell her that she somehow [i]mattered[/i] and that she was more than a pawn in an intricate game... Neveah saw her as a person. Not a pawn, not a lowly Wraith, not a failure. She saw her as a person, showed her kindness when no one else would, recognized her pain. She’d never believed in love before this, never put any stock in the tales of vapid romances and moments of clarity when one realized one’s true feelings, but the tightness in her chest and the fluttering in her belly was unmistakable- [i]‘Oh,’[/i] she thought, ‘[i]I’m in trouble now.’[/i] So this was what falling head over heels in love with someone felt like. [/indent] [center][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/f5f180848908e3bff17ceccb716d837c/0cc8196283969e23-d3/s500x750/c1757d8865f90b21f29056f32b2af87d95e40920.png[/img][/center]

[center][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/bbdd3ade6d89228186a63b604be9c054/57f90b8a7260f0fc-32/s500x750/37ee34d89f94a3c71e19f8a6100e6636697ac852.png[/img][/center] [center][size=6][font=cambria][b]"Whatcha got there Neveah?" "A SMOOTHIE."[/b][/font][/size][/center] [center][size=2][i][b]Tags:[/b] Neveah, Emperors, Crack[/i][/size][/center] [center][img]https://file.garden/ZUCdp1MKnEU1c7_y/FLIGHT%20RISING/NECROMANCERS/Whatcha%20Got%20There%20Neveah.png[/img][/center] [center][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/803d286aae3fb2d900878a5aada8a88b/57f90b8a7260f0fc-b5/s500x750/619bf14b5d864961a9e4aa5c645286493f4509df.png[/img][/center]