#michael j sullivan

[arista-essendon]

Torn between wanted the internet to know the absolute awesomeness of Hadrian Blackwater and Royce Melborn and being soooo glad booktok can’t get its grubby hands on my special boys

#they’re mine #and like 3 other tumblr users #we just vibe here loving them #but imagine the potential #riyria revelations #riyria #hadrian blackwater #royce melborn #michael j sullivan #riyria chronicles #arista essendon #heir of novron

[rxpppedjeans]

Royce: Am I a good person? No. Hadrian: But are you trying to be better? Royce: Absolutely not.

#hadrian blackwater #riyria revelations #royce melborn #riyria chronicles #riyria #michael j sullivan #this is literally the entire plot

[hiddenvioletsgrow]

Here’s Riyria Revelations as funny textposts I found on Pinterest

Hadrian

Royce

Arista

Myron

Gwen

Modina

The Pickerings(and Hadrian)

Hadrian and Royce

Arista and Hadrian

#im procrastinating life and sleep rn #i love these characters so much #arista essendon #hadrista #hadrian x arista #royce melborn #hadrian blackwater #modina novronian #modina novron #gwen delacy #michael j sullivan #riyria chronicles #riyria revelations #michael sullivan #riyria is elvish for two #fantasy books #riyria funny #riyria revelations text posts

[mayhaps-perhaps-probablynot]

So I was thinking about how Hadrian is always the one to cook their meals on the road yeah?, and the fact that Royce - by what we get to know throughout Riyria - wouldn't be able to cook anything to save his life

So what would he do without Hadrian?

I thought honestly, he'd probably eat an animal raw if he had to (if he had no money, no rations left, and there's no food to be stolen anywhere near - which are all scenarios those two manage to find themselves in rather regularly lmao)

So I had this wild image in my head of Royce just tearing into some raw meat while Hadrian's sat next to him staring in utter horror

#honestly #what WOULD Royce do without Hadrian #Hadrian really needs more appreciation for his cooking skills (even if they're lacking according to Royce and Thrace and Arista) #Hadrian Blackwater - guardian to the Heir of Novron - saving him from salmonella and food poisoning since the founding of Riyria #Riyria #Riyria Revelations #Riyria Chronicles #Hadrian Blackwater #Royce Melborn #Michael J Sullivan

[lyssq]

Quickening his pace, he left the city through a growing blizzard of white feathers that blanketed the streets, roofs, and balconies where they remained untouched until the wind blew them away.

I am prepared for this to get no notes but also I simply must make art of this scene which absolutely destroyed me. Listen the part with Farilane already made me sob then you hit me with this? 😭😭😭

#i got a little lazy at the feathers but you see i finished the last ep of naddpod as I was starting them and got bored #the rise and the fall #farilane #riyria #turin #kile #my boy with a different name almost every time he shows up ily but i am struggling to figure out how to tag you on ao3 #art #michael j sullivan #my art #fanart

[eldritchalpaca]

scrolling the riyria tags after finishing the audiobooks is truly an exercise in “wait, THAT’S how it’s spelled???”

#fuckin mawndule or whatever #arista was definitely erista in my brain #also my american brain heard ezra harden #NOT esrahadden #riyria revelations #michael j sullivan

[importunitas]

Book recommandations needed!

So ... I reread some of my favorite fantasy series and now I’m desperated for new ones. But no book I picked up convinced me so far. They just don’t have the right vibe, if you know what I mean. So I need some help.

My favorite books are:

- The Riyria-Chronicles and The Riyria-Revelations from Michael J. Sullivan

- Shades of magic series by V.E. Schwab

- The Nightrunner series by Lynn Flewelling

- Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

- Beautiful Monsters series by Jex Lane

Things I rly enjoy in a story:

- thiefs! love a good heist.

- pirates! (who can say ‘no’ to swashbuckling?)

- good worldbuilding (and good magic system)

- deep, deep friendships

- morally grey characters and/or a good villain

- assassins

Bonus points for:

- queer characters

- NO mary sue

- victorian london

- whump!

- romance is okay, but it shouldn’t be the main plot

- a grumpy, clever, son of a bitch (like Royce Melborne, Kaz Brekker, Holland Vosijk, Blackbeard, Loki)

I would appreciate some recommandations. Thank you in advance :)!

#fantasy #books #pls I'm desperate #michael j sullivan #six of crows #Kaz Brekker #holland vosijk #royce melborn #hadrian blackwater #series #pirates #gay pirates #blackbeard #thiefs #shades of magic #the nightrunner series #jex lane #beautiful monsters #riyria #assassins #recommandations #book recommendations #v.e. schwab #fantasy books

[ladyminaofcamelot]

I’m going to cave. I have to do it. I have to recommend a book series to all my Squire’s Tales pals out there, because I’m almost certain you will like it. So, without further ado, the Riyria Revelations by Michael J. Sullivan is AMAZING and I need you all to read it. It’s like a medieval buddy cop story, except they’re not cops, they’re the best thieves in the country, I just say that because their relationship is top tier. Hadrian is a wonderful golden retriever of a man and Royce is like the scraggly wet cat he found in an alley but their dichotomy makes them no less a single unit and it’s adorable and amazing and I promise you will fall in love with them from scene one and continue to love them throughout their adventures.

There’s also an amazing cast of female characters who are so complex with their own little cares and joys, and it’s incredibly refreshing to read. The power of friendship between women saves the day on several occasions and they all go through their own character arcs and yes, some of them are cool warrior women, but some of them are just nice. Like, being genuinely tender and nice and compassionate is what makes them special and it’s so important to the plot and who they are and changes so much for the better.

And as if his character writing wasn’t cool enough, Sullivan also has a very fun, well developed medieval fantasy world that feels like it has a deep history and a history that is, perhaps, not the one the characters in the book think they know, which is amazing, but it’s also under the surface enough that the books are easy to read and don’t get bogged down, they just have this extra layer of richness.

Is this recommendation made selfishly in part because I’m working on a Squire’s Tales/Riyria/Narnia crossover fic and I want more people to enjoy it than just me? Yes. Do I genuinely think that people who enjoy Terence and Gawain’s relationship dynamic and the way Morris writes female characters would like Riyria? Also yes. I love this series and I fully believe you will too.

#The Squire's Tales #Riyria #Riyria Revelations #Royce #Hadrian #Terence #Gawain #Gerald Morris #Michael J Sullivan #Book Recommendations

[el-niphrendil]

Hello everyone!

Long time no see :D Being a mom for two little boys keeps me more busy than expected. I still try to draw sometimes.

So here we are:

I wanted to draw fanart for the Riyria revelations series from Michael J. Sullivan from the moment I’ve read the books.

And now here they are, the dynamic duo of Hadrian Blackwater and Royce Melborn.

I hope you’ll like them :)

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#hadrian blackwater #royce melborn #riyra #riyria revelations #michael j sullivan #fantasy book series #world of elan #riyria fanart #hadrian/royce #knight and assassin #brotp #my brotp #otp #book fanart #fantasy

[galenti]

rogue artist ezra 🫶

#esrahaddon #the rise and fall #michael j sullivan #ezra of haddon #my art #trying to doodle how i envision esrahaddon in this book and i think this is the closest i’ve come up with so far #anyway HE’S SO CRAZY I LOVE HIM #i’ve just started part 6 of the book i’m so excited to keep reading it’s so good #he’s young here btw this is based on his appearance right before he marches into banka’s palace lol #so like. 18-19 years old #he prob looks older bc of the beard but he was described as having one so !

[jamesscarstairs]

my boyfriend (hadrian) and his boyfriend (myron)

#reading theft of swords #30% of the way into it and tell me why hadrian and myron are kindaaaaaa #big soldier protect small monk #michael j sullivan #the riyria revelations

[arista-essendon]

Royce: Okay. I get it. You've had a really hard time lately, you're stressed out, seven people died- Hadrian: Twelve, actually. Royce: Not the point. Look, they're dead now and really whose fault is that? Hadrian: Yours! Royce: That's right: no one's.

#this is making me giggle #riyria revelations #michael j sullivan #riyria #riyria chronicles #royce melborn #hadrian blackwater #riyria is elvish for two #incorrect riyria revelations

[rxpppedjeans]

Hadrian: one day there’ll come a moment when you have a chance to do the right thing

Royce: I love those moments, I like to wave at them as they pass by

#has this been done yet #hadrian blackwater #riyria revelations #royce melborn #riyria chronicles #riyria #michael j sullivan

[hiddenvioletsgrow]

Hadrian Blackwater is such a golden retriever that I forget his current job is being a mercenary and his last one was being a gladiator and getting nicknamed ‘killer’ he was so good at it

#riyria revelations spoilers #and yet when he meets royce he looks like a baby #the duality of man #i love him so much tho #hadrian blackwater #royce melborn #riyria chronicles #riyria revelations #michael j sullivan

[its-elvish-for-two]

-Death of Dulgath, Michael J Sullivan

This is the Royce I love. Royce should be allowed to be feral more often. Not just silent, brooding, assassin Royce (though we love him too) but just down right, off-the-leash, protectively feral Royce Melborn.

Royce didn't buy the story of Hadrian's death. But if it was true, dagger or no dagger, hands or no hands, Fawkes would never leave this room alive.

I'll tear his throat out with my teeth if I have to.

#royce melborn #hadrian blackwater #death of dulgath #riyria #riyria chronicles #rc quotes #michael j sullivan

[just-a-mouse]

Rereading Riyria and felt like sketching Royce!

#my art #Fanart #fantasy #books #fantasy books #riyria revelations #riyria chronicles #riyria #royce melborn #Michael J Sullivan #sketch #digital art