#the great clan wars

[r0gerr0ger]

Death Smells Like Empty Stone Halls

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Let it be known that death smells like empty stone halls. Let it be known that Bo-Katan Kryze was once a girl, but now she is a woman. That she will learn from her mistakes. (also known as: Unfridging Satine Kryze) ((spoilers for The Mandalorian Season 3))

#The christening work of my new a03 and tumblr blog #star wars #the clone wars #bo katan kryze #din darjin #grogu #the mandalorian #the mandalorian season 3 #mandalorians #platonic bo and din #bo and satine #death watch #mandalore #sundari #the great clan wars #the purge of mandalore #the night of a thousand tears #korkie kryze #star wars fanfiction #star wars fic #duchess satine kryze #satine kryze #mando'a #sw fic #the mandalorian fanfiction #the mandalorian fic #mandalorian #mando #mando fic

[wc-fadingconnections]

Plot update!! The Journey continues in Arc III: Splitting Hairs.

After spending so much time together, the clans were restless... and Starclan has begun to show their true colors. “If Starclan even cared about us at all in this whole process, we would not have stayed here this long.”

Bumblestar, Hollowclan leader, expresses distaste for their situation... yet, she is the only leader who has received a sign from Starclan: water tainted by salt. She confided this to Emberstar, but Emberstar only makes matters worse with Starclan.

“...Rowanclan will continue to grow in strength without a deputy.”

Emberstar announces she will not be appointing a deputy, immediately causing an uproar. She then announces that Bumblestar has communicated with Starclan which direction to go next, and the two team up.

"She and Bumblestar are just going to lead us through rogue and kittypet central, and I'm supposed to be okay with that? We’re supposed to be okay with this?!"

Without any complaints from Copperstar, Sootclan's new deputy, Stagmist, steps up to the podium in defense. Due to their ties with Starclan, it was offensive to hear that Emberstar was making a decision without their aid.

“We’re staying together. It makes the most sense, and going alone is a major threat to your clan’s safety.”

Dreamstar steps in, not wanting the rest of Sootclan to disappear just like the patrol they sent to the mountainsides. Her care for the other leaders and clans unfortunately put her at odds with Emberstar and Bumblestar, deciding her clan would go northeast with Sootclan.

A chasm now split the leaders in half: Emberstar and Bumblestar standing together; Dreamstar, Copperstar, and Stagmist standing opposed.

The clans asked for a sign from Starclan, and they certainly got one. Starclan had made the decision to split up for them: Fogclan and Sootclan would go to the large mountain range, while Hollowclan and Rowanclan would continue to the abandoned twolegplace. They decided to meet up once more in a moon with results --- hopefully those results would be a suitable new home, for their own good.

The clans continue to wander without guidance. Who will find Starclan's favor, and who will not? Find out in ARC III of THE JOURNEY: SPLITTING HAIRS.

#warrior cats #warrior cats discord #wcfadingconnections #warriors #warriors rp #wc fadingconnections #wcfc #the great clan wars #plotupdate #plot update #discord roleplay #discord rp

[erynalasse]

I wonder when the Noldor looked around at their dwindling numbers and realized that they were dying faster than they could ever keep up with.

#tolkien #silmarillion #I actually have a lot of feelings about this #because the noldor that come over from Valinor are pretty much all you get for the first age’s long war #birth rates are also in the basement if they exist at all #elves don’t have children during war #even if the siege of Angband is peaceful enough to relax that custom #I still don’t think you would have many children #elves have known war before - we know they did before the great journey #but it’s also got to be sobering to realize that your casualty rates are literally unsustainable #(like so #the house of finwë probably isn’t a representative sample of casualty rates #but damn the big picture still can’t be good #we have one grandchild of finwë who survives to the second age out of fifteen and that’s a very very bad rate) #what does that DO to a people group #to go from immortal and undying #to accepting that your whole clan is getting whittled down chunk by chunk #when did they start realizing that even if they beat Morgoth #they wouldn’t recognize the survivors

[azertyrobaz]

“He’s really grown into a good dad.”

#the mandalorian #pedro pascal #din djarin #grogu #star wars #baby yoda #clan of two #celebration #star wars celebration #swca #swca 2022 #he's a great dad #my edits

[nerevar-quote-and-star]

Okay, here are my current notes on the Markarth Incident. This is more of an evolution of thought rather than a final product, 'kay? 'kay. XOXO

4E 174 – The Empire recalls all Legions from the far corners of the Empire to participate in the final assault against the Aldmeri-held Imperial City. Every town and city not on the frontlines is left with a skeleton garrison. 

The Reachmen of Western Skyrim chooses to capitalize on this movement. The Reachmen populate an area of Western Skyrim, Eastern High Rock, and Northern Hammerfell. Although they appear similar to the Bretons of High Rock, they are wholly distinct, worshipping gods completely detached from those of Breton culture. During the Second Era, they once ruled Cyrodiil as the Longhouse Emperors; in recent history, they have lived subject to other races, primarily the Nords, who rule much of the Reach. More often than not, Reachmen are second-class citizens, though very rarely have they received decent though not preferential treatment from a Nordic Jarl.

When the Empire recalls their Legions, the capital of the Reach, Markarth, is left functionally undefended. A Reachman leader, Madanach, takes this opportunity to seize the city and install a Reachmen government in place of the Nords. Madanach declares himself King of the Reach and succeeds the Reach from Skyrim. Contemporary Imperial documents show that Madanach sent emissaries to Emperor Titus Mede II in an attempt to have the Reach recognized as its own Imperial Province wholly separate from Skyrim. Titus Mede appeared to have taken this into serious consideration, though he was unable to give it his full attention as the Empire was planning their attack on the Imperial City. 

Conflicting reports on the time frame of the Reachman takeover exist. Reports vary between the takeover beginning in Fourth Era 174 and 177 when the conflict was over. Contemporary Imperial and Forsworn documentation claim that Madanach’s rule was relatively stable, saying he was fair to the Nords, his people ousted from power, and allowed them to remain in the city so long as they recognized his government. It is said that live around Markarth continued in the same way as before, though under the Reachmen rather than the Nords. It may be important to note that Nord landholders who “mistreated” their Reachmen servants were put to death. 

The Nordic perspective (as shared by Jarl Igmund in Fourth Era 201) claims that the Reachmen takeover was violent, leading to a chaotic period in which Nords were heavily discriminated against and no civil cooperation between races. 

[Madanach’s version of events MAY be closer to the truth. N.B: During his rule, he seems willing to help a group of dissident Blades in exchange for a favor.]

The White-Gold Concordat is signed 11th of Sun’s Dusk, Fourth Era 175; Surviving veterans of the Battle of the Red Ring return to their homes, including large populations of Nordic legionnaires. Talos worship is outlawed. Talos temples are closed, though many continue to worship him in private. Ulfric Stormcloak takes offense to the banning of Talos worship, viewing it as a central aspect of Nord culture. His father, Hoag, the Jarl of Windhelm and Bear of Eastmarch, does not legalize Talos worship despite Ulfric’s religiosity. It may be that he wishes to avoid a conflict with the Empire. Jarl Hrolfdir of Markath, in exile by Madanach’s government, promises Ulfric and his supporters religious freedom should they take back the Reach from the Reachmen. This is in blatant disregard of the White-Gold Concordat. 

Ulfric leads a militia across Skyrim to the Reach where they took back Markarth. A few Reachmen leaders were imprisoned, though others were killed, along with most of their warriors, though some were driven off into the surrounding wilds. The survivors in exile began to call themselves the Forsworn. They attack Nords and the Empire indiscriminately due to anger and feelings of betrayal.

Most of the Reachmen leaders are killed. However, allegedly at the request of the Silver-Blood family, Madanach is taken prisoner and held in the depths of Cidhna Mine. The Forsworn claim that the Nords, under Jarl Hrolfdir and Ulfric Stormcloak, took back the city through an excess of unnecessary violence, putting to death or imprisoning anyone who had even spoken to Madanach or said his name. It is also said that the family members of those who were deemed to be against the Nords’ rule were imprisoned or killed, even down to young children. Purported Imperial propaganda puts forth that Ulfric himself killed everyone in Markarth who would not join his cause. 

It is true that there was bloodshed and death of innocents during the retaking of Markarth. The factuality of this claim can be traced to those Reachmen who survived the incident, sharing their experiences twenty-five years afterward. 

Jarl Hrolfdir was assassinated during attempted peace talks with the Forsworn after the retaking of Markarth. It may be that the incident only grew violent after this point due to Nordic retaliation. 

Why would Ulfric and Jarl Hrolfdir use that much unnecessary violence and brutality against the Reachmen if they intended to negotiate with them afterward?

Perhaps Igmund instigates the brunt of the violence against the Reachmen following his father’s death.

Jarl Hrolfdir was marked for death by the Dark Brotherhood. It is unknown who performed the Black Sacrament on the Jarl. It is possible someone from outside the conflict placed the contract on Jarl Hrolfdir’s head as a means of sewing chaos between the opposing sides (it could have been Igmund or Raerek [crack theory; maybe the brother was trying to Lion King his way into power and failed miserably? Or one of them opposed making peace with the Reachmen], or perhaps it was the Aldmeri Dominion?). Regardless, the Jarl’s death is the probable instigator for the deaths of many of the Reachman remaining in Markarth. 

The Imperial Legion shows up not long after the city is retaken. They are seemingly thankful that Ulfric’s militia took back the Reach. When Ulfric lets them into the city, he asks that they recognize the free worship of Talos that Jarl Hrolfdir had legalized in the Reach; otherwise, the Legion would be fought off. The Imperial Legate (or general?) present at the time okays Ulfric’s request, effectively breaking the White-Gold Concordat. Again. Not long after, the Thalmor discovered this and took issue with this breach of treaty. They give the Empire an ultimatum: disband Talos worship in the Reach or prepare for the Great War to be renewed. 

Ulfric and his followers are arrested and imprisoned by the Empire as Talos worship is again banned. The Empire must crack down on cases of Talos worship across the province. In consequence of the incident, the Thalmor gain access to Skyrim for their Justiciars through an Embassy. This is allegedly to enforce the terms of the White-Gold Concordat after it had been broken by the Nords in Fourth Era 176/7, but on an underground level, this allows the Thalmor to hunt, capture, and torture suspected Talos worshippers. The coming of the Thalmor Justiciars to Skyrim is technically a domino effect caused by Ulfric’s demand for free and open Talos worship.

Jarl Hrolfdir’s assassination happens during Ulfric and his supporters imprisonment. It may be possible that it was Ulfric OR one of his men who performed the Black Sacrament (though how could they do this while in an Imperial prison? Ulfric had to smuggle out his eulogy for his father’s funeral – what is the Imperial prison smuggling system like? Could any of them have had access to a dead body? Smuggled in or that of a fellow prisoner?). Whoever performed the Black Sacrament on Jarl Hrolfdir is the root cause for the retribution killings of the Reachmen. (Perhaps it was Thonar Silver-Blood?)

Ulfric is an uncooperative asset to the Thalmor, not because he ever cooperated with them in the first place, but because he is the (unintended) reason they have such a strong foothold in Skyrim now. 

#yes I know the timeline is conflicted by different parties #but since tes lore is conflicting all the time i reserve to take what makes sense to me and run like oblivion #ulfric is at fault here not because he crazy killed people but because he was a stupid guy in his late 20s and he didn't get subtlety yet #i guess? also how long after his imprisonment/torture by the dominion was this? dude's head was HOT #kinda thought igmund would be the funny choice here but nah a silver blood makes more sense #everyone here is an idiot except hoag who had the good sense to NOT be a part of this #this is important now because leara is going to markarth in keeping count act ii and I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED HER TO MEET MADANACH #saw a thing comparing madanach to nerevar indoril as they both were the only ones to unite the warring tribes/clans/house of their people #i also need to take a crash course in reachmen and figure out what the HECK cael's deal is #neither cael nor the markarth incident were supposed to be in keeping count AND YET HERE WE ARE #gladly accept feedback and thoughts but also please don't hurt me lore is too messy and he said she said what even the crap to get mad abou #I didn't know you were keeping count #ulfric stormcloak #markarth incident #forsworn #the great war #the elder scrolls #tes #skyrim #mod post #stuff like this is why I don't do lore posts #lore #meta #maybe? dunno ANYWAY #aldmeri dominion #madanach

[personavevo]

Naruto Shippuden - Ending 28 | Rainbow

#naruto #naruto shippuden #naruto shippuuden gif #obito #obito uchiha #kakashi #kakashi hakate #rin nohara #team minato #minato namizake #the akatsuki #shounen #shounenedit #dailynaruto #naruto edit #anime edit #dailyanime #narutographics #the uchiha clan #the fourth great ninja war #*gif #chairie.gif

[topgunreacts]

In the story for the Werewolf Ice, you said that each of Val Kilmer's characters should turn into werewolves. We couldn't agree more on that! But could you please tell us what breed and color of wolf you have in mind for Val’s characters?

I am extremely headcanon-promiscuous, so each iteration would definitely come with its own distinct type of wolf. Overlaps, if they happen, would be circumstantial. When I write Iceman, he has a completely different family in each story, for example. I like the diversity, and enjoy being forced to come up with a different background that makes me consider what it was about THAT background that made Ice himself.

It doesn’t always need to be deep, either. Werewolf Iceman is an Iberian wolf, a subspecies of gray wolf that lives in Greenland. Just kidding. It’s the Iberian peninsula. I picked that wolf for Top Gun Iceman because they are trim, tightly muscled, and golden in color, just like Iceman’s tits in the volleyball scene. Also, Iberian wolves are cool.

Time for a

~Thunderheart Intermission~

Werewolf Ray Levoi is a Eurasian wolf, also a subspecies of gray wolf. Because Thunderheart takes place on an Indian Reservation and features a character of mixed indigenous/western European descent, I incorporated that into the lore of the story. The ancestral werewolf who gives Ray his power lives in modern day France, where she is worshiped, respected, and mostly feared. Ray’s mother is from a line of females (my werewolves pas down their power matrilineally) who immigrated from Europe to America. They are out of place in the US. Lost and isolated from their arcane culture. Ray specifically struggles with that on both fronts. His mother the European werewolf was too afraid to pass most things down to her son, and white settlers initiated multiple genocides to wipe out local werewolf populations, even seeking to kill the local ancestors to hobble them. This is because werewolf magic works to prevent things like consolidation of magical power. They’re like the water cycle but for magic. That makes hoarding magic very difficult! So Ray has almost NO connection to his werewolf side. He can’t even get in with the local werewolves because there aren’t any left (that he knows of…).

Similarly, he feels disconnected from his father’s people, the Oglala. His dad died when he was young, so he had very little exposure to Oglala culture. He’s white passing, and only goes back because his bosses at the FBI want him to root out activists, which he will do suuuuuper successfully by ingratiating himself with the locals. This will happen because he [checks smudged writing on partially censored document] shares an ancestry with the people his bosses are trying to put in the ground. For obvious reasons, this does not make him popular there because everyone with a brain cell knows what the fuck is up.

This is Walter and Ray doing their First Look on their wedding day. :) The sexual tension here is palpable.

But wait there’s more!!! In this AU, Ray is a black Eurasian wolf. Why? Because all black wolves have a little domesticated dog in them. That’s where they get that color. I didn’t pick a representative identity for the wolf and dog parts, since that’s not what I’m going for, especially given the fact that this AU is working with indigenous Americans: marginalized groups of people frequently compared to animals by virulent racists. Instead, the color is meant to symbolize Ray being torn between the magical and mundane worlds, being unable to find complete belonging in either place.

~the intermission has ended~

And now what you probably came here for: a small, unofficial official list of potential Val Kilmer Werewolves.

Tombstone Kilmer: red wolf that is always a lil dusty

Batman Kilmer: a timber wolf that was born in a zoo next to the bat enclosure

Real Genius Kilmer: a coyote pretending to be a wolf

Willow Kilmer: a tundra wolf wearing a wizard hat

Prince of Egypt Kilmer: Wepwawet's cousin

10th & Wolf Kilmer: human. too human.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Kilmer: extremely smart great plains wolf that willingly does enrichment puzzles with human field researchers for fun

#ask #Thunderheart #walter crow horse #ray levoi #werewolf lore #werewolf au #I really regret the shame in my dads side of the family that took away the opportunity to experience my Cherokee ancestry #I was so close! my great grandfather spoke the language and went to a boarding school #but the trauma of existing while native in the us led many people to throw away that history because it was so painful #I’ve got some physical traits and that’s it #my grandma also has Cherokee ancestry and was super passionate about researching that side of her family #her dads dad was the last to be born on a reservation proper; she was born in a sharecropper cabin in Oklahoma near but not within the rez #but she was so proud of that; the hours she put into honoring that painful past are humbling to me as a research professional #she had an 8th grade education #but because of her I know multiple generations of names and my clan heritage #she even found scans of enlistment papers showing one particular ancestor's participation in the war of 1812

[shironezuninja]

Hey, Alabama. If you like labeling things as “children” so much, why don’t you take in some pregnant Palestinian women from danger? Cuz I know where to dump those defective frozen embryos~~🎶🎵😜😈

#photos #zoom ins #hobby #habit #naruto manga #naruto #black and white manga #manga screenshots #manga panels #shonen jump #sasuke uchiha #madara uchiha #itachi uchiha #uchiha clan #tobi akatsuki #obito uchiha #third great ninja war #konohagakure #leaf village #secret mission #43 #naruto shippuden #manga storyline #the truth #war is hell #costs of war #peace loving #young age #life changing #inspriational

[midnight-sally]

Madara Uchiha, Naruto: Shippuden, Season 18, Episode 21: A True Ending (9:56-10:17)

#anime #anime quotes #life quote #real life #reality #naruto #Naruto Shippuden #Naruto Uzumaki #madara uchiha #obito uchiha #genjutsu #hokage #hashirama and tobirama #hashirama senju #senju clan #hiruzen sarutobi #minato namikaze #fourth great ninja war

[loverscharm]

Uchiha Madara

#uchiha madara #madara uchiha #naruto #naruto shippuuden #4th great ninja war #uchiha clan

[cicadagaze]

Cinnamon's relationship with her new stepkids is going great btw

#cicada blabs #clangen #clangen: whiskerclan #i'm gonna imagine they're heckling the clan we just went to war with #because they killed one of our fucking medics #and now the other medic is too depressed to work #and it was the younger medic too!!! #the great catsbypool is 164 moons old #skyerun was 106 #so neither are young but skyerun was the younger one #fuck you frondclan you assholes #cocoahawk is currently standing in as a medic since i didn't want to go without one #but we do have some kits so maybe one of them will choose to be a medic once they're old enough

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1892 – Death of Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore.

Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore served as a musician and stretcher-bearer in the 24th Massachusetts Infantry during the American Civil War. His incredible post-army musical career includes penning “When Johnny Comes Marching Home”, the tune he took from an old Irish antiwar folk song, “Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye”, that was published under the name Louis Lambert. He performed some of the biggest musical…

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#24th Massachusetts Volunteers #American Civil War #Ballygar #Calvary Cemetery #Charles Stewart Parnell #Clan na nGael #Co. Galway #Friendly Sons of St Patrick #Gilmore&039;s Concert Garden #Madison Square Garden #Michael Davitt #New York #Patrick S. Gilmore #Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore #Queens #Songwriters Hall of Fame #The Great Hunger #Union

[therogue704]

Mando'ade Draar Ash'amur

"Omega sighed, 'Am I anything like him?'

Boba frowned, 'Who?'

'Buir,' the word felt strange, rolling off her tongue, as though she’d no right to use it.

'Well, we all are…' he answered frankly, looking quite bewildered as he gestured from himself to his brothers"

#the great escape #star wars #the clone wars #the clone boys #clones #the bad batch #kamino #jango fett #omega #boba fett #clan fett #mando'a #mando'ade #mandalore

[midnightactual]

tbh when I see people declaring the one guy in the Captain lineup has to be a Shihōin I think back on people saying Yuyu had to be an UraYoru kid and wonder how everyone has somehow forgotten that Kubo has a huge problem with giving ostensibly unrelated people very similar facial features like oh idk Jinta and Renji or Ganju and Kuruyashiki

I’m not saying he’s not but it absolutely isn’t guaranteed that he is either

#Out Of Character #[ the whole ] #[ everyone new must be related ] #[ to someone we already know ] #[ Star Wars fandom thing ] #[ of Skywalkers forever ] #[ is old busted and boring ] #[ and frankly I hope that ] #[ absolutely none of these people ] #[ are related to anyone we know ] #[ except maybe a token Kuchiki ] #[ since they're the only Great Noble Clan ] #[ implied to have permanent Gotei 13 membership ] #[ since 6th Division ] #[ is suggested to just be theirs ] #[ and I don't apologize for being a party-pooper ]

[poetryinmotion-author]

Dammit why is grad school getting in the way of *everything that's currently making me happy*

#writing life #writing process #both clan djarin and the god of war ragnarok novel are doing great #it's just the everything else #whoops

[lunarcry]

ive talked about it before but it just. rly gets to me that in miscolored memories, oneiros was creating situations where she was right. the monsters are morphe-like beings (theres an entire line that captain is actively uncomf with seeing that!) and oneiros just goes “ha see, u dont care about others at all. u’ll even fight someone you called friend the moment you feel threathened” because at that point kindness is uncomfortable. because she was abandoned. left to die. and shes upset and angry and plays pretend as phoebe because! suddenly lyria & vyrn appears! ofc shes terrified of them! one can control her and the other can make her dissappear! she doesnt want either of that. but they continue to be all friendly & trying to save everyone from her dreamworld and im...LIKE...

Shut up! Shut up, shut up, shut up! I know the powers you possess! I will be controlled no longer! No one will hurt me ever again!

Lies, nothing but lies! It's all lies! They're just being nice to trick you. To trick you so they can use you! And use you! And use you! And then once you're spent, they'll cast you aside. I know how it goes. I know all too well!

LIKE????? i just love miscolored memories so much. the fact that oneiros STILL doesnt have a summon hits me the hardest. sure some of the things she created has one, but oneiros herself doesnt. and that??????????? when she didnt want to be controlled? gets to me

#stardust speaking ! #ITS WHY i like #mireille so much too #because shes angry #and mean #its great #morphe&phoebe og dual units #like fenrir. was told shes a failed experiment. oneiros was abandoned at the end of the war. #i think fenrirs struggles are closer to 'who am i' 'what do /i/ want' while oneiros lays with the abandonment & loneliness that comes with #that #so no rain no rainbow.........jamils clan got wiped out when he was a toddler. seox wiped out His clan when he was a child #phoebe was abandoned by the people she loved (the astrals) #morphe. has massive issues. the amount of lines he has about disappearing? gbf we HAVE to deal with this soon #ggggg phoebe with ladiva is SO good #because ladiva loves So much and phoebe is trying too again #the grip miscolored memories has on m #e #sadness expressed as anger gets to me