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elgaberino-mcoc · 4 years

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MCOC Wishlist Poll Snapshot: Entire Rankings

001 Apocalypse 002 Quicksilver 003 Galactus 004 Adam Warlock 005 Sandman 006 Professor X 007 Kraven the Hunter 008 Kitty Pryde the Shadowcat 009 Spider-Man 2099 010 Valkyrie MCU 011 Black Cat 012 Bullseye 013 Cloak & Dagger 014 Dazzler 015 Jubilee 016 Jean Grey 90s 017 Morgan le Fay 018 Hercules 019 Nova (Sam Alexander) 020 Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) 021 Morbius the Living Vampire 022 Captain Britain 023 Lady Deathstrike 024 The Mandarin 025 Emperor Kl'rt the Super-Skrull 026 Thor (MCU Stormbreaker) 027 Onslaught 028 Polaris 029 Pyro 030 Hobgoblin 031 Valkyrie (Classic) 032 Beta Ray Bill 033 Stormborn 034 Black Knight 035 Shocker 036 Silver Sable 037 Okoye 038 Graviton 039 Dracula 040 Spider-Man Noir 041 Shuri 042 Quasar 043 Namora 044 Cannonball 045 Enchantress 046 Deathlok 047 Moonstone 048 Ares 049 Silver Samurai 050 Silk 051 Banshee 052 Songbird 053 Whiplash 054 Mystique 055 Destroyer Armor 056 Sif 057 Negasonic Teenage Warhead 058 Sunfire 059 Rescue 060 Crystal 061 Conan 062 Gamora 063 M'baku the Man-Ape 064 Spiral 065 Baron Helmut Zemo 066 Absorbing Man 067 White Tiger 068 Tigra 069 Red She-Hulk 070 Pixie 071 Spider-Ham 072 Dani Moonstar Mirage Psyche 073 Jessica Jones 074 Klaw 075 Titanium Man 076 Hydro-Man 077 Boom-Boom 078 Weapon Hex 079 Madame Masque 080 Forge 081 Armor 082 Prowler (Aaron Davis) 083 Madame Hydra / Viper 084 Mockingbird 085 Iron Spider 086 Clea 087 Monica Rambeau 088 Legion 089 Agent Anti-Venom 090 Cyttorak 091 Spitfire 092 Black Mamba 093 Vulcan 094 Firestar 095 Fantomex 096 White Fox 097 Doc Samson 098 Phantom Rider 099 Shang-Chi 100 Crimson Dynamo

101 Grim Reaper 102 Hank Pym 103 Rachel Summers 104 Mr. Negative 105 Union Jack 106 Juggerduck 107 Thor (Groot) 108 Mercury 109 Iron Monger 110 Daken 111 Blink 112 Ice-Thing 113 Supergiant 114 Diamondback (Rachel Leighton) 115 Hummingbird 116 Hit-Monkey 117 Shatterstar 118 Gladiator (Kallark) 119 Tombstone 120 Captain Universe Spider-Man 121 Darkstar 122 Future Colossus 123 Slapstick 124 Multiple-Man 125 Paladin 126 Gorilla-Man (Kenneth Hale) 127 Namorita 128 Ancient One 129 Stryfe 130 Dark Phoenix 131 Agent 14 132 Hogun the Grim 133 Arachne 134 Holocaust 135 Odin 136 Mister Hyde 137 Wendigo 138 Warpath 139 Paibok the Power-Skrull 140 Darkwing Duck 141 Madelyne Pryor 142 Nico Minoru 143 Malekith the Accursed 144 Meggan 145 Punisher: War Machine 146 Volstagg the Voluminous: War Thor 147 Siryn 148 Doctor Spectrum (Martha Gomes) 149 Jennifer Kale 150 Whirlwind 151 Blastaar 152 X-51 the Machine Man 153 Wrecker 154 Caiera the Oldstrong 155 Red Guardian 156 Falcon (Classic) 157 Attuma 158 Rom: Spaceknight 159 Sebastian Shaw 160 Hydra Supreme 161 Blackheart 162 Ka-Zar 163 Black Widow (Yelena Belova) 164 Sun Girl (Selah Burke) 165 Misty Knight 166 Wolfsbane 167 War Machine (Infinity Saga) 168 Corsair & Sikorsky 169 Animax 170 The Magus 171 Human Torch (Jim Hammond) 172 Speedball 173 Spider-Man (Miles Morales Movie) 174 Baymax (Movie) 175 Deathbird 176 Worthy Captain America (Mjölnir/Endgame) 177 Radioactive Man (Chen Lu) 178 Araña 179 Feral 180 Drax (MCU) 181 Superior Spider-Man 182 Thanos (Endgame) 183 Lizard 184 Marvel Girl (Jean Grey NPC) 185 Dazzler Thor 186 A-Bomb (Rick Jones) 187 Super-Adaptoid 188 Captain America Falcon 189 Grey Hulk 190 Blue Ghost Rider (Danny Ketch) 191 Wiccan 192 Thena 193 Selene 194 Fandral the Dashing 195 Kree Sentry 196 Agent Carter 197 Prowler (Hobie Brown) 198 Colleen Wing 199 Scarlet Spider (Ben Reilly) 200 Beetle (Abner Jenkins, AKA Mach I-Mach X)

201 Ironheart 202 Superior Octopus 203 Morlun 204 Yukio 205 Arcanna 206 Overmind 207 Black Tarantula 208 Hope Summers 209 Werewolf by Night 210 Beetle (Leila Davis, AKA Beetle Mk III) 211 Red King 212 Captain Universe (Devoux) 213 Wizard 214 Nimrod 215 Enigma (Aikku Jokinen, AKA Pod) 216 Jack O'Lantern (Levins) 217 Lady Hellbender 218 Black Tom Cassidy 219 Black Widow (Movie) (AKA White Widow) 220 Titania 221 Hulkling 222 Typhoid Mary 223 Dum Dum Dugan (LMD) 224 Master Mold 225 Boomerang 226 Machinesmith 227 Molecule Man 228 Kurse 229 Anti-Venom 230 Outlaw (Higgins) 231 Thunderbird (John Proudstar) 232 Lyja 233 Arnim Zola 234 Hala the Accuser 235 Scorpion 236 Mighty Destroyer 237 Lilandra 238 Maria Hill 239 Power Man (Alvarez) 240 She-Hulk (Lyra) 241 SP//dr 242 Nova (Frankie Raye) 243 Scarlet Spider II (Kaine Parker) 244 Magma 245 Thundra 246 Molten Man 247 Lash 248 Skurge the Executioner 249 M (Monet St. Croix) 250 Jean Grey (Tech, X-Men Red) 251 Charlie-27 252 Martinex 253 Gun-R 254 Jocasta 255 Avalanche 256 Hulkbuster 2.0 (MCU) 257 Hellion 258 Stature (Cassie Lang, AKA Stinger) 259 Death's Head Classic 260 Aleta 261 Penance (Baldwin) 262 Mistress Death 263 Dragon Man 264 Jigsaw 265 Hawkeye (Kate Bishop) 266 Xorn 267 Throg (Frog Thor) 268 Mantis 269 Iron Man (Mark I) 270 Yellowjacket (DeMara) 271 Smasher (Kane) 272 Living Laser 273 Agent Melinda May (The Cavalry) 274 Martyr (Phyla-Vell, AKA Quasar, Captain Marvel, Oblivion) 275 Molly Hayes 276 Doctor Octopus (Liv Octavius) 277 X-Man (Nate Grey) 278 Quasar (Kincaid) 279 Sasquatch 280 Captain America (Peggy Carter) 281 Stingray 282 Gwenom 283 Impossible Man 284 Serpent (Cul Borson) 285 Fin Fang Foom 286 Scientist Supreme (Rappaccini) 287 Blob 288 Blue Marvel 289 Iron Maiden 290 Wonder Man 291 Madame Web 292 Maximus the Mad 293 Cobra (Voorhees, AKA King Cobra) 294 Photon (Genis-Vell) 295 Trapster / Paste-Pot Pete 296 Spider-Girl MC2 (Mayday Parker) 297 Stargod (Jameson, AKA Man-Wolf) 298 Zadkiel 299 Atlas (Josten, AKA Shatterfist, Goliath, Smuggler, Power-Man) 300 Equinox

301 Scorpion (Black) 302 Gilgamesh the Forgotten One 303 Valkyrie Moonstar 304 Emplate 305 Phastos 306 Sage 307 Gorgon 308 Magus (Technarch) 309 Ultimate Green Goblin (Movie) 310 Goliath (Bill Foster AKA Black Goliath) 311 Constrictor 312 Husk 313 Dust 314 Crescent & Io 315 Punisher: Frankencastle 316 Sauron 317 Jackal 318 Sersi 319 Echo 320 Davos the Steel Serpent 321 N'kantu the Living Mummy 322 Warwolf 323 Foolkiller (Salinger) 324 Acroyear 325 Garrison Kane 326 Batroc the Leaper 327 Whizzer 328 Baron Blood 329 Doctor Druid 330 Iron Lad 331 Bug 332 Iron Fist (Randall) 333 Toxic Doxie 334 Ikaris 335 Makkari 336 Snowbird 337 Weapon H 338 Bi-Beast 339 Blazing Skull 340 Shuma-Gorath 341 Zzzax 342 Spider-Woman (Veranke, Queen of the Skrulls) 343 Chaos King (Amatsu Mikaboshi) 344 Chimera 345 Toad 346 Northstar 347 Asp 348 Nikki 349 Danger 350 Aurora 351 Spider-Bitch 352 Psyklop 353 Marionette 354 High Evolutionary 355 Brawn (Amadeus Cho, AKA "Chulk," the Totally Awesome Hulk) 356 Citizen V 357 Shroud 358 Red Hulk (Maverick) 359 Crystar 360 Count Nefaria 361 Daimon Hellstrom 362 Ghost Rider (Reyes) 363 Shiklah 364 Orrgo 365 Stick 366 Ajak 367 Xemnu the Living Hulk 368 Unicorn 369 Iso 370 Aero 371 Ghaur 372 Andromeda 373 Porcupine 374 Krang 375 Deacon Frost 376 Korvac 377 Stilt-Man 378 Caliban 379 Immortus 380 Human Fly (Deacon) 381 Tiger Shark 382 Hiro-Kala 383 Dorrek VII 384 Leader 385 Azazel 386 Dansen Macabre 387 Mammomax 388 Masked Marauder 389 Valeria (Age of Conan) 390 Vampire by Night 391 Blonde Phantom 392 Swordsman 393 Lady Bullseye 394 Magik II (Amanda Sefton AKA Daytripper) 395 No-Name the Brood 396 Mentallo 397 Kaluu 398 Singularity 399 Grey Gargoyle 400 Guardian

401 Wave 402 Fixer/Techno 403 Spiderling 404 Water Snake 405 Doombot (V Series) 406 Silhouette 407 Sword Master 408 Karn 409 Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) 410 Nick Fury (Classic) 411 Loki, Agent of Asgard (Ikol) 412 Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur 413 Ghost Rider (Circle of Four) 414 Captain America 2099 415 Silver Scorpion (Barstow) 416 Kingo 417 Justice 418 Dr. Cecilia Reyes 419 Manphibian 420 Killgrave the Purple Man 421 Quentin Quire the Kid Omega 422 Shadow King 423 Toro 424 Hellsgaard 425 Capwolf 426 Doombots & Servo-Guards 427 Hellcow 428 Hollow (Yvette, AKA Penance the St. Croix twins) 429 Franklin Richards 430 Abyss (Styger) 431 Thane 432 Skaar 433 Strong Guy 434 Triton 435 Mulholland Black 436 Demolition Man 437 Arkon 438 Cottonmouth (Stokes) 439 Rockslide 440 Ahab 441 Ezekiel 442 Spymaster 443 Night Nurse 444 Ox 445 Victorious (Vukovic) 446 Mack 447 Diamondback (Stryker) 448 Cottonmouth (Clemens) 449 Needle 450 Dominic Fortune 451 Cyclone 452 Skull the Slayer 453 Synapse 454 Arclight 455 Copycat 456 Killmonger (Emperor Symbiote) 457 Sleepwalker 458 Stegron 459 Puck 460 Voyager 461 Professor Hulk 462 Entropy 463 Elloe 464 Goldballs 465 Demon Bear 466 Nighthawk (Classic) 467 Korath the Pursuer 468 Jack of Hearts 469 Mindless Ones 470 Eel 471 Arcturus Rann the Space Glider 472 U.S. Agent (John Walker the Super-Patriot) 473 Minotaur (Dario Agger) 474 Cosmic Ghost Rider 475 Nighthawk (MAX) 476 Arcade 477 Chamber 478 Volcana 479 Zarathos 480 Morph 481 Doop 482 Beast (Hex-Men) 483 Doctor Nemesis 484 Jack Flag 485 Belasco 486 Hepzibah 487 Thunderstrike (Eric) 488 Anaconda 489 Thunderstrike (Kevin) 490 M-11 the Human Robot 491 Black Mariah 492 The Buzz 493 Xarggu 494 Arsenic & Old Lace 495 M.O.D.A.M. 496 Margali 497 Marrina 498 Noh-Varr 499 Yo-Yo (Elena Rodriguez AKA Slingshot) 500 Hellcat

501 Starhawk (Stakar) 502 Bushmaster (Quincy) 503 Miss America Chavez 504 Krugarr 505 Daredevil Shadowland 506 Bushmaster (John) 507 Trevor Fitzroy 508 Zeitgeist 509 Terror 510 Major Victory (Vance Astro) 511 Geena Drake 512 Shanna the She-Devil 513 Wong 514 Satana Hellstrom 515 Scream 516 Zarda the Power Princess 517 Nuke 518 Venom Rocket / Venom the Raccoon 519 Speed Demon 520 Tarantula (Kaine) 521 3-D Man / Marathon Man 522 Doorman 523 Superia 524 Carter Slade the Satan-Stomper 525 Dino-Thor 526 Hobgoblin 2099 527 Gorr the God-Butcher 528 Mimic 529 Great Lakes Avengers (team champ) 530 Psycho-Man 531 Moondragon 532 Agent Phil Coulson 533 Firelord the Spicy Q-Tip 534 Sin 535 Aldrich Killian on Extremis 536 Angel (Tech/Black Vortex) 537 Kaecilius 538 The Uranian 539 Dragoness 540 Storm (Queen of Wakanda) 541 Exodus 542 Gravity 543 Beetle (Janice Lincoln) 544 Blizzard 545 Maverick / Agent Zero 546 Swarm 547 Bloodstorm 548 Achebe 549 Kull the Conqueror of Atlantis 550 Slayback 551 Tempus (Eva Bell) 552 Nakia 553 Zenzi 554 Midnight Angels of Wakanda 555 Hyperstorm 556 Moses Magnum 557 Scalphunter 558 Harpoon 559 Solo 560 Black Swan 561 Gentle 562 American Son 563 D'Spayre 564 Doctor Crocodile 565 White Wolf (Hunter) 566 Tetu 567 Atlas Bear 568 Agatha Harkness 569 Elixir 570 Sugar Man 571 Uatu 572 Proteus 573 Terminus 574 Wolvie 575 Talos 576 Captain **** 577 Llyra 578 Jimmy Hudson (Poison) 579 Luna Snow 580 Eclipse 581 Miss America (Joyce) 582 Ms. Marvel II (Ventura) 583 Smasher (Rokk) 584 The Russian 585 Ogun 586 Lincoln Campbell 587 Cardiac 588 Taskmaster (MCU) 589 Owl 590 Plantman / Blackheath 591 Ms. Thing 592 She-Thing (Ventura) 593 Bloodscream 594 Karkas 595 Red Ghost and his Super-Apes 596 Shatter 597 Kluh 598 ForgetMeNot 599 Post 600 Litterbug

601 Karolina Dean 602 White Rabbit 603 Shogun 604 Iron Duck 605 Druig 606 Poundcakes 607 Sinara 608 Synch 609 Bushwacker 610 Haechi 611 Dirk Anger 612 Mister M 613 Powell McTeague

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masterfuldoodler · 5 months

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Thistled Rose of Glishirn Master-post

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Writing and Comics

Prologue - writing

Genter Aithus before he dies

Chapter One - writing

The smallest opening ever

Out For Hire - writing

Edmund introduction!

Meeting the Empress - writing

Aithus mouths off without a concern to someone with way too much power over his fate

Meeting the Empress: the consequences - writing

The aftermath of mouthing off to the empress

Close Call - comic

Edmund pulls Aithus into cover as a group of soldiers looking for them pass by

Have We Got A Deal? - writing

Aithus gets captured again and this time they're willing to bargain

Lose - comic

Thoughts on Aithus running away

O Weary Soul - writing

Hurt/comfort scene with Aithus and Edmund

People are Dying - comic

Aithus finally snaps back to Edmund's jokes and mockery

Babysitting - writing

Aithus goes on a heist of sorts and has no idea how to do it

It's been awhile - comic

Climax thoughts on lined paper

#text #masterpost #links #throg #thistled rose of glishirn #throg masterpost

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masterfuldoodler · 2 years

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For glider's writing ask game how about C2 for throng?

C2: describe one of your favorite locations in your WIPs world?

Ok I do appreciate the ask, it's taken me forever to get back to it because I haven't done enough worldbuilding to have a favorite Location.

So I will say the troll mountain cave. It's got this cool staircase leading to the stone door. And there's this little tunnel that then goes into her cave, with has a big fire pit with a chimney that goes out the side (instead of up because yknow it's a mountain). There's like drying herbs and baskets of all sorts of things and a rocking chair and it's very cozy and dark so she has all these candles lit on these shelves around the room.

#thanks for the ask!#ask #text #answer #throg #troll #thistled rose of glishirn #my story #throg q&a

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masterfuldoodler · 3 years

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A1 and A2 for the writing ask game!

1. Introduce the characters from one of your current WIPs in one or two sentences each.

Okay I'm gonna do Thistled Rose of Glishirn, here we go.

Aithus — Super idealistic and stubborn kid who wants to follow in his father's footsteps and free his country from the looming empire nextdoor, but he's kinda a kid so he stumbles around and makes friends with a bard and goes to jail and maybe awakens ancient creatures of magic.

Edmund Eventone — Really good minstrel who is also very good at being annoying, but tbh he knows a lot of useful stuff and actually yeah some of the stuff is kinda strange that he knows it, but he's so cheerful.

Kloe — Aithus' twin sister who is also trying to follow in her father's footsteps but he only had two feet so there's not much space for the two of them, but nah she ain't going anywhere else, she has a knife and a great deal of determination and better people skills than her brother.

Aalto — May or may not have a death wish, but it doesn't really matter at this point because his country is already enslaved so yeah helping a kid do the impossible might be fun and exciting and maybe perhaps might just work, the minstrel's songs are neat at least.

2. Who's your favorite character to write and why?

Oh man this is always a hard one for me to answer because I haven't actually written all of my characters so it's not totally fair but. Cody is fun to write. I get to focus super heavy into the imaginary and portray the ordinary in a different way. Plus he's so chill. (asfkfhv I'm not actually sure if you know who Cody is but I have a tag for him and you can ask if you want xD)

#thanks for the ask!#ask #text #answer #oc #original character #original story #my story #throg #thistled rose of glishirn #aithus #edmund #edmund eventone #kloe #aalto #cody #floaty place #i probably should have added krenati to that list in the first answer but eh. not sure how big a part she plays #throg q&a

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masterfuldoodler · 3 years

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For the writing ask game maybe 14A?

14. Ramble about your characters. Anything special you like about them? Random little details you've added that you enjoy?

Okay so along the same line of thought as this answer here, I just,,, I'm very happy with how small Aithus is. And I don't mean like, he's short. But just everything combined he isn't impressive. He's short yes, but he's also kinda skinny? And he's not super strong. And he's very naive. He looks cute so often and it really betrays the fact that he doesn't know what he's doing. My boy is so idealistic, and he's getting depressed because the world is more complicated than that and he just can't seem to fix it. How has he succeeded?? The only reason he's gotten so far is because 1. Ed knows how to help him. 2. He's just too stubborn to stop. 3. Because of that he encourages others to try. The cute country kid is trying to lead a rebellion. I'm just really happy with the way he is a hero. And he's so baby help him.

#thanks for the ask!#ask #text #answer #oc #original character #original story #my story #throg #thistled rose of glishirn #aithus #throg q&a

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masterfuldoodler · 3 years

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A-14 for your ask game :)

14. Ramble about your characters. Anything special you like about them? Random little details you’ve added that you enjoy?

Ok so my brainrot has kinda been ThRoG recently. So yeah. I'm pretty pleased with Aithus as a character (finally. I hope it lasts)

I love, how he interacts with the position of "hero". In the beginning of the story he is kinda wanting to be something more than he is. He wants to be a perfect glader (special role in glishirn), he wants to help his people, he wants to save everyone, he wants to be good enough, he wants to be his dad. He wants to be a hero. But he doesn't actually believe he can, so he settles for what he's got.

For one thing, he's kinda a coward. He'll freeze up and overthink things and doubt himself and play it safe. He jumps to action, but only if it's gonna turn out okay and alright. And, that makes some big messes for him. He knows what he needs to be, and who he wants to be. But it takes him a lot of effort to get to that. And yeah the adventures he goes on helps shape that character for him. Edmund is with him through a lot of it, and he's got his back. And he's surprisingly brave. So that really helps him out.

So now Aithus has kinda climbed himself up into a position where he feels like he can actually be "Aithus" and not sound stupid. And all these lost people, poor people without hope, people that are wishing almost as much as Aithus that Genter would come back and save him. All these people see Aithus and what he's done, and they just,,, they latch on. They need that hope and that feeling that there's a hero out there who will save them, and Aithus works fine. So they label him a hero, their chosen protector, a prophecy fulfilled. And they have hope again.

Kinda unfortunate for Aithus because,,, he can't do all that stuff they want. And it's very stressful??? Like man he's already having a hard time. And know he's "the chosen hero of glishirn"??? He doesn't believe, he doesn't want it, and he denies it. The fun part tho is that he doesn't stop trying to save glishirn and do all the stuff that made him their chosen hero in the first place. He's just like,, no!! guys it's not like that!!! I suck!!! And they're all like,, he's amazing he's modest :)

And guess what, he only grows into a better hero from their. So yeah it's like this fun tug and pull of him wanting to be a hero, denying he is, but still becoming one.

And one thing I feel that's important about him as a hero is that,,, he's not really skilled. Yes he's capable of swordplay and he has a bow, he's kinda smart and yeah people like him I guess. But really what he's best at right here and how he's fighting, is he won't give up. He just won't. He's stubborn and it drives him forward. It terrifies his enemies and inspires others that see him. And once he learns how to really become brave, ohoho boy.

#thanks for the ask!#ask #text #answer #august rambles #aithus #throg #my story #oc #original character #original story #throg q&a

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masterfuldoodler · 3 years

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WHY DOES AITHUS’S FAMILY DIE WHAT HAPPENED

Okay so, Aithus ran away from home. And while he was gone his home village was attacked. And like,,,there wasn't any soldiers there because they had been pulled to the front to fight, but since that had gone horribly wrong the enemy was able to come through. So yeah, the village was attacked and buildings burnt. Anyone who protested was killed/captured. Aithus found his house smoldering and no sight of his family. Since his father was leading the army that held them back, why would they leave his family alive to seek revenge?

#thanks for the ask!#ask #text #answer #oc #original character #original story #my story #throg #thistled rose of glishirn #aithus #throg q&a

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masterfuldoodler · 3 years

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For Aithus 👀 Describe your OC through the eyes of another person! (Edmund's eyes)

Sorry this took me way longer then it should have (because I procrastinated lol) But here ya go. It kinda,,,, expanded...

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It was noon, the sun high above the heads of those walking around out of doors. Or it would have been, if you could see it past the gloomy clouds. It was noon and dreary overcast.

Shouldn't be too long before I reach Clipgulf.

The bitter wind raced in the air and between the long moor grass, clattering the dry branches of proud sleeping trees, and biting through the bright thin colors of the foreigner's clothes. But though the weather was something to dread for anyone not native to it, the man wore a smile. It reached the corners of his eyes and caused them to squint—or maybe that was because of the wind. His stride was firm and fast, passing over bumps and rises in his uneven dirt path cut through the wild heights. He chuckled as he ducked his head to avoid a rather strong gust, one hand held onto the strange but fashionable hat he wore.

What a deal, he thought, with a shake to his head, what a strange deal. I wonder what my subject will look like.

The foreigner—Edmund Eventone—was a bard; and he had just been hired to write ballads of grand deeds done by Glishirn's debuting hero.

Hero is a loose term. In concept it means something great and noble, but there's never any real kind of hero. All of them are just stuffed talk and paid praise that swindle their problems away. Impressive though they are—with their showy acts—but no not heroes.

I wonder what type of boastful brute I'll meet. Or maybe it'll be the big brain skinny rat type. Either way I need new threads because it's chilly up here.

A post stood out above the waving heads of grass; its ancient wood slanted in danger of sinking below the rippling surface of the field. Nailed on it and reaching for the sky was a sign that read in worn and scribbled letters: "Clipgulf".

The bard squinted through the bobbing field for his destination. He'd been told to meet his client at "the inn by Clipgulf in Aithus" the region in Glishirn where he'd be introduced to the "hero" he would write about. But that was as good as the directions went. With a shrug he bravely pressed on through the wind, down the hill his path wound.

Minutes in and the path broke off into many small offshoots. No landmarks or signs; at least any that he could read. Just a post with dashes carved into the side. With a huff he eyed his choices.

A "turn left" or "take route three" would have been nice, Malcolm, he thought as he drummed his fingers along the strap of his lute, suppose I should just guess and go, huh.

As he peered down his path he caught sight of rooftops. With a happy hum of triumph he bent his steps toward that direction. A whistled tune broke into the air from his mouth and blew away in the aggressive weather, never to be heard. He gave a disappointed frown to nothing in particular but continued whistling.

His path bent and slipped down the hill into a valley with tall trees looming like mountains above him. Two houses crammed themselves between these wooden beasts, the thatch threatening to blow off and away. A helpful post stood boldly bearing a sign that read "INN", but didn't clearly point to either building.

Edmund let out a sigh. What was wrong with these people; can they be clear about anything? With a shake to his head that caused his hat to bob he strode to the nearest door. Just as his hand reached for the knob—or what apparently passed as one—the door flew open and Edmund looked down in surprise to see a young boy. The lad started and looked up at him. His face was an odd mix of confusion and irritation, with concern on every feature as if it lived there perpetually. The confusion died away to embarrassment as he regained his composure.

"Um, hello?" His hair sat like a mess on his head, long and unkempt with grass caught in it.

"Hello, I'm looking for Malcolm Kempt," Edmund replied.

"Oh," the lad gave him a sheepish worried kind of smile, "this is the stables, uh. He's probably in the inn?"

Stable? Edmund thought, giving the inside a glance. Oh so it is. Ah I suppose this child is a stable-boy then. Poor worried thing.

"Ah, I see that now. Thank you, suppose I'll leave you to it then."

Edmund spun on his heels and marched to the other door. Out of the corner of his eye he could see the worried lad peer at him from the doorway; a concerned and confused kind of peer. A sandy haired lad trotted past him and into the stables, causing worried lad to move from his peering perch. Sandy threw an amused wondering glance at the bard as he slipped through the doorway. Edmund rolled his eyes and wondered how many foreigners these kids saw.

Opening the door he found what was in fact the inn. Finally. He got a good look about the room, and not seeing Malcolm around, decided to get himself a drink. Picking a nice table he set his lute beside him and draped himself comfortably there, and looked about at the strange people of this country. A fat man played with his beard, winding it round and round his finger till he lost the end and started over again. A woman sat knitting as she glowered at everyone who passed by. A group of boys laughed at their table, weekly holding onto their mugs. A barmaid sat on a table and chatted to an old lady who viciously ate bread. An old man peered at the world blankly from inside his mass of hair as a dog rolled about at his feet, tearing his pant cuffs to shreds. Definitely a strange type of people.

The maiden eventually noticed him and bobbed her head at the old lady and slipped quickly away, relief washing over her face.

"Cuna 'ave'ya s'nthing?" She looked expectantly at the bard, plucking at the apron tied round her waist.

"I'd like an ale?" Edmund had heard accents before but this was something else.

Realization dawned on her face and she nodded deep, attempting to hide the smile he could clearly see growing on her face. "Aye, be'yaunt a bit"

She slipped off at a trot, hair swinging with her steps. Edmund fished out the price from his belt and placed it at the edge of the table for her on her return.

She came back soon with a pint and set it down for him, and then slid the money into the palm of her hand, closing a fist around them.

"Yo' tie'ght stay biffu'wiv' aus'?" Her hands flew about as she spoke, trying to compensate for the heavy accent. She punctuated her question with a broad gesture behind her to the stairs leading up to the rooms.

"Oh, no," he dismissively waved and shook his head, "I'm good. But would you possibly know where I might find clothes of a thicker type?"

She squinted and cocked her head, before shaking it vigorously. "Goa'aup to th' dask and 'ave yee au chaut, bu' wee dun't 'ave nane." She gave him a knowing smirk and then bobbed off.

Edmund took a sip of his ale and began thinking up a melody as he waited, but the odd people around him soon drew his interest away from song-smithery and he watched the locals with amusement. Eventually one of the boys got out of his seat and pulled the dog away from the old man's pants. This gained him a smack on the back that caused the lad to jump but his face broke out into sunbeams and he returned to his fellows grinning. The old lady finished her bread and wandered off till she caught the ear of another maid who tried to back away but couldn't. The knitting woman gave a shout and one of the young lads detached himself and bounded up to her. She then promptly threw her knitting over his head and fussed about it before smacking him off. He obliged her quickly, but not before kicking her yarn and unrolling several feet. The side-door creaked open and Worried Boy slipped through, casting a concerned glance around before sneaking up the stairs. Edmund shook his head and wondered what kind of boss the innkeeper must be, or maybe the lad just had issues.

The front door swung open and a broad man entered. He looked like he just rolled out of bed pre-dressed—his clothes wrinkled and shoes bent, his hat threatening to fall to the floor—either that or the wind had really enjoyed itself.

Ahh, there's my man Malcolm.

Edmund watched him from his chair, sipping his drink like he had all the time you could ever ask for. He chuckled; amused that he got here before the man that actually lived here with its crazy directions. Malcolm spotted the bard, and with a nodded, headed in his direction. He loudly called for an ale and sat himself in front of Edmund.

"I see you made it all in a piece right." The man ran a hand down his patchy beard and thumped his hand down on the table. "I'm only late 'cause roads flooded on out my way."

Edmund nodded, knowing clearly that he was embarrassed. He no longer wondered at the man's strange word choices; it was barely anything compared to what else he'd seen.

"Flooding sure does cause those types of problems." He sipped his ale once more.

Malcolm eyed him nervously and remained quiet for a second. "S'ppose you're needing to meet him first off?"

Edmund paused a moment, and then gave him a firm nod. Oh yes. The new hero. I had almost forgotten about him.

"Aye, I'll best find him for you." Quite forgetting his ale that he had yet to received he rose from the table and lumbered off.

Edmund watched him go, the question returning to his mind again; what type of man would he be meeting?

I wonder if I'll have to dramatize anything or if he'll have already done it for me.

Malcolm shooed the old bread lady away from the poor maid, and with a lot of huffing she hobbled off. Edmund watched from a distance as Malcolm and the maid conversed. The conversation ended with her pointing at the stairs and trotting off up them. The other barmaid that spoke to Edmund earlier came up with a pint and held it out to him. He accepted it and downed it. The maid put her hands on her hips, and grabbing the pint from him marched off.

Malcolm returned to his seat chuckling and folded his hands in front of him on the table. Edmund gave him a smile.

"She went on to tell him. He's a quick one so he'll be down right soon." He nodded along with himself.

Edmund set his empty pint down and leaned back in his seat. "So this young man I'm to meet, what is his name?"

Malcolm's eyebrows rose with excitement and he leaned over the table. "He goes by Aithus. One of the people and for 'em."

Edmund cocked an eyebrow and nodded. A little prideful—this will be interesting.

The worried stable-boy trotted down the stairs and strode towards their table. Even though his face said he was doubtful he carried himself with confidence. His eyebrows were drawn down into an annoyed scowl and his mouth twitched into a frown.

"Malcolm?" The lad placed himself in front of the table and folded his arms, one eyebrow quirked up in question.

Malcolm's face lit up and he rose to greet him. "Oh! See he's a quick little one, as I'a told you." He glanced Edmund's way and then returned his attention to the boy.

The boy's gaze followed Malcolm's and rested with surprise on Edmund. Edmund rose casually from his seat and offered his hand.

"Edmund Eventone."

"Aithus." The boy took the offer and they shook hands.

"Pleasure to meet your acquaintance."

The worried boy—or Aithus as he was actually called—shot Malcolm a look of confusion.

"He's one of them good bards. I went and hired him, he's gonna write your deeds of bravery and sing it!"

Horror lit Aithus's face and he glanced at Edmund. The bard smiled. Aithus glanced between the two men and a soul deep weariness settled on his features.

"So when do you start?"

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masterfuldoodler · 3 years

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Hmmm which 2 ocs do you think have the most complicated relationship?

oh ack, sorry for taking so long. my brain went oof and blanked on all my ocs are their relationships smh. I went through my tag for my ocs cuz I couldn't think

I'm gonna go with Aithus and Edmund. They just make such a neat pair. And I suppose they might have a dynamic that is expected, I just really like them two ;-;

#thanks for the ask!#ask #text #answer #oc #my story #man id love to ramble about them #but i don't want to give any info away because #i might want to save it for later #ack help #but seriously. thanks for sending this ;;#throg q&a

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masterfuldoodler · 4 years

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ooh please tell me more!! I'm interested!! :D

Ohh alright!! Lemme see, how bout the backstory that I've never mentioned before?

"Thistled Rose of Glishirn" takes place in, you guessed it, Glishirn! A small country peninsula atop the continent.

Glishirn is divided into seven regions of land:

[the names are subject to change since I'm not sure I'm satisfied with them]

All ruled by the same King as any other kingdom, but for each region a "knight" or "ranger" has the task to watch over it. The position is passed down through the family, and though relatives may help, one is chosen as the one protector of his region. The role is called a "Glader", and ever Glader bears the name of the land they guard. It is a role of respect and responsibility. Passing down the legacy and training an heir is not taken lightly. Young men will inherit this from their fathers, uncle's, or grandfather when either they have died, gotten too old, or injured to the point of becoming unable to preform the task.

A band of Seelie—fae gypsies—came to the castle, for they had a great "vision" of the future to present before the King. They told of struggle, and woes. Of pain of spilt blood. But of a great one, a hero of heart and arms who would rise up and bring justice and peace! A warrior among warriors. And that this great warrior would be beloved by all the people, and would claim the hand of the beautiful Princess.

This foretelling was spread throughout the country and it was soon presumed by everyone that this great warrior was in fact the nobleman's son, betrothed to the princess, and one of the most skilled at arms.

But then, there was betrayal. Spies were in the castle and upon revealing themselves an attack was launched. All the people living their killed, the royal family slaughtered, and their foretold hero fell. The princess escaped with the help of a few of the stable hands. But shortly after that she went missing. Rumors spread that she was found and murdered, others thought she went mad from the lose of her family and lover. Many tried to find her, but to no avail. The word spread like wildfire through the country and dismay fell on the people. What would they do now that their ruler was dead? With their hero killed and the hope of their future broken, sorrow filled their hearts.

As the shock ran through the kingdom the Gladers tightened their defense. With no king to aid them they were weakened. As they predicted attacks were laid on the boarders, chipping them apart. The heaviest attacks were laid on Aithus' boarders, Thronian tropes poured in from their conquered land and launched themselves against it. Genter, Glader of Aithus, lead the defenses. He rallied his men and bravely they fought. But though the men were quick and stubborn, they could not match the numbers of their enemies. Their foes slayed them and broke through. Genter would not give up and fought until he breathed his last on the battlefield. Aithus' Glader had died, and their enemy marched in, capturing all who apposed them, slaying men, and setting fields and houses on fire. Heavy was their lose, hopelessness spread through them and their spirits were broken.

Genter's son heard how his father fell, and stepping in his footsteps he took up the name of his people and filled the role his father left for him. He was stubborn and determined that no one would take their freedom from them while they yet lived.

Thanks so much for asking! I would have answered much sooner, but I had to make some maps for you and twas a bunch of typing to fit into a busy day.

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