tempest.

private, highly selective, & independent keyleth from campaign 1 of critical role. written by vae, she/they. 21+

[antlerwreath]

intro

my name is vae! i’m 30 and use they/she pronouns. this is my private, independent, and selective blog for keyleth of the air ashari (they/she) from critical role.  this blog is strictly 21+, and i ask that you please read my rules before interacting.

pinned links

rules + bio

memes tag

interest tracker

fantasy & dnd multimuse / blue dragon oc / imogen temult

[antlerwreath]

my new multi is @artaemisia !

it’ll have all my oc’s and then canons from over/watch and dra/gon a/ge.  all have verses in various universes. 

[antlerwreath]

kiki — 3/∞

[antlerwreath]

dracaeons​:

there was a time when he would regard their staff and power as a threat. now, fenris can feel the thrum of keyleth’s magic beneath his skin, against the marks branded there, a steady and familiar presence. his feet dangle over the edge, and fenris stares out at the sky before him for a long moment before he meets her gaze. “i’ve thought of it many times.” 

       it is the first time he’s admitted as much, out loud. but he’s thought about it so much that it feels like a distant dream, now, far-flung and unattainable. the things that fenris has done… some of it cannot be wiped clean by time and freedom, and he wants nothing less than to bring it back to zephrah with him. the fear of it eats at him, even now. “it has been a… long time since i was there, and both zephrah and i have changed, no doubt.” 

        fenris looks away. “in all honesty, keyleth, i don’t know if i am worthy of it.”

         ‘i’ve thought of it many times.’ the words play on repeat in their head.  so, he has considered it ( never enough to do it, though, that vicious, gnawing part of their brain reminds them without hesitation ).  a heavy feeling takes roost in their chest again, insurmountable and deep, sinking its talons into the spaces between their ribs.  they worry that he intends only to placate them, to spare their feelings.  would the truth be so awful?  ( they don’t know. )  his final words give them pause, however.        “what?” her voice is softer now as the lines between her eyebrows grow. “zephrah is your home.  why would you ever be unworthy of it?” she sits up now, suddenly very serious and concerned. “there’s nothing you could do that would ever keep you from being able to come back here.  you... do know that, right?”

[nikoniko808]

tlovm reactivated me

patreon | twitter

[melamemea]

right in the guts. angst sentences.

“It always comes back to this with you, doesn’t it?”

“Why can’t you just learn to let the fuck go.”

“Did it over occur to you that I never wanted this to begin with?”

“Why can’t you just look at me for one god damn second!”

“Let go of my hand.”

“I don’t want to talk to you right now.”

“Why are you — saying all these things —”

“You know what? I was wrong. You never really meant anything to me. You’re broken, you’re beyond fixing, you’re not something I want to take the time to handle. Simple as that.”

“You’re a god damn mistake, that’s what you are.”

“I never wanted anything to do with you to begin with.”

“This, us, was a fucking mistake and I should have known the second things went further than planned.”

“I can’t do this anymore.”

“I don’t want anything to do with you anymore.”

“If anything, you were a fucking waste of time.”

“I just don’t feel anything anymore.”

“Looking at you I see nothing but something I need to put an end to.”

“Oh? Really? You thought we had a future? What gave you that idea.”

“Is this even going anywhere?”

“Why can’t we just talk about it —”

“Does it ever occur to you that I am done talking? That I am done with reflecting upon my words and action? Can’t you just take a fucking hint that I’m done with you? I don’t want anything to do with you anymore.”

“We’re through. I don’t want to do this anymore.”

“You were broken to begin with.”

“How am I supposed to ‘love you’ when I never had feelings to being with.”

“Haha, I don’t know who gave you THAT idea, but we’re not an item. We never were.”

“I’d like for you to leave now.”

“Just get out. Get out and leave me alone.”

“Why are you — saying all these things??? Where did they come from???”

“If you never were happy to begin with, how come you never told me?! I would have listened, I would have helped —”

“I don’t need, or want help, what I want is for you to get the fuck away from me.”

“You’re damaged goods and I can’t find the patience to take on you as a project.”

“You’re the kind of crazy I don’t want to deal with.”

“Lately you’ve become a burden, and I can’t handle it anymore.”

“If you’d just leave me alone, that’d be great.”

“Oh come on, the second we got to know each other, the due date were already set on us. We were never meant to last forever. Our relationship had a deadline, and now we’re at it; so, what you gonna do?”

“This is all on you.”

“Save your tears. I’m done here.”

[antlerwreath]

“we should... talk about it, percy,” keyleth says after a long lapse of quiet, though they do not look up.  though vex should be resting, she’s continuing business as usual, despite all of their concerns.  on top of that, vax and percy aren’t speaking to one another—which, while keyleth understands, they don’t hate it any less.         “you know i won’t judge you... right?” this time, she glances up and over at @valurent, remembering to sign as she speaks.

[antlerwreath]

if you thought the new season would wake kiki up… u were right. like for a starter!

[silentassassin21]

Keyleth being cute in TLOVM 2x03 The Sunken Tomb

[antlerwreath]

perc/ahleth being canon*. i love to win. triad momence.

[antlerwreath]

deniesmercy​:

          “ no,  no  i  don’t  think  it’s  weird, ”  he  agrees  quickly.  percival’s  heart  seems  to  race  in  his  chest,  despite  the  topic  at  hand  being  one  they’d  reached  together.  he  shouldn’t  be  so  nervous,  he  reminds  himself.  after  all,  it’s  not  as  if  keyleth  is  some  stranger  with  certain  expectations  he’s  met  in  a  tavern.  they’re  on  equal  footing  in  their  lack  of  …  practical  knowledge  of  sex.  besides,  the  rest  of  their  friends  have  such  casual  views  on  it,  so  how  significant  can  it  be?  ( significant  enough  that  it  warrants  repeated  conversation  around  the  fire.  significant  enough  that  sometimes  some  of  their  party  gets  irritable  if  they’ve  not  had  sex  recently.  but  percival  doesn’t  understand  that.  nor  does  keyleth. )  so  why  not  try  to  figure  it  out  together?  it  makes  perfect  sense.

          “ i’d  rather  it  be  with  you,  i  think,  than  anyone  else.  for  –  for  the  same  reasons  you  said.  it’s  only  …  do  you  think  it  will  change  anything  if  we  do? ”  percy  keeps  his  voice  low  as  they  talk.  doubtful  that  anyone  will  overhear  their  discussion  seeing  as  they’re  the  only  ones  awake,  but  it  feels  as  if  this  conversation  demands  secrecy.  “ as  far  as  i  know,  the  others  don’t  —  i  mean,  they  don’t  sleep  with  anyone  else  in  the  party. ”

“good, okay, good,” keyleth nods her head in rapid succession.  though she lacks quite a bit of social context for a great many things, it somehow isn’t lost on her that maybe this conversation should be stranger than it is.  then again, percy is her best friend.  she’d be hard pressed to find a subject that she felt like she couldn’t talk to him about.        “in a bad way, you mean?  or, in a good way?  bad way, right?” they talk themself through it, with the questions being somewhat rhetorical.  at percy’s follow-up inquiry, however, one of their eyebrows pitches up. “how do you know?” the question is genuine. “is there a certain way people look when they’re having sex?” a chain of realizations hits them as they ask this. “percy, are people going to know if we have sex?” their eyes grow wide for a second, as though this revelation is coming all the way from left field. “but that’s not bad.  i mean, maybe it’s bad if scanlan and grog know.” another pause.         “well, i guess... er, do you want to... not tell anyone?” she doesn’t sound sad or offended when she asks—mostly just confused by the process. “sorry, i really don’t know how any of this works.” it feels very clinical, she thinks, setting up this sort of arrangement.  clinical—but oddly exciting.

[antlerwreath]

@sparkhe​ says,  ❝ i never worry, darling. a leash can be pulled from either end. ❞

leashes—why are they talking about leashes?  keyleth’s face goes through a gauntlet of expressions ( confusion, delight, contemplation, circling back to confusion ).  their mouth is poised to inquire further, but they think better of it.  this feels like one of those innuendos that they always miss.  scanlan comes to mind.  though they aren’t sure how or why a leash would need to be involved, they do laugh, because that’s what’s supposed to happen, now, right?  gods, sometimes they wish they weren’t so awkward.       “yeah, totally,” she flicks her hand and then scratches at her face absentmindedly.  keyleth wants to ask about the leash reference so badly ( but does she really want to know? ).  maybe there’s another way. “so, that’s helpful, right?  you’re not worried about them coming after you?”

[antlerwreath]

sneachd​:

KEYLETH ASKS  :  can you teach me how to do a trick ?

cassandra looks towards her brother’s friend at the question ,  considering @antlerwreath​ fully for a moment .  cass herself hasn’t been on the ice in … in years before now ,  and she can feel the slowly building protest in her lung at the exertion .  “ can you skate well enough to learn one ? ”  realizing her tone ,  she is quick to elaborate .  “ i only mean that it’s far easier to fall out of a trick ,  and it’s for the best if you’re stable enough to get up and continue on your own .  though i’m sure you’re better than percy is ,  regardless . ”

keyleth stares at cassandra for a moment, their eyebrows lifted, only for them to drop down into a contemplative furrow. “oh, uh,” ‘no.’ the answer is most assuredly ‘no.’ ( but that shouldn’t be a problem, right?  ice skating can’t be that hard. ) suddenly, they’re not so sure.         “there’s, uhm... kiiinda... no ice in zephrah,” she confesses with a sheepish grin. though the latter half of cassandra’s statement is what really catches her attention.  “wait.  percy’s actually bad at something?” 

[antlerwreath]

so, new development: i am now open to plotting/writing with any/all vax writers who would be interested in doing either with me. i am no longer ship exclusive for vax/leth (good reason! 💜 good friend is off being very smart and badass in school) and would love to explore the relationship—platonic or otherwise—with anyone who is open to it. ☀️

[twinkiesdraws]

trying to get more comfortable using krita, so I drew keyleth for some practice.

[brittany-snow]

[otwilightprincess-archive-blog]

dragon age starters

feel most free to change pronouns ,  etc .

❝ it doesn’t matter that they won’t remember me. what matters is i helped. ❞ ❝ bad things should happen to bad people. ❞ ❝ i’m here to set things right. also ? to look dashing. that part’s less difficult. ❞ ❝ planning has never been my strong suit . now, killing…killing & love-making. those i am better at. ❞ ❝ oh ! we could get matching outfits ! ❞ ❝ i’m not saying i should be your first pick for a dance partner at the ball , but in the deep roads , i’m your man / woman. ❞ ❝ draw your weapon & say that again ! ❞ ❝ we’re here to kill them all, yes ? for sport ? ❞ ❝ you tend to get up to interesting things. you meet interesting people & then you kill them. ❞ ❝ i never worry, darling. a leash can be pulled from either end. ❞ ❝ it’s like you need permission to be alive. ❞ ❝ has anyone told you what marvelous eyes you possess, my dear ? ❞ ❝ have you ever licked a lamp post in winter ? ❞ ❝ i’ll try not to hit anyone. ❞ ❝ there you are. everyone’s been looking for you. ❞ ❝ the last man standing gets final say on who is right or wrong. ❞ ❝ i like my hair the way it is, thank you. ❞ ❝ do you think about how to kill everyone you meet ? ❞ ❝ are you… sassing me, ____? ❞ ❝ yes, but she/you seems more… “ooh, pretty colors !” than “muahaha ! i am princess stabbity ! stab, kill, kill ! ❞ ❝ congratulations ! you have found a wastebin . ❞ ❝ what are you going to do with that sword ? ❞ ❝ not listening ! la la-la la la ! ❞ ❝ i saw you looking at the girl/boy in town earlier . ❞ ❝ anyone wishing to accuse me of weakness is welcome to try. ❞ ❝ …did you cut your own hair ? ❞ ❝ ”one by one they follow, drowning in the sea”. the rest of the poem is sad.. ❞ ❝ you aren’t all stone, ____. there is a person inside of you. ❞ ❝ we crush the heads of rude women when we feel like it. just so you know. ❞ ❝ protect what matters with everything you have, or you’ll have nothing, and deserve it. ❞ ❝ i want you to know that what we had was real. ❞ ❝ in the end you are always alone with your actions. ❞ ❝ somebody’s been drinking. ❞ ❝ let’s show them our hearts, and then show them theirs.. ❞ ❝ do you feel that ? my magic-sensing nose is tingling. ❞ ❝ well, shit. ❞ ❝ you worry me, you know that ? ❞ ❝ i’m cold. & it’s indoors. this is so wrong. ❞ ❝ i saw what you were doing back there. ❞ ❝ we will never speak of this again. ❞ ❝ you’re a big softie ! ❞  ❝ i’ve got just the thing to cure that pout. ❞ ❝ eight, nine, now you die. ❞ ❝ daughters never grow up. they remain six years old with pigtails & skinned knees forever. ❞ ❝ i don’t need my pants, anyway. ❞ ❝ smiles. we must be careful how we present ourselves. ❞ ❝ be careful what you wish for. power is treacherous. i have seen many people–great leaders–consumed by it. ❞ ❝ don’t touch me ! stay away ! ❞ ❝ i think of him/you/her as much as he/you/she thinks at all. ❞ ❝ i knew nothing of friendship before we met. ❞ ❝ you can approve or not approve as you wish, but this is one thing you cannot influence and mold to your liking. ❞ ❝ there you go, breaking my heart. ❞  ❝ does anyone else feel the verge to vomit? ❞ ❝ i…love you. just… wanted to tell you that. ❞ ❝ let those who would destroy us step into the light. ❞ ❝ it’s dangerous when too many men in the same armor think they’re right. ❞ ❝ if you love a character, you give them pain, ruin their lives, make them suffer. maybe even throw in a heroic death. ❞ ❝ i do quite like watching you leave. ❞ ❝ send him a fruit basket. everyone loves those. ❞ ❝ did i stutter ? ❞ ❝ are you kidding ? i’m surprised you didn’t kill anyone just coming over here. ❞ ❝ the world may want my time, but you have my heart ❞ ❝ have you ever heard the saying ‘let sleeping abominations lie’?  now would be the time to consider it. ❞ ❝ that sounded much better in my head . ❞ ❝ i have an excellent sense of dramatic timing. & good hair.  ❞ ❝ the air hurts. i have to stop. ❞ ❝ challenge someone to arm-wrestle me. ❞ ❝ so, you’re not like a lot of other girls/boys. ❞ ❝ not long ago this was impossible to imagine. you, the man i love, victory close at hand. ❞ ❝ how do you do that ? make everything better with a smile ? ❞ ❝ it gets no easier. your struggles have only just begun. ❞ ❝ there comes a time when you must stop running, when you turn & face the tiger.  ❞ ❝ it’s family, you protect. doesn’t matter who it is, blood or not. ❞ ❝ perhaps we should carve our names into the giant tree ? ❞ ❝ hey ! that’s mine ! ❞ ❝ our mistakes make us who we are. ❞ ❝ fear makes men more dangerous than magic ever could. ❞ ❝ don’t let anyone tell you when to move on. take their hand & say, “my choice". ❞ ❝ words are easy, like the wind; faithful friends are hard to find. ❞ ❝ shitballs. fuck. shit. crap. ❞ ❝ living a lie … it festers inside you, like poison. ❞