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Things are never black and white, simplicity is a luxury that the immortal, the eternal cannot afford. Here dwells a collection of creatures from all corners of time, each with their own unsettling stories to tell. [Multi-Muse Sideblog]

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daevaen:

                    "A vase broke — but I didn’t break it Mr. V!"           Not on purpose anyway — he bumped a table that           bumped a stand that put the vase off balance and           next thing he knew it was broken even though he           had specifically tried to stop it from doing so.                     "I can’t do magic anymore…"

              "As long as nothing remotely demonic or evil                came out of the vase, I'm not all that fussed."       The vase, at least, he could handle. That was easily       cast aside. Out of sight, out of mind, all that, but as       for the magic? Well, Veles spends a solid half a minute       looking at the fairy with narrowed eyes.                "--When did this start?"

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daevaen:

                    "That’s going to be a problem…"           Though not as big of a problem as trying to           cover it up. Sooner or later somebody’s going           to notice whether he liked it or not.

              "--should I even ask?"      Doesn't matter, because he'll probably end up      doing so regardless--still, he's the slightest bit      weary at present.

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fairygodmothersincorporated:

"She’s in the back." The woman answered tiredly, not surprising considering that she had her elbows rested on the bench and her head in her hands as she gazed at the television in the corner. It was some kind of rerun of a daytime Candracoran soap opera. Either way, the woman only glanced away from it to look at Helios — and double-taking for a moment to really look at him before composing herself and pushing a clipboard forward “Just put down a pseudonym and the time and date before going in the back. Same goes for the lucky girl.” And then she was back to the soap. Amelia really couldn’t blame the woman for her disinterest, she looked awfully tired and probably in need of a good night’s rest. Still, Amelia put down a pseudonym — no doubt required in case of the place being discovered — before waiting for Helios to do the same and leading the way into the back where the ceremony was going to take place. The official was nowhere to be seen, and the godmother furrowed her brow before nudging Helios to do something to get the official’s attention.

He supposed given the ridiculous hour, they must have been quite the sight. The place might have been known for its...discretion, but he was fairly certain that few took the secrecy surrounding the whole thing to such a ridiculous level as to come at such an absurdly late ( or perhaps early ) hour. Then again, they hadn't really chosen to come at such an hour for the secrecy--that was just how it had worked out. Helios scribbled down some false name--one of many, it had been a long life he'd lived that had often required more legalities than he wanted to think about. As such, fake names had become something of a necessity.  For some reason, he  seemed to expect this officiant to simply appear out of thin air--but that was what living in a place like Candracora did to you, it wouldn't have been all that unusual an occurrence, truth be told. Alas, she didn't, and he cast a glance over his shoulder at the seemingly perpetually exhausted woman at the counter. "--where exactly did you say she was?"

[elysianfieldsofgold]

headcanon; on the union of persephone, luce and lilith and the death of zagreus

[elysianfieldsofgold]

when as long-lived as any of these three, it is more than likely that crossing eachother’s paths throughout life becomes a common occurrence and eventually friendships and alliances, fragile or otherwise, tend to form. another thing about immortality is that more often or not, an immortal can be considered as more than one being across multiple mythologies. from this triumvirate, lilith is the most obvious example, being present in all religions, though together, persephone, lilith and luce form brighid of celtic mythology.

brighid contains elements from each of these three women; she draws her birth at daybreak and positions as a goddess of fire from luce, association with snakes and position as protector of women from lilith and her role as a seasonal goddess who promotes growth from persephone.

how it came to be that these three became collectively known as the celtic goddess comes from the death of persephone’s first son: zagreus, who would become known as ruadan in irish mythology. according to mythology, ruadan was slain in battle as he fought against the fomoire — the celtic equivalent to the greek titans.

now, when compared to the story of zagreus, who was born from the rape of persephone at her father, zeus’, hand the tale goes that he was intended to become zeus’ successor to the throne though in her jealousy persuaded the titans to kill the child. surprisingly, out of all mythology, this is one of the most accurate stories. hera, in her pursuit to see ares on the throne, had the remaining titans kill zagreus and it was in battle that zagreus died.

persephone had learned of the plan however, and called on lilith and luce to assist her in rescuing her son but was too late and it was as she mourned, holding her son’s body in her arms, that the three women were discovered and the legend of brighid was formed.

[mono-n-o-aware]

[daevaen-archived]

Here is a nearly-complete version of the immortal family tree. There are some branches of it missing such as some of the other Norse gods, as well as the connections to Hindu, Chinese and numerous other godly pantheons and one connection to a British royal family from the medieval period. The point is that it contains all of the relevant members of the immortal family even if there are numerous others not displayed.

The smaller portraits signify someone already present on the tree though who have a connection with someone in a place I could not properly join them. Some are also minor characters who do not require full space though are important enough to include on the tree.

Those who are greyed out are deceased. Those with an anonymous icon have yet to have a FC determined for them.

PS. This is based on heavily modified and original mythology so inaccuracies are present and are most likely intentional.

Also, I realise that the resolution is too small for the text to be readable so I have linked a full-sized version here

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daevaen:

          “Let’s get one thing straight sweetheart, I’m not funny,           I’m fucking hilarious.                     And there is no catch - -loverboy and I made a little                     deal so now you’re off the hook. No hellhounds, no                     wardens chasing after you, no more eternal damnation.                               The erinyes are your problem though, I don’t control them.”

          "You keep telling yourself that. Whatever gets            you through the day. Of course he did. What            exactly was the trade? Had to have been             pretty damn impressive for you to let me walk            outta here."

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A theme for when hope dies…

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daevaen:

          “I said you’re free. Are you deaf as well as dead?”

          "If you were half as funny as you think you are,            you'd be twice as funny as you actually are.            What's the catch? You don't just let people go."

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          "--I'm sorry, what?"

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daevaen:

          “Yes, we all know how she made the earth quake.               Though to be fair I was only giving her what He didn’t give us.              What does it matter why? I’m perfectly willing to call off the                  bloodhunt on your doll. No secondary eternal damnation for her.”

          "--And you all wonder why I avoid you lot.               Please justify your ridiculousness to someone who cares.                  ...You call off the hunt, cancel any kind of contract or hold you--or anyone                  else in that god forsaken place--has on her, and you've got yourself a deal.                  But if Baba comes after me, I come after you." 

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You slept with Aphrodite?

            "Literally once, several billion years             ago. I am not getting lectured on this             matter by the asshole who just married              our sister."

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daevaen:

          “I was going to make a witty remark about you sleeping with Aphrodite               — but then I remembered you’re not the only one here having               relations with his sister.                     I was wondering if you knew the best way to scare the                               absolute crap out of Baba Yaga.”

          "Can we not discuss my one off fling with Aphrodite? It is literally ancient history.                 And you can't bloody well talk--I hear all that goes on in this nonsensical                  excuse for a family.                          --Depends on why and what you're gonna offer in return."

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daevaen:

          “You really don’t like the fact we’re related do you?                Besides, I’m not here to pester you about disputable family claims.”

          "--If it's any consolation, the same can be said for most of the family.                      Then what the hell do you want, and make it snappy."

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          "--I resent that.                   I'm not denying it. But I still resent it."

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augescens:

          “ Persephone. “

His reaction certainly boosted her confidence a bit. However, it also sparked a bit of curiosity considering he made no reaction to the act of magic. Perhaps he had mistaken it for sleight- of-hand? Like a mortal magician performed?

          “ And you are? “

          "--I should have known."

Of course, she had to be someone of  note--ordinary, boring people didn't  simply appear out of nowhere. Which really, he was glad of--he didn't handle boredom well.

          "Got a lot of names, but you're            welcome to call me Veles."