I keep thinking about this: do higher beings know of each other?
Obviously, if they reside in the same kingdom. The White Lady knows her husband (the Pale king), probably knows of Unn as she has claimed part of her gardens. And, of course, knows of Radiance.
Makes perfect sense.
But what of the higher beings, who originate not from Hallownest?
She know of Grimm (the Nightmare heart). This is her dialogue upon meeting the Grimmchild:
“Your companion's eyes burn with a familiar flame... Success then for the scarlet heart, and irony, to use my spawn to grow its own.
I know you creature, and the form time shall bring. You may be all and one, clan and master, but this land shall never bear so foreign a king.”
She knows how the Nightmare heart operates and can recognise its minion’s presence. Also “familiar flame”? Do you know this man, lady? 🤔
Now for Grimm. He doesn’t just know of PK and White Lady existence, he seems to know of the vessels and that they were created and discarded. But he seems to just arrived at the Kingdom after the Knights lights up the torch. Could be argued that he knows of everything because the troupe sent a bug to scout the kingdom beforehand. Still, I find his dialogue interesting, he calls PK “dear Wyrm”. Like do you know that man? 🤔
“Masterful! Even a vessel discarded bears fierce strength.
Fine craft dear Wyrm, and perfect tool to prolong the heart of Grimm.”
Now let’s go beyond Hallownest and arrive at Pharloom.
Grand Mother Silk knew about Pale king, because the Corral commandment from Hornet’s cage says:
“Full Chamber to the kingdom of the White Wyrm. Claim the Weaver, in half part. Last of their line. Sensed strong with Silk.
Resistance anticipated. Quell with rune cage.”
Cages in the Cradle do not have any mentions of any other higher beings, so she only seems to know of PK? Or PK is mentioned because he is the father of the weaver she is looking for, although how would she know that?
What I’m trying to understand in this lore rumblings post is: is there a pantheon (not the Pantheon of Hallownest curtesy of godseekers) where all higher beings exist, like a meeting place.
hornet thinks that by refusing ascension and living with mortal bugs she is refusing the divinity her father represented but she doesn't realize that he too shed his larger form to be closer to the ground
i come home from work every day and narrowly dodge one of her many death traps . when we eat dinner ill smile and say “poison again ?” and she will shrug mischievously but we both know it is very much poison
Never have I ever struggled so hard with drawing a character. Don’t know why - I can’t seem to grasp his face well enough. Decided to do some studies, hopefully I will grasp how to draw him soon enough
i'm biased against this theory because of who proposed it, but in a chatroom we noticed that a lot of higher beings are not bugs. pale king was a wyrm, white lady is a root, unn is a slug, and i have no idea what the nightmare's heart is. radiance is kind of the odd one out, being a moth
which is the basis for this theory: the radiance isn't a moth. if she even held that form outside of dreams, it was akin to pale king's transformation, an affection simply for the sake of appealing to and manipulating her followers
no, if you want to know the radiance's true form, look at the infection. that's what she is, pure and simple
thinking about butcher's weird relationship with nicknames. people that hold a particularly special place in his life get first named; becca, lenny, hughie, ryan.
then there are the others; kessler, starlight, MM, etc... and himself. we specifically see this with his hallucinations of becca & kessler. i notice becca refers to him almost exclusively as billy, while kessler refers to him as butcher. to me, this reads as billy separating the different sides of himself. "billy" is his perception of his own goodness, while "butcher" is everything else.
and then that train of thought gets me thinking on how homelander is really one of the only people to refer to him as 'william butcher.' he sees his depravity and his humanity all in one, he sees the ways his trauma has shaped him and still recognizes his inherently human nature. he might be one of the only people on earth who really sees him for how he is.
never be good at your job. it's a trap. they'll just give you more and harder stuff to do and it'll pull you away from your true passion of writing gay fanfiction for people on the internet
Characters : Baelor, Maekar, Valarr, Daeron, Aerion, Duncan and Lyonel
Warnings : I think greek myths are a warning in themselves (nothing graphic though don't worry ;)
Author's note : As a greek mythology geek, I have to do this. Boy was it hard to find "good" characters sometimes to fit Baelor or Duncan...
NB : Tyler Miles is the artist of Maekar's picture on the right.
Enjoy !
Baelor (Prometheus)
Prometheus is the Titan responsible for aiding the human race and for being condemned to have his liver eaten by an eagle every day. During the war between the Titans and the Olympians, Prometheus joined the Olympians’ side. He’s best known for having stolen fire from the Hephaestus' forges and giving it to the human race, but he also tricked Zeus into accepting bones instead of juicy meat as offerings.
Prince Baelor is supposed to be the soul of chivalry. He tries his best to do the honorable thing, whether because of his personal beliefs or to restore the reputation of the Targaryens among their people. He’s as devoted to his family as Prometheus was to his brother Epimetheus (Pandora’s husband). However, both prince and Titan rebelled against their kin to protect a greater cause — and paid a high price for it.
Maekar (Hades)
Like Hades, Maekar doesn’t have the best reputation. Both are described as cold and stern. However, Hades’ lack of popularity doesn’t stop him from being fair to his subjects and holding them equally accountable to the laws of the Underworld.
Maekar, though strict with his children, is the first to search for them when they’re missing or fight for them when they’re in trouble.
Valarr (Hector)
Hector was a Trojan prince, heir to the throne of Troy, who fought against Achilles in the Iliad. He’s described as loved by his people and feared by the Achaeans as the best Trojan warrior.
Like Valarr, Hector had the potential to become a great king — if only fate hadn’t decided otherwise…
Daeron (Dionysus)
What better choice for Daeron the Drunken than Dionysus, god of wine and madness?
The cult of this Olympian focused on wine, because it was believed to be the god’s earthly incarnation. Wine was supposed to ease suffering, bring joy, and inspire divine madness.
Isn’t that Daeron’s relationship with wine in a nutshell ? A way to escape his dreams and the madness they bring?
Aerion (Ares)
Ares is the god of war. He is known for being brutal, quick to anger, and eager to fight. Doesn’t that remind you of Aerion’s violence during his jousting match against Ser Humfrey? Or his eagerness to drag twelve innocent men, who had nothing to do with his dispute with Ser Duncan, into a trial last practiced a hundred years ago?
Though unlike Aerion, Ares has a few redeeming qualities…
Duncan (Heracles)
Let’s pretend we’re not talking about the Heracles who killed his wife and children in a fit of madness caused by Hera. Duncan is more like the Disney Hercules anyway.
Who is Heracles? He’s a demigod, son of Zeus and Alcmene, whose impressive strength came from the milk of his spiteful mother-in-law (the Milky Way is supposed to be the drops of milk Heracles let drip). Heracles is also known to be a huge eater, a very amorous man (Duncan has quite the reputation in the books), who could have occasional outbursts of brutal rage (like the one Duncan had when he saw Aerion hurting Tanselle).
Lyonel (Apollo)
Apollo is the god of the sun. He’s something of a jack-of-all-trades (god of the arts and music, of medicine, of prophecy…). Basically, like Lyonel, Apollo isn’t the kind of man to go unnoticed.
He’s loving, strong-willed, caring, and extremely jealous. We all remember the scene Lyonel made after the trial of seven. The Laughing Storm was literally consumed with jealousy.
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