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artist | peace | live your best life my dudes

[hardstarkart]

hi hi. i’m new here. i’m a pagan artist that is new to tumblr and trying very hard to learn it to reach people easier than my previous efforts. i play them vidyagames. currently i’m on ESO. hit up @Hardstark if you wanna dungeon. i’m a healer, love that life. when i’m not drawing, i’m there.

discord: Hardstark#6821 for longer conversations. or PM me on here. c:

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Actually, I’m me now. Norah. My discord is Norah#6821.

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Moving sites/usernames.

I’m moving to norahsnotes.tumblr.com.

See ya there! :D 

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Fayjah Delaney, a lovable and charismatic fence who is fluent in sarcasm and reads bullshit well.

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(( I AM DYING. BWAHAHA. ))

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(( Please read these, laugh, and have a great friday! ))

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It was absolutely nobody’s business as to why Zahra traveled in the lush kingdom of Val'sharah. Alright, it may not be a kingdom, but to her, it was a paradise. Colors were richer here than they were back home. Despite the silken fabrics from Tanaris that waved in the wind in such a way that you assumed time stopped, this place had flora and fauna to offer in the shape of overgrown trees and flowers so large that a person couldn’t be certain as to how they grew so. Was it on their own, or the gift of the druids that surrounded them before? In either case, such things were money makers back home. Tanaris would have to let her back in when they recognized the creations a little mixture of seed and crystallized water and … other things made. The plague? Probably healed with this nonsense. Death? Well, don’t get too carried away. Besides, it didn’t need to cure death with the bloom of these petals. However, someone quite rudely interrupted her lost thoughts as she held the small blade to the stem. Turning her head,  hair that had been so carefully, delicately tucked and locked into an extravagantly messy braid swung over her shoulder to clear the pathway for deep brown hues to behold the ‘accident’ that had befallen this… – What in the nether was a beggar doing in Val'sharah? She didn’t run to his side, nor did she call out. Careful steps within sandy leather boots padded the soft ground beneath her as she whipped a pair of gloved hands behind her back, blade still in grip. Just in case. As she neared within five feet of him, her brow raised inquisitively. When she did speak, her voice was laced with the rasp one heard when strumming an acoustic guitar, the kind her father used to play in the tent at night. It was deep, yet it carried a tune fairly well all on it’s own. “Why did you trip?”

She stood before him now, her hand within reach. “Do you wander, or are you lost?”

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There were a myriad of ways that one could make money to sustain life on Azeroth. One could take it easy, recognizing that everyone likes to eat, or have their hair cut, or their clothes made. These were professions that would never die. Someone would always need a potion or concoction - everyone got sick. One may have to pay someone or go out of one’s own way to collect the herbs that didn’t quite grow in the regular gardens, but it wouldn’t be impossible. Some people were willing to provide you your ingredients, absolutely.  Some were treasure hunters. Some were heroes. Some were undeniable in their moral code, and others were… morally grey.

One could argue that Mahya’s entire family had been on the greyer side of life. The Nematis were but one family in the caravan that traveled across Tanaris, peddling and fortune telling, reading the stars to find the patron’s true love or dearly deceased… If the clients found out they’d been duped, typically, the blame was on the psychic who claimed to know their destiny. But were they truly to blame? Some people didn’t realize how much they wanted to hear these things, to have hope. Why not leave that evening from the teller’s tent holding on to the hope you’d always dreamed would be possible - than to be told that they were, in fact, 6 feet under and you will be too if you didn’t pick up yourself from the floor and move on with it.

While the Nematis had been going about these trades of greyer morals for generations, only the last few had done so in Tanaris. Originally, they were from Lordaeron, and like the rest who ended up in Theramore, they too traveled in hopes of better opportunities. They tried to make it seem like they left Lordaeron for a better life, not because the whole place was becoming infested and their certain death was all that was left. No, instead, they were looking for the seafarer’s life, then they were looking for the pioneer’s life on the shoreline. Each generation lied to itself and the next that these were decisions they’d made, not necessities of a world torn apart.

The Nematis that arrived and helped build Theramore were alchemists who assisted with gardening and harvesting the crops with the rest of the wartorn farmers. Except their expertise were potions of grandeur. Love potions, death potions, seeing-eye potions. With enough faith that the liquid you were drinking gave you the courage you needed to speak up to the woman you loved - then how could the potions they made be wrong?

Evha Almasi met Ramin Nemati while their mothers were doing laundry for the community. Literally, blood, sweat, and tears went into building Theramore and keeping it a thriving location - all alone, separate from it’s brothers across the seas. The two young adults weren’t fond of a life of washing or potion making - and knew they could do better. There had to be more out there.

And so, shortly after Evha Almasi became Evha Nemati, the two set out with a group of others south, seeking other locations to live. They packed plenty of food and clean water and clothes and tents… A whole caravan’s worth per family. They prepared for this. They would survive. ©

Unfortunately, not everyone did. There were cliffs and uncharted territories and hostile that chipped away at the already small population. But somehow, three caravans survived with the three new families it would hold. By the time they reached a land they found was called Tanaris, sex was had, children were born, and lives were lost and altered. But this was nothing new to Lordaeronians.

Gadgetzan and those who inhabited were a shock at first, but then an opportunity. If you can’t beat them, join them. And so they did.

Ehva was a fortune teller and proclaimed psychic. Ramin was a mercenary who learned the land and gave various tourists “guides” through the desert. His son Arman joined him in this profession as soon as he could walk, so that he too could learn the place by heart.

Two daughters were born as well, first being Mahya and the next, Zahra. They mostly tended to their mother and assisted with the props of the gig. They both learned that trade, the art of lying, or being a con woman, but what else were they supposed to learn when that was the life they were born into?

One day, while Ramin and Arman were out on tour, a mad woman came to visit the tent of the Nematis. She claimed to want her fortune told, but there was something odd about her. Mahya recognized her too late to warn her mother, and as the scorned woman rose the dagger and began to fight Evha to her ultimate death, Mahya grabbed Zahra and fled into the night.

By the time Ramin and Arman returned to Gadgetzan, they were met at the gates with a notice of what had happened and that they needed to leave the city: exiled. No violence was tolerated in Gadgetzan, as neutral a town as it was, and the violence that began in their tent had nearly burnt down other buildings adjacent to it. They were ordered to pack up, and leave.

Ramin worked to pack up the tent, but his children were nearly teenagers by the time of their mothers deaths. He wasn’t certain where the girls would have gone. They weren’t helpless to themselves, but hardly ready for the harsh world outside of Gadgetzan. They weren’t prepared. They weren’t learned of the lands yet.

Arman offered to look for them as his father collected their belongings and prepared a new caravan. The plan was to roam Tanaris just outside of Gadgetzan. They clearly didn’t need the protection the walls brought if his beloved wife could be killed so easily.

Arman never found them.

They say necessity breeds courage and strength. Maybe that’s how the girls survived, and to this day.

But Ramin died shortly after they departed Gadgetzan, for the loss of his love was one thing, but losing all the women important to him in his life.. not even Arman could fill that void for him.

Arman was left with everything. Loss of his entire family, and loss of the home he used to know. Thankfully, he also knew Tanaris.

But no one could tell you if any of the children survived.

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“If I may say so myself, doll, you want to hear what the cards have to say about tomorrow.”

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(( When you’re depressed, but Rhonin’s annoying CITIZENS OF DALARAN…. speech gives you hope. ))

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“Take me away,” she said.

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I’m playing WoW again. All the screenies. All the art. Incoming.

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S.O.S. Getting back in the swing.

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so beautiful

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Gates of Janus by Ian Brady, Peter Sotos, Colin Wilson

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The Alienist by Caleb Carr

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Starvation Heights by Gregg Olsen

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People Who Eat Darkness  by Richard Lloyd Parry

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The Man from the Train by Bill James, Rachel McCarthy James

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See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt

“Sprinkled with hatchet misadventures, potential poisonings and odd fascinations with pears and fingernail clippings, Schmidt’s storytelling is mind-blowingly atmospheric and unsettling.” - Shelf Awareness

Small Sacrifices  by Ann Rule

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I Will Find You by Joe Kenda

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The Most Dangerous Animal of All by Gary L. Stewart and Susan Mustafa

“Stewart and Mustafa straight-up solved the Zodiac Murders.” - Chan

Whoever Fights Monsters  by Robert K Ressler

If you liked the Netflix Series Mindhunter, then try Whoever Fights Monsters by Robert K. Ressler (the inspiration for Agent Bill Tench).

The Wicked Boy by Kate Summerscale

“A fascinating and creepy report of turn-of-the-century London and the crime that petrified its residents in the summer of 1895.”

Lost Girls by Robert Kolker

“A haunting and powerful crime story that gives voice to those who can no longer be heard. It is a story that you will not be able to forget.” - David Grann

The Skeleton Crew by Deborah Halber

“Readers are brought the real-life cases of missing persons, the unidentified dead, and the network of people that gives them their names… proving once again what I said at the conclusion of every episode of America’s Most Wanted: ‘One person can make a difference.’” - John Walsh, host of America’s Most Wanted

The Poisoner’s Handbook by Deborah Blum

"New York City’s Jazz Age bubbled under the surface with sadistic criminals who went day-to-day undetected. With the advent of the Periodic Table, our notions of criminal investigations were forever changed. This book does an excellent job taking you through the true story of forensic science and toxicology, and its experimental origins in solving the unsolvable.”

Death’s Acre by William Bass and Jon Jefferson

“There’s probably something wrong with me, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.” - Mary Roach

The Run of His Life The People v O J Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin

“Everyone has an opinion about O.J. Read the very best account of his murder trial to find out how much you never knew about the Trial of the Century.”

Forensics  by Val McDermid

If you liked shows like CSI, Forensic Files, Bones, and NCIS, then try Forensics by Val McDermid.

Seductive Poison by Deborah Layton

“A thrilling and devastating reflection of one woman’s life spent in a terrifying cult, leading up to her narrow escape and attempts to warn the public about the impending dangers that loomed in the near future…”

Silence Of The Lambs by Thomas Harris

“Clarice Starling is a badass, and this masterfully crafted, tense, and disturbing novel is the very definition of suspense.” - Tove

Mindhunter by John E Douglas, Mark Olshaker

If you liked the Netflix series Mindhunter, then try the book that inspired it! Mindhunter by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker.

The Crime of the Century by Dennis L Breo, William J Martin

“In 1966 Richard Speck broke into a townhouse in Chicago and murdered eight young nurses in a sexual rampage. Includes account of his bizarre and chilling videotaped confession.” - Chan

The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial by Maggie Nelson

“THIS is one of my favorite books of all time. Poet, critic, and creative writer Maggie Nelson feels a connection to her aunt Jane, whom she never met. Jane’s unsolved murder is reopened for investigation 50 years later due to new DNA evidence. Nelson documents the trial through its confounding twists and turns, all the while begging the reader to reflect on larger implications of sexism, media and violence in our society.”

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

“A gripping, keep-you-up-all-night, real-life whodunit; a testament to McNamara’s inimitable resolve; and an extraordinary parting gift from a talented writer.” - Tove

My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf

“Before Jeffrey Dahmer was a serial murderer who kept human heads in his freezer he was a weird, sad kid. Graphic novelist Backderf, a former classmate of Dahmer, gifts us a portrait of the cannibal as a young man.” - Chan

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Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun

If you liked the My Favorite Murder podcast, then try Lilian Jackson Braun’s The Cat Who… series, in which Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum help their owner solve murders!

My Sweet Audrina by V C Andrews

In loving memory: the My Favorite Murder book club, episode 95-episode 97.

Lady Killers by Tori Telfer

“Even grandmothers get in on the serial killing game! Tori Telfer writes about female murderers as if they’re bedtime stories, quick and irresistable.” - McKenzie W.

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

“A true crime history that entertains even as it forces the reader to confront the evils of our national past and the uncomfortable parallels visible today.” - Rhianna

Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

“Imagine you are a budding true crime writer working at a suicide hotline to make ends meet when it gradually dawns on you that the nice, handsome guy who works next to you might be a prolific serial killer named Ted Bundy.” - Chan

The Good Nurse by Charles Graeber

“Put this one on the shelf next to Ann Rule’s classic about Ted Bundy, The Stranger Beside Me. It’s that good.” - Entertainment Weekly

Columbine by Dave Cullen

“This school shooting shocked America when it occurred almost twenty years ago. Who would have been cynical enough to guess that mass shootings would be an almost daily occurrence in 21st Century U.S.A.?” - Chan

Perfect Murder Perfect Town by Lawrence Schiller

“A thoroughly researched, detailed report that takes you moment by moment through one of the most complex, chilling investigations of all time.”

Cases That Haunt Us by John E Douglas

If you liked the Netflix series Mindhunter, then try The Cases That Haunt Us by John Douglas (the inspiration for Agent Holden Ford) & Mark Olshaker.

Psycho by Robert Bloch

“Loosely inspired by real-life monster Ed Gein (who was arrested in a town not far from Bloch as he wrote the book), Psycho is a chilling tale of one man’s, um, relationship with his mother.” - Tove

Anne Perry & the Murder of the Century by Peter Graham

“The great Peter Jackson/Kate Winslet film Heavenly Creatures is based on this true story of infatuation and matricide. The murderess, Juliet, eventually became the mystery novelist Anne Perry.” - Chan

The Grim Sleeper by Christine Pelisek

“A dark and disturbing story that reveals the failure of the police and the justice system in impoverished communities of color, The Grim Sleeper is a must-read for true crime fans who want to see how crime reporting can make a difference.” - Bustle

After the Eclipse by Sarah Perry

“When the author was 12 her single mother was murdered in their home in rural Maine. After the Eclipse is a memoir of Sarah’s exploration of not only her mother’s death, but her life. Perry brings the reader into her personal losses and triumphs during her coming of age and in turn, tells her mother’s life story with compassion and clarity. This book is impossible to put down.”

The Black Dahlia Files by Donald H Wolfe

“Of all the books written about this still unsolved crime, this one, by Donald Wolfe who had fresh access to LAPD files, comes closest to the heart of this fascinating and disturbing crime.” - Chan

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

“Serial killer Dr. H. H. Holmes is long dead, but Larson’s evocative storytelling had me peeking into closets and burrowing under the covers as I read, late into the night.” - Rhianna

Who Killed These Girls by Beverly Lowry

“Gripping, moving, and as good as any depiction of a murder case since In Cold Blood… This transcends the genre. Brilliant.” - Ann Patchett

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

“Capote’s masterpiece is the standard by which every other work of true crime reportage must be judged. But did he break faith with his "friends” the killers to get his great scoop? You decide!“ - Chan

Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry

"If you liked law & order procedurals, "hippie music,” and cult classics, then try Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi.

The Girls by Emma Cline

“A fictional account of a young woman’s brush with a murderous cult, Cline’s The Girls is a compulsive read and a crystal clear transmission from the brain of a teenage girl.” - Tove ga

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When you don’t feel good, create. Draw something. Paint. Build. Play with make up. I feel great now. For a small amount of time. I’ll take it.

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