Guardians of the Stars

Have you ever thought about the side character's story?

[igotsbook]

Welcome

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Have you ever stopped to consider the side character's story? The ones who sit just outside the spotlight? This is their story.

Guardians of the Stars (aka GotS) is a fantasy book that is currently a wip. It takes place in a world of fantasy, where the children of gods roam the earth as animals alongside humans.

Author intros, FAQs, and more below!

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Meet the Author(s)

Hello! I'm Quather (@quathxr). I use he/him pronouns, and I love everything creative. Ceramics, drawing, writing, you name it. It's my passion. I own three birds and play volleyball. If you wanna know more about me, or just chat, feel free to stop by my main blog!

Hey! Splash here (@splashheart8)! She/her pronouns are my niche, but let's be honest, I'm just a genderless blob who looks like a woman. I'm not as active as Quick on my main blog, but if you want more of my art and some random reblogged things, head over there. Also, I lost the game. I apologize. It popped into my head while I was writing this, and I am morally obligated to put it here. Congratulations.

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Wait What?

I would call this section FAQ's, but... this blog is brand new. There are no frequently asked questions. sO. This section is whatever I deem you all worthy of knowing.

Avatars: Avatars are the deities' vessels. They were created for the sole purpose of carrying out the god's wishes after it was deemed too dangerous for the gods to do so themselves.

Deities: The gods of Alwynsha, each assigned a different domain to oversee. The people used to devote their lives to the deities, praying for guidance and help, but with war comes change.

Guardians: Guardians are the descendants of the Avatars, gods walking on the earth. They tower over normal animals, all standing roughly double or triple the normal animals' height, varying from different species of Guardians. They do not have any sort of magic, although a select few are known to have gifts given by the gods themselves.

Ka: Ka is the life force of all living things in the world. Those few chosen by the gods are able to bend their own Ka to their will. Most use this to heal others, but every god's gift is different...

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Meet the Cast

Our Hero:

Nyx

The Supporting Crew:

Benji

Grayson

Lila

Mara

Red

Zasha

Apollo

Deska

Other Characters:

Gods Master List

Rebellion Master List

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Tags

All posts will be tagged with #gots, and characters will be tagged with their individual tags (ex. #nyx). #gots snippets will have any little bits of writing from the book. #gots lore is... Well, lore. And #gots deities will specificity be about the gods. #we gots art will have art by us. If you want to draw fanart please tag it as #i gots fanart! Thank you.

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Asks

You are welcome to send in any questions you may have! No promises we'll answer if it's spoilers, but someone deserves to know about all our hard work worldbuilding-

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We hope you enjoy our story

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[quathxr]

ok ok in short look I made a lil storyboard for a GotS animatic, it’s a very rough outline. The song is Run Little Hero by LeGrand. Ramble below the cut lmao.

So here’s the long version of why I’m so proud of this. During the COVID lockdown years, I reaaaaally wanted to be an animator. Like a storytime animator on YouTube. But I didn’t have the patience to actually animate. Because I was undiagnosed and the adhd made time consuming projects feel impossible. So I quit. Now literally yesterday I had an idea, sat down, and less than 24 hours later… there it is. My brain dump is real. It was just such an incredible moment to see how far I’ve come, not only my art skills, but also my mental skills.

Im hoping to actually finish this, or at least clean it up, but for now, I’m taking this time to celebrate the little achievements.

[samstudios8108]

@igotsbook don’t think I forgot about drawing all of the kiddos. When I saw the personality description of “big flirt and goofball” for Gray I immediately went “I know this type. He’s going to be terribly traumatized” and I can’t wait to find out how ;P

The sword that I gave Gray is an estoc sword. The estoc is a type of longsword, and has French origins. I like learning about weapons. Anyway, it's narrow build and cool looking hilt made me think it was a good fit for Gray. Lemme know what y'all think.

[igotsbook]

W-whaaaat traumatize him???? Nooooo….

[igotsbook]

The five but semi realistic I guess??

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Sometimes you just gotta write that crappy scene because hey! chapter ten is actually done now! idc if it's crappy, Splash can tear it to shreds later! :D

[sourdough-seal]

most important part of the writing process actually is when you loop a single song on max volume and stare at the word document and imagine the characters doing things for 14 hours. this is known as getting in the zone

[igotsbook]

Me, writing any magic scene while listening to The Moss by Cosmo Sheldrake

[quathxr]

I wanted to draw the gang! These are characters for Splash and my book! We have a whole blog dedicated to it ( @igotsbook ) if you want to learn more.

I’ve never experimented with hair highlights, it was a lot of fun!

[igotsbook]

Benji

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Rebellion Masterlist

Aala - Leader of the Rebellion - Golden Eagle

Dawn - Second in Command of the Rebellion - Human

Freyja - Shaman of the Rebellion - Shaman

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Amara

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Dawn and Freyja

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Wyn and Rue

[splashheart8]

Drew this :)

[quathxr]

They drew that

[samstudios8108]

That's wild chat

I'm sorry I'm tired

[igotsbook]

Nah I love that for you

[samstudios8108]

Boy I do love me a good fantasy hunter asthetic

+bonus for her being an archer

I too am (kindanotreally) an archer, so I spent a minute putting some of my bare-bones knowledge into the gloves and went ahead looking up pinterest pictures. So Nyx here doesn't quite match the ref sheet I had; I took some creative liberties into it.

I might think of other things she'd loop around that belt of hers while I'm bored during math, and just draw them in my sketchbook. For right now, she just has a knife.

And despite me knowing about this girl for 0.2 seconds, I already have headcanons:

This is already basically canon, but this girl has some crazy tan lines, particularly from her gloves

She makes her own arrows. I think it would be cool if the tips are obsidian, because that stone is sharp.

The woods is her home. I don't know enough about her for this to be official, but I can totally see it being that way. She just spends her entire day in the woods and doesn't come home until like an hour after the sun's set

Anyway... I will be doing more. The wonderful people of @igotsbook you have been warned.

[igotsbook]

Sobbing on the floor because THATS OUR GIRL. TYSM SAM I GIGGLED AND KICKED MY FEET LIKE A CHILD I JUST- RAHHH

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Lefu

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Wyn and Rue

[igotsbook]

Hi yes I will be drawing all of your little blorbos now that you have given me access to character sheets.

Might I please request the character sheets for Wyn and Rue?

Sped run these for you! Enjoy drawing the blorbos. Make sure to tag it correctly if you end up posting it. :)

[igotsbook]

Lila Ref Sheet