you have reached the edge of the world. turn back?

to the fucking task!

[insufficientchill]

a swords & sorceresses aside. this blog is fairly anodyne, but links may go to more adult material. dragon age, witcher games, dragon's dogma, pillars+avowed, kcd, occasionally other non-fantasy rpgs and other non-rpg fantasy. etc. pacific daylight time. follows from @tautline-hitch.

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[insufficientchill]

do you happen to have any more dvd extras from your reverdie fic?

cut scenes, like? hmm, i don't think so—i do have a few bits and pieces of other unfinished roche/iorveth, though. :) thanks for asking!

[marciaillust]

the memoir of a ghost

[bec--de--corbin]

+ Fine fine horsemen +

Inspired by the (almost) homonymous work and accompanying song suggestions by @insufficientchill. Slightly supernatural horsemen are my bread and butter

The banner contains the first two seals from the Book of Revelation in the original Greek ( and doubles as a display of blatant disregard for the rules of Byzantine calligraphy)

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εἶδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἵππος λευκός, καὶ ὁ καθήμενος ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἔχων τόξον, καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ στέφανος, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν νικῶν καὶ ἵνα νικήσῃ.

ἐξῆλθεν ἄλλος ἵππος πυρρός, καὶ τῷ καθημένῳ ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἐδόθη αὐτῷ λαβεῖν τὴν εἰρήνην ἐκ τῆς γῆς καὶ ἵνα ἀλλήλους σφάξουσιν, καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ μάχαιρα μεγάλη.

I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.

Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make people kill each other. To him was given a large sword.

[arsacra]

ap of my henry and pebbles print, on horrible sketchbook paper which is why it’s so dry and uneven. I’ll finish up the text on the banners, it’s just so tiny and my neck was hurting lol.

reference was this dot work medieval print of st. george. (under cut)

I’ll write a little more about it when i post the final, it’s such a cool technique!

[bad-system]

you bump into me and 3784 pictures of sam fall out of my pockets

[insufficientchill]

sing ninety-nine and ninety  jan žižka/dry devil | e | 5800 [1/9]

"Jan Žižka, of wherever the fuck," someone says, and of course it can only be Hynek: lilt, rasp, vague half-joking menace. Jan turns on the railing to look at him: out of his armour proper, now, the high collar of his aketon dark against his pale scarred throat.

"Hynek of, theoretically, Kunštát," Jan says, raising his cup, and Hynek throws back his head and laughs.

Thirty years of question and answer, and no closer to any sort of truth.

at the archive

[fuwbuki]

CAUGHT! ah what a scandal!

[turbotrout]

greatly enjoy that hanush is jovial and brash and restless much like hans. imo if you're writing a strained relationship between a character and their parents/guardian one of the best things you can do is give them lots of similarities 👍 it is juicier that way

[turbotrout]

resenting someone but seeing yourself in them because they shaped who you are 👍

the narcissiscm of small differences 👍

the disorienting effect of those moments when you get along really really well because of your similarities 👍

'well i'm also x and i didn't have this issue (or i forget what it's like to have this struggle) so what is your problem' 👍

[mighty-centipig]

it's me birthday once again! can you believe that? i spent half the year drawing kingdom come so for this birthday post i offer you: the sillies and the seriouses i still quite like to this day

[insufficientchill]

dear capcom please quit fucking around with mysterious 50gb+ ddog2 (double ddog) steam updates you are giving me false hope!!,

[pierredelalande]

Some historical facts about the Dry Devil

Maybe someone will find this useful for their creative work.

Before we start, I want to apologize in advance for any mistakes — English is not my native language. I will also be using Czech names without English adaptation (except for the game ones), since I don’t feel confident enough to adapt them properly. So, let’s begin.

— The father of the Dry Devil was Sezema II of Kunštát and Jevišovice, and his mother’s name was Eliška. Her origin is still debated among historians, but it is certain that she came from a very wealthy family, as indicated by her dowry. It is quite possible that she belonged to the Lords of Lipá, which would make the Dry Devil and Hans Capon relatively close relatives.

— His father, Sezema, was the burgrave of the royal castle of Vranov, meaning he was a respected and high-ranking figure. He was probably about 30 years older than his wife.

— The Dry Devil had an older brother, Jindřich of Kunštát and Jevišovice (a namesake of our Henry). Like his brother, he had a rather grim nickname — Zajímač. This nickname suggests that during the Margrave Wars he made a living by capturing people for ransom. Jindřich was executed in Brno in 1409. According to another version, he died on the way to his execution, as the transport took place in winter.

— The Dry Devil was married to Anežka z Deblína. His sons are mentioned in the records of 1390, but after that they disappear from the sources. Anežka died in 1398, and the sons are absent from the documents related to her inheritance, which suggests they died sometime between 1390 and 1398.

— The lands Hynek was supposed to inherit from his late wife were taken by Jobst. So his rather aggressive reaction to Jobst in KCD 2 (if you ask around in Suchdol, you can hear that Hynek tried to punch him) is actually quite fitting. Especially considering that Hynek had also fought against Jobst during the Margrave Wars. In short — they were definitely not friends.

— After 1401, Hynek lived at Rabštejn Castle. This is not the Rabštejn we see in the game — his castle was located near the village of Dukovany. Today, only a small fragment of Rabštejn's castle walls and foundations has survived. The place itself is very beautiful — Czech nature is amazing.

— Rabštejn was granted to Hynek by Margrave Prokop, most likely as a reward for the bold capture of Znojmo.

— By Prokop’s appointment, Hynek served as governor of Znojmo from 1401 to 1405. It’s a pity that at Semine’s wedding in the game you can’t ask Jurko (who is from Znojmo) what he thinks about the new governor.

— The close friendship with Jan Žižka shown in the game is not really accurate. In reality, Hynek’s closest ally was more likely Jan Sokol of Lamberk.

— The most important event in the Dry Devil’s life happened after the events of KCD 2. A combined Austro-Hungarian army of up to 20,000 men, led by Sigismund and Duke Albrecht IV, laid siege to Znojmo. Meanwhile, the garrison of the Dry Devil and the reinforcements led by Jan Sokol probably numbered only a few hundred. Despite the overwhelming numerical superiority, the besieging army was defeated — largely due to a devastating outbreak of dysentery and the aggressive sorties carried out by Hynek and Sokol, which destroyed much of the enemy’s siege equipment. Albrecht IV died of the disease. Ironically, many years later his son, Albrecht V, would take part in the campaign against Jevišovice in 1421, when the town was burned and the family castle destroyed.

— While the Dry Devil was away, Znojmo was taken by Jobst. The townspeople, exhausted by Hynek’s rule, opened the gates to him.

— The Dry Devil was deeply in debt — basically to all of Moravia. Seriously, he even owed money to King Wenceslas IV. Though not for long — Wenceslas had him imprisoned for it.

— After a prolonged illness, the Dry Devil died in 1408 at Rabštejn Castle.

— And if you were ever curious what his handwriting looked like — here it is. Big thanks to @emaralez for finding it. Найдено это было для её паблика «Индро вещает с кафедры»

References:

Miroslav Plaček, Peter Futák: Páni z Kunštátu. Rod erbu vrchních pruhů na cestě k trůnu.

Miroslav Plaček: Jevišovické hrady do konce 15. století.

Peter Futák: Páni z Kunštátu jako organizátoři bojových družin a pozdější husité.

[insufficientchill]

also i'm saying this like i don't keep starting it and getting distracted but i really do need to write erik being extremely tonguetied about how indescribably hot he finds istvan's curves and istvan being very smugly aware of it.

[insufficientchill]

thinking about a character who is explicitly a liar and manipulator is always so much fun. how much of istvan is 'real' and how much serves a purpose and does he know which is which??

[cloudyfacewithjam]

Jan Žižka  + 🤨 at Istvan & Erik

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (2025) dev. Warhorse Studios

[fenmi1]

[insufficientchill]

(so glad we are all thinking about exactly the same surviving pourpoint when looking at hans. for myself i’ll admit i was thinking specifically about its apparently shaping design: not just the padded/paddable chest but also the very close waist, which was perhaps intended to have a cinching effect.* i’m certainly not a historian of medieval dress but i AM someone with an interest in the history of the (constantly changing) ideal body and the efforts made to achieve it! codpieces, peasecods, padded calves, hit me up. notice, in the de blois pourpoint, that the buttons are round through the breast but flat down the stomach: a subtle echo of the desired silhouette. see below.)

*"...it nipped in at the waist and compressed the stomach, broadening across the chest to enlarge the torso." maximilien durand, "the pourpoint of charles de blois," in fashioning the body: an intimate history of the silhouette, ed. denis bruna (yale, 2015), 47.