[lightdevour]

welcome to #LIGHTDEVOUR, an independent, private, highly selective, headcanon based, and ... not always compliant (?) portrayal of THE ELKTAUR of netflix's centaurworld. exploring the concepts of selfless vs. selfish love, mortality vs. godhood, and the journey to regain the self. by knight ( he/him, 28+ ) 

this blog is not spoiler free!!!!!

"knight icb you picked up the muse before knowing he was vaguely ardyn / atlas / AND jekyll all in one" — tumblr user cosmacy

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[adagaium]

yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him ; he hath put him to grief : 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐓 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝙷𝙸𝚂 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐋 𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐒𝐈𝐍 , he shall see his seed , he shall prolong his days , & 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝                 — ISAIAH , 53:10 

                ARDYN IZUNIA OF FINAL FANTASY XV . heavy religious themes . by knight .

[lightdevour]

HEELLO SORRY MY BRAIN GEARSHIFTED augh why do i have No ability to focus, but hopefully i can make some Top Tier Elk Content again soon

[lightdevour]

helllo im here uwu

[hikitsugu]

don’t ship with me bc I will worship our ship and love on it every other second and when I’m not doing replies I will reblog things to fill our otp tag and I will message you lil things to reply to and cute headcanons and spine crippling anGST DONT DO IT I WARNED YOU

[tomatogremlin]

Me doing world building

[thesaltminesrph]

me: *gets a bad idea*

me: great idea

[lightdevour]

dang i should make a list of blogs i hop between so everyone KNOWS lmao 

@anamnaesis ( tyrias / granblue ) @deathburns ( bellion / seven deadly sins ) @fairhelios ( mael / seven deadly sins ) @hmrtia ( atlas / fullmetal alchemist ) @laputian ( muska / castle in the sky ) @lightdevour ( edlendír, the elktaur / centaurworld ) @wldwlf ( terry bogard / fatal fury )

and of course there are more but these are the ones i think i want to u kno FOCUS on for now ( and the ones with chrome splits for them ) so i’ll be doing things across those blogs in ... slow fashion bc i have a full time job

[wldwlf-deactivated20230116]

* 𝐇𝐄𝐘, 𝐂'𝐌𝐎𝐍, 𝐂'𝐌𝐎𝐍! ❜ — anyway, it’s me, knight, back at it with my absolute lack of self control, learning world lore like a maniac because sometimes that’s just what has to be done! so, here’s terry bogard of the fatal fury / king of fighters franchise! give this post a like or a reblog!

[lightdevour]

* tallula!

   ELKTAUR !

         She had kept her word.  really, her initial reason for visiting the market at the Rift Gate was to buy painting supplies  –  along with a little something for the bi-weekly talent shows held in Cat Valley.  maybe someday, Tallulah will bring her circle of feline friends with her so they can brag about out-of-valley goodies. 

         But not before she digs her claws into that tall glass of water with impressive antlers… wrow. 

         Painting supplies have since been bought & restocked, tucked away into violet mane for safe-keeping until she gets home.  though the feline is nervous whether the elktaur held any interest in her at all, the worst he can do is say no, right ?  better to try & know than to suffer in the Pining Zone !

         Tail puffs when a bell is suddenly rung, a worker calling for the afternoon break.  good !  so she did time it right !  now, Tallulah just has to find that elktaur of few words, & perhaps she’ll be heading home with high spirits !  her tail has since regained its sleekness, now waving about with anticipation as pointed ears listen for that gophertaur from before.

  ❝ excuse me,❞  she prods, claw tapping the shoulder of one of the workers ; evidently, the cattaur had interrupted his meal of mushy.. something.  

   ❝ i’m looking for an elktaur that works here, have you seen him ?  wears a fancy vest, a belt full of tools, & has stunning blue eyes ?❞

she came back! of course she came back. he’d recognize the violet coat anywhere — and to think they hadn’t even properly met! he hears her ask for him and good goose, he’s not ready for this, and yet — ! he’d have to be an idiot to not say anything. 

( when he’d returned to his herd that night, his friends had been certain something had changed. when they learned of his little crush, they urged him to take a break, maybe travel. “cat valley is nice in the summer,” othanil hummed as he took a seat not so far from where edlendír had chosen to ... well, sit and overthink things as always. “i’m sure you’ve earned some vacation time, y’know. guskin’s overworking you. if you want to go get the girl, take initiative!” )

so, he’d take initiative. the trip to cat valley seemed ... well, he didn’t really need to travel all that way, yet, considering that she was here. here, looking for him

❛ good afternoon, milady, ❜ he follows the words with a small bow — her name is tallulah, she said that the other day, right? ( the gophertaurs exchanged looks; clearly, there was no need to point the elktaur out, as he’d arrived as if he knew — of course he knew. so they gave him his space — goose only knew he’d probably need it — ) ❛ how may i help you? ❜ 

       nailed it. 

[itsaubreylmfao]

i have a PhD in getting myself into really bad situations 

[lightdevour]

this is how a legacy is made. in quiet suffering and gentle melancholy — and he should’ve told her how he felt. it would’ve been so much easier. it would’ve spared so many people from this. 

who lives, who dies, who tells your story? ❜  @warhcrse​ 

the elk has found a strange sort of comfort in the company of the war horse. even if she can’t change anything in the past, it hurts a little less. he feels less smothered and less fractured and they really do have so much in common — she would do anything for the people she loved most. even trapping herself in the endless abyss with him. she’s brave. ❛ ... i know what stories are told of me. ❜ they’re tragic tales. they’re told by those who managed to live when everyone else died. ❛ i think ... perhaps it would be best if i was forgotten. or, perhaps it’s that i’ve already forgotten myself. you know, i’ve been so used to being alone ... i never thought anyone would ask something like that. ❜ 

[civilizedancestors]

[fairhelios]

𝐈 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐔𝐏 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐋𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐘,  

                         𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐘 𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐍 !

𝚐𝚘𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚎𝚕 / 𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚊 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚜𝚞 𝚗𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚒 . 𝚋𝚢 𝚔𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 .

[lightdevour]

i could not pass up this shitpost which is also unfortunately very canon

[lightdevour]

AN ATTEMPT AT SOME SORT OF SENSIBLE TIMELINE FOR CENTAURWORLD ( with plenty of tolkien adjacent vibes )

no, none of this lines up with the human world nor should it. tldr the gist is ... centaurs age weird, everything is weird, we don’t know how time passes between centaurworld and the human world nor do i want to work that out. the shamans are basically the five deities of centaurworld and this place is way more intense than it seems right off the bat

THE FIRST AGE / AGE OF THE SHAMANS [lasting 600 years FA 1 - FA 600] 

FA 1

by the lore, the creation of centaurworld by methods that no one really knows. 

the first shamans come into being ( suntaur, moontaur )

the first centaurs are created 

FA 60

the tree shamans are planted as seeds

FA 80

the first elktaurs are created by the tree shamans

FA 177 

the whale shaman is created

FA 199

johnny teatime is created 

FA 302 

judge jacket is created

FA 509 

waterbaby is created

FA 600

the end of the first age. the suntaur and moontaur pass their power to the five shamans

THE SECOND AGE / AGE OF THE RIFTS [lasting 451 years SA 1 - SA 451]

SA 1

the rift between the worlds opens for the first time 

SA 323

caithiel is born

SA 440

rîniel is born 

SA 451 

end of the second age

THE THIRD AGE / AGE OF THE PLANET [lasting 532 years TA 1 - TA 532]

TA 1

the first beings from the human world pass through the rift into centaurworld

TA 160 

guskin the gophertaur is born

elior is born

TA 166 

airiwendë is born

TA 188 

malthathar is born

TA 193

edlendir is born 

othanil is born

TA 197

alalmië is born

TA 210

many alliances with human kingdoms are made

the city around the rift thrives

TA 230

edlendír meets and falls in love with the mysterious woman 

beartaur is born

TA 231

edlendír splits himself into the elk and the general by accident 

the general marries the mysterious woman

the general imprisons the elk

TA 241

the elk escapes and returns to the rift

TA 245

the first minotaurs are created

TA 246 

the elk turns fully into the nowhere king

the minotaurs lay waste to many human lands and centaur lands

the general and the nowhere king do battle

the mysterious woman destroys the key, trapping the nowhere king in the rift and closing the rift between the worlds 

the great war is placed on hold ... for a long time lmao

TA 340

the city around the rift floods

TA 477

zulius is born

TA 480

wammawink is born

glendale is born

TA 483

ched is born

malandrew is born

TA 485

durpleton is born

wammawink’s village is destroyed by remaining minotaur armies

the lost forest is created

TA 495

splendib is born

TA 528

horse enters centaurworld

[ centaurworld s1 ]

TA 530

horse and rider reunite 

horse accidentally frees the nowhere king

horse begins her recruitment campaign for a centaurworld army

[ centaurworld s2 ]

TA 532

the great war resumes 

[ s2 e8 ] 

end of the third age 

THE FOURTH AGE / AGE OF MORTALS [the current age, still going (post war) FO 1 - FO ???]

FO 1

the general dies. 

the nowhere king dies

the great war comes to an end

FO 4 

horse becomes the 6th shaman

rider begins to display magical traits 

durpleton begins rehabilitating minotaurs 

[lightdevour]

Maybe time passes differently in Centaurworld vs the human world? Also it's possible that there's some magic in effect keeping people from knowing about/remembering what the key does

honestly i'm willing to bet that's the case, time passing differently and also centaurs aging differently??? i've slapped together a very choppy tolkien-adjacent timeline so ... i guess that's that, but yeah