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[aniquinade]

Once he was Dick Grayson, the flying son of acrobats. Once he was Robin, the light in the darkness. Once he was Nightwing, out to carve a path his own.

Once he was killed. Once he was risen, the unholy Gray Son, tainted by the Court of Gotham.

All this was once. All this is past. All this reborn in laughter, in the arms of a clown — who dared dance with death made flesh — a god of gold, the one called TALON.

WHAT IF FLASHPOINT HAD NEVER HAPPENED?

Calamity approaches upon the dark horizon. Not just for Gotham, not just for the New Earth, not just for this universe . . . but for all of reality itself.

This is only the Beginning.

This is the Blood of Mhor’thulyth.

Shared below is a comprehensive timeline depicting the world in which the Blood of Mhor’thulyth, my Talon AU, takes place; there is also a chart depicting some of the major character dynamics at present. Much still remains to be revealed, however — and shall be soon enough.

Trigger and Content Warnings:

Major Character Death

Mentions of Violence and Gore

Mentions of Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Sexual Abuse

Implications of Sexual Assault

Grooming

None of these topics are meant to be portrayed in a positive light; please read at your own discretion!

[a-groundwalker]

[g0ns]

posted this on twitter so might as well post it here too. ive been playing a lot of dragalia so here is a WIP of luca!!!!!

[aniquinade]

Meanwhile, in the cold, blank, endless white of the Mindscape shared by Talon and Dick . . .

A desperate plea falls upon ears unhearing.

[aniquinade]

A little over a year has passed since my old life ended, since I died and was reborn. The shadows remain, but only to give contrast to the light.

I am no longer a distaff impersonation of someone else. I’m me — more me than I have ever been. My life is my own. I embrace it, and the light, with a deep, continuing joy.

💚

It was just Barbara Gordon Day, so to celebrate I finally illustrated the version of Oracle in my upcoming fanfic (or fancomic, i’m debating between the two) that features her as one of the main protagonists! If you like the Birds of Prey, Babs and Cass as mother and daughter, never before seen takes on Talon!Dick, and character driven stories — or if you’ve ever wondered how Pre 52 canon might have continued had Flashpoint never happened — keep an eye out for more to come!

Babs is my favorite comic character of all time. The greatest to ever do it. I miss her more than anything, the version who was disabled and proud and happy with her life, always trying to look for the light; the personification of hope. I always loved that Oracle Year One was subtitled “Born of Hope” because it really captures who Barbara Gordon is, at her core and in her rebirth as Oracle both.

[aniquinade]

“Richard Grayson shall be slaughtered for the Great Darkness and reborn in undeath, not to forgive the sins of humanity . . . but to reap them.”

The death of the Gray Son of Gotham; the birth of the Dragon’s Talon.

[aniquinade]

A spiraling Dick Grayson held no true affection in his heart for the woman known as Harley Quinn. Yet the living death of his corpse — the one called Talon, oft wrathfully jealous — came to adore her as his Cupid.

It was with both of them, however, that Harleen Quinzel would ebb and flow in the lapping waves of her deepest emotions; the truest love . . . and the darkest loathing.

[aniquinade]

“Purposefully created without any developed cognitive ability, the talon called the Gray Son is almost docile, harmless . . . so long as it doesn’t have orders from its masters, or the Grandmaster, for a slaughter.”

Still on a Talon kick and currently thinking a lot about his Court era, so here’s a doodle of what he looked like whilst he served the Owls — before he decided to swim in an acid bath and run away with the circus!