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I might be in the process of dusting off a certain older fic known as Here, Where We Intersect.
If you enjoyed it back in 2017/2018, I’ve added chapters!
Somehow, with each gap, I feel like I’m learning how to write words all over again. Go figure.
Start of work is here on AO3!
was working on this yesterday but didnt get around to coloring it until now OTL
DRAGONS DRAGONS DRAGONS YES I LOVE DRAGONS
Can you explain why you chose what colors you did for each dragon? Some seem self explanatory but others look like there’s thought put into them
so, i don't know if you're asking this knowing this or not, but for general knowledge anyway, this au is based off of a dnd offshoot universe called dragonlance! some of it is a little homebrewed on my end because dragonlance is pretty much my special interest of all time so i've had years and years to headcanon and shape the world to my whims etc, but the ten base dragon colors are preset from the world, i didn't invent them. that said the reasons can be boiled down as such:
grian is a half-brass half-red dragon because, first and foremost, color association; originally i had thought just to make him a brass dragon as brass dragons are characterized as loving jokes and laughter, but i thought adding the more architypally "evil" dragon in there would be somewhat befitting as well as make him more visually distinct. dnd dragon personality archetypes are also bullshit, mind you, but you get my point.
doc is a green dragon for... well, you know why. i don't really have to explain this one. stress is also a white dragon because of the s6 'ice queen' thing.
iskall is a brass dragon mainly because of the 'loves laughter' archetype, as well as being a fitting color for him visually, i thought. etho is an albino copper dragon as copper dragons are often characterized as enjoying pranks and practical jokes; i also thought having him be an unusual coloring as opposed to making him a white dragon from the get-go would help reinforce the aura of mystery that fanon etho (and arguably canon etho) often is associated with.
keralis is a black dragon mainly because i thought it would fit him visually. xb is the child of blue and bronze dragons, as bronze dragons live in aquatic environments and blue dragons, while usually found in the desert, also sometimes make their lairs on rocky coasts. i also thought it would be interesting visually.
cleo is mostly a bronze dragon for visual purposes as well. i waffled between that and a copper dragon, as copper dragons are heavily earth-aligned and i thought that might line up with her statue carvings, but i decided on bronze eventually due to the green secondary color that most adult bronze dragons possess to some degree.
xisuma is a gold dragon as gold dragons are characterized as being patient, knowledge-seeking, benevolent, and a list of other traits that i thought lined up with xisuma's character. they also eat a diet consisting mainly of pearls and other fine minerals and gems, which i thought was a funny nod to his bonemeal-eating bit from s9. evil x is a gold draconian - draconians being the stolen eggs of metallic dragons who were experimented on and corrupted for evil - who came from the same clutch as xisuma, making them brothers. i don't think i really need to explain the symbolism here.
pearl is a silver dragon as silver dragons are know to be the best fliers of all the dragon species and generally are associated with the sky, and, well, pearlescentmoon, etc. i also thought it was visually fitting.
i. think that's everyone i've drawn so far?
BIG plans by the way by the way. big big plans. biiiiig plans
The Darkness and The Light
“You fear the darkness, don't you, Lady Crysania?” his soft voice whispered dangerously. “You seek to snuff it out at all costs.”
Her gray eyes hardened. “There is nothing but evil within the darkness. The light of Paladine will scour the wicked from this world! I do not fear the darkness, Raistlin Majere,” she declared and snapped her head away from him, breaking his grip on her chin. “I stand in opposition of it!”
“You are a fool,” Raistlin said. “And you sound just like the Kingpriest.”
Excerpt from The Star and The Hourglass, part 1 of a Dragonlance Fanfic series on Ao3 Moodboard by me using pinterest finds and images of the gorgeous Elena Minina and the amazing Yaroslav Bayarunas, both actors in the Russian Musical The Last Trial
【龙枪au】The Observation Log of Dragon / 龙类观察日志（1）
我在今天有了一头龙，但还要收拾许久没回来的房间，明日再做记录。
Plus: 这头龙似乎难养且缺乏常识，掉下来的时候压断了我一根肋骨。
今日总算有些时间了，继续我上次记录。就像法术研究的报告论文或是实验记录总要写清楚思路来源或是背景知识一样，我在这里似乎也有必要介绍一下我试图研究龙的起源与如何得到龙的过程。
Plus: 其实严格来说这并不能叫做龙类观察日志，或许称它为保尔的观察日志更合适一点。这是因为我有且只有一头龙可作为观察对象，保尔是我给他起的名字，在观察样本数量唯一的情况下说是对龙类的观察记录有些过于偏颇且自大。但考虑到我以往使用的名称往往是坎德人的观察日志或者水沟矮人的日志，为了使它们的名称统一一点，我还是选择了这个并不合适的名字。
关于龙，精灵的历史记录以及儿时的长者们传唱的史诗使我知道它们并不是只存在于幻想之中，但在众神离开后，龙再也没出现在克莱因(Kyrnn)大陆上。自我因成为红袍法师而被西尔瓦涅斯蒂(Silvanesti)驱逐后，我就开始寻找龙的踪迹。寻找龙，一方面是为了治愈我在试炼中被龙炎灼烧而留下的毛病。虽然相比起其他法师在试炼中受到的伤害（比如红袍之首贾斯塔瑞斯(Justarius)的跛脚），我的畏寒实在算不得什么大毛病，既不影响行动，也不影响施法，更不会影响法术材料辨别。但畏寒使我很难使用弓箭，精灵往往拥有非凡的视力，这使我的很多同族都成为了一个出众的弓箭手，我曾经也是其中之一。但在我患上畏寒的毛病后，我的手在拉开弓弦后时常无法自控地颤抖，失去了精度的弓箭对我毫无意义。找到龙或许能使我我的畏寒症痊愈。另一方面则是为了满足我自己的求知欲，离开西尔瓦涅斯蒂后，我开始了自己的旅行，旅途中遇到的一些人事物被我写进了自己的观察记录中，比如上面提到的《水沟矮人的观察日志》等，随着我对其他事物了解得越多，我就越发觉得我对龙一无所知。从索拉尼亚(Solamnia)骑士传唱得歌谣到塔西斯(Tarsis)与帕兰萨斯(Palanthas)的图书馆再到韦雷斯(Wayreth)的法师塔(Tower of High Socery)中记录的信息，所有关于龙的记载或者传说都使龙身上笼罩的迷雾越发深厚，同时也使我更加想要追寻龙的存在。
今年一开始从北方就传来了有关龙与军队的传言，但似乎传言只是传言而已，我追寻传言的来源，找到了军队驻扎的痕迹，但并没有疑似龙的生物的痕迹。在今年秋天的一个夜晚，我抬头望向夜空中的星星，却发现夜空中存在两个空洞，代表塔克西斯(Queen od Darkness)与帕拉丁(God of Good)的星座在天空中消失了，仿佛意味着众神的重返。从那之后，有关龙与军队的传言变成了现实，索雷斯(Solace)已被焚毁，塔西斯(Tarsis)也随时有可能被黑暗女王的军队攻入。塔西斯城内的氛围变得越来越紧张，我当时已经在塔西斯图书馆记录好了需要的资料，再加上西尔瓦涅斯蒂(Silvanesti)也同样处在黑暗女王军队的威胁下，我决定返回西尔瓦涅斯蒂。
在返回西尔瓦涅斯蒂的途中，我思考着新得到的线索，可以控制龙的魔法物品，龙珠(Dragon Orb)。但想要寻找龙珠实在是太不现实了一点，伊斯塔(Istar)教皇的举动使得原本遍布阿萨隆大陆主要城市的法师塔只剩下了如今的位于韦雷斯(Wayreth)森林的法师塔，其他的不是被毁灭就是被诅咒，原本保存在法师塔中的龙珠大概也难以再找到。我原本是这么想的，却没料想到有一个龙珠就存放在西尔瓦涅斯蒂，在伊斯塔教皇想要毁灭法师塔时，被当时还是一个年轻白袍法师的月亮咏者(The Speaker of Moon)带了回来。
在我和月亮咏者“讨论”过后，他同意了把龙珠给我，作为交换，我需要借用龙珠召唤出来的龙保证西尔瓦那斯蒂不被黑暗所侵袭。月亮咏者是个固执的老人，一开始在我阐明利弊后并不愿意将龙珠交给我，固执地认为我是个别有居心的红袍，一定会对西尔瓦涅斯蒂造成损失。虽然在别有居心这一点上他并没有说错，但我认为如果由他来使用龙珠，他才是会对西尔瓦涅斯蒂造成伤害的那个精灵。月亮咏者，或者说劳里克(Lorac)虽然通过了试炼，但也被试炼吓破了胆，不敢继续追寻法术，我不认为这样一个胆小鬼能控制住龙珠而非被龙珠所控，这只会带来灾难。我认为将龙珠给我对我们双方来说都是一笔划算的交换，对我来说，如果我成功取得了龙珠的控制权，那么我能得到一条龙，西尔瓦涅斯蒂也会安全，如果失败了，那也不过是我提前去见吉利安(Gilean, Lord of Neutrality)而已，劳里克并不会有任何损失。
废话似乎有些过多了，我还是尽快将话题转到保尔的身上比较好。总之，很幸运的，是我控制了龙珠而不是龙珠控制了我，我要求龙珠为我召唤一条临近成年的幼龙以便于我的研究，然后保尔出现了。它来时掀起了风暴，地上的草叶被吹起，塔楼上的窗子在哐哐作响，甚至一些扎根在大地中超过百年的树木被吹歪。它巨大的身子把西尔瓦那斯蒂笼罩在阴影之下，当它向下飞来时光是半边翅膀就足以遮蔽住我的视野，这居然只是一条幼龙。它的眼睛是红色的，就像是火山岩浆或者是将要升起的红月努林塔瑞(Lunitari)，身躯则是火山岩一样的灰黑色。在我的召唤下，他向我飞来。在快要降落的时候，月亮咏者在塔楼里大喊让他离开，我突然意识到他如果降落下来，西尔瓦那斯蒂的建筑都会被他压垮。龙在半空中停滞了一下，似乎理解了我的想法，然后变成了类人形掉了下来被我接住，我的肋骨就是这么断掉的。总之我就这么有了一条龙。今天就到此为止。
Plus: 龙对我十分防备，看来龙珠的作用还是存在局限。
关于龙的外貌，或许很多人会被传奇故事的插图或是吟游诗人的描述所诱导，认为龙变成了人形也会在外貌上带有龙的特征，即使是我在知道休谟与银龙的故事后知道龙的人形是很难被发觉出不同的，但在潜意识中仍然认为龙化作了人形也会带有诸如龙鳞之类的特征。
关于龙的人形，保尔有着像日暮阳光一样倾泻下来的半长金色头发以及一对颜色宛如被云雾遮蔽了的索林那瑞(Solinari)的月光似的灰蓝色眼睛。比我稍矮一些，看起来像是个十五六岁的人类少年。穿着白色的衬衫和棕红色的裤子，膝盖下面是一双长靴。衬衫的领口和袖口上堆叠着几层宽大且凌乱的荷叶边，领口的系带没有系起，头发还算整洁，但灰紫色的发带被随意的塞在裤袋里露出一截，看起来像是曾经有人帮他精心打理过。
关于魔法，据说龙是一种天生就能够使用法术的生物，但我对龙类能够使用的法术并不清楚，能使用的法术是否会因为龙的具体种类有所变化，是否像人类或者精灵的法师一样对能使用的法术有所限制等的问题我一概不知，希望保尔能告诉我更多有关龙的事情。
Plus: 法师咒语往往极难背诵且容易忘记，就像指尖的细砂一样每时每刻都在试图从脑中溜走。当它们被使用过后细砂就会变成流水，不在法师的脑子里留下任何残余，直到法师重新记住这个咒语才能再次使用这个法术，可以说包括我在内的许多法师每天都需要花费大量时间在咒语背诵上。我很好奇龙的法术使用规则是什么样的。
我目前已知的保尔的法术唯有那个从龙转换成人的法术，保尔的法术在我看来十分成功，这需要涉及到形态转换以及大小转换等方面的操作。差别越大，转换难度也就越大。比如我在前面提到的保尔从龙形转变为人形的过程由法师来操作就需要涉及形态转换，大小转变等方面的魔法。目前我所知道的在这形态转换方面最为成功的是一个存放在韦雷斯(Wayreth)的法师塔(Tower of High Socery)的魔法戒指，被戴上之后，可以将人转化成老鼠。要类比的话，龙转化人大概相当于把巨鲸转化成了蜂鸟。据我推断，龙可能有超过一个的大脑和心脏，否则难以精准控制全身的运动，但我尚且不知道龙转变成人形之后的全身器官是否与人的器官一致。
虽然保尔的形态转换魔法用得十分成功，但他对人形并不熟悉。走路踉踉跄跄甚至左脚绊右脚以至于平地摔的情况都发生了好几次。以至于当时被掉下来的保尔被压断了大概一两根肋骨的我还得反过来扶着保尔进入塔楼。大概是塔楼的石制楼梯并不平整的原因，保尔在楼梯上踩空了几次，差点把我带得也摔下楼梯，所幸我并没有在这段路途中再摔断腿骨。不过我也许不该在这方面对他过于苛责，毕竟相比起我们在奎琳诺斯蒂(Qualinost)的亲戚，西尔瓦那斯蒂的精灵更喜欢将建筑与自然结合起来。在墙壁、楼梯或是扶手的任何一个角落都有可能出现一段树根亦或者是藤蔓就是这种偏好的体现之一。对于保尔这种以前或许没怎么使用过双腿走路的人来说，会摔倒实在是再正常不过了，即使是我以前也在这里摔过不少次。
关于名字，虽然我在观察日志中一开始就将龙称作保尔，但他真正的名字并不是保尔，或者说保尔只能算是他的通用名(Common Name)。据我推断，龙大概有两个名字，一个是龙之间互相称呼使用的名字，大概是他们龙族里面互相称呼的名字，另一个则是用于与其他种族比如人类或者精灵交流时所用的通用名（common name）。在我询问他的名字的时候，他犹豫了一下结果什么也没说。我当时以为他没有名字，想给他取一个名字。他听了我的想法后，只说他有自己的名字，但是还没有通用名，我可以给他取一个通用名。下意识的，我把我以前的名字“保尔.魏尔伦”的名字赋予了他。我在前面提到过，我因成为了红袍法师而被西尔瓦那斯蒂所驱逐，以前的名字也因此弃用。或许因为这是我曾经最为熟悉的名字吧，以至于在他说我可以给他取一个通用名的时候我脑海里第一时间浮现的就是这个名字。
大概是外貌和名字的关系，我越来越无法把保尔单纯的看作龙，而更多的把他看作了学生和同伴。保尔无论是外形或者想法都跟人类或者精灵没什么区别，非要说有什么不同的话，保尔大概是因为缺乏经验的原因在一些地方显得更加笨拙一点。或许是因为过于相像的原因，我没法纯粹只把保尔当作龙。我曾问过保尔为什么龙的人形与人并没有什么区别？保尔似乎是对我的问题感到困惑，只是说：“就是因为像才叫做人形啊，不然就不叫人形了。”其实我一开始是想问为什么龙的人形没有鳞片或者什么龙的特征留下的，就像传奇故事的插图里面一样，不过这并不重要。
其实这很合理，龙才是它们真正的形态，无论是人类还是精灵的形态对他们来说都是伪装而非真正形态，如果不相似的话伪装也不存在意义了。不过我还是很希望他能有些鳞片或者角能让我看到，就像我们那些住在血海(Blood Sea)的长着鱼尾巴的远亲海精灵(Sea Elf)一样，那种情形光是想想就觉得十分可爱。
在我离开阿萨隆大陆旅行时遇到的东方术士曾告诉我名字是最短的咒语，只要知道了一个人的名字，就可以对他进行施法，同时，交换名字也意味着两个人被一种叫做"缘"的东西联系起来了。而我把我的旧名字赋予了保尔，或许这正如术士所说，名字把我们联系了起来，使我无法再以平常心对待保尔。
保尔看起来似乎对西尔瓦涅斯蒂有些厌烦了，先前提到过我断掉的肋骨，我打算等休养好后与保尔一同离开西尔瓦涅斯蒂，我想先去卡加涅斯蒂(Kaganesti)看看我那些逃离故土的同族，之后或许会在帕兰萨斯(Palanthas)定居一段时间。我在那里还有一栋房子，离开时家具并没有卖出，应该不用花多少力气就能入住。保尔的外貌或许是个问题，先前提到了保尔现在的外貌是个十五六岁的人类少年，正常的人类少年在这段时间应该是外貌变化最快的时段之一。但保尔是一条龙，或许需要几十年才会跨过这个阶段，要是过了好几年他的外貌还没有任何变化被人问起来了要如何解释也是一个问题。
今天跟保尔提起了我的计划，保尔主动说起我之前觉得为难的外貌问题，他说自己可以变成精灵的样子，这样外貌即使多年未变也不会引起疑心。接下来可以好好计划离开的事情了，保尔奇怪的语言习惯与匮乏的常识在外面很容易被人注意到，现在还是战争时期，太过引人注意终究不大好。
Plus: 我大概可以把这看作保尔对我防备减轻的信号？保尔看起来似乎很不喜欢龙珠，大概是讨厌被人控制的感觉，离开时还是把龙珠留在西尔瓦涅斯蒂吧。
Making a AU of Dragonlance.
Actually I want to make a short comic at first, but I got some trouble when I color it, I almost want to give it up after the first one (It looks strange). So I make a try on it, that’s why the color seems different form one to one. Foe me, I am more prefer the color of the second last.
Dragonlance AU
I’m in fandom hell pls help.
Hear me out, this might get a bit rambling and a bit long but that’s okay.
So, instead of accepting Fistandantilus’s deal, Raistlin maybe doesn’t even meet Fistandantilus? I dunno. Nonetheless, the whole deal thing doesn’t happen.
Raistlin manages to not kill Caramon, though it was a very near thing, because even though Raistlin is filled with fear, and is delirious from pain and overusing his magic, that’s still Caramon there, no matter how much white-hot rage consumes Raistlin over the mere thought of Caramon using magic.
Raistlin knows keep down Caramon doesn’t even have the ability, much less the know-how of how to cast spells at any level at all. This burst of logic, as fragile or spur-of-the-moment it is, it’s what saves Raistlin from using what energy he has left against someone he ultimately knows only cares for him.
Anyway. Test is done, Raistlin lives by the skin of his teeth (maybe technically he did die once or twice while recovering but he survived the actual testing part so he passed), and still gets the red robes.
During the course of the Test, Raistlin inhales, or is cursed with or something, with his crappy lungs. It isn’t Fistandantilus, just another (his hair did turn white from shock) mark of how brutal the Test is and how lucky Raistlin was to survive, especially at his age.
Par-Salian tries to convince the other mages that Raistlin should be given the Eyes of Raelana, but Ladonna and Justarius disagree. Eventually, Par-Salian gives up on the idea.
Now, the mental image I can’t get out of my head is this:
Justarius is crippled in his left leg, also because of events that occurred during his Test. And Raistlin is chronically ill for the same reason.
Imagine, Par-Salian and Ladonna bringing in a newly-tested mages into the library, where Raistlin and Justarius are. They have a huge speech about how the mages should be lucky because they could have come away from the Test so much more worse off than they did, and how they should be very respectful of the Test and to expect that not everyone is physically ‘whole’ and blahblahblah.
The new mages just look at the pair super confused until Ladonna and Par-Salian turn around to see Raistlin and Justarius looking fine. Since they both wear red robes, Justarius can cleverly hide his walking-stick behind Raistlin and it not look to weird because what are mages sleeves. While yes, Raistlin has the Staff of Magius clutched in his grasp, he isn’t actively leaning on it or anything so all the new mages see is two relatively alright looking individuals, one of whom is the Head of the Red Robes, who are both glaring at Ladonna and Par-Salian with righteous fury because they don’t want anyone’s pity, and they do not want to be used as examples for any of the points that Par-Salian and Ladonna brought up because these are things the mages should have known about before they even took the Test.
The whole scenario is just absurd, and even though it’s a library and quiet is a must, it takes only one mage (behind Raistlin and Justarius who can see how the pair are trying to keep appearances but can see Justarius’s leg beginning to cramp up because he shouldn’t be putting as much weight on it as he is. Meanwhile Raistlin’s shoulders are beginning to jerk a little, clearly fighting off a coughing fit), to start laughing.
Then, Raistlin loses it because this is utterly ridiculous, and the laugh turns into a terrible coughing fit that bends him almost double, leaning heavily on the staff. This of course upsets Justarius’s balance, which makes him stumble, and mutter.
This whole stupid thing breaks the ice a little and that gets some of the new mages going, and before you know it even Par-Salian is chuckling while Ladonna is staring up at the roof while begging Nuitari to stop this idiocy.
