#fenthick moss

[rosiewolfplays]

"Greatest villains" even though Fenthick's only crime was being too trusting, too dangerously naïve, who wanted to believe that Desther was what he said he was.

He was killed not for justice, but for vengeance. To appease a bloodthirsty mob.

And got thrown in a tomb meant for the worst betrayers.

Fuck this city.

[clouds-of-wings]

Boddyknock comments on Aribeth's betrayal and Fenthick's death

[jorvach]

Fenthick Moss.jpg Based on a joke on the Neverwinter Nighting discord server :D

He looks more like a Halfling, my art sucks, but in my defense I did this in about 10 minutes without any guides or tools sooooo...

[ci-trinitas]

My lovely pairing in Neverwinter Nights.

Fenthick Moss/Aribeth de Tylmarande

[depresanesfreetime]

Dear Distinguished Writer,

may this electronic letter aid you and inspire you as you are preparing to write a short story for me. I will tell you a bit about myself, the franchises I chose and the characters to give you a better picture of what I would like to read.

My name is Aneta; I am twenty-seven years old, Polish, a bit naive and a bit bitter. Over a year ago, I returned to playing video games and, disappointed in several events in them, started writing fanfiction. I want to forget about my repetitive work and conservative society; therefore, I play and write. In fiction, I look for adventure, strong friendship and likeable characters. I tend to skip narrative descriptions of places when I deem their length unnecessary. I also prefer exploring dark and serious themes by myself, so your task this October, November, and December is to bring me peace and joy.

Now, I will proceed to my requests and the fandoms I chose.

First, I chose Viconia DeVir from Baldur’s Gate because, in my strong opinion, game developers mistreated her as a character, missed several opportunities for her development, and even made her spoken lines inconsistent throughout campaigns.

Baldur’s Gate is set in a fictional, fantastic universe with Medieval-esque technology, magic, dozens of races and deities. I mention the iron crisis in my request; it is a plot propeller in the game, not necessarily required for your assignment. If you do decide to mention it, here is my explanation, without spoiling the game: for an unknown reason, the quality of iron worsened, which makes non-enchanted weaponry and armour break faster.

Viconia (a fanart) is a dark elf who escaped her homeland due to house wars and her conversion to another goddess. She begins as a proud and selfish person, unable to sympathize and ignorant to other customs. I really, really want her to change her ways, and I wish she experienced no persecution, unlike in the canon. She speaks in a dignified, elegant manner. I specifically noted in the request, “She is NOT in a relationship” because of the poor writing decisions on a scriptwriter’s part.

Second, I discovered that Revolutionary Girl Utena was nominated by a fan. While I abandoned Japanese animated media out of disappointment, I believe Utena is one of a few great works worth watching. I remembered that Anthy Himemiya (a screenshot) (set of gif files) and Wakaba Shinohara (set of screenshots) do not get along in both comics and the TV series because of their clashing personalities. I think the first two episodes, one-third of episode three and episode twelve will help you if you are not familiar with the franchise. In the comics, Wakaba and Anthy have a picnic and Wakaba freaks out over Anthy’s miniature monkey (Chu-chu), calling her an alien. It makes me cringe when I think about it.

I would like both of them to acknowledge their differences and accept them without hurting each other or forcing each other to change drastically. This request might be difficult due to Anthy’s complexity, which is revealed piece by piece throughout the series.

Third, I need a prequel short story for Neverwinter Nights, where Aribeth de Tylmarande (a picture) and Fenthick Moss (a picture) simply coexist. The game is set in the same universe as Baldur’s Gate except in a different city and four years later. Aribeth is a paladin and Fenthick is a cleric; they revere the same god, Tyr (he was partially based on Odin); they are in a relationship; their personalities are very paper-thin before the plot of the game affects them. From what I can gather, Fenthick is kind, gentle, helpful, and trustful; Aribeth is elegant and devoted to bringing justice. Let them be together. Let them enjoy their free time.

That would be all. Thank you for the time you have spent on reading my requests and will spend writing the stories for me.

Happy December,

Aneta

[phoenyx-rising]

I've been replaying the first Neverwinter Nights original campaign - trying out a cleric, and I miss my wizards and rogues - but I forgot how fucking Frustrating the end of the first part was. Spoilers and all for anyone who wants to play the game (and if you like dnd, then I do recommend the neverwinter nights series, they're 3rd and 3.5 editions, respectively, so a fun and easy way for newcomers to experience the older rules), BUT

what happened with Fenthick drives me up the wall. I wish there was an option to condemn Nasher and the city for their betrayal. Because at the end of the day, they betrayed him, not the other way around. They just wanted vengeance, not justice or reconstruction post a horrific plague. They didn't even care that Fenthick was innocent.

And fucking Aribeth? I hate that she was twisted into turning against her fiance, same as everyone else. It seems like a combination of poor writing to move the plot along, and at the same time the perfect depiction of the stereotypical lawful good paladin - and why rules as written alignments make no fucking sense, in any of the editions.

(A whole other tirade, which ultimately ends in me praising Planescape alignment systems, and cursing dnd and pathfinder)

If they had just added an option to condemn the city - we just saved them all, the entirety of Neverwinter owes their lives to us, our condemnation of their betrayal would hold a lot of weight - I would have been happier, even if I wasn't able to save Fenthick from being murdered by a lynch mob sanctioned by the head of the city and his own fucking fiance, but nope. Just gotta role with it cuz screw justice or rights.

I would like to go back to my shadows of undrentide/ hordes of the underdark wizard and blow stuff up again, please and thank you. That was fun.

[depresanesfreetime]

Questioning Fenthick’s death leads to questioning the law.

Alignments are a simplification, sure, but one can find a depth in them. No wonder Aribeth questions the decision on Fenthick’s punishment: she’s Lawful Good, while the execution was, in its nature, Lawful Neutral.

Fenthick could have been imprisoned for the rest of his life. He could have been doing physical labour for the city. No; he was hanged.

It doesn’t even make sense. Desther was the one who betrayed everyone. His people spread the plague. And somehow, his death wasn’t satisfactory enough?

Here’s a thing which I researched a year ago out of curiosity.

In the 1930s or 40s, the Polish martial court would punish a soldier for his crimes as long as they didn’t result from an order of a captain or anyone with a high rank. Whoever gave an order to commit a crime was punished.

Why wasn’t Fenthick pardoned? I assume he was interrogated. Was he brewing a poison or something? Did he participate in spreading the plague like the false helmites did?

We don’t know. Guilty by association and for the sake of drama.

[rosethourne]

Okay so I just did the Tomb Of The Betrayers quest in NWN2.

For the first time, somehow, though I know I've played past this part of the game a number of times. I guess I just skipped it? Or maybe I didn't explore the Temple of Tyr, so I didn't find Judge Oleff to get the quest.

Anyway oh my god.

The end of it, the reveal of the "Greatest Betrayer of All", broke my heart.

Completely and absolutely.

Fenthick Moss was not a traitor. He did not betray Neverwinter. He was innocent, despite the guilt he felt. He was wrongly hanged. And his death only brought more pain and devastation to the city.

...This is, by the way, the reason I've been absent lately - it, uhh... turns out that Neverwinter Nights 2 is a... rather distracting game.