Selena I imagine would have the most “average” teeth set, considering Light Dragons seem like they’d be a relatively omnivorous species of Dragon. Though, I imagine Light Dragons would still be better suited to eating meat than plants so I gave her two sets canines.
For Blake (this’ll be the same for Davis too) I took inspiration from bird “teeth” (birds dont have “teeth” in the usual sense, rather, some birds have ridges on their beak to help filter food from water n stuff), so most of the teeth are very sharp, I actually considered giving Blake more, smaller teeth but I chose not to (for now). This was mainly cause I imagine Sky Type Dragons to be more bird like, and thus adapted similar traits to real airborne species.
Vipers teeth set will more than likely change because I wasn’t looking too much at snake teeth, but I feel like they should be more like that after draw it so woopsies. Anywho, since snakes don’t really chew their meals, and are carnivorous, I decided to not give Vipers any molars, only one set of premolars since, well, he’s still a human after all. He’s got one set large fangs (though, again, this might change) on his upper jaw with a set of canine-incisors (not a real type of tooth as far as I’m aware!) for better piercing.
For Mario I decided to only give one set of canines, like a normal person lol, with a whopping 4 sets of molars!! This is largely due to how I imagine Earth Dragons to be physically, mostly herbivorous alongside literal rocks lol — you don’t really need teeth for piercing when the majority of your diet requires crushing and grinding lol. I still chose to give him a set of canines, cause ultimately Mario is still a human yanno.
I have ideas for the rest of the DS too, I’ll draw those when I get the chance, I just wanted to share these now.
You should’ve known better, Mael, to not summon such a creature.
(Context below!)
Ok ok ok, I was thinking about Allumos's ability to 'haunt' a single person of its choosing (typically the guild leader) and I wanted to add some sense to it.
There is an incantation — incredibly old, so old it's written in Old Leo's Tongue — that the guild leader of Grimshade can cast that will allow Allumos to access the Mortal Plane in Spirit form. This spell is ONLY cast when the guild leader is in need of great guidance or help; It's a kind of precursor to the full on possession that was going to happen to Mael until, well, Pádraig came along.
Mael, facing everything that was happening in s4, decided to try use the spell to seek help from the First Grimshade Guild Master. However, when he performed it, it seemed like nothing had happened. Frustrated, Mael assumed he had cast it wrong — he barely spoke his native Tongue, he surely couldn't be expected to speak that language fluidly — and went back to the Guild Hall to figure something else out.
please yap about your aus please, I have been obsessed with your fairy tail origins stuff since I found it
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Ok ok ok so I have 917482919 thoughts going through my head a minute so I wasn't sure what exactly to speak about here so I just decided to give general plot points of my Evil!Allumos AU and my Dragon!Dragon Slayers AU, as well as write out some changes I'm making in my rewrite! Hope that's alright anon :3333333 ALSO FEEL FREE TO ASK ABOUT MORE STUFF I LOVE TO YAP GENUINELY IM SUCH A TALKER!!!!!
[OK IM ABOUT AN HOUR INTO WRITING THIS AND I NEED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THIS ENDED UP BEING SOOOO LONG AND IM NOT EVEN FINISHED YET. I REALLY DID YAP LOL SORRY]
Evil!Allumos AU 🩸✨🐉
I've made a few posts about this AU outlining the origins, but tbh they're a little outdated to my current perception of the storyline.
To be as succinct as humanly possible: the AU follows the 'what if' idea of "what if Allumos was a villain who believed in Dragon Slayer supremecy?"
The changes begin during s4, when Allumos first possesses Patrick|Pádraig; instead of working together with him and Michael|Melanthios, however, Allumos decided to take full control of the body, effectively erasing Pádraig from existence. Upon doing so, he catches Melanthios off guard — who's incredibly drained of Magic from the transfer — and snaps his neck. Now, no one will ever even know of how Allumos came to be, nor any potential weaknesses it'd have from their stay in the Lacrima. From there, the general ending of s4 stays the same, as Allumos still needs to track down the missing Celestial Spirit to regain full power, which takes a lot of time. In this process, Eden is killed. Unsure whether or not Devin|Zoilos will be killed here too, still deciding that. Also, unlike in my rewrite, Viper gets his eyes clawed out by Bren in this AU; Allumos finds a mortally injured Viper and, with his Magic back to full capacity, decides to "heal" him. For a price. A very, very hefty price.
They go off together for a year, that stays the same, Viper still needs to heal his other wounds and Allumos needs to train its new body. After that, entering the s5 timeline, things get.... Gorey.
They arrive in Atlantide a little later in this AU. It starts with Colin, seeing Viper back, with their eyes miraculously healed, at the hands of this strange... Thing. Colin was confused but when Viper explained who Allumos was, and that he was on their side, Colin was happy to follow along. With Melanthios already killed, Allumos is somewhat unsurprised that the Grimshade Guildhall fell to ruin, however he would still like to track down every last Grimshade member and kill them for allowing it to happen. Colin, thankfully, is spared from Allumos's fury, for now. Allumos made their plans clear, he wants to bring the Dragon Slayers together! How sweet. How truly sweet.
Next it's Bryan|Bryttanos. Viper and Colin told Allumos about the Fire Dragon Slayer who lives among The Protectors. And Allumos just simply had to meet him. Unfortunately that Cat got a little in the way. So Allumos did what any citizen would, when the cat turned its back, he cut off its head. Simply and easy, nice and clean — Allumos is sure he didn't feel a thing! From there Allumos got to meet Bryttanos, the splattered blood on it definitely ruined the mood, but upon a little convincing, Bryttanos was happy to walk with Allumos.
It was beginning to become clear... Allumos had more plans than he let on, but when Colin and Bryttanos asked Viper, it seemed as if it was unable to speak, always covering his eyes.
Then came Divinus Magia, Bryttanos had mentioned and Earth Dragons Slayer resided there, though Allumos smelled another. Word had begun to spread about the attack on the Protectors, 'Four dead, two live to tell the tale', Allumos called the reporters "dramatic". So when Allumos, Viper, Colin and Bryttanos arrive at Divinus's beach, a fight occurs. A deadly, bloody fight — two die. Divinus loses, and their Dragon Slayers, though quite resistant, join them.
Mario fought well, but his collar bone and right arm were shattered from it, Blake being in a similar broken state. But Allumos was so kind to heal them! So very kind....
Seek|Selena mistakenly came across the group, and was immediately brought along with them. Davis, hearing the rumours of a Ghoul 'collecting' Dragon Slayers, hid for as long as possible, but one can only hide their smell for so long...
Okay so I could go on, and in another post I might, but from there on out it gets,,, like it's just torture lmao so I'll leave it there haha, don't want this entire post to be about it!
Dragon!Dragon Slayers AU 🐉💎👑
I've talked a lot more about this AU admittedly, mainly in old artposts, but here's a general updated plot!
Background: 4000 years ago, the world was ruled by a tyrannical Dragon King, Allumos. It was a cruel King, and there was no room for Dragons to step out of line, unless they wanted to die. Thus, a resistance arose, led by the Dragons Aerthus, Mitch, Davis and Zata; aided by the few Human warriors who could possess Magic: Michael, Ritchie, Brandon, Bren, Lo'Pho, Bri, Silver and Reaper. After years of fighting, many lives were lost, but they achieved their goal; the King could not be killed, his Magic forbade it, so they shattered him into parts that would be hidden away, protected, never allowed to join again. His Soul was sealed away into a Lacrima, Their Body drowned, Its Magic scattered across the Sky. The only part that was ever "guarded" — to avoid suspicion — was the King's soul, as it had been proven that even trapped with such strong Magic, it still had influence over the Mortal World. Michael was set to watch over the Lacrima containing its Soul, enchanted to never age again, to be bound to the Temple built to house the Lacrima.
Most of the Mages were lost to the War, but many of the Dragons survived, even if it was just for a little longer. Enough time had passed for Aerthus to have her son, Mario, and teach him of the War, what must never be repeated. Mitch, now Viper, and Davis went into hiding, and supposedly Zata had a child, but he was never seen again. Michael, continued to watch over Mario when Aerthus passed suddenly, and further aided in developing the new hierarchical structure the New Dragons would follow, being the only living being to still remember the time of the Dragon King, and able to tell the tale. Eventually the system of 'Lords' was set up, a powerful Dragon leading a key part of Nature: Earth, Ocean, Spirit and Sky. Mario led Earth, Ocean's leaders were fickle and ever changing, though a Dragon by the name of Pelagia is in rule during the main plot of the AU, Mori led Spirit, and Blake led Sky. However, due to Mario's proximity to Aerthus, the unofficial Leader of the resistance, Mario was dubbed the Dragon King. He rejects this title, fearful that he will fall prey to greed and power.
In the span of these 4000 years, the Dragon King's Lacrima that Michael watches over has grown in power, somehow. Assistance was needed by the Dragon Lords to help reseal the mysterious cracks that would form, despite no one being there to crack it. Michael was hesitant to ask for assistance however, as most of the Dragon Lords had... Opposing ideas for what to do with it: Mario wished to just leave it be, he'd get jittery whenever they even entered the King's Temple; Pelagia and Mori were of the same opinion, to simply destroy the Lacrima, hopefully ridding of the King's Soul entirely in the process; only Blake actually read Michael's letters and offered to help the way he wanted it to be done. The issue with this was... Every time she helped seal the cracks, a little more of them slipped away, something happened whenever it sealed those cracks that Michael couldn't see. And he didn't know how to fix it, so eventually he stopped sending letters for his help unless it was absolutely necessary. This meant, unfortunately, that Michael would have to perform minor versions of the resealing spell himself, except as a Human, he couldn't create as much Magic as a Dragon, even being the powerful Mage he was. This overuse of Magic eventually began to affect his health and his mind, but unable to simply die or go fully crazy due to the binding spell, Michael held on.
Until one day, Allumos stood there before him, in spirit form, and Michael knew that it was the end, and he could only hope the Dragon Lords would not repeat their mistakes.
Gosh I LOVE this AU so much lmao, like I know I made it but I have SO MANY BRAIN WORMS ABOUT IT!!!!!! Genuinely might make some more text posts about it when I get the chance because MMMM delicious world building and such.
FTO: Derecho AU/Rewrite: 🏛️🪽🌌
My rewrite 🥹🥹 I love this it's my baby... This is kinda just me yapping about stuff I'm changing because,, well,, I know I definitely have a focus in my posts but generally speaking my rewrite will try and shine a light on every character within s4 and s5 (mainly s5)
To get the BIG changes out of the way:
World Building
There are Twelve Regions in this world, which is known as Earthland, all of which are 'owned' or looked after by a Patron Celestial Spirit, specifically those of the Zodiac. Each Region has city-states, counties, what have you, but they are all under the one Zodiac Spirit. Atlantide is a city-state within Leo, and is considered the Magical Capital of the world, besides Pisces.
The year of s4 taking place is 1001, and s5 takes place in 1003. I've mentioned it in this timeline post [link], but after the Dragon War, the calendar was set to zero to mark the New Era.
My pantheon will revolve around the Celestial Spirit system; God's are essentially Celestial Spirits, all of which are ruled by the Celestial Spirit King. Yes, that means Ankhseram, Galrin and Kasathar are all essentially Celestial Spirits, just having a specific domain. Celestial Spirits = Gods, Gods = Celestial Spirits. The only difference is that Gods do not have a Constellation to be tied to, whereas Celestial Spirits do.
I will be adding a lot more festivals and events within my rewrite, however that's still a work in progress unfortunately lol
Atlantide is specifically based on Athenian culture c. The Golden Age (~400 B.C.E.) but broadly the Leo Region is based on Greek culture in general, I may include another city-state inspired by Sparta, who knows!
While Atlantidian culture is based on Ancient Athens, it is quite far past it developmentally, that being said modern technology doesn't exist, they are about in the printing press era, not any further. Magic existing makes it quite hard to really say how far along they are, because in some ways they are relatively "modern" and in others they are not.
Other Languages Exist lol, occasionally I will have a character (likely just Allumos) speak (Ancient) Greek, which is referred to as Old Leo's Tongue; Others will speak their Regional language too, e.g. Blake speaks the in-world equivalent of Japanese, a county variant of Cancer's Tongue. I've made a post about some characters and their languages before [link].
The architecture of the guild halls will be different! It doesn't really make sense to me that the City of Atlantide follows Greek architecture however the guild halls .. don't, so now they will!
I couldn't really put this in any other section but,, I've been working on new guild marks for ALL of the guilds, they're too complicated ok 😭 I need to draw this shit I'm gonna make it easier on myself.
On that ^ note, Guild leaders always wear their guild mark on their shoulder, typically their left, and second-in-commands will typically wear it on their right shoulder. Guild members always wear it on their hands. Members are free to wear their digil on other parts of their body/clothing as well if they wish to do so.
There is a new guild in my rewrite! It's called Sodalitas Hermetis, it's a messenger guild! I'll post more about them when I get the chance to, but I've already posted about its guild master, The Courier, a couple times before! :3
The Grand Magic Games will be a lot more Olympics-ish, as opposed to just a one-on-one fight. There will be several events that test endurance, strength, agility, compassion (!), etc; the fights are the last, but main event!
The Grand Magic Council is one of three branches of law in Atlantide, the other two being The Grand Judicial Council and The Grand Elective Council. Each watch over different parts of Atlantide; the GMC moderates specifically Mages and Magic usage, the GJC carries out punishment and enforces the law, and the GEC creates the laws, acts and schemes, while also updating old ones. They work both independently and with each other.
A law was put in place after one too many irresponsible guild masters, but you have to be at least S Class and the age of 25 to be qualifiable as a guild leader.
Celestial Magic is the Parent Magic, it birthed every Magic Type and Form we see in the series. The Magic Types are:
Sun
Sky
Moon
Nature
Spirit
Arc of Embodiment
Chance
Requip
Each of these have further Forms, which are essentially subgroups of that Type:
Light
Fire
Combustion
Storm
Air
Lightning
Electricity
Mist
Plant
Poison
Earth
Metal
Ice
Rain
Life
Death
Shadow
Mind
Time
Dice (aka luck)
Dance
Song
AoE: Illusions
AoE: Weapons
AoE: Imagination
AoE: Takeover
Word
R: The Archer
R: The Sniper
As a few examples (this list is Non-Exhaustive!). Magic Forms can be derived from either one singular Type that was honed in on, or it can be a combination (e.g. Electricity is Sun and Sky).
Plot / Timeline
The s4 plots mostly stay the same (for now), but for s5 there are several changes
I'm generally unsure about the canon timeline, however in my rewrite s5 takes place over the course of a year.
The introductions/arrivals of characters happen at about Spring/Summer.
The GMG always takes place in early Autumn, unless there is a major event preventing it from happening. It takes place over a week.
Future Ritchie happens two days after the GMG, and the attack lasts a total of five days. In this, a good portion of Main Atlantide is destroyed.
It's a month in-between Future Ritchie happening and the trip to Salode; Salode no longer takes three months away from Divinus Magia, what was three days there is still three days in Earthland. Allumos making a sort of deal with the Celestial Spirit King is the reason they made it back.
The Dragon War happens with Every Dragon Slayer. This was a big frustration of mine about the series, it was played up and most of the DS didn't even get to go. So yeah, two days after the trip to Salode, ALL of the Dragon Slayers head to Draconis (might change that name lol) to fight in the war. This took three weeks.
Two months after the Dragon War, it is now Spring, and also S Class Trial time! We all know what happens here:)
Now, a week after the S Class Trials Abraham does still attack Atlantide in my rewrite, but it doesn't go as planned; Allumos is not sealed away (AGAIN.) and Abraham doesn't take it over. Unfortunately Abraham timed it a Little wrong. This plot point is a WIP because I still need to watch the Abraham POV to understand him better.
From here on out, it's no man's land! Fairy Tail Nexus does Not apply to my rewrite due to the many changes I've made, once I've posted more about the main plot points, I might delve into what happens in the future too:3
Character Changes
This section is mainly minor character (arc focused) changes I've made that largely do not affect the main plot.
Grimshade
I've kinda mentioned/alluded to this in both this post and a previous one [link], but Allumos is the cause of Viper losing his eyes in my rewrite; this, of course, means they are very normal about each other and definitely like each other thumbs up.
I've mentioned in my Grimshade mini profiles [link], but Bren and Lily return to Grimshade to work alongside them.
Allumos and Marshie|Menodora do not get together.
There is a new (OC) member, their name is Itzel Alair (they/he), I've yet to add him to the mini profiles since they're still a WIP, but yay! OC time! His Magic is Arc of Embodiment: Illusions!
I've made quite a few name changes for Grimshade. [Link]. I have my own reasons for these changes but it was mainly just for fun!
Allumos is 1025/26 in my rewrite, instead of 400, because 400 years is really just not that long of a time lmao.
Jericho still flirts with everyone, but he never gets in any relationships.
Menodora discovers the whole ⅓ Devil thing a bit earlier on in my rewrite.
Allumos gets its own body after Salode, however.... It's essentially a doll [link]. Also he is now technically fully owned by the Celestial Spirit King. Fun.
Davis|Damokles joins Grimshade a little earlier in my rewrite, like, Just after the GMG takes place.
Allumos is so incredibly mentally ill in my rewrite,,, like just being clear that will be a big theme for them, recovering from his immense C-PTSD. I've mentioned it here [link], but the series itself does a disservice to complex mental health disorders that I intend to fix.
A lot of Viper's plot points and arc is still the same, just further emphasis on how he was forced to become what they did due to circumstances.
Selena doesn't die you can pry her from my cold dead hands.
On that ^ note, s5 Selena and s4 Seek are actually brother and sister. Seek is the brother Selena lost at the beginning of s5, interpret that how you will:3.
Divinus Magia
I've made Brandon and Ritchie a bit older (33). I changed a lot of the cast's ages actually, feel free to take a look at the mini profiles if you're curious.
Brandon is transfem!! She begins her transition after getting back from Devil's Tongue.
^ She always kind of knew but unfortunately,,, she was seriously suppressing it lol, it was only after she encountered her Earthland Counterpart that she actually came to terms with it, however she couldn't really do much considering. Jonathan.
When David|Dà Wěi and Lucas|Pelias got back from the Devil Book, they did not meet Blake.
It was two days after Tapio was killed that Ritchie returned and apologised, he missed Tapio's impromptu funeral however.
Ritchie killed Tapio BEFORE Dà Wěi and Pelias arrived back to Divinus! Like two weeks prior.
Blake was in Devil's Tongue for a little over three weeks, almost a month. Torture central is all I'll say. Because of this Blake and Plant|Echeveria actually met each other there! So afterwards they kind of knew and stuck by each other.
Blake unintentionally saved Kit while in DT, which led to Kit bringing Blake along back to Divinus Magia.
Inmo did NOT sell their boat aren't we all so fucking happy.
I want Lara and Fuarn to play a little more of an impactful role within the plots pertaining to Divinus (especially through Divinus Deliveries). I like them a lot.
Pelias' arc with Abraham will be tweaked a little, however it's still a WIP.
After the S Class Trials, Ritchie isn't dead! However uh,,, he's not exactly alive either...
The fact that Inmo and Mori being brothers rarely comes up is CRIMINAL, I will be going into this a little more!
Mario|Malik, my dear, will get more narrative importance I promy.
Devin|Demitri/Delphi (still debating that name change AHH) the fandom did you so dirty. That is a grown adult and will be treated as such. Also making Demitri genderfluid I think it suits them.
The Protectors
Straight off the bat, Tiffy and Selene are being moved to The Protectors, there's too many Divinus Members gosh dammit! The situation in which they were found is still pretty much the same.
Nixilis being a literal Devil and no one realising is incredibly funny to me, so that will be emphasised a little for comedic effect lol
Brick!!!!! Will be explored a little more!! In my rewrite he's got a whole thing going on with discovering he's. A fucking púca possessing a gargoyle so yeah fun times.
Mania is a little more fucked up, surviving a war all their life and just coming to this new world that supposedly never had one (it did but it doesn't know that) kinda. Kinda made it go a little mad. She's still Mania just a little more.... Distant
Jakey|Ephemeris..... Oh boy! I still need to watch his POV to get a good grasp on everything, but I will be nerfing Phemi a lot within the series. Unrestricted Time Magic doesn't go over too well with the Celestial Spirits...
Lo'Pho will also get nerfed a little, primarily through nerfing Ankhseram, because when that guy was being built up as a character it was when lore wasn't a big thing in the creators' minds so they were just kinda fucking around, making Lo'Pho SUPER OP. Canonically Lo'Pho has Ligh, Life and Death God Slayer Magic, this will be brought down to just Life and Death — with a LOT of drawbacks.
I want to give Kay a bit more of a personality — don't get me wrong she's BRILLIANT within the series but it does kinda feel like she's just there to help the men, make cookies and thirst after guys at times which is. Eh.
Eliore my lovely, will also get more plot relevance, cannot believe he didn't have stronger ties with Jericho and Allumos, despite being literally raised by Leo.
Iris likely won't get a ton more plot relevant, however she will get a little more focus, cause I like her a lot hehe.
Bryan|Bryttanos's damn mental health will be considered LMAO s5 did you so dirty ohml..
Just in general I will try to give The Protectors a bit more narrative importance, they had A LOT of their own stuff going on however a lot of it wasn't really "main plot" stuff which I think is kinda sucky!! So yeah I wanna even out the focus.
Also Bryttanos is officially loaded within my rewrite, and a big reason as to why The Protectors can give out so many loans lmao.
I've mentioned her in this post [link] but I've also added an OC for the Protectors too! His name is Anthy, feel free to read about her:3.
La Carnival
Once again, something I've mentioned, but Jazz|Ivo being like. Actually clinically insane will be something I actually delve into in my rewrite. I'm big into Taking Mental Health Seriously and unfortunately with all the IRL stuff happening to do with Jazz's CC, the series never got to fully explore his psyche, if it even would've.
Flurry,,,,, is also not doing too mentally well, via codependency, so that'll also be looked into.
Flurry is also a changeling within my rewrite, and she uses her Dice Magic to cope with not being able to control that part of herself, which is why she shapeshifts depending on the dice role. It's more like age regression than anything else
Cecil became Bryan in canon I'm not even lying lmao. Cecil will, in fact, keep his name after he becomes a Spirit because what the fuck.
The fact that Flurry basically bribed a lot of the members to be there just so La Carnival could be taken seriously in the GMG,,,, yeah that's pretty fucking interesting.
Yamitzu!! Who are you!!!! I want this man to have a full proper backstory PLEASE AND THANK YOU.
I always thought Basil was pretty cool, having poison-plant Magic, I think it'd be fun if Viper somehow ended up kinda being xer mentor lol
Juno is so interesting to me I seriously need to watch more of Flurry's POV to understand more about her, but she's an elf with AoE: Weapons Magic and I think that's awesome.
Phil,,,,, they did you so. Fucking. Dirty. Oh. My. God. One of the few Black characters and he's called an orange (by Flurry during her 1 dice role). Gross gross gross I refuse to allow that to happen in my rewrite.
La Carnival also gets an OC, their name is Citlali, a huge WIP, but they have Water Magic and are super cooolll.
Okay,,, so that was,,, a lot . And it's not even everything my lord ohmygod. IVE LITERALLY ONLY SCRATCHED THE SURFACE OF EVERYTHING I HAVE PLANNED. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Ahem ahem,,,, I hope you enjoyed my yapping Anon, and that I sufficiently entertained you throughout (even if some of the world building bits may be a bit boring LOL). Overall I think this took me about,,, 3 hours to fully write out? I kinda took my time ngl lol. This is probably the longest lore-dump I've made so far jeez...
Anyways THANK YOU ANON 💜💜💜💜💜 I love when people ask me about stuff and give me an excuse to yap seriously thank you!!!!!
List of FTO characters who couldn't or still can't read and/or write (in some way):
Mario — my guy was raised by a Dragon, I love Aerthus but she isn't teaching it how to read or write, even then he's from another Region that does not speak in Leo's Tongue. Throughout s4 he is in the slow process of learning, but they keep it to himself because David would never let him live it down. By s5 they're competent at reading and writing.
Blake — she's from a poorer part of Cancer, so while they got they chance to learn spoken Leo's Tongue (especially when people began to immigrate to the area after the Famine), it never had the education to learn how to read or write in it. Throughout s5 he's making an effort to learn but is still a little dependent on others to understand.
Inmo — from the Taurus Region so, to beat the dead horse, could not speak Leo's Tongue upon first arrival. Could barely read or write in Taurus' Tongue as she was forced to flee after destroying their village at a young age. Zaro taught them everything after taking him under his wing. By s5 is mostly competent at writing and speaking, not so much at reading, which leads them easy to swindle.
Allumos — could speak basic modern sentences in Leo's Tongue, which they learnt from watching Mael and Pádraig for a short time. However he is only fluent in, read and write in an ancient, runic form of Leo's Tongue, which means a lot of the modern dialect and slang still gets lost on it. Thankfully, sharing a body with Pádraig gave it an advantage at picking it up.
Menodora — largely due to their amnesia, at times is perfectly capable to read and write, other times they need some help.
Eliore — like Allumos, can read and write and speak in the old form of Leo's Tongue, but when faced with the modern dialect he was completely lost. They picked it up very quickly though.
Mania — was like 7 when the Dragons first attacked so, besides the fact it's from another world, they never got to learn how to read and write. In s5, she kinda makes an effort to learn but has a bit of a "I won't stay here so why bother" mindset.
Cecil — being homeless, he was never taught how to read or write, can speak Leo's Tongue easily though. Flurry, upon finding out he can't read or write, took it upon herself to teach him.
Mori — similar situation to Inmo, never got the chance to learn and at this point is not bothered to.
Leo's Tongue is essentially the common language in Earthland, as it was popularised after the defeat of the Dragons in the War 1000 years ago. Each region has its own variants of Leo's Tongue that is kinda melded with their regional language. They still most commonly speak their own language however, Leo's Tongue is more like a second language people who can afford a slightly more advanced education learn.
The proficiency within the rest of the cast varies, these are merely the most 'extreme' cases, or ones that are most relevant to the timeline of s4-5 (for example, Kayla used to not be able to speak in Leo, since she was raised by foxes in Virgo, however before the events of s4 she learned it).
݁˖𖦹 Devil Biology — Sex Characteristics and Their Relationship with Gender ˎˊ˗
Devils are a species created by the God of Persuasion, Rakshasa, for the purpose of seeding doubt among living communities and encouraging the living to commit acts of violence against others. Originally, Devils were intended to be kept to the Pedía Párodos (Passage Plains) to walk among the Sprites, the Dead and the Gods, and influence the living from there. However, many Devils deviated from this and broke free, allowing themselves to reach the Pedía Pollá (Many Plains) where living beings resided. This caused a major shift within the already existing power struggle between the living species'. The Gods, quick to fix Rakshasa's mistake, made it so that Devils could not reproduce, ridding them of both primary and some of their secondary sex characteristics. While Devils could still walk among the living, they now collectively had to ensure survival through avoidance, as they could not come back from the dead, nor could they retain a significant population if living beings wished to kill them off, even when New Devils are occasionally created.
⤷ True Devils ˎˊ˗
Examples: Ms. Prenderghast, Tempestus
“True Devil” is mostly a colloquial term to describe a full Devil that was originally created with a sex, has Magic, is ‘alive’ and intends to enact harm — Ms. Prenderghast is a marvellous exception to this, for she has entire access to their Magic, is a full Devil, originally had a sex, and is ‘alive’ however does not intend to negatively impact the living in any meaningful manner. Due to the rarity of his deviation, there is yet to be a term to describe Devils like Ms. Prenderghast. True Devils are generally regarded as sage and powerful, typically residing in solitude when not tormenting the living. Many True Devils have been killed off in mass hunts, so they are quite rare.
Primary Sex Characteristics:
Primary sex characteristics are defined by the external and internal genitalia, in which they have none. Nor do they have a digestive tract to need any related organs.
Secondary Sex Characteristics:
Secondary sex characteristics are defined by the physical developments of an organism during puberty/phase of sexual maturity. They typically have very little. Horns are generally considered a secondary sex characteristic among animals, however it is usually dependent on the Type of Magic that Devil possesses as opposed to a potential ‘sex’. Adams apples are not an uncommon trait among Devils, however that is also not dependent on a potential ‘sex’.
Relationship with Gender:
Even before the Gods took away the sexes of True Devils, it was understood that Devils did not have a sense of gender identity. The language the Devils developed was genderless and there was no difference in treatment between Devils regardless of whatever sex they had. Typically Devils will resort to gendering themselves to blend in with a crowd, however that is largely based on the living's perception of their gender as opposed to an internalised preference.
⤷ New Devils ˎˊ˗
Examples: Raijin, Nixilis, Abaddon, Jupiter
“New Devil” is a colloquial term to describe what is essentially a True Devil, however it was created by Rakshasa after the infertilisation of Devils. New Devils are made in groups after every hundred years or so when the population of Devils as a whole reaches critically endangered numbers. There are never more than 100 New Devils created in any one group. They encompass the larger portion of the Devil population however they are generally regarded as more immature, unstable and reckless; this is likely due to never experiencing a developmental stage such as puberty — unlike True Devils who did — and the nature of being a long living creature thrust into the body of an adult.
Primary Sex Characteristics:
They have none.
Secondary Sex Characteristics:
They are less likely to have secondary sex characteristics than True Devils. Because of the typical lack of an Adams apple, they also usually have higher voices.
Relationship with Gender:
Similar to True Devils, they do not have an internalised sense of gender how other species may have. Considering that they were originally created without a sex, this further promotes a lack of gender identity.
⤷ Half Devils ˎˊ˗
Examples: Inmo, Mori
Half Devils are the ‘offspring’ of a Devil and another species, typically human. While Devils cannot reproduce with their own kind, they can share blood with another species, allowing the creation of a Half Devil. Half Devils are hunted and considered an invasive and destructive species, oftentimes hunted by their own kin. Very rarely, communities of Half Devils and Other Devil Variants will form, however these usually do not last long. Half Devils are a long living, but not immortal, species. The amount of Devil the offspring is depends on how much blood the parent Devil shared.
Primary Sex Characteristics:
Half Devils can, on occasion, exhibit underdeveloped external genitalia, depending on the parents' species. Internally, upon autopsy research, they can have mostly developed genitalia, however it is typically infertile. It is most common for Half Devils to not have primary sex characteristics.
Secondary Sex Characteristics:
The vast majority of Half Devils display minor secondary sex characteristics, such as puberty induced body hair, Adams apples and breast growth, though it is not unheard of for Half Devils to not develop any.
Relationship with Gender:
Half Devils share a loss of an internal gender identity similar to their Full Devil counterparts, however it has been noted that they can display a preference where Full Devils may lack.
⤷ Other Devil Variants ˎˊ˗
Examples: Menodora
The Other Devil Variants classification is to identify anything that relates to Devils that does not fall under the previous established categories. These include real Devil variants, such as “Third Devils”, and those only found in mythology, like “Ghouls”.
Third Devils
The rare offspring of a Half Devil whose parent received a large amount of blood from a Devil, and then had a child with a non Devil. This is mostly an arbitrary category, but it exists nonetheless to distinguish between what would be Quarter Devils and what would be Third Devils, as past Half the amount of Devil Magic becomes incredibly diluted.
Primary Sex Characteristics:
Third Devils exhibit what is considered typical external and internal genitalia, though as it stands they are two rare of a variant to truly understand the complexities. Intersexuality, from what is known, is a more common trait among Devil variants of all kinds.
Secondary Sex Characteristics:
Third Devils also exhibit typical secondary sex characteristics that would align with their non Devil parent species.
Relationship with Gender:
Third Devils have a considerably more prominent sense of gender identity than the previously mentioned categories, however they still tend to lay partially outside the gender binary.
Ghouls
Ghouls are a mythological species of Demonic creatures that exist to feed solely on humans. The nature as to how Ghouls were created or why they exist varies from culture to culture, however it is generally regarded that they are the secret descendents of True Devils that became overwhelmed by bloodlust. The common tale is that Ghouls will infest families or communities, disguising themselves as lost human children, to sow doubt among them (similar to the original purpose of Devils) however, as the humans began to distrust, hate and isolate each other, the Ghouls fed on those rejected, eventually having wiped the community from existence; the humans being too preoccupied with their own Magic induced fears. It is presumed that Ghouls originated from warped human stories of Changelings and Devils, eventually combining into one beast.
There is no concrete belief in the sex — primary or secondary — characteristics of Ghouls, nor is there a strict belief in what their gender is. However, in the past, it was common to accuse children who had deformities, developed sudden, unexplainable disabilities, had or developed vitiligo or children who had albinism as being Ghouls. There is no evidence to explain this stream of logic, it likely has formed as a superstition alongside the presence of Changelings.
Okay that's all:3333333 thank you for reading my world building tee hee hope it was enjoyable lol
More random FTO:D lore!!! This time it's about the difference between the Dragon Queen and Dragon King,,, because I wanted to make the two titles clear in my rewrite.
(under the cut because it's kinda long 🥹)
This is very article formatted so it doesn't go into a large amount of detail but when it says Allumos "largely avoided the responsibilities associated with his role as Dragon King" what it really means is Allumos crying and screaming "FUCK NO" and running away as fast as it can; and when it said "Malik seems happy to uphold these values and has embraced the role of Dragon Queen" what it really means is that he was just kinda like "???...okay.... I guess."
