Made this AU (seriously I think my purpose in this fandom is to visualize What If? Scenarios) after drawing my other, parody WIP.
Basically in this AU, the First Flame endures and when NK does eventually rebel against Daddy Gwyn, he actually succeeds because without the First Flame’s fading limiting Gwyn’s ambitions, Gwyn became much more tyrannical and thus giving Nameless a better motif for rebellion. Also thanks to Gwyn, Nameless is in a political marriage with one of the Witch of Izalith’s daughters, in this case Quelana, (the logic (from Gwyn’s POV) is that the combination of the Mother of Pyromancy and the Heir to the Lightning would produce powerful heirs)... Which promptly bit Gwyn in the ass. Quelana is big now, because time has given her the gift of exploring the nature of fire magic, and as a result of her new-found influence, she’s a LOT more powerful.
Ornstein remains loyal to the firstborn and is totes buddies with the King of the Storm. Ironic eh? And c’mon, we need to give Ornstein a break, his story in canon is already too tragic. Here, the Warriors of Sunlight are basically the main human armed forces within his realm. Their main advantage is the power of Jolly Cooperation on a large scale.
Gwyndolin meanwhile’s finally gets the chance to make a realm for himself. Called the Sunless realms, his land is a haven for sorcerers everywhere and those who embrace aspects of the moon instead of the sun (no offense to his big brother). Just like his bro gets the Warriors of Sunlight as his army corp, Gwyndolin gets the Blades of the Darkmoon, Targray’s Blue Sentinels and the Way of White (sorry Lloyd).