#mathias markov

[jasper-the-menace]

Perfectly average conversations in a modern Songbirdverse.

[crimsonsongbird]

MATHIAS' MUSIC

To help you find your voice and use it with confidence. Inspired by Mathias Markov from Blood and Songbirds by Jasper (@jasper-the-menace).

What You Will Need:

1 small drawstring pouch, any color

1 white feather, small

1 clear quartz, small

1 sodalite, small

A song that makes you feel confident

A device that can play music

🎶 Settle in a quiet, comfortable place where you will not be disturbed or distracted. Ensure that all your spell ingredients are within reach.

🎶 Think of a time where you couldn’t find or use your voice. Mathias spent years held captive and unable to speak freely. His voice was muted by those who kept him prisoner. Was your voice also muted by another? Were you unable to speak freely?

🎶 First, grab the sodalite crystal and place it in the pouch. Blue is an important color for Mathias as it represents one of his magical colors. This particular blue crystal helps to enhance communication and boost confidence.  

🎶 Then grab the clear quartz crystal and place it in the pouch. This crystal helps amplify the power of other crystals and will also be used to amplify your voice.

🎶 Next, obtain the device that plays music. Music is important to Mathias as a Songbird and it is one of his key magical abilities. You will be using this song to connect to Mathias. Turn on the song that makes you feel confident. It is recommended to put the song on repeat for this next part.

🎶 Now grab the white feather with your dominant hand. White is an important color for Mathias as it is another of his magical colors. The feather represents the connection to his late sister, who was an Archangel for humanity. 

🎶 Hold the feather close to your chest. Close your eyes and let the music flow through you. Allow it to fill you with confident energy. Then, just as Mathias uses song in his magic, you will be using this song in yours. Sing or hum to the feather and allow that confident energy to flow from your chest to the feather. Repeat the song as many times as needed until you feel the feather is full.

🎶 Now place the feather in the pouch and tie it closed. Hold the pouch close and say, “With the blood pulsing through my veins and the power of song, this pouch will help me find my voice and use it with newfound confidence.”

🎶 The spell is now complete. Clean up your space and remember to carry the pouch whenever you need to find or use your voice.

OC Spell Commission for @jasper-pagan-witch

[jasper-the-menace]

what dnd classes would the songbirdverse main characters be?

I'm gonna break them down into categories because the main character varies wildly.

Planeswalkers:

Mathias: Bard. Not horny, not even that fluent in social things, but he's just so small and confused and he looks so soft that you want to help him anyway. Also, great at singing, even with the trauma.

Ritter: Paladin/Ranger. Sort of a multiclass, sort of a blend of the two.

Jaren: Unfortunately there's no one to one for "earth mage muscle wizard" so we're gonna just say Ranger for him too.

Tibalt: Rogue. Slutty, slutty rogue. He's making up for the borderline-angelic presence of Mathias in the party.

Demons:

Jetmir: Canonically a Druid.

Spara: Canonically a Paladin. Kinda. By technicality. And formerly.

Xander: Bard but in an artistic way more than a musical way. Or Rogue with spice.

Ziatora: Giant fuckoff dragon. But also a former bandit leader. Barbarian or Fighter.

Raffine: Wizard, divination specialty.

Others:

Errant: Rogue, but not really an assassin.

Anhelo and Parnesse: Both Rogues with the assassin subclass.

Ob Nixilis: Fighter, but with some oathbreaker Paladin sprinkled in for flavor.

Elizabeth Bardsly: Druid, but spicy.

Look how much overlap of classes is here. These idiots would never survive a dungeon crawl.

Thanks for sending this in, anon!

~Jasper

[jasper-the-menace]

Updated looks for my boys:

Jaren Rakdoson, before and after Blood and Songbirds

Ritter Rakdoson, before and after Blood and Songbirds

Mathias Markov/Maestros, before and after Blood and Songbirds

[jasper-the-menace]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Mathias and Tibalt return to Innistrad so Mathias can get revenge on the vampire who held him captive for ten years during his childhood.

Takes place between chapters 11 and 13 of Blood and Songbirds.

[jasper-the-menace]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Avacyn had much to teach Mathias, and so little time.

[jasper-the-menace]

I feel like Mathias would love trashy romance novels. He's spent most of his life (10 out of 18 years) held prisoner and unable to experience a lot, including growing close to someone. He gets his hands on a trashy romance novel probably from his dad's collection and basically eats it up. It lets him imagine that maybe, one day, he could have something like that.

[jasper-the-menace]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Mathias Markov hasn't tasted freedom in ten years. When he does, he's dragged into a war zone.

Set before Blood and Songbirds, this is a ficlet about Mathias's first planeswalk into the worst fucking circumstances possible.