#mayncient

[angelinecarax]

inspired by Ogre You Asshole's 2013 album Confidential, graphic designer unknown

MAYNCIENT 2025 - DAY 3 - WE ALL DIE IN THE END BUT I KNOW WHO I AM

two pictures related soemwhat to each other placed side by side

it doesn't really at all capture what's evocative about the album's art - the woman's indistinct face, how she seems to melt into the pattern of the fabric. I wanted to surround Hippolyta in 'her own patterns'.... it's an experiment I did 90% of the work on for a long ass time and figured it's time to just have it finished.

[the-boundless-dark]

[ day 26 - ascian ]

This 'Azem' was nothing like the other Ascians.

[ masterpost ]

[ishgard]

MAYNCIENT Day 2: Constellations

Against the sky the stars crown her, marking the edges of her silhouette like she is a constellation of herself. -Mackenzi Lee

[uldahstreetrat]

Mayncient - 5. Duty

"The rains have ceased, and we have been graced with another beautiful day. But you are not here to see it."

[fromtheladiesoflight]

Mayncient 2025 #1: Greeting

This month's prompts will primarily focus on Euphemia (the Highlander with the loc'd hair), but you may occasionally see and hear from or about Maia, the Unsundered form of Helena. A thousand, thousand lifetimes ago, Euphemia was the seat of Azem, Venat's immediate successor and surrogate daughter after Euphemia's parents Sophia and Andronikos--researchers at Elpis--perished in an unfortunate accident at the facility. Maia, another low-level bureaucrat from Amaurot, eventually made fast friends with Euphemia over drinks at a gathering one day. From there, friendship developed apace--even if unfortunately torn apart by the Final Days--and many, many lifetimes later, Euphemia's chance revival would bring her back to meet her old friend in a new face.

[sasslett]

Mayncient Day 15: Soul

"And know that our souls will forever be together, in this life and the next... until the end of time. We will find each other. And all will be right once more."

[hythlodaeus-mynewoldfriend]

Mayncient Day 1: Introduction

Anthea, Creationist of Elpis // Constantinos, Assistant to Emet-Selch Deimos, Word of Lahabrea // Iris, Creation Follow Up

lore below the cut

Hi Hello and welcome! Have a little lore and details to my four ancients and where they started!

Anthea

They grew up on Elpis and followed, mostly, in their parent's footsteps in creating and researching concepts, where they differed was picking flora over fauna. Anthea had many a great idea and wanted to so desperately make something perfect worthy of the star but never could get their creations exactly how they wanted them and even when they could it could never be replicated in the exact same manner. It was an attempt to create a flower with rainbow edges that a stray thought gave birth to what would be dubbed the Elpis flower, the most life changing flora they had created.

Constantinos aka Conner

With a passion in the application of plants to the body in various forms, it was a surprise he wasn't sent to be a Word of Halmarut. Instead he found his post to becoming the assistant to the newest appointed Emet-Selch, though metaphorical guard dog was a more apt description at times. While not ideal Conner embraced the role and found his skills and detail orientated brain worked well with the seemingly random data brought up from the Aetherial Sea. It was through this job that he would meet all manner of people of the utmost importance to their society....and he never finds out that he was placed there as an attempted prank by Emet-Selch's brother Azem.

Deimos

Born and raised in Amaurot not far from his cousin Hades, Deimos was always a bit of an odd one. Always over excitable, had to be moving, and always had a million questions for his older cousin Hades. The two were raised closely to a point it was just easier to call one another brother, especially when Deimos' natural talent in magic and intelligence led to him skipping enough grades to soon share a classroom with Hades wherein soon the boys were always associated with one another. Once they were out in the world as adults, Deimos set to work on setting himself apart from his brother, finding a passion in the creation and process of doing so among the Words of Lahabrea. Still eccentric as ever Deimos would run the other Words that mentored him, when Lahabrea could not, ragged. It was after his latest suggestions on adding "cuteness and more fighting features" to someone's little fluffy transformation familiar that the Words pushed him onto the current Azem that was looking for assistance on their adventure. His out of the box thinking and fearlessness impressed Azem and had her taking him under her wing to become the next Azem.

Iris

She was always the honor student it was no surprise that she would end up in a class with a young Hades who was relieved to have a class without his brother or his best friend Hythlodaeus. As assigned partners though these two both had their own opinions on how things should be done and couldn't get along to start....that is until she defended his harshness of another student with a subtle harshness of her own that the two found they had much in common. Getting closer in the classes to follow where Hades was without his other two companions, they started a bit of a relationship that came to an end with the end of required schooling. Iris had a thirst for adventure and had always set her sights on following up on the creations released into the world, that Hades never wanted to stifle and she didn't want to stifle him and his plans that he had for his life. Staying in touch the best they could over the years it would take an AU for them to end up together.

[zylphiacrowley]

Been a while since I posted him, but since it's Mayncient here's X'vahl's Azem again: Philotes, or "Philo" to his friends.