#mmmm lore

[hravne]

okay so confirmation "vex" is a name she came up with for herself after leaving her home(?) planet of cretia. now does that mean her previous identity is Important™ or not......

also. anyone got a clue where "cretia" comes from bc i couldn't find anything solid?

[ambr0sia-art]

"Magister Merlin"

All 10 of the Arcane Souls incarnations from The Magister Supreme from The Immortal War to current day Magister "Linnie" Merlin Von Ryeham.

Further lore under the cut! (There's a lot!)

1. Magister Supreme Merlin: Long white hair and beard. Hood always covers his face. Arcanists set. Very strict and methodical. That sword from the trailer- that’s his.

2. Magister Meredith: Long white hair, eyes were ice blue but are now white and cloudy. Order of Frost set. The Merlin who fought in the first divine war. She was badly injured (Burnt by Berial, how she lost her vision). She is quiet yet has an authoritative presence.

3. Magister Ludos: Short red hair and beard. Red eyes. Obsidian Moth set. Lived in the era after the divine war where things were still very tense. Was very prominent in the Lightbearer’s military. He may have been the Merlin to tread a slightly darker path.

4. Magister Amalie: Short white hair, fringe and ringlets, cyan/teal eyes. Fem Verdant set. Looks a bit like a Flapper. She is the youngest Merlin. Extravagant, theatrical, a riot to be with.

5. Magister Leo: Vaduso fashion set. Soft, short brown hair and moustache with a flower crown growing around his temples, black eyes. First Wilder Merlin. Very docile and a great diplomat.

6. Magister Kirsty: Brown hair in a bun with bangs, has bright blue eyes. Fem classy finery set. Oldest Merlin. She is very matronly. Also took a lot of orphans under her wing. Came from a noble family.

7. Magister Rhosdyn: Short, fluffy white hair, green eyes, diamond facial scars. The only Graveborn Merlin. Has glasses and the white autumn set. Very soft spoken. Discovered the artifacts every Merlin from then on would receive from Dura. Might have made the void relic? In good faith to alleviate a Graveborn’s suffering but I don’t know????

8. Magister Beatrice: Long blonde hair, yellow eyes, is a feline Wilder. Is a very devout acolyte of Dura. She will strike down anyone who badmouths her or Dura. She perfected sealing and purification magic.

9. Magister Charon: darker skinned, grey eyes, swept back white hair. White facial markings, vine covered antlers. Red coloured verdant set. Third Wilder Merlin. Very free spirited. Almost shirked his duties. And someone took offence to that. My have died horribly. Fate is still unknown.

10. Magister “Linnie” Merlin. Hair was originally honey blond. Turns white and grows much longer. Honey eyes (left one turns purple). Has a short beard/stubble and freckles. Always wears a monocle. Has a few outfits. He is quiet, socially awkward and can spook easily. Unless it’s a Hypogean. The second Merlin to have Merlin as their given name and not just their title.

The overall influences of each incarnation: Linnie gains some “natural” talent in magic, the flute and in dancing; sometimes in other things such as military strategy or swordplay . He also gains a few personality traits or sides to him. Like his strictness, the rage that burns, his desire to keep the likes of Mirael and Cassadee safe and his deep running hatred for Hypogeans.

Then there is the worse stuff...memories that aren’t his that come to him via dreams and hallucinations. Like the one about Charon’s fate, a few from the first divine war and possibly even the Immortal War.

He doesn’t know quite exactly what to make of it all. Apart from the clear fact that it scares him. He doesn’t like how some emotions don’t feel exactly his either, familiar yet not at the same time. He waters it down to his amnesia but it really isn’t. He has a hunch that it isn’t but he refuses to admit it.

[troupe-of-eldritch-horrors]

For Clyde: How did you lose your horn? :(

Clyde: ...

I don't want to talk about it.

[yestrday]

are hybrids treated as equals to humans in your au or are they seen more as pets. just curious btw, u don't have to answer if u don't want to

hybrids are seen as lower beings in this au, and so far do not have the same rights as humans. it's why xiao was so wary of you in the first place!

ever since the absence of the mythical hybrids (zhongli, xiao, venti), people have lost their respect for hybrids. and as they move on the modern world, their achievements have stayed just like that— myths. only common hybrids (ie. kazuha, xingqiu, etc) are seen, and no one has seen a hybrid since the ye olde days.

hybrids who have caught the eyes of powerful people are often elevated to higher positions in life, but usually still subordinate to humans, like secretaries (your father has one that you'll meet soon). but oftentimes, hybrids are treated as pets and no higher than the normal dog.

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Notes on the Magic Realms

An exert from a forgotten scholar’s journal.

“A creature that physically enters the Realms will not age in a conventional meaning of the word. While time often takes a bizarre, non-linear form in the dream-plane, it is not dangerous by itself for the traveler. However, many usual dangers that are posed to someone entering the Realms are amplified by the presence of a physical body, causing various anomalies and attracting attention of various inhabitants of the magic world.

In theory, a cautious well-prepared magician with a perfectly peaceful mind can remain in the Realms indefinitely. Curiously, this is partially confirmed by Vanishing Adrole – a rare small plant found in eastern Prakra. The unassuming flower defends its name by disappearing during droughts, only to return some time (generally 3-6 months) later. While several magical animals are known to travel between physical and dream-planes, this humble plant is the only known being that stays in the Realms for such prolonged period of time without any side-effects.

Unfortunately, the very nature of intelligent minds prevents such “time travel” from being safe enough to be practical. Many that tried were either affected mentally or physically, lost their nature, or disappeared completely. Of course, one could argue that the latter could have succeeded in their goal, and might return in very far future. But from the days of ancients to this era there have been no non-demonic beings who remained in the Realms for a hundred, two hundred, or a thousand years and came back.”

[queezleposts]

New Champion Talus! Thomas Holt during the patch preview said:

“He’s a new race that we’re introducing to the realm, which is the “Ska'Drin.” They’ve been horribly maligned by pretty much every other race. They’re looked down upon, there’s a lot of issues and problems that they kinda run into. A lot of prejudice, that kind of goes into it, but this kid’s unfazed. He’s hopeful, he’s optimistic, he’s unfazed. [...] He believes he can change this world.”

“He’s a young kid, like I said, and he’s got that wide-eyed look on things.”

“Like I said, his race has faced a lot of prejudice, they’ve been about wiped out in the realm, at least twice in major, major campaigns. And so, there’s a lot of hate towards them; in fact, pretty much the Ska’Drin live in fear. They shave down their horns, they tuck in their tails, they try to blend in, out of fear of being rooted or kicked out. Talus is a little different from that though. Like from his standpoint, he just thinks that if people get to know them, if they see what they’re really about, they can kinda understand that. And then, a lot of the technology which we’ll see as far as with some of the gameplay with the portals, and with his gun, you might recognize some of those runes, and kind of plays back kinda to what Torvald has kind of found, and some of our maps as well. And that’s because this race, while generally a peaceful race, HAS a lot of the magic, and a lot of that stuff from the past. So a lot of the rune based, language based magic and spells that exists in the realm, originated with these peoples. And so he’s kind of reclaiming that birthright. He’s kind of reclaiming that, and looking back at kind of what his ancestors did and what his people used to be, and bringing that forward into the realm.”

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Today we have two obscure lore related cards.

On The Tower we have the giant tree that is in the center of The Realm and is where the sugar plum fairy resides. This is very much based off the tree with the magic nut in that one film adaption from 2004 with the super spoilt prince nutcracker.

On The Star we have the dark energy crystal- a concentrated physical representation of all the negativity and despair felt by Hanz and Kaitlyn that The Mouseking creates by toying with them. and later will try to use this crystal in his plot against them, to consume their souls.

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Today we have Brainwashed Perlipat as The Moon and the Krakatuk nut as The Sun!

both cards are very story related. I'm not gonna spoil what the Krakatuk nut relevance is but with Perlipat gets brainwashed and used as a tool to create more negativity for Hanz and Kaitlyn.