#sotsk

[lycansprites]

What's true for you doesn't have to be true forever.

[talons-n-scales]

the next batch of A's ! all background characters this time, but I am endeared to Andor, he's so cool

[wrenwithapen]

gryphonposting,,

uni’s been absolutely killing me so here’s some gift art i made a couple of months back. btw if you have any gryphon/skc oc’s you’d like some fanart for, shoot me a dm…

[noctivagusserpent]

SoTSK concepts and sketches!

I spent a lot of time trying to understand cat figures in order to get better at designing these guys.

Mostly did a lot of work getting the design down for Stigr, who I think subconsciously reminded me of Lies of Kiel from Guardians of Ga’hoole. I also liked the idea of him having a smaller beak, bc of the vanir ancestory. Also partially because he reminds me of one of those small Shrike birds that always look angry at the world, but their bodies are so round, lmao.

Hallr and Halvden look very similar, except I plan on giving Hallr an ironically wolf-ish build, as opposed to a cat. With all his terrorizing the wolves and treating them like beasts, it turns out he was the one who was the monster in the night to the wolves. He was the “brute”.

Halvden will be a bit smaller with a bigger beak for what a braggart he used to be. Both are raven inspired, but I might change that for Hallr. Halvden tho definitely fits it, for how cunning he can be.

[summerkingdesigns]

Rashard, the Stormwing, the Star-sent. The Summer King.

[authorjessowen]

Tag Meeeee

Tag me in your Summer King & Dragon Star and other Book Related posts I wanna seeeee and Reblog!!

[creaticlesion]

I’m in nostalgia hell because I want to reread all of my old book favorites and I do this every couple of years..,,.,:

i LOVE coming back to a series just to be able to finish it in it’s entirety (WOF for example: i now own all 15 (+3) physical editions)

On the other hand, for the fanfictions I like to read, i end up returning to the same piece and rereading it over and over but they’re never completed :( It devastates me EVERY TIME because i worry about the author.

Currently getting back into WOF, HP, and SOTSK …. Im also working on an actual story for a wof au with my friends @royalnumeral and @svnkssr !! i want to post the doodles and excerpts/ideas for it eventually

[treesandwords]

OC name meanings for SOTSK

I saw @blind-the-winds do this and they had it as an open tag so I thought I'd contribute! I love name meanings so letsa go:

The Dalions

Jamos: Altered form of "James" which is Hebrew for "Supplanter"

Katrine: Altered form of "Katherine", meaning 'pure', and is Greek in origin

Laedir: Made up. Though I think it means 'leather' in Dutch with a different spelling so....

Quinnton: Latin, meaning 'the fifth'

Bronwyn: Welsh, meaning 'white breasted' (I've heard this was meant to imply 'pure hearted' ?), also 'white raven'

Gevin: A mix of "Kevin" and "Gavin" - Kevin is an anglicized Irish name meaning 'handsome', and Gavin is most commonly thought to be Celtic in origin, meaning 'white hawk' *

Ciaran: Irish, meaning 'little dark one' (referencing colouring/hair colour)

Jerod: Alternate spelling of "Jared", a Hebrew name meaning 'descent'

Cassian: Latin, 'empty' or 'hollow'

Nurei: Initially made up, I think I stole it from some online story about fairies I read in like 2009 and spelled it differently. HOWEVER upon researching, I found out that "Nura" and "Nureh" are real names of Arabic origin, meaning 'light'

Esme: Old French for 'esteemed'

The inlaws/ others

Jessylle: Reworking of "Giselle", a Norman French play on a Germanic word meaning 'pledge'

Jena: From "Jennifer", a Cornish version of the Welsh "Guinevere/Gwynhwyfar", meaning 'white' or 'white wave'

Brenna: Celtic, 'little raven'

Gwyn: See above ^^

Nysel: All I can find is that "Nysell" is a surname, but idk what it means

Neroli: Italian, referring to orange blossom scent (fun fact, I stole the idea of naming a character this from a girl at my high school who had the name Neroli *shrugs*) **

Taigen: Reworking of "Teagan", Irish meaning 'poet' or 'philosopher'

Mariel: Danish, 'star of the sea' (did not know this was a real name until I googled it, I thought I was just spelling "Muriel" with a different vowel)

*no, I didn't name both the twins after white birds on purpose, it just Turned Out That Way and honestly I'm a little insane about it

**I definitely did not go through my yearbooks to find kids I didn't even talk to who had cool names and make a list of them to Use

There are way way too many characters in my book but I'm gonna leave it there...

Tagging: @kaatiba @kingsinking @writerfae and also gonna leave it open to anybody!