#tyrant's reign

[thylocalbard]

'Supdate Sunday...like, #6, I think

I definitely think I accidentally skipped at least a week there but oh well, I'm back and when it rains, it POURS.

Updates are being given on:

Threads of Destiny

Ranger Gathering

Tyrant's Reign

A brand new shiny WIP! (as if I didn't have enough)

Other stuff ✨

Tags:

@resmyx @tributes-vamps-and-ginnyweasley @moonelight @mr-orion @theloudestwriter @creature-of-delerium (lemme know if you want on/off the list and for which WIPs)

Threads of Destiny

Chapter 19 is up! Just the epilogue to go, kind of hoping to hit 90k, but we'll see how it goes. Not much to say about this, it's kind of a wrap-things-up chapter and idk how I feel about it, but I enjoyed writing it enough - lots of introspection, a very fun thing to write.

Ranger Gathering 2025

It's happening I'm so excited!!!! I think I maybe preferred some of last years prompts, but I'm genuinely so excited about some of these and I've got some really cool ideas, some ships that I'm really excited to try out - just so happy. I'm probably going to take a break from writing much other than the prompts in the lead up to August, although that'll hopefully give me some time to edit and release some of my drafts.

Tyrant's Reign

Chapter 2 is drafted! About 5k words, which is pretty decent for me. I've finally got a bit of motivation back lol. I'm thinking off reusing most of the later chapters with a few tweaks - it's really the early chapters that my more recent worldbuilding and common-sense-acquirement have thrown off. I've got something like 6 new side characters that I am very excited to keep writing. Haven't really made much progress on the later books, I'm a bit absorbed in this rewrite atp.

Shiny new WIP!

I'm writing a story with my friends I'm very excited! My first collab project ever, we're each writing adjacent dimensions. My characters are called Trick (Kymo) and Torch (Egann) and they're lesbians in a post-apocalyptic world. Idk what else to say, we haven't really done much lol. The original idea was created by @chaotic-gay-overdrive (lemme know if you want me to take this part down because I can and will if you want this thing to be top secret 👍)

What comes next

Something something Hamilton reference. Anyway, since ToD has literally been going, like, a year? Ish? I'm not really sure if I'm going to get back into the groove of things after finishing it. I'm going to try and focus on fandoms other than Merlin for a little while - I want and need to write more saltweaver, and I've had this great idea for an Angelica/Maria fic -, as well as my own work. I will still try to keep to my schedule but who knows?

That is all for this 'Supdate Sunday, hope some of it was mildly interesting!

[thylocalbard]

guys I'm slaying so hard. I just hit 10k words in the second book of the series AND I fleshed out my world's legal system and pulled some legal bullshit that I am very proud of

[thylocalbard]

Hello strange cryptids!! I am finally writing bits and pieces featuring my absolute favourite character (faer name is Hedari, though fae is not named in today's excerpt). Here's my excerpt for yesterday's writing:

" “I can imagine,” fae replied, though the hint of a smile at the corner of faer mouth suggested fae knew that Jordi had not, indeed, been doing paperwork that night. Jordi wasn’t surprised."

[thylocalbard]

After not writing for two days, I planned and wrote nearly all of chapter 4 yesterday, coming to 4k words written! I'm not sure how good some of it is, but I'm really enjoying developing my characters perspectives. It's fun to write from different POVs, because one is mostly fact-driven and pretty neutral while another is pessimistic and angry and another is vaguely optimistic. I've also now introduced my full cast of protagonists! Here's a bit of what I wrote:

"The prince sighed in obvious relief. “Thank you, truly. I know this is risky for you, and I know you have no reason to trust me. I hope someday I’ll give you a reason to. But thank you.”

Val smiled briefly. “Yeah, well. I should go back inside, or Devhi will start looking for me soon. Until tomorrow,” she said, mock-saluting before disappearing back inside.

Alac was about to follow, but he turned back to Jordi at the last second. “Don’t say you know what risks we’re taking in this,” he said quietly. “Don’t say you know what it’s like to live in constant fear and then be asked by a chief provider of that fear to put yourself into even more danger. We’re choosing to do this, and I guess I can’t blame you for our stupidity. But don’t pretend you know what it’s like to be us.” And with that, he turned on his heel and disappeared into the tavern."

(that's quite long lol). Anyway, tags: @resmyx @theloudestwriter @ratedn @tributes-vamps-and-ginnyweasley

[thylocalbard]

Wahoo new WIP update for Tyrant's Reign! Almost all of my writing has been fanfic this week, but I managed to squeeze in about 1k words yesterday - now at 65k words, which I'm pretty excited about. My progress is so much slower than I'd expected 😭

Oof anyway I've started planning out the next installment in the series (Bedlam's Reign is the current title) and I now have ideas for a sequel set in the faaaaaar future about a suicide cult :D. It being in the future is an excuse for me to try out steampunk (though who knows, maybe it won't work out and I'll revert back to pain ol' fantasy).

Aaaanyway here's a bit of what I've written this week:

They had no time for delays like this. They had to stop Kalyn. After the interrogation didn’t worry him so much; he was sure he could find an outcome that allowed them to do what they needed to do. It was just the time that served a hindrance they couldn’t afford.

Koutaiwa’s eyes had flicked back to his face the moment Taren had opened her mouth. Clearly, she had pinned him as the leader. Jordi met her gaze coolly; if she was looking for worry or fear, she would come up bereft of her prize. A lifetime of schooling his features didn’t amount to nothing, and if she truly viewed him as the leader, only he really mattered. The others could look however they wanted, but it was from him that she would gather the opinions that might be the deciding factors.

Aaaaaand that's all for today :D. Taglist: @resmyx @ratedn @tributes-vamps-and-ginnyweasley @theloudestwriter @mr-orion @moonelight (pls let me know if you wanted to be added to/taken off my taglist for future updates involving the Tyrant's Reign universe).

[thylocalbard]

Finished chapter 3 yesterday! Have started on the prologue today, because it might finally stop me from trying to infodump the backstory I'm explaining in the prologue (fingers crossed). I've had to include a whole lot more on one of my conlangs for this world in this last chapter, and the fact that it was the one I hadn't developed at all - gosh, that was annoying. I made it up as I went along, so yeah. The language in question is Tsunaition, btw.

"Several hours later, Jordi groaned and slumped back in disgust. Four hours of dredging information out of texts written mostly or completely in Tsunaition that hadn’t yet been translated – after all, hardly anyone here wanted to read about the “heathen” languages anyway. Apparently his Tsunaition was rustier than he had thought, because by the time the first hour was done he was battling an oncoming headache, and by the third he was just about ready to scream. Frustratingly, while there were studies on the history and development and grammar of Ancient Tsunaition, no-one had bothered to write a dictionary."

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@resmyx @tributes-vamps-and-ginnyweasley @ratedn @theloudestwriter

[thylocalbard]

G'day gremlins! I got about a thousand words written yesterday, despite my greatly lowered expectations - I spent most of the day at the museum and most of the rest of it wasting time, so I didn't really think I'd get much writing done. Anyway, here's the excerpt:

"Staring down into Kalyn’s cooly smirking features, Idris felt disgust rear its head within him – disgust for the monster disguised as a woman he had somehow seen his way into marrying. Wordlessly, he straightened and spun on his heel, marching out furiously.

His mount had been taken away by one of the grooms Kalyn had brought along, so Idris stalked directly to his own tent. It was spacious, though not as much as the Queen’s – his wife made the hierarchy of power within the camp quite clear. He suspected that most of her nobles only put up with him because she did, and she only did because she needed him. He would gladly take his end of the deal and be done with her as soon as he could be."

Tags: @resmyx @theloudestwriter @ratedn @tributes-vamps-and-ginnyweasley :)

[thylocalbard]

Hi :3 Got around 1000 words of the prologue done yesterday, all from the perspective of a character that . . . dies. In the prologue. BUT there's still a good thousand or more left from the perspectives of the character who . . . also dies before the main story and the character who is the villain. Yay! There are reasons, I promise. Here's a little bit - the words "taechsin achan abhenol" are from one of my conlangs and translate roughly to "to me in the midst of battle" (I'm working on it don't worry).

" “Demon!” he gasped, staggering backwards a few steps. Heart pounding in his ears, he turned back to the hills. “Demons! Taechsin achan abhenol!” Then he whirled again, sword out, and sank to a defensive position. Kalyn smirked at him smugly, before wheeling her mount and trotting a little way back. The man – demon – was looking at him with a mix of pity and sorrow, unnatural emotions on the face of a thing twisting the natural world to do it’s evil bidding. Terror sitting heavy in his belly like a stone, Lede held his ground. If he could only distract it enough so that his warriors could get there, his people might stand a chance of survival. He was not so hopeful for himself, but sacrifice had always been an expectation of a leader."

Tags for those who agreed: @resmyx @theloudestwriter @ratedn @tributes-vamps-and-ginnyweasley