The Tales Of Selcouth

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Hello! My name is Grimley! But you can call me Grimm!

It’s a pleasure to meet you! I’m a writer who is currently working on a story called: “The Tales of Selcouth: The Crux”

Let’s see… what do I know about myself?

Well I’m an adult for starters, in college for a studio arts degree, love writing, art, and crochet, and I definitely enjoy my original story and the characters!

I’d like to think I’m a friendly person, and my main is @the-book-on-necromancy (don’t be surprised if you see a follow from that account!)

I’m writing this story for fun and I hope to make some friends along the way :)

Anyways, let’s talk about The Tales of Selcouth: The Crux, shall we?

Here’s some things you need to know about it:

W.I.P. — a few small stories here and there but nothing concretely written, still in the brainstorming stage. Currently being reworked

Rating — Mature, deals with a lot of pretty dark topics, a few open comments about sexual stuff but nothing explicit in that realm.

Genre — High to Middle Fantasy! Based (heavily) off of Dungeons and Dragons! However there is also more modern aspects to the story :]

Tags — Adventure, Found Family, Healing from Past Traumas, Love, Friendship, Magic, Unspecified Magic System, Death, A Little Bit of Slow Burn, Large Group Adventures, Kingdoms, Fantasy, etc.

Seriousness — This is mostly for fun, I’m not sure if I actually want to write a book or something some day haha

Here's a Helpful Link!:

Other Information:

Please feel free to ask about anything and everything! I’m perfectly happy about it!

I am 20 so there are going to be some adult things here, as I mentioned about though, nothing explicit.

I don’t just write for this! I also write fanfiction for RWBY, although that’s on a different blog.

I do writer games! I’m open to being tagged in all sorts of games!

I also do the occasional Storyteller Saturday and World Building Wednesday! Along with some other fun writer stuff :]

I’m non-binary, and I use necro/Necrom pronouns mainly. But I’m okay with they/them too! (See below to see how to use the former)

Side Stories (related to TTOS)

- The Tales of Selcouth: The Heir to Agrona — The tale of Victor De La Dáinn and his life

- The Tales of Selcouth: The Illusionary Kindred — a story of Diana & Elizabeth De La Dáinn's adventuring party.

- The Tales of Selcouth: The Dawn Striders — A tale of who comes after The Crux.

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Selcouthian World Building: The Red Generals

“Cruel and Violent… they were the Red Generals. Terrible people, truly. I believe they got what they deserved the moment they refused to give up their positions.” — Pandora Rook De La Dáinn

The Red Generals were a series of over a dozen Generals who presided over the Caligo Empire and helped run things. Anything from the military, to the prisons in which people were captured and murdered.

Many of them were cruel in nature, and consisted of men and women. This would be the only case of women being in charge in Caligo, besides Valerie Valor, due to sexist and misogynistic views.

They were part of the Valor Circle, a deeply connected circle of detestable and horrifically violent people.

Owen Cogwright stood as the first Red General, serving as the leader of them.

He was a monster.

He had no mercy on anyone, and found no interest in letting people live if they disrespected him or the Valors. He was one of the favorites of the Valors.

He was an unsettling presence, always wearing a smile, always sporting a claw like, magic, prosthetic arm.

The Red Generals in general were highly cruel, high totalitarian, and very boisterous about their abilities.

They’d brag and boast about their “accomplishments” to each other and those who did not want to hear.

However, what they were not expecting, was The Admiral Songbird.

10 of the 13. Dead. Obliterated.

All within a year.

It was calculated. It was purposeful. It was ambush.

And they had been tortured, very similarly to how some of their prisoners had been.

And for the first time. The Red Generals felt fear.

Owen Cogwright would soon come face to face with The Admiral.

And he was allowed a choice. To give up his position in favor of fleeing, or to die.

The very same choice given to the others, he realized.

And in the end, he chose to flee.

She went many names, after all. And he wasn’t looking to find out which one she would be displaying to him.

He was only 1 of 3 Red General’s who decided to take her offer to flee. Fleeing to the coast, by himself. Tormented by the memories and ghosts of everyone he ever murdered.

He crosses the Crimson Ocean once, and barely manages to make it out alive due to terrible weather. He sees this as an omen and never crosses it again.

Before, His primary territory that he had reign over, was actually the territory of Marmoris, Abella, and Caerlus.

He resided in Marmoris as his headquarters.

Which means, in order to have gotten Marmoris, he had to get through the king and queen.

This is where Orion comes in.

Orion narrowly escaped Owen’s grasp, but finds that his parents have been murdered due to their lack of compliance to give up their thrones.

Orion, wants the man dead for this. But he doesn’t explicitly see him. Just knows of Owen.

Owen eventually finds The Crux and sees them helping the small village he was in, and decides to help them out in their tasks.

It’s not until later that he recognizes The Admiral with The Crux.

In which, after some time with them, he recognizes her eyes from the fact that he could see them through the mask she was wearing.

He also recognizes Orion.

While Orion never saw Owen, he did meet him. And Owen quickly tries to flee before Lysander blocks him.

Owen looks at Orion and simply tells him “you have no idea the monster you’re traveling with.” Before quickly shoving past Lysander and fleeing.

Orion isn’t sure what to make of this. Fortuna knows all too well.

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The Map of Selcouth (Renewed)

There'll be a separate map posted later about what the Caligo Empire looked like in its prime. But for now, here's the post about the regular map AFTER the Caligo Empire's reign over Selcouth. The Ocean between Optimaskus and Onism is called The Crimson Sea. It is known as this because of the extensive number of deaths that occurred in the area. Some people say, you can hear singing still out in that ocean, however it's considered a bad omen to hear it, let alone to cross that ocean. Unfortunately, it is a common trade route. The Crux and where they're from: Pandora - Agrona Fortuna - Fullcrest Orion - Marmoris Lysander - Stygia Ulric - Searspin Valerius - Rora

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The Caligo Empire

The Caligan Map, they attempted to take territories in Urmas, Apricate, and Sonder, but were unsuccessful due to Agrona’s Military forces.

And… other forces…

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The Map of Selcouth (Renewed)

There'll be a separate map posted later about what the Caligo Empire looked like in its prime. But for now, here's the post about the regular map AFTER the Caligo Empire's reign over Selcouth. The Ocean between Optimaskus and Onism is called The Crimson Sea. It is known as this because of the extensive number of deaths that occurred in the area. Some people say, you can hear singing still out in that ocean, however it's considered a bad omen to hear it, let alone to cross that ocean. Unfortunately, it is a common trade route. The Crux and where they're from: Pandora - Agrona Fortuna - Fullcrest Orion - Marmoris Lysander - Stygia Ulric - Searspin Valerius - Rora

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Oh my god all the information on this blog is going to be outdated by the time I’m done.

This is FANTASTIC [ crying ]

Anyways im redoing Selcouth’s Map :3

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New Characters: The Crux

Names for the Characters

Pandora “Rook” (De La Dáinn) [ The Admiral ]

Fortuna Grace [ The Vulture ]

Orion Hunt [ The Young King ]

Lysander Nox [ The Vampire ]

Ulric Steelspine [ The Gunsmith ]

Valerius Zenithar [ The Old Dragon ]

Each one has a title, this is originally how I started off with them, I did concepts and then names

I’ll draw them eventually, but for now, I’ll just make a few posts about the main 6

Races

Pandora - Aasimar/High Elf

Fortuna - Goliath

Orion - Human

Lysander - Vampire

Ulric - Orc

Valerius - Dragonborn

Classes

Pandora - Necromancer/Gunslinger (Songbird Variant)

Fortuna - Barbarian/Sorcerer (Songbird Variant)

Orion - Fighter (Swordsman)

Lysander - Warlock

Ulric - Gunslinger

Valerius - Monk/Wizard

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Hey so I’m doing a complete overhaul apparently of the entirety of The Crux Cast

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This is GREAT. Trust.

As much as I love the previous characters for The Crux, I think that what I had previously, just doesn’t work for the story the way I’d like it to :/

So for now, I’ve got something in the works for new characters!

And this doesn’t mean I won’t have these characters come back in some sort of what

For example, Owen will show up at some point in the story :]

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Your mystery question is here :)

🧠Do any of your characters have mental health concerns?  How do your characters deal and cope with their mental health? 

💁Do any of your characters have disabilities that affect communication?  How do they communicate with others? 

I think the main thing with the first question is that it is literally EVERYONE.

The world is recovering from a war, therefore those at the forefront of it (Pandora, Fortuna, Owen, etc.) are all very traumatized from it.

Pandora is most definitely the most “at risk”, however.

I imagine that with the current rework of Fortuna (which I’m still trying to iron out details but I’m leaning towards her ALSO being a songbird), she would have issues trying to talk sometimes, primarily because of the scars on her neck.

Owen is also partially deaf because of consistent firing of guns without the use of ear protection.

In terms of disabilities in general (which I will take the liberty of doing because shhh I want to), here’s the big three.

Pandora - Chronic Pain, Prosthesis, PTSD, C-PTSD, Unspecified Dissociative disorder, depression, suicidal ideation, self harming (covert), anxiety, night terrors.

Fortuna - PTSD, Partially Mute, C-PTSD, depression, anxiety, night terrors, insomnia, self harming tendencies (overt).

Owen - PTSD, Partially Deaf (from firing a gun without ear protection), Chronic Pain, Limp (uses a cane)

Needless to say, anyone involved in the Caligan war is… pretty fucked up actually.

Coping is different for each of them.

Owen copes via addiction, alcohol and smoking primarily.

Fortuna copes by doing mindful activities, such as using tarot cards to get her thinking and processing certain events. She also talks a lot about the war and what happened, by far the healthiest of the three.

Pandora…

Pandora doesn’t “cope” at all.

Pandora shoves everything into a box and prays it never comes out.

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Questions for Your Character(s)  

Do you travel a lot?  Where is your favorite place to travel to?  What are your main reasons for traveling?  For fun or work or some other reason?  Is there anywhere you’ve never been that you want to visit? 

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I’ll have Pandora answer!

Response { Pandora }

“I have traveled all across the world, the reason was… not too pleasant, however. I would rather not talk about it…”

“Although, if I had to choose a favorite place, it would be my home kingdom of Morgana”

“I remember singing songs to the children about Morgana, about how fun and colorful it was, how it was bursting with sights and sounds.”

“As far as never having been anywhere? Not really. I believe I’ve touched every single place in Selcouth. Which is quite impressive, honestly.”

“And I will add, there are places I’d rather not travel to.”

“Such as Abella.”

“…or Caligo…”

- Pandora De La Dáinn

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Unexpectedly took a decently long break from Tumblr. Got a new summer job that ended up taking away all my time and energy, but I'll be wrapping up at the end of July so I should be back then!

In the meantime, I feel like I've missed so much and I wasn't able to scroll that far back in my timeline. How is writing going for you guys? Any updates you want to share?

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Good news! I quit my job early so I am officially free for the rest of the summer! I also just got back from a trip to the UK, so I was gone again for a couple weeks, but I should be back more regularly again! I'm catching up on sending asks for the Asks to Order event this month and trying to get back into the swing of things. Would still love to hear from you guys any updates if you'd like to share!

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Unexpectedly took a decently long break from Tumblr. Got a new summer job that ended up taking away all my time and energy, but I'll be wrapping up at the end of July so I should be back then!

In the meantime, I feel like I've missed so much and I wasn't able to scroll that far back in my timeline. How is writing going for you guys? Any updates you want to share?

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Just starting on the rewrite for The Tales of Selcouth! More to come :]

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Owen Cogwright (The Tales of Selcouth, Rewrite)

[ Something… isn’t right with that man. ]

“Owen Cogwright, I do not care what he’s done for me. The man has committed countless atrocities…”

“I hope Pandora gives him all the forgiveness he deserves…” — Diana De La Dáinn

Owen Cogwright is a man who was outcasted by everyone, from Agrona to Abella.

Until Caligo…

As the son of a Shimmer miner and a maidservant, his family grew up poor. His parents would soon die on a trip, a trip they had so carefully planned and paid for.

All because of the Mages.

Owen would become very resentful and angry towards the Mages. And soon, would proceed to find himself with a hand extended to him by the only people he could dream about working with.

The Valors.

He soon became a general, an unsettling, sadistic, man. He was known as The Caligan Executioner, the most dangerous of the 5 Red Generals.

However, seeing how things started turning out with Caligo, and seeing the writing on the wall that he was next on the chopping block for the Songbirds, he fled.

He hides his true identity, keeping his unsettling and intimidating nature, but still just as capable of violence. However over time, he learns to integrate into society, and he ends up becoming a mercenary.

Learning a new code of conduct.

Protecting the vulnerable. The same vulnerable who he exploited and harmed, It’s a strange change for him. But he sees the world through different eyes now.

He things he’s turned over a new stone

Until familiar golden eyes stare down at him…

…and yet it all comes flooding back, and the fear of death is looming.

The Admiral.

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Pandora De La Dáinn (The Tales of Selcouth, Rewrite)

[ The Admiral Songbird… who is she? ]

“I had never seen her face, nobody had. But I was one of the few who got close enough to see her eyes, I was on the ground, her towering over me, she crouched down, got close to my face.”

“Glowing gold…the sheer wrath in those eyes haunts me…”

“She told me to start running, and to pray to whoever would listen that she wouldn’t find me… seems I didn’t pray hard enough…” — Owen Cogwright, The Red Executioner

Pandora De La Dáinn, youngest of 5, and the youngest out of all the De La Dáinns

With an extended family murdered long before she existed, the De La Dáinns had been at odds with the Valors long before The Empire was created.

When her parents come home, informing her older sister of her denial into the military on basis of gender, Pandora grew angry.

Not only that, but she overheard something that would spark a realms worth of change and rebellion.

“We will not be going into Caligo to save those people.”

“It’s not worth our soldiers, and it’s not worth the risk.”

She grew wrathful. What had happened to the morals of the Agronian people? Of the people of death?

Every life was a life worth living.

Every life was a life worth saving.

And she wasn’t going to sit there and let them tell her that women couldn’t help because they were too “dainty” and “needed to stay home to take care of the children and chores.”

She was going to do something. Something crazy, something stupid, something… life changing.

She stole a sailboat, one that could ride on its own with magic.

She donned a raven skull mask, white and black, she covered every inch of her body, barely spoke, never gave any information of who she was, gave up everything about herself.

She became the first Songbird.

One of over a rough estimate of 4 million.

And she sailed into Caligian territory. And started her journey of getting people out.

She was going to succeed.

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Discussion for the Table  

What is the purpose of your writing?  What do you get out of writing your stories?  What do you hope readers get out of reading them? 

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I want readers to get a sense of family and just general “things will turn out okay, even if they aren’t right now.” Feeling.

I like writing and the purpose behind my writing is to either A. Have fun, or B. Tell a story I don’t seen told very often :]

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Fortuna Grace

So because I ✨ genuinely could not figure out how to get Noah and Lazarus to work story wise ✨ they both are being replaced with a combo woman known as Fortuna Grace.

She’s got the backstory that Lazarus and Noah do (aka, forced to leave siblings behind + the same shitty mother that Noah had aka Alice Grace)

She’s got a combo of their personalities, but overall she’s her own character

And congrats, Pandora is now gay <3

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