THE OSSUARY [MASTERPOST]
this is a fic i wrote novelizing lucanis's year in the ossuary. now that it is 100% complete, i wanted to make a masterpost of relevant links that i can add to if i ever make anything else for it. scroll all the way to the bottom for the dvd special features!
SUMMARY:
ossuary (ˈäSHəˌwerē) noun 1. a container or room in which the bones of dead people are placed. 2. the final resting place of skeletal remains. Thought dead by his family, Lucanis Dellamorte, the infamous Demon of Vyrantium, spends over three hundred days languishing in an impenetrable Tevene prison at the bottom of the sea. But he doesn't do it alone—and like it or not, his new demonic cellmate may be his only hope of escape. Sometimes the only way to fight your demons is to make a deal instead.
TAGS + WARNINGS:
Action Scenes, Blood and Gore, Blood Magic, Kidnapping, Captivity, Imprisonment, Demisexual Lucanis Dellamorte, Angst, Starvation, Force-Feeding, Trauma, Possession, Body Horror, Torture, Nightmares, Psychological Torture, Mind Games, Rape (fades to black), Suicide, Trauma Bonding, and a TEENSY bit of vore. don't judge me.
CHAPTER LISTING:
ACT I
CHAPTER I: THE TRAP [ao3 link] [tumblr post]
Lucanis catches one final glimpse of the starry sky overhead. Sorry, Illario, he thinks. Then everything goes black.
CHAPTER II: THE EXPERIMENT [ao3 link] [tumblr post]
"My staff tells me you're hungry," says Zara. "Would you like something to eat?"
CHAPTER III: THE POSSESSION [ao3 link] [tumblr post]
"Hold him!" Zara snarls. "Shove it down his throat yourself if you have to! He's one half-starved prisoner! How hard can it be?"
ACT II
CHAPTER IV: THE DEMON [ao3 link] [tumblr post]
The demon's favorite thing to do is demand that Lucanis kill people or leave his cell. Its second favorite thing to do is piss Lucanis off.
CHAPTER V: THE TABLE [ao3 link] [tumblr post]
Calivan is wearing gauntlets. "Open wide," he says, and brings the pliers down towards Lucanis's face.
CHAPTER VI: THE LOVER [ao3 link] [tumblr post]
"Can I tell you a secret?" Lucanis asks Nyrys one night. "You must promise not to tell a soul."
ACT III
CHAPTER VII: THE DEAL [ao3 link] [tumblr post]
He is no longer Lucanis looking at Spite. He is Spite, looking at Lucanis.
CHAPTER VIII: THE PLAN [ao3 link] [tumblr post]
"Hey," says Lucanis to Spite. "You can fly, right?"
CHAPTER IX: THE ESCAPE [ao3 link] [tumblr post]
Blood begins to trickle from the corner of Calivan's mouth. "Walk out if you like, Lucanis. You'll never be free."
EXTRAS:
"soundtrack" post - a list of all the songs i listened to during the writing/editing process
zara & lucanis meta - a mini-analysis of the final scene of chapter 6, most of it being about zara's character (tw for in-depth discussion of the power dynamics of rape)
dvd commentary - for the lucanis & spite mind meld/body swap scene from chapter 7
where is the ossuary? - meta about the conflicting information we get on the ossuary's location
blood magic meta - just thinking aloud, trying to work out the mechanics of how lucanis and spite are bound
lucanis's scars - he's got quite a lot of them near his mouth, hiding under the facial hair...in my mind palace, this is definitely from the gauntlets they used to force his mouth open when feeding him the thing that bound him to spite.
lucanis's prison clothes - a video of the "sea of blood" mission with lucanis in prison clothes, instead of looking clean and well-dressed. also includes a look at nyrys's cell and at the artifact he's gonna break later.
the desperation demon - video of lucanis meeting and recognizing the desperation demon in dock town.
spite rules - a list of things i keep in mind when writing spite
#the ossuary - story tag on tumblr for rough drafts, liveblogging, inspo posts, etc
#SHORNCANIS - a tag for images and videos of what lucanis looked like pre-ossuary, as the ossuary is where he grew out the beard
#rook tag - just a tag for posts and images of my rook, who is introduced in the final chapter of this fic
🎉 I AM WORKING ON A SEQUEL! 🎉
it is called "The After." it will be a very long time before i'm finished, but in the meantime, you can see excerpts in the the after masterpost.
thank you to my editors, @maulthots and @slaygentford, thank you to everyone who read, commented, and reblogged this fic, and thank you to everyone patiently waiting on and getting excited with me about the sequel. i am more grateful than words can say <3
