Karnaca
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There is something of the mythical in how the dim carves his body; statuesque, monstrous a little (surely no man ought to inspire another like so). In the curve of those sharp-drawn ribs he would find refuge, if he dared, and what of the marble-veined strength of his arms, or the tired sloping of his shoulders imitating a hill at rest? It’s only a soldier, wearing on himself his share of scars. It’s only a soldier. No one taught him soldiers could be beautiful, in the right light.
[The night Jezal dan Luthar learns a thing or two about war.]
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He shuts his eyes for a spell, only to see the imprint of it on the back of his lids. A backlit silhouette and his warhorse, the dizzying pinpoint blast of sun on the tip of a cavalry boot. It makes him sick.
[On Major Collem West and his loyalty to golden men.]
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Beyond the house, only the high wrought iron gates still stand as they always have, proud, looming, with that splendid bearing the scion of the family was known for. Look at him now, slumped in his chair. Look at him lying in bed and asking for a helping hand to get up and stumble to his desk, look at him withering, an old man hardly thirty.
Still, on the inside of West’s closing eyelids, he is young, and beautiful, he moves with a dancer’s grace.[Major West visits his former commanding officer, much diminished, after his late return from war.]
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He had fine bones all over, not only his face— something mathematical and pure about the sketch of his ribs under pale white skin marbled with spiderveins. Something Alexander liked, and wished to like some more. Beautiful was not a word for men, but then he’d never seen Victor Kain’s bare body, and so could not have known.
[The rulers, ungoverned— Saburov and Victor Kain, after the pest.]
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When Victor Kain meets Nina Lilich, he knows that he will outlive her and mourn her ‘til dark deathbed claims him in turn.
[Victor and Nina, counter-clockwise]
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Various character and lore studies revolving around the theme of science in the Empire of the Isles.
(Most of them are readable separately. It shall be indicated if a particular story needs to be read after one or several others.)
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Where is it written? He will burn that, too. This should be a world that no longer chains them with rules, with proclamations and prophecies. They have torn that world down, an old curtain from the wall, and unrolled their mother's glorious tapestry in its place.
So why is her blood pooling in his hands?
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Those who have never birthed something from a forge think all fires burn the same. Messmer and Melina know better.
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- Part 1 of O Mother Of My Misfortune
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22 Nov 2024
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Now Laurence has it in his mind to stick his hands in everything, to understand it all: probably, Gehrman suspects, he’d slit his own chest open if he could, navel to collar, to root around and find the drop of holy blood that saved his life.
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In a twilit chapel in Old Yharnam, Laurence and Gehrman lay the first stone of a new age.Bookmarked by Karnaca
04 May 2025
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A scroll-style fanart / illustration featuring all the named soldiers and officers in the Union's army, King's Own.
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06 Jul 2025
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“John has had an appalling cold and sore throat”
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03 Jun 2025
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Barrett lets Tony help him with dinner. Tony wants more than anything to do well.
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05 Jun 2025