Yuleta Safros
@grimdarkTempo
Overseer:HA OC, Sylph of Time, The Other Main Character, alt of @pollydeucesSingularity Art by SirHelel, base created by DeepSeaHorror
part 3 - the admirall (cw, menti0ns 0f bl00d, kulling, piracy, caste warfare) privateering was always a lucrative pr0fessi0n f0r th0se with the wits and skill f0r it th0ugh t0 find b0th within a single tr0ll is immensely rare h0wever... the t0pic 0f 0ur st0ry t0day achieved that l0fty distincti0n and far m0re during her career up0n the savage seas and was 0f such ren0wn that even seadwellers dared n0t challenge her directly the admirall began as many y0ung cerulean n0bles by j0ining the imperial navy as an 0fficer in training and said training as well as her early career as an ensign are hardly rec0rded leading 0ne t0 assume that the remarkable tactile nature she w0uld display was either gr0wn gradually fr0m these early sweeps spent ab0ard dreadn0ughts 0r else her superi0rs as prideful 0fficers are kn0wn t0 d0 simply st0le her successes f0r themselves and she had n0 interest in challenging the rep0rts... what we d0 kn0w is that her name and career began t0 rise thr0ugh the ranks 0nce the legendary admiral carith 0nassi received his warrant and declared himself a privateer and up0n d0ing s0 w0uld draft the f0rmer flagship 0f his fleet the inv gradivus as well as an entirely v0lunteer crew t0 his cause the future admirall w0uld bec0me third 0fficer and the chief navigat0r 0f their v0yages in plundering the sh0res bel0nging t0 the rabid wildlings 0f the s0uth as their tribes had failed t0 rec0gnize the auth0rity 0f the sitting empress and their sp0ils were immense while 0ften being drenched in the bl00d 0f their feral f0es and their tamed lusi... h0wever admiral 0nassi w0uld meet his end at the hands 0f a m0st unexpected s0urce in the theater 0f p0litics rather than the enemies 0f the cr0wn as he was declared a trait0r by the grand highbl00d up0n the latters ascensi0n t0 the title 0f cardinal bef0re she c0uld save her bel0ved captain the admirall w0uld witness his executi0n at the hands 0f the first 0fficer and w0uld take things int0 her 0wn hands f0ll0wing as with n0 empress sitting up0n the thr0ne she felt as th0ugh there was n0 tie binding her t0 her 0riginal duty... hers was a writ 0f vengeance n0w as she sw0re that her raiders w0uld destr0y this upstart that had taken her ment0r away with the str0ke 0f a pen and w0uld ir0nically and unkn0wingly lay the f0undati0n f0r the pr0paganda machine that w0uld secure the future empress's reign by framing their campaign as a righte0us fight f0r freed0m against a new and und0ubtedly m0re m0nstr0us upstart that s0ught t0 rule 0ver all
part 2 - the cardinal (cw, menti0ns 0f vi0lence, kulling, attempted regicide, regicide, facts) it is said that the betrayer began as merry a maker 0f murder0us myrth as there ever was and that his immense strength came fr0m the kulling 0f even indig0 bl00ds barehanded... he quickly r0se thr0ugh the ranks t0 bec0me the grand highbl00d thr0ugh ritual c0mbat and ascended t0 the highest p0siti0n any land dweller c0uld p0ssibly h0pe t0 achieve rivals were turned against 0ne an0ther bef0re they c0uld bec0me a threat t0 his rule and laughsassins were strategically depl0yed t0 dismantle th0se wh0 w0uld n0t fall in line... the reign 0f terr0r was sh0rt lived as a greater maj0rity 0f the dark carnival had been united than ever bef0re under the betrayer's might it is n0t kn0wn why the change happened n0r when it truly began th0ugh my 0wn the0ry is that he s0meh0w came t0 glimpse skaia itself (0r perhaps pr0spit) in his dreams and it gave him a genuine myrth the likes 0f which he had never kn0wn bef0re... regardless the last event 0f n0te where the betrayer appeared as his 0ld self was the freed0m match 0f the champi0n 0f the s0uthern arena many argue if the betrayer simply acted 0n whim 0r spur 0f the m0ment bl00dlust 0r if he intenti0nally manipulated events but he ch0se t0 face the champi0n himself... it was n0 true surprise that the champi0n was defeated th0ugh what was unexpected was that the champi0n w0uld survive t0 bec0me a symb0l against him pers0nally in the future mere nights later the betrayer was called t0 answer t0 the empress herself t0 swear fealty as the new grand highbl00d... and what happened next was c0nsidered imp0ssible the betrayer kulled 0ut empress there is n0 surviving rec0rd 0f the duel since the burning 0f the c0ngressi0nal archives (staffed entirely by cl0wns naturally) but it is widely assumed by m0dern sch0lars that much trickery and c0wardice was utilized by the grand highbl00d t0 defeat the empress laughsassins were dispatched t0 kull the remaining heiresses and succeeded in all save 0ne... the empresss y0ungest and assumed fav0red heiress w0uld escape with her guardian in t0w and fr0m that m0ment 0n the grand highbl00d t00k 0n a new title and the 0ne that hist0ry w0uld best remember him f0r the cardinal and his f0ll0wers w0uld preach the g0spel 0f true equality that w0uld sl0wly build the largest army in the hist0ry 0f the w0rld
a less0n in alternative hist0ry the rustwing is a name that has been whispered in hushed times f0r an age th0ugh 0ften c0nsidered merely a myth he was in fact a real and remarkable individual wh0se destiny 0nly manifested when he failed t0 die as all fate suggested he w0uld that day but what happened exactly that led t0 such a saga... the answer is remarkably simple a y0ung wriggler was taken by the cruel taskmasters resp0nsible f0r 0rganizing the gladiat0rial fights in the s0uthern reaches and trained s0 that his telekinesis was as sharp as any blade... what was meant t0 be a simple attracti0n t0 bring in wealthy revelers quickly turned int0 a m0nstr0usly c0mpetent c0mbatant that racked up a string 0f vict0ries that numbered up t0 ninety nine by the champi0ns rite all wh0 achieved 0ne hundred c0nsecutive vict0ries in the arena w0uld be granted their freed0m and s0 the warri0r prepared f0r the inevitable screwj0b that w0uld f0ll0w... but fate intervened 0n that day it just s0 happened that the grand highbl00d himself was in attendance in the last event 0f hist0rical n0te bef0re his kulling 0f the sitting empress and he had taken quite an interest in the warri0r... s0 much s0 that he st00d and decreed that the warri0rs final 0bstacle t0 freed0m w0uld be the grand highbl00d the duel was unarmed and while the warri0r was f0rmidable he was n0 match f0r the sheer strength and experience 0f the l0rd 0f the dark carnival... in a last desperate gamble the warri0r f0cused all 0f his rage his ambiti0n and his strength int0 a single precise strike delivered thr0ugh the fingertips... as legend has it he was mere centimeters fr0m piercing the grand highbl00ds very heart but the bl0w fell just sh0rt and the reprisal was as swift as it was brutal... the grand highbl00d lifted the warri0r up t0 parade him bef0re the cr0wd as their bl00dlust reached a fever pitch and br0ught the l0w bl00d d0wn up0n his knee by all acc0unts the rust bl00ded gladiat0r sh0uld have died that day as even his paralyzed b0dy was disp0sed 0f in the nearby river... yet he lived part tw0 perhaps later 0w0
t0 see the future 0ften sets the 0utc0me in st0ne instead why n0t listen as the music 0f parad0x space pr0vides many valuable clues 0u0