#SundaySnips 12. "Storm"
Ashrah and Sareena seek shelter from a blizzard.
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... every chance she gets. She's also highly interested in infiltrating secret places and discovering ancient secrets and/or robbing interesting items.
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For Nitara, adventure is travelling aboard the Vermilion Star with her crew (and later her family), enjoying the (3/6)
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... but has the benefit of being an excellent judge of character. "Friends" isn't something she has many of, though she does end up getting along well with the monks of the White Lotus.
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Nitara isn't exactly untrusting, but she's guarded despite her welcoming (3/4)
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A portrait of Sareena, from Chronicles of the Realms, by Mery (@meryselda.bsky.social). She's a Nether-Touched (a mix of human and devil) with blue-greyish skin, horns that curve above black hair with white strips, red, pointy tattoos crossing her orange eyes, and pointy ears. It depicts her in three-quarter view, one eyebrow raised in a mischievous expression. Her outfit, including shoulder armour, are of dark and muted, including black, grey, and red.
... red tattoos across her eyes that yes, do mean something.
Nitara has tattoos given to her by her daughter, Askaly. Later, she also gains a scar across her right eye. (2/2)
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#WIPSnips 8. "Need"
Ashrah is orchestrating a dangerous plan...
(That "that holds true" warms my heart so much 🥺)
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New Ashrah song (and Mileena... and Sareena... really, this song is so good for the theme of the books!) just unlocked thanks to @pjccahill.bsky.social 🙌🏽🔥
tidal.com/track/295665...
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... Earthrealm and accept to join the Earthrealm champions in the Crimson Scales tournament. (5/5)
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#WIPSnips 3. "Convert"
Ashrah tells Sareena about Datusha... or at least about its power, not about its charming personality!
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Ashrah: This fierce, rageful warrior has a very generous side.
Sareena: This jester has a very dark, unfun side.
Nitara: This brave captain has a deep fear rooted in her heart.
Nitara's truth becomes obvious soon. The others not so soon.
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They already have a selection of titles, really, though a few would work better as superhero names than others:
Ashrah: Liberty
Sareena: Blue Phantom
Nitara: Shadow Comet
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#WIPSnips 1. "Fool"
I had, of course, to choose a snippet with Sareena... who doesn't like being bossed around very much!
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... yet.
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Nensiis, and thus Nitara, can stay awake for a few days if needed, but they usually respect the cycle. They do stay awake more hours than they sleep since nighttime in Vaeternus lasts longer than daytime. Nitara can't easily sleep anywhere, though: (4/8)
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Ashrah would wear a fancier kebaya and sarong combination or perhaps a long dress.
Nitara? Black suit, black shoes, black tie, a blue shirt underneath 👌🏽
As for Sareena... a lot of black as well, but in a very different style x)
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#WIPSnips 26. "Option"
Again we find ourselves with Sareena in the domains of the Spectre of Regret—but what does this all mean?! 🤔
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Ashrah: trans demon woman, doesn't really have a sexual identity but is married to a woman, and asexual.
Nitara: (butch) lesbian, the aforementioned wife (and a nensii aka vampire)!
Sareena: aromantic and homosexual.
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#WIPSnips 24. "Offer"
Neither Ashrah nor Datusha is happy with the terms, but oh well...
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Well... I'm just going to drop the playlists of the Big Three here! Their main themes are the first songs in each playlist:
Ashrah: tidal.com/playlist/3c1...
Sareena: tidal.com/playlist/93d...
Nitara: tidal.com/playlist/4f3...
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... in others.
Sareena is our Goth girl, so yup! 🤘🏽
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In a way, both Ashrah and Sareena have.
Ashrah can switch between her natural form, her second skin (her "human" form, woven with spiritual thread), and later her dual form (all depicted below)!
Sareena, thanks to her illusion powers, can appear as anyone (1/2)
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Ashrah could wield it but wouldn't because 1) she already has the best sword ever; 2) she prefers lighter, shorter swords, such as hers.
Sareena... she could, but also wouldn't.
Nitara would just to boast lol She's happy with her arylipa, though.
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Ashrah wouldn't bother unless she'd stand to earn something out of it 😅
Sareena would offer it some food, maybe poke it, but she wouldn't go out of her way to help.
Nitara would feed the bird, ensure it's not injured, and fly it back to its nest.
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If given the opportunity, Ashrah would never get close to a child again 😂
Sareena totally would! In Hindi, too, so no one would know and punish the child 😉
Nitara wouldn't... not willingly. But she has a sailor's mouth, so the child WOULD learn!
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... Nether-Touched to mean "pure"; a way of saying that while they have demonic blood in their veins, they do not belong to the demonic species.
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Nitara's name comes from Ǔenluč (root language that gave origin to modern Kraslan) and means “fury of the night.” (3/5)
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...—or perhaps didn’t know *how* to speak of."
Sareena became very good at hiding her emotions, hiding who she truly is... until the walls she built around her start breaking.
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Nitara is less guarded, gestures a lot, and even though she might sometimes try to hide her (3/4)
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... particularly how she wields it against those who look down on her. Later on, she also becomes proud of herself, of her resilience, and yes, she's right to be proud of those.
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For Nitara, I could say she's proud of her tireless defence of her people and her family, (3/6)
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Currently editing CH12 of Eternal Flame!
“You knew about these caves.” Sareena rested her back against the wall and slid down, sitting with her legs spread out. “Have you been here before?”
“Fifteen thousand and six hundred Pulses ago.”
“What for?”
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Picrew of Ashrah (link: https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/1855819) with an angry expression and blood splattered across her face.
Picrew of Nitara (link: https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/1855819) with her fangs peeking out from her closed mouth, some blood on the corner of her lip, and wearing an eye patch.
Picrew of Sareena (link: https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/1855819) with her mischievous smile.
Another day, another picrew for the Big Three 🥰😈🔥
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Picrew of Sareena, from Chronicles of the Realms, as a kid. Link: https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/614903.
Kid Sareena 😭🥺
Yeah, she had a different hairstyle back then 😅 The white strip in her hair and red tattoos across her eyes didn't change, but I couldn't make them with the picrew ;-;
Will we get to explore this period of her life during EF? Maybe...
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She dispatched of the first demon cluttering her way with a swift arc that cleaved it in half. Organs clattered to the ground, alerting the nearby otoshel. A head rolled before it could turn to her, then she raised her swords and brought them down on a third demon. The fourth otoshel raised its spear, but before it could throw it, Sareena flung her sword, hacking its legs at the knees. Standing above it, she stomped on its head. Again and again and again. It took some time, but it finally broke into viscous metal shards.
She is, of course, not the only way. Behind her sense of humour, Sareena is also *brutal*. Indeed, THE most brutal sequence in the entire book is thanks to her 👀🤐
Doubt me? Well, here's a wee snippet:
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Nitara is not so eager to commit gratuitous violence 😅 She's fierce (2/9)
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