Alejandra Sanctus
Most Deserving Of A Hug
Worst Luck
(Favorite Thread) (Mature)I am a field on fire
Art by Gen
Salsola
A new and terrible dawn rose upon Salsola in the second year of Elphaba's reign. Still wounded by the previous year's horrible losses, the fragile internal peace is shattered by a devastating discovery. The grotesque body of Crone Loki Helsi is found by his own daughter; Burnt at a pyre in the neutral lands beyond the safety of the Law. Hysteria threatens the stability of the queen's tumultuous rule as Salsola reels from the shock of this savage crime. Furious in her own right, and obsessively driven to find the culprit, Elphaba sets in place a royal decree that will decide Salsola's path for the year to come.
All members of her esteemed Faction Tiers are given new roles and new titles as Inquisitors for the crown. The Salsolan Inquisition begins.
While intrigue and scandal plague the Inquisitor's duty, not all in the kingdom is doom and gloom. A precious litter of puppies are born - Pontifex Troy Lykoi, Rufus Lykoi, Eusebia Lykoi, and Raito Ulrich-Lykoi. Beneath the new regime, life and work must continue. As spring arrives, two major projects are undertaken: The War Room and the Library Restoration.
Just as the world seems to have settled into order, madness grips us again. A sudden and seemingly-unprovoked attempt to poison Inquisitor Kamari Kaiser leaves the master spy clinging to life - just as she began to figure out the identity of the murderer! Pressure mounts as this fresh lead gives the Inquisitors a trail to follow, and just before the increasingly erratic Delfina Heiwa - a notorious witch - is able to finish her foul deed, she is apprehended. Though she puts up a fight, Delfina is eventually restrained and imprisoned.
A trial is held to determine the truth behind Ondine's murder the prior year, and Loki's death. Found guilty of all crimes, Delfina cracks and admits to sororicide, traumatizing the surviving members of House Heiwa. She is sentenced to death, but before her nephew Krios Revlis can carry out the execution, she denies involvement in the murder of the Crone. Her body is sent over the great falls, where her spirit will never rest.
The kingdom is shrouded by a false sense of peace. The conspiracy of Loki's death remains close in everyone's minds.
While the Inquisition, led by an increasingly frustrated O'Riley, continue their hunt for answers, an unusual development occurs. Andrew Winthrop - an ex-Infernian indebted due to his participation in the war - pays off his debt, and makes history by going on to join the ranks of the Family. Having been thoroughly indoctrinated into Salsolan culture by his previous Mistress, his star begins to rise.
Midway through the year, the tomes record that Salsola turned eight years old.
Activity stirs in the heart of the Ruins. Two couples - Andrew & Narcissa and Brocade & Morgana - are betrothed before the eyes of the kingdom. Two more - Kaeli & Shaamah and Idrieus & Grievous - willingly announce their intents to be wed. The season is ripe for romance, and in spite of its unsolved mysterious, Salsola continues to prosper. The use of the term 'House' to identify a prominent bloodline becomes a common phrase in Salsolan culture, further separating identities between the highborns - those with noble blood - from the lowborns - those without.
Nazar and Mithra are born to House Blacksun. Shortly after, their father disappears.
A harvest moon rises late in the season. Prompted by her cousin, the witch Morgana, Elphaba calls for the coven to undertake a blessing rite to ensure Salsola's bounty; As well as to manifest a hex upon the bringer of the Sanctum curse. It is a powerful ritual, and one that brings many practitioners of all different creeds to attendance.
The fortunes of the Kingdom shine. Sebastien Stone rises out of Serfdom to become a member of the family. Julius Valentine and Till Van Ulrich Lykoi are promoted into the Faction Tiers. There they are joined by none other than Andrew, whose loyalty and cunning appears to have made him a true Salsolan at heart after all, eventually leading him to the esteemed position of Proctor. The Sotto Capo accepts Helena Troy Lykoi as mistress of the Merchant Tier, the Ambassador.
And finally, after a whole year of searching, the Inquisition finds what it needs to condemn the bringer of the Sanctum Curse. Scouts identify suspicious activity on the eastern border. Salsola leads raids against the two loner groups found there, seeking the proof of culpability that they require to finally lay the Cursebringer to rest. What they find changes everything.
A new turn approaches.
Andrew Greygrief
Best Character Development
Most Toxic Relationship (with Helena)
(Favorite Thread) (Mature)"INSOLENCE," he spat, a rage previously untapped filled him now. Droplets of saliva sprayed from his open maw as he loomed over his servant. "You will speak when called upon."
Art by Songbird
Argive Hemlock
(Favorite Thread)He canted his head slightly. “I could show you, perhaps, but, what’s in it for me, Henchman?”
Art by Songbird
Chester B. Valentine-Ulrich
"And I'm feeling like a ghost And it's what I hate the most 'Cause I'm giving up again And this time (this time, this time) This time I might just disappear"
Art by Despi
Coaxoch B. Ulrich
(Favorite Thread) (Mature)"Dear My Love, My Sweet Morning Light, Please Wait for Me, Tonight"
Art by Riorix @ FA
Delfina Heiwa
(Favorite Thread) (Mature)"But I will indulge your theatrics, your little show. I'll shame myself before you if that is what will please our Majesty, so high upon her thorny throne", she cooed out, her voice lowering, as though to a lover.
Art by Kiri
Dirge L. Trombetta-Ulrich
"Tell me God, are you punishing me? Is this the price I'm paying for my past mistakes?"
Art by Nat
Eden de le Ulrich
(Favorite Thread)It's the things we carry silently inside ourselves which are the heaviest burdens.
Art by Felidre
Elphaba Revlis
Mostly Likely To Be The Boss At The End Of A Dungeon
(Favorite Thread) (Mature)She would climb him like a mountain. Men were made only to be conquered, and Elphaba was a Woman King.
Art by Art by Alaine
Embla Soul
(Favorite Thread)The piano is not firewood yet
But a heart can't be helped
And it gathers regret
Art by Libri
Grievous Eternity
(Favorite Thread)“The future, even when it was only a question-shrouded glimmer, would not be eclipsed by the past; even when death moved towards the centre of the stage, life went on fighting for equal rights.” ― Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses
Art by Nat
Helena Troy Lykoi
Most in Need of a Damn Good Lawyer
Most Toxic Relationship (with Andrew)
Greatest Rivals (with Kaeli)
(Favorite Thread) (Mature)"Kiss me." She muttered, turning her head to offer a copper cheek. Worship me, settled her voice, somewhere deep without speaking at all.
Art by Hydra
Idrieus Eternity
(Favorite Thread)Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.
Art by Jacob
Kaeli Blacksun
Greatest Rivals (with Helena)
(Favorite Thread) (Mature)Her heart was still a wild thing, and it would remain that way until the day of her last breath.
Art by Hydra
Kamari Kaiser
Argue Like an Old Married Couple (with Krios)
OTP 2019 (with Krios)
(Favorite Thread) (Mature)“Are you jealous…Delfina?” Kamari smiled cruelly at her attacker, a dry laugh escaping her as she struggled for breath. “A lowborn…sits higher than…you…in this Kingdom.”
Art by Songbird
Khael Lykoi
(Favorite Thread) (Mature)Khael obeyed her whims without dwelling on the irrational nature of them; for all her cold detachment, she was a creature ruled by her emotions, just like her father.
When she wanted to hurt people, she did.
When she wanted to protect them – well, that was harder. She couldn't seem to do that without hurting them, too.
Art by Songbird
Krios Revlis
Argue Like an Old Married Couple (with Kamari)
OTP 2019 (with Kamari)
(Favorite Thread)"Caring is not the Salsolan way", he replied slowly, trying to pretend that her words did not lift his spirits despite the slow clenching of his fingers around her smaller digits. It was more of a cradling than truly gripping, but he could feel the faint presence of her beating heart through the touch. "Wealth, possessions, status. Honor. Reputation. Deceit. These are the Salsolan way."
Art by Despi
Loki Helsi
Most Unexpected Death
(Favorite Thread) (Mature)She was his starshine girl. He assured her of this, promising that he would never go away.
Art by Alaine
Maelyx Nocturne
Art by Kitty
Morgana Revlis
(Favorite Thread)“Not yet do you feel it. Wait for the future.” ― Euripides, Medea
Art by Mel
Mors Einar-Nocturne
Art by Lilith Veritas
Narcissa Greygrief
(Favorite Thread) (Mature)'Do more satisfactory things and you'll hear more of it.' she replied dryly.
Art by Despi
O'Riley Eternity
(Favorite Thread) (Mature)“The fury of a demon instantly possessed me. I knew myself no longer. My original soul seemed, at once, to take its flight from my body; and a more than fiendish malevolence, gin-nurtured, thrilled every fibre of my frame.” ― Edgar Allan Poe, The Black Cat
Art by Alaine
Pandora Einar-Nocturne
Art by Saterina
Pontifex Troy Lykoi
Most Likely To Be The Plucky Sidekick
The Goodest Boi/Girl
(Favorite Thread)"OH!! Would you?! Ahh, you're so kind." Was her breathless reply, the sparkling reflection of buttercup in her eyes portraying the depths of her gratitude. She jumped back up to her feet, still clasping hold of his hand, as if she might never let him go. "Come, come." She peeped, tugging gently on his arm.
Art by Despi
Raito Ulrich
"Hey, brother, what you thinking? That good ol' sound is ringing They don't know what they're missing"
Art by Songbird
Somnus Einar-Nocturne
Art by Despi
Spartacus Simone Ulrich
(Favorite Thread)"This is not a threat, I promise, I promise. This is a warning, baby, I just want you to know."
Art by Nandolicious @ FA
Till Van Ulrich-Lykoi
(Favorite Thread) (Mature)"Did you really think that you could fix me?"
Art by http://www.furaffinity.net/user/haitem
Varda Blacksun
Heiress of a giant's legacy
Art by Hydra
Velimir Voronin
(Favorite Thread)He moved over to Walnut to show the mule some affection before the Emissary would depart. “And yet you would rather live with the discomfort of water on your head than you would to patch the hole,” he hummed. “Spring will become summer, and the rains will cease, but, the hole will still be there, even if you chose to pretend it is not.”
Art by Songbird
Victoire Heiwa
(Favorite Thread)It was almost like everything was perfectly normal and they weren't surrounded by snakes in the grass.
Art by Despi