#SongsOfSeptember 10. This is Quan Chi's theme—and yes, I have a whole montage in my head with this as well :3

youtu.be/V_YlZ1JdcVk

If you want to understand why, the short story that shows his origin explains: archiveofourown.org/works/72763116.

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#WIPSnips 10. "Teeth"

This was an obvious one: our introduction to Mileena's secret.

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#AwesomeCharacters Ashrah goes into combat mode until she realises it's an innocent. Then, she simply glares at them and continues on her path.

Sareena... no one is bumping into her unless she's really distracted. In this case, the other 🧵

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#Septopolis 9. Order and reverence are the chief values that govern Or̉el̉īs and the kingdom at large. Reverence for Aarālūṿya's memory and her prophets (the gods), obedience to the state and its military forces. Only through unquestionable loyalty and deference will Order 🧵

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#AwesomeCharacters Assuming this is Balanced Ashrah, because EF Ashrah would turn to no one but herself... Sareena. Her sister and partner in crime! And that indeed happens in the Freedom Trilogy...

Likewise, Sareena would call Ashrah. 🧵

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#Septopolis 8. There are two approved languages in Or̉el̉īs (and Āradanū as a whole): Raṃāga, which is the vanalāras language and the one that makes up all the words we've been seeing (you can check out the alphabet here: ellipsus.com/read/7fJofSn...), and Hōrāga 🧵

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#WIPSnips 8. "Mental"

Ashrah wields Datusha's psychic magic for the first time 🧠

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#SongsOfSeptember 8. Usually, I do per book. With #ChroniclesOfTheRealms, it's different, though. I have one playlist for each of the Big Three—Ashrah, Nitara, and Sareena—then one for Ashtara. For other characters, I have couple playlists: Mileena/Tanya, Askaly/Xiuying, Li Mei/Kitana. And then 🧵

#AwesomeCharacters No school in Arak'shiir, generally speaking. Ashrah learnt from life, though 16k years later, she does learn from Masters Nightwolf and Shujinko—mostly about Mystic Arts and Baguazhang, but the philosophy involved does make it go beyond that. 🧵

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#SongsOfSeptember 7. I have a whole montage in my head of Kira, Alhamad, Mileena, and Tanya singing this one—and, indeed, "Love That Never Dies" is the title of Alhamad's first multi-chapter short story (possibly novelette?) :3

youtu.be/l-ALW6_4kqw

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#Septopolis 7. Unlike the other main settings of #ChroniclesOfTheRealms, Or̉el̉īs isn’t diverse at all (as Askaly said, who in their right mind would want to travel to Āradanū without an excellent reason?). Vanalāras make up the majority of Or̉el̉īs's population: they're elves 🧵

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#AwesomeCharacters Ashrah reads a few books while training with Shujinko—her first books from the Living Planes—until she settles into her preference for non-fiction books (particularly history, philosophy, and spirituality) and folktales.

This unrequested 🧵

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#WIPSnips 6. "Sigh"

Sayzda [ʃʲəz-da] represents me and my love for demons *sighs*

(First speaker is Djalka.)

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#Septopolis 6. Or̉el̉īs means "Yellow Valley," from or̉es̉u (valley) and alal̉īs (yellow).

Worth noting that yellow is the "holiest" of colours for the vanalaras, the colour that symbolises order and the sublime. But also the land has a yellow-ish tone, especially Mount Āraṃai.

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#AwesomeCharacters Ashrah certainly has a reputation. Purple-Eyed Slayer, Purple Bane, Graceful Inferno, Indomitable Blade—these are all titles she earned before Eternal Flame, and more will come after, such as Warrior of Balance and Sword of Freedom.

Her fame 🧵

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#WIPSnips 5. "Panel"

This is different 🤔

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#Septopolis 5. The sanctioned books say that Or̉el̉īs’ history begins with Ṿic̉ar̉i, a Priestess of Aarālūṿya who’s said to have been guided to the rīs̉aras atop Mount Āraṃai to build the now-famous Sanctuary of Eternal Light.

Ṿic̉ar̉i was a devout woman who believed order to 🧵

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#WIPSnips 3. “Effective”

What’s better than a sapient, psychic sword? A sapient, psychic sword that doubles as a key!

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#Septversary 3. Good at collaborating? Absolutely not. But they must learn it, too. And learn they do! If Ashrah and Sareena literally crashed into one another earlier due to their lack of coordination during fights, later they moved as one graceful and lethal body! 🧵

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#Septopolis 3. Or̉el̉īs is located in the southeast of the Kingdom of Āradanū, mostly in a Mediterranean climate, though the different elevations cause variations, including more snowfall the more to the north you go.

It’s surrounded by three mountains—Mount Aal̉ānu 🧵

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