OBSCURUM
—— ✩‧₊˚ ☾ SHADOW AND BONE FIC ☽ ˚₊‧✩ ——
© -LAEVINIC. 2021

PAIN AND LOSS WILL DEFINE US
THEY  WILL   NEVER  BREAK  US

———  SYNOPSIS  ———

       DARKNESS CANNOT SURVIVE WITHOUT LIGHT. It craves it. It longs for it so that it can abandon its feelings of loneliness. Without Darkness, there can be no Light, and without Light, there can be no Darkness. The two are forced to balance each other for all of eternity.

       People cherish the Light, yet perish the Darkness. Condemning it as nothing but destruction and chaos in an ever changing world. Darkness does not belong. It hides in the shadows. While Light shines brightly over the people that praise it.

       Long ago, people lived in fear of the people that could bend these great forces. Afraid of the power they had swallowed from the great Heavens themselves. The people were greedy, they wanted these powers for themselves. So they hid behind armour and false honour, calling themselves soldiers, heroes, witch slayers, kings, any title they could think of to get what they wanted.

       For centuries, Light had been returned to the skies, permanently removed from the Witch who once stole it at birth. There had never been another who could summon the Sun's Light. Instead Eternal Darkness reigned over the world, desperately seeking out its counterpart, destroying anything in its path.

       In pain and anger and loss, it's Summoner tore Ravka in two, set fear into the hearts of any man, woman and child. Separating children from their parents, leaving them orphans.

       Years later, a young woman is employed by the Duke of a Manor that took close care of those such orphans. Giving them food, shelter, warmth. But while she was there she made sure to give those children a home. To care for them like a Mother should.

       So when Alina Starkov and Malyen Oretsev arrived they were seen as just another two poor souls. Alina believed that she would always be considered the enemy. While Mal was always seen as the weakling who chose rather to run away and hide than face judgement. But she did not want that life for them. She wanted them to grow up proud of who they are and remember that bravery does not always require sacrifice.

       She did not want them to be alone, like she had been for so long. But she broke that promise when she had to leave, not before wiping away any sign of her existence in both the physical word and the minds of the people she grew to care for dearly. Pain had many faces, but she had many names.

       She would miss them, but soon she would be walking by their side as a close friend. The life of an immortal being was never easy, but it was always full of surprises.

       For Darkness will always seek out the Light, AND LIGHT WILL ALWAYS SOOTH THE DARKNESS.

WE ARE ALL MADE OF THE LIES
WE   WERE   FORCED   TO   TELL

———— CASTING ————

MARIANNE ALEXEYEV / ELOWEN
IVANOV, charlotte hope

" love is far more painful than any death "

THE SUN SUMMONER, eternal, soldier in
the first army, etherealki, ex lady's maid to
queen lyudmila, 'the otkazat'sya'

moodboard by -anqeIic

GENERAL KIRIGAN / ALEKSANDER
MOROZOVA, ben barnes

" i believe the saints would agree with you "

THE SHADOW SUMMONER, eternal, general
of the second army, etherealki, ex military
advisor to king anastas, 'the darkling'

moodboard by -anqeIic

SHADOWS   AND   DEMONS   ARE
SIMPLY  OUR   PERSONAL  HELL

———  ALONGSIDE  ———

——— THE PRESENT ———

ALINA STARKOV, jesse mei li
MAYLEN ORETSEV, archie renaux
GENYA SAFIN, daisy head
KARINE ODHINKAR, gwendoline christie
ANNIKA SOKOLOV, florence pugh
BAGHRA, zoë wanamaker
ROSINA LEBEDEV, kaya scodelario
NIKOLAI LANSTOV, jack lowden
ZOYA NAZYALENSKY, sujaya dasgupta
KAZEM BEHNAM, regé-jean page
OLYA BEHNAM, caroline ford
BOTKIN YUL-ERDENE, hon ping tang

——— THE PAST ———

ULLA, bruna marquezine
JIA LIN, jessica henwick
YOUNG INEZ IVANOV, gemma arterton
OLDER INEZ, rosamund pike
YOUNG BAGHRA, janet montgomery
LEIF AABERG, jonathan keltz
PRINCE VIKTOR LANTSOV, nick slater
PRINCESS ALYONA LANTSOV, alissa skovbye
ALISA ROSTOV, suki waterhouse
FEN ZHOU, henry golding
YOUNG ELOWEN, emily carey
YOUNG ALEKSANDER, louis partridge
SANKTA KIRA OF THE ASHES, anya chalotra
SANKTA NADIA OF THE TREES, anna shaffer
SANKTA NEYAR OF BLACKSMITHS, tuyen do

——— EXTRAS ———

LANTSOV ANCESTRY, as described
ZHAO ANCESTRY, as described
SAINTS, as described

SHADOW AND BONE CAST
& OTHERS AS DESCRIBED

———  DISCLAIMER  ———
I do not own or claim to own Shadow and Bone - the book series or the Netflix series - but I own my characters and their backstories, I will not allow reproductions or translations of my characters, my stories, or my layout.
FOLLOWING WARNINGS. . . strong language. blood. enemies to lovers romance. second chance romance. mentions of death. mentions of depression. childhood trauma. manipulative behaviour. sarcasm. strong themes. violence. minor mentions of sa and ptsd. racist themes.

———  DEDICATIONS  ———
For the s&b lovers, the people that motivate me to continue writing or are just pretty cool dudes you decide what you are.

skinrots . -lucidss . -WORKOFGOD . -anqeIic
llxcifers . cloudysky_22 . VanGoghgangs . Winter326
-elliptical . Jackieshalom . KazBrekker090 . -tothelakes
aurunium . WerecoyoteWitch97 . darthvvderr

———  APOLLO SPEAKS  ———
My precious evil cinnamon roll will always need some love. My brain has been on overdrive the past week, and the idea of bringing this back has been on it twenty-four/seven. So here it is! This used to be my most popular story, ever, but now that top spot has been taken over by Haunted! Who would've thought? Anyway, I still have so much love for this story and my precious tortured babies, I have big plans that I need to push myself to write. I NEED to write for them. Like it's a necessity! And with s2 coming tomorrow, I thought why not get myself a super minuscule head start!

STATUS . . . . . . . . . . . . ONGOING
STARTED . . . . . . . 27 APRIL 2021
EDITING . . . . . . 15 MARCH 2023
ENDED . . TO BE DETERMINED

© -LAEVINIC. 2021