#codex manonae

believe it or not

love will save us not

DRAMATIS PERSONAE: vol. i-iii

notes for the editor: by no means the full cast of characters, as you will come to know when you read further, but a thorough enough survey of the most important ones. –m.

MATHILDE: THE BELOVED SISTER CONRAD: THE ABSENT FATHER IOANNA: THE WICKED STEPMOTHER MISCHA: THE RIVAL

EDELMIR: THE BEAST ISABELA: THE WITCH

He'll say to me, "I see who you truly are, A girl on whom I can rely," And that's how we'll begin The wizard and I 🜚

i'd like to walk around in your mind someday

Alright, enough, so be it, so be it then Let all Oz be agreed I'm Wicked through and through Since I can not succeed, Fiyero, saving you I promise no good deed will I attempt to do again, ever again No good deed will I do again 🜚

codex manonae volume i: death rattle [prologue]

notes for the editor: covers early childhood, fall of the empire esp. the great fire, family history, mathilde's marriage, meeting mischa, journey eastward as transition into vol. ii. length can be sacrificed if needed but intro to mischa and mathilde must remain. –m.

no, this is not me hinting a revival of my earlier codex manonae project. some good things should just be allowed to die. but for a while i've been brainstorming chapter titles for each of her little narrative arcs, and i got inspired to create a poster/book cover for chapter one. no promises about sharing more of this caliber, but i will probably at least be doing some dress up for each arc so keep an eye out for that. unedited version below the cut.

I put 1 under a cut bc it turned out LONG!! Thank u for the ask and please enjoy my yapping :3

2- a letter written by your OC’s family member

Excerpt from Codex Manonae vol. xvii, 'Le Chateau Deguise.'

Maman, I wish to see you one more time before it is too late, and I must depart from your life entirely. I know you blame yourself for who I am, who I have become, but you must know that this was within me all along, even before you came into my life. I hope our final visit will not be another argument about my choices, and your choices, and whose these were. I wish to say goodbye, and to spend a day with my mother whom I love. Your son, Santo

4- a letter from your OC to their love interest

Excerpt from Codex Manonae vol. v, 'Family Values.'

Mon fantôme, Will be setting off to Wytchwood for the season to avoid Aunt P. & company. (Give G. my best, by the way.) Join me? I'm sure Eliza won't mind, she usually expects both of us anyway. Bring A. if you can so we can continue our lessons, and tell him to read my letters. I know he reads yours. M. P.S. No, I'm not doing your homework again. P.P.S. I left my best cloak in your room, and the Princess won't let me get near it. Bring it with you?

1- an overheard conversation about your OC

Excerpt from Codex Manonae vol. ii, 'The Beast of Padalovsk.' (Below the cut)

[14. your OC talking about your favorite quest]

Excerpt from Codex Manonae vol. viii, 'Honeymooning.'

It was, I believe only a year or two into our marriage, and I was pregnant with our first child. Together, alongside Donny and Wolfgang, (though I think he resented Donny's presence,) We traveled to the north to see some snow for the winter - festive holidays, and all - and while we were tucked into Wolfgang's winter keep, I came upon a strange cave tucked into a mountainside.

Within was, I think, a narrow hole in the Veil - for inside I found what must have been a primordial spirit, some sort of otherworldly creature, taking the form of a jellyfish. It floated in mid-air, and filled the cave with an eerie purple-green light, not dissimilar to the patterns of fluorescence that sometimes streaked overhead in those northern reaches. It drew me toward it with an inexplicable force, and I found myself pressing a hand to its gelatinous side before I had time to fully observe the situation. No sooner had I touched it than I was struck by a vivid hallucination - or, more precisely, a vision, though it was one I would not see come to pass for another century.