#ringbearers

Elrond “doesn’t know he’s about to get claimed as a member of every feuding branch of his enormous family” Halfelven;

Galadriel “I wouldn’t want to sail even if you let me rebels4life” Artanis Nerwen;

Gandalf/Mithrandir/Olorin “Only Ainu who actually improved the situation without sinking a continent” the only returning Istari;

Bilbo “I’m excited to amuse myself by asking historical figures their opinion on my extremely loosely based on a true story poems, also feel cute might break into Aule’s Halls and Burgle some old friends later idk” Baggins;

Frodo “I’m extremely emotionally broken but I just played the most crucial role in the destruction of a being that the greater part of the ruling class here had personal beef with” Baggins;

And Shadowfax “a cool horse”;

All walk into a bar sail up to Aqualonde.

And expect that now they’re in Valinor everything is going to finally be peaceful, and they can rest 😌.

LATER

Legolas and Gimli roll up expecting the first dwarf to enter Valinor to turn some heads but-

…they’re still dealing with some stuff

Gee, coming up with things for this was not unlike coming up with adventures for the Sorcerer’s Quest--brain farts galore! But I managed to come up with some stuff. I’ve got references to official MOTU canons, but I’m mainly doing my own thing because Trolla is free real estate for the most part. 

Okay, here we go. 

IRL you’d want a parent to be a chaperone, but Orko’s a Certified Good Boy, Montork trusts him to help keep an eye on children. 

Starting off by defining the Mage Emblems, because I’ve been looking for an excuse to do so in-story. Heck, this whole thing is an excuse for more Trolla worldbuilding, haha. 

Trollans Discover Magic

Birth of the Star Tree

Star Tree Blesses the Oracle

Coronation of a New Overlord

Doing a bit of exploring and seeing some prominent figures in Trolla’s history that I had fun coming up with (or rebranding into something else, i.e. Blim from the She-Ra episode ‘The Greatest Magic’ now being practically Santa Claus). 

And I’m skipping Dr. Seagg’s presentation because most of the artifacts he talks about aren’t really relevant to this tale, I will say he mentions belongings of the Ringbearers, and at some point, the Horn of Evil comes up. 

“Oh, he drives his sister up a wall, but he hasn’t done any property damage.”

Anyway, let’s go back to exploring this museum:

Considering that Ringbearers are extremely rare and Destroying Angels pop up at least once a generation, somebody had to keep them busy so that less innocents are killed in a rampage. DAs are extremely difficult to kill, you either need a Ringbearer or a Storm Spell cast by the Overlords (which was mentioned in an earlier post where one of Orko’s neighbors recounts the last Destroying Angel rampage), and the latter takes a bit of time to charge.

All right, I’ve saved this next stretch for last:

Whew! This was a long one!

Anyway, I admit to being a little nervous touching on Eternia. With it being the main setting of MOTU, I’m trying to strike a balance between being faithful to certain key factors and tones and stuff, but also putting my own little spin on it. 

It is kind of funny to have this story set on Trolla and portray Eternia as the mysterious world the Trollans wonder about from time to time. In this AU, Trolla’s been cut off since the Ultimate Battleground, so they have no idea what current Eternia is like.  

Orko can ask the questions when he ends up on Eternia. 

Also, say ‘Hi’ to Adam! 

I know that’s not what He-Ro’s staff looks like... I couldn’t figure out how to draw it. TT_TT

“There is no real going back. Though I may come to the Shire, it will not seem the same; for I shall not be the same. I am wounded with knife, sting, and tooth, and a long burden. Where shall I find rest?” 

returning to tumblr after a cheeky 2 years ready to cause some havoc