the most annoying people are people who don't understand storytelling. they be like "oooo how convenient that this thing happened to the main character in the very beginning". yeah no shit. that's why the story begins here

I wish there was an option to make muses pose together

Where Luna Danaan and her daughter are like the moon, Soleil Danaan is the shining sun. Full of life, brimming with energy, her charisma is contagious and nearly everyone she meets is swept under her spell. She is the personification of the changing times, a liberated woman with a fashionable wardrobe and an exciting career that leads her to travel all over Vertumnus. When she comes to visit her twin sister and her niece, she always brings back stories of her many adventures as a magical artifact consultant. 

Soleil has always been popular, ever since she was a student at the Anouir Institute. Her peers loved her, her professors held her in high regard. She was a shining star, and everyone expected great things from her. Soleil has never been one to crumble under pressure, and instead excelled. 

One should remember that while you can feel the warmth of the sun, it as just as distant as the moon—and is in fact, farther away. Luna Danaan knows this very well, for it was during their time at Anouir that the sisters became somewhat estranged. It started with the Headmistress Elsinore’s private lessons for Soleil, or maybe it was Soleil’s pledge to the Arcane Spiral coven in which she left Luna behind. The rift only grew beyond repair during the first summer of the Mage Wars, when Soleil isolated herself in her room and broke up with her boyfriend.

Ever since, Soleil has been a rising sun, a natural-born leader. The exact kind of person that the mysterious sorceress known as the Empress of the Sun of the infamous Astarte Coven needs to be. The exact sort of person who could harness the power of the apocalypse to rebirth the world, with herself as its godlike ruler. 

No one believes that such a kind, sentimental woman could do such a thing. Luna knows all too well what Soleil is capable of, even if no one believes her. Still, Luna Danaan wants to believe that her sister can be saved and the cycle does not have to continue. The question is, does Soleil want to end the tragedy? Or is the power of a cursed bloodline too alluring to ever let go? 

send an emoji/description of emoji to learn more about a writer's oc! many of these are taken from my munday asks meme, because i thought it would be fun to make a version for characters too! the prompts are categorized by emoji type and given descriptions in case anyone can't see the symbols. can be used for roleplayers and any general writers alike! for roleplayers, these can also be used for your interpretations of canon characters if you so desire as well!

𝐎𝐁𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐒. 💭 THOUGHT BALLOON — what is your oc's MBTI, enneagram, and/or other personality aspects (if known/interested in)? 🚗 CAR — does your oc have a driver's license? can they drive/operate any automobiles/machinery besides cars? ✈️ AIRPLANE — does your oc like traveling, or do they consider themselves a more homey person? 🎮 VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER — what are three of your oc's favorite hobbies? 💍 RING — does your oc have any piercings? do they want any (more) piercings? 🖊️ BALLPOINT PEN — does your oc have any tattoos? do they want any (more) tattoos? 📚 BOOKS — what level of education has your oc most recently completed/is currently in (GED, undergraduate, grad school, phd, etc)? 🎻 VIOLIN — does your oc play any instruments? what is their skill level (beginner/intermediate/advanced/virtuoso/etc)? 🩹 ADHESIVE BANDAGE — does your oc have any physical and/or mental disabilities? 🩸 DROP OF BLOOD — what is your oc's blood type?

𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐒. 🎶 MUSICAL NOTES — what type of music does your oc like? do they listen to music very often? 💯 HUNDRED POINTS SYMBOL — share three random facts about your oc that others may not know. 💤 SLEEPING SIGN — is your oc a light sleeper or a heavy sleeper? how are their sleeping habits? 🔱 TRIDENT EMBLEM — can your oc swim? do they enjoy swimming? 🔺 RED TRIANGLE POINTED UP — does your oc know how to use any weapons? 🔶 LARGE ORANGE DIAMOND — does your oc know cpr? do they have any other medical expertise? 🚫 PROHIBITED — does your oc drink/smoke? do they do it regularly, or is it more on occasion or for special events?

𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄. 🌈 RAINBOW — what is your oc's sexual orientation/gender identity? what pronouns do they use? 🎄 CHRISTMAS TREE — what is your oc's favorite holiday? 🐶 DOG FACE — does your oc have any pets? 🐈 CAT — does your oc prefer a wide circle of friends or a few close friends? 🐷 PIG FACE — what is your oc's favorite animal? 🐉 DRAGON — what is your oc's favorite mythical creature? 🍃 LEAVES FLUTTERING IN WIND — what is/was your oc's favorite subject in school? 🌴 PALM TREE — does your oc have a green thumb? do they enjoy gardening? 🍎 RED APPLE — where was your oc born? do they still live in/around their place of birth or do they live somewhere else? how do they feel about their birthplace?

𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒. ❤️ RED HEART — what are three of your oc's positive traits? 🤍 WHITE HEART — what are three of your oc's neutral/questionable traits? 💔 BROKEN HEART — what are three of your oc's negative traits? 💘 HEART WITH ARROW — what and/or who do(es) your oc consider the most important to them? 🧡 ORANGE HEART — does your oc tend to prioritize family or friends? 💛 YELLOW HEART — how many languages does your oc speak? what language(s) are they learning, if any? 💚 GREEN HEART — does your oc prefer being inside or outside? 💙 BLUE HEART — does your oc have any cool/special powers and/or abilities? how are they with magic, if it exists in their world? 💜 PURPLE HEART — what is your oc's ancestry/genetic background? 🖤 BLACK HEART — has your oc killed or seriously wounded anyone before? have they broken someone's heart and/or broken someone's trust?

𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐒. 🎂 BIRTHDAY CAKE — when is your oc's birthday? how old are they? what are their sun, moon, & rising signs (if known)? what about their tarot card, ruling planet, & ruling number (if known)? do they fit the typical traits of these sun, moon, & rising signs? 🍝 SPAGHETTI — what is/are your oc's favorite food(s)? 🍰 SHORTCAKE — what is/are your oc's favorite sweet(s)/dessert(s)? 🍦 SOFT ICE CREAM — what is/are your oc's favorite ice cream flavor(s)? 🍔 HAMBURGER — is your oc good at cooking? are they good at baking? which one do they prefer? 🥯 BAGEL — what does your oc's typical breakfast look like? do they usually eat breakfast? 🥪 SANDWICH — what does your oc's typical lunch look like? do they usually eat lunch? 🍛 CURRY AND RICE — what does your oc's typical dinner look like? do they usually eat dinner? 🍸 COCKTAIL GLASS — what is your oc's favorite alcoholic drink, if they can drink? ☕️ HOT BEVERAGE — does your oc prefer coffee, tea, hot chocolate, milk, water, or some other drink? how do they like to take this drink (ex. coffee with milk, hot chocolate with whipped cream, a specific kind of tea, etc)?

𝐏𝐄𝐎𝐏𝐋𝐄. 😊 SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES — what are your oc's career/general life desires? what do they want to get the most out of life? 😖 CONFOUNDED FACE — is your oc an introvert, an extrovert, or an ambivert? do they let people in easily, or are they more reserved? 🤔 THINKING FACE — what are some of your oc's quirks/mannerisms? 🧐 FACE WITH MONOCLE — is your oc more logical or emotional? 🤓 SMILING FACE WITH GLASSES — is your oc chatty or quiet? are they at ease in social situations, or are they more shy? 🤩 FACE WITH STARRY EYES — is your oc a planner, or are they more spontaneous in their actions? 😥 SAD BUT RELIEVED FACE — is your oc prone to getting stressed out, or is it easy for them to keep their cool? 😓 DOWNCAST FACE WITH SWEAT — is your oc open-minded or stubborn? are they inquisitive or do they prefer to keep to their bubble of knowledge? 😞 DISAPPOINTED FACE — does your oc attract others, or do they tend to be left alone? 🤒 FACE WITH THERMOMETER — does your oc get sick easily? 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 FAMILY WITH MOTHER, FATHER, SON AND DAUGHTER — how many people are in your oc's immediate family? how many people are in your oc's extended family? do they have aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, etc? who in their family are they closest with? are they close with their birth family, or do they have a found family?

Horus Beltane is perhaps one of the greatest witches and mages who ever lived. Gifted in the art of divination, he is a pioneer oracle assigned by the Covenant in preventing the impending apocalypse, ordained by prophecy and hailed by the environmental disasters. As smoke rolls like water in the streets of Ventura Sound, more of the most powerful mages of Vertumnus turn to him with answers.

What he tells them is shrouded in the cryptic speech traditionally associated with prophets and oracles, those who are burdened by a vision of the future. Little do they know that he knows more than he’s ever let on as to the true origin of the apocalypse and the nature of its resolution. Then again, Horus has always known how to keep a secret.

He learned how to keep a secret at his mother’s knee, following his father down the corridors of the great Beltane mansion in the hills of the Arcane Lights part of Ventura Sound. First they were the secrets of wonder, the secrets of an ancient witching legacy, a promise of all he would become and all he would stand to inherit. 

Then they were the secrets of friendship, harmless little things that helped something small and fragile bloom. A fear, a hidden talent, an insecurity, a shared joke, a quiet place that blocked out the rest of the world and the last place he saw her smile before she died. 

After Valor LaGuardia’s death, the secrets only grew, and they weren’t so harmless or wondrous anymore. 

Perhaps the greatest of these secrets was the confession of a girl in silver hair, hands stained in blood over the recently-revived corpse of the one they called a friend. A crime against magic, against nature, against the circle of life was committed there. And yet Horus did not act against it. 

No harm seemed to come of it for a long time. But as the disasters were born and so was the little girl of his close friends’, he learned the terrible truth. The rekindling of a life ended too soon came with far too high a price. To correct the mistake, Horus would take one more secret to his grave—what really happened to Julien Frey on the night of his second death. 

Dorian Beltane is a child of two worlds. Werewolf and witch children are not uncommon, but he does strike an impression nonetheless. A quick learner with a sunny disposition, he’s a popular student at the Anouir Institute for the Magical Arts who is held in high regard by students and professors alike. He always is willing to lend a helping a hand, speak a warm word, and will always help a friend. 

His undying loyalty to those he cares about is born of a secret that erodes at his soul. Born when the wolf appeared in the northern lights, his father knew that his child was the legendary Fenrir reborn, the Harbinger of the End. Aratus Beltane’s political career in the Covenant has been haunted by those who have discovered the truth of Dorian’s birth, those who feel a single innocent life is worth the preservation of all. While his father has been able to protect him so far, he has trained Dorian to harness the power of the legend in the hope that Dorian will be able to protect himself when Aratus is no longer able to. 

However, this has bred resentment between father and son for a circumstance that is far beyond either of their control. And with the prophecy looming over his head, Dorian is desperate for a true human connection—even if he doesn’t believe himself worthy of it. 

The thing about prophecy, however, is that it is not so easily circumvented. Despite the best efforts, the dominos are set. The question is, what will push him to apocalypse?

A chance meeting with Luna Frey is what will set everything into motion. 

With shining silvery-blonde hair and deep brown eyes, and an elegant wardrobe reminiscent of Stevie Nicks, Luna Danaan is like the moon, cold and mysterious to most. One of the premier alchemists in Ventura Sound, Luna Danaan is the expert in designing and brewing potions that can fulfill almost any need. Many come to the downstairs office of her candy-colored house on the misty hills of Ventura Sound to commission her services. 

Among the glimmering crystal potions bottles, there is a photograph on her desk of a young man with reddish-brown hair, hazel eyes, and a prominent scar working its way up his neck, out from under his shirt. With circles under his eyes and a dullness to their depths that doesn’t quite match his fearless grin, his countenance is a peculiar one. Luna Danaan avoids most questions about the man in the picture, preferring to remind clients of the commission. If one happens to catch a glimpse of her daughter, they suddenly understand. 

Luna Danaan has walked the line between life and death, achieving what no mage has before or since. It was she who rekindled a life cut too short, forging an unbreakable connection between them. And it was she who restored the balance when the debt she incurred came for their daughter. 

She has a great many secrets she can never tell her own little Luna. Secrets that Horus Beltane will help her keep, even if he disagrees, only to be discussed over tea, lilacs, and the moonlight by Julien Frey’s grave. 

Luna Frey is the youngest scion of the House of Danaan, and the first in a long time to not bear its name. She is also the first child to be born without a twin in an equally long time. Perhaps, some may suggest, she is meant to be a curse-breaker, where the cycle ends. However, given that her mother passed down her identical first name, Luna cannot escape her curses so easily. 

A free-thinker and fiercely-independent, Luna is a witch in every sense of the word. She has her own friend circles and is well-regarded by most as a quiet, polite young lady, but she has her own inner world and a preference for solitude. Her father always worried when he was still alive, for she was so close to shadows as a child, but that is simply her nature. 

Still, she burns with an ambition for changing the world. Underneath that ambition, however, lies a power that could save or destroy the world. All that it takes either way, is one spark. 

When she meets Dorian Beltane, the sparks fly. 

*Luna = Solene