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WHERE RUN THE DEATHLESS WOLVES ↳ A WIP INTRO BY @SPRIGOFBASIL
graphics by the amazing @moariin !
“Why have you come here, Ivan Tsarevich?“
"That’s not my name,” he forced out, the words catching and dragging sharp in his throat.
She bared her teeth in a grin. “You’re the son of a tsar, aren’t you? In the end, that’s all that matters.”
GENRE: YA Fantasy, Slavic Fairytale Retelling
TYPE: Standalone (for now)
POV: Past, dual POV (third-person limited)
STATUS: Outlining
THEMES/TROPES: Fairytale logic; sword lesbians; curses and retribution; the loneliness of immortality; sibling rivalries; wars of succession; himbo and the beast; the hollow ringing of revenge
FAIRYTALES: Ivan Tsarevich and the Grey Wolf; The Death of Koschei the Deathless; Vasilisa the Beautiful
SUMMARY:
A self-avowed tsar lies on his deathbed, his crown threatening to shatter between three pairs of unfit hands. The throne will fall to the most deserving son, the one to catch the mythical firebird, and born under the shadow of his two brothers, Ivan Petrovich vows that it will be him.
Meanwhile in the far north, the motherless Vasilisa Evgenievna has always been fated for something more. She has the gift, they say, though she can’t help but wonder for what. Her city is dying, rotting from the inside out decades after its light has begun to flicker, and to save it, Vasilisa is soon saddled with a purpose greater than herself: bring back the heart of a firebird.
Taking the path of greater resistance, Ivan finds himself at the mercy of a great beast in a wolf’s skin, its secrets buried deep within its long-crumbling castle. Meanwhile, Vasilisa’s quest brings her to a hut on chicken legs, her life now in the balance of three impossible tasks. Between them, a thread of malachite through a needle.
But myths borne by flame do not make for easy prey, and the clever, foolish hunter is no better than the hunted.
CHARACTERS:
Ivan Petrovich Voronin | the third son, the soft-hearted prince who can’t help but want for more. Handsome and charismatic, but too honest to bear the crown he knows that he doesn’t truly want.
Vasilisa Evgenievna Lebedeva | the beautiful, with the name of heroines of old. Meant for greatness, the shadowed weight of her own purpose lies heavy on her shoulders despite her quest for light.
Galina Bogdanovna | the foundling, with no family nor hopes beyond her self-imposed debt. Her own hand grasps a glass hammer over her heart, ready to give it away to anyone who asks.
↳ Marya Morevna | of broken promises
↳ Koschei Bessmertny | in the eye of a needle
↳ Baba Yaga | of bone-legged sorcery
↳ Mistress of the Copper Mountain | from malachite
LINKS: wip page (under construction!) | main tag
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