Lance has heard tales about Yorak the Great and Terrible since he was a little boy. His parents and all of the village elders warn him that the fearsome warlock will lay a curse upon him if he dares so much as approach the lonely hilltop house from...
This AU is something that I came up with in an apparent fever dream, owed directly to @Shut_ur_quiznack and @TekTheTek on Twitter. Shut_ur_quiznack shared a screenshot of a tumblr post by siniristiriita with the vague idea for this concept and the suggestion that somebody write a Klance AU about it. Then TekTheTek had to go and challenge me by suggesting that everyone crowdfund someone to write it. I said I would do it for free. And paid someone (the lovely @Kaokki) to make my cover, so I technically lost money on taking that offer. And I regret absolutely nothing. Here it is a little clearer and without my obstructive edits!
اوووه! هذه الصورة لا تتبع إرشادات المحتوى الخاصة بنا. لمتابعة النشر، يرجى إزالتها أو تحميل صورة أخرى.
In this world, witch and warlock are terms assigned to non-human beings that possess inherent magick abilities. Yes, we're going magick with a k here. It's for the aesthetick (by which I mean worldbuilding). Witches and warlocks are feared by most mortal folk. Their powers can be immense, they are vaguely demonic in nature, and they live far longer than humans do. The most powerful are said to be able to reach a thousand years. Regular humans who can use learned magick are classified as mages.
We are also calling Keith Yorak for this whole thing. The name "Keith" does pop up later, as a bit of a surprise, on someone else. Most of the names for locations, like the town itself, are drawn from the Monsters and Mana episode. And Kaltenecker is a horse here. The world itself is meant to be a fictional fantasy one and not a super-accurate medieval world— I don't like giving myself such strict limitations and care more about character development and tone-setting than the exact specifics of any world I create. The world seems a bit more LegendofZelda than, say, Game of Thrones.
