deliverusfromsburb:

deliverusfromsburb:

TAZ/Old Kingdom crossover where Kravitz is an Abhorsen chasing a denim-clad necromancer around the southern countryside and getting increasingly frustrated that the guy does not respect the aesthetic like, at all

I came up with this on the way to the grocery store, possibly as my brain’s way to confirm that not all the crossovers I come up with are cursed.

Barry is from Ancelstierre with a science background, much like Nick, but instead of disproving the magic of the Old Kingdom he wants to see how it works and combine it with scientific technology. Since he doesn’t have the same cultural aversion to free magic, he ends up dabbling in both that AND charter magic. If the Abhorsen can use both, then it’s clearly possible to combine them. And necromancy doesn’t HAVE to be used for evil. (It’s still illegal, Barold.) Most of the townspeople in the old kingdom give him a wide berth, but there are rumors that if your cow is sick or if you had a crop die off, he’s your guy.

Lup and Taako are Clayr by birth. The Clayr Saw that Lup was a girl, but boys aren’t common on the glacier, so they plan on sending Taako to his father once they’re older.  When the twins find out, they run off before they are separated.  They live a hardscrabble life with traders and the like until they run into Barry.  They’re both very accomplished Charter mages, but Lup’s also interested in dabbling in free magic, which makes her even more powerful, although it’s dangerous and there are a few close calls.  They don’t have much of the Sight, although occasionally they use it to con people.

Kravitz is the Abhorsen and has actually met Astarael. He doesn’t think she’s that bad. After a few run-ins with the mysterious necromancer who’s been running around the southern part of the Old Kingdom, he starting to think Barry’s not that bad either, but he has a job to do. Yes, Barry, I know the little girl was crying because her pet dog got hit by a car, but you can’t just bring it back.

I guess this means Kravitz works with Mogget? Ye gods.

Magnus lives peacefully with his wife in a village and is very good at making things.  If he feels a strange kinship with the charter stones in the village square, it just makes him a better craftsman, so who’s to worry?

Merle was baptized into the Charter but doesn’t feel a strong connection to it these days. He wouldn’t call himself religious. Then, he is wandering somewhere and finds a shrine with a little statue of a dog, and suddenly, there’s God.  I mean, the dog that came out of nowhere doesn’t admit to being Kibeth, but he’s not stupid.

(Later, when they start meeting up, Magnus is delighted by the Disreptuable Dog. “I’m pretty sure that’s one of the seven shiners,” Merle tells him privately. “Who cares?” Magnus says. “She loves getting her belly rubbed, and I’m not gonna say no to that.”)

Lucretia is a member of the royal family, although she’s not directly in line for the throne.  She’s very interested in historical research, the stories of the bloodlines, and how she fits in all of this.  She spends a lot of time traveling to the glacier to research in the Great Library, and the Clayr tell her she’s wasted as royalty. She would’ve made an excellent librarian.  She’s practically an unofficial one and has helped out during some of their crises. Davenport is captain of the Paperwing division of the royal guard and ends up flying her to the glacier most of the time.  He’s the best pilot they have and can whistle up a hurricane if he has to.

Everything is going fine (Kravitz chases Barry, Taako, and Lup around with Looney Tunes style hijinks but his heart isn’t really in it at this point) until Barry hears about some very powerful artifact buried in the hill by Edge and decide he just has to investigate. He gets Nick Sayre’d and starts digging up the Destroyer with an undead army. Kravitz admits this is a significant upgrade to his threat level. Meanwhile, Lup and Taako have a rare flash of the Sight and are puzzling over what the vision about “seven birds and seven shiners” has to do with anything, and who all those people they don’t recognize were. But Kravitz was in it, so they end up allying with him and eventually collecting all the other IPRE members in a desperate bid to rebind Orannis before it all goes to shit. I can wedge Kravitz into the shiner group because Taako and Lup are twins and so only cover one bell. How are some of the others members of the bloodlines? I’m not sure. People get around sometimes and don’t document it, right? It’s fine. Someone loses a hand. Destroyer!Barry hits Davenport with a Belgaer/Dyrim combo for a while. Lucretia’s probably going to end up Queen.