ABOUT
After the harrowing events of his childhood, Osprey once vowed he would never return to his icy home planet. Instead, he'd kept his head down, transferring to the central regions of the Empire to serve as a knight to one of the Empire's lesser lords, a frail youth that he finds himself falling for against his better judgment.
His lord, Lilian, seems determined to spite Osprey along with his own fate. As one of the emperor's many offspring, he might have held a title of some importance, but with his ailing health, has since been disregarded. Despite his low standing and illness, Lilian manages to secure himself a position governing one of the Empire's seemingly useless provinces— Osprey's home world.
The frigid wasteland is not all it seems; beneath the surface runs a network of geothermal channels. In these rich, warm waters live the Rækju. Worshipped as godlike entities by the humans who have settled there for generations, these centuries-old creatures possess powers beyond human understanding. To the desperate and ailing Lilian, they hold promise— for healing, whatever the cost. To Osprey, they bring only painful reminders of the devastation they're capable of.
in development / 2024-current
By Flowerspots
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Lilian
Despite his physical frailty, he is a willful boy, desperate to overcome his limits and willing to employ whatever manipulation he can to achieve his ends. Whether or not he means what he says is debatable, but he is capable of affection, infuriating as his ways of showing it might be.
Age: 18-19 || Animal: cat (sphynx)/ shrimp/ fish-cat || Height: 5'7"-> taller when shrimpy || Orientation: gay || Occupation: a lesser lord; honored shrimp-queen || MBTI: INFJ ||
Sign: ☀️♐︎/🌙 ?
Colors: plum, mauve, sunset red
Likes
novelty, the strange and unfamiliar; multidimensional pleasures; Osprey, despite everything
Dislikes
chronic pain; his own weakness and limitations; The Empire (and most of his blood relatives)
Osprey
Possessive, resentful, entitled, and overly-protective, he is by no means the sort of person suited for the submission of knighthood. Still, he has chosen his path, and none can sway him from it, even if a part of him still believes he was meant for better things. He hopes to kill that part of him eventually; Perhaps with enough debasement, he can.
Age: 25 || Animal: Osprey / dog (akita) || Height: 5'9" || Orientation: gay (top cursed to bottom) || MBTI: ??? || Sign: ☀️♋︎ /🌙 ? Colors: silver, brown, white
Likes
Lilian (quite painfully)
Dislikes
The Raekju; his home planet; cold
AUs & Side Stories
✷ The Prince of Nothing & The Lord of Nowhere ✷
{10k words, complete} ✷ {An Omegaverse arranged marriage AU}
Originally written for OMEGATOWN (a free dystopian omegaverse-themed zine)
Across the great Empire beyond Osprey’s small, ice-bound world, alphas, along with the practice of breeding, have long since been lost to the ages. His own world remains a distant holdout of a bygone era, himself a living relic. Though he is a prince, and his intended a former lord of the Empire, both are seemingly helpless against the shadowed forces that shape Osprey’s forgotten world as much as the pull of their own physical connection.
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REFERENCES AND LORE
A ref sheet for Lilian (& Osprey) in the time before Lilian's transformation. Click to full view!
The Oaths every knight who serves a lord of the Empire must take...
GALLERY
✷ The Early Days ✷
Osprey serves Lilian as his knight, all the while secretly pining for his lord, well aware of the many reasons, both legal and practical, keeping him from acting upon his desires. Lilian seems to have picked up on Osprey's feelings for him, and has found that toying with Osprey is an amusing outlet for his frustration with his own frailty. Lilian becomes involved in various political machinations with members of his noble family, secretly securing for himself a position governing a certain unimportant planet. Often left exhausted by the charade of hiding the true extent of his illness from his family, Lilian's health worsens, while Osprey is left to care for him and administer his various medications.
✷ The Abduction of Lilian✷
Some time after his instatement as governor of Osprey's home planet, there is an attack on the governor's house. Despite Osprey's attempts to defend him, Lilian is abducted in secret, and Osprey is whisked off-planet in disgrace, informed that Lilian is assumed dead.Lilian, meanwhile, is kept imprisoned in the temple of the Rækju, where he is given the choice to drink of the Rækju's milk and become its mate (a position of honor, he is assured) or death. The process is painful, but Lilian is familiar with pain. As his body changes, he finds his lifelong ailments healed... for the price of carrying the Rækju's offspring.
Lots of other things happen... but that's a secret :)
*the Rækju can psychically project a human form 'to make their mate more comfortable' but Lilian would assert that his 'comfort' is debatable.
✷ In the Interim✷
Lilian's cousin and longtime rival, Betony pulls some strings to reassign Osprey as his knight, and takes every possible advantage of him while reinstating himself as the new governor of the planet. Perhaps Osprey's vengeful desires are something he can use...
✷ Reunited ✷
While on a mission for Betony, Osprey is horrified to discover Lilian is not only alive, but has been taken as the Rækju's mate (to him, a fate worse than death.) After trying and failing to take him off-planet, Osprey has no choice but to accept that the boy he loves has become inextricably tied to the creature he hates and fears most. Still, there is a silver lining: Lilian, once too sick to engage in most intimate acts, has gained a glow of lustful health. And, perhaps more importantly, Lilian is no longer his lord, and Osprey is no longer bound to serve him nor obey laws regarding their sexual relationship.
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