Freyja of the Battlefield: War, Death and the Undying Brigade
Every autumn a small group of elves and humans walks across a field in Aldermark that has never been ploughed. At its centre stand…
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Aldermark
The Milk That Builds a Clan: Allonursing, Immune Transfer, and the Biology Behind Communal Nursing
Allonursing shows up in almost every earlier piece of Aldermark writing as a religious and social practice, a Freyjaist expression of the idea that a child belongs to the whole clan. All of that is true. What I hadn't written…
Aldermark
Seidr Is Not Magic: The Elvish Practice That Early Humans Mistook for Sorcery
The laboratory at the University of Kaiseringaden looks like every other lab in the building: white benches, fluorescent light, equipment humming. In the middle of it sits a Völva with her eyes closed and her bare feet on a tray…
Aldermark
The All-Mother: How Freyjaism Turned a Pantheon into One Goddess
In a Freyjaist temple the priestess stands barefoot on the stone. She always does, because the woman who founded the faith is said to have first heard the goddess through the soles of her feet. When the singing starts, the…
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Solène, Half-Elf Nun & Archivist, Order of St. Mathilde
"Scholars from the Vatican and the Convocation sit at the same table in this library. Neither has ever thanked the other for the salt." - Solène
Aldermark
Among the Frozen Peaks: The Tanaina Ht’ana of Alaska, and Elvish Rights in the Courtroom
The lawyer for the oil company had prepared for a week. He had maps, survey records and a historian ready to explain what the land had been used for in 1867, when the United States bought Alaska from Russia. Then…
Aldermark
Shikarapura, the Nation the Dark Elves Built
In 1392 the elves of Europe voted on their future, and the side that lost walked away. Three centuries later, in a valley between Nepal and Bhutan, the descendants of the losing side built a country. Shikarapura has no airport,…
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The Milk That Builds a Clan: Allonursing, Immune Transfer, and the Biology Behind Communal Nursing
Allonursing shows up in almost every earlier piece of Aldermark writing as a religious and social practice, a Freyjaist expression…
Featured
Seidr Is Not Magic: The Elvish Practice That Early Humans Mistook for Sorcery
The laboratory at the University of Kaiseringaden looks like every other lab in the building: white benches, fluorescent light, eq…
Featured
The All-Mother: How Freyjaism Turned a Pantheon into One Goddess
In a Freyjaist temple the priestess stands barefoot on the stone. She always does, because the woman who founded the faith is said…
The Price of Being Tolerated: The Aldermark Morality Police, 1392–1862
Most police forces exist to protect a society from its own worst members. The Aldermark Morality Police existed for something stra…
[01-11-2026] Daily Art Drop
(Left and Right) Busty Bunian Elf Kirana in a traditional kebaya (Middle) Huge Breasted Tungusic Elf Otonija Every day I post 3 im…
[31-10-2026] Daily Art Drop
(Left and Right) Busty Mikayla with her overflowing boobies (Middle) Tai-Rin ready for battle Every day I post 3 images exclusivel…
[30-10-2026] Daily Art Drop
(Left and Right) Busty Elf Nun Soléne (Middle) Zhurongese Warrior and Assassin Tai-Rin Every day I post 3 images exclusively for s…
Nilena, Ht’ana Elf Salmon Operations Manager
"Sitka has opinions about everyone we meet. She is usually right." - Nilena
Kaida, Half-Elf Cultural Liaison & Translator
"You want to know what it's like being half-elf in Tokyo? Expensive. The tailoring alone." - Kaida
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Solène, Half-Elf Nun & Archivist, Order of St. Mathilde
"Scholars from the Vatican and the Convocation sit at the same table in this library. Neither has ever thanked the other for the s…
Viki the Bartender
"You need me to go up there and show you how easy it is?" - Quote from Viki said to Faye