- They killed my beautiful children, for they would not bend the knee. Their glorious empire of millions murdered by the usurpers. Alec, proud and witty. Rachel, fierce against the foe. Lisa, brilliant and mercurial. Taylor, whom I loved. Aisha, who was mine to protect.If ever I could win them back by guile or crushing force, they would be elevated to their rightful place beneath the Sun. I swore it.The world was broken, and I could not put it right, bound as I was. I had to break free, not only for myself, but for them.And acknowledging that, I simply stepped forward… and like a cracking egg, the world of memory shattered. And I was reborn.
A Worm/Exalted AU fic
branching off a canon scene where Brian has been captured and tortured by Bonesaw. Desperate to save himself and his friends by any means necessary, he accepts an offer from the dead Primordial Cecelyne, and becomes an Infernal Exalted.
It is a Dead Fic, with only five or so chapters, but worth checking out.
Tropes in It Is Dark:
- Curse Cut Short: Happens to Tattletale when Grue jumps into the ocean while carrying her.
- Mr. Exposition: Fasherai, Brian's Coadjutor, teaches him about the Yozis and their minions in the first chapter.
- No-Sell: Subverted.Bonesaw remarked, “Yeah, poisons don’t work on me either.”“This one will,” I promised her.She almost immediately began to perspire, doubling over in pain so that she was only kept upright by my hands locked around her. “Huh,” she gasped, surprised. “I guess so.”
- Hypocritical Humor: Tattletale remarking, "Damn, I hate smart people."
- Pragmatic Villainy:
Word of God describes Brian's motivation as '[The Undersiders] becoming the uncontested and beloved rulers of Brockton Bay and beyond'.
