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Seán

@wizardhill.bsky.social
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•Irish fantasy writer and wizard enjoyer •Official flash fiction propagandist •Butlerian Jihad veteran •Posting from the dungeons beneath Planet Dracula in the Carpathian Galaxy

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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 1h
This is literally how it feels to post on #WizardWednesday (art: i don't know but i would like to pls)
scene of an epic wizard fight done in pale pastel colours, one wizard is in a bubble conjured with a hand gesture deflecting a massive fireball conjured by the other wizard who has a staff emanating light, between them are flashes of light, smoke, cracked earth, and a giant snake emerging for some reason
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Elof Jorkelstrøm @jorkelstrom.bsky.social · 2h
Chad the Warden ain't no fanatic. Chad the Warden just likes the magic system that's the best, alright? That's that Trice-Greatest! #WizardWednesday
Chad Warden with a wizard hat edited on
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 2h
A sealed tome of magic, deep dank lore on a world questing knights, and some definitely NOT imperial propaganda awaits within the 217th and 5th anniversary edition of Shadows & Sorcery, free for all to read! shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an... #writing #fantasy #flashfiction
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Shadows & Sorcery #217
A warning from history as a novice steals away with a Sigil of the Undead, the primordial lore of the Night’s Kings, and a delightful adventure as a cleric quests to defend a Slumbering Saint…
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 13h
#SeptemberWorldbuilders I don't really see stories, worlds, etc. in that way! There's no sure fire element that will get me to read, watch, or play something! Sell me on an intriguing premise or visual, then keep me with cohesion and novel angles. Yeah sure wizards but they have to be *interesting*.
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 18h
You'd think Carloman would be nice and patient, but, he is not. Unless he literally cannot do anything, he taking Action, and you will be made to know about it🫵 Sepp, however, will sit in a chair for three solid hours waiting. He's a bit of a doormat, if I'm honest.
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 20h
Everything in Shadows & Sorcery is real, and every time you read a story, it is made real in your head and the blood of every dead person is on YOUR hands The only thing that will wash it off is more blood Read my stories🫵
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 23h
Listen. I have two choices. One is safe and boring. One is completely insane. I hate them both.
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I can proc frost and poison with base int/arcane, since arcane doesn't affect build up on the perfume bottles. But I'm still mad because it's not even an interesting stat spread. The alternative is dump everything into dex/int/fth/arc, but with limited perfume buffs to keep me alive...bad times.
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Decided to suffer and see if I could workshop a viable perfumer build in Elden Ring. The problem is Miyazaki said "give every stat a perfume weapon so everyone can use one :)" but made them scale with dex anyway. So from what I can tell, a build able to deal real damage just ends up as dex/faith.
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Imagine you lived in a world formed by two cosmic forces. That world is impinged upon by multiple lesser forces. One is the gnostic shadow of the creator. Another wants you to stab it and spread around its infinite blood. Yet another is prehistoric lightning dragons. That's why Elden Ring is cool
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This dude makes some of the most evil dungeon synth I've ever heard and the releases only keep getting more dank, keep your ears peeled
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Plague Relic @plaguerelic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The 217th and 5 year anniversary edition of Shadows & Sorcery is still FRESH and FREE for all to read! A sealed and forbidden tome of magic, deep dank lore on one of S&S's returning settings, and some definitely NOT imperial propaganda awaits within. shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an...
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com
Shadows & Sorcery #217
A warning from history as a novice steals away with a Sigil of the Undead, the primordial lore of the Night’s Kings, and a delightful adventure as a cleric quests to defend a Slumbering Saint…
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#SeptemberWorldbuilders Like the scum I am, currently it's playthrough #978 of Elden Ring. One of the most fascinating settings I've ever seen and I literally cannot stop thinking about it four years later, it keeps drawing me back in for playthroughs to just look at and read about the world.
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Okay for real: it's a complete fucking mess, a lethargic fever dream with wall-to-wall awkward and stilted deliveries. WAY too many big ideas shoved into too small a space. This is a 700 page novel condensed under two hours. Very visual, though, and Morricone's soundtrack is great.
an hispanic woman in white gown with arms outstretched and grinning in a church with flames creeping up her gowna field of crops with a line of people rushing alongside it, and a massive black swarm of locusts in the aira catholic cardinal in black robes with a red sash stands to the side of a large mural of the Christian crucifixion scenea young woman, facing the viewer, is looking at a man reflected in the glass beside her
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Watched Exorcist 2: The Heretic Boorman encapsulated his entire film with these two sentences
Richard Burton, an older man, in a priest's uniform with the subtitles reading "Utterly horrible"Richard Burton, an older man, in a priest's uniform with the subtitles reading "And fascinating"
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Happy birthday to the space freaks that led me down the path of other space freaks
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I suppose that'd be Sepp from The Path of Poison🤔 Three dead parents and counting, homeless, destitute, wholly reliant on others, refugee who's been four or more life-threatening incidents in the span of little over a week, but none of it could quite crush the fact that he's just a Nice Young Man.
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Michael Scott Author @flamelauthor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
High resolution scans of the complete Voynich Manuscript collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2002...
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Elof Jorkelstrøm @jorkelstrom.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Today in misleading album covers
Album cover of E-type's 1998 album "Last Man Standing"
A long-haired man with a face smeared with dirt stands up to his waist in brown river water. He is wearing a steel breast plate over a brown shirt, and holds in one hand a knight's helmet to his side, and the other holds a the hilt of a sword in such a way the tip is resting against the riverbed.
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#SeptemberWorldbuilders The premier example would be in Mul Manatar, City on the Lake, they use sunlight and fire as part of their divine guidance practices, often by leaving things to dry and crack in sunlight or in fires. They also use stars reflected in said lake to seek answers to things.
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I've whittled it down to 34 individual tracks, some old, some new, that represent the absolute personal favourites of my collection (which may work as a very nice sampler for those looking to get into the genre, if anyone's interested)
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Lads we're going to Taiwan to see Redline
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is my sign to watch Redline again
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Out of the blue, I'm after getting down a bunch of unhinged worldbuilding, about fire wars and decaying religions, for a story I got from a dream a while back that was about resurrecting wizards by burning magic tomes Very excited for this one, it'll be a big project👀
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#SeptemberWorldbuilders Demiurge gods aren't really like IRL "aspected" gods, they can be quite abstract, and their religions are more like bundles of decentralized collected beliefs, wisdom, and practices, than grand, narrative mythologies, so this is kinda difficult, but I'll try to be quick!
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
ALERT: every story set in the Vision and Faith world (aka Saint Setting) in Shadows & Sorcery is now tagged and has its own page! Read em for free over here: shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/t/vision-and...
The black and white Shadows and Sorcery logo: white ornate, gothic text inside a white crescent on a black background
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sony emailing me this as if I don't have 3000+ hours in the fucking thing
Phone screenshot of a marketing email for the video game Elden Ring sent me today. The game is four years old and I've been playing it since release.
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My friend and I met up to eat junk food and watch TV shows yesterday. He's a lecturer, and was telling me about a debate between him and some of his students about game theory, in which he said "I told ya about the magic circle!" which resulted in me cackling for five minutes straight and this image
black and white illustration of a wizard casting of kind of big weird spell at a dude who seems REALLY scared of it with the text I TOLD YA ABOUT THE MAGIC CIRCLE in massive text on top of it
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Out of everyone, it's my Dragonmagick guys. Alzared has an orb of dragonsblood from which he can gain STRENGTH (as detailed extensively in Shadows & Sorcery #203!) and Kastaine is in peak physical condition, sans an arm which has been replaced by an unbreakable, weightless, spectral limb anyway!
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Laura-Louise Slattery @redheadpinupreader.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🔥 NOW ON KICKSTARTER 🔥 Lasair-Fhíona ~ an Irish YA superhero crime thriller set in 90s Dublin about a teenage superhero must clear her name and solve her mother's cold case murder! www.kickstarter.com/projects/aut... #books #booksky #kickstarter #yabooks #authorsky #irishbooks #thrillerbooks
Lasair-Fhíona by Laura-Louise Slattery. Available to pre-order now on Kickstarter.Lasair-Fhíona by Laura-Louise Slattery. Available to pre-order now on Kickstarter.Lasair-Fhíona by Laura-Louise Slattery. Available to pre-order now on Kickstarter.Lasair-Fhíona by Laura-Louise Slattery. Available to pre-order now on Kickstarter.
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Burger King have a Dragonball promotion going on. Little animations play on the self checkout kiosk of Goku giving you a thumb's up for confirming your order. Thanks Goku🫡
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#SeptemberWorldbuilders I try to keep my posts yap-lite, but there are a few of note! Beneath the material world are ancient lightless hollows infested with dense shadows dreamed into the world long ago. Primal firestorms try to keep them at bay, but still they seep out through caves and fissures.
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PJC Cahill @pjccahill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Mechs = Nicefs! Nicef? "NAI-seff" --Darkstar flagship: Phoenix --custom hybrid construct: Aegis --Darkstar super-heavy: Devastator --NeuroGen melee-special: Thunderstrike --NeuroGen prototype: Banshee --all art by Luigiix! www.deviantart.com/luigiix Buy Options: pjccahill.carrd.co #booksky 📢📚
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Had a thought about this Elden Ring improvement idea: There ought to be less instances of elemental damage, or certain elements are just rare, e.g. Lightning and Gold restricted to certain spells and rare weapons. Giantsflame (as DOT infusion) and Magic (as temporary phys buff) could be common.
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The 217th and 5 year anniversary edition of Shadows & Sorcery is still FRESH and FREE for all to read! A sealed and forbidden tome of magic, deep dank lore on one of S&S's returning settings, and some definitely NOT imperial propaganda awaits within. shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an...
shadowsandsorcery.substack.com
Shadows & Sorcery #217
A warning from history as a novice steals away with a Sigil of the Undead, the primordial lore of the Night’s Kings, and a delightful adventure as a cleric quests to defend a Slumbering Saint…
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm starting a collection en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladrac... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(528219... I need more things named after Dracula
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm *very happy* with the blade (though I think I can do even more), but the handguard is kinda ass because I was having trouble locking something down for it. The handle could be a bit shorter, too. Methinks this sword will get drawn again.
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Potentially odd question: any writers out there who have worlds they develop that are just, like, comfort worlds for pure funsies you never intended to use for a writing project? It's just purely a calming mental exercise or it's so long term and background-only it has no "stakes"?
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#SeptemberWorldbuilders I wrote this in a mindless stupor and have only now realized this is in fact not curious at all. I should clarify: you can burn *anything* up to and including rocks and dirt, even if they don't burn very efficiently. If you can make a spark, the world is your tinder.
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
While I understand and fully admit the shape of the reverse of the sword don't make much sense if you actually look at it for more than five seconds, it looks cool, so nothing else matters
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Imagine you and your friend work as investigators in a world built on faith, seeking out secret, hidden cults for their powers, but one day you start figuring out how it all works, and your devout friend starts looking at you the way he does his idols
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#SeptemberWorldbuilders Curiously, most things in the Demiurge world are combustible, or rather, take to fire easily, especially when combined. There are also stones that can soak up sun/starlight which glow in darkness. Carloman has a piece of crystallized fire he can breathe on to shine light.
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Proving to myself I can break out of my weird tendency to draw things really small by drawing a marginally larger version of another sword I did to do it justice #swordtember #art #myart
Pen illustration of a curved sword, a broad-bladed scimitar with the characteristic flare on the highly decorative reverse side near the sharply curving tip. The front part of the blade is bare of detail and quite shiny. There are lines and curves along the side of the blade that give the impression of it being a rather thick, heavy blade. The hand guard is a large square rounded edges with a gem set into the middle. The handle is ribbed and curved also, with something like a scale-like pattern along it.
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Going through my dungeon synth collection to make a Best of the Cream of the Crop folder for myself (which I would maybe totally share with anyone interested in getting into the genre as a sampler)
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
One of the reason I have so many settings is 1. undiagnosed mental disorders, and 2. I sometimes just stop getting ideas for them and have to move elsewhere. But for reasons unknown, a massive new development regarding the Saint Setting hit me last night, and I'm going gaga over the world again!
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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What do you mean you haven't read the debut chronicle of Sister Flynn the Convicted? Everyone in the realm is reading it! Here, take my copy, you're gonna love it! shadowsandsorcery.substack.com/p/shadows-an... #fantasy #flashfiction #indieauthor #noAI
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Shadows & Sorcery #217
A warning from history as a novice steals away with a Sigil of the Undead, the primordial lore of the Night’s Kings, and a delightful adventure as a cleric quests to defend a Slumbering Saint…
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Elof Jorkelstrøm @jorkelstrom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
TrollkarlsTorsdag, dags för rutinunderhåll
The wizard has placed his computer on a work desk and removed a side panel. With one hand he shields his face as he points a finger with the other hand at one of the computers fans, and with a light wind spell he blows out nearly two decades worth of dust from the computer interior.
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AiredOnTVToday @airedontvtoday.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
On September 24, 1972, TV show 'McMillan & Wife' aired episode "Night of the Wizard"
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JellyDrago || Comms Open! @jellydrago.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
couple’s halloween costume idea
A purple wizard Halloween costume 
A photo of an inflatable human hamster ball
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