Daemons Domain - All Souls Trilogy & Universe Fan Site + Podcast: October 2019

Thursday, October 31, 2019

Happy Halloween! The Theme is Green - A Giveaway!

Since the theme is green, are we really surprised that Sarah's witchball would take center stage?

🎃 Happy Halloween, everyone! Here's a treat!

This year, our theme is GREEN! When we think of green, we think of The Book of Life (in this universe, anyway)! So, of course, we are including a signed copy of Book 3 of the Trilogy. In Book 3, we are introduced to Sarah's mascot (who rides like the wind on her New Broom) -- the infamous witchball . . . and will you look at that? She happens to also be GREEN! Thus, we are throwing in some witchball inspired swag in the prize package!

As usual, we've provided several ways to enter! You'll have one mandatory entry, a trivia question, optional social media follows, and you can also tweet about this daily for more entries -- do one, some, or all! This giveaway is open our international audience. Make sure you read the terms/conditions at the bottom of the post, and enter below!

Up for grabs:

👻 The Book of Life (Penguin paperback signed by Deborah Harkness)
🧙🏻‍♀️ Witchball Socks from our Redbubble Shop ⟵Click to see! "Super soft and stretchy knit crew socks, socks fit: men's US size 3.5-12, women's US size 5-14, UK size 4-11.5, EU size 36-46, knit with reinforced toe and heel, with extra cushioning in the sole"
🧛🏻‍♂️ A witchball sticker AND magnet! Just like it states, you get a cute little sticker, and a matching magnet! We Daemons love to display the magnets on our cars and refrigerators!.

Update! Congratulations, Elena!

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Tuesday, October 29, 2019

All Souls Discussion Group 2019 Real-Time-Read Giveaway!

Welcome, one and all members of the All Souls Discussion Group (ASDG)!

We at Daemons Domain hate to see our creature-hood diminished; it seems to be ALWAYS about the witches and the vampires 😤! Therefore, we are going to take a stand by forcing you to focus your attention on the daemons in the story. You know. The ones that you may have otherwise skimmed over ... mmm hmm 🤨 -- we see you! For that, we're holding this daemon-themed giveaway with the Mod-Squad at ASDG! Did that get your attention? 😬

Let's begin! For one of you (it could be YOU), we are going to start you off with this lovely Daemon tote bag to place all of your prizes in:

Witches timewalk, Daemons ditch drive!😉

As we journey through the story and meet the daemons, new prizes will be revealed . . .

Up for grabs:

A Daemon tote 😈
Six alchemical buttons - HAPPY AGATHA DAY 👑! Revealed on the 23rd of September, 2019 - On this banner daemon day, we reveal this set of 6 buttons depicting different alchemical images; these beauties first popped up at the release of Shadow of Night in 2012 in the US. Viking offered these along with 1st edition copies for book bloggers to give out across the web. We saw them again during the release of The Book of Life, and as goodies in All Souls Con attendee gift bags! And now, for one lucky winner, they're back!
A Bodleian Library bookmark - HAPPY HAMISH DAY ♜! Revealed on the 26th of September, 2019 - This bookmark features the oath - "I hereby undertake not to remove from the Library, nor to mark, deface, or injure in any way, any volume, document or other object belonging to it or in its custody; not to bring into the Library, or kindle therein, any fire or flame, and not to smoke in the Library; and I promise to obey all rules of the Library."

A Time's Convert Journal - HAPPY TIMOTHY DAY! ☕️ Revealed on the 5th of October, 2019 This was promotional material from Headline Books when Time's Convert released. This rare swag gem is a great place to store your thoughts, musings, recipes...keep track of who's who in the series -- it's all up to (cross-fingers) you!
🌟BONUS!🌟 - 🎨 Prints from Belia Simm and Karin Star🖌 (of All Souls Illustrated)! Revealed on the 9th of October, 2019 These two daemon artists love All Souls, and love to create lovely images based on it! You lucky potential winner, you!

A A Discovery of Witches TV (official) water bottle & Diana's Commonplace Book (signed by Deborah Harkness) - 🏺HAPPY SOPHIE AND NATHANIEL DAY! 💻
Revealed on the 22nd of October, 2019 The official water bottle of cast and crew + one of the original commonplace books as they first appeared as promotional items for The Book of Life release in 2014.

Last minute add-on: A WITCH BALL STICKER AND MAGNET!

There will be one mandatory entry (your name -- the one you use on your Facebook profile in the group), but we've provided several other ways to gain more entries! We have optional social media follows, and you'll be able to tweet about this daily for more entries -- do one, some, or all! This giveaway is open everyone in ASDG. Make sure you read the terms/conditions at the bottom of the post, and enter below! Good luck to all of you! 🍀

Update - 18 Nov 2019:
Congratulations Aditi J!

Aditi's post in ASDG - obscured for privacy and to adhere to group rules 😁

*See our previous giveaways*

xo, ~The Daemons

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Thursday, October 24, 2019

Daemons Discuss - Podcast: Take 59! | Chapter Discussion about the All Souls Trilogy; Chapter 33 & 34 of Shadow of Night

😱😰😶

Take 59 - The One With the Twisted Sister

Description: In this double feature episode covering two chapters of Shadow of Night, we look at the dangerous creatures in and around Diana Bishop & Matthew Clairmont's lives. First, we are confronted with the anomaly that has gotten away from the de Clermonts, and landed into the hands of Peter Knox (and Gerbert!); poor Pavel! Second, we are launched back to Tudor England, to manage the temper-ridden monarch, and meet Matthew's legendary sister, Louisa de Clermont. She's using our resident love-sick, unstable, drugged-out, tale-telling, finger-pointing daemon as her guide. Strap in!

SPOILER ALERT! We (The Daemons) approach this podcast with an assumption that the listener has read All Souls universe books, including the trilogy (A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, The Book of Life), and Time's Convert + snippits from The World of All Souls. If you haven't, and you don't mind, we certainly don't mind! Please be advised, we will approach the television series (A Discovery of Witches) the same way as episodes are released in the US/Canada. 😊 Let's do this. *Note - this podcast is labeled 'explicit'

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1. Show notes:

For newcomers to the series:

Our Daemon Guides to the All Souls Trilogy are available for download: ADOW, SON, TBOL
If you'd like a ready-reference from the author herself, be sure to download the All Souls Real-Time Reading companion (free e-book at online booksellers via Penguin and Headline books). For a more in-depth view of the trilogy, The World of All Souls is available at all major book sellers, as well as the continuation volume into this world, Time's Convert.
Deborah Harkness usually conducts a real-time reading on her Facebook Page (starting in September), and shares her posts across social media. Check out her website for all of her social media links, and of course all that she has to offer her readers! Be sure to sign up for her newsletter while you are there!
To see what's available on the web as far as the All Souls universe fandom, check our links page.

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(00:15) Intro/Patreon sponsorship - Take advantage of our Patreon Special Offer! Ends 6 November 2019
(02:16) Discusser emails - Thank you Cayla, Michelle G, and Wendy (OG!)
(08:45) Main discussion - see topic below - Sponsored by Meriad Mills
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(1:53:48) Last thoughts/Outro.

An example of the Queen's first victim 😂

Topic:
Chapter 33, Shadow of Night - Prague, 2010

We’re still in Prague! With Peter, no less! Boo!
Peter has a patsy named Pavel.
According to our calculations, based on the material provided in this chapter, Peter was in his 80’s! Stephen would’ve been not too far behind! That’s what happens when bored fans have time 😜
Congregation: Old ways vs. new ways.
Pavel seems to be quite the character!
Val sucks at Latin (bygones!)
1989 is when communism fell in Prague … we wonder if this is why the letter got transferred over to this library.
The letter from Rabbi Loew — to Benjamin.
This is turning out to be a lot of information in Peter’s hands! YIKES😱
The three pages . . . Benjamin is looking for it too!
The “loving friend” bit! Was Rabbi hoodwinked by Benjamin? 😒
You did well, Pavel *pat-pat* as a reward, a STROKE! Yay! 🤯
Peter can justify his actions by telling himself he was more kind than a vampire!😇
Peter calls our pal Gerbert! Gerbert is trying to put on a calm front, but Peter knows something’s up.
We devolve into a weird Gerbert admiration session — please excuse us! 🖤
Peter relays his findings, and Gerbert is pretending not to care.
Peter demands to know who Benjamin was -- *raises 6 hands* oh, oh! We know!!!
It’s out! Benjamin belongs to Matthew . . . kind of.
Peter starts his wall with strings/connections/evidence to justify action. Gerbert: “yawn.”
The blood rage talk, but they don’t know Matthew has it!
Can Peter time-walk? Signs point to no.
Peter contemplates storming the de Clermont castle! Gerbert: “That’s dumb” 🙄
Peter has justice on his side, he’s a bit deluded.
Gerbert: “while you’re going, may as well kill someone for killing my Juliette!” Peter: “That was easy!”
So they plan a raid of Sept-Tours, and we're whisked back to the past. Wait -- wut?!! We wanna know about the raid! 😧

Chapter 34, Shadow of Night - England, 1691

"YOU FAILED ME!" We love this scene! 👸🏻
The Queen is upset. Time for Noblety™ music! 👑
Diana speaks too much, so says the Queen. Sometimes, we think so too, Lizzie.
Bess Throckmorton has caught Walter’s eye! 🖤
The Queen’s temper was apparently legendary, and we have rare empathy for the queen due to our rough weeks at work. 🤨 "Queen Elizabeth I was notorious for her bad temper. She swore and cursed, and allegedly threw a slipper at one of her courtiers and spat on another because she didn't like the way they dressed!" - Source: These Facts on Queen Elizabeth the First are Too Good to Pass Up
Matthew’s bullsh*t (we love you, Matthew!)
Lord Burghley manages the Queen very well!
The tennis match in court!
Val still thinks that the Queen had a crush, and they totally did it in her head.
The Queen’s tone changed . . . Maybe Matthew won’t die after all!
Then there were three. Everyone else is shuffled out of the room. The sense of dread is real!
The act was all for show! The Queen seems a bit more reasonable behind closed doors. Much like modern-day politicians, play-acting seemed to be the thing to do.
We ditch out in the dentist office!🦷
The decay! Yikes! Elizabeth may have been patient zero with tooth decay.
Medieval Ambesol!
We try to imagine wearing medieval dress while pregnant — ugh. No.
Which book? 😬
The Lie! I know you bitches have been talking about me!
Diana gives the lie (kind of!)
The philosopher’s stone! It will save me! Who wants to tell her? Matthew will.
The Queen: Make me a vampire, then? Matthew: Yeah, no. Calm down, Lizzie.
Hey! The necklace! It’ll fix everything! They work out a pretty solution around the book, to appease Rudolf.
So, the book? Matthew: It means nothing! The Queen: Lies! Matthew: It means everything! The Queen: Bigger lies! 📖
Time to handle the Ambassador . . .
Things are solved, Matthew sends Diana to go rest while he ties loose ends with the Queen
Pierre sends Annie to show Diana to the rooms — but HELLO, KIT.
The cold stare of a vampire 🧛🏻‍♀️— WAKE UP, DIANA!
The shovel Diana used to dig herself a deeper hole: a poem that Diana is familiar with.
We discuss why Diana would poke the bear.
The tilt yard! Wanna go? Us: NOooooooo, DIANA!!!!!🐎
Oprah: If it’s too good to be true, If it’s too good to be true, IT’S TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!
DANGER! 🚨
LOUISA!
KIT WANTS TO KILL YOU, DIANA! 🗡
The drugs, the feeding, the scar … this has been going on for a while!
Finally, “think and stay alive…”
Louisa: “dude, let’s flip for her!”
FIN.

Strahov Library, Prague

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Thursday, October 10, 2019

Daemons Discuss - Podcast: Take 58! | Chapter Discussion about the All Souls Trilogy; Chapter 32 of Shadow of Night

This image came out more macabre than planned, but we stuck with it; Gallowglass seemed to enjoy a bloody conquer.

Take 58 - The One With the Secret Castle Tour

Description: After getting out of that disastrous dinner with Rudolf, Diana and Matthew reflect on what they saw/thought/smelled from Ashmole 782. Gallowglass is doing his best to get them to break it down for to him as if he were a medieval vampire. They determine that they have break into the castle, and steal the book, and then beat feet out of Prague. But how? It seems Jack has and is the key to bust in, get the book, and get the f*ck out of there! A short, but great chapter! Enjoy!

SPOILER ALERT! We (The Daemons) approach this podcast with an assumption that the listener has read All Souls universe books, including the trilogy (A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, The Book of Life), and Time's Convert + snippits from The World of All Souls. If you haven't, and you don't mind, we certainly don't mind! Please be advised, we will approach the television series (A Discovery of Witches) the same way as episodes are released in the US/Canada. 😊 Let's do this. *Note - this podcast is labeled 'explicit'