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"An thy father didn't keep us in such squalor, we could afford an edocharis," Setheris said, honing the razor briskly. Maia watched him in the mirror, hoping nastily he'd fumble it and slice his hand open. Or his forearm. But he was drunk, and it was sobriety that made him shake, not the drink. “But instead we’re left to rot alone here, no better than the marsh-country peasantry... no doubt his intent.”
Maia had never presumed to ascribe intent to Varenechibel IV. He had honestly assumed his father never thought about him at all.
He heard himself say; "An thou didst not spend all our money on metheglin, perhaps we could."
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(someone had to teach maia to shave; unfortunately, it was probably setheris) -
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“...forgive us for the presumption,” Edrehasivar said, tone slightly strangled in the way it always is when he doesn’t like what is coming out of his mouth. “But we thought, if we... that is, if we, er… attended... then you would not have to… no one would have to…" He sagged under our stares. “...stay behind,” he finished feebly.
We were at that moment visited by a terrible, inevitable vision of the Ethuverazhid Zhas cornered by our mother, and we confess we had to lean on the wall in a brief violation of Alchenar IX.I.VI. Even the edocharei seemed taken aback; even Cala. Edrehasivar looked horribly dismayed at this non-reaction, and immediately started to backtrack.
"We do not wish to inflict ourself," he said wretchedly. "It was only a— a thought…" He trailed off, but the pause persisted. In it, we reflected to ourself that while we had taken knives for this boy, and would willingly take plenty more, he had — indeed, has — a talent for making us want to scream in dismay.
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the alcethmeret's annual springnight gala goes... interestingly.
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god's a different sword by astardanced
Fandoms: The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison
12 Apr 2026
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“You have it in your head that by taking yourself to the Alcethmeret, you are doing the emperor some great piece of… charity, loyalty, fidelity, we know not what,” the Dowager Marchioness had said to her. “Divest yourself of this notion. It achieves none of these things. What it achieves, is giving you nowhere to run when you put a foot wrong— which will happen, mark us on that point. The only way this foolish play can possibly work for you is if you are lucky. Pray do you think yourself lucky, Csethiro Ceredin?”
The fact was she did not, and indeed never had since she had been fifteen or sixteen— but she had not found the humility to say as much to her grandmother.
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- Part 2 of csethiro zhasan
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The Ceth'University Anthology of Ethuverazhin Literature by astardanced
Fandoms: The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison
24 Feb 2026
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Volume I of the Ceth'University Anthology Series covers a selection of literature relevant to the cultural scene of the Edreveise Revival period (1596 AEC - 1654 AEC), including historical and traditional wonder-tales, extracts from the epic poetry of Frechelar and from the novels of Halsiro Cennavin ('Goëlar'), and parts of playscripts and operatic librettos. Now updated for the 1855 AEC edition, with additional contextual glosses and footnotes.
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as far as I could get by astardanced
Fandoms: The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison
05 Feb 2026
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She had let go of everything else; hope of a retrieval, hope of an apology, hope of seeing her sisters or her son again. It would be enough to know. She did not have to do anything with the knowledge. Ulis would understand. Surely he would.
"To the best of your knowledge, Othala— is the Archduke Maia alive and safe?”
Thara Celehar stared at her for a very long moment, his grip on her trembling fingers very firm. Then he said;
“Sister— he is.”
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In a Thu-Tetar nunnery, the Dach'othalo asks a Sister of Ulis: Did you enter this place as Chenelo Drazharan?
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semi-interlinked set of works mostly focused in some form on csethiro being empress, but can be read individually
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why we build the wall by astardanced
Fandom The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison
07 Jan 2026
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Drazhada-centric AU examining the dynamics between Varenechibel's children and extended family, carrying into an AU where Varenechibel dies before the Wisdom of Choharo comes down and Nemolis succeeds him to the throne.
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"You would have done better to choose a daughter of a more traditional house," Osmerrem Pashavaran said. 'The Ceredada girls have just as many ridiculous notions as your sister."
(the daughters of the Marquess Ceredel certainly do have notions)
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wardwell clan/callis backstory by astardanced
Fandom The School for Good and Evil - Soman Chainani
31 Jan 2023
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2 fics detailing the supreme misadventures of callis, her two sisters, their terrifying mother, and the entire witch clan that centres around them. everyone is named after someone in greek mythology and they're all witches that poison people. callis survives btw.
- tongues and teeth: callis prequel, going from her time at school, to the start of TLEA. 'clap if you think rafal should die' *aggressive applause*
- simmer: post-tlea. callis survives, then gets stuck running after agatha, who's running after tedros, who's running away from the camelot court, who have been talked into running after him by rhian. rhian is chilling and watching. he has not noticed that callis's mother is standing behind him with a bat with nails in it.- Words:
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set in canon but basically what I would have added/changed within it lol.
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we're kings among runaways (on the bus mall) by NotAFicWriter
Fandoms: The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir
07 Aug 2025
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The night before Easter break, I went with you to the clinic for your abortion, and we weren't even friends. It was the last time I saw you.
OR; Harrow Aborts That Thang.
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25 Mar 2026
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cold caller (veklevezhek) by nosecoffee
Fandoms: The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison
05 Dec 2025
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The boy is too small. Even taking into account his elvish blood, an eight year old should stand taller and have more meat on his bones than Maia does. Likely he's not been fed as well as he ought to have been; likely he's been too grieved to eat, lately.
Thever certainly knows the feeling.
or, instead of being relegated in Edonomee after Chenelo's death, Maia is sent to the Corat' Dav Arhos to live with his mother's family
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05 Dec 2025
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thever sevraseched world domination forever
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i aim to break not one but all by goldstrvck (n_owsy), n_owsy
Fandoms: The School for Good and Evil - Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil (2022)
02 Feb 2024
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It takes one dedicated hand to make a wreck of things, and two to see the artistry in the aftermath. It might not seem that way to other people, but Agatha thinks they've got it handled. Sort of.
The companion ficlet series to just because i / we can.
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- Part 2 of so sweet (with a mean streak)
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10 Aug 2023
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She had had to watch, for months, while a killing frost consumed her sister over and over; when she heard word of Chenelo's death, she vowed never again to hold her actions for another's approval.
Thever Sevraseched, and the fancies that plague her.
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06 Mar 2025
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Cat in Boots by Laura JV (laurajv)
Fandoms: The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison
04 Jan 2025
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An old wonder-tale from the Eastern Ethuveraz about a talking cat who cleverly enlists help from the gods to gain power, wealth, and the hand in marriage of a princess for his penniless and baseborn master. In folkloristics, Cat in Boots is classified as a subtype of "The Cat as Helper". This version of the tale has been translated from Ethuverazhin by Sambrazhed and Manithor of the University of Peralvelo, Barizhan.
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08 Jan 2025