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zuppizup · 3 days
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Fuel the Pyre: Chapter 9
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Summary: For almost a decade now, life has been peaceful for the royal family of Katolis. All out war is becoming a distant memory as efforts to unite the continent continue. Open borders let more than friends in, however, and whispers of dangers lurking in the shadows are growing louder and more insistent.
Callum, Rayla and their adopted daughter Tio have bee trying to ignore the growing unease as best they can, but when the threat comes banging at their door, they can no longer turn a blind eye.
Pairing: Rayla/Callum
Rating: Mature
AO3 Link: Fuel the Pyre
The sun was beginning to rise as Callum finally spotted a suitable clearing to rest. He had hoped to make it to the Nexus in one flight, but the winds were against him, and he couldn’t focus enough to change them. Alighting on the forest floor, he banished his wings, rolling is stiff shoulders for a moment before he began to undo the ties of Tio’s wrap. His hands shook and he told himself it was from the effort of flying.
“Dada?” Tio asked, having been unnaturally quiet the entire time. She normally enjoyed flying, the Skywing in her, he assumed, but there hadn’t been a giggle or even a murmur from her the entire time. He had felt her wake not long into their flight, but she hadn’t spoken. Not once.
“Yes, sweetheart?” His voice cracked as he pulled the last of the wrap away, slumping to the forest floor as he held her tight against his chest. He felt weak. Empty. He’d tried to control the winds, to get them to the Nexus as quickly as possible, but his mind raced with thoughts of Rayla. Alone, abandoned in the castle.
“Where’s Mama?” Tio looked up at him, her dark eyes wide and terrified.
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Every time he closes his eyes, he sees her.
Writhing on the deck, rigid muscles spasming, teeth grit and wide eyes crying for him as blood-curdling screams tear from her throat. Bound, gagged, strung up like a hunk of meat, dangled over a sea churning with flesh-eating beasts, ready to flay her alive, to drag her to a watery grave as she's lowered down to their jaws.
"Rayla!" he screams. "Rayla! No, no please! Please!"
"You can save her, lad," Finnegrin taunts, cold eyes glistening with anticipation. "Look at her. You know you can."
"Let her go!" he screams, desperately fighting against his chains. "I've already told you what you want!"
The pirate only grins as he turns away, drawing his cutlass and cutting the rope suspending Rayla above her doom. She screams something that must be Callum's name and plunges to her death.
"No!"
He can't let her die.
He can't.
He'd do anything for her.
Anything.
He feels the grub crawling over his hands. It'd been there all along, as much as he strove to ignore it.
He chooses his own path. He writes his own destiny.
But what would his destiny be without her?
Callum crushes his fist around the grub, its innards oozing from between his fingers. "Dnibnu leets gnirehtils."
The chains falls away. He saves her.
And then it starts again.
Rayla screaming. Rayla bound and gagged. Rayla falling to her death. Every time the same. Every time two options. Dark magic.
Or let her die.
He hates this. He always will. It makes him sick. Dirty. Powerless.
But he does it anyway.
For her.
He doesn't regret it.
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I Will Write A Fic For You If You Donate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund!
I came across the super cool organization Fandom Trumps Hate just recently (as of this post actually), and unfortunately I learned of its existence too late to apply to be one of the writers for this year. Since I don't want to wait a whole year to do some good with my love of writing, I'm holding my own little auction! Let's use that autistic special interest for good!
How Much I Will Write: 1K-5K words (if I end up writing more, well, yay for the lucky auction winner I guess, but that's what I'm willing to commit to)
What Fandoms I Will Write For: Baldur's Gate 3, The Dragon Prince, Good Omens, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Loki (just... the character. I will write so many things involving that character)
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If the winner does not send proof of donation before the time period is up, I will contact the first runner up.
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AND A FINAL WARNING
The purpose of this endeavor is for fun fic writing and most importantly, doing a little bit of good for the Palestinian people. Any bigotry done on this post will result in the perpetrator being blocked and disqualified from receiving a fanfic.
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thrandilf · 4 months
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It used to be easy to figure out who was the good guy and who was the bad guy. Now, Callum has his doubts. Aaravos visits him in his dreams, and the more he hears, the less he knows. Their conversations are far from the subtle whispers Aaravos apparently relied on, yet Aaravos almost seems to relish each one. What Callum thought was a one sided power dynamic turns into much more, including a bargain Callum can't refuse. After his release, Aaravos's plans involve more people than just Callum, and before Callum knows it, he's swept up with his least favorite people in the world: Viren and Claudia, alongside the rest of their little group, repressing his doubt that his worst enemies can change. Yet, as Callum learns new magic and unravels the truth of each of his companions, the world on high alert as every nation faces what Aaravos's return means. Perhaps Aaravos isn't the only one with surprises lurking inside.
Updated summary and info post for my ongoing fic, The Devil You Thought You Knew. At this time, it's at 113k words and projected to finish around 200k. Both Aaravos and Mage Fam make up the main cast in this fic, which is mostly from Callum's POV. There are shifts to other characters such as Rayla and Ezran.
There's also world building/expansion in later chapters in regards to humanity's relationship with magic and Aaravos, focused on Evenere in particular. Worldbuilding, relationships, and downtime to process the emotional rollercoaster are all given focus, but there's plenty of plot twists ahead yet!
Main Ships: Rayllum, Viravos, Clauderry.
Side/Later Ships: Sorvus, Janaya.
"Dark Mage. Primal Mage. Human mage. I'm not so sure these labels mean as much as you think they do."
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runaaur · 5 months
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today i offer something really short that i wrote. i have a hc that ethari wrote letters to runaan to cope with the loss and this is one of them. hope you like it!
Dear Runaan
Dear Runaan,
today is the start of the Blue Moon week. Everybody is out and about, preparing and harvesting, and the children are even more excited than usual due to the Blue Moon being in December this year. Snowball fights will be unstoppable. I haven't prepared much; barely a few arrows and throwing knives to enchant.
Ethari stopped writing to look up at the weapon-filled wall. Blades missing their swirls and handles simplified, no intricate lines decorating them in any way. He furrowed down his eyebrows.
I miss you. You'd think I would have already settled in, accepted and kept living. But it's hard, Runaan. Not many elves come to the forge anymore, and I suspect it's because they fear they will somehow remind me of you. But nobody can do that. Nobody sneaks into the forge like you do, nobody tries to hide their smile and fails, nobody tilts their head and closes their eyes while they listen to my new project (it's not like I have any). Yet, your presence is never fading away. You're somewhere that's not our kitchen table. It's a new pain and I have yet to find the right healing salve. While your wounds were easy to see and to heal, this wound, my darling, is the one you would hide from me, unless I lit a candle.
He put his quill down and with a shaky hand ruffled his hair. It was longer now, the bangs placed behind his ear and rest of his hair kept in a low ponytail or bun. He didn't know long it really was. The tears blurred his vision and he cursed.
I will go out tonight. I will go into the heart of the festival and feel something unlike the forge sparks. Don't fear; you will learn everything that happened. You always will.
I love you, Runaan. Be here when I'm back.
-Ethari
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herwrittenuniverse · 6 months
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For Snake Boi Callum Week 2023
Callum’s gloved hand outstretched toward the pearl. He hesitated . For a second, he caught Rayla’s eye. The elf wasn’t sure - was he determined to get it over with, or was he pleading for her to stop him?
The look is gone just as Callum gingerly placed his hand on the shining surface. His eyelids flutter closed in concentration. 
A second passes by…
Then two…
And three…
Callum’s nervous breaths pulsate Rayla’s own energy. The silence - the anticipation ! - is deafening , and anxiety rises like bile within her stomach. 
The young man’s brows deepen as his eyes squeeze deliberately shut in concentration. The mage’s palm presses fully against the outer walls of the luminescent orb, and his fingers splay flat against the round exterior. 
The setting sun dips beneath the horizon, submerging the throne room into full darkness. 
“Nothing?” she hears Soren pipe up, but the knot in Rayla’s stomach twists as Zym yelps from the far-off corner and Stella screeches and chitters her teeth - - 
Then a magnificent glow suddenly emits from the center of the room.
The awakened pearl brightly shines and casts a twinkling veil of iridescence against the walls, reminiscent of a room that’s been plunged underwater.
And it happens. 
A choked, gurgled cry suddenly emits from Callum’s mouth. His body collapses forward as if he were a rag doll - all, that is, except for his hand, which has not moved from its place atop the prison. 
His head snaps to the side to look at Rayla.
His eyes are black.
Read the rest on AO3 
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blehblarghblah · 2 months
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Magic Between the Moon & Sky: Rayllum Oneshot Series - A 5 Year Anniversary
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Today marks the five year anniversary of MBTMS’ release. (Technically it’s tomorrow for Ao3, but FFN I posted there first). A oneshot collection that is yet to be finished, I know, but one that I treasure deeply. I may have fallen out of my love for TDP in certain elements, but the writing and what I started with in regards to Rayllum was something else.
I don’t mean to be all, “I was there when it was written” but I joined this fandom in its season one days, when it was REAL small here on Tumblr. Which meant smaller ship circles too. I’m glad to have witnessed the fandom blossom and grow, and by that extension, Rayllum itself too.
I know many of my readers probably assume I won’t be returning to MBTMS, but you’re kinda wrong. I swear I’m not one of those 100 oneshot fics that stop halfway (no fault to them of course, sometimes passion runs out)! I legitimately have more than a dozen oneshots planned out. But, I’m also biding my time. I’ve learned with fic writing, that writing what I love is just as crucial as being passionate about it. I'm not currently into TDP but I still enjoy the oneshot concepts i thought up for my fics, so I'll probably only work from those.
I mean, I can probably just grind out the last oneshots and meet the 100 quota, but they wouldn’t be good. Or maybe, they would be to some of you, but they wouldn’t be something I could be proud of. Least of all, I wouldn’t have fun writing it. So yeah, I do believe I know my limits and the extent of my creativity.
But the main reason at the end of the day, as to why I won’t drop this fic, is because it has quite literally spawned some of my best writing. “Loyalty & Light”, “The Most Undoing Thing”, my Taang oneshots, “Legends of Avatar: The Untold Story”, they’ve all had great prose that I’m proud of. Some not so much, but that’s growth.
“Magic Between the Moon & Sky” houses many different styles and concepts I could never explore with most of my fandoms. I’ve written a modern college AU grounded in the slowest of burns, I’ve written childhood AUs diving into the naivety and hilariousness of a kid's mind, and I’ve written an emotionally powerful (as readers have said) Soulmate AU even though I don’t like Soulmate AUs. And I have many more mind, but I’ve also managed to explore the canon and interpret my own ideas from before we learned anything of the lore.
Some were at the requests of fans, others were because I wanted to try and get my feet wet. Much like Callum and Rayla themselves, this fic was a great avenue for me to explore my abilities as a writer and try new things. And in the end, I’m proud of that. And I cannot wait to see what I do next.
Thank you all, for an amazing five years of patience and love. Again, no idea when I'll return to this fic but I'll get around to it.
Until next post,
- Bleh
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Encouraged, Rayla crept closer, keeping herself flattened to the ground. The little human was clearly nervous, but didn’t back away, and once she was about a tail’s length from him, she rolled over onto her back with a low whine, exposing her belly and sending the message as clearly as she could—I’m not a threat, I won’t hurt you.
The little human cub smiled again, this time more genuine. “I didn’t think you would,” he said, “but I appreciate the gesture.”
Shocked, Rayla rolled right side up, mouth snapping closed, ears shoved forward. Not only had he understood the general gist, he had understood exactly what she’d said.
Helloooo, please enjoy this snippet from the TDP/Rayllum werewolf AU I've been working on! Rather than working from a detailed outline like I usually do, with this WIP I'm experimenting with a different process; I just have have some scene ideas and general vibes, and I'm letting myself just go for it. It's been fun so far, we'll see where this goes!
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schrodingers-chat · 3 months
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WIP Wednesday
“Don’t be silly,” she grabbed a pillow and slid off the bed. “You can just take my bed- this was your idea anyways and I don’t mind the ground. It’ll be just like any other night on the road.” Callum quickly scrambled to his feet, “No, no, no. The whole point was for you to be able to relax-” He placed both hands on the pillow to halt her progress. The whole point…? Heat rose to her cheeks once more and her stomach fluttered as his fingers just brushed hers. The whole point for...him? He had specifically asked her to stay here just so he could… take care of her…? She carefully met his gaze, wishing more than ever she knew what he was thinking, wishing she could just ask him outright- and was she imagining the blush on his cheeks? “I thought the whole point was to indulge,” she prodded teasingly. This must have been the wrong thing to say entirely, as she watched his eyes widen, then dart from her face to the pillow, to the bed, culminating with him taking a hasty step backwards and looking away. Her chest tightened. Why couldn't she read him?
It's basic maths that where there's one human, one elf, and one bed there's bound to be one silly inn fic :)
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beautifulterriblequeen · 10 months
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S5 AU: No Vacancy
Terry: Claudia, I don't think this is such a good idea-
Claudia: Don't tell me what to do! My dad has literally seconds to live! I have to save him somehow!
Claudia: *begins coin spell on Viren*
Viren: I hate to agree with the boy, but isn't there any other way-
Claudia: I AM NOT LOSING YOU AGAIN, DAD!!
Claudia: erusaert ym si luos ruoy
Terry: AAAAAAA
Viren: AAAAAA OW OW AAAAAA
Viren: *is sucked into the coin*
Runaan: *is shoved out of the coin, lands in Family Guy jumble*
Terry: Wait, where did he come from?
Claudia: Aw boogers, I grabbed one of the full ones by mistake. Oh well. *holds up coin Viren* Now I have all the time in the world to find a way to save you!
Viren, in the coin: (:0)
Terry: so what do we do about, er... him?
Claudia: pssh he's a kingkiller but he's dying, so it's fine.
Terry: It's not fine!
Claudia: Then you babysit him. I have research to do!
Terry, to Runaan: Uh... h-hello? Sir? Rayla's dad? Trees to meet you.
Runaan, facedown in the grass: mmthmrmm
Terry: Sorry?
Runaan: Ethari.
Terry: Oh! You know him too? Amazing, what are the odds! How'd you meet him?
Runaan: *taps a swirly-covered horn cuff*
Terry, possessor of Ethari lore: O.O Oh sh-
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zuppizup · 2 months
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Linger II
Linger I
The mornings by the coast are cold, mists from the sea sweeping over them, soaking through their clothing and waking them before sunrise. With the days getting shorter, there’s no point in dallying, so they wash and eat breakfast quickly, at least another few days' hike ahead of them before they can hopefully get some actual transport.
She’s fiddling with those damn buttons again when he comes looking for her. It’s stupid really. She knows the weird tingling and numbness is worse in the morning, before she’s had time to stretch and get the blood flowing, but it’s like she has to test herself, to see herself fail. Poke and prod at the issue, the little ball of anxiety in the pit of her stomach unable to leave well enough alone.
“Can I help you with that?”
She jumps at the sound of his voice, much closer than she would have thought possible. When did he get so good at sneaking up on people?
Flushing, she looks down at her half open collar, changing hands in an effort to do it. “I can manage.” The angle isn’t good with this hand, but her fingers obey at least.
Despite her words, Callum approaches her anyway, his brow furrowed. He watches her struggle for a moment, then just smiles as he nods ever so slightly at her collar.
She shrugs and drops her hand, feeling herself flush as he steps closer to her and begins buttoning her tunic.
“I read about nerve damage,” he sighs, his eyes fixed on her buttons. “Apparently it can take years for things to go back to normal, but it can still happen long after an injury.”
She feels her pulse race at his words. Not at what he’s saying but at the implication he read about her condition and remembered what he learned. “Really?”
He nods, finishing buttoning but not stepping back. “Uh huh.” Callum smiles at her, wide and unguarded. “You’ll let me help until then?”
She laughs a little bitterly, shrugging. “What if it never goes back to normal?”
He shrugs, reaching for the hand in question and squeezing gently. “Guess I'd just help forever then.”
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The pirate has his arm looped around Rayla’s throat. “Give it up, sky mage,” he orders, his barnacle-encrusted hand clamped over her mouth to stifle her protests. There’s an ocean rune drawn in front of him, though whether it’s meant for her or for Callum, the prince isn’t sure.
But it doesn’t matter.
“Let her go,” he demands, ignoring how his voice breaks. “Let us both go.“
Raucous laughter sounds about him, culminating in a mocking guffaw from the Tidebound captain. “Oh ho, or what, boy? You wanna go another round?”
Callum swallows hard, reflexive tears still leaking from his swollen eye, his jaw stiff and sore. “Let her go. Or die.”
The pirate laughs yet again. “I must’ve scrambled your brains, huh, pup? ‘Cause in case you haven’t noticed, you don’t have your staff. Now…” he gives Rayla a shake. “Let’s see if she can swim.”
They think he needs his staff. They’re just like everyone else. Callum locks eyes with Rayla, smiling assuringly as she blinks in terror. He won’t let them hurt her.
He won’t let anything hurt her.
“Fulminis.”
The thunderclap would’ve put Avizandum to shame.
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thrandilf · 2 months
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Post S5, Callum and Rayla are on their way to the Starscraper and make a little side stop. - The Brightbell Nest was by far the nicest place to eat on the block they meandered into. The sign hanging out front was hand painted with little blue birds outlining the name. Chatter and candlelight from inside were so inviting that Rayla almost walked right past the elegant host that greeted them. “Do you have a reservation?” Disappointment flashed across Rayla’s face. No, it couldn't be like this after a long day of anticipating dinner together. Before Callum could intervene, the host continued. “Well, we do have some space in the couple's section- with a sunset view over the valley, of course. And a suite for the night-” “That's great!” Callum exclaimed without thinking. “We are… um.” “Two people!” chimed in Rayla, siding up to him. “Yeah! A couple!” Callum fumbled for Rayla’s hand, face hot. Rayla also blushed, squeezing Callum’s hand. It hadn't been that long since they’d held hands, but with this context… “Right! We do things like eat together and go on long walks on the beach all the time!”
Couple's Menu, a Rayllum one-shot over on AO3. Happy (late) Valentine's Day!
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0multifandomweirdo0 · 8 months
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I've read all the completed OA3 fanfics on Rayllum
I'm not sure if I need another fanfic, another season, or therapy
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lobstermobster-95 · 9 months
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Wanderer’s Rest
Read the full fic now on Ao3
It had been an uncharacteristically peaceful first day’s travel toward Xadia. The weather had been fair, they’d kept up a steady stream of pleasant conversation and – Callum had to hand it to Barius – they’d started things off with a satisfying breakfast.
It had all put Callum into an inexorably good mood.
After all, there was an undeniably strong air of sentimentality surrounding this trip. He and Rayla were retracing those first life-altering, world-saving steps they’d taken together two years ago.
To say they had been through a lot in those years was a comically gross understatement, especially since she’d come back. There had been more days than not that Callum had thought their relationship beyond saving. He’d been too broken, too fundamentally shattered by her abandonment to ever consider letting her back into his heart.
Then, there’d been Umber Tor, and the thought of Rayla dying before he ever got the chance to laugh with her again, or make her smile and roll her eyes at him again, to tell her he loved her again; it had set the flame in his chest alight once more.
So ever since then, they’d been working on it. Slowly, over several days, they began to talk – really talk – about the whole thing. It had been liberating for Callum to finally unload the crushing weight her departure had left him with, and Rayla listened. Then, when it was her turn, she’d given him two things: the first being an apology that had left them both crying openly while they laid side-by-side on the stone floor of Callum’s room; and the other had been a solemn vow to never cause him that much pain again.
They weren’t back to where they’d left off that night at the moon nexus, but they felt like…friends again, and Callum was ecstatic.
“We covered a lot of distance today,” Rayla said to him in a familiar tone that again reminded him of their first journey. That was her “Nighttime Rayla” voice. He’d heard it many times directed toward him and Ezran to let them know it was time to bunk down for the night.
“Time to rest, so we can do it all over again tomorrow,” she continued, making Callum smile.
Some things didn’t change.
But one thing that had certainly changed since the last time they’d made this trip was the status of the border. The scar Viren had left behind at the Breech had had unexpected diplomatic side effects. For the first time in a thousand years, there was a bridge open between Xadia and the human kingdoms. While it was still tentative and mostly discrete, this had opened the door to travel between the two lands.
That increase in travel had subsequently led to a greater demand for lodging along major travel routes, like the one they just so happened to be using, and Callum hoped what was ahead would be a welcomed surprise.
“Right,” he answered. “But why sleep in the grass, when we could sleep in class?” He raised his arms in coy emphasis.
Rayla responded with a curious quirk of her brow and Callum’s smile grew. “There’s a nice cozy inn just ahead,” he gestured up the road and Rayla’s eyes followed.
Together they spotted the Wanderer’s Rest Inn – a cottage that looked like it must have been lifted from the dictionary beneath the very word “cozy.” Its façade was crisscrossed by widely spaced wood framing with little vines of ivy creeping up like ladders. The thatch roof was steep but sturdy and surrounded a large stone chimney. The cottage itself was nestled on a picturesque hillside that caught the warm orange light of the sunset perfectly.
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neggi777 · 3 months
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CHAPTER 3 IS OUT PLEASE READ IT
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