Exile//Vilify: Remastered 🔮✨
They're here!! The long-awaited Exile//Vilify edits are finally here!!
And thus, posted on the Winter Solstice - and Astor of Hateno's birthday - the 5-year celebration of E//V has arrived.
There is a lot I could say about these, and E//V as a whole, since this story has consumed larger and smaller portions of my life essentially since Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity came out in 2020, and I was blown away by the support and miniature fandom that grew up around Astor, and how many people adored my story.
So this is my way to give back, to say thank you. To do it all again, in the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth that the kingdom of Hyrule is so known for being embroiled in.
You will find the plot and structure are largely the same, with some added nuance, rewritten portions, and additional scenes. The original posting of Exile//Vilify will remain up and untouched. (If you are the kind of person that enjoys comparing things - go wild. This one is for you).
Original Summary:
Astor has trained since childhood to become the next Royal Seer. But, he is plagued with a dark secret: a prophecy that states that he will one day be expelled from the castle, sent into exile, and devote his life to Calamity Ganon. If there are some people who are destined to become heroes, then there are others who are destined to become villains. How much free will do you have in a world full of "chosen ones," and what is the cost of knowing a future you can do nothing to circumvent?
Dedicated to all those who have never been chosen, but especially to those who have ever felt they’ve been handed the short string by Fate.
Link to AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/76106221/chapters/199154821
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Time is ticking. We're so eager for you to join us.
And a HUGE thank-you to my team of editors/beta readers for being my other thousand eyes on this monster: @aimez-da-llama @emo-eyemakeup-evildude @sharlmbracta @bunnywabbit2 @brennaauragoldwing @sherlocktheravencat
(If I missed someone PLEASE let me know, I have all your discords on my spreadsheet but not tumblr urls).
As an fyi-
I have a medieval parchment workskin applied to it made by memorizingthedigitsofpi that is found here: https://github.com/memorizingthedigitsofpi/medieval-times-AO3-skin
Illuminated parchment Ao3 site skin. Contribute to memorizingthedigitsofpi/medieval-times-AO3-skin development by creating an account on Git
It can get REALLY funky looking on mobile (border too thicc, text too big) and I might go in later to try to adjust the css manually, but for better reading experience you might want to try toggling off "creator's style," hitting the "view desktop website" setting on your phone's browser, or viewing from laptop or tablet.
Thank you all!!
(If you know anything about how to css good, please lmk. Literally all i did was copy paste and change the font.)
