Springfest 2026

A Realm of the Elderlings fandom event. Interest check coming soon!

[zeepia-tu]

Happy Springfest 2026, everyone!

Heres a little sneaky-peek of the art I did for the prompt (provided by yours truly):

"Mafia Fitz x Vampire Beloved - Fitz is covered in blood after coming back from mafia business and Beloved is trying (and failing) to resist having a taste."

please go check out the absolutely delicious fic written by @smoky-solitude on AO3!!! I had a great time working with them, and they fulfilled all my sexy, angsty, vampire-y dreams - with an added bonus of a little dommy!amber. It has it all here!

( if you've finished the fic already or just can't wait, the full images/small spoilers are under the cut :3 )

[everywaythatmatters]

What if they finally got to have that dance ✨

Happy Springfest!! Accompanying fic to be posted soon :)

[not-neolionheart23]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Realm of the Elderlings - Robin Hobb, Farseer Trilogy - Robin Hobb, Tawny Man Trilogy - Robin Hobb, Fitz and the Fool Trilogy - Robin Hobb Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: FitzChivalry Farseer/The Fool Characters: The Fool (Realm of the Elderlings), FitzChivalry Farseer, Nighteyes (Realm of the Elderlings), The Pale Woman | Ilistore, Bee Farseer Additional Tags: Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Post-Canon

Summary:

Fitz and Beloved in their new life after Wolf of the West. Fitz is haunted by the past, but relieved to find that this burden does not have an effect on Beloved. Or does it?

On the other side of the veil, a new storm is brewing. Bee, who grew up in court under Kettricken, is missing her fathers.

Beloved’s past are explored, through flashbacks and written records. ======= First fic written, kind of nervous : D. My participation to Spring Fest ROTE 2026 @springfest-rote. Wonderful artwork by @atreefullofstars 

[lairn]

Happy Springfest! I worked with @roostercrowned who provided a lovely Kettricken/Laurel prompt about secret relationships. Their comic is great, check out those facial expressions!

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

@springfest-rote

[feyweird]

Happy Springfest!!

Here is my piece! It was a joy working with @marsskaterboii on this project! Please go read their lovely fanfic linked below:

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[maddyhope-art]

Here is my Springfest art for my collaboration with my friend @tragediegh 💜💜💜 for the wonderful fic:

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

It was a joy to work with you on this and to enable each other! 💕 We struggled a bit but we did wonderfully!

Adding one special thing here regarding Beloved's clothes. In my headcanon for Mercenia I use Romanian motifs and this time I used them on the cape: the rows of pointed triangles are called wolf fangs and they symbolize protection against all evil, something I thought that fit Fitz and Nighteyes in Beloved's life. The second symbol represented by geometrical stars, they symbolize the guiding star and I also gave that to Beloved's mother attire for the recent Beloved animatic!

Happy Springfest, everyone!

@springfest-rote

[tragediegh]

Springfest has sprung (and on the first day of Pride!!! WHEE!!! YIPPEE!!!!)

My @springfest-rote contribution this year is the far sunnier but no less angsty and yearning sequel to this winter's Winterfest piece, To Come In From The Cold, which, in the hallowed tradition of its predecessors, got way the fuck out of control and became a massive undertaking that I finished *checks watch* five minutes ago. It was a delight to write, and such fun to work with @maddyhope-art to fulfill the prompt that inspired it in the first place :) Please enjoy, and may your Springfest be bright and full of flowers! 🌸🌸🌸🌸

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

"I know not who I am any longer," I told him, thankful I had donned no cosmetics as I cried into his fern-colored jerkin. At least the only marks I would leave on it would be tearstains. "Each time I think I've figured it out, it slips away from me again. I am lost, Fitz. I don't know who I am, without prophecies to guide me and fate to make me bold."

"You are Beloved," Fitz replied simply, his lips in my hair. "You are mine. For now, let that be enough. You are Beloved, and you belong to me."

Old wounds still ache, even beneath the tender bulwark of newly rediscovered loved. It takes a familiar hand to tend them.

@maddyisenough's art is below the cut for very, very minor spoilers 💛

[marsskaterboii]

Happy @springfest-rote everyone!! I absolutely adore how @feyweird's art turned out, and i'm so happy i was able to write the fic accompanying it! Hope you'll enjoy it, too!

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

"You are a poet, Tom! How hard could it have been to come up with a few words?"

Since the death of his wife Molly, the poet FitzChivalry Farseer has lived a quiet, reclusive life with his children. Content with his lot, Fitz doesn't anticipate any change until Amber, his childhood best friend, asks him the all important question: "Do you love me?"

[owlbelly]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Happy Springfest @springfest-rote! it's time for babes at the hot springs! this was a collaboration with the amazing @impiousgherkin who created the prompt & also an entire 5-page comic to go along with the fic (!!!)

an explicit Kettricken/Starling hook-up during the Assassin's Quest journey to the Stone Garden. third person limited, Kettricken-POV. light angst, pining (& not exactly for each other), girls having fun because the alternative is giving in to despair - you know how it is

[starling-illu]

Springfest is here! @springfest-rote

This is the art I made to compliment the amazing fic written by @bird-brain99 which you can find ----> here

I love how the fic and art turned out and I'm excited to see what everyone else has made for the event!

[smoky-solitude]

What's Springfest without a little blood?

Happy @springfest-rote everybody! @zeepia-tu and I have been hard at work creating a wistful, sexy, bloody fic. To do so, we maybe kinda sorta put a whole bunch of AUs together to make a surprisingly soft and heartwarming fic.

What's it about, you ask?

Mafia!Fitz makes it out of an attack from a rival gang with his life... barely. The beautiful cafe owner and artist, who he's been yearning after for almost a decade, rescues him before he bleeds out.

Amber takes him back to her apartment, though she suspects it's a bad idea. But why would it be a bad idea? Well, Vampire!Amber has decades of experience under her belt, and she knows better than to get too close to someone she's longed for so desperately. She knows it's a sure way to getting her heart broken.

But Amber just can't help herself.

Art sneak peek!

Read the fic (rated E) and appreciate both arts here!

Oh you want more??

I present a meme for your pleasure!

[springfest-rote]

Technically this day is almost over!! I have been busy working on my own contribution. Tomorrow I will begin sharing your work as you post it here, so please tag it with springfest 2026 and/or @springfest-rote so we can reblog it!

[springfest-rote]

You've got this!! Everyone has been working hard, and I know it can be a struggle sometimes. The end is in sight, my friends! We can't wait to see your art and fic!

Go here if you need more info on how to post to Ao3

Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns!

🌷Mod Foxy

[springfest-rote]

The May 31st deadline is approaching!

Here are the steps to posting your fic on AO3:

You may post at any point on June 1st, EDT (UTC-4).

There is a collection titled Springfest_2026_ROTEon AO3 where you can tag your work.

Add your collaboration partners as co-creators so they can insert the artwork where it should go within the text. Make sure that your account is set to allow being added as a co-creator. You can do this by going to your profile privacy settings on AO3. Artists - if you're not on AO3 or don't want to change privacy settings (which is 100% valid) please provide a link to your art so the writer can embed it.

Here is a great tutorial on how to embed your art on AO3!

Please credit your collab partners and link to their works. Writers, this can be in the notes of your work on AO3. Artists if you are not on AO3, provide the writer with an image so they can insert it into their chapter.

When posting your work on Tumblr or other social media:

You may post at any point on June 1st, EDT (UTC-4).

Please tag it with springfest 2026 and/or @springfest-rote so we can reblog it.

Be sure to add your prompt to the post so everyone can see them! It will be fun to find out what they all were and the wonderful ways we creatively interpreted them!

Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns!

🌷Mod Foxy

[springfest-rote]

Final Check-in is tonight!

I will send out the final check-in messages later today. This is a good time to let me know if you think you might need to bow out so I can line up a pinch hitter. Please keep an eye out!

-Foxy

[springfest-rote]

Check-ins tonight!

I will be sending out messages this afternoon/evening to see how things are coming along with your project. There is no specific stage you need to be at for your work, I just want to make sure you're on track to finishing on time. Please keep an eye out!

-Foxy

[springfest-rote]

Hi, is there a word limit to the fic to be submitted for the Springfest?

Thank you _(┐「ε:)_

Hello! Yes, the minimum is 3k and the maximum is a suggestion of 10k. You're free to go over it as long as you let your partner know. Thanks for asking! - Foxy