Creators for the 2024 @arlathanxchange have been revealed and I'm excited to share the pieces I wrote! I was absolutely inspired by the wealth of amazing prompts and had a lot of fun creating all of these.
Check out the entire collection here for more amazing works! Thank you to everyone who created lovely gifts for me💜
a sky full of stars - gift for @about2dance | Rated G, Alistair/Female Surana, 2512 words
what has been forgotten - treat for @kiastirling-fanfic | Rated G, Avexis & Cassandra Pentaghast, 2523 words
show me your thorns - treat for @amarmeme & @kiastirling-fanfic | Rated T, Alistair/Avexis, 2059 words
what time does with us - treat for @kiastirling-fanfic | Rated T, Fiona & Female Surana, 1672 words
gatekeeper of an endless war - treat for the collection | Rated T, Garahel (Solo), 1145 words
I still use velvet gloves - treat for the collection | Rated T, Alistair & Female Surana, 3324 words
summaries and more below the cut!⬇️
a sky full of stars - gift for @about2dance
Rated G | Alistair/Female Surana | 2512 words | No Archive Warnings
Summary: On their way to Haven, Alistair and An'da share a moment under the stars.
An'da is about2dance's OC and she has SO many layers!! It was an absolute joy to dig into her lore and craft this bit of fluff for her and Alistair. Dorks in Love, my beloved😌
what has been forgotten - treat for @kiastirling-fanfic
Rated G | Avexis & Cassandra Pentaghast | 2523 words | No Archive Warnings
Summary: Cassandra seeks an alternative means for the Inquisition to fight the red lyrium dragon.
Kia rolled in with SO MANY good Avexis prompts and this one snatched me up right away, I just had to write the Dawn of the Seeker reunion that we never got.
show me your thorns - treat for @amarmeme & @kiastirling-fanfic
Rated T | Alistair/Avexis | 2059 words | No Archive Warnings
Summary: Over a cup of tea, Avexis confronts Alistair about his intentions—and finds common ground she wasn't expecting.
The Alistair/Avexis ship was another genius idea of Kia's and it was so fun to play in that sandbox! And to see other people there as well :3 I loved the idea of Avexis getting to have some of the first crush/love emotions she lost to Tranquility, and in the process found a link between post-Tranquility Avexis and formerly-Drunk Alistair that just clicked.
what time does with us - treat for @kiastirling-fanfic
Rated T | Fiona & Female Surana | 1672 words | No Archive Warnings
Summary: At Leliana's behest, Surana makes a detour through Skyhold before heading West in her search to cure the Calling.
Two elven Circle mages-turned-Wardens, one who was somehow Cured of the Blight and the other in search of a Cure? Yeah, this was just another pairing too juicy to pass up. They're so similar!! And Fiona is right there, and Leliana definitely can contact Surana, and you can see how I ended up here. I haven't thought much about Surana as a Warden, since my Surana is not, so this was a fun one to dive into!
gatekeeper of an endless war - treat for the collection
Rated T | Garahel (Solo) | 1145 words | Major Character Death
Summary: The Wardens sent him and Isseya to the Anderfels. Garahel would not forget.
Even though this didn't quite fit anyone's specific requests, I've been all up in my Last Flight feels since reading the novel a couple months ago and couldn't resist. Garahel, the city elf Warden hero, his legacy of lifting up and protecting the lowest in society lost to a history that didn't want to remember his ears. I broke my own heart a bit exploring how his knowledge of that legacy might have worn him down by the end ;-;
(also check out the quote that I used to title this fic because DAMN if it isn't Grey Wardens to a T, especially elven and/or mage wardens)
I still use velvet gloves - treat for the collection
Rated T | Alistair & Female Surana | 3324 words | No Archive Warnings
Summary: The Landsmeet wounded Alistair and Catrin Surana in ways only time can heal.
This piece was inspired by some of the prompts in this year's exchange, and even though it ended up not quite fitting anyone's requests specifically, I'm still quite please with it! An exploration of the broken friendship between King Alistair & Warden Commander Surana after she spares Loghain, and how they come back together over the years. Not gonna lie, I did not have a Warden Surana OC before I dove into this fic but. uh. now I do 😂 it was a lot of fun to look at this friendship dynamic from a more turbulent angle!
I recieved two amazing Merrill focused gifts from the @arlathanxchange this year that you need to read! 💕
The first is a solo Merrill piece from the very talented @shivunin that is tailor made for those of us who love spooky magic and sexy rituals!
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
The second was a bonus treat from the incomparable @broodwolf221 and features my most recent rarepair crush: Merrill/Cassandra reminiscing on how they got together and it is so tender and lovely!!
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
HUGE THANK YOU TO YOU BOTH! I'm very honored to be the recipient of your incredible writing 💖 And everyone else go read them and leave nice comments!
Continuing in my @arlathanxchange Recs (and last up) is a few of the fics I've managed to get through so far. There's so many good fics featuring elves that I haven't even read half of them yet. These all managed to make it to my "Will Read Again" list.
Crossed Paths ☆ rating G ☆ Anders/Solas
Hunger ☆ rating E ☆ Mythal/Solas ☆ Vampire AU Mind the tags
Ataas Shokra ☆ rating E ☆ The Iron Bull/Solas ☆ BDSM Mind the tags
I just opened 7 more tabs to read while I was gathering these, so uh... I might be back with more! You can find the full collection here.
There are currently 49 works featuring elves in the collection! Thank you to everyone who participated this year - we are so impressed with all of your hard work and excited to check out everyone's creations!
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