Bridger's Gate Day 1: Introduction (a day late)
My fic for this event (Jewel of the Gate) is technically not AU and has to interpret the prompts creatively because it's not romance-themed, but a) I couldn't resist putting Wyll into a Regency-like ball situation and b) I couldn't resist making it his eighteenth birthday celebration -- because we all know what happens before he turns 18, right?
Summary: Wyll's eighteenth birthday approaches, and Ulder agrees to let a family friend throw him a three-day birthday ball. Tiamet's cultists lurk outside the city, planning their attack.
Rating: G for general
Themes: Parental Estrangement
Introduction
My friend Ulder, How time flies, especially for the short-lived. You mean to tell me the boy who nearly burned down my barn (we've established — the brazier was FAR away from any archery target) is nearly eighteen? These short human childhoods frighten me — I cannot imagine growing up when life has only just begun. Indulge me this, Ulder: a three-day birthday celebration, with a ball, games, revelry, wine — a RESPECTABLE affair, I assure you, but one no young man would soon forget. Perhaps Wyll can show me my archery lessons did him some good. You were young once, too. - Coran