Long Live the King by stockholm_syndrom
the witcher | mature | 48k | geraskier | complete | lord jaskier
Geralt placed the crown on his head before kneeling at his side, and the weight of it felt heavy on Jaskier’s brow. Jaskier’s path to becoming king, takes place five years after the fall of Cintra.
If you are like me and love competent Jaskier stories, this one is a must read. Five years have passed since the fall of Cintra and since Geralt abandoned Jaskier. War is everywhere. Then, Eskel finds Jaskier and tells him Geralt needs help, and Jaskier is powerless to say no. What he was not expecting was that the help Geralt needed was to actually know how to run an estate and be a lord of the people. I absolutely adored this story! Jaskier is so competent and so kind, and the people just can’t avoid loving him. This story also deals a lot with the fantastical racism from The Witcher, and how Jaskier and the Wolf Witchers decide to make a safe haven for all. The romance is super slow burn, and not the focus of the fic. But Geralt and Jaskier are soft.
Author’s tags: lord jaskier, canon divergent after season 1, Fealty, jaskier: grains grains and taxes, so much talk about grains y’all and i’m not even sorry, slowburn, mostly bc jaskier is to busy to burn ok it’s stressful being a lord, Elf Jaskier, non human jaskier, Fantastical Racism, eskel is the long suffering secretary, lambert is mostly just vibing, Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia Has a Praise Kink, and a, Service Kink, and also a, Competence Kink, Homage, Oaths & Vows
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