anghraine | Entries tagged with ch: ailoda langmar

I knew the danger of the Risen. I’d killed hordes of them. But until that moment, I hadn’t truly grasped the power of Zhaitan, the totality of the threat posed by the dragons. I just—I hadn’t understood.

Looking at him now, I did. I would never forget this, as long as I lived.

title: pro patria (85-91)
verse: Ascalonian grudgefic
characters/relationships: Althea Fairchild, Logan Thackeray, Agent Ihan; Corporal Kellach, Countess Anise, Ailoda Langmar; Althea & Logan, Althea & Ihan
stuff that happens: Althea, Logan, Ihan, and Anise confront Kellach and deal with the aftermath, and Althea goes home.
chapters: 1-7, 8-14, 15-21, 22-28, 29-35, 36-42, 43-49, 50-56, 57-63, 64-70, 71-77, 78-84

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Current Location: Washington
Current Music: Master of Shadows (Two Steps From Hell)

“People could get hurt,” I added.

“These are no innocents, Advocate,” said Ihan. “They’re pirates, and a cutthroat bunch at that—bear that in mind.”

Right, pirates. Thieves and murderers and gods knew what else; it still wasn’t the plan I’d have chosen, had another presented itself, but … well, they’d done worse themselves. I’d done worse, arguably, with all the bandits I’d killed—I regretted nothing, but risking murderers’ lives could be no worse than killing them myself, surely.

title: pro patria (71-77/?)
verse: Ascalonian grudgefic
characters/relationships: Althea Fairchild, Ailoda Langmar, Agent Ihan; Captain Barnicus, First Mate Gaets, others; Althea & Ailoda, Althea & Ihan
stuff that happens: One minute, Althea's realizing that her life as an aristocrat does not represent a universal Ascalonian experience; the next, she's manufacturing pirate slang.
chapters: 1-7, 8-14, 15-21, 22-28, 29-35, 36-42, 43-49, 50-56, 57-63, 64-70

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Current Mood: tired

“It’s your decision, my friend. I know you’ll make the right choice.”

I appreciated the faith, but I didn’t trust myself nearly as much. I’d have liked at least some input from the queen’s representative.

But no—Logan had come to observe, and likely to prevent any fights from breaking out—and perhaps because he was my closest ally and friend. I was the queen’s representative.

title: pro patria (64-70/?)
verse: Ascalonian grudgefic
characters/relationships: Althea Fairchild, Agent Ihan; Lionguard Keene, Scholar Josir, Crusader Hiroki, Logan Thackeray, various Divinity's Reach residents; Althea & Ihan, Althea & Logan
stuff that happens: Althea and Ihan track the missing Seraph and discover his connection with a dead pirate seer, and Althea has to decide how to pursue the lead. In the meanwhile, she takes a soothing walk around Divinity's Reach that quickly turns troubling.
chapters: 1-7, 8-14, 15-21, 22-28, 29-35, 36-42, 43-49, 50-56, 57-63

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Current Mood: satisfied
Current Location: Washington
Current Music: Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (Jefferson Starship)

For all my lifelong pride, the Althea of a year ago could never have imagined this—me, a hero of Kryta recognized on sight, walking into the throne room in answer to a personal summons from the queen. Gods, where would I be in another year?

What would I be?

title: pro patria (50-56/?)
verse: Ascalonian grudgefic
characters/relationships: Althea Fairchild, Logan Thackeray, Countess Anise, Queen Jennah; Crusader Hiroki, Agent Ihan, Scholar Josir, various residents of Garrenhoff; Althea & Queen Jennah, Althea & Logan, Althea & Anise
stuff that happens: Althea's dissatisfaction with her normal life is quickly interrupted by a summons from Queen Jennah.
chapters: 1-7, 8-14, 15-21, 22-28, 29-35, 36-42, 43-49

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Current Mood: sleepy
Current Location: Washington

“I can’t say you look well, but you do look alive!”

I smacked the side of Faren’s head.

“What?” he said. “Alive is the thing, isn’t it?” He turned to my sister. “I’m very glad you’re not dead, Deborah.”

title: pro patria (43-49/?)
verse: Ascalonian grudgefic
characters/relationships: Althea Fairchild, Deborah Fairchild, Logan Thackeray; Queen Jennah, Ailoda Langmar, others; Althea & Deborah, Althea & Logan
stuff that happens: Deborah and Althea get a taste of normal life, and make plans for the future.
chapters: 1-7, 8-14, 15-21, 22-28, 29-35, 36-42

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Current Music: United We Stand (Matias Puumala)

“Minister Arton’s not guilty; someone was framing him to take the fall if this treason was ever discovered.”

Logan nodded thoughtfully.

“It’s got to be someone else in the Ministry—someone with money, power, and ambition.”

“That doesn’t exactly narrow it down,” he said.

title: pro patria (36-42/?)
verse: Ascalonian grudgefic
characters/relationships: Althea Fairchild, Logan Thackeray, Deborah Fairchild; Ailoda Langmar, others; Althea & Logan, Althea & Deborah, Althea & Ailoda & Deborah
stuff that happens: Althea and Logan track down the enslaved survivors of Falcon Company.
chapters: 1-7, 8-14, 15-21, 22-28, 29-35

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Current Music: A Hero Rises (Epic Score)

“Ascalonian, eh?”

“Our father was from Ebonhawke and our mother’s a Langmar,” I said, and he looked surprised all over again.

With a quick laugh, he said, “Then get out there, little sister, and make our ancestors proud.”

title: pro patria (15-21/?)
verse: Ascalonian grudgefic
characters/relationships: Althea Fairchild, Lord Faren, Logan Thackeray, Countess Anise, Julius Zamon; Minister Caudecus, Ailoda Langmar, others; Althea & Logan, Althea & Faren, Althea & Deborah
stuff that happens: Althea and Logan take on Zamon in court, and Logan recruits Althea into a new investigation—one that touches her own family.
chapters: 1-7, 8-14

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Current Location: Washington
Current Music: Ghost Brigades (Two Steps From Hell)

... the Guild Wars 2 fic!

This one is ... different, apart from being for a fandom that I think maybe three of my friends are involved in, because instead of writing a one-shot in the Chaucer meme format (seven sections of seven sentences each), I've written an entire 35k+ fic that way. Each chapter is precisely 49 sentences long, which makes for a lot of very short chapters, so I'm bunching them up into groups of (of course!) seven.

title: pro patria (1-7/?)
verse: Ascalonian grudgefic (i.e., a fic inspired by my grudge over GW2 doing everything possible to de-legitimize anger over the Searing, a genocidal attack on the Ascalonian people in the original Guild Wars that has been followed by generations of war and conquest)
characters/relationships: PC (mesmer / human / noble origin / missing sister [Ascalonian]), Lord Faren, Minister Ailoda, Deborah, Countess Anise, Logan Thackeray; PC & Ailoda, PC & Deborah, PC & Anise, PC & Faren
stuff that happens: a young Ascalonian woman grows from a sheltered aristocrat in Divinity's Reach, to a hero rushing into danger to help a nearby village, to the investigator of a series of mysterious abductions and thefts tied to the Ministry itself.

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Current Mood: accomplished
Current Location: Washington
Current Music: Leaps and Bounds (Elijah Bossenbroek)