Embers
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Embers by alfgifu
Fandoms: Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard, The Lays of the Hearth-Fire Series - Victoria Goddard
17 Apr 2023
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Kip Mdang returns to Solaara, hardly confident that the Imperial Service will take him back but sure that there is no place for him in the Vangavaye-ve.
The City of Cities is still expanding from the backwater village it was before the Fall; the work of reconstruction continues but it is no longer a simple crisis. In the Palace the big political beasts are circling for position under the newly awakened Emperor.
Despondent and determined to bury himself in work, Cliopher finds his former patron disapproving and the new Master of Offices openly hostile. But he is still a fifth degree secretary, and some problems are easier to solve when you feel that you have little left to lose... and don't care which enemies you make along the way.
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- Part 1 of Embers
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The Situation by alfgifu
Fandoms: Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard, The Lays of the Hearth-Fire Series - Victoria Goddard
27 Apr 2023
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Hiscaron is happy as a Palace Guard. His chief ambitions are - or were - to do his bit to keep the Imperial household safe, to figure out whodunnit before getting to the end of the latest detective novel he's reading, and perhaps one day to be promoted to inner guard. Minimum drama, minimum fuss, maximum standing about with well-oiled muscles on display in front of potential paramours.
The Emperor's new secretary is not cooperating with this career plan.
(All fics in this series build out from events in Embers - and therefore spoil it - but I've tried to keep them viable as stand-alones too.)
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- Part 2 of Embers
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How not to stay out of the snake pit by alfgifu
Fandoms: Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard, The Lays of the Hearth-Fire Series - Victoria Goddard
04 May 2023
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“Well,” said Viorin, “you heard about the latest Imperial Secretary, right?”
Emilia groaned “What happened to this one?” The short and calamitous careers of the various unfortunate souls sent up to trial as secretaries to the Glorious One was a running - and not at all funny - joke across the Palace.
Viorin grinned at her. “You are out of the loop! This one’s made it stick, somehow,” she said, “he’s been there for months now, and he’s working with the Dragon on a total reform of all the Ministries, with the Emperor’s support, and word has it that the Ouranatha are out on their ears, and General Ravillon’s retiring, and they ordered Merry’s arrest.”
(All fics in this series build out from events in Embers - and therefore spoil it - but I've tried to keep them viable as stand-alones too.)
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- Part 3 of Embers
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The calculations of the court by alfgifu
Fandoms: Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard, The Lays of the Hearth-Fire Series - Victoria Goddard
11 May 2023
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Rial froze. The tea slopped out of the cup he had just lifted from its saucer, no doubt doing terrible things to the sleeve of his silk robe. “Sayo Mdang wants what?”
“He wants you,” said Loveless.
(All fics in this series build out from events in Embers - and therefore spoil it - but I've tried to keep them viable as stand-alones too.)
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- Part 4 of Embers
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Hands to the wheel by alfgifu
Fandoms: Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard, The Lays of the Hearth-Fire Series - Victoria Goddard
06 Jul 2023
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The Last Emperor of Astandalas asked for peace. Cliopher Mdang travelled half way round the world of Zunidh to broker a ceasefire for him.
He may have, just slightly, exceeded his remit.
(All fics in this series build out from events in Embers - and therefore spoil it - but I've tried to keep them viable as stand-alones too.)
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- Part 5 of Embers
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Unquenchable by alfgifu
Fandoms: Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard, The Lays of the Hearth-Fire Series - Victoria Goddard
30 Sep 2023
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The headache was getting worse. He’d been aware of it, on and off, for a couple of days. It was strange; Cliopher would have thought, with the princes and their entourages safely on their way, that the strain would be lifting.
(All fics in this series build out from events in Embers - and therefore spoil it - but I've tried to keep them viable as stand-alones too.)
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- Part 6 of Embers
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Going out with a bang by alfgifu
Fandoms: Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard, The Lays of the Hearth-Fire Series - Victoria Goddard
28 May 2024
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Fitzroy has been growing increasingly jittery as the Red Company approaches Solaara for the Jubilee. It's not a surprise when he asks Cliopher to run away with him for one last night of freedom.
Almost everything that follows is.
(All fics in this series build out from events in Embers - and therefore spoil it - but I've tried to keep them viable as stand-alones too.)
Series
- Part 7 of Embers