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    Sylvain's father always says that no one celebrates Solsticetide like Gautier. It was bad enough when Sylvain was growing up: Goddess forbid the margrave's heir fail to buy into the festivities. It's grotesque now. Two years ago the people of Faerghus were boiling mouldered barley and toasting rats over the coals for their Solstice night feasts, and that was if they were lucky. To pretend that five years of civil war haven't ravaged people and land alike, that the old hearty customs can go on just as they have for centuries, it turns Sylvain's stomach—

    Felix interrupts him. "Then come to Fraldarius."

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    Sylvain visits Fraldarius to help the new Duke preside over the winter holidays. It's a lot more complicated than he thinks.

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    03 Jul 2023

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    The old Blaiddyd house has been uninhabited for ten years, ever since Lambert died. If it seems to have fallen into greater disrepair than seems likely in that time, nobody’s been paying enough attention to notice. When Sylvain comes looking for refuge from his shitty job and shittier father, keeping Dimitri company in his gigantic old house seems like a good idea. But there are things lurking in the corners that neither of them expect.

    A story about ghosts both literal and metaphorical, recovery, and the slow process of putting yourself back together.

    (Written for the Dimivain Big Bang)

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    09 Mar 2021