The Ecstasy of the Saints
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Vash had the bluest, clearest eyes Brad had ever seen on a living creature, and not some lofty thing painted on a church ceiling. The light of the Holy Flame glowed behind his irises. Reflective and unnatural.
“Greetings, your majesty,” Vash murmured, dipping in a smooth, barely-there bow. His words rang clear through the hall, all were silent, desperate to hear the voice of one such as he. The ladies fanned themselves, the lords cleared their throats, adjusted themselves, and Brad could only stare and stare. Vash looked to his brother worriedly, but at his coaxing he stepped forward, closer to the dais, and dipped again. The reliquary at his hip tinkled, along with the fine golden chains and trappings delicately draped over his frame. His impeccably clean and folded wimple and veil covered his hair from sight. Brad wondered if it was the same shade as his brother’s.
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- Part 1 of The Ecstasy of the Saints
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Knives kept the enclosed letter to himself, yet another entreaty on the young Emperor to consider his extended family's recent proposal for Vash’s future. He was around the age most would begin courting, and Knives had rejected several letters like it before. They had implored Knives to send Vash to his ancestral home, there were many cousins in kingly positions there who would gladly take Vash’s hand. But it wasn’t Julai, it wasn’t the Holy Land, it wasn’t even within the Empire. It wasn’t the same faith Vash was raised in, and it was outside Knives’ watchful eye.
He couldn’t do that to Vash. His little brother knew of his mother’s homeland in name only, and she herself had opted to convert to her husband’s—their father’s—denomination when they wed. It was all Vash knew and loved. He could not, would not consider sending Vash anywhere outside the Empire and outside the Church. There was truly no one on this earth Knives would consider for Vash’s hand. He deserved no one less than an Emperor.
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- Part 2 of The Ecstasy of the Saints
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Saint Afire by grapejuice vash (bigbaras2)
Fandoms: Trigun Stampede (Anime 2023), Trigun (Anime & Manga 1995-2008)
08 Jan 2025
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After years of peace, Domum Tres has fallen. Brad and his family flee to Julai, the Holy Land and Vash's birthplace, seeking sanctuary from the Emperor himself. Knives accepts, folding his younger brother and his new family under the protection of the church with ease. Julai, however—an ancient city full of splendor, religious mysteries and a darker past than Brad could have ever imagined—boasts its own dangers.
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- Part 3 of The Ecstasy of the Saints