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Xaden Riorson is bound by scars, secrets, and a bargain he never asked for. General Sorrengail has chained him to the survival of her youngest daughter, Violet. But the girl isn’t the fragile scribe he expected. She’s brilliant, stubborn, and already suspects that Navarre’s histories are lies. From the moment Xaden reads her intentions on the parapet, he knows she’s chasing forbidden truths about venin. Truths he’s bled to keep buried.
He should have made her fall. He swore he wanted her gone. Yet every glance pulls him tighter between his duty to the 107 marked ones and the raw attraction he can’t shut down. Violet is fire wrapped in fragile skin, and she forces him to feel what he thought had died with his father.
Now Xaden is chained to her survival, and to her dangerous pursuit of the truth. If Violet uncovers what Navarre has hidden, it could destroy everything he’s sacrificed for, and take him with it.
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- Part 2 of Hidden Truth AU
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First Wing, or: My Roommate Yaps Too Much by hats_on_cats
Fandoms: The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros
11 Sep 2025
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A Monty Python-style retelling of Fourth Wing by someone who knows very little about the series and has even less respect for it. Nothing is safe from my ridicule! Read at your own peril…
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Violet Sorrengail had been preparing to be a scribe for as long as she can remember. Books and parchment, facts and history were to be her world. But when her father died a little over a year before her Conscription Day, she discovered a hidden note he had sealed inside the book of fables he read to her as a kid. Thrust into the Riders Quadrant under her mother’s command, Violet arrives armed with theories and burning questions. She suspects her father’s death is connected to the folklore of venin and wyvern recounted in the book of fables he chose to leave the note in. As Violet steps onto the parapet, she knows survival means more than claiming a dragon—it means uncovering the truths her father died to protect.
Or: Violet’s discovery of her father’s note after his death leads to a series of discoveries, and Violet faces the parapet with a very different attitude on Conscription Day.
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- Part 1 of Hidden Truth AU
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A Kingdom of Shadows and Secrets by DaggerNamedHope
Fandoms: The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros
10 Sep 2025
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Violet Sorrengail is thrust into the Riders Quadrant, but Tyrrendor never seceded. Years earlier, Duke Fen Riorson realized General Melgren’s prophetic signet ensured any open rebellion would fail. Instead of declaring secession and leading his allies to slaughter, Fen remained Duke of Tyrrendor and quietly built a hidden resistance under Navarre’s nose. Brennan Sorrengail defected under cover of his posting in Tyrrendor and became one of Fen’s lieutenants, while Xaden Riorson rose to Wingleader at Basgiath as part of the covert network.
Because Fen chose secrecy over secession, the rebellion was never crushed, and there are no “marked” children branded as traitors. Outwardly, Tyrrendor appears loyal to Navarre, but beneath the surface a clandestine movement is smuggling weapons, embedding loyal heirs in the Riders Quadrant, and preparing for the day Navarre’s lies collapse. Navarre's leaders are suspicious of Tyrrendor and are engaged in a covert battle for intelligence on the province’s leaders. When Violet bonds both Tairn and Andarna and discovers her father’s warning about the venin, she stumbles into this web of secrets and intrigue.
Navarre’s enemies are alive, organized, and hiding in plain sight.
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- Part 1 of The Empyrean AU
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Xaden POV Chapter to accompany A Kingdom of Shadows and Secrets
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- Part 2 of The Empyrean AU
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Xaden
“What?” I blink.
“Don’t make me repeat myself.”
“I’m just making sure I heard correctly. You’re willing to let us live? All of the apostasy’s children under the age of majority?”
“In exchange for a favor to be named at a later date by my discretion.”
“That’s what I thought you said.”
“Then stop wasting time and agree. It’s the only way you’re getting out of here alive.”
“Just want to fully understand the terms. Surely you can appreciate a measure of caution.”
“Hmm.” The general blinks.
The possibilities of what she could want race through my head. Tread carefully. My eyes narrow. “I won’t assassinate anyone for you… unless it’s King Tauri. Then I’ll gladly do it.”
“You’re not in a position to negotiate. Either you accept and live, or you all die with your parents. Choose. Now.”
Impatient and used to getting her way. Yep, she’s definitely a dragon rider
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Violet
“Now, I own you.”
I bolt upright in bed, gasping for breath.
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- Part 5 of Tales Betwixt
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Really Great tales and stories (maybe????) by HockeySpiral23
Fandoms: The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros
26 Aug 2025
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A Compendium of the most brilliant stories you shall ever read covering a wide variety of topics exploring a vast plethora of themes, all designed to titillate and entertain.
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(a.k.a. the these cursed ships project ... with a twist. chapters can technically be read as stand-alone (except the final one will make more sense if you've followed along).)
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Ch.1 - A Prank Gone Wrong
Ch.2 - Thirteen Ways of Looking at JFB Getting Yeeted Off the Parapet (a poem)
Ch.3 - Other Uses of the Codex (Dain/Amber)
Ch.4 - The Worst Porn You've Ever Read (or maybe the best?)
Ch.5 - A Dangerous Obsession (Alic/Garrick)
Ch.6 - A Lesson in Power (Liam/JFB)
Ch.7 - The Only Logical Explanation (Varrish/Daddy Aetos)
Ch.8 - Making Amends (Getting Revenge) (Melgren/Xaden/Violet)
Ch.9 - The Truth Comes Out -
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“Are you going to spend all of this class staring at me, love?”
His mind wraps around hers like black velvet, soft and seductive. Violet shivers, which could easily be attributed to the winter weather outside the arena they’re currently in.
Xaden looks totally unruffled, waiting for all the cadets to arrive, and she lets her eyes roam across him: thick thighs and strong shoulders under his leathers, beautiful and sharp facial features. This man is her every weakness.
“Well, it is not my fault you look so good,” she tells him, and drags her eyes down his form again. “Besides, no one can fault me for looking. And thinking. And imagining.”
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Prompts for Riorgail Week 2025 for @empyreanevents Days 1-3 as one story: Professor Riorson, Bond, Signet.
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The war is over, the venin have won. Violet is a prisoner, both her body and in her mind. Amongst the trauma and the loss, the one person who’s existence she’s been trying to ignore is here. Haunted by her past and unsure of her future, reality and dreams become blurred. With nothing left to lose, it seems there’s only one way out of this nightmare?
Just because you’re endgame doesn’t mean you get a happily ever after…Series
- Part 4 of Conjugal Visits
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Violet gets called into Xaden's office after class... is she in trouble?
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The only thing the Empyrean series is missing is... anal.
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Happy birthday Violet!
After a birthday dinner with their friends, Xaden brings Violet outside for cake under the stars—and a little extra treat of course.
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I love all of our children more than the Archives themselves, my love. But I must state, of all the traits they all inherited from you, the one that concerns me most is their stubborness. One day, it will get one or all of them into trouble beyond their wildest imaginations.
-Recovered correspondence of Captain Asher Sorrengail to General Lilith Sorrengail
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- Part 3 of Disabilities and Dragons and Chaos
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In a world where power is earned through blood and fire, Kaelith Veyne was never meant to survive. She had spent the last few years of her life hated for the sins of her parents. The relic etched into her skin is a constant reminder of how people viewed her, a traitor. Now she was off to what was meant to be a death sentence for most, Basgaith War College.
But the deadliest danger of all is the one who she never saw coming: Xaden Riorson. He is the Rebellion's heir, a warrior forged in war, a man with shadows at his command. And from the moment they cross blades, they are drawn together. The deeper she falls, the more she realizes: some battles aren't fought with daggers and dragons. Some are waged within the heart. In a war where making the wrong decision means death, love may be the most dangerous weapon of all.
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I don't think I care what it costs by theoneiam2277 for ShipMistress
Fandoms: The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros
24 Jun 2025
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"This pretty little neck would snap so easily under my fingers," Xaden says, and he sounds almost – wistful?
"So do it," she spits, and immediately wants to take back the words, because she doesn't want to die today. But she's committed now, and maybe she can goad him into killing her fast. "It's not nice to play with your food. Didn't daddy teach you that, Riorson?"
She opens her eyes to see anger flash in his, features twisting from amusement to hate very quickly. The hand on her windpipe presses down, until she's trapped with her head completely against the wall, at his mercy.
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In which dark!Xaden keeps the General's daughter alive, as per their deal, but exacts his revenge from her in other ways.
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Three's a Crowd by ellebellewritesfic, slytherin_pen, ThatWouldBee_Enough, theoneiam2277 for ThatWouldBee_Enough
Fandoms: The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros
13 Jun 2025
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Once upon a time, there was a very tall, sexy man with a smooth, rich voice who adored lying around half naked so one could cuddle on his chest.
The planes of his torso deserved to have sonnets written about them, eight individual abdominals, pectorals that were the perfect pillow, and smooth, golden, tan skin as far as the eye could see.
But today, he had things other than poetry in mind.
Or, well, other people.
Namely, a pair of handsome cousins at the foot of his bed.
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Or, the Empyrean Coven gc does a round robin bedtime story.
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- Part 1 of Empyrean Coven (Slutty) Stories
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i’m no good without you (and i can’t get enough) by laphiera
Fandoms: The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros
13 Jun 2025
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Tairn and Sgaeyl are mating ... and their riders are not handling it well. When Violet storms into Xaden's room, flushed with heat and vonfusion, neither of them is prepared for how thin the line between dragon-induced desire and something far more dangerous has become. Shadows, signets, and restraint all fall away as they give in. But when the storm passes, what's left between them isn't just lust. It's truth. And truth hurts.
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- Part 2 of smutty empyrean oneshots
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we'll defy the rules until we die by theoneiam2277
Fandoms: The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros
14 May 2025
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Xaden makes the mistake of tying Bodhi's hands in front of him with shadows, the dark swirls looping like loose rope between his wrists, yet keeping his arms securely there while Xaden stands behind him, mouthing at his neck and whispering teasing words.
It's an honest mistake – it's not been long since Bodhi manifested his signet.
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For @empyreanevents Bodhi Week 2025 Day 3: Signet Countering.
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Being stationed at Samara means that Xaden can only see his lovers every other weekend for one night. So he has plans to make that one night count!
Happy Birthday to our favourite Wingleader/Rebel Leader/Duke of Aretia. 🥰🎉 I hope you... enjoyed your night. 😏
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- Part 8 of Violiaden - Violet/Liam/Xaden
- Part 15 of Kinktober2023
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"Now, which of us is desperate, sweet girl?" Xaden asks from the other side of the desk, his tone amused. "I think it's you. So if you want me, come here and have me."
He spreads his arms out in an offer, indicating that his lap is empty and available. Well, that's an offer she can't refuse, but also one that sounds too good to be true. The smirk on Xaden's face doesn't promise capitulation. No, it hints at a battle she's completely unprepared for.
But she can at least fight.
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Liam is on duty, but Xaden has ample time to play with Violet. And there’s plans in the making that she’s not aware of… Or, the one tagged for six different “Inappropriate Use of xxxx Signet (Empyrean)”.
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- Part 13 of endlessly (Violiaden)