9 Works by GhanimaAtreides
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Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.(W.B Yeats – Ancient heretic)
An original Warhammer 40000 series focused on the Inquisition, seen through the eyes of several of its members. It follows the evolution of Katarina Morvani from newly-awakened psyker haunted by her past mistakes to Inquisitorial acolyte, and explores her relationship with her mother-turned-mentor and the other members of the retinue as they face some of the worst horrors the galaxy has to throw at them. Sometimes, human nature is the greatest foe of all...
It is a collection of character studies more than a fast-paced action story, although you can expect the usual trappings of a WH40K inquisition-centric story too.
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She smiled too, and when she did, it was as if the years had fallen away, and a different Andreja shone through: a woman who had been happy once, before the loss and betrayals had taken their toll. Then the smile cracked, shattered into a million pieces. Sadness welled in her eyes, deep enough to drown in. She turned away, her shoulders sagging under its weight.
Andreja and Dalia discuss their future. They may share the same set of beliefs, but Andreja fears that in the eyes of the Great Serpent, that will not be enough to ensure an eternity together in his embrace. Dalia, whose faith is no less strong than her lover's, believes the Serpent will reward her regardless of her origins.
Did you romance Andreja after taking the [Serpent's Embrace] perk, only for her to ignore it and call you a non-believer? Me too. So I set out to fix it, without completely changing the original dialogue.
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The Fall of House Von Valancius by GhanimaAtreides
Fandoms: Warhammer 40.000: Rogue Trader (Video Game)
28 Feb 2024
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"Niobe von Valancius was standing by the shuttered window, her back turned to him so that she was little more than a shadowy silhouette. Only her white lace dressing gown stood out in the gloom, reminding Abelard uncomfortably of a funeral shroud.
Or a spectre, haunting rooms that belonged not to the living, but to the dead."
Though the conflict plaguing the Koronus Expanse had come to an end and a fragile stability was restored in the region, tragedy nonetheless came to House Von Valancius.
A post-game story of grief and loss, in a world where hungry, malevolent beings are ever drawn to powerful emotions, eager to step beyond the veil into our reality.
And travellers, now, within that valley,
Through the red-litten windows see
Vast forms that move fantastically
To a discordant melody;
While, like a ghastly rapid river,
Through the pale door
A hideous throng rush out forever,
And laugh—but smile no more.-E.A.Poe
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"Seized by a sudden whim, Valeen cupped the rosette in her palm, then brought it to her lips in a reverent kiss. She had his attention then, so she decided to up the ante. She flicked her tongue along its length, slowly and deliberately, curling around the edges of the stylised I that was the symbol of the Inquisition. Her heart beat faster: she was sure that what she was doing was sacrilegious..."
When Rogue Trader Valeen von Valancius and Interrogator Heinrix van Calox find their minds drifting away from their game of regicide towards more...intimate matters, things take a turn for the unexpected...and borderline heretical.
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Beset by enemies from all sides, while struggling to keep tensions from tearing her small group of misfits apart, Katarina must also grapple with the fundamental changes she herself is undergoing.
Not that long ago, she was desperate to be rid of the tadpole in her head, but now, she is no longer sure. Caught between worlds, at odds with herself, she is evolving into something other than human - and it is equal parts terrifying and enticing.
Much like her burgeoning feelings for the Emperor.
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The Sordid Details by GhanimaAtreides
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition
11 Jun 2022
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One night’s dalliance has made the Herald of Andraste the topic of salacious gossip among Haven’s residents, a story which has grown more outrageous with each retelling, as they have a tendency to do.
When Commander Cullen finds out that one of his own soldiers is guilty of spreading the rumours, he intends to discipline him, but is interrupted by the arrival of the last two people he wanted to see.
Predictably, Imogen Trevelyan is put out by the whole thing, although not for the reasons the Commander imagines.
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- Part 2 of Fragments of Tranquility
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- English
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- 2,155
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 14
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Untranquil by GhanimaAtreides
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition
07 Jun 2022
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“Mages who were once Tranquil lose all control over their emotions. They become irrational, unable to focus. Perhaps that state eventually passes and they can be helped, but it will take time to investigate....” ― Cassandra Pentaghast.
The sole survivor of the Conclave at the Temple of Sacred Ashes, a former Tranquil mage found that in addition to granting her control over rifts, the mysterious Mark on her hand had an unexpected side-effect: it restored her connection to the Fade, together with her feelings and magical abilities.
Heralded as Andraste’s prophet by some, a beacon of hope, feared as a dangerous abomination by others, a thing that should not exist, Imogen Trevelyan discovers that the worst dangers come from within…
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- Part 1 of Fragments of Tranquility
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,936
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 18
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- 236
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The Diary of Emily Belmont by GhanimaAtreides
Fandoms: Vampire: The Masquerade, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines (Video Game)
11 Jun 2020
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Emily Belmont was nobody special: just a regular girl making a living as a singer in a third rate bar in Downtown Los Angeles.
She certainly couldn't have anticipated that her resemblance to an old painting would lead to her life being turned upside down overnight...
Alone, a reluctant pawn in a decades-old game played for higher stakes than she could possibly imagine, Emily battles her own inner demons as she strives to hold on to who she is, to remember what it means to be...human.
Finding love was supposed to make it easier; instead it just complicated everything even more.
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New Vegas by Night by GhanimaAtreides
Fandoms: Fallout (Video Games), Fallout: New Vegas, Vampire: The Masquerade
18 Apr 2020
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The Fallout series is set in a retro-futuristic, post-apocalyptic America, 200 years following a nuclear war that has devastated most of the planet and transformed it into an inhospitable wasteland where life is brutal and only the fittest survive.
Vampire the Masquerade is a game of personal horror that focuses on the machinations of modern-day vampires and explores questions of morality, depravity and the human nature (in its absence).
The premise behind these two short stories is this: how would a nuclear apocalypse affect Kindred society? How would they survive in its aftermath, the ensuing chaos shattering centuries-old power structures and rendering petty political scheming meaningless? Would they try to ride the wave, hide, or on the contrary, give in to their bestial natures?
Then, two hundred years after the fact, what place would they have in the Wasteland, among dangerous mutants and warring humans, where untainted blood was at a premium and their comfortable havens but a distant memory?
Moira Sushill, a former Toreador Primogen and Dawn Tyler, an ex-Anarch Brujah recount two very different experiences...