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The Calm After the Storm | Tides of Memories (Julian post-route) - Part 29 by LunaStarhawk
Fandoms: The Arcana (Visual Novel)
07 Jun 2025
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The ritual is complete, and Julian has all his memories back. There are still things that he and Altheia must work through, not least the matter of the Fool, and Altheia's strange dreams about the Lazaret and Lucio. But for now, they take a break with Julian's Nevivon family, and aboard their own ship.
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...every kiss that felt so right, how every time they held each other it felt like she belonged… it all made sense. How could it feel anything but right, when they’d defied years of separation and even death to find their way together again? How could she not belong in these arms, and he in hers?
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- Part 29 of Tides of Memories
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26 Jun 2025
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The Memories He Lost | Tides of Memories (Julian post-route) - Part 28 by LunaStarhawk
Fandoms: The Arcana (Visual Novel)
15 Apr 2025
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Aboard their ship, their gate, where their magic is strongest, Altheia and Julian are finally able to perform the ritual that will break the Forget Me spell that Altheia cast before her death, and return Julian's memories of their past - even before her time as his apprentice.
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But there, glimmers of the memories, flashes of her, of a smile, of a word, I love you, a dizzying dance, burning passion, laughter and tears and torment, and all that they had endured and lived together, side by side, always.
Always.Series
- Part 28 of Tides of Memories
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25 Sep 2024
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When the Stars Align | Tides of Memories (Julian post-route) - Part 27 by LunaStarhawk
Fandoms: The Arcana (Visual Novel)
07 Sep 2024
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After an early birthday party in the newly-renovated rooftop garden, Julian and Altheia set sail for Nevivon aboard their new ship. But before the end of their voyage, the stars align, and Julian is able to put everything he has learnt about the sea, the stars, magic and himself, towards a spell that could change their lives forever.
This is effectively a rewrite of the 'one month later' scene in Julian's route's epilogue, if you squint.
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He looked up once more at the stars, at the constellation of Valetia. For a moment, he lingered on the memory of laying on the clinic roof with Altheia, looking up at the stars, when he had so whimsically named one after her, and she’d named the one next to it after him. How could they have known how significant that would be?Series
- Part 27 of Tides of Memories
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08 Sep 2024
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Dancing with Ice and Shadow | Tides of Memories (Julian post-route) - Part 26 by LunaStarhawk
Fandoms: The Arcana (Visual Novel)
06 Aug 2024
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Julian and Altheia finally find everything they need to complete the ritual to break the spell holding back Julian's memories of their past. But as Asra's last secret is revealed, with potentially devastating consequences, they find that the stakes are far higher than any of them could have imagined.
She was the sea... she felt it surge through her limbs, bubble through her fingertips, eddy around her feet; there was a tide in her heart, seaspray in her hair. And she danced.
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- Part 26 of Tides of Memories
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07 Aug 2024
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The Southern Cross | Tides of Memories (Julian post-route) - Part 25 by LunaStarhawk
Fandoms: The Arcana (Visual Novel)
06 Jul 2024
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Asra and Altheia seek Muriel's help in dispelling the terrifying shadowy echoes that haunt Julian's old clinic, remnants of Altheia's powerful magic from the past that threaten to drag her into the unstable void between realms. Julian continues his studies of the stars and comes closer to creating the talisman he needs, but when Altheia suffers a horrifying nightmare, they seek safe harbour together. And the ship gets a name.
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Lowering her sword, Altheia saw within the circle of Selina’s sigil. Dark nothingness, and within that nothingness, a black, towering structure. The salty tang of the sea, the acrid stench of burning ashes.
The Lazaret.Series
- Part 25 of Tides of Memories
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07 Jul 2024
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The Ties That Bind | Tides of Memories (Julian post-route) - Part 24 by LunaStarhawk
Fandoms: The Arcana (Visual Novel)
21 May 2024
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While Julian and Nadia bond over astronomy to help make the talisman that Julian needs, Altheia and Asra reconnect, reminisce, and look to the future. But when Asra discovers a disturbance in his gate and seeks advice from the Magician, Judgement delivers a dire warning.
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- Part 24 of Tides of Memories
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27 May 2024
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By a Thread | Tides of Memories (Julian post-route) - Part 23 by LunaStarhawk
Fandoms: The Arcana (Visual Novel)
03 Apr 2024
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Julian and Altheia make some startling discoveries aboard their new ship, and take a leap towards restoring Julian's memories and finding Altheia's self.
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She could never have described how it felt, reaching within him, except that it was like being encompassed by his entire being, his essence, everything that he was and had been and would be. Every experience that had shaped him, every word of praise and hurt that had stayed with him, every song he’d ever sung, every regret he couldn’t let go of, every moment he cherished, every person he’d lost and missed, every loved one he resolved to keep close. She saw herself, too.
And she sensed herself from before.Series
- Part 23 of Tides of Memories
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04 Apr 2024
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Between the Deep Blue Sea and the Devil by LunaStarhawk
Fandoms: The Arcana (Visual Novel)
27 May 2024
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Each chapter is a standalone(ish) rewrite of some of the scenes in Julian's route to add my OC and some smut. I wrote these for myself because Julian and Altheia referenced them in Tides of Memories and because I like writing smut, what can I say.
Rewritten scenes:
1 - Villainous Thing: the first meeting in the prologue.
2 - Show Me: The 'Pat him down' paid scene in the prologue.
3 - Not-so Deadly Star Strand: The 'Enter the forbidden garden.' paid scene in Book VI Chapter 2. The one with the flower.
4 - Pin Him Down (part 1): The "I'll keep an eye on him." paid scene in Book VI Chapter 3. Giving the man some soup. Eventually.
5 - Pin Him Down (part 2): Continuing to pin him down. By tying him to the bed.
6 - Ravish Me, this is a Library: The paid scene in the library in Book VIII Chapter 2. The ravishing that they deserve.
7 - You Can Just Have It - The scene at Portia's cottage in Book VIII Chapter 3. Julian and Altheia have a heart to heart.Bookmarked by anewflame
11 Feb 2024
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The Ship in the Stars | Tides of Memories (Julian post-route) - Part 22 by LunaStarhawk
Fandoms: The Arcana (Visual Novel)
06 Feb 2024
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Side by side again, Julian and Altheia search once more for their shared gate, a journey which takes them deeper into the realms to meet one of their patrons, and brings them closer to each other than ever before.
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His aura entwined with hers. He felt it rise up from deep within him. Everything he'd learned, everything he'd come to accept, every step forward. Up and up and up, until gold ribbons joined her green and silver, twisting together, winding under the keel of the ship. A dance of ice and steel and gold.Series
- Part 22 of Tides of Memories
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06 Feb 2024
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A growing collection of short, smutty and/or fluffy fics featuring Julian and Altheia's relationship some years after my post-route series, Tides of Memories.
Because sometimes I just want to write some fluff. Or some smut. Or both :)1. "The Sun in her Eyes" - service top Julian on a ship.
2. "Beautiful Hands" - Fisting. Lovingly, of course.
3. "Our Hearts Move With the Tide" - Just fluff and smooching :)
4. "Afterglow" - post-sex cuddles
5. "Surrender" - playful sexy fun time and also peggingBookmarked by anewflame
13 Jan 2024
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"For Us" | Julian's Route Book XIX - The Sun by LunaStarhawk for anewflame
Fandoms: The Arcana (Visual Novel)
07 Jan 2024
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Julian and Rhaella take a deeply intimate break in Julian's dream ship, created in Death's realm, and make their first promises to each other.
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This is a rewrite of the paid scene in Book XIX (The Sun) - Chapter 1. (On the Precipice), featuring anewflame's OC, Rhaella.
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08 Jan 2024
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Sun and Moon, Sea and Stars | Tides of Memories (Julian post-route) - Part 21 by LunaStarhawk
Fandoms: The Arcana (Visual Novel)
11 Dec 2023
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Traversing the Moon's realm in search of their shared gate, Julian lives a realisation of the future, Altheia faces the horrifying nightmares of her past, and the two of them find their way forward through their bond.
Featuring Rhaella, who belongs to anewflame. Thank you for letting me borrow her, she's delightful.
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As if sensing her trepidation, he slowed a few paces away. Altheia’s gaze searched his face and saw contained joy and hope, and then a frown of worry as his smokey eyes took her in and saw what Rhaella must have seen when she’d said she looked like she’d ‘been through it’. And then it was as if he couldn’t believe he’d found her at all, as his lips parted slightly as if he meant to speak but couldn’t find words.He stood, and held one hand out to her, gloved palm up. She turned fully, still uncertain. His eyes locked with hers and he took a step forward. Altheia took a step, and then another. And then reached out and lay her gloved hand over his.
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Her sun and moon…
His sea and stars…
Each other’s ship and safe harbour…
Always bonded, always together .Series
- Part 21 of Tides of Memories
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11 Dec 2023
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Frozen Seas and Bonded Hearts | Tides of Memories (Julian post-route) - Part 20 by LunaStarhawk
Fandoms: The Arcana (Visual Novel)
14 Nov 2023
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As Julian races to pull Altheia back from breaking point, they both discover truths about themselves, and each other.
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His eyes were fixed on Altheia, stood on ice in the middle of the ocean, in the middle of a storm, a tempest.
She didn’t need saving. She was magnificent. She was fierce. And she’d do what she needed to do, one way or another.
But he wouldn’t let her do it alone.Series
- Part 20 of Tides of Memories
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15 Nov 2023
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With Courage and Strength | Tides of Memories (Julian post-route) - Part 19 by LunaStarhawk
Fandoms: The Arcana (Visual Novel)
20 Oct 2023
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Julian and Nadia track Asra down, and all shields are dropped and hearts laid bare in the confrontation that follows.
Or: The One in Which Julian and Asra Finally Get Their Shit Together.
Because the Julian/Asra situationship never really was resolved in canon. So here, before they can move forward and help Altheia, Julian faces his fears, Asra works out his abandonment issues, and they both try to fully put the past behind them for good.
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“You left me,” he continued quietly, “but that was okay, because I had her! I had Altheia back, Lucio was dead and the plague would be gone, and everything would go back to how it was.”
“But it didn’t,” Julian said into the silence. He bent slightly, bringing his head closer to Asra’s eye level. “Did it?”
Asra shook his head. “No. Lucio was dead, the plague was gone, you were gone, and Altheia…” He choked back a sob. “She was gone, too. In all the ways that mattered. But at least she needed me. Like you needed me.”Series
- Part 19 of Tides of Memories
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20 Oct 2023
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Turbulence | Tides of Memories (Julian post-route) - Part 18 by LunaStarhawk
Fandoms: The Arcana (Visual Novel)
03 Oct 2023
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Altheia shuts Julian out and falls deeper into crisis. Julian fails to cope, until he is helped back out from the pit and remembers he can ask for help.
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She was gone, now. But there, beneath his boots, darkened by sand that the wind had tossed across it, was a circle of cracked ice.
It was her magic, and it was his magic, and it was their magic.~~ Please mind the tags and content warnings for alcohol misuse, mostly limited to chapter 4, but with references elsewhere ~~
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- Part 18 of Tides of Memories
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04 Oct 2023
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A Port to Call Home | Tides of Memories (Julian post-route) - Part 16 by LunaStarhawk
Fandoms: The Arcana (Visual Novel)
09 Aug 2023
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Julian and Altheia take a break from the books to sail to Port Tremaire, Altheia's hometown from before. There, they have some fun, Altheia finds more of herself, and Julian makes an accidental magical discovery in a very Julian sort of way.
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- Part 16 of Tides of Memories
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10 Aug 2023
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Something in the Water | Tides of Memories (Julian post-route) - Part 15 by LunaStarhawk
Fandoms: The Arcana (Visual Novel)
31 Jul 2023
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Julian and Altheia make tentative plans for moving in together, and Julian makes a leap forward in connecting everything they have learnt so far - from sigils to alchemy, to his book of stars and stories - to himself, Altheia, The Star and the Queen of Cups. But meeting Selina, Julian's former apprentice, and still missing Asra, sends Altheia further into emotional turmoil.
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“It’s just… If you and I are represented by Cups cards, and… and so is our bond, and it’s water … and Valetia, protectress of sailors, with the beacon given to her by the Queen of Cups, it…” Julian clicked his tongue and sat back. “No, it sounds ridiculous now I’m saying it out loud.”
“It doesn’t!” Altheia leaned close. “You’re right, there are connections.”Series
- Part 15 of Tides of Memories
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31 Jul 2023
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The Call of the Stars | Tides of Memories (Julian post-route) - Part 14 by LunaStarhawk
Fandoms: The Arcana (Visual Novel)
28 Jun 2023
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An unexpected visitor sheds new light on Julian's book of constellations and myths. Altheia's desperate search for her gateway leads her to make a reckless decision to venture to the Arcana realms alone, and only Julian can pull her out - and chance encounters with The Star and Judgement are more than a little revelatory.
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"I felt something pulling me, across the lake. But then the feeling faded, and I walked us right into Valdemar’s trap.”
“Is that really what happened?”
“Yes,” Altheia said bitterly. “I nearly got us both killed.”
“Hmm.” Judgement’s trunk curled upwards lazily. “I don’t think so.”
“That’s exactly how it happened,” Altheia said bitterly. “My ‘intuition’ wasn’t good for much.”
The impossibly deep, golden eyes narrowed a little. “Your intuition wasn’t the problem. When you stopped listening to it - that was where you made the wrong choice.”Series
- Part 14 of Tides of Memories
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29 Jun 2023
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The Fool's Journey | Tides of Memories (Julian post-route) - Part 13 by LunaStarhawk
Fandoms: The Arcana (Visual Novel)
12 Jun 2023
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The truths of Altheia's past, the bond and the journey she shares with Julian, and her very existence, are revealed. But not without consequence.
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She was little more than a construct. A soul trapped in a body that wasn’t hers, because her body was ash and charred bone at the bottom of the sea. A body trained by Asra. A Magician’s manifestation, desires made real, made possible by the power of a Major Arcana.
And now he was proud of her?
“Am I only your creation, Asra?”Series
- Part 13 of Tides of Memories
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13 Jun 2023
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Truth in the Undertow | Tides of Memories (Julian post-route) - Part 12 by LunaStarhawk
Fandoms: The Arcana (Visual Novel)
30 May 2023
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Angry and emotional, Asra retraces Altheia's final steps before her death three years ago, and her echoes speak her truth with potentially devastating consequences. Altheia needs Julian to trust himself and his own magical capabilities, but when all the pieces of her puzzle come together, they threaten to drag her into a suffocating undertow of her own making.
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The crush of the loss, and the disease, Asra felt as keenly as if he were her, slumping forwards onto the cold ground. He dug his fingers into the dirt between the old paving slabs, the weeds that clung to life there, too young to have known her as she fell. But the stone, and the earth between… her magic had left her here. Not her life, not quite, but her essence, and it had seeped into the stone like oil separating into swirling, shimmering rainbow colours in a clear pool. He felt her there, as he had when he’d dug into the ash, when his fingers had bled. But now the pain wasn’t just his for losing her, but it was hers, for losing Ilya, her love and life.
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- Part 12 of Tides of Memories
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31 May 2023