20 Works by elyus
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At the mountain’s height, they are made to look back. Behind lie their Empire, the heartland and the north, forts and citadels, the abodes of men for whom others have bled and will bleed again. All vanish into the dark and return with the dawn. It is as sunlight circles and blood moves, the mind wraps around the thought of itself. All things are soon worn thin by the contractions of the heart and the narrowing of thought within its aging finite enclosure. But who can bind lovers with law, when love is the first faith, self-breathed and self-burning? And within its bounds, citadels rise and rise again, even as they lie crumbling…
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Conversations overheard in taverns throughout Cyrodiil by elyus
Fandoms: Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
27 May 2025
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Some (un)fortunate souls strike up a conversation with a drunken banker in a waistcoat (or are dragged into it against their will).
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Please sample your love and grief before deciding which ones to keep. I don’t have time for all of them.
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A questionnaire on being a mad god, but the inquirer is soon side-tracked.
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There's a lot between here and Weynon Priory by elyus
Fandoms: Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
08 May 2025
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On how hard he tries to get Brother Martin to Chorrol and how they're not getting there.
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Offerings Upon the Altar of Akatosh, in the Dawn of the Fourth Era by elyus
Fandoms: Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
06 May 2025
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In their worship, the pilgrim became like a small animal rising from a burrow or a nest, scavenging for trinkets that caught its eye, feeling they might also catch the eye of its maker. Beneath winter moons, in naked woods, by glow of daedric stars, through budding groves, across unfettered waves, it roams to appease a vanished smile.
So, here be a prayer to an uncaring god:
Be not the guidance, the redemption of this world.
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This day…was nothing but a small blunder on his path to victory. After all, what was the hurry? The world lay ahead of him, vast and ripe for the taking. He could almost taste the bloodbath that awaited—a future where every corner of the earth would bend to his will. In time, all would be his. All he needed to do, was to stay patient and strategic.
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- Part 6 of Of Families and Covenants
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- 1,478
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The god nearly grins. He possesses an eerie insight into the man's mind, it is as if his innermost desires have spilled out into the world and taken hold of a mortal vessel.
They are kindred spirits. The god had willed it so.
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In the land of the Lotus Eaters, the mirror holds the one you fear. -
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Their manner of death was already chosen; he was merely the blade that severed their threads.
After divine madness comes a violent awakening, or Kratos invokes the Muses.
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Goku runs into his archenemy at a bad time. Piccolo has expressive ears.
Set post-DB and pre-Z, before Piccolo's redemption.
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Is he in hell, or is he in his mind? And what is the difference? Either way, feelings are obstructive and unnecessary.
Set early Z. Inspired by Frieza's ironic hell in Super.
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- Part 5 of Of Families and Covenants
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Climbing Korin Tower, a young Roshi reconsiders the past.
Gift fic for a friend.
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Under the order of the Saiyan prince, Kakarot goes to Namek to scout for Dragon Balls. He is soon greeted by a strange ambassador.
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A Saiyan and a Namekian go philosophizing.
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- Part 4 of Of Families and Covenants
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It’s been 17 months since Piccolo Daimao was released from his watery cell. Bearing the hope of all humanity, Bulma sets out to find Earth’s greatest martial artists. Deep in the mountains, she has an unexpected encounter.
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A retelling of the opening of Dragon Ball. I've made the kids a bit younger than they are in canon.
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- Part 3 of Of Families and Covenants
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The Great Demon King has finally been defeated, but a new king now sits on the throne. The Demon Clan face their worst nightmare yet – a teenage ruler with a few plans of his own.
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Part two in a collection of short stories exploring Piccolo Jr. and Piccolo Daimao's thoughts on familial bonds, friendship and loneliness.
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- Part 2 of Of Families and Covenants
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Sky's Too Bright and Clear by elyus
Fandoms: Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Super
06 Sep 2020
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Piccolo gets a baby. Goku just rolls with it.
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Part one in a collection of short stories exploring Piccolo Jr. and Piccolo Daimao's thoughts on familial bonds, friendship and loneliness.
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- Part 1 of Of Families and Covenants
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Saint of Gamblers, Saint of Cons by elyus
Fandoms: God of Gamblers, God of Gamblers 3: The Early Stage, God of Gamblers II
01 Sep 2018
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Collection of ficlets for the God of Gamblers series.
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And he led her...her face a gentle smile of confusion, never hearing, seeing, feeling…to Glory.
In the light of the real sun, he laughed and felt that he would live forever.
If he could not have what was real, he shall have his rule.A character study of William inspired by Milton's Satan.
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The desert was the sum of all deserts, just as Pariah was the sum of all pariahs, and the girl was the sum of all girls that men with lonely hearts sought…
They were larger than life.
Too good for this damned world.Like a speck of dust, he was caught in the eye of the Maker.
Lawrence wanted out. -
Soon, the World Will Be Dark by elyus
Fandoms: Westworld (TV), Dark Tower - Stephen King
21 May 2017
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He was the first to see the approaching figures on the horizon, their shadows shimmering in the feverish sun.
AU where Sombra is the parent company of Delos, and the Maze is the Tower.
In the twilight of the world, Teddy Flood descends into madness. -
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Driven by compulsion, he walked closer, and in the dry wound he found what appeared to be the shimmer of metal reflected in the sun. Suddenly, he recovered his voice: "Clockwork." The precision of the motion seemed like clockwork. He recalled that years ago, he had learned from a stranger, a friend, a brother, an irreconcilable secret. This place, this world he lived in...