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The Sweet Kiss of Death and The Gentle Caress of Flame by firebastardextraordinaire
Fandoms: Diablo (Video Games)
19 Sep 2025
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Blood is thicker than water or so they say, especially when its the blood of Hatred flowing through your veins, but we are who we choose to be, not what our parents would demand we become. Rathma abandoned his ancient haunt of Kasama, and has spent his recent years traveling Sanctuary with only the Zann Esu sorceress, Ashe, as his companion. Together, they've worked to protect the Balance that even decades after Malthael's defeat is still offkilter. Yet, Inarius' zealots descend deeper into madness with every passing day, and Lilith's return only promises to wash a fresh wave of chaos over Sanctuary. Fully believing that if you want something done right, you do it yourself, Rathma and Ashe resolve to take matters into their own hands, but allies are a rarity in such troubled days, and allies they can trust may be a luxury they cannot afford. Neither Lilith nor Inarius have any mercy to spare for those who would stand against them, but powers far more devious and dangerous than either of them could hope to be lurk in the shadows, and one of them sets their eyes on Ashe, seeing what few others do: what the sorceress truly is, and what she might become.
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Like Smoke We Rise, Like Rain We Fall by firebastardextraordinaire
Fandoms: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
01 Apr 2024
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Mastering yourself is true power, or so they say, but when your heart burns with the ferocity of a wildfire, and your temper flares like the sun, reigning yourself in is difficult. Having the soul of a dragon and the ability to breathe fire doesn't really help either, but Jura Rhapsodos has everything under control. That is, if she ignored the ancient Dragon calamity of legend, the harbinger of the end, demanding her allegiance, as well as the vampire hunters demanding she lend her talents to their cause, and her ex with some serious family issues getting involved in the civil war, and that's not even considering her own personal vendetta against the Thalmor who despise her existence, or the very frustrating and frustrated first Dragonborn that can't be bothered to learn her fucking name. Oh, and pretty much everything is on fire and she may or may not be responsible! That's not even counting the stack of paperwork waiting for her at the College of Winterhold and the new apprentices who she's taken it upon herself to make sure don't end up getting incinerated or beheaded by a dremora. Yeah, things are going great.
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The Dark Brotherhood assassin known simply as Bitey lives and breathes for one thing only. To hunt and to kill for her family. So when she gets entangled in a plot to destroy the world as she knows it, she's reluctant to get involved. She's certainly not the kind of hero the empire wants, but she's the monster they'll have to settle for. Otherworldly invaders are not the only enemy she must face, as a threat emerges from the depths of the Dark Brotherhood, threatening to destroy all that she loves from within. Those that oppose her will come to realize three things. Any weapon they can use, she can use better. If the choice is up to her, she'll use her hands and her teeth to kill them. And most importantly, she cannot be bribed, bargained, or reasoned with, so when she's caught your scent, it's already over.
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Embers in the Night like Stars in the Sky by firebastardextraordinaire
Fandoms: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
15 Apr 2023
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A collection of one shots revolving around Jura Rhapsodos, most of which take place within the Like Smoke We Rise verse. Some of which were written before Like Smoke We Rise and thus aren't "canon compliant" with it, but I still feel are worth sharing, they just may or may not actually make an appearance in Like Smoke We Rise
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Unexpected late-night visitors are part and parcel of the cutthroat line of work Gortash's found himself to excel at.
Unexpected late-night visitors who've somehow made it past all of his various traps while setting off not a single one of them, however, are not.
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27 Apr 2024