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  1. Public Bookmark 6

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    A Persona 5 retelling where the Phantom Thieves are joined in their mission by the main trio of Pale as their mysterious guides. No familiarity with Pale required.

    Just as he arrives in Tokyo, Ren Amamiya encounters three unusual girls. They are practitioners, witches who wield occult powers but cannot lie. That night, when he dreams of a long-nosed man, these three appear before him and warn him not to be fooled by the pretender before him. They offer him another path: refuse the pretender's manipulations and accept their guidance on his journey instead. The dream ends with a new contract signed.

    With these mysterious allies by their side the Phantom Thieves may yet have a chance of beating this cruel game... but how safe are their secrets with allies that can never lie?

    For Persona fans, this work is the recommended entry point for its series! There are minimal Pale spoilers, and anything relevant will be explained. Pale fans are recommended to read Blood-Red Justice first.

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    07 Sep 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 4

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    The prequel to The Masked Self, a Persona 5 and epilogue-era Pale crossover. (Some Pale knowledge recommended!)

    The Velvet Room reaches through time to recruit three magical experts to attend to their next guest through his many adventures and trials. These three are the witches Lucy Ellingson, Avery Kelly, and Verona Hayward. They are tasked with working as mysterious guides and supporters, using their experience to offer guidance and power to their trickster guest throughout his journey.

    But when a dark force emerges to invade the Velvet Room and subvert its purpose, the girls narrowly escape capture by fleeing to the staging grounds of the very conflict they were meant to observe. Armed with knowledge of the invader's plot, but stranded in the past and removed from their allies, the Witches of Kennet must prepare themselves for their new duties as assistants to the Trickster, so that they might guide him to overcome a rigged game.

    For Pale fans, this is the recommended entry point for this series. However, there are full Persona 5 spoilers present in this work and series. As an alternate entry point, Persona fans should instead start with The Masked Self.

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    07 Sep 2025

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    Lisa proves to be more elusive than expected and slips out of Coil's grasp when he sends his goons to give her an aggressive recruitment pitch. In the aftermath she takes refuge with the PRT where she proceeds to make herself everyone's problem.

    A Lisa in the Wards fic, because Taylor shouldn't be the only one who gets to have all the fun.

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    06 Aug 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 92

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    What if the man's cloak had been white instead of black?

    What if he had taken her east instead of north?

    What if she was an old squire's page instead of an orphan boy?

    It is Ser Barristan Selmy who helps Arya Stark escape King's Landing, in spite of all sense, in spite of the voices telling him not to, in spite of their diverging paths. He saves her, because that's what true knights do, isn't it?

    If only it were that simple.

    TL;DR - Arya goes to Essos two books early, seeking a dragon queen instead of a death cult.

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    30 May 2025

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    A sequel to A wolf amongst lions.

    Many years have passed since the Long Night ended. Since Daenerys Targaryen took the throne, ushering in a new era of peace. Since Arya Stark-now Arya Lannister-returned to Casterly Rock and began to do everything in her power to maintain that peace, just as Tywin instructed.

    Twenty years later, radicals of the Lord of Light are rising across Westeros. Wild dragons scatter across the land for the first time in centuries. The secret of Jon Stark's true family threatens to come to light every passing day. And many debate who holds the true power in Westeros: The queen? Or the Wolf of Casterly Rock. Amidst it all, Arya's children struggle to live in the shadow of their mother and their family name.

    Twenty years is a long time for peace. The question is not if it will end. The question is who will shatter it. And who will survive once they do.

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    27 May 2025