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1. Under The Ribcage by Medieval_Taciturn

   Fandoms: Original Work  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   25 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Human/Monster - Relationship
   • Tyrant Empress Tatalya of Reinheid
   • Her Right Hand Man Kieran
   • Prophetic Half-Wyrm Hero
   • Prince of Drakes
   • Horror
   • Implied/Referenced Cannibalism
   • feeding people to dragons
   • Blood and Gore
   • Psychological Horror
   • Emotional/Psychological Abuse
   • is it animal abuse/experimentation is they're sentient dragons with human psychological makeup?
   • Animal Abuse
   • Drake Abuse
   • Fantasy
   • Dark Fantasy
   • Dark Romance
   • but in a "i am manipulating you so you can transcend your humanity and free yourself" way
   • not a "i am comitting crimes against you get over it and love me" way
   • a person is eaten by a dragon it is graphic
   • human/monster heavy on that
   • there's a prophetic heroes journey but that's only shown through the protagonists prophetic dreams
   • Prophetic Dreams
   • Implied/Referenced Mind Control

   Summary

   Kieran has been the right hand man of the Empress Tatalya simce he was a boy... but recently, things have been shifting. The creatures in the secret sublevels of the castle have been drawing him in now more violently than ever. How long will he be able to resist their call?

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   22,766

   Chapters:

   7/7

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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