Ostentenacity
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Winter and Other Sea-Changes by Ostentenacity
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
28 Feb 2026
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“Lambert’s never brought anyone for the winter," said Geralt. "He doesn’t make friends easy. Doesn’t deal well with change, either. He—” Geralt frowned. “He probably won’t get along with you.”
“I’ll have you know, I can be very charming when I want to be,” said Jaskier, aiming for a bit of light-hearted teasing.
The corner of Geralt’s mouth lifted, but then dropped back into a more somber expression. “Lambert,” he said carefully, “is a contrary ass. The more you try to charm him, the less likely it is to work."
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At long last, Geralt invites Jaskier to Kaer Morhen. Lambert is less than pleased to have a stranger in the keep, especially since his favorite outsider would never be offered the same welcome. Or so he thinks—but sometimes, a cruel twist of fate can turn out to be a miracle in disguise.
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- Part 4 of the scent of grass
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At the end of her long, long, long life, Ciri seeks out familiar company.
At the end of his first winter on the Path, Geralt meets a strange, ancient witcher.
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Frailty and Other Nightmares by Ostentenacity
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
12 Dec 2025
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“You said you wouldn’t let me die,” hissed the wraith with Jaskier’s face, its cold fingers closing around Geralt’s throat. “You promised!”
Geralt’s eyes snapped open. The night was quiet and still, with not even the slightest hint of wind to stir the leaves on the trees. His medallion was likewise still, but it lay beside his ear on the bedroll instead of on his chest, and the section of chain across his neck was chilly instead of skin-warm. He must have moved while he was dreaming and dislodged it.
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Jaskier survived an ordeal that ought to have killed him, and seems to have come out the other end no worse for wear. So it would be silly for Geralt to still be having nightmares. Ridiculous, even. It would be the absolute height of foolishness to go days without sleeping when everything is fine.
Because everything is fine.
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- Part 3 of the scent of grass
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Lilacs and Other Entanglements by Ostentenacity
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
25 Nov 2025
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After a close brush with death, Jaskier finds himself altered in subtle ways. If anyone can help figure out the long-term effects of his ordeal, it's Yennefer of Vengerberg—but involving Yennefer means inviting complications, especially when it turns out Geralt's been keeping a rather important secret.
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Or: With Geralt temporarily absent, Jaskier and Yennefer plumb each other's hidden depths.
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- Part 2 of the scent of grass
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Selfishness and Other Maladies by Ostentenacity
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
13 Nov 2025
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Geralt’s shoulders were stiff, and his grip on Jaskier’s wrist was like a vise. Between them, the bite mark on Jaskier’s forearm still oozed blood. Just a tiny little puncture. He’d gotten worse from stepping on a sharp rock in camp just last week. The dead fox lay three paces off, its head facing away. From this angle Jaskier couldn’t see whether or not he’d imagined the foam at its mouth.
Geralt still wouldn’t look at him.
“Don’t say it,” Jaskier begged one last time.
“It was rabid,” said Geralt flatly.
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At long last, Jaskier's luck runs out, and he acquires a mortal wound. It's lucky for him, then, that Geralt is far too selfish to let him die.
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- Part 1 of the scent of grass
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In interropunct's immortal words: "Jaskier gets bitten by a rabid animal. Then poisoned. Then injected with strange and horrifying concoctions. No one is happy about any of this."
And then, afterwards, things start looking up.
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Recovery from Ascian mind control is a long and winding road.
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Six Archons depart Sharlayan. Years later, four return.
Scenes from the Scions' time in Old Sharlayan during/after Endwalker—when they weren't busy saving the world.
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"Why is it always just friends?" Velvet complains. "Why does your sweetheart of the week outrank me?"
"Harsh! But fair. And moreover, a good point." Thancred knocks back another swig of ale.
"So... was that a 'yes' or a 'no'...?"
"Piss off," they reply in chorus, and the latest trespassing gossip-rag reporter is escorted out of the Rising Stones.
-- Unpleasantly frequent interaction between the day the Praetorium fell and the night that would later be known as the Bloody Banquet.
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The archival staff of the Magnus Institute—and their daemons—try to make sense of the strange and horrifying events befalling them.
In other words: the canon timeline of events, but with daemons.
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"Seems like a two-witcher job," Eskel says matter-of-factly. "For safety."
Lambert glances at the superfluous swirls that dare call themselves letters.
Old Elven ruins uncovered, half a day's ride South-East of the city. Someone needed to clear out unwanted inhabitants. Professionals preferred. Proof of a job well done will earn him who dares 150 Florens.
"... for safety," Lambert agrees after a long minute of pondering, and hopes Eskel cannot read the lie on him. Lambert cares fuck-all about safety, he'd do the job just fine on his own. But...
Bookmarked by Ostentenacity
26 Feb 2026
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Contract Completed by Dira Sudis (dsudis)
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game)
17 Aug 2025
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Ciri finally completes a long string of contracts and receives the payment she agreed upon. Sort of.
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Bookmarked by Ostentenacity
24 Feb 2026
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I Will Build A House For Me by inexplicifics
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
12 Dec 2021
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Geralt and Eskel finish painting the new bathhouse, get interrupted by alchemical shenanigans, and discuss what it means to belong somewhere.
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- Part 28 of Inex Writes Flash Fic
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Bookmarked by Ostentenacity
12 Feb 2026
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Beyond the End of Times by FanfaresandFlowers
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
23 Jan 2026
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“It’s just stupid,” she huffed. “I’m not a child.”
Maybe Ciri’s concept of home wasn’t as fleeting and complicated and ever changing as she thought. Maybe it had been the same since she was a child and unable to pick up on the concern behind his stern eyes when she had nightmares on the road.
Bookmarked by Ostentenacity
12 Feb 2026
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Behind You, The Wolves by Harrowdeon
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game), The Witcher (TV)
19 Feb 2026
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Last Wolf, youngest Wolf, unluckiest Wolf.
Over the course of his long, long life, Lambert learns more lessons than he can count. He learns suffering, he learns grief, he learns of a world that despises the thing he has become. And eventually, over decades, he learns love and peace and understanding. He learns what it means to have the things he wants, and how to take them.
He only needs to learn how to keep them.
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- Part 1 of Head Fears, Heart Craves
Bookmarked by Ostentenacity
24 Jan 2026