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  1. Public Bookmark 6

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    "The son shall bear the iniquity of the father."

    In the burning ruins of his village, a boy learns the price of survival: his name, his past, and his future—all claimed by a man in black.

    What makes a man? What makes a weapon?

    Pressure, friction, and violence.

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    13 Apr 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 7

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    Ištván brings Erik a whale tooth back from Nicopolis.

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    08 Mar 2026

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    It is the final day of the siege of Suchdol. Judgement Day, some would call it later on. The Praguers' camp had been razed to the ground by reinforcements arriving from Rattay: with Markvart dead, the rest of their forces flee.

    Yet, despite being taken back, no victorious hymns echo through the fort. Mortal silence falls upon them: in the heart of the inner courtyard, Sir Hans Capon of Pirkstein kneels, unmoving, on the blood-soaked ground. No words reach him—no hands are strong enough to pull him away. Those who try to approach him cross themselves: the young lord is blind to the world.

    It is only Father Godwin’s prayer that breaks through; his palms shaking, spread over Hans’ head: Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificetur nomen tuum; adveniat regnum tuum. Fiat voluntas tua.

     

    Fiat voluntas tua, he repeats, and waits.

     

    Sicut in cælo et in terra, Hans finishes, his voice breaking. He raises his eyes for the briefest moment—as Godwin kneels down to gently pry his hands away.

    Henry’s body in his arms is already cold.

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    27 Jan 2026

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    It clangs in his head like a nuclear klaxon: this is such a bad idea.

    He gets hard, regardless.

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    post-canon. robert kills shroud and in an effort to reconcile the emotional dissonance he feels as a result of that decision and countless others he chose in the pursuit of becoming a hero, dubious choices are made -- and, with time and enough tenderness, unmade.

    or, a fic wherein robert had been hooking up flambae despite his better judgement, and refuses to interrogate why he keeps letting it happen. plot with porn/porn with plot, enemies to friends to lovers, heavy on the hurt/comfort

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    05 Dec 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 21

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    In the six months after the Reaper War, Earth and the galactic community are finally rebuilding. Rebuilding their cities. Rebuilding their lives.

    Rebuilding their hope.

    Except for the second human Spectre: his world is crumbling down.

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    07 May 2025