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It's nearly midnight when he receives the message. Filtered through the careful courtesy of an Alcethmeret page, it comes as a simple summons, scrubbed of nearly all the anxiety and urgency he knows the emperor too well to assume is not present.
There are no details. The emperor knows him too well to assume he'd need them.
A late night conversation between secretary and emperor.
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30 May 2026
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god's a different sword by astardanced
Fandoms: The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison
12 Apr 2026
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“You have it in your head that by taking yourself to the Alcethmeret, you are doing the emperor some great piece of… charity, loyalty, fidelity, we know not what,” the Dowager Marchioness had said to her. “Divest yourself of this notion. It achieves none of these things. What it achieves, is giving you nowhere to run when you put a foot wrong— which will happen, mark us on that point. The only way this foolish play can possibly work for you is if you are lucky. Pray do you think yourself lucky, Csethiro Ceredin?”
The fact was she did not, and indeed never had since she had been fifteen or sixteen— but she had not found the humility to say as much to her grandmother.
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- Part 2 of csethiro zhasan
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12 Apr 2026
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child, how would we know? by astardanced
Fandoms: The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison
22 Jan 2026
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“So,” he said, “You are to be our grandson’s wife.”
“An it pleases His Serenity and our father,” said Csethiro Ceredin. Her voice was deeper than he had expected, and she seemed to have to work to keep it from carrying.
“And how does it please Csethiro Ceredin, pray?” said Maru.
“As well as it pleases any lady chosen to be Zhasan, we have no doubt,” said Csethiro coolly.
Saying that to Chenelo Sevraseched’s father was either stupid or deliberately brassy, and Maru had already ruled out the likelihood of her being stupid.Bookmarked by forgedinflame
23 Jan 2026
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It is not so very difficult to lay an emperor low. They all see that now. All one needs is an empty room, a span of less than five minutes, and a boot.
Princess Sheveän decides she cannot rely upon her own household’s armsmen to assist with ousting the emperor, opting instead to bring in outside help. Maia reaps the consequences.
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06 Jan 2026
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i'm still somebody's daughter, see by peredain
Fandoms: The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison
03 Jan 2026
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Arlu's situation was what her father would have called delicate. She had willingly taken the oaths of a novice, binding herself to the Athmaz'are until she either completed her education or was dismissed. She was not yet of age, but at fourteen she was old enough to speak for herself, and her father had given his blessing very enthusiastically—her sister had said he was 'living vicariously'. Arlu belonged to the Athmaz'are until such time as her novitiate was completed; even if, like all novices, she was still technically a member of her father's house, it was not meant to matter.
But her father's house was Drazhada, and if there was one thing Arlu had known since she was a little girl, it was that that made all the difference.
Arlu Drazhin joins the Athmaz'are. It is a dream come true, and a greater challenge than she could have ever expected.
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05 Jan 2026