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In the year of our Lord 1422, in the Château de Vincennes near Paris, France, the King was dying.
He knew it, though his lords and physicians were loathe to say as much. He knew it from the ache of his withering muscles; the roiling, burning, stabbing in his gut; the slow, dry burn of his fever; the stench of death that filled the room.
Furthermore, Bardolph had told him so.
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In A Dark Wood by speakmefair for angevin2
The Borgias, The Hollow Crown (2012), Richard II - Shakespeare
22 Apr 2013
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Cesare Borgia finds the afterlife is unexpectedly feline.
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If we can't have it all by shinobi93
The Hollow Crown (2012), Henry IV - Shakespeare, Henry IV Part 1 - Shakespeare, Henry IV Part 2 - Shakespeare
21 Apr 2013
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Hal grew up with the city in his veins, learning its secrets and the way blood runs on its pavements. Slipping into the space his father’s death left at twenty four was just the next step up, but power comes at a price and his violent shadow can't protect him forever.
A near-future gangster AU.
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The king is in the Underworld.
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- 433
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- 1/1
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- 2
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"I died that day by the arrow of a young boy, who brought τhe heads of the slain nobles to the righteous king.
I died that day at the hand of a beautiful boy, who used to lie on the sheets of my fair cousin admitting his love.
I died that day, not because I was a king or a criminal.
I died that day because I was a lover.
I died a beautiful death."
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- 1,552
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- 1/1
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Had we but world enough and time by shinobi93
The Hollow Crown (2012), Henry IV - Shakespeare
26 Mar 2013
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Their story plays out, again and again, crossing centuries and still always ending the same way. Poins lives each life with the hope that one day it will change.
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Fool Me Once by oxymoronic
The Hollow Crown (2012), Henry IV - Shakespeare, Henry IV Part 1 - Shakespeare, Henry IV Part 2 - Shakespeare, Shakespeare - History Plays
26 Mar 2013
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The story of Hal and Poins, through the ages.
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During the early days of a new king's reign, Harry Percy demands the trial that he was promised.
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- 1,006
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- 1/1
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- 1
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- 12
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On Frail Wings of Vanity and Wax by Sarah_Elmira_Royster_Poe
Original Work, Richard II - Shakespeare, Richard III - Shakespeare, No Fandom, Open to Interpretation - Fandom
2 Mar 2013
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"If only I could untangle from my restraints and scream, roar at the winds.
I would become master of the Fire, tame the Seas, darken the Moon.Or I could make it shine brighter than ever. Strength and might at my side, determined to found my own “Reconquista”, my own Crusade. "
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- 1,573
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- 3/?
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- 13
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King Richard visits Australia. Things do not go well.
{I have not made up the Australian Parliamentary language.]
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- 642
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- 1/1
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Daughter of Kings by Elizabeth (anghraine)
Hollow Crown (2012), Richard II - Shakespeare, Henry IV Part 1 - Shakespeare
23 Feb 2013
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Richard II banishes his cousin Bolingbroke, then takes Bolingbroke's nearly-grown children, Mary and John, under his wing.
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Fail Trying by Gileonnen for Gehayi
Henry IV - Shakespeare, Henry IV Part 1 - Shakespeare, Henry IV Part 2 - Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor - Shakespeare
20 Feb 2013
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Jack Falstaff is a space pirate--but not a particularly good one.
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Aumerle is unwilling to accept the official story on Richard's death, and unwilling to move on.
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I Shall Find Time by Gileonnen
Richard II - Shakespeare, Henry IV Part 1 - Shakespeare, Julius Caesar - Shakespeare
19 Feb 2013
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Two men consider the merits of civil war, political coups, and Manchester United.
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- 1,233
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- 1/1
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- 2
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- 32
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Into This Breathing World by Gileonnen
Richard II - Shakespeare, Richard III - Shakespeare
19 Feb 2013
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There's none else by: Richard loves Richard; that is, I am I.
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- 2,163
- Chapters:
- 1/1
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- 1
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- 38
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Buckingham must play the loyal footstool once more before his flight.
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- 764
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- 1/1
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- 2
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Here's a Health to the Company by Gileonnen for speakmefair
Richard II - Shakespeare, Henry IV Part 1 - Shakespeare
19 Feb 2013
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In an abstract sense, Hal was aware that a prince ought to be present at his father's triumphal tournaments.
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- 2,085
- Chapters:
- 1/1
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- 3
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- 38
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Betwixt the Wind and His Nobility by Gileonnen for kerrypolka
Henry IV Part 1 - Shakespeare
19 Feb 2013
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Kate and Hotspur attempt to renew their drivers' licenses.
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- 1,143
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- 1/1
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- 3
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- 18
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This Deed Was Done at Otterburn by Gileonnen for speakmefair
14th Century CE RPF, Henry IV Part 1 - Shakespeare
19 Feb 2013
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In the aftermath of the Battle of Otterburn, two foes meet for the first time.
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Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos by Gileonnen for Gehayi
Henry VI Part 2 - Shakespeare, Henry VI - Shakespeare
19 Feb 2013
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In the Wars of the Roses, any advantage must be cultivated--including magic.
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- 1,135
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- 1/1
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- 21