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Where you lead I cannot be afraid by Swimmer963
Fandoms: Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey
06 Dec 2018
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Queen Elspeth is dead, and Valdemar has a new King, and a new war. Herald-Mage Vanyel finds himself sent to the Karsite border, fighting for the survival of his kingdom – a war that will push him to his absolute limits.
Sometimes, at night in his dreams, he speaks to a mage who wears black. An enemy, who might nonetheless understand his current reality and the choices he must make better than anyone else.
Volume four of "A Song for Two Voices". Updates Mondays and Fridays.
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- Part 4 of A Song for Two Voices
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What if Vanyel told someone what was going on with Tylendel? How would that change their fates?
Also known as, what if 'Lendel got proper mental health care after Staven died?
Diverges from canon during Chapter 7 of Magic's Pawn.
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- Part 1 of A Herald's Bonds
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Gildaurel's prompt: "Vanyel initiating sex with Stefen for the first time (at Forst Reach?) and being active and amazing and rendering Stefen somehow speechless despite all his prior lovers."
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Van doesn't want to be touched. Stef is resting his voice. PWP.
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This is a sequel to my last work, Apologies, but takes place two months later. Essentially, a noble begins to insult Vanyel's father with indirect references to his son's preferences, and Vanyel gets wind of it.
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Why the age gap is the only thing that keeps Van and Stef from murdering each other.
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The aftermath of Vanyel offering to give up his lifebonded because it might offend Lord Withen's delicate sensibilities.
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After his coronation, Randale turns to Vanyel for support.
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Vanyel never succumbs to Stefen's temptations at Forst Reach, rejecting his love as a mere crush. Forced to travel north for several years (though Savil, he and Yfandes live in this version), he grows apart from Stefen. When they happen to meet again as tensions rise on the Karsite border, they have trouble resisting each other...
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Help me bear the burdens I have yet by Swimmer963
Fandoms: Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey
14 Sep 2018
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War is coming to Valdemar. Herald-Mage Vanyel sees a vision of his future, a destiny that apparently only he can fulfill. He expects to die for his Kingdom, in ten or twenty years, fighting a mysterious dark mage in the north. In the meantime, all he can do is try to put his life back together, learn to be a Herald, and prepare for what's coming, with the support of his aunt Savil and the community of Heralds.
However, it turns out that the future is a lot more complicated than he expected.
Covers the next few years post-Magic's Pawn. Part three of "A Song for Two Voices" AU.
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- Part 3 of A Song for Two Voices
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A light off a storm-tossed coast by ladyfnick
Fandoms: Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey
16 Aug 2018
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After the death of their father, eleven year old Tylendel and Staven Frelennye are sent to Forst Reach by their uncle to keep them out of danger. Despite their difference in age, they become fast friends with nine year old Vanyel Ashkevron. But despite leaving their their home, the brothers have not left danger behind them.
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Only deep in dreams do you appear by Swimmer963
Fandoms: Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey
29 Jun 2018
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Complete. See part three, "Help me bear the burdens I have yet", for what happens next!
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Sometimes, it only takes one mistake to destroy everything…After the death of his lifebonded lover, the last thing Vanyel wants is to be a Herald, much less the most powerful mage in Valdemaran history. But Companions never Choose wrong. A destiny he never asked for, and the tireless efforts of his friends to help, are all that he has left.
Part two of "A Song for Two Voices", a rationalfic take on The Last Herald-Mage.
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- Part 2 of A Song for Two Voices
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In your arms I shall not fear the night by Swimmer963
Fandoms: Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey
20 Apr 2018
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This is a rationalfic take on "The Last Herald-Mage", inspired by HPMOR and other works. Accessible regardless of whether you've read the original series. Though far from perfect, the characters are trying to do their best with the information, intelligence, and skills they have. Unfortunately, their enemies are also doing that, and sometimes even reasonable decisions can turn out badly.
[Meta note: this starts out a bit slow, and book 1 is kind of a different genre from the rest. In particular, the rationalist content is fairly subtle at the start, and the effective altruism themes come out a lot more towards the end of book 2 and early book 3. If you’re moderately enjoying book 1 but a little bored, try sticking it out until the end of book 2.]
Ashamed of him, Vanyel's father sends his disappointing son to live with his strict aunt, the Herald-Mage Savil. Although he knows things will change, Vanyel dramatically underestimates just how different his life is about to become. Sparks fly as he discovers both love and magic.
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- Part 1 of A Song for Two Voices
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Angels We Have Heard by Dardrea
Fandoms: Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey, The Last Herald-Mage Trilogy
22 Dec 2017
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So they parted ways at the end of In the Bleak Mid-Winter (and if you haven't, you should read that before this, it continues from there) but there's no way Van and Stef aren't going to find each other again. They've both got a lot of stuff to deal with.
...I hate titles. Yay for Christmas getting songs stuck in my head!
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- Part 2 of In the Bleak Mid-winter
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Tylendel survived the fall, but he still has to face the consequences.
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The Blood of Visionaries by AirgiodSLV for nyargles
Fandoms: Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey
14 Dec 2017
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“I won’t leave you,” Vanyel pledged, his grip tightening on his lute. “And I won’t let anyone take you from me, either.”
Tylendel’s heart ached at the words. He wished he could believe that either of them would have any choice.
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In the Bleak Mid-winter by Dardrea
Fandoms: Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey, The Last Herald-Mage Trilogy
08 Dec 2017
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Young Stefen gets wind that some fancy lady dressed all in red is looking for a street singer and manages to avoid her--and isn't ever taken to Haven. He has a much rougher time of it and he and Van only meet later, after the other Herald-Mages are killed and Vanyel is heading north to finally face his country's unknown enemy.
(This has nothing to do with Christmas, but it is bleak and winter-y and Christmas songs are...you know, pervasive this time of year.)
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- Part 1 of In the Bleak Mid-winter
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The Measure Of A Man by typhe for macabre_monkey
Fandoms: Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey
12 Oct 2017
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Vanyel decides that Stefen needs new clothes.
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Witch Hunt by saliache for typhe
Fandoms: Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey, The Last Herald Mage
31 May 2017
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Stefen: highly proficient Bard, spy hunter, and agent of the Throne
Valdir: failed Bard, fugitive, and persona for one spy and Herald-Mage Vanyel AshkevronTogether, they fight crime.
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Just once, they'd made love before even saying hello. It had been an unrepeatably happy accident.