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Exhausted and overworked, a newly-appointed Emet-Selch finds himself being dragged up the side of a mountain by his exasperatingly dear friend Azem, under the pretense of encouraging him to take a break. There is absolutely no way, Emet-Selch is certain, that the suspiciously kind and smiling Traveler at his side is not up to no good. Yet will what he finds at the summit truly be another meddlesome scheme of hers? Or will it threaten to stir the long-repressed yearnings in his soul?
Slow-burn-ish, multi-chaptered and ongoing. Rating is preemptive; there will be explicit smut in later chapters.
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03 Jul 2026
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veritas vincit, oderint dum metuant
A series of shorts spanning Emet-Selch's long life that revolve around certain characteristics most would find intolerable but allow him to be interesting and conflicting as a character.
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03 Jul 2026
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a collection of drabbles centered around the doom of an illicit affair between villain and hero, pre-Endwalker.
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30 Jun 2026
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The Warrior of Light prevents the Final Days and erases his own future.
Stranded in the unsundered Etheirys, he must grieve a world that will never exist while growing dangerously close to Emet-Selch.
The closer they become, the harder it is to tell whether Emet-Selch sees the soul before him, the Azem he once loved, or someone he has no intention of losing twice.
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20 Jun 2026
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‘None on the battlefield were prepared for that which brought the hostilities to an end. Upon quitting the firmament and entering the skies above Carteneau, the red moon cracked, and from within the iron sphere emerged an ancient primal the likes of which Eorzea had never seen.’ –Chapter 2: Her story. (2016). In Encyclopedia Eorzea (Vol. 1, pp. 45–45).
(I'm going to try my best with the language and keeping everyone in character! I am playing through new game+ to relearn the whole story WHILST writing with the encyclopedia eorzea books that exist. Ch. 1-5 updated for language changes and additions.))
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09 Jun 2026
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Aurora van Manius has worked hard and fought tooth and nail to rise through the ranks in the army of the Republic of Garlemald. Born as a commoner, her chances of making it to the top had been slim, but she beat every odd, making herself a name as a fearsome and ruthless Legatus. Someone no one dares to question anymore. No one but one fast-rising, obnoxious soldier under her command who seems intent on not only questioning her authority but provoking her at every opportunity. The problem? Solus rem Galvus comes from a noble house with enough influence to actually threaten her hard-won position, and he makes no secret about wanting her job.
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04 Jun 2026
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In which Emet-Selch finds out this familiar shaped like his situationship, Azem, might have both killed AND married him (not in this order) in a distant future...
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29 May 2026
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Their people had a saying, as ludicrous as it sounds to someone as young as Hades.
They spoke of soulmates and eternal love.
They whispered heartbreaks that crushed your very soul.
They hushed out words that spoke of death upon their losses.Hearsay and rumors from those who had too much time on their hands. Daydream fantasy and naught else.
So he believes...
He was a fool.
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A soulmate/hanahaki AU that combines elements of both as Hades suffered through one loss after another.
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06 May 2026
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"It is not your ignorance that I find so shocking.” Emet-Selch paused, shaking his head. “Have you truly been so cosseted that you would misinterpret what I desire of you? Forgive me, but I fail to see the ambiguity of my demand. If it were your soul that I wanted, I would have told you. No, I say precisely what I mean, and I mean what I say. As per my conditions, you have agreed to give me yourself entire. In soul and flesh.”
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02 May 2026
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A reunion between two old friends, across time and space, and all aether in between.
Updated 03/09/2025 [rewritten]
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25 Apr 2026
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Is this a new beginning or the start of another end? by DarknessChill
Fandoms: Final Fantasy XIV
03 Apr 2026
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Each time she enters a town, she has a brief but sudden, lurching feeling that something is wrong, that there's too much color and not enough life. Each time she passes a mirror, she has a moment where she does not recognize her own face, where she expects the cold surface of a mask and the slight peek of blonde out from a dark, hastily pulled up hood.
After the Calamity, the Warrior of Light emerges from the aetherial rift with hundreds of years of Azem's memories.
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06 Apr 2026
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FFXIV Writes 2021 Collection
Day 31 - free day iv
(ShB EmetWol) - Explicit - The Warrior of Light fails to school her anger towards Emet-Selch, and unwittingly provokes him.
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05 Apr 2026
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“I see the errand dog of Eorzea was trained well after all,” he says finally, a smirk beginning to curl at the edges of his mouth. “I must say, I find you rather fascinating. I would not have taken you for a liar.”
The Warrior of Light wavers, and Emet-Selch notices.
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29 Mar 2026
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This fic is inspired by the beautiful poem "25 Lives" by Tongari.
In the twelve thousand years since the Sundering, Emet-Selch had always chased after the fragments of Azem. Never were they the same but always, he fell for over and over again. Lahabrea had called this obsession madness but to Emet-Selch, it was all he had.
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27 Mar 2026
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Her eyes darted about his face questioningly, and his mouth curved into a smile that did not reach his eyes. “On reflection, I believe your name to be rather fitting…What will you reveal yourself to be, I wonder? The faintest sliver of heaven itself…or perhaps you are merely a faded little ghost…”
A lengthy, lore-rich story delving into Emet Selch’s reign as Solus zos Galvus, from the moons leading up to the coup, to the later years, as seen through the eyes of his elusive wife. Expect twists and turns and as always, plenty of yearning.
(New chapters will be posted fortnightly)
*I am currently taking a break from my posting schedule due to family related issues - I am still writing and will resume posting as usual as soon as I can*Series
- Part 2 of When We Two Parted
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24 Mar 2026
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She felt as though she was reaching out for something. Something she was on the edge of understanding. He looked at her with all of his mask gone, with his entire hand shown and yet she could not read the cards. He was telling her something and she was desperate to understand. But the time was up too quickly, he turned back into someone else, his expression a look of boredom. If only she could decipher this strangeness between them, the way her heart ached when she looked at him too closely.
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Eleven chapters of the warrior of light saying, "Don't I know you from somewhere?" and Emet-Selch saying "No."Series
- Part 2 of he is half my soul, as the poets say
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23 Mar 2026
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His grip fell from her wrist - warm, ungloved hands coming to rest either side of her face, long fingers twining through her dark hair. His voice softened to a coo, more coercive and coaxing than it was kind.
“Yes, that’s it my dear—that’s it! One little word - one word and then I’ll know…”
She inhaled sharply, squeezing her eyes shut, and did not pull away, feet rooted to the tiled floor below.
“Come now, little echo,” his curved nose brushed against hers gently—sweet and menacing all at once. “Speak! Prove to me this one, small thing.”
After Emet Selch brings her friend back from the dead, the Warrior of Darkness is deeply moved, compelling her to stay behind a few moments as everyone else departs. What follows isn’t what she is anticipating and slowly but surely he unlocks a trove of secrets inside her that she does not remember burying…
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- Part 1 of When We Two Parted
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23 Mar 2026
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A tale in two acts, one of a blossoming love between a young Hades and Azem as they navigate their relationship and the world they now find themselves leading. And another of tragedy, for when it all goes wrong who do you turn to but the ones you love? But what if the ones you love are no longer who you remember?
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- Part 1 of he is half my soul, as the poets say
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14 Mar 2026
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Emet-Selch has been many things. Underneath all his identities and titles, he was first simply Hades before he took the title of his Convocation seat in Amaurot. Then, in order to usher forth the Seventh Umbral Calamity, Ascian Emet-Selch became the Garlean Solus Galvus. As a powerful sorcerer of eld, pretending to be mortal comes with its challenges - especially when his alias is recognized to be of the non-magical kind. After taking possession of Solus, he enrolls into the Garlean army. Quickly rising in the ranks, however, he becomes a Primus Ordinarius (commander of a cohort) by the age of twenty-two; then one day around this time, in the days just before war erupts, a strange woman is discovered lurking around his camp...
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Website: https://ko-fi.com/azemlavellan
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- Part 2 of FFXIV: Collected Tales
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19 Feb 2026
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May 12: Dream
May 13: Illuminate
May 14: Melody
May 15: Sunset
May 16: Halcyon Days
May 17: Legacy
May 18: SoulboundI am compiling some writing (some new and some old) to satisfy each prompt. :) Some will be brief, others longer.
Just kinda seeing where my imagination can take me despite having some time constraints.
I hope others will find this as enjoyable as I do!Series
- Part 1 of EmetxWoL Week
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18 Feb 2026