Lost in Lualand

In Daein, Ambassador Naesala of Serenes spots a weakness in Pelleas, and takes him under his wing.

Pelleas & Naesala, Pelleas/Micaiah/Sothe, ~18k words.

Read here on AO3.

Author's notes are below the following cuts; please note they contain pretty big spoilers for the entire fic!

( earnest dweeby tangent )

( nitty gritty shop talk )

( odds & ends )

And so ends my very long postgame Tellius fanfic, aka "the bird tribes probably should've had a Hague."

Start with the new chapters.

Or: read from the beginning.

If you haven't peeked at this fic yet, and you're into any of: knotty court intrigue, Naesala (frequently suffering), Reyson (frequently suffering), Leanne (exercise left to the reader), badweird sex, meditations on What Grief Does To A MFer, etc... you should give it a shot, in my not-so-humble-opinion; there's a lot there to like!

Also, the final chapter has some new art from my Big Bang artist, so you should peek at that one at least :P

Happy December, y'all~

I can't really write a pithy, satisfying teaser for what happens in these chapters without major spoilers for what happened in the previous chapters, so... suffice to say, this fic continues to have (1) Reyson leaning hard into being the Most Insane Man Alive, (2) Naesala having a bad time, and (3) (new with this update!!!) a pretty big Leanne arc. If any of that sounds like your bag, oh boy have I got an additional 53k words for you...!

Start with the new chapters.

Or: read from the beginning.

also there's NEW ART in chapters 15 and 16, my big bang artist is the greatest

The next update will also be the last (it's fully written, just needs editing), so now's a great time to join the ride :D

When Tibarn calls for the bird tribes to unite as one nation in Serenes, Reyson is skeptical, and Naesala refuses outright.

But when rising ocean levels threaten to devour the islands of both Phoenicis and Kilvas, none of them have much of a choice in the matter.

Read here on AO3.

aka, "Naesala has a bad time, then Reyson has a bad time, and then they make each other worse <3<3<3"

yeah this 50k+ monstrosity was what I wound up writing for the Tellius Big Bang

and also BECAUSE IT IS A BIG BANG it comes with ACCOMPANYING ILLUSTRATIONS (?!?!?) and they are AMAZING???? i was gifted with some incredible goddamn artists. even if you don't read the fic, go check out chapters 1 & 4 & 5 & 9 because. honestly i've been pinching myself with how incredible my artists were, feeling so fucking blessed to have them BRINGING THIS THING TO LIFE

anyway. please please enjoy. chapters 10 through "the end" are coming soon, but, today's the Big Bang posting day & i'm pretty pleased with what's up there already haha. you will probably also enjoy it if you like (1) politics, (2) scheming, (3) woo mystic serenes heron bullshit, (4) reyson being awful, (5) naesala being awful but also pathetic, etc etc it's been a good time~