19 Works in Leareth (Valdemar)
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A Philosophical Justification of Eating Death by ray (ray_juped)
Fandoms: Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, A Song for Two Voices - Swimmer963
17 Feb 2023
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What is it with immortal mages and sharing prophetic lucid dreams with their fated enemy?
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Mourn for all who left me here alone by Swimmer963
Fandoms: Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey
25 Jan 2023
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This is the epilogue to the dramatic book 11 finale of A Song for Two Voices!
Events happened, mistakes were made, and a lot of people died. Now, it's just the cleanup that's left – and the awkward diplomatic fallout, and the even more awkward relationship conversations. And, of course, the fact that Leareth is still in Haven, and Vanyel has been through some major changes and is still figuring things out.
(There will be an undecided number of chapters but at least 7.)
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- Part 12 of A Song for Two Voices
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Wedding Bells by Numendil for Alicorn (LuminousAlicorn), Swimmer963
Fandoms: Glowfic and Related Works, Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey
07 Aug 2021
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The Star-Eyed Goddess has a new plan to permanently incapacitate Leareth that totally won't backfire at all.
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The Black Water Suicide Attempt and How It Changed Everything by MistyShadows
Fandoms: Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey
30 Jun 2021
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Van tries to commit suicide. Not surprising. What is surprising is that it caused the butterfly effect into Lissandra, Kilchas, and Savil living, leading to the four mages and Stef going North. What will this ensue?
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The author wrote a one-shot inspired by a song to feel less guilty about not have any completed works.
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The author has risen from the grave to post a finished work just for the hell of it.
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Bring the peace that suffering redeems by Swimmer963
Fandoms: Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey
19 Apr 2021
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Herald-Mage Vanyel has yet to make a decision on what to do about Leareth, his destined enemy and yet almost a friend, and now he - and Valdemar - are running out of time.
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- Part 11 of A Song for Two Voices
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Never would I shrink from your embrace by Swimmer963
Fandoms: Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey
22 Jan 2021
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Valdemar prepares for a war with Leareth that they have to assume is coming, gathering allies and resources, even as Herald-Mage Vanyel still hopes he can avert the future that his Foresight dream shows, and find a way to avoid repeating Urtho's history.
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- Part 10 of A Song for Two Voices
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Oathbreakerbreaker by DwarvenGatorade for Swimmer963
Fandoms: Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey
31 Jul 2020
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Vanyel wakes up to find that he's been
kidnappedbrought into custody byvicious psychopathall-around standup guy Leareth to betortured to deathheld accountable for his many crimes using the ancient, totally canonical magic of the Oathbreaker ritual.Series
- Part 6 of Cracks of Valdemar
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For with you I shall come home again by Swimmer963
Fandoms: Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey
23 Jul 2020
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Returning from a year trapped in the ruin of Urtho’s Tower, Herald-Mage Vanyel and King’s Own Dara have some of the answers they sought – secrets of Leareth’s past as Ma’ar, from an outside source. What they don’t have is a final decision, or anywhere near the resources Valdemar would need to mount a war. Vanyel’s next steps involve a number of conversations – with the King and Senior Circle, with his aunt, and of course with Leareth.
Meanwhile, Jisa is growing up fast, and Bard Stefen is on his Journeyman circuit, headed north.
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- Part 9 of A Song for Two Voices
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Rule of Cool by DwarvenGatorade for Swimmer963
Fandoms: Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey
11 Jul 2020
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After Leareth sets off an eternal winter everywhere, Vanyel and Savil must defeat him in a climactic battle that will show him the meaning of the word "cool".
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- Part 5 of Cracks of Valdemar
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Breaking Dorm by DwarvenGatorade for Swimmer963
Fandoms: Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey, Twilight Series - Stephenie Meyer
02 Jul 2020
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Vanyel and Leareth — professor and student respectively at Valdemar Prep Boarding School in Haven, Washington — each hide a dark secret. The dark secret is that they're in a parody of Twilight.
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- Part 4 of Cracks of Valdemar
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Magic's Prawn by DwarvenGatorade for Swimmer963
Fandoms: Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey
12 Jun 2020
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When rational-ish!Vanyel Ashkevron changes his mind at the end of Book 6 and decides to [REDACTED FOR SPOILERS], the story takes a turn for the crack-y.
Walking his own path, Vanyel leaves the Heralds behind, and together with his longtime archenemy/dream-buddy Leareth he hatches a plan to save the world on his own terms. But is Vanyel enough of a main character to deal with how weird it's all going to get?
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- Part 3 of Cracks of Valdemar
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Nothing can I hold of you but thought by Swimmer963
Fandoms: Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey
28 Feb 2020
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After the revelations of the past winter, the Heraldic Circle is wobbling its way to a new normal. The immediate chaos may be past, but an immortal mage lurks beyond their border, and however confusing and terrifying that reality is, they need a plan. To understand Leareth’s motives, they need something more objective than words from the man’s own lips; ideally, an outside perspective on his history.
Herald-Mage Vanyel is trying to find his own way forward. With Yfandes fully on his side for the first time in years, maybe he can reason his way through to a world that makes sense again.
Meanwhile, Dara, the young soon-to-be King’s Own, Gifted with Foresight, dreams of a distant plain where, just maybe, they could find the answers they need.
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- Part 8 of A Song for Two Voices
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Honor Among Exiles by DwarvenGatorade for Swimmer963
Fandoms: Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey
20 Nov 2019
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In the distant past, Leareth happens upon a once-in-his-lifetime opportunity to take over a powerful empire. There’s just one thing standing in his way: an incredibly obnoxious OC.
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- Part 1 of Cracks of Valdemar
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Wisdom tells me I should turn away by Swimmer963
Fandoms: Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey
11 Oct 2019
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When, after over a decade of cautious negotiation, Leareth finally chose to reveal his full plan, Vanyel thought he would have the answers he needed to make a decision. Instead, his life is falling apart around him. Yfandes is missing, and fifteen years’ worth of secrets are about to come out in the messiest possible way.
For the rest of the Heraldic Circle, this is a revelation that will shake the foundations of everything they believe. Was Vanyel ever the person they thought? Savil isn’t sure. All she knows is that she made a promise to her nephew that she wouldn’t let him face his future alone.
Jisa doesn't know anything – just that her parents are upset, and something is terribly wrong. Fortunately, Stef is happy to take an opportunity to comfort the King's daughter, and maybe even find a scheme that will solve her problems.
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- Part 7 of A Song for Two Voices
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[This is part 6 of a series. Start at the beginning!]
In the aftermath of the Battle of Sunhame, Valdemar is finally at peace with Karse. Technically. There are still plenty of problems, new and old. No Monarch's Own Companion; a dying King with no heir; a raging civil war, with mysteriously well-equipped rebels; and the still-pending threat of an invasion from the north.
In the meantime, Stef and Medren are busy taking the Bardic Collegium by storm, and seven-year-old Jisa is dealing with some unruly early-awakened Gifts.
Herald-Mage Vanyel has a few problems of his own: an unresolved conflict with his aunt Savil, growing tension with his Companion, and a question that no one else even knows he needs to answer. Can Leareth be trusted?
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- Part 6 of A Song for Two Voices
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Where you lead I cannot be afraid by Swimmer963
Fandoms: Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey
17 Dec 2018
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[This is part 4 of a series. Start at the beginning!]
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.
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- Part 4 of A Song for Two Voices
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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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[This is part 3 of a series. You *can* start here, especially if you have read Magic's Pawn, but I would recommend starting at the beginning]
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.
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- Part 3 of A Song for Two Voices
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This wasn’t like his dream at all, thought Vanyel. In his dream, Leareth stood strong, immovable and terrifying, an unstoppable force of darkness. In reality, this was—kind of pathetic?
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AU. Unable to defeat his enemy, Vanyel agrees to negotiate with Leareth. They have few illusions about the other's desires; Leareth wants to steal Vanyel's power and turn him into a thrall, and Vanyel wants to kill Leareth and neutralise his vast army. In the hope of obtaining those goals, either might be persuaded to give a little ground.
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- Part 1 of Snowblind