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1. The Huntress and the Flood by 5ellaal5

   Fandoms: Horizon (Video Games)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   21 Aug 2024

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Aloy/Kotallo (Horizon)
   • Aloy (Horizon)
   • Kotallo (Horizon)
   • Erend (Horizon)
   • Varl (Horizon)
   • Fashav (Horizon)
   • The Marshals of the Embassy (Horizon)
   • Regalla (Horizon)
   • Grudda (Horizon)
   • Zo (Horizon)
   • GAIA (Horizon)
   • ARTEMIS (Horizon)
   • HADES (Horizon)
   • APOLLO (Horizon)
   • POSEIDON (Horizon)
   • Hekarro (Horizon)
   • Dekka (Horizon)
   • Ivvira (Horizon)
   • Alternate Universe - Mythology
   • References to Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
   • Nymphs & Dryads
   • Artemis Goddess of Hunting
   • vow of chastity
   • Game: Horizon Forbidden West
   • Pre-Horizon: Forbidden West Gemini (Horizon)
   • The Embassy (Horizon)
   • slightly worse than canon-typical violence
   • some description of in-game events
   • some description of alternative events
   • destruction and injury from floods
   • Alternate Universe - Shapeshifters
   • but not the kind you’re thinking of
   • I'm not saying Everybody Lives
   • but I'm not saying they died either
   • Canon-Divergent Tribal Culture & Customs
   • Gender-Blind Casting
   • Not sexually explicit which is surprising for me
   • but very full of violence and pain because Battle
   • I swear that less than 15K is a short work for me
   • A vignette without thousands of words of world-building? impossible for me
   • Author Is Sleep Deprived
   • but really I wrote this between 8pm and 5am one night
   • No Beta the initiation rites are secret
   • The Kulrut (Horizon)
   • Hopeful Ending

   Summary

   A hunter discovers a tree at risk of being destroyed in a flood, and protects it. The tree was actually a dryad, who falls in love with the hunter, and they get married and have a lovely relationship with each other!

   Sorry, I meant a Huntress.
   Guess who the dryad is.
   And there were a couple steps in between the meeting and the H.E.A.
   Like, an Embassy gone wrong, for example.

   Inspired by the story of Chrysopeleia and Arcas from Greek Mythology and Literature.
   Written for AUgust (Alternative Universe August) prompt for the Kotaloy Elysium Discord community.

   Series

   • Part 7 of Alts and Scenes and Prompt Responses

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   13,601

   Chapters:

   3/3

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   Comments:

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