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  1. Rec 15

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    Hundreds of times over, he reaches for this mask, a million times over, he reaches for this mask. Sometimes he sees the face behind it. Sometimes he touches the face behind it. Sometimes, he dies before he can do either of those things. The world goes black a hundred times, the world goes black a million times. His back torn open, his body twisted into a god’s. It happened here. It happened here. It happened here.

    He jerks away with a hiss. The reverberations linger, shards of a million lifetimes hanging in the air like an executioner’s blade. And at last, the swordmaster says, hoarse voice no more than a sigh:

    “My…deimos.”

    Mydei stares at him for a moment, then reaches out for the third time, and this time he slides the mask gently off the swordmaster’s face.

    “...Phainon,” he breathes.

    in the ruins of castrum kremnos, mydei finds a dying swordmaster in black and a million cycles of lost memories; the flame reaver receives one last memory of how it felt to be loved.

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    11 Feb 2026

  2. Rec 68

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    “You’re really committing to this role reversal,” Mydei says with a crooked smile. “I feel like I’ve been robbed of a trimester.”

    Phainon swallows, coughs once, and manages a weak laugh that barely clears his throat.

    “Sorry,” he mutters. “Didn’t realize you were attached to the experience.”

    Phainon is nauseous, anxious, and absolutely not the one who’s pregnant.

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    23 Dec 2025

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    “May I know my host’s name?”

    “Audata of Aedes Elysiae. I live with my husband, Hieronymus, and my son, Phainon.” 

    Aedes Elysiae. Gorgo had never heard of such a place. It must have been beyond the bounds or ambitions of Kremnos. 

    She tried for a smile and playful bounce of the bundle in her arms. “I am known as Gorgo. This is my son, Mydeimos.” 

    She was no longer ‘of Castrum Kremnos’. Certainly not its queen nor an esteemed warrior and not even the lowest of trainees. She was of nowhere. Nothing but a wanderer in exile.

    When Eurypon allows Gorgo to decide the means of her demise, she chooses to accompany her newborn son into the River of Souls.

    Rather than a sea of flowers or eternal battlefield, they wash ashore in Aedes Elysiae.

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    19 Dec 2025

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    “Mydeimos, before I tell you please understand that you have a choice and can always say no. I will find another way to help you and the people of Castrum Kremnos. I will not force you into a situation you are not comfortable with–”

    “Aglaea,” Mydei finally interrupts the leader of Okhema, not being able to handle the apprehension. “Just tell me, what’s wrong?”

    “The Council of Elders are willing to help fund and restore Castrum Kremnos completely with you as the new king. On the condition that you marry. A person of their choosing.”

    What.

    Prince Mydei just wants to rebuild his home without the political hassle. At least Phainon is there for him every step of the way.

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  5. Rec 56

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    “Why?” he rasped, voice sounding hoarse despite finishing half of his drink. “Why are you here trying to do…whatever it is that you’re doing?”

    ‘Because I care, you idiot!’ Mydei wanted to yell. “Because I want to, you doofus. Is it hard to believe that people care about you?”

    “They shouldn’t,” he whispered, holding the mug so tight it might break under his fingers. “None of you should be anywhere near me.”

     

    Or, Phainon shuns himself from the others. Mydei, decidely, isn't having any of that

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    13 Dec 2025