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1. The Emperor's Mage by Avisi

   Fandoms: Tortall - Tamora Pierce, PIERCE Tamora - Works  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   16 Nov 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Numair Salmalín/Veralidaine Sarrasri
   • Kaddar Iliniat/Veralidaine Sarrasri
   • Varice Kingsford/Numair Salmalín
   • Numair Salmalín
   • Veralidaine Sarrasri
   • Alanna of Pirate's Swoop and Olau
   • Lindhall Reed
   • Ozorne Muhassin Tasikhe
   • Kaddar Iliniat
   • Gareth I of Naxen
   • Harailt of Aili
   • Varice Kingsford
   • Skysong (Tortall)

   Summary

   AU The Emperor Mage, where Numair never left Carthak and instead became Carthak's--and the world's--most feared and powerful sorceror, the Black Mage.

   The Emperor Ozorne of Carthak has sued for peace, and Tortall's peace delegation includes Daine, sent to heal the royal birds. Inundated with warnings over the Black Mage, she vows to stay out of his way at all costs. But Master Numair is an academic at heart, after all, and he is not about to let the strongest wild mage to ever cross his path go unstudied.

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