LINKDING

<blockquote>Listen, you who would be queen: What do you know of how to rule?</blockquote>

<blockquote>Costis' god appears to him when he's hit rock bottom.</blockquote>

<blockquote>“The King of Attolia is generous. He sends me here with my good friend, and makes everything ready for us before we two arrive. Perhaps before we even set sail."</blockquote>

<blockquote>AU from the beginning of Queen of Attolia. Attolia decides to take what she wants.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Goats are purchased, a plot is uncovered, and Costis Ormentiedes is in love.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The paths which Attolia and Eddis take are both paved with loss, but the ways they walk those paths are very different.</blockquote>

<blockquote>One perfect moment, before everything started happening.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Irene raises her chin. She made up her mind long ago. "I will marry the girl." It is, after all, the smart thing to do. (An alliance is made between Attolia and Eddis.)</blockquote> ➤ wip through part 2 as of bookmarking, last updated in 2017

<blockquote>In which neither the king nor Costis are quite where they're expected to be.</blockquote> ➤ Eugenides falls, Costis catches him

<blockquote>Costis takes up farming.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"You manipulated me," said Costis. "Again." Coda to Thick as Thieves. In other words, spoilers.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Costis asks Kamet about Immakuk and Ennikar's friendship. A missing scene from Thick as Thieves.</blockquote>

<blockquote>A tale of the first Thief of Eddis, as told by the Queen Thief.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"Heiro is a little too young to commit political murder, don't you think?" / Three days in the life of Heiro, political murderess. Featuring appearances by various court ladies, alcohol, and Mede silk.</blockquote>

<blockquote>There is no way to carry the gods’ warnings lightly in the heart and mind.</blockquote>

<blockquote>A wedding night requires a good deal of compromise and discussion. On, for example, the size of the queen's guard and whether getting married was perhaps a terrible idea.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Heiro is used to working indirectly.</blockquote> ➤ wip through part 5

<blockquote>It was hard to believe that Kamet had once pitied the queen of Attolia, or seen in her a kindred spirit, someone whose choices were being whittled away one by one. She didn’t wait to be given choices. She wrested them from fate and the gods with her own two hands. And in doing so, she had--quite inadvertently, Kamet was sure--given him one as well.</blockquote> ➤ probably I would be helped if I could remember anything at all about Kamet's existence from the books, but oh well, good fic anyway

<blockquote>A single rumor could move mountains, or topple thrones. Sejanus had been very good at this game, but Hilarion knew better than to think it one of his own strengths. Then again, political acuity had gotten Sejanus imprisoned, his brother exiled, and his house doomed to crumble away with no son to inherit it, and Hilarion, for all his faults, would not make the same mistake twice. But he could not imagine standing before their cranky, sleep-rumpled king and telling Attolis that he ought to be careful of a mere rumor.</blockquote> ➤ fic about Eugenides' attendants! And it feels spot-on

<blockquote>In which flirting is hard, and even Attolia and Attolis can't always have what they want at the first attempt.</blockquote> ➤ mostly reads as gen

<blockquote>Scent and memory in the life of Attolia Irene.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Sophos makes a fatal mistake and his alliance with Gen lies in ruins. He is determined to repair it at whatever cost, though reparations may mean his title, his freedom or his life. / Before, Sophos’ face would have flooded with mortification at being so slow of thought. Now, though, it was all he could do to keep his breathing under control and not let the pain overwhelm him. “Even if you sent him,” he said, “I still didn’t deserve healing.” “And if I ordered you?” Eugenides said mildly. “I was under the impression I was your King. Correct me if I have this wrong.”</blockquote>

<blockquote>Captured in battle and stuck in the Mede capital, Costis has given up all hope of seeing his country again. But Eugenides has a habit of turning up where he's least expected.</blockquote> ➤ cackling with glee over how perfect the characterization is throughout this fic. WHAT A GOOD.

<blockquote>“Think of your poor sister, alone in a strange place. Come now, Costis. Even you can’t possibly be so hard-hearted.” And then the king was beside her, grabbing her hand and Costis’ and clasping them together. He looked up at Costis with laughing eyes. “I can make it an order.” / In which Thalia Ormentiedes meets royalty....and Costis is definitely in over his head.</blockquote> ➤ awww I had a smile on my face through practically the entirety of this fic. What a great fic. ➤ (note to my future self who I'm sure will need the help: Thalia is Costis's sister.)

<blockquote>A queen ought to be able to get around her palace unseen. Sneaking lessons from the finest.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"I begin to tire of foreign sorcerers seeking to reclaim their lost treasures from my mountains." DWJ/Queen of Attolia crossover. </blockquote> ➤ also at http://www.oocities.org/roseveare/chrestomanciattolia.html

<blockquote>Eugenides was not stuck. A Queen of Attolia missing scene.</blockquote>