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Entry tags: | author: dhaunea/truth, book, brust, dragaera, fandom: dragaeraverse, jhereg, loiosh, morrolon, pg, preslash, vlad taltosh |
Steven Brust's Dragaera Series
Fandom: Steven Brust's Dragaera Universe
Title: Witchcraft
Author: Truth dhaunea)
Genre: Book, PreSlash, Drama
Pairing: Vlad/Morrolan
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Spoilers: The Jhereg Series, through Taltos
Notes: My favorite fantasy
novels for the last decade or so have been by Steven Brust, and of this
whole Universe he's created, by far my favorite novels have been the ones with
Vlad Taltos as the lead character. Vlad is a fascinating
character...a "business man" whose "business" includes untaxed gambling
houses and brothels, and the protection racket.
He also happens
to be an extremely deadly assassin, an excellent cook, a witch in a
country full of sorcerers with an entirely different kind of power, and
"human" in a world of Dragaerans - creatures that stand several feet
taller than he does, and live thousands of years longer than he
will. Yet he stands out, makes a name for himself in a totally
foreign land, and makes powerful allies and formidable enemies in
deadly games of politics and power.
My first interest in slashing this series was in bringing together Vlad
and Morrolan (his friend, and one of the youngest and most powerful of
the Dragonlords). They have a lot in common, but at the same
time, are totally, widely different in many, many ways. I always
thought they belonged together. Way before I ever heard of
slash. But then I learned all about fandom, and eventually even
found some people who also want to write in this fandom. This fic
makes me happy. It was the first one I found, and I think Truth
handles Vlad and his trusty Jhereg familiar Loiosh, very
well. Good fic. Worth reading.
Excerpt:
I remember being slightly shocked
when I found out that Morrolan
knew anything about witchcraft at all. Dragaerans don't practice
witchcraft... not since the end of the Interregum, when sorcery began
working again and they could go back to ostentatious displays of power.
Like floating castles, for instance.
But
Morrolan is a practicing witch, among other, less savory practices.
Pre-Interregum sorcery is not for the faint of heart or those who want
to avoid execution - but I didn't find out about that until much later.
"Morrolan,
my job description is a long and complicated document that took a Yendi
to translate into terms that I could understand. However, I'm
absolutely certain that there isn't a clause in there anywhere which
says that I'm supposed to help you with experimental spells."
One dark eyebrow arched elegantly upward as Morrolan looked down his nose at me. Not a difficult feat, sadly.
I rate this fic: I Like This Fic