#advena87

[advena87]

Let me introduce you to Keria Metz, the coolest of sorceresses.

lineart under the cut

feel free to color it if you like. Just remember to tag me please!

#witcher #witcher 3 #tw3 #wiedźmin #the witcher 3 #the witcher wild hunt #keira #keira metz #sorceresses #lodge of sorceresses #the witcher fanart #witcher fanart #keira fanart #fan art #my fanart #my art #my artwork #advena87 #watercolors #traditional art #traditional illustration

[unbury-the-gays]

Witcher Kiyan with his demon inside. From our Who sows the wind, reaps the storm fic

Pose reference

#unbury the gays #who sows the wind reaps the storm #witcher #witcher 3 #witcher kiyan #kiyan #mad kiyan #cat witcher #cat witcher school #the witcher fanart #witcher fanart #witcher art #my fanart #traditional art #advena87

[witcherrarepaircommentexchange]

pairing:

Prince Adrien/Kiyan (The Witcher)

fic:

Rendezvous in the woods by Advena87, Gavilan

The erratic prince insisted on rendezvous in the woods, and Kiyan reluctantly followed him to a secret place. And while Kiyan expected this date to be a dud, he hadn't anticipated the extent to which things could get out of hand.

#prince adrien/kiyan #adrien/kiyan #kiyan #adrien #prince adrien #the witcher games #tw3

[oxenfurt-archives]

Gift - Advena87, Gavilan - Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game) [Archive of Our Own]

Chapters: 3/7

Fandom: Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Relationships: Prince Adrien/Kiyan (The Witcher)

Characters: Kiyan (The Witcher), Prince Adrien (The Witcher), Original Male Character(s), Original Male Character(s) of Color, Original Female Character(s), Mention of various canonical characters

Additional Tags: Unbury The Gays, Rare Pairings, Post-Possession, Post-Quest: Cat School Gear Scavenger Hunt (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt), Witchers Have Feelings (The Witcher), I Shook A Witcher And Intergenerational Trauma Fell Out (The Witcher), Witchers Need Hugs (The Witcher), Emotionally Constipated Witchers (The Witcher), sort of established relationship, Birthday, Found Family, compromises, Main Character(s) of Color, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Panic Attacks, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Gifts, Rituals, Other Additional Tags to Be Added

Series: Part 3 of Unbury The Gays

Chapter 3 summary: Kiyan always tried his best not to think about Adrien when the nightmares came back. He didn’t want to confuse his memories of the prince with these horrible images; he didn’t want to contaminate them with fear and doubt. He had put too much work into definitively separating the twisted visions that the demon had served from reality. But now he desperately needed Adrien to be with him.

______________________

Kiyan woke up in a cold sweat. He sat up in his bunk and scanned the room with narrowed pupils. Nothing but the moan of the wind, the splashing of water, the rain hitting the decking, and Gisbert’s calm breathing as he slept in the next bunk. The evidence should have been calming, but Kiyan’s heart was still pounding like a blacksmith’s hammer. Finally, he realized why his instincts were screaming danger. His mind was playing tricks on him, imposing on this scenery a memory of how, in almost the same cabin, under the same natural circumstances, he was overpowered and kidnapped by a mage…

This is absurd  , he chided himself, now furious with the weakness, trying desperately to control his breathing.  I have been on ships and boats many times since that and never–

COWARD , a hissing voice violently disturbed his thinking. WEAK. VICTIM.

Kiyan put his hands over his ears. It was for nothing; the voice was deep in his head.

  You are still scared, admit it. You tremble like a leaf every time you hear thunder, you cannot sleep when it rains, you are still afraid that Ireneus will come for you again.

His lungs were burning as he struggled to breathe evenly, and Kiyan could swear he heard footsteps outside the cabin door, could smell magic in the air, even though his medallion rested quietly on his chest. He could hear the mage whispering a spell even though there was no one in the cabin but him and Gisbert. He was getting contradictory signals from everywhere, and the hissing voice was poisoning his mind and not allowing his heart to calm down.

It’s all the same again. You want to go back to your prince and the storm is raging, the voice whispered inexorably. You are back in Bremervoord and going to Novigrad. The mage will come for you again and throw you into his dark dungeon. He will torture you, he will break you, and you will once again belong to ME.

Kiyan felt as though his fear would burst his galloping heart. He wanted to scream, but he couldn’t make a sound, couldn’t even take a fucking breath. He had to somehow control his breathing before he could start to think logically. He’d been trained to listen to his instincts, but right now they were telling him Ireneus was here and he had to do what felt impossible and shut them out. He closed his eyes and desperately searched for an anchor.

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[zkretchy]

Hello! I'm here for the art ask! :) Can you please answer 2, 5, 7, 13 and 26? Hope it's not too much.

Arist asks

i think you'll find that nothing is too much for my brain that is set on overshare (also thank you so much for asking!! and welcome to this mess i call my art blog!)

2: How long have you been drawing?

Well, I know I posted my first piece of digital art on deviantart in 2012 Before that I did "fanart" and stuff traditionally of shows like Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh or Kim Possible and before THAT I drew horses and dragons and wolves/dogs (because of course) All the latter of course in the way children draw and not actively going for it internet wise with any of that in mind

5: What’s your favorite thing to draw?

People in general (which is amazing considering I hated drawing people as a child when my favorite things to draw were dragons and horses and dogs) and anything fantasy like To be more specific I really love drawing eyes and hair And well, my love for dragons didn't leave either I also love designing stuff but by god I would never draw what I can come up with on the regular because the details could get too much (as a side note I do feel like this came by naturally because I just have and make so many oc's for whatever reasons, be it for my own stories or be it for "I need more people in this cat caravan art)

7: How often do you use references?

hrghdgs barely I more often use 3D assets in Clip Studio Paint I have nothing against references-they are amazing and helpful but I am too lazy to go find what I want (exactly how I want it) so I'd rather struggle with something until it's good enough I do tend to use them quite a bit when first drawing a character from somewhere just to get a feel for them and how I want to portray them in my style etc (and sometimes I come back to that when I strayed too far for what I like, and sometimes I don't because how I draw them just feels right for me and what I want out of that art) But yeah I don't really use them all that often for poses, or anatomy, or how clothing falls, or shading etc

13: Do you prefer to keep your art personal, or do you like drawing things for other people?

I think it's a mix? I wouldn't just draw something that I myself wouldn't like in general but I definitely have drawn things for other people that I didn't have any attachment to or knowledge about and it was also fun For the art I generally post here it's all for me, but it's amazing to see that yes, others like it and they share their thoughts about it and with those I get more inspired and the wheel keeps going I do post most of the art I make here with the exceptions of some too simple thoughtless sketches I just made for warmup or out of sheer boredom or because I forgot because I did them right before I went to sleep But yeah, most of the art here is just personal in some way or another considering all my oc stuff I post uncaring if people want that or not ;p

26: For digital artists: what program(s) do you use?

I used Paint Tool Sai before I brought Clip Studio Paint (now no longer Pro because I wanted to animate a bit more so I got EX as a treat for myself) and that's a heavensent Before CSP I also experimented with some free programs like medibang or krita but they all were missing something, and I never liked how the lines looked

#art asks #asks #advena87 #adding onto the last one: i also use blender fo fun but i havent saved or posted anything yet #so it doesn't count buuuuut maybe some day eventually #bc 3d modelling is pretty fun! #also srsly don't worry about too much #i feel like any of my answers or comments are too much bc my brain just goes nyoom #jumping from topic to topic

[gridelincarver]

I have questions, so many questions! Can you please answer: 14,17,24,30, 31, 40 ?

hello !!!!! why are all my new witcher mutuals so wonderful i love yall!

14.  Do you regret any of your choices? ahahahah like i said in the previous one im the person who looks all the effects of ur choices up on the wiki and makes the decisions meticulously... (sometimes i wish i didnt do that bc there are some cool things that i wish would surprise me!!) so no not really i always pick the thing i want

17.  If you could change one thing about the Witcher 3 what would it be? iorveth should FUCKING BE IN IT. either that or i wish it didnt have the weird heterosexual undertones of like “haha queer/gnc amab ppl so weird right??” like how awkward geralt acts around elihal and mislav, like bro pls. also i would really like a romance route that DOESNT make me sick. like please. one healthy romance route.  (if its a gay romance route then that would be fantastic but above all i want a healthy romance route) or let me romance regis. LET ME ROMANCE REGIS or combine these and let me romance iorveth. and regis! olgierd should b an option too. and eskel. u should be able to choose ur badass boyfriend.

24.  Favourite character? brooo this ones so hard but aaaAAAA i mean ??? regi s??? probably?? i love him so much.... dettlaff is also up there tho! (and geralt ofc)

30.  What happened to Syanna? i answered this in the other ask that posi sent me buuut even tho my second time playing through i did a bunch of separate saves and did EVERY ENDING, every OTHER time i do it i let dettlaff go (so syanna dies). to me its not a matter of syanna vs dettlaff, but a matter of not forcing regis to kill the person who brought him back to life because like you OWE regis’ life to dettlaff!!!!!!!!  its awful and i cannot have regis do that!  and he gets banished from his species!!! like regis doesnt deserve that!!

31.  What happened to Olgierd? aw i couldnt let his soul get taken, and gaunter is a fucking piece of work and fucks around w people wayy too much, so i figured i’d take gaunter down a peg! i freed olgierd, i think he deserves a chance at a better life

40.  Where would you want Geralt to live (other than Corvo Bianco)? honestly just... somewhere he’s happy?  with ppl he loves?  maybe in novigrad once it’s freed from all the witch hunter shit, but honestly wherever he’s with friends bc he deserves happiness

thank u so much for the ask this was so fun to do!!!!

(answers from this ask meme)

#advena87 #my mutuals #gridelin speaks #answered meme #the witcher #witcher 3 #answered #:'))))

[punchsomeoneforme-willyou]

Tag Game

Got tagged by @wanderingaldecaldo - thanks so much :D

A. Three ships

- femV/Judy Alvarez (cyberpunk) - FemShep/Jack (mass effect) - Iorveth/Roche /witcher

B. Last Song

Metal Cover of ‘we don’t talk about Bruno’ by SKAR

C. Last Movie

Either Ecanto or Ready or Not - had a friend over last weekend and cannot remember which one we watched on which day.

D. Currently craving

nothing in particular tbh, except maybe more time in the day

E. Currently reading

Crier’s War by Nina Varela (we’re ignoring the around ten books I started at some point and then put aside because I was no longer in the mood for them

1. Favorite color

GREEN

2. Last Series

Castlevania (please don’t ask me what the last series I actually finished watching was, because I have no idea)

3. Sweet, Savoury, or Spicy

Food: sweeeeeeeet

4. Currently working on

Painting: I for once only have two active wips, one is a screenshot study of someone else’s V and another is a Rorveth piece (that I started over half a year ago and somehow never got back to), I also have a mass effect gift exchange piece to paint, but haven’t started yet - my wrist is slightly fucked and I’ve been resting it.

Tagging (with no pressure) @heartoferebor, @advena87 and @justleaf and as usual anyone else who wants to.

[gavilansblog]

2021 Year-End Fic Review

I was tagged by @inexplicifics - thank you! For once I received one of these when I’m at my computer so I’ll actually do it this time!

How many stories did you complete?

Eleven. Eight by myself, and two with @advena87.

What is your total word count for the year?

Ao3 says 77,557, but that’s extremely misleading because the vast majority of those are cowritten with Advena in Who sows the wind, reaps the storm. By which I mean she wrote them and then I messed around with them a bunch. So subtracting the 59,705 (!!!) of Who sows the wind and the 3,932 of Decision and the 5,402 so far of Gift, I wrote 8,519 words myself. Which still seems like a lot to me, but a much more bite sized “a lot” than 60k. And 60k of a fix it where, um, the thing that needs fixing hasn’t happened yet... look we’re having fun, alright?

What fandoms did you write in this year?

The Witcher, assorted subfandoms included, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, assorted subfandoms included. Apparently I have a taste for canons that are actually 20 canons in a trenchcoat.

Did you write more, less, or roughly about what you expected?

Who sows the wind is massively a lot more than I expected and I love working with Advena! I felt like my individual work was less than that, I guess ficlets and drabbles add up.

What’s your favourite story of the year?

Definitely Who sows the wind, it’s such a joy to write and I love our wonderful asshole characters. Advena is absolutely brilliant and has created all this canon-supported backstory where I’m just like “yes... vibes...” and then I get to play with it. 

What is your most underappreciated story of the year?

How do you measure that when you write obscure rarepairs.... Most of my fics this year were either super obscure rarepairs, under 500 words, or both. So I’m honestly super pleased with any and all engagement. Maybe Bringing Work Home, as one of my few solo full length one-shots and not ficlets, which is fluffy domestic Peggy Carter/Daniel Sousa smut that is simple but quite fun, I think.

Biggest fanfic-related disappointment of 2021?

NOT ENOUGH WOMEN. I write oneshots and read long fic, which is great except it means I can’t write what I want to read. I do love @bomberqueen17‘s Fit for Pearls with disaster wlw Ciri, but that’s the only f/f longfic I can think of that I read this year and I WANT MORE.

Biggest fanfic-related surprise of 2021?

My drabble Bucky Barnes, Princess in Shining Armor, has six whole comment threads all to itself. A drabble. I think the comments together might be more words than the fic. Post your drabbles on their own, people! The archive can be a home for small things too! I love that this tiny piece of fluff resonated enough for six whole people to leave comments. It’s my most commented MCU fic this year. 

Something you look forward to working on in 2022?

Definitely look forward to more Unburying the Gays! Right at this moment I look forward to editing the next chapter of Gift. It’s either this one or the next one where Kiyan uses his go-to strategy for dealing with social situations: yeet self out window. 

Tagging @bomberqueen17, @heronfem, @rebelmeg, and @pherryt!

#tag meme #2021 in fandom

[thegreattribbleempire]

WIP Whenever

Got tagged in this by @greensaplinggrace but forgot. Sorry for that, but here’s a snippet from something fun I’m working on.

Daud can be called many things but a fool is not one of them. He's a distinctive man and the Eelbiters saw his face, it was only a matter of time before he got a visit. Except that this is not the kind of visit he was expecting.

He stops a short distance from his place frowning at the singular glowing figure in his Dark Vision. She's moving steadily around the small room clearly rummaging through his things, it doesn't look like she's found anything of importance yet and Daud would like to keep it that way so he Transverses up to the ledge by the back window and slips inside.

He coughs loudly watching with a small amount of amusement as she jumps spinning to face him, her knife out and ready.

"Should I start by asking what you think your doing, or how you found me?" To her credit the girl recovers quickly.

"I told you, people don't just help out because they feel like it." She snaps "And you're clearly not just some common worker."

"What I am doesn't matter to you." Daud growls "Now leave." She doesn't meeting his glare with one of her own.

"You said I needed to learn to fight." she says and Daud has a moment of sinking realisation of how badly he's screwed himself before she adds.

"Teach me." 

Edit: There weren’t any rules given but standard practice seems to be to post a bit of something you’re working on and tag a few people so that’s what I’m going with. Hope that clears things up. :)

Tagging @godaime-obito, @dearcat1, @thecomfortofoldstorries, @darlingimabard and @advena87

No pressure to anyone who doesn’t feel like it though.

#My writing #tagged in #snippet #Dishonored #daud #thief 2014 #thief 4 #erin thief

[jawanaka]

Five things meme

I was tagged by @do-androids-dream-ao3acc

Five things you’d find in my bag: I’m a cis guy, I stuff things in my pockets. But if I do use a bag it’s mainly for work so computer, powercord, access card, paper napkins and keys.

Five of my favourite things: Used book stores, coffee with milk, history podcasts, videogames, fandom wiki’s

Five things you’d find in my flat: Books, toys, plants (my wife’s babies), bags of “useful” powercords and piles of clothes.

Five habits: Shower every morning, always put on the coffee after breakfast, coffee and social media breaks, randomly reading pages in books i’ve already read and twirling my hair while thinking.

Five things about my personality/traits that I like: My sense of humour, curiosity, sense of wonder, thirst ofr (often obscure and useless) knowledge and trivia and dislike of bullies.

Five things I want for this year: My first shot of vaccine, my wife finding a job, do some real work on my original fiction, my brother finding a job and the second shot of the vaccine.

Tagging @cahirdyffryns, @herbalina-of-yesteryear, @frances-the-red and @advena87 if you want to join :)

[1orweth]

CHARACTER STUDY

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4xtwiPdUWgWVXT4mrpavt4?si=hLKglSfURu-erZB4POlejg

NAME:  Iorweth.

EYE COLOUR: Green.

HAIR STYLE / COLOUR: Deep, dark brown.

HEIGHT: around 5"10.

CLOTHING STYLE:  He wears a mix of human and elven clothing, some taken from dead humans and elves.His current clothing consists of a long green armored robe, a light leather vest, wide blue fabric wrapped around his waist with a belt, light leather boots, and his red bandana covering his scar.

BEST PHYSICAL FEATURE: his general facial structure, in my opinion. Ioweth just thinks he's ugly.

LAYER 02: THE INSIDE

FEARS: that his struggle is in vain.

GUILTY PLEASURE: probably cannabis and good food.

BIGGEST PET PEEVE: dh'oine. just, in general.

AMBITIONS FOR THE FUTURE: freedom from human opression, a free state for his people, where they can live in peace and prosper.

LAYER 03: THOUGHTS

FIRST THOUGHTS WAKING UP: probably thinking about what has to be done today.

WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT MOST: honestly? probably stratergy.

WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT  BEFORE BED: either nothing as he's exhausted, or the feeling of dread that lurks in the back of his mind about the futility of his struggle.

WHAT THEY THINK THEIR BEST QUALITY IS:  his intelligence and cunning, probably.

LAYER 04: EITHER OR....

SINGLE OR GROUP DATES:  neither......... but definitly rather single dates w saskia.

TO BE LOVED OR RESPECTED: respected, but deep down he wants to be loved too. just by the right person/people.

BEAUTY OR BRAINS: brains.

DOGS OR CATS: cats.

LAYER 05: DO THEY...

LIE: yes.

BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES: yes, most of the time.

BELIEVE IN LOVE: yes......

WANT SOMEONE: yes, but he knows its probably in vain :/

LAYER 06: HAVE THEY....

BEEN ON STAGE: no.

DONE DRUGS: ......maybe...

CHANGED WHO THEY WERE TO FIT IN: not in a long time, but when he first joined the scoia'tael under Isengrim he probably did. By now he's too old and sure of himself to.

LAYER 07: WHAT'S THEIR...

FAVOURITE COLOURS: forest green.

FAVOURITE ANIMAL: it'd be a cliché to say squirrels, and probably not true. maybe horses, or cats.

FAVOURITE BOOK: probably a book with elven legends. Otherwise he doesn't read much.

FAVOURITE GAME: chess, maybe just regular archery competitions with the scoia'tael younglings.

LAYER 08: AGE?

DAY THEIR NEXT BIRTHDAY WILL BE: unknown.

HOW OLD WILL THEY BE: unknown, over 100 at the very least. i'd guess around 250

LAYER 09: I...

I LOVE: Saskia, please come back 😭

I FEEL: hatred.

I HIDE: my feelings of uncertainty and dread, as well as my softer side.

I MISS: peace and safety.

I WISH: my struggle would end, and that the scoia'tael would finally win.

i wasn't tagged oops but i stole it from @takivvatanga go give them a follow 💕

i'm tagging @bakedsweetroll @regongars @penny-anna @serpenstoned @muslimelf @temerian-lily @edensbuttercups @advena87 @ashenhaiir @gridelincarver @cealach @zagubionywilk @almosinnia @angrykittybarbarian

steal it if u want to!!

#the witcher #iorveth #iorweth #fanart #added an unfinished drawing i made of him.... its not great but i like it enough :> #character tag #scoia'tael #scoitael #the witcher 2 #character study #ciaran #cedric #aen seidhe #elves #witcher

[unbury-the-gays]

I'm still investigating the theme of Kiyan's relationship with his demon. I see a lot of potential here.

A.

#unbury the gays #who sows the wind reaps the storm #witcher #witcher 3 #kiyan #witcher kiyan #mad kiyan #witcher art #witcher fanart #watercolourpainting #watercolor #witcher cat school #school of the cat #cat school #witcher cat school gear quest #advena87

[witcherrarepaircommentexchange]

pairing:

Prince Adrien/Kiyan (The Witcher)

fics:

Dream by Advena87 and Gavilan

Two years after Kiyan's rescue, the nightmares weren’t as vivid and painful as they had been in the beginning, especially with Adrien’s calming, familiar scent and warmth beside him. Calming, that is, except the nights that Adrien also suffered nightmares of his own.

Saovine was approaching, the nights were growing longer and colder, and Adrien's nightmares more frequent. The prince still didn't want to talk about them, and Kiyan didn't know how to break the standstill. He wanted to help him, but there was nothing he could do but hold him in his arms.

Stray Cat by Advena87 and Gavilan

"If a cat runs away, you should tie a bell around his neck. Then you will always know where he is." Adrien doesn't know what's going on in Kiyan's life that keeps him running away, but he's determined to keep trying to build something with his mysterious stranger.

Who Sows the Wind, Reaps the Storm by Advena87 and Gavilan

"The ruins of the elven palace Est Tayiar in Redania were mentioned several times in the records of the oldest cat school masters as a potential source of exquisite weapons and diagrams, but the records didn’t specify the exact location of the palace or what it had been, exactly, in its heyday. Either way, Kiyan had nothing better to do, except avoid headhunters, so he planned on spending this year on the path searching for treasures."

#the witcher #tw3 #witcher rarepair #adrien x kiyan #prince adrien #adrien #kiyan #witcher kiyan #prince adrien/kiyan #the witcher games

[oxenfurt-archives]

Chapter 16: Trouble

*cover picture by Dai (bookscorpion)    

Chapters: 16/?

Fandom: Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game), Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, Wiedźmin | The Witcher Series - Andrzej Sapkowski

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Relationships: Kiyan (The Witcher) / Adrien (The Witcher)

Characters:   Kiyan (The Witcher), Adrien (The Witcher), Original Male   Character(s),  Original Male Character(s) of Color, Joël (The Witcher),   Guxart (The    Witcher), Ireneus var Steingard, Original Female   Character(s),   Sigismund  Gloger (The Witcher), Gottfried Oss (The   Witcher), Marco  Gedl  (The  Witcher), Michelle Sabina Ruxer (The   Witcher)

Additional Tags:  Canon Rewrite, Blood and Violence,  Blood and Injury, Bisexual Kiyan,  Unbury The Gays, saving  Kiyan,  Witchers Have Feelings (The Witcher),    Witcher Senses, Racism,   Canon-Typical Violence, Sexual Tension, Murder    Husbands, Cat School   (The Witcher), The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Demonic    Possession, Rare   Pairings, Rare Characters, Just two growly tops,    Possessive  Behavior,  Misunderstandings, Hurt/Comfort, Get Together,   Main   Character(s) of  Color, Est Tayiar, Oxenfurt Academy (The  Witcher),    Based on Scavenger  Hunt: Cat School Gear quest, game canon  mostly,    Swordfighting, The  Witcher Lore, Developing Relationship,   stubborn   idiots to lovers,  Emotional Slow Burn, assholes in love,   Alcohol  Abuse/Alcoholism,  Suicidal Thoughts, Police Brutality   

Chapter 16: “Trouble”  summary:

Adrien stopped right next to the witcher and looked him over carefully, as if he wanted to make sure he was okay. The witcher expected to feel angry at the sight of the prince, still remembering yesterday's incident, but instead he felt that persistent, dull ache in his chest again, as if an invisible hand was trying to crush his heart. It wasn't anger, or even irritation. It was a longing, and Kiyan looked away, trying to push the unwanted feeling deep into his subconscious so that it could perish there.

_____________________________

He woke up to Hilargi lipping at his hair. The mare tended to do that when she sensed something was wrong with Kiyan. The witcher sat up in his bed of hay and cursed softly under his breath as he saw the sun through the window. He had overslept, which was a clear sign  that his body was re-directing its energy to heal the newly opened wound. The pain, radiating strongly now that he was awake and aware of it, suggested that the internal damage was still severe. His liver was still regenerating, so taking a potion wasn’t an option. Liver injuries were incredibly inconvenient. Kiyan hated wasting time, and the pain slowed him down and weakened him. And that, in turn, was dangerous.

The witcher went to the well and hauled buckets of water for the horses and himself. The effort made his side shriek with agony, but Kiyan stubbornly ignored the problem.

Although Kiyan had personally overslept, it was still early to the regular inhabitants of Oxenfurt, so he was surprised to hear a commotion outside the inn as he was pulling his shirt back on after washing up in the bucket and changing his dressings. Kiyan heard Titus' indignant voice and walked out of the stables to see what was happening.

"Who the fuck brought the kid?" the outraged captain was asking the newly arrived support from Drahim Castle. It seemed that Mislav had kept his word and handed the letter to Klemens, and the prince's guards had rushed to Oxenfurt immediately.

"Nobody brought him,” the senior guard replied wearily, “he followed us against my orders." He pushed Gisbert forward in front of Titus. "Now, explain to the captain why you disobeyed an order."

"I was worried," the boy said. "The messenger who brought the letter said that almost all the guards had been killed, and that Olaf and Master Kiyan were seriously injured. I wanted to help because it's a serious situation--"

"And it’s precisely because the situation is serious that you shouldn't be here! I don't have time to babysit you!" Titus rebuked him, and Kiyan saw the annoyed grimace on the boy's face. It was the first time the witcher had seen him showing his anger so openly.

"Nobody would have to babysit me if you would finally start to take me seriously," the kid replied. "How am I supposed to learn to deal with these kinds of situations when you always keep me away from them? I’m also one of the prince's guards, and I want to finally fully deserve this title!"  

"Don't talk back to me, boy!" Titus turned red with anger and raised his open hand to hit Gisbert. Before Kiyan could think about what he was doing, his fingers folded themselves to cast a sign.

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[ooksaidthelibrarian]

The ruins of the elven palace Est Tayiar in Redania were mentioned several times in the records of the oldest cat school masters as a potential source of exquisite weapons and diagrams, but the records didn’t specify the exact location of the palace or what it had been, exactly, in its heyday. Either way, Kiyan had nothing better to do, except avoid headhunters, so he planned on spending this year on the path searching for treasures.

Who Sows the Wind, Reaps the Storm

by Advena87, DanyTheET, Gavilan 

Rating: M

Words: 2631

Read it on AO3

I'm excited for this one! Finding Kiyan always leaves me heartbroken so I'm very thrilled to see a fic with him, and with Adrien, that will set out to not having him be left as an empty shell, driven insane by pain and abuse. I'm also excited for Kiyan being of Ofieri descent because they deserve more love.

After one chapter, I'm very on board with the expedition Kiyan is going on. Even though I am yelling at him to be careful because I like him already.

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