Somnusluciscaelum Stories

Two millennia passed since Ardyn had been imprisoned and Aera was slain by Somnus to break a fight. Upon waking in the modern world, Aera awakens to find everything different-unaware that Ardyn still lingers in Lucis still. How will everything go for the two of them?

Noctis and his friends return to Insomnia for the final battle against the Accursed.

Ardyn Izunia is just a common medicine man, travelling the world with his wife and children. Until one day when a mysterious Crystal appears and Ardyn is chosen to save the world from a cruel plague that came from the stars. His younger brother, however, is burning with jealousy and secretly plotting Ardyn's downfall. One of my headcanons about Ardyn's past and how he became what he's now. The idea was written before the release of Episode Ardyn DLC and it's animated prequel so many things will be completely different from the canon version. (gorgeous art by wroniec.tumblr.com)

Snippets of Noctis's time at university.

Both Ardyn and his beloved Maura have a grudge against the kings of Lucis and have plotted their revenge for 2,000 years. To help bring down the future king Noctis, Maura joins the gang of four on their trip to Altissia to gain their trust and learn what their next moves would be.

Noctis and his friends travel to the Elder's Recess in search of a monster.

Ardyn just wants them to be a family.

The Queen of Lucis finds her husband and his Shield in the gardens. (Part 4 of The Accursed)

Finally released from his two thousand years of duty, Somnus finds himself in the Beyond. Inside this realm after death, he encounters his brother once more.

But something looms She heard the earth, something has switched She understood too quick, but realized too late If you are the Earth's loved, why didn't you realize his deception? -- Based of Joruzin's Orléans Ensemble: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQihMu2T3Tk

Bahamut watched over the world for eons alongside five others of his kind. Together, they witnessed the emergence and extinction of countless species. It is during the time of humanity that the world of Eos becomes threatened by the actions of the humans and even one of his own.

Ardyn triumphs over the Chosen and demands from the Gods everything owed to him.

A young Somnus wakes up alone in an unfamiliar place.

A small look into Ardyn's life with his two charges. A late fic for Noctis's birthday.

A collection of stories that may be too short to post separately, headcanons, snippets that did not make it in whatever story they were cut from, short companion pieces/continuations/alternate versions of stories I have already posted or even just works that I have abandoned. (Discontinued. Will be posting all work separately.)

An alternative take on how Ardyn became the Accursed.

A conversation between Somnus and Ardyn before Chapter 14.

Ardyn always had a gift for Somnus on the day of his birth. Birthday fic for Somnus. (Part 2 of The Accursed)

Noctis is stalked by something inhuman.