The Suitors' Ball |MxM|
knightfool
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  • Time 2h 45m
knightfool
Ongoing, First published Apr 14, 2020
Mature
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Fantasy|Romance|Mystery
Ferdinand doesn't want to get married or have children, but as the heir to an elvish duchy, his father demands it of him. All he wants is to play violin and flirt with cute boys. Whilst on an illicit musical outing, he's drawn to a quiet bard named Adesh. But Ferdinand's father has ordered a series of balls to be held in order to find his son a noble suitor. 
Worse, someone at the ball has more malicious intentions than marriage. Soon Ferdinand and Adesh are unwittingly following a dark trail of murder and necromancy, even as they struggle with their differences and attraction to one another.

A murder mystery and t4t romance set in an early 1700s-europe-inspired fantasy setting.

Updates whenever I have time to write

Content warnings: Transphobia, Murder, Violence, Sexual content, Abusive/controlling family

Let me know if there's anything else you would like me to tag a warning for!

[cover illustration by: knightfool (that's me!!) ]
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The Thorn (wlw)

54 parts Ongoing Mature

Crown Princess Leonore, heir to the queendom of Dranath, likes women, obviously. The Queen Mother Carmilla marries her off to Sir Gabriel, obviously. So when she finds out Sir Gabriel is a woman... Dranath; queendom of mystique, bordered by jealous allies. To the southwest, the states of Aurune. East is the coast and the maritime poleis of Raham. To the north, the Hierstag clans. Rich in land and crop and poor in everything else, the queendom is closed in from all fronts. And when the sword of years-long grudges is brought to bear, who will play it to the hilt? ------------------------------ i wanted to say that this book is my love letter to imperialism, but it's actually lovingly crafted hatemail non-anonymously submitted to imperialism's tumblr asks. this is an exploration of how much suffering one can propagate in order to achieve one's goal, and the degree in which your decisions can be justified (even only to yourself!) before you become, essentially, irredeemable; an exercise in Is It Worth It Though yeah there's magic(k) in this one. and a lot of geopolitics! might have gotten carried away with the geopolitics. come for the gay, stay for the political machinations. or come for the political machinations and stay for the gay, i dont mind. 3rd person pov, leonore-centric, no homophobia (at least, not the kind we usually see), i want to say butch/femme but honestly it's butch gabriel/whatever the hell leonore is. folk anti-hero narrative or villain origin story, you decide

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