hunters_forest | Christmas Fic Exchange, step 2

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All requests have been collected, so now it's up to the writers and artists:

Look at the request list below and leave a comment with the requests you would be comfortable writing (either copy-paste the whole request or just leave the number. Comments are screened again to maintain the surprise). Make sure that at least one of the requests you offer is one of those in bold print - those are the requests made by those who offered to write/draw. Offer for as many as you like.

Leave your offers by Monday, October 20.

You will be assigned ONE of those requests to fulfill by December 23. Assignments will go out on Tuesday, October 21. This is the request you will be expected to fill.

In addition to your assigned request, you are more than welcome to take your pick from the full list and fill a second/third/fifteenth request! Requests may be covered by more than one person. However, we will make sure that everybody who offered to fill a request gets at least one of their requests fulfilled in turn.

There are no limits or minimum requirements for your writing or art. Poem, drabble, sketch, epic, life-size oil painting, haiku - anything goes.

Tarrant and Damien; role reversal. What if Damien was the Hunter and Tarrant was the priest?

Damien, etc. Not human. Come up with something where Damien's got a few secrets of his own, or simply isn't human.

Tarrant and Damien, OCs. Family reunion. We're informed at one point that Damien has at least one brother - I'd think he actually possesses something of an extended family.

Karril's first encounter with The Hunter and what happened to make them such allies.

After the conclusion of the trilogy, what the man who is Very Much Not Gerald And Is Only A Helpful Stranger does with his life. Specifically, not featuring Damien.

The affect of the Patriarch's Sacrifice on Ciani. Is it a regional thing or would she suddenly be non-adept? If yes, how does she react? If no, how does she feel when she comes back and everything has changed.

I'd like a simple, quiet scene with Allesha, either just after Zen leaves or after she hears what happened to him.

Damien in his purple outfit. Obviously, art would be awesome, but fic in which he actually wears the outfit would be okay too.

Gerald/Damien, a happy ending after CoS where they end up together.

Gerald Tarrant during his first life -- priesthood, and the early church

Gerald Tarrant and Gannon, first life -- knighthood and the Revival

Gerald Tarrant and Damien, what does priesthood mean? Alt ending to CoS would be fine.

Gerald Tarrant and Karril, pleasure to the pitch of pain

Gerald Tarrant and the forging & charging of the sword.

Additional info for requests 10-14:

A knight during the Holy War against the Forest. Preferably with a cameo appearance from evil!Gerald.

Two decades post-trilogy. Two young men meet at a convention on the Iezu being held by an eminent researcher in Jagonnath - one the offspring of Andrys and Narilka Tarrant, the other one that of Karril and Saris. (Bonus points for Gerald and Damien appearances.)

Post-trilogy. Damien returns to Ganji only to discover a young prodigy knight is now in charge of the Order of the Flame. A young man who looks quite familiar, at that. Damien/young man preferred.

How does the ending of the trilogy impact on the rakh? Possible Ciani/khrast.

Post-WTNF. Dreamscape, Toshida/Prophet.

Maternal Hesseth with Jenseny

Damien and Tarrant, slash if possible, on the boat ride back from Eastern lands.

Something dealing with Tarrant's descent into Hell (either during or afterward) from any character's perspective, slash welcome.

Something showing either Dark Fae or Tidal Fae (obviously that limits which characters can be involved). Preferably a picture, but I realize that's a difficult request.

Gerald and (is she Sisa?)the girl he is given by the prince in WTNF, at any time on the boat or in the princes land or just generally anywhere!

Ciani and Gerald meeting again after COS, how the changes have affected adepts, whether she blames them for stopping her using the fae or can accept it.

Ciani and Damien after COS, can they still be friends after what has happened, does she hate him.

Gerald and Jenseny, at any time when they are travelling.

Gerald and Almea, maybe with some mention of his brothers/ father/ family.

Gerald/Damien AU in our world

Gerald/Damien post series, Karril plays matchmaker

Something Jenseny centric

pre-series Damien, musings on religion/The Prophet/the fae/something else

Gerald/Damien post series, the channel didn't break, they still receive brides of thoughts/emotions/dreams from the other through it.

I'd like to see a story that explores the implications of the scene where Damien calls for God to help him fend off Gerald's attempts to control Jenseny. Did Damien create God? What just happened, and what does it mean for the meaning of faith on Erna, and for Gerald's project for controlling the fae? It could be a later conversation between them, or an extension of the one they have after that scene, or some other way to get at what "God" and "faith" are, to Damien and to Gerald. Also relevent is the tension between the idea Gerald carries that he was damned to hell by virtue of the faith of the believers who believed him damned, and Damien's idea that God is is infinitely merciful. Does Damien's God exist(or does Damien believe his God exists)outside of the fae-driven faith Damien has that He does? What does all this mean for these 2 characters? No limitations on form of story, could be slash, gen, whatever. Slash would be lovely, actually, as a living working of mercy....

I would love to see someone write an alternate ending to the series where humans have a transformation in consciousness that allows them to engage in a more natural and beneficial dynamic with their adopted planet. Something about being able to cooperate with and care for the energies rather than control them. Something about being able to reveal need... and trust that the energies will take care of them. Something, in fact, like the shift in consciousness that Damien and Gerald made in learning to work with each other... with dark fae and light, destruction and healing.

Sometime after the end of the trilogy, Damien reports events to the Matriarch.

Damien and Gerald, sword practice at some point during the books.

The purple robes Damien buys with Ciani at the beginning of BSR. Art would be awesome.

After Mount Shaitan, Gerald discovers what it's like to be fully alive and human again after 900 years of undead-ness.

Additional info for requests 36-39:

Fic: Something about Gerald's experiments with warding against the fae (see BSR chapter 25) - maybe the first time standing on fae-less ground, and what it means for an adept? (I wouldn't mind if this involved Gerald/Damien or Gerald&Damien somehow, but it's not necessary.)

Fic: Gerald/Narilka AU - I always liked their interactions a lot. What if they had met again, maybe early in the third book, and things had gone differently? (Mentioning Andrys is okay, but I'd like the focus to be on Gerald and Narilka.)

Fic: AU (or pre-BSR, if you can make that work) - Ciani takes a deeper interest in the Forest, and tries to find out more about it ... How does the Hunter deal with a loremaster's attention? (Just please don't have him kill her.)

Fic: Jenseny and Gerald - Gerald deciding to buy toys for her, and giving them to her. (See WTNF chapter 34.) Again, I wouldn't mind some Gerald/Damien or Gerald&Damien here, but I'd be just as happy without.

Art: Something involving fae currents. The descriptions are so beautiful, I'd love to see a visual representation.

Gerald Tarrant, other things he learned during his time fighting under King Gannon.

The Hunter/Damien, discussing theology or philosophy. I'd like to see this in any way -- casual and during downtime in any of the books, or even right after BSR chapter 28.