The Goblin Emperor

The Goblin Emperor is a small fandom based on the The Goblin Emperor fantasy series by American author Sarah Monette, writing under the pseudonym Katherine Addison. As well as the main book, The Goblin Emperor (2014), there is a series of books (two so far) called The Cemeteries of Amalo, set in the same world and following a side character from The Goblin Emperor.
Cemeteries of Amalo series:
*The Witness for the Dead (2021)
*The Grief of Stones (2022)
As of June 2022, it has over 500 works on AO3,The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison works on AO3, Archive.org backup created 3 June 2022. but it remains eligible for Yuletide and has been a popular Yuletide fandom in 2022 and previous years.Yuletide collection's TGE works -- featuring 80 works total and 11 works for Yuletide 2022.
==Canon==
The Goblin Emperor is about Maia, the disfavored and exiled youngest son of the Emperor of the Elflands, who is suddenly elevated to the thrown when a terrorist attack kills his father and older brothers. Unexpectedly thrust into a position of power, Maia must grapple with court politics, power struggles, bringing his family's killers to justice, and making allies with no training other than his own skills and innate kindness.
The Cemeteries of Amalo series follows Thara Celehar, Prelate of Ulis, as he takes a new job: Witness for the Dead in the city of Amalo. Witness for the Dead is somewhere between a legal and religious position, and the stories feature the cases he undertakes and the people he meets in the course of his duties.
==Fandom==
Fans passionately love the main character, Maia, and his relationships with his aides and allies in court. One large area of focus is on Maia and his Nohecharei, or formal guardians, with explorations of the relationships in both platonic and romantic manners. 
There is also a lot of love for the complex world building of the series, from the court politics to the conlang to cultural nuance. Many of fanworks on AO3 are gen works exploring the complexities of the world.Archive.org snapshot of the AO3 Tag on Jan 2, 2023 showing that 251 out of 585 works (about 43%) are labeled Gen, and that "Worldbuilding" is one of the top 10 additional tags used in the fandom. 
A small but dedicated fandom has developed for the Thara Celehar/Iana Pel-Thenhior relationship which develops in the Cemetaries of Amalo series.
===Pairings===
As of May 2022, there were over 550 fanworks in the series tag on AO3. 
Favourite pairings included: 
* Csethiro Ceredin/Maia Drazhar (m/f, canon husband and wife) - 90 works
* Csevet Aisava/Maia Drazhar (m/m, the Emperor and his trusted secretary) - 67 works 
* Cala Athmaza/Deret Beshelar (m/m, two of the Emperor’s bodyguards) - 32 works
* Csethiro/Maia/Csevet - 19 works 
* Thara Celehar/Iana Pel-Thenhior, from the Cemeteries of Amalo spin-off series (m/m) - 17 works
==Fanworks==
===Fanfic===
* , by atheilen -- deaged Maia bonds with his Nohecharei
* , by nooziewoozie -- Maia and Csethiro wedding day, post-canon fic
* by hermitknut -- post-canon, Maia/Csethiro/Csevet
* by wedgetail -- pre-book canon divergence AU in which Setheris dies when Maia is eleven and crown prince Nemolis takes over his welfare.
===Podfic===
* (Podfic) Sufficient, by zahnie, 2016. Tethimar's bastard comes to court. 
* (Podfic) All Cats Are Royalty, by sisi_rambles, 2018. A Our Dark Materials daemon AU. 
* (Podfic) can't fight against the youth, by sisi_rambles, 2022. Idra-centric. 
* (Podfic) Late Night Tea, by greedy_dancer, 2022. Csevet/Maia gen. 
* (Podfic) An Imperial Patron, by lattice_frames, 2022. Thara Celehar/Iana Pel-Thenhior. 
===Fanart===
* , by leafykat
* , by taireirre
===Meta===
* I got to go shopping for the first time in like a year..., meta and book recommendation by honourablejester, June 2021
==Resources==
* The Goblin Emperor fandom.com wiki
==References==
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