Eran Iliakambar

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## General details

### Aliases

* The Caspian Lion
* Fire Trow (Augus Each Uisge)
* My innocent dove (Augus)
* Flamelet (the Gancanagh)
* Golden-eyed candle (the Gancanagh)
* Beacon (the Gancanagh)
* Golden eyes (the Gancanagh)

### Relatives

* Adali (mother, deceased)
* Ifir (father, deceased)
* Vhadi (brother, deceased)
* Ada (sister, deceased)
* Adalia (sister, deceased)
* Ambari (maternal aunt, deceased)
* Iliak (paternal uncle, deceased)

### Roles or Vocation

Chief-in-Training for the Marid-Djinn and Afshin afrit (previous)

## Physical description

### Hair color

Black

"*And Mosk? . . . If I don’t listen? Or if you forget? Or if you choose not to, or if I don’t notice? It doesn’t mean you deserve it, okay? You don’t deserve people getting angry at you like that. I don’t want to treat people like that, so if you forget, or I don’t listen, it doesn’t mean you made the rest of it happen. There’s a difference between…people being angry, and people saying the things I said.*"
―Eran Iliakambar[[The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas, Chapter 27: Risk]]
**Eran Iliakambar** is a Seelie Marid-Djinn Afrit-Ambaros hybrid from the desert hills of Aram'Kelton, by the volcano of Oroboros. His family is killed by the ice plague, and he goes on a quest to seek out the one who caused it, leading him to Mosk. The pair join with Gwyn ap Nudd and Augus Each Uisge, and later Ash Glashtyn and Julvia Dubna Vajat, on a quest to deal with the ice plague, parley with Albion, and defeat Olphix. Eran is Mosk's partner, and the first Seelie point of view protagonist in the main canon of the *Fae Tales* *Verse*.

#### Status

* Inner Court

Previously:

* Court (from birth to staying in Dharnam during the battle against Olphix)

## Appearance

#### Pronunciation

Eh-rah-n (like 'Tehran' without the 'T') Ill-ee-uh-kah-m-bar

Eran has warm brown skin, glowing amber eyes that can brighten to the point of being visible in the dark, black, wavy hair, thick black eyebrows, and manicured black beard stubble. The amber eyes are a specifically ambaros trait. Before he makes the deal for the tracking charm with the pangolicz, his hair is shoulder-length. His hair is naturally curly.

He wears kohl, or black eyeliner, on his top and bottom eyelids to indicate his connection to his heritage. He is considered attractive and handsome by fae standards. Unlike afrit in human-form, Eran has no horns when he's in human-form. The black ink charm from the pangolicz is on his wrist, in the form of 'jagged glyphs' in a 'dark band . . . covering the odd scar the ice had given him.' Although the tattoo is 'vivid' in *The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire*, by the time of events in *The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague*, the 'black ink was faded . . . the edges ill-defined and muddy'.

Eran prefers to wear fireproof clothing, though unlike Mosk, he has no particular items of clothing or colours that he's more likely to wear than others. When he is first introduced, he wears a significant amount of gold and amber jewellery, which the Unseelie Court takes from him. He frequently wears a kh'anzar: a large saber that he can wield well, though he wears it less often as *The Ice Plague* progresses.

In his true-form, Eran is huge: taller than both afrit or ambaros in their true-forms. He has a shrieking, monstrous voice, is scaled and furred in red, brown and orange, and can gallop on all fours, as well as stand on his hind legs. He has huge horns, as well as wings made of flame that writhe like they are alive. His paws can create huge balls of fire and lava, and have wicked claws. He can breathe flame and smoke, and everything about him appears huge and beast-like. He has shown no ability to talk in true-form.

Mosk describes Eran's voice as 'deep and smooth. Eran spoke with the kind of command that came from expecting others to follow his authority.' Mosk also notes that Eran smells smoky, like charcoal.

Eran buys himself and Mosk matching thick golden cuffs for their wrists, as a symbol of marriage. A golden chain can be attached to it, and it, 'is spelled to fit the wrist of whoever you place it on. There is a charm on the back of it' of 'geometric linework that was elegant and precise.' He wears Gille Dubh's golden ring on his middle finger. He also buys, 'a coat made from a treated ochre leather, lined with dark brown fur. It was embroidered not with blue roses, but red and gold.'

While Eran mourns Mosk, he didn't take care of his personal appearance, and his beard, mustache, and hair grow long. Ash and the Gancanagh visit him, returning the jewelry the Unseelie Court took from Eran all those years ago.

## Personality

Eran is a strong-minded, determined individual who is passionate about doing the right thing, even though he may struggle to know what the right thing is at times. He is quick to anger, and he can show signs of immaturity, in both his trains of thought, and the way he communicates when he's angry with someone. He sometimes falls into black and white thinking, and can be quite stubborn, but unlike some Seelie fae, he's also quick to change his mind once he learns and accepts new information. Traveling on the quest to deal with the ice plague and Stertes' assault in particular are heavy blows to his confidence. He hides deep insecurities, as he believes that he doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things, at least in comparison to someone like Mosk, and that he is weak.

Eran cannot knowingly lie aloud, so he tends to be truthful, and sometimes even blunt. He has a strong intuitive sense, and is action-oriented, preferring to do something rather than think something over, which has gotten him into trouble, but also helped others in the past. He's scared of losing control of himself or becoming too warring or bloodthirsty, which is shown in his reluctance initially to change into true-form (which he believes to be monstrous). Julvia Dubna Vajat calls him, 'one of the most careful people [she] ever met'. He has a complex relationship with his deceased father, given Ifir is Unseelie and kills Seelie fae as a War General, and Eran's thoughts relating to alignment and status can sometimes be classist in nature. Eran has a bad habit of lashing out and hurting other people around him when he's upset, but he's been actively working on it, and strategises helpful ways to improve his own behavior.

Eran struggles with comparing his trauma to Mosk and accepting that they *both* carry heavy burdens. Although he cannot knowingly lie directly aloud, he is skilled at evasion and redirection, rather than answering a direction question about his well-being, even *before* Stertes' assault, and it only grew worse afterward. He's had nightmares about the Miskatin. He also feels intense guilt over the ways he's hurt and used Mosk.

Mosk also described him as 'playful' (with fondness), and Eran is a limit pusher in their relationship.

Eran cares deeply about and greatly misses his family, to the point that when planning what to do after dealing with whoever caused the ice plague, Eran considered suicide as an option, and has often grieved openly over their loss over the course of his journey. He grows somewhat more confidant about things as the plan to deal with the ice plague grows, but loses a great deal of confidence and hope after spending time on the Mantissa and dealing with Stertes. Mosk notes that interacting with the Glashtyn sets back Eran's recovery 'by weeks or months.'

Eran is raised as a leader of people, to take over Iliak's place someday, and he exercises these skills by being amongst and interacting with refugees, vendors in the marketplace, members of local governments, and forming relationships with them.

Of his true-form, Eran notes that he, 'had his own beast, a hybrid that didn’t even have a name, and it wanted to burn everything down, and kill and defend, but he wasn’t afraid of it like everyone seemed to be afraid of the Glashtyn.'

## Life

Eran is raised in a loving mixed-alignment family with a Seelie mother and Unseelie father. He lives in a mixed-alignment village with primarily marid-djinn afrit and ambaros. In that time, he helps raise animals, including kratel gazelle that he rides while hunting with his hounds. Iliak and Ifir raise Eran to look after a village, his uncle Iliak (which is where his surname, Iliakambar comes from) teaches him how to be a chieftain, and he learns how to be an ethical, fierce Seelie warrior. He is also raised to love, respect and adore fire, as well as be careful with its power. His family are openly emotional with one another, and though quick to anger, are often quick to burn through that anger once they express it, which teaches Eran to be emotionally transparent. As 'a child, he used to like earning small coins for odd jobs he’d do here and there, so he could trade them for some saffron for his euma, or horn wax for his eulo, or flowers for his sisters, or even the little fiery aniseed-mints that Vhadi enjoyed.'

During Albion's war with the Unseelie Court, Eran is brought into the Seelie Court and interrogated. He believes it was the right thing, but won't share details with his family.

### *The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire*

Just after adulthood, around his early 200s in age, his family are killed by the ice plague, which smothers Eran's village. Eran is talking with Vhadi while watching Ifir care for his mace when the ice comes. Vhadi claws Eran's arm hard enough to gouge flesh when the ice takes him. The ice plague is attracted to fire fae and places of warmth, and it kills so many afrit and ambaros that Eran ends up as the last of all of the ambaros. Enraged and grieving, he runs from the ice and eventually travels to find a pangolicz Mage who gives him a tracking spell in exchange for, 'his shoulder length hair and two each of his fingernails and toenails . . . two cups of his blood, and a story that he’d spun into the air only to have it seized away from him, a void left where the story had been', which would allow him to find the person that he could blame for the ice plague, and punish them. The spell leads him to Mosk, and Eran binds him in iron manacles and takes him to the Seelie Court for judgement. Along the way, they stop in Summervale, where, with Mosk's consent, Eran trades the use of Mosk's body for lodgings. At the end of the evening, an unnamed fae forces Eran to watch the transaction with Mosk, using some ability to make Eran feel defiled, which later haunts him.

When Albion refuses to see Eran at the Seelie Court, Olphix, pretending to be Davix, dismisses Eran, and teleports him and Mosk halfway to the Unseelie Court to try and seek justice there. Eran decides to travel to the Unseelie Court in accordance with Olphix's suggestion. They passs through Winterwest, after which Mosk attempts to disembowel Eran with Eran's own sacred blade, the ythilok. Eran has not been able to travel with a ythilok since.

At the Unseelie Court, Gwyn has Augus use compulsions to question both younger fae, which angers Eran. Due to Eran's stated intent to kill Mosk as justice for causing the ice plague, Gwyn has Augus compel Eran not to hurt Mosk while at the Unseelie Court, and has Fenwrel the Mouse-Maiden quell Eran's fire and stop him from shifting into true-form. She does so with a geas, which also makes him experience any pain Mosk feels to some extent, as well as sickness, and the experience gives Eran a deep-seated fear of Fenwrel in particular, and of losing his fire, which feels like dying. Eran and Mosk are sent to the dungeons, where Augus again interrogates Mosk. Exhausted, Eran tells Augus to lay off, out of pity for Mosk's state. Fenwrel visits them both, largely to check on Mosk. When Eran is patronizing to her, despite her warnings, she temporarily takes away his voice.

Kabiri visits the Unseelie Court and orders Gwyn to treat Eran with respect, and binds Gwyn so that he experienced suffering whenever Eran suffers, so that Gwyn would be personally invested in Eran's future, at least for the duration of the ice plague. Eran finds the experience deeply humbling and profound, as Kabiri claims him, despite Eran's hybrid status.

Two days later, Eran and Mosk attend a meeting with Gwyn and his Inner Court, where Gwyn decided to take Mosk to the Aur forest to investigate the destruction, though he knows he has to take Eran, as well. After the meeting, Gwyn talks with Eran about Mosk attacking Eran with the ythilok, and Eran's 'level of training, what [he was] proficient in, and how to make sure [Eran is] not as much of a burden to the team as [he is] likely going to be.' In the end, Gwyn leads a group including Augus, Mosk, and Eran (with Grip as a mount) to the Aur forest. Eran is terrified of climbing on Grip's back, given Grip's icy elemental nature, so Augus has to compel him to mount. While at the Aur forest, Eran and Mosk talk a bit about their families, but also continue to fight. When Olphix's spell to cut off teleportation sets in, Eran is the one to suggest Augus try teleporting using water from Grip, though Augus is unsuccessful.

The ice plague arrives and separated Eran and Mosk from Gwyn and Augus, and Eran, terrified of the ice, leads Mosk far away. When they finally take a break, Mosk takes the lead, and they head south into a strange forest, and are captured by the Miskatin. Eran unknowingly breaks Fenwrel's geas by sacrificing himself so that Mosk can escape, and accepts his death in part as a relief, but Mosk returns, and breaks Olphix's geas by turning it on the Miskatin intentionally, which makes the Miskatin flee. The pair travel to Many Meadows, and Eran starts feeling more positively towards Mosk in return for Mosk coming back to save him. While looking for food, Eran meets Field, who offers advice and flirtation, and then he finds Amhar, a fellow fire fae, who tells Eran of other fire fae who survived the ice plague. Eran returns to Mosk with his news and sap, and they take shelter at Gille Dubh's loch. When Eran returns to the market next, he flirts with Field some more, and discovers that he is starting to feel *very* differently towards Mosk. He then runs into Gwyn and Augus, riding horses they'd taken from bandits. The group gather at Gille Dubh's loch, and Gwyn acknowledges his respect for Eran breaking free of Fenwrel's geas and surviving the Miskatin. They then set off for King Oengus Og's Tower, to find a way to break through Olphix and Davix's communication spell and contact the Courts.

On the way, Eran begins holding Mosk's wrists, to help calm Mosk. When they encounter the Gancanagh at Oengus' Tower, Eran instantly dislikes the Gancanagh's dra'ocht, because Eran finds it invasive, like their time in Summervale. Oengus gives Eran and Mosk adjoining rooms. When Eran admits his discomfort, Mosk empathises with him. Eran later talks to Gwyn and Oengus more about their personal histories. After Olphix attacks Mosk again, Mosk reveals that his geas broke, and explains what Olphix and Davix did to him, and Eran leaves to tell Gwyn and Augus.

After Augus pulls Mosk away from the Gancanagh, Augus orders Eran to be a better keeper of Mosk, and leaves them alone. When Mosk and Eran fight, Eran binds Mosk's wrists with rope for the first time, and they begin their physically intimate relationship. Eran later consults with Oengus, thinking he did the wrong thing. Oengus points out that Eran is young, and still learning.

After Gwyn threatens to torture Mosk for the truth, and Oengus sides against Gwyn's cruelty, Eran takes Mosk back upstairs to consume some sap. Eran also offers to bind Mosk's wrists again, and Mosk requests only one wrist, which is the start of Mosk wearing rope on his wrist permanently. Mosk talks more about his past, which scares Eran, and then berates him for it. Eran fetches Fenwrel, who explains more about Mages, and that Eran isn't weak, but 'young' and 'earnest'. After Fenwrel leaves and Eran makes sure Mosk was settled, Eran flees the room, seeking to be alone with his grief over what happened to Mosk, and his frustration with his own weakness. The Gancanagh finds and comforted him, and they also talk about Mosk and what Mosk needs. Gwyn interrupts, to check on Eran's health, and ensure that the Gancanagh doesn't feast on Eran or any other members of Gwyn's team. The Gancanagh steals a kiss from Eran, calling it a blessing, and leaves. The pair speak again, later, in Oengus' workroom, about their homelands, and some of the difficulties of being a hybrid fae.

The ice plague finds the tower, so Oengus creates a portal so that his guests can escape, sacrificing himself in the process. While the remaining groupmembers - Gwyn, Augus, Ash, Julvia, Mosk, and Eran - struggle towards the coastline, Eran holds a memorial for Oengus during one of their breaks. The Nain Rouge ambushes Eran, stealing a little of his fire. Augus begins checking in on Eran's health at this point, using compulsions to make sure that Eran hasn't been overly hurt by the Nain Rouge's attack.

Gwyn orders Eran to change to his true-form to help defend them all, which Eran finds traumatizing, as he is ashamed of others seeing his true-form, and it is the first time he has to kill anyone. Mosk is protective of him, and tries to comfort him afterward. They take shelter in the verkhwin's lair, and Mosk and Eran sleep together. In the morning, Eran freezes at the sight of the sea, and Gwyn orders Ash to use his dra'ocht to get Eran functional. Eran again uses his true-form to defend them all, and is badly injured. Ash has to compel him to change back to human-form, and to get onto the Mantissa, at which point Eran collapses.

### *The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas*

Eran is terrified of leaving his cabin initially on the Mantissa, and has to steel himself to it. Ondine comes out to encourage him, even helping him walk, before encouraging him to go at it alone. Eran slowly gains more confidence, but the sea never stops being fully terrifying and traumatizing for him. Eran visits Gwyn and Augus, who are both happy in their own way to see him, and Augus even advises him on his relationship with Mosk.

Eran helps various crewmembers on the ship and participates in nightly festivities. When the Raven Prince arrives on the ship, Eran talks a little about Gwyn's past. The Raven Prince then uses dra'ocht to make him say more, along with Mosk and Ash.

When the Raven Prince forces Mosk to reveal he'd been dreamwalking to Davix, Eran berates Mosk for lying and tells Mosk to leave.

While at the Markets and shopping with Julvia, Eran creates everfire in exchange for an opal with a leaf for Mosk. He later performs a veil dance at the request of some of the local fae.

When the House of Atros uses a storm to pull the Mantissa to House of Atros waters, Eran was waiting in Mosk's room for him, but becomes terrified at the storm, and cowers from it. Mosk discovers him, and Eran apologizes for upsetting Mosk. Mosk wants to help him, but is afraid, and they talk things out. Mosk tries to be more honest, and reveals that his powers and magic are returning.

When Mosk starts hiding from Eran, Eran goes to Augus for advice, and Augus helps him try to manage the mistakes he made with Mosk. Augus also berates him for acting immaturely, and tells him to get over it and work on making things right, and to make Mosk talk and perform services for Eran.

When Mosk admitts he slept with Stertes, it wounds and angers Eran, and Eran demands a reason, while degrading Mosk. Eran then dismisses Mosk, telling him not to come back. On his own, Eran cries himself to sleep, and struggles with how to deal with his anger about Mosk's revelation about Stertes. He eventually goes to the Mantissa's glasswork shop, where he works hard for three days to drain the anger, or at least focus it on a new target: Augus. Eran goes to Augus, and states that Mosk slept with Stertes. Augus takes him to task for not setting better boundaries and rules with Mosk, and for not expecting Mosk to relapse. Augus listens to Eran's feelings on the subject, and advises him again on how to approach things with Mosk, particularly in handling his anger and mistakes. As Eran leaves, he ran into Ash, who advises Eran that Mosk is in a bad place, mentally, and that Mosk is suicidal. Eran grows angry when he learns Ash used his dra'ocht to interrogate Mosk. When Eran fails to find Mosk, he draws protection sigils under Mosk's bed.

Stertes approaches Eran on the deck for the first time, taunts him about Mosk, and propositions him. Eran repeatedly tells Stertes to back off, but Stertes is unswayed.

Eran goes to Mosk's room whenever possible and waits for him to return. When Mosk finally returns, Eran forces him to stay in the room so they can talk. They discuss Stertes, and what they want in a relationship, and finally talk about the last time they'd slept together, which Mosk considered a punishment. Eran admits he loves Mosk, and Mosk admits he missed Eran. Eran sets more rules for Mosk: Mosk will live in Eran's room, Eran is going to show Mosk where he can get sap and how to get new clothes, and Mosk is to do Eran's eyeliner every morning. Eran asks if Mosk can grow a eumavine that has white leaves and red flowers (which Gwyn later reveals is called Euvara), so Mosk grows him one.

After Mosk grows upset and Eran goes looking for him, Eran runs into Stertes. When Eran grows afraid, Stertes nullifies his fire abilities, which terrifies Eran, and intimidates him to briefly play along with Stertes' game. When Eran finally finds Mosk, they talk about Mosk's upset, and Mosk asks Eran what is wrong. Eran explains that Stertes is harassing him, and when Eran reveals that Stertes used his nullification, Mosk stands up and nearly goes after Stertes. Eran orders Mosk not to go. Mosk repeats that Stertes isn't allowed to treat Eran that way, and that he didn't care if people treated *him* that way.

When Eran comforts Mosk as Mosk recovers from healing Ash, Mosk finally admits he loves Eran, which greatly pleases Eran. Eran later tells Mosk to signal when Eran's anger is getting the better of him, and Mosk can't otherwise stand up for himself.

When the Raven Prince bids farewell to the Mantissa, he turns last to Eran, and the Raven Prince takes his hand and says that Eran might be 'all that stands between the Mosk we know now, and Mosk’s villainy'. When Eran acknowledges that he knows, the Raven Prince adds, 'I regret I’ve not spent any time getting to know you . . . but I have some information for you. Eran Iliakambar, last ambaros, blessed by Kabiri, it is important for you to know something that myself and only one other know: the dragons still live.' Through the Raven Prince's wordplay, Eran realizes that the dragons aren't in the fae realm, and Eran's realization seems to please the Raven Prince.

When Eran next sees Stertes, Stertes has a much larger retinue than normal and is more serious. Churielle says that Stertes wanted to make an example out of the Mantissa. Stertes then nullifies Eran's power again, catching Eran by surprise and causing him to panic. Stertes waves and blows a kiss when Eran looks at him, before continuing his conversation with other fae. Eran quickly leaves, and again stops Mosk from attacking Stertes, though Stertes doesn't return Eran's power until midnight that night.

As the Mantissa prepares for combat with the House of Atros, Stertes nullifies Eran's power when they next see each other, and stalks Eran through the cabins, cornering him in an empty guestroom. Eran tries to defend himself, spurred on by Stertes' mocking, but Stertes is too powerful. When Stertes grows bored of beating Eran up, he pins Eran to the bed and assaults him. Mosk enters the room, having used his invisibility to follow them, and kills Stertes with a tentacle of wood. When Gwyn arrives and Mosk and Gwyn start to fight, Eran shouts at them to stop, which seems to break some of the tension between them. Gwyn asks after Eran's welfare, and Eran gives a sort of non-answer. Eran is shocked at Mosk's actions, and distracts himself from his own trauma by focusing on caring for Mosk.

When the Mantissa comes under attack, and Albion intervenes to take them to the liminal realm, Eran huddles in fear in his cabin, terrified they are going to die as the ship moves alarmingly, and the difficulty of traveling on water also gets to him even more than usual. Mosk does his best to make Eran feel safe, but Eran spends long hours crying that they are going to die. Long after the ship settles, Eran is finally able to go aboveboard. Mosk orders him to make a fire, and Eran reluctantly follows suit, and prays.

When Albion visits the Mantissa, he demands that Eran accompany him and Gwyn to the shore, as a Seelie witness. While on the small boat, Eran is still afraid of the water, and though he appreciates Gwyn and Mosk asserting they will protect him, he struggles, greatly. He is deeply shocked by the destroyed Seelie Court, but once ashore again, he lays on the ground, soaking in dry land. He is barely cognizant to acknowledge Mosk trying to comfort him by growing more eumavines, or Albion blessing him and wishing him farewell. Mosk ultimately brings wood for Eran to start a fire, and Eran calls flame and lays in it until it dies, relishing in the warmth.

Afterward, when Mosk and Eran discus things, and how everything seems hopeless, Mosk admits that he is committed to their quest, and that he is confident in his abilities, because he has so much power to call on. Mosk also admits that protecting Eran gave him confidence, and that he wants to stay by Eran's side for as long as Eran will have him. Eran replies that he wants Mosk at his side, and that if Mosk doesn't protect *himself*, then Eran wouldn't want to live.

### *The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague*

Eran struggles to be responsive to the rest of the group, though he easily agrees to Augus taking some of his blood. Augus reaches out to him, to ask how he is doing, particularly after the last week on the Mantissa, and Eran gives a hesitant sort of non-answer. After Mosk disperses the ice plague with his magic, Eran snaps out of his mood. Eran starts shrugging off what he experienced with Stertes in comparison to Mosk, and dealing with his own feelings of inadequacy. 'He felt like Mosk didn’t really need him anymore.' He also notices that dealing with the ice is hurting Mosk deeply, and Mosk isn't talking about it, so he orders Mosk to show Eran his hands, so that Eran can warm them. 'Eran worried. Worried that he was being demanding, or even cruel. Worried that he was to Mosk, what Stertes had been to Eran.'

After Eran and Mosk's night together leaves Mosk dehydrated, and after Augus feeds from Mosk the first time, which makes Mosk disassociate, Augus has Gwyn call in Eran to talk about the dehydration and subdrop Mosk is experiencing, so they can help Mosk. When Mosk grows upset enough to apologize for ruining his and Eran's night together, Augus uses his compulsions, and Eran berates Augus and the others in their party for being so cruel to and dismissive of Mosk. When Eran is more joyful at their group gatherings, Mosk asks about the 'sudden' improvement, and Eran explains that he just wants to think about other things, which might be a form of denial, but it's how it is.

Gwyn and Mosk begin training together, which helps increase Eran's jealousy and displaced feelings over his own inner turmoil, and the olfactory flashbacks he has to his time on the sea only make things worse. This culminates in Eran pushing Mosk away, and then taking out his anger on Mosk to the point that Mosk has to signal that Eran is letting his anger get the better of him. Eran walks away, and keeps his distance, which throws Mosk into a downward spiral of his own. When Mosk confronts Eran about it, so that they can talk it over, Eran rejects him, pushing the rift between them even wider. Alone, Eran shrinks into himself and weeps, feeling trapped, and drowning in olfactory flashbacks.

Gwyn charges Mosk with looking after Eran and Julvia on the way to Arkhel, as Mosk is the most capable of the three. When Mosk self-harms more to practice healing, Eran discovers him, and tells him not to, but Mosk ignores him. When Mosk dreamwalks to visit Gwyn's party, bandits attack the trio, and Eran uses his fire abilities to defend them, but ends up setting the area ablaze. When Mosk wakes, they flee, accidentally falling into Oswal-Tay. The group flees from more creatures there, and Mosk snaps at Julvia, saying, 'At least someone loves you. So shut up.'

Both Julvia and Eran attemp to speak with Mosk afterward, and Mosk pushes them both away, but Eran is more persistent, which melts through Mosk's desperation. Eran offers to let Mosk do Eran's eyeliner again. The next time they wake up, when Mosk tries, Eran apologizes for how he's treated Mosk, and tells Mosk about the olfactory flashbacks and some of the other difficulties he has dealing with the trauma from Stertes' attack, then puts eyeliner on Mosk.

They run into more miskatin, who strike Eran down with spears. Mosk forces the forest to obey him, calling roots to stab into the miskatin and kill them, and then he grows a wooden dome around the trio, and pours all his remaining magic into healing Eran. When Eran wakes up, he discovered Julvia cradling an unconscious Mosk. Eran speaks with her about Mosk, and Julvia explains how self-sacrificing Mosk is, and that Eran should do better by him. Eran comforts Mosk, and the trio waits three days in the dome before Gwyn, Augus, and Ash arrive. When Mosk says no one in his party is injured, Eran tells Gwyn that Mosk hurt his magic, badly.

Eran feels useless as they are attacked again by miskatin and Blue Annis on their way out of Oswal-Tay. When Mosk uses his magic to fight the Blue Annis, and accidentally turns it on an innocent family of fae, killing them all, which causes Mosk to close himself off, Eran keeps even closer watch over him. When Augus says that they need to stop somewhere so that Mosk (and the entire party) can rest, Gwyn begrudgingly let them stop in Lavenna. While at the inn, Augus rescues Mosk from Gwyn's questioning and brings him back to Eran, and encourages Eran to touch Mosk more. Eran is still hesitant to touch Mosk overmuch, but gives it a shot, and Eran and Mosk discuss their various issues, including voicing their thoughts to each other more.

As the group approach Arkhel, Eran speaks a little more with Mosk about what happened with Stertes, and things grow a little easier for him, mentally. He also grows increasingly angry at how Gwyn is working Mosk too hard during training, and encourages Mosk to take breaks. When Mosk collapses from exhaustion during training with Gwyn, Eran finally blows up at Gwyn and the rest of the group, yelling at them that he is sick of what Gwyn has done to Mosk and how the others let it happen. Gwyn later apologizes for pushing Mosk so hard and making Eran feel like he has to confront Gwyn about it rather than just speak to him. Gwyn also asks that Eran keep a better eye on both Gwyn and Mosk, to stop them from overdoing things.

When the group stops briefly in Catle, Eran and Mosk imagine their future together. The trows then invite them to visit Trowna, for rest. Eran is afraid of the threshold to enter the underworld kingdom, which is dark and shadowy, though Gwyn and Ash promise it is safe. Once inside, Eran is amazed at how their heights change, and by the sight of Trowna itself. Eran keeps marveling at the kingdom, but is saddened by remembering the loss of his family, and that he can't tell them about Trowna. He tries to focus on resting and appreciating the wonders of Trowna, and taking comfort in being with Mosk. 'He decided that even though he was underground, and couldn’t see the sun, and fire was less common here, he liked Trowna. He liked it more knowing it was a temporary destination.' He watches Mosk and Gwyn train, and even teaches their whole group some of his language. When they learn what Ash's heartsong is and that it is gone, and Ash grieves, Eran fervently, 'prayed to Kabiri that his determination would somehow, *somehow,* see them all through to the other side of what was happening. . . . [He] made an appeal to his sick god to see him well again, to see Ash with a new heartsong, to see Augus healthy, and Mosk secure and safe, and Gwyn hopeful, and Julvia with Ondine once more.'

Eran and Gwyn travel the Trowna market together, and talk about Eran's low self-esteem and sense of uselessness on the journey, particularly considering his capabilities as a fighter. Gwyn is supportive of Eran, and suggests Eran get the golden cuffs for himself and Mosk. Gwyn explains that the cuffs are, 'a bond upon you as well, Eran. It can be a promise if you want it to be. More than just a way to keep him with you.'

Eran offers one of the cuffs to Mosk, saying, ‘This – if you want it – is for you . . . It’s a promise, Mosk. I promise to stop underestimating you. I promise to care for you, and love you, and remember you, even when my fire is so angry it wants to burn the whole world down. I promise that when I rope you to me, I’ll cherish your body properly and look after you. I promise that when I falter, I’ll ask for advice, from you or other people. I promise the knowledge that – even as I am so young, and sometimes so very rash and foolish – I will love you forever, whatever form that love may take.’ Mosk is a bit overwhelmed, but happily accepts the cuff, and Eran wearing his, and notes, ‘I love it,’ . . . He looked past the cuff to Eran instead. ‘I love it so much.’

After leaving Trowna, Mosk tries to practice his magic more, and with Eran's permission, looks into his memories. Mosk is awed by the love Eran experienced in his childhood and prior to the events of *The Ice Plague*, and feels saddened by how unloved he had been his entire life. Eran comforts him.

After Augus attacks Mosk, Eran arrives and stays by Mosk's side after Mosk is treated. Eran comforts Mosk. Mosk insists Eran not be angry with Augus, because 'Augus is hurting' and it wasn't like with Gwyn. When the group arrives in Dharva-in-the-Forest, Gwyn has Mosk and Eran stay in a hut separate from the others at their guesthouse, to protect Mosk from Augus, and them both from Ash, just in case. Eran obtains some sap for Mosk, and gets Gwyn an egg tart. Eran gives Mosk a massage, and they talk about their intimacy and Mosk learning to talk to Eran about things, as well as Eran's anxieties about Stertes.

After leaving Dharva-in-the-Forest, Mosk makes multiple attempts to bring Davix out of and back into the icy realm more easily, and Eran supports him. Eran is alert and worried, but stays watchful while Mosk works. He is shocked when Mosk is able to make Davix visible to him and the others. When Davix mocks Eran and Kabiri, Mosk tells Eran not to listen. After Augus collapsesfrom using his waterweed against Davix, and Ash notes that they have to keep moving, but Gwyn, as one of the only two fighters in their group - along with Mosk - couldn't be distracted by carrying Augus, Eran offers to carry him. Ash says, ‘We may need your fire' and offers to change into the Glashtyn to carry Augus to their next destination. Eran is confused why there is a problem with Ash turning into the Glashtyn, and asks for reassurance from Mosk that it will be okay, but Mosk only said, 'maybe one of us will think of something else in the meantime.’

When an attempt to use a gelding to carry Augus instead fails, and they wait for Ash to change into the Glashtyn, Mosk asks Eran if the whole situation was Mosk's fault for bringing out Davix. Eran reassures him it wasn't. After the Glashtyn appears, Eran is shocked by the Glashtyn's personality and actions, and worries that the Glashtyn will attack Augus while Augus rides on his back. While they travel, Eran becomes a bit dizzy, as 'way the Glashtyn talked reminded Eran of Stertes, and he only realised that belatedly, when he could smell the sea even though there was none nearby. He felt fragile, strange, and made of pieces that wouldn’t melt together to form a whole. And he felt weak, clinging to Mosk’s hand.' Mosk comforts him. Eran tells him, ‘I need you . . . I’m so… I’m so stupidly grateful you’re with me. . . . I mean it'. Mosk comforts him more, and Eran clings to him.

Over the following week traveling with the Glashtyn, the Glashtyn's taunts about assault start giving Eran nightmares. 'Nightmares of Stertes. Nightmares of their first visit to Summervale'. Mosk tries to comfort him, and when Eran says Mosk doesn't have to make the Glashtyn stop, Mosk notes that the Glashtyn is targeting Eran specifically because of Eran's history. When the Glashtyn uses his dra'ocht to cause everyone to be aroused, Eran goes silent. Eran appreciated Mosk's support, and notes, ‘I know things have gotten harder for me recently, but I’m so grateful for you. So happy you’re on this path with me.’

The next day, 'Gwyn and Eran went off hunting together . . . Later, Eran and Gwyn returned with two hares, already gutted, and cleaned. They were spitted and placed over a fire. Eran and Gwyn were talking about hunting techniques and they both seemed in moderately good spirits.' They train together again in Dharnam, where Gwyn begins 'training him in combat and using a sword and a dagger. Mosk and Gwyn both knew Eran wasn’t going to be crucial when they fought Olphix', but it seems to be a good thing for Eran 'to learn more techniques and bond with Gwyn now that he wasn’t pushing them all as hard anymore.'

In their room, Mosk and Eran practice blending their magic together by making a glyph for growth, and the results are far beyond what they expect: they cover the room in fire poppies.

Gwyn later tells Eran that Eran can't be put on the front lines, as it could create a potential distraction for Gwyn, should Eran become injured and/or die. When Eran notes that Gwyn is too hard on himself, he discusses the issue with Mosk, and how they need to protect Gwyn from himself. Eran and Mosk run into a rassel family who invite them over for dinner, and Eran and Mosk bring Gwyn and Julvia along. The family - particularly Mimi - remind Eran of his dead family, and his sisters in particular, and he enjoys the time spent with them. Afterward, when Mosk explains that Gwyn is part of *their* (Mosk, Julvia, and Eran's) family, Eran feels sadness and joy 'for what they were building now'.

Eran is overwhelmed when Mosk wakes up after falling unsconscious from making the fleshfruit, and happy with how Mosk helped save Augus and Ash; he sticks by Mosk's side afterward, helping him to recover.

When Gille Dubh comes to stay with them, Gille Dubh gives Eran a golden ring, and says, ‘A humble thing, that ring . . . Your skin loves gold, aye, and I know ambaros love its golden shine. That golden ring was once an ingot of mine, but better shaped for you, to help your heart and keep you true. To remind you of where you come from.' Eran is delighted by the ring.

When Mosk breaks down in his grief, Eran takes him back to their room to try and comfort him, and when Mosk tries to make *Eran* happy instead, Eran brushes it aside, trying to figure out what is wrong. Mosk finally tells Eran that Mosk hated all that he'd gone through, with his family, with Olphix and Davix, and the taverns afterward where he'd been assaulted and used. He blames himself for breaking the promise with Olphix and Davix, for causing all the deaths from the ice plague, for his family not loving him, and calls himself worthless. At one point Mosk says, ‘I keep trying to help everyone, . . . but sometimes I don’t know if any of them are worth it. And I hurt so much. I hurt so much, all the time. It never stops.’ Eran insists, ‘You were never worthless, bright one. That’s why it hurts so much.’

Eran takes care of Mosk while Mosk slowly recoveres. He also speaks with friends he made in the city, including Fossick, Frieze, and Yborza, who tell him about places to go, and the festival of Evale. When it snows, he travels to the market to get a coat, and goes shopping with Mosk, and ends up bartering with a vendor. He is later overjoyed to run into a large group of desert fae, including ginnaya afrit, nar'il, and lamassa, and spends some time with them, celebrating.

Some time later, after Gwyn gets drunk with Marika and Zudanna, Gwyn comes to Mosk and Eran's room to offer to promote them to Inner Court, for better protection, which they both accept. Eran wants a better chance to live to look after Mosk. The promotion strengthens his magic and his physical strength. When Eran points out that Gwyn now has a Seelie fae on his Inner Court, Gwyn notes that he was Unseelie when he had Albion and Ondine on his Inner Court, and he believes a monarch should have members of both alignments in their Inner Court, anyway. Gwyn also emphasizes that Eran is important to him.

Eran spends a lot of time during Evale among the people of the city and in the markets, making connections, and being around others. At the mourning bonfire itself, he lights the bonfire using blue flames, and sings to the celebrants. Afterward he is weary and sad, even after spending time with Mosk, and later visits the Gancanagh. They talk a bit about Oengus, Ash, Mosk, and the Gancanagh's friendship with Eran. The Gancanagh notes that Eran is more powerful than he used to be, and reminds Eran that he has a beast inside him.

In Zhitovar, when the army runs low on food stores because of their numbers, 'Eran was the one making sure food was as available as possible and keeping the fire strong through the chilly – sometimes snowy – days.' Eran also takes care of Mosk when Mosk becomes overwhelmed by the sheer number of people and the losses they will likely have once battle begins. Eran builds a fire away from the general army camp, and takes Mosk there to get away from it all. They are joined by Augus, Ash, Gwyn, Fenwrel, Gulvi, Julvia, and the Nain Rouge. Eran manages to coax the Nain Rouge into talking a little about dragons.

During the battle with Olphix, Eran stays back with Julvia, worried for everyone, and she reminds him to hold onto his fire. After Olphix and Davix die, Eran watches as Mosk and Julvia use all their gathered powers to create a new Aur forest, destroying themselves in the process. Eran grieves with Gulvi. After the battle, she encourages Eran to come with him for food and rest, but Eran refuses. Eran mourns Mosk and refuses to leave the area, helping to dig graves instead. The soldiers set up a tent for him, but he ignors it for some time, hoping Mosk will return.

After Eran sees that the forest doesn't harm Amhar for cutting down wood for firewood, Eran builds a firepit. He staysin the Aur forest, continuing to mourn and hope for Mosk's return. In the fourth year after the battle with Olphix, Gwyn visits him, weak and recovering still. He entrusts Eran with the Seelie crown, noting that Eran might be King of the Seelie one day. Afterward, Eran begins seeing a white stag in the Aur forest sometimes. In the sixth year after the battle with Olphix, the Raven Prince visits Eran, letting him know that Mosk might return.

In the seventh year after the battle with Olphix, the forest grows a treehouse for Mosk and Eran, which Eran hates, because it is just a reminder that Mosk isn't in it, and he wants Mosk. The next year, Kabiri visits Eran, and brings Eran more eyeliner. Kabiri talks about the dragons, and tells Eran he'll find them one day. In the ninth year, Ondine arrives to greet Julvia when Julvia emerges from the forest. When Eran asks if they knew about Mosk's return, their sadly negative response pushes him back into grieving.

Finally, Mosk reappears, emerging from the mysterious giant fae Eran sometimes saw. Eran helps Mosk reacclimate to being a more regular physical fae again, rather than a forest, and they spend much time in each other's company. Eran also catches Mosk up on all the news Eran knows that Mosk missed while Mosk was a forest. Eventually they move into the treehouse.

Mosk and Eran plan to travel again, and they later talk about Gwyn giving Eran the Seelie crown. When Eran doubts himself, noting that it might have been because Eran was one of Gwyn's few Seelie friends, Mosk points out there are many other Seelie fae Gwyn knows and that he chose Eran because of Eran's 'great potential to be an incredible leader one day.’

Augus and Gwyn come to visit Eran and Mosk for a time, to talk about more news in the world, and just to see them. Mosk and Eran welcom them back into their lives, looking forward to more visits from them.

## Special Abilities

### Fae Abilities

Eran has an innate ability to create and control fire. This includes all aspects of working with fire, including warming and cooling his body temperature, breathing smoke, sparks of flames both at will and when emotionally influenced, particularly by anger. He is able to melt metal and burn wood at will, though he has taken oaths to be responsible about how he uses flame. Eran can also cook, char, or burn any food he likes, which allows him to eat it. He can also leach heat from objects.

### Magical Propensity

Eran has an untrained magical ability with fire, which allows him to do things like change its colour, or recognise the magical signature in the flames of others, such as when Gwyn, Mosk, Augus, Eran and Grip traveled to the destroyed Aur forest, and Eran could immediately tell the fire has been magically created and infused with unique properties. When he was promoted to Inner Court, his magic grew stronger, and Gwyn and Mosk noted that it was elemental magic. The promotion made his magic appear as 'bright yellow and orange colours' swirling across the room.

Eran can use his magic to control his beard length.

### Skills

**Bartering:** Eran is extremely skilled at bartering, having learned from his family. He enjoys bartering and negotiation in all aspects of trade, and frequently is the one to take on trading on behalf of the ensemble.

**Fighting:** Though largely untested, Eran is also a trained fighter. This is seen less and less as it becomes clearer that he doesn't like fighting, and prefers to take on more of a supportive role.

**Kh'anzar:** He is adept with a kh'anzar, a kind of saber.

**Linguistics:** Eran is a skilled multi-linguist, however, most of the languages he speaks are not spoken while he travels with the ensemble group.

**Singing:** Eran has a nice singing voice, and seems to enjoy singing.

**Swimming:** Eran *can* actually swim; his parents made sure he was trained in it.

**Dancing:** Eran is a very good dancer, and knows a great many of them. He can also do veil dances. There are elements of ritual to his dances, such as his belief that at least one was for the dragons, and that he doesn't like to dance where he can't see the sun.

## Relationships

### Ada and Adalia

Eran's sisters would tease 'him until he lost his temper at them, and they fled giggling from him,' whereupon their mother would reprimand Eran for not being nicer and the twins for niggling. But they also said Eran made good fires, to encourage him. Eran cherished his sisters, and loved them so intensely that he still gets more emotional talking about their deaths than the deaths of any other member of his family. He used to read them stories.

### Adali

Eran and his mother were close, and they shared a similar nature. Eran believes his mother would be disappointed in Eran's delight in thinking of torturing Mosk. He often thinks of her when he doubts his actions. He used to give her massages.

### Albion

During *The Court of Five Thrones*, Albion had Eran brought in for interrogation, partially as a maneuver to fracture the Afrit-Ambaros cabal. Mikkel said that Albion didn't like Eran much, likely due to the fact that Eran wouldn't abandon his family. When Albion later appeared on the Mantissa, Eran was terrified of him, partially due to recent events and Eran's ongoing struggle with traveling on the sea, but also because of Albion's use of his powers and his true-form. Eran finds him terrifying even in his human-form. Albion later tried to comfort Eran while Eran was struggling on land.

### Amhar

Although Eran is overjoyed to see another fire fae in Many Meadows, and thinks the experience is almost dream-like, Amhar's comment about Kabiri *only* having a hybrid left is cutting. Eran is very grateful for Amhar's help, and glad to know that other fire fae are alive and gathering. The two by and large get along in the encounter, and it gives Eran at least a little hope. Amhar's return visit after the battle with Olphix and desire to visit again seems to indicate Amhar still holds affection for Eran.

### Ash Glashtyn

Ash noted that Eran is great and he likes Eran a lot. Ash looks out for Eran's welfare when possible, or tries to. Eran was friendly towards Ash aboard the Mantissa, and often sought him out for support, but has maintained a distance from him recently, out of fear of talking about his mental health. Eran was shocked by the Glashtyn, to the point that he 'was beginning to wonder how any of them had trusted Ash so readily, knowing this was always inside of him.'

### Augus Each Uisge

Eran started out treating Augus with some hostility, but as they got to know each other, they grew quite close. They both watch over the other's health. Augus in turn gives Eran advice on how to be a good and responsible dominant towards Mosk, and he's adept at handling and channeling Eran's anger and rage. Augus noted on the Mantissa that he likes Eran, and enjoys his company, and finds the way Eran views the world refreshing.

### Awan

Awan seemed about as polite towards Eran as he was towards any guest on the ship, and was unashamed of being blunt about his opinions around Eran, as well. Eran was polite towards him.

### Churielle

Churielle was a companion and guide for Mosk and Eran on the Mantissa. Eran liked her. She also tried to help him when Stertes took Eran's fire away.

### Davix

Davix finds Eran interesting because hybrids are rare, but is also incredibly patronizing towards him, particularly in his beliefs concerning Kabiri.

### Fenwrel the Mouse-Maiden

Fenwrel has been kind to Eran on multiple occasions, but is quick to put him in his place. Eran is terrified of the power she possesses, and was deeply traumatized by her muting his fire. Fenwrel also acknowledged his abilities, and knows he is strong, and carrying a difficult burden of his own. She said that Eran is a 'good, if foolish man.' They seemed to reconcile a bit before the battle with Olphix.

### Field

Eran enjoyed talking and flirting with Field, and found it a nice break from everything terrible that was happening. Field returned his interest.

### The Gancanagh

Eran hates the Gancanagh's glamour and how it manipulates him, as Eran views it as a version of assault. The Gancanagh seemed to enjoy messing with him, but also comforted him on numerous occasions, which Eran appreciated.

### Grip

Eran dislikes and is a little scared of Grip, due to Grip's size, Grip's ice - which Eran dislikes as a fire fae, and it reminds Eran of the ice plague - and Mosk mocking him by saying jaatikokoira eat fire fae.

### Gulvi Dubna Vajat

Although Eran and Gulvi don't spend much time together in the story, Gulvi comforted Eran after the battle with Olphix, as they both mourned their lost loved ones, and Gulvi looked out for him in the ways she could over the years Eran waited in the Aur forest.

### Gwyn ap Nudd

Initially, Gwyn cared very little for Eran, and it was only when Kabiri bound them together that Gwyn began to take more of an interest in Eran's life. Although Eran was initially hostile to Gwyn (as the 'Traitor King', as well as what Gwyn did to Eran's family after Ifir's mutiny), and Gwyn didn't think much of the rather insignificant and insulting Seelie fae, Gwyn became a sort of mentor/replacement father figure for Eran. Gwyn noted, late in their journey, that he would kill on Eran's behalf, due to that care. Eran cares greatly about Gwyn's opinion, but still finds him intimidating.

### The King of the Forest

Although they didn't interact, the King of the Forest seemed to show himself to Eran in the second Aur forest, after Gwyn gave Eran the Seelie crown to safeguard.

### Ifir

Eran and his father sometimes had a 'thorny relationship', but 'his acceptance of Eran was sometimes so clear, so bright. Eran had never been able to offer the same in return. It’d been hard, to be a young, Seelie child around the war-hardened marid-djinn. The ones that gloated about how many Seelie kills they had behind them, some of them even stepping up that kind of talk just because Eran was there to hear it. . . . [T]hey’d do it to Eran just to see how he’d react.' Ifir hated that Eran only referred to Gwyn as the Traitor King. Eran wished to be more like his father than his mother.

### Julvia Dubna Vajat

Eran was shocked when Julvia reached out to empathize with him over the loss of his family. She offered to talk to him more, if he needed someone to confide in, and often stayed at his side. Eran has also comforted Julvia over leaving Ondine. Julvia often tries to comfort Eran after they leave the Mantissa, although she is often brushed off as Eran struggles to deal with his encounters with Stertes and the general state of his life. Julvia strongly encouraged Eran to do better by Mosk.

### Kabiri

Eran is beloved of Kabiri, and has been chosen and blessed by him, and claimed completely. Eran worships Kabiri, and theirs is a relationship of love, compassion and love of fire. The fact that Kabiri claimed him, fully, has been a great comfort to him. Kabiri called Eran his favorite.

### Luridan

Eran seems to have a better opinion of Luridan's temperament, after getting to know him better, but also disproved of Luridan's lying. Luridan seems friendly enough towards Eran, and was happy to share tales with him, though he called Eran 'grumpy'.

### Mikkel

Eran found Mikkel 'flippant, even callous' during Mikkel's interrogation of Eran, and found the entire experience deeply upsetting and uncomfortable. He originally believed Mikkel could have done anything with his life, but when Gwyn explained that Readers are kidnapped and tortured into obedience to do what they do, Eran seemed chastened. Eran was also still angry that Mikkel betrayed the Seelie Court by serving as Gwyn's informant.

### Mimi

Mimi seemed to warm up to Eran after he played with her, and even felt comfortable enough to fall asleep in his lap. She reminded Eran of his sisters, Ada and Adalia.

### Mosk Manytrees

Eran is Mosk's partner and his dominant: he likes to make Mosk submit to him, and enjoys rendering Mosk helpless so Eran can take care of him. Eran feels protective towards Mosk, despite the fact that by *The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague*, Mosk is the stronger one in terms of raw power, and in some cases, emotional resilience. They have a complicated relationship, as they first started out as enemies who wanted to kill each other, and Mosk was initially Eran's captive, which is something - alongside pimping him out for one evening - Eran still feels guilt over. Eran cares for Mosk, but is also afraid for him (and of him), and concerned for how powerful he's becoming. Ultimately, Eran is Mosk's lover, friend and ally, and has been a guiding force in his life, helping him to open up and come out of his shell. Mosk has become more supportive over time, and wants to protect not only Eran, but also Eran's connection to his family and his heritage.

### King Oengus Og

Eran liked Oengus, learned a great deal from him, and offered funereal rites after his passing. Oengus seemed to appreciate Eran's curiosity to some extent.

### Ondine

Ondine met Eran later than the others of his party, as Eran was unconscious when he first boarded the Mantissa. But she tried to comfort him when he was terrified of the sea. She's the one who helped encourage him to explore. Ondine said she likes him.

### The Raven Prince

'Eran didn’t talk to him, found him both intimidating and rude, and knew the Raven Prince didn’t want much to do with him.' Though the Raven Prince later admitted to regretting not getting to know Eran better.

### Stertes

Stertes finds Eran to be a marvel from the get-go. Eran dislikes Stertes after the latter sleeps with and hurts Mosk, and tries to warn Stertes off when the merkhanwe next approaches Eran. Stertes finds this amusing and teases him, seeing Eran's refusal to associate with him as a challenge. Stertes' harassment quickly escalates, culminating in Stertes cornering and assaulting Eran. From nullifying Eran's fire and making him feel like he is dying, to eventually sexually assaulting him, Stertes has, thus far, frightened Eran more than any other fae that they've encountered, and Eran still has post-trauma symptoms as a result of his encounter with Stertes.

### Vhadi

Eran said that 'Vhadi and I were never that close . . . But sometimes Vhadi would decide to cook tahdig because he never thought mother made enough.' According to Eran, Vhadi didn't quite know how to treat Eran, as Eran is Seelie. Sometimes, Eran would massage Vhadi's shoulders 'back when he returned from battle, even if [they] were at odds and didn’t always know how to speak without fighting'. Eran is ashamed that he thinks more of his sisters than Vhadi.

## Quotations

* 'Is it insult when it’s true?’ the Traitor King said coldly. ‘When the King of the Atlantic fails to follow through as King of the Seelie? When his factions engage in lesser skirmishes and his Court is ruled by sea fae who decry the existence of land fae? Do you think he would even like you, if he met you? You have been bred on the fat of the land – as he would put it – and you have a power that is useless in the saltwater of his home. What did you expect, Eran? Your valour to be cherished? A pat on the head and to be told that you’re a good boy? I honestly thought that the son of Ifir and Adali would have shown some ability to grow up. I recommend you do it, or I’ll have Augus compel you to keep your mouth shut.'
* 'He thought he’d be more upset, but as he wrapped his hands around Mosk’s chain, feeling the metal and the quality of it, he was almost devastated by the hugeness of the relief that coursed through him. He didn’t want to be killed like this, but he was so tired. He’d only proven to himself, on this journey, that he understood little, and that not many people cared about the plight of his family. But the Unseelie fae seemed to care, enough that they might at least stand a chance of stopping the ice one day.'
* To Gwyn and Augus, about Mosk: 'Maybe if you want him to volunteer information to you in the future, stop using the compulsions on him. If he used to be gentle and shy, then like, why not treat him like he used to be that?'
* 'Be easier on yourself,’ Oengus said. ‘You are only now forming into lines and stanzas, and the early measure of your life is already too heartbreaking. A young lad with a life full of laughter in the desert under those bright, bright stars, who lost his fiery family to ice and wanders the world determined to set it to rights. Eran Iliakambar, if there is a line that follows that sounds like this: ‘In all his desperation, he did things he had no cause to be proud of as he learned what it was to be a hero,’ it is only a step on a ladder.'
* 'I thought I was going to be someone,’ Eran said, laughing. Then he made himself stand, because he was being pathetic, like Mosk had said.'
* The Gancanagh: 'Afrit and ambaros, vanishingly rare, a real hybrid… Don’t forget the things that make you who you are. Whether it’s tea with friends, making flames, running across the sands under galaxies.'
* 'You don’t take responsibility for something unless you’re willing to see it through to the end. You don’t offer care just because it seems like a fun thing to do in the moment, or because tiny little faces are tugging at your heartstrings. You…commit to it. That’s what care is. Not just one moment of sharing your bed with some weanlings, but doing it even when you’re tired and have too many chores.'
* Ifir: Sometimes, Eran, not always – but sometimes – you can combine two things and make something stronger, maybe even better. That’s how you were made.'
* Fenwrel: 'You run towards your death. I don't want you to. . . . What you carry is not nothing.'
* 'Yes . . . I am stupid after all, aren’t I, Mosk? Because you keep playing me for a fool, because you’re too devolved to be a regular, normal fae. You’re a project, and I’m not up for projects right now. Not when our lives are at risk all the time, not when you make it harder, and worse, just because you can. Is it so bad that I just want to have a good time, sometimes? You don’t even try, do you?'
* Mosk to Ash, about Eran: 'I just want people to take care of him. Because, like, he’s very strong-minded and determined about things, but he lost his family, and he’s a fire fae on the sea. Like, I know he talks to Augus sometimes, about stuff, but I just think he needs people looking out for him.’ *And I can’t do it*.'
* Augus: 'Eran, my innocent little dove, you are playing yourself for a fool. You underestimate him, but maybe you underestimate your own capacity to be cruel and mean. The things you said to him were designed to cut him out of your life as brutally and efficiently as possible. He came to you and offered his heart up on a platter when he told you of his apparent crime, and yes, that hurt badly, but you returned the favour. I don’t think you let him get away with anything when you don’t want him to. You decide to let your anger take your control of the situation away from you. It’s not smart.'
* 'I want to hate you,’ he whispered. ‘But I can’t. You want me to hate you. But I can’t. Please be safe, Mosk. Wherever you are.'
* 'I love you,’ Eran said, laughing after saying it, because it had been true for a while. He held on harder to Mosk’s wrist, at the way he tensed. ‘And we are two people who have lost everything, in different ways, and this is going to hurt sometimes. But the best moments I’ve had on this journey, nearly all of them have been with you.'
* 'You make me want to grow. And to…meet you where you are, and help us both go forward. I’m doing a terrible job of explaining it. I feel a kind of…intense, scary thing when I’m with you sometimes. And it is scary! You can hurt me like no one else can because I care so much about what you think. But then, you can make me happy like no one else has, because of that care. And I don’t know what makes that love instead of just…liking someone. Whether it’s intensity or frequency, I’ve never thought about it before.'
* Mosk: 'No one has cared about you or anything to do with you for months! Gwyn never wanted you on this journey in the first place, you know. Kabiri made him. They were going to take me and leave you behind! How was I supposed to know that Gwyn would suddenly give a shit, because of some binding between you and him and Kabiri that you all never talk about?'
* To Mosk: 'I can feel myself trying to make what happened to me small, make it insignificant against the light of what happened to you. It’s like comparing a candle to a blaze. . . . But a candle is still important. I’m scared to look at it right now. Properly. And you didn’t seem like yourself when you killed him. Or when you stood up to Gwyn. I know that it’s you. I know that part of you is also you. But don’t you see? You haven’t been my soft, gentle Mosk since then. What if you kill that part of yourself, trying to protect me? Trying to protect us?'
* To Mosk: ‘Do you know how easy it is to love you now that I know how?’
* To Mosk: ‘I wish you could see what I see,’ Eran said. ‘And I hate, so much, that I helped you feel this way. I hate that I’ve been so inconsistent. It’s hard for me to take charge again like I used to, I worry that I’ll hurt you the way I’ve been hurt. Because I’ve hurt you before.’
* To Mosk: ‘I wish none of it had ever happened,’ Eran said into a gap between his fingers. ‘So I don’t talk about it.’
* To Mosk: ‘It’s a song of warmth,’ Eran said. ‘Of sharing. Yes, it’s about the fire, but it’s a song about how fires help us gather around each other, a focal point of light and heat that we can all focus on. So we love the fire because it allows us to love each other.’
* Mosk: ‘My voice isn’t like yours, Eran.’ ‘I know, it’s *your* voice. I want to hear *you* sing.’
* ‘I don’t want to *hear* it,’ Eran shouted. ‘All that stands between us and the end of the world? Well, I have some news for you: if Mosk is the one that stands between us and the end of the world, then maybe we *all deserve to die!* Maybe you and all of the fae before you failed! And you can’t put that on him! You can’t put that on him! . . . All of you should have been focusing on Olphix and Davix long before now . . . And then all the fae before you, and before them, and before *them* should have done it. This isn’t up to some two hundred year old fae who lost his family, lost everything, and is now being treated like he’s expendable because you failed! Because *you* failed! If everything is down to him, Gwyn ap Nudd, then we’re all already dead. I’m not going to watch you destroy him to satisfy some fear or insecurity in yourself. He’s a *person,* and by Kabiri, I’m not going to let you treat him like this anymore. . . . If you lose everything that makes you care for others before we even get to Olphix, then you’ve already lost this battle . . . If you’re doing this to save the world, I don’t want to know what kind of world it’s going to be if you’re the King of all of us, and you treat him – one of the most vulnerable of *all* of us – like this. . . . You disgust me, and he deserves better than you. I don’t want you to have anything to do with him until you sort yourself out. You owe him – and me – an apology. And if you don’t find a way to do better, we will *leave.* I don’t care about your stupid end of the world, I don’t even care about Olphix, I’d rather have a good few weeks or months with him, than whatever you’re doing.’
* To Mosk: ‘I was scared for you, scared for all of us. And I was so angry, Mosk. I’m sorry I get so angry sometimes. I don’t think it will ever stop, but I can try and make sure I’m using it for the right reasons. I don’t ever want to hurt you with it again.’
* 'He wondered what it must have been like for Gwyn to have travelled so many places, to have learned so many languages. And Gwyn didn’t have a family to come home and tell those stories to, even when his family had been alive. It kindled a greater respect in his chest, a stronger flame curling and burning bright. For Gwyn had still found all those adventures for himself, even though he must have been one of the loneliest people, for such a long time. . . . He wondered what it might be like to travel with Gwyn at a time when their lives weren’t in danger. Maybe one day, if he felt brave enough, if they survived, he’d ask about it.'
* To Mosk: ‘I love you,’ Eran said roughly. ‘I love you and I like you and I need you. I couldn’t do any of this without you.’
* To Mosk: 'I can lift you up if you like.’ . . . ‘You already do that,’ Mosk said.
* Gwyn to Eran: ‘Yet you were integral when we battled on the coast before the Mantissa saved us. You’ve been invaluable to Mosk. You’ve been a succour to Augus and Ash.’
* To Gwyn: 'Back in Aram’Kelton, I used to think that I was young and had a lot to learn, but I still saw myself as having good control of my anger, and being a smiling, kind person always. But I’d never been pushed, I’d never truly suffered anything difficult in my life. As soon as I was put to a real flame, I buckled. I treated him badly, I can’t fight off enemies the way I want to, and I don’t even seem to really…*want* to.’
* ‘By Kabiri, the things I would do for you,’ Eran breathed. ‘I’d build a house for us. A home. I’d invite everyone I’d ever met to see how beautiful you are. I’m not the warrior I thought I’d be, and I don’t know that I’m… I don’t know that I’m enough for-’ Mosk placed fingertips on Eran’s hand where it rested over the cuff in the box. ‘I don’t know if you always felt this way,’ Mosk said, ‘but you’re enough, Eran.’ ‘I want to get better at taking care of you.’ ‘I mean, I feel the same way,’ Mosk said, a single burst of laughter sounding more like a sob.
* To Mosk: ‘I’m always with you,’ Eran said. ‘Always. Okay? And if I’m ever being a complete ass, maybe you’ll be able to remember that I am trying to grow towards a nurturing, gentle love. I’m doing my best.’
* To Mosk: ‘I think you could learn to be happier. . . . Just by living your life on your own terms, you’re learning,’ Eran said. ‘Even if you don’t feel it yet.’
* To Mosk: '[Oengus] said when they made tales of me, the bad things in my life will only ever be a line in a song. A step on a ladder. That’s all this is, Mosk. It’s a line in a song. This verse might be sad. But the next one might not be. . . . You’ll recover,’ Eran said. ‘And I’ll be here. And we won’t abandon Augus, or any of them. Gwyn isn’t using us anymore. It’s already changing, Mosk. And if you can’t feel it right now, then don’t. Just rest. Okay? Can you do that for me?’
* 'Eran had a grim look of determination on his face, like he was going to fix everything through willpower alone.'
* ‘Remember when you never talked to me about *anything?’* Eran said, pressing his lips to Mosk’s shoulder. ‘This is so great. You’ve learned so much. You’re amazing, Mosk. Look, it’s not lazy to have preferences.
* To Mosk: ‘Stertes made me well-acquainted with caution,’ Eran said roughly. ‘It’s been harder to throw myself into it all, and I’ve made more mistakes since then.'
* To Mosk: 'One of the most powerful people I’ve ever met, and you’re mine.'
* To Mosk: 'If this journey is going to change us, maybe we can choose how it changes us.’
* Mosk: ‘Even you didn’t like that I killed Stertes.’ ‘I didn’t like that you seemed so happy and uncaring about it,’ Eran said, his voice low, and then he clutched Mosk tighter. ‘Mosk, I am *really* glad you killed him. I don’t know how I’d be if he was still alive in the world. I felt- Even after, I felt like I’d never escape him.’
* Mosk: 'Eran was like the sun, blinding and too-bright and easily overwhelming. But Mosk realised he was more than that too, he illuminated a landscape Mosk had never seen before. Shadows receded and it was like learning that meadows existed for the first time, all those flowers dependent on the sun to live.'
* To Mosk: ‘He’s so *good,* isn’t he?’ Davix said, scrutinising Eran. . . . ‘Hybrids are rare. They’re not special like seventh sons of seventh sons, but still, rare. Maybe you could place him in a museum?’
* ‘Does…anyone want to learn more of the ambaros language?’ Eran asked hesitantly, desperate for a distraction. ‘Yes,’ Mosk said, his eyes brightening. ‘Please.’ ‘Me too,’ Julvia said. ‘Will you teach me how to swear?’ ‘Honestly…yes, I think we could all do with that, right now.’
* [Eran]: '‘My little flame, we didn’t know. And you’re trying to learn ways to help us defeat Olphix. You need to learn them.’ Mosk looked at him with naked and surprised gratitude, like Eran was the last person he expected that kind of support from. Eran had spent a lot of this journey criticising Mosk’s use of his magic, he’d been unfair. He was intimidated by Mosk’s magical powers, and more than that, scared of the idea that the weight of their future might rest in Mosk’s hands. Eran wanted to explain to the whole world – the universe if necessary – that Mosk had been through enough already. But criticising Mosk for using his magic too often wasn’t the answer.'
* [Mosk]: '‘I just- If you could see yourself, Eran. You’re so beautiful, and so strong.’ ‘I don’t feel strong today.’ ‘I don’t think you have to feel it to be it,’ Mosk said, threading his fingers between Eran’s and clasping his hand. ‘You’re noble, and brave. You’re like…a jewel, or some amber deity come to life. No wonder the ambaros looked after the dragons, who else would be good enough?’ It was a gift so profound, delivered so easily. Eran’s throat tightened, his eyes sheened with tears, and with a single yank he pulled Mosk tight against his chest and pressed his face against the side of Mosk’s head. He smelled like pine and soil and greenness, like sweat and life and warmth.'
* To Mosk: 'Last time, I didn’t feel your magic in the same way. I was aware of the reaction in you, but this time… Mosk, you’re *amazing.* Thank you for letting me share this with you.’
* To Mosk: ‘You have no idea,’ Eran said. ‘You have no idea how much more kindness is in store for you. . . . I’ll never stop finding new ways to love you.’
* Gwyn to Eran: ‘You’re not a fighter, even if you can do the moves,’ Gwyn said, but smiled. ‘I prefer it. I wonder if your father knew.’
* ‘I worry for what I’ve introduced you to,’ Mosk said. [Eran]:‘What? More self-restraint? A better sense of who I am? Learning that I can be strong for someone else in a way I couldn’t have imagined in the past? A love that is so large I wonder how it doesn’t spill out of me in flames?'
* 'Mosk shuddered and had to withdraw, and Eran let him, and in that moment, Mosk loved him more for that one gesture than almost anything else.'
* To Mosk: ‘You don’t have to get me anything, little tree,’ Eran said. ‘You’re my gift.’
* Gwyn: 'For you have been many things to me, Eran, including an advisor at times. I have no regrets, having a Seelie fae on my Inner Court. I hope you have none, yourself.’ ‘I… No,’ Eran said slowly. ‘I don’t regret it. But I’m just- I’m… I’m not like Mosk.’ . . . ‘No,’ Gwyn said, his smile broadening. ‘You are like yourself, and the ladder you climb is a noble one, Eran Iliakambar.’
* 'Mosk stood strong, made that way because of Eran standing before him, because of Eran’s belief.'
* To Mosk: ‘The past will come, and it will do what it does in nightmares, or on the sadder, bleaker days, but what is it against what I’ve gained? Some of my grief lives in the present, but my hope is here too, and my love, my home and friends and family. So I don’t care anymore,’ Eran said, smiling at Augus and Gwyn. ‘Maybe it’s not like that for everyone, I know not everyone has it so easy. But I’ve been enjoying it, you know. This time we have.’

## Trivia

* The Caspian Lion is a moniker given to him back in his homeland, that refers to how fierce and skilled he is at hunting.
* Eran is 222 years old at the start of *The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.*
* During the war between the Seelie Court and Unseelie Court in *The Court of Five Thrones*, Albion requested Eran's presence for a private discussion, and possible interrogation, as part of threatening the Ambaros-Marid Djinn cabal. Mikkel was present for the interrogation.
* Times when Gwyn has seemingly experienced some aspect of Eran's physical pain:
	+ When the Miskatin injured Eran
	+ During the fight on the beach, when Eran was shot in the leg
	+ Stertes' assault
	+ When Eran was near-fatally wounded in Oswal-Tay
* Although Seelie are known as fae who don't steal, Eran found a loophole around it by taking the Miskatin's stolen goods.
* Despite disliking Gulvi Dubna Vajat's feint with Eran's sisters, Eran admires Gulvi's wings.
* Eran is an exploration of the reality of Seelie fae: although he cannot knowingly lie aloud, he lies to himself, and walks around the truth when talking to others. He can also steal, so long as he's creative about it.
* Eran noted that as a child, at least some of their games involved setting each other on fire.
* One of Eran's hounds was named Char.

## Folklore/Mythology

In Islamic mythology, the marid are a type of Shaitan, or evil spirit, whose name comes from the word for rebellious or recalcitrant. They are sometimes referred to interchangeably with the afrit, also known as the ifrit, efreet, or afreet, who are a powerful type of demon.

Afrit are well known underworld demonic figures from Islamic mythology. Despite being associated with the word jinn (djinn), they have been considered separate beings from each other in Moroccan and and other cultures. Whereas in Fae Tales they are rolled into one kind of fae with different subspecies.

The use of the word djinn indicates that marid-djinn are connected to more stereotypical genies, and the djinn of mythology.

## Image Gallery

Fanart of Eran Iliakambar by Suis0u https://suis0u.tumblr.com/post/617037556028145664/eran-iliakambar-lovely-fire-boy-and-character-byArt of Mosk Manytrees and Eran Iliakambar by Em / Papayaparty https://thedoublepp.tumblr.com/post/179101131651/part-1-of-my-commission-for-the-amazing-pia-moskFanart of Eran Iliakambar and Mosk Manytrees by Suis0u https://suis0u.tumblr.com/post/183791311858/i-love-these-boys-both-characters-byFanart of Eran Iliakambar by intheendlessbluewine https://intheendlessbluewine.tumblr.com/post/617075467483217920/hot-boys-club-ft-eran-or-i-liked-the-one-leg-ofFanart of Mosk Manytrees and Eran Iliakambar by intheendlessbluewine from "The Ice Book: Book 2 - The Seething Seas", Chapter 1: The Past Reivisted https://intheendlessbluewine.tumblr.com/post/181252892884/when-your-hot-bed-ridden-bf-cant-maintain-hisFanart of Eran Iliakambar and Mosk Manytrees by intheendlessbluewine https://intheendlessbluewine.tumblr.com/post/182622242879/committing-to-this-revision-because-i-am-wayFanart of Eran Iliakambar and his true-form by intheendlessbluewine https://intheendlessbluewine.tumblr.com/post/616413415754301440/eran-just-needed-some-love-okay-alsoFanart of Mosk Manytrees and Eran Iliakambar by intheendlessbluewine https://intheendlessbluewine.tumblr.com/post/615584744610086912/the-babesssss-gotta-love-that-good-relationshipFanart of Eran Iliakambar's true-form by Em / Papayaparty https://thedoublepp.tumblr.com/post/179851252086/dont-look-concept-for-erans-true-form-i-loveFanart of Eran Iliakambar in true-form with Mosk Manytrees by intheendlessbluewine https://intheendlessbluewine.tumblr.com/post/614163866031718400/who-knew-id-like-this-way-better-with-traditionalFanart of Eran Iliakambar by intheendlessbluewine https://intheendlessbluewine.tumblr.com/post/190147164334/more-colour-practice-ft-eran-go-read-everythingFanart of Eran Iliakambar and Mosk Manytrees kissing by intheendlessbluewine https://intheendlessbluewine.tumblr.com/post/189622699269/not-poignant-youve-hurt-us-now-please-comfortFanart of Eran Iliakambar in true-form with Mosk Manytrees by intheendlessbluewine https://intheendlessbluewine.tumblr.com/post/182834728719/the-obsession-continues-dying-at-that-lastFanart of Eran Iliakambar in true-form and Mosk Manytrees by intheendlessbluewine https://intheendlessbluewine.tumblr.com/post/182648372694/he-looked-if-you-want-to-see-a-bunch-of-monstersCrochet plush of Eran Iliakambar in true-form by Ace https://www.instagram.com/p/B9jrU8PqtEH/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_linkFanart of Mosk Manytrees with the verkhwin shell and Eran Iliakambar by intheendlessbluewine https://intheendlessbluewine.tumblr.com/post/179883367059/softsoftsofts-caution-hott-thanks-again-forFanart of Eran Iliakambar and Mosk Manytrees dancing by intheendlessbluewine https://intheendlessbluewine.tumblr.com/post/179388674779/v-prancy-thank-you-not-poignant-for-these-softFanart of Eran Iliakambar by intheendlessbluewine https://intheendlessbluewine.tumblr.com/post/178519081859/that-mood-mood-fire-boi-is-also-not-poignant-sFanart of Eran Iliakambar holding Mosk Manytrees by intheendlessbluewine https://intheendlessbluewine.tumblr.com/post/171662173409/good-boys-curtesy-of-not-poignantFanart of Eran Iliakambar by Chi-Arts https://chi-arts.tumblr.com/post/180212956080/i-need-all-of-you-to-go-and-read-the-ice-plague-byFanart of Mosk Manytrees and Eran Iliakambar by Chi-Arts https://chi-arts.tumblr.com/post/176449880435/i-wanted-to-practice-a-cartoonish-style-and-seemsFanart of Mosk Manytrees' and Eran Iliakambar's eyes by Chi-Arts https://dabbinghawks.tumblr.com/post/168692531896/quick-eye-practice-that-somehow-turned-into-moskFanart of Eran Iliakambar by Stephanie Axberg (@RainbowWhimsy) from "The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas", Chapter 10: Veils https://rainbowwhimsyart.tumblr.com/post/186454497088/so-today-i-spent-a-little-bit-of-time-working-onFanart of Eran Iliakambar by inkyrobotsparks https://inkysparksart-blog.tumblr.com/post/182926397556/i-had-to-after-having-painted-augusgwyn-andFanart of Mosk Manytrees and Eran Iliakambar under a fire-colored blanket by bluedooratthebeach https://bluedooratthebeach.tumblr.com/post/665448787604570112/eran-and-mosk-eran-and-mosk-eran-and-mosk-eran-andFanart of Gwyn ap Nudd, Augus Each Uisge, Mosk Manytrees, and Eran Iliakambar leaning on each other by justsomeperson1920 https://www.instagram.com/justsomeperson1920/Fanart of Eran Iliakambar with a group of baby kratel gazelles by justsomeperson1920 https://www.instagram.com/justsomeperson1920/
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49. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 6 September 2018. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/37093806. Chapter 28: Like Batteries.
50. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 19 October 2018. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/38607599. Chapter 32: Somewhere Safe.
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55. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 5 July 2019. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/46372144. Chapter 9: Lies of Omission.
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57. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 15 August 2019. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/48027538. Chapter 12: A Liar and the Truth.
58. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 11 October 2019. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/49893731. Chapter 16: Rejection.
59. ↑ 59.0 59.1 59.2 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 21 November 2019. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/51287020. Chapter 19: Evolutions.
60. ↑ 60.0 60.1 60.2 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 12 December 2019. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/51951565. Chapter 21: Reaffirmation.
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62. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 20 February 2020. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/54544681. Chapter 26: In a Dark And Quiet Place.
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64. ↑ 64.0 64.1 64.2 64.3 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 19 March 2020. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/55596259. Chapter 28: Farewell.
65. ↑ 65.0 65.1 65.2 65.3 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 2 April 2020. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/56194975. Chapter 29: Fury Unleashed.
66. ↑ 66.0 66.1 66.2 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 14 May 2020. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/58235365. Chapter 32: The Dual-King.
67. ↑ 67.0 67.1 67.2 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 2 - The Seething Seas.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 28 May 2020. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17959874/chapters/58918213. Chapter 33: End of an Era.
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72. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 17 December 2020. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/68919276. Chapter 9: Oswal-Tay.
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74. ↑ 74.0 74.1 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 15 January 2021. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/70548654. Chapter 11: Debts Unclaimed.
75. ↑ 75.0 75.1 75.2 75.3 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 5 August 2021. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/82025380. Chapter 12: Come Back To Me.
76. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 30 September 2021. https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/85040659. Chapter 16: Trowna.
77. ↑ 77.0 77.1 77.2 77.3 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 28 October 2021. https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/86595049. Chapter 18: The Silent Dances.
78. ↑ 78.0 78.1 78.2 78.3 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 9 December 2021. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/88760557. Chapter 21: Hungers.
79. ↑ 79.0 79.1 79.2 79.3 79.4 79.5 79.6 79.7 79.8 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 23 December 2021. https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/89500210. Chapter 22: Just For Us.
80. ↑ 80.0 80.1 80.2 80.3 80.4 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 6 January 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/90349834. Chapter 23: Collapse.
81. ↑ 81.0 81.1 81.2 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 3 February 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/91940740. Chapter 25: Monsters Within Monsters.
82. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 3 February 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/91940740. Chapter 25: Monsters Within Monsters.
83. ↑ 83.0 83.1 83.2 83.3 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 17 February 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/92776732. Chapter 26: It's Love.
84. ↑ 84.0 84.1 84.2 84.3 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 17 March 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/94345423. Chapter 28: Family.
85. ↑ 85.0 85.1 85.2 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 28 April 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/96646797. Chapter 31: Two Hundred Years.
86. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 26 May 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/98170593. Chapter 33: Soul Crying.
87. ↑ 87.0 87.1 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 9 June 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/98951628. Chapter 34: Our Losses - Our Gains.
88. ↑ 88.0 88.1 88.2 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 21 July 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/101357655. Chapter 37: This Is My Power.
89. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 3 August 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/102149304. Chapter 39: Impossible Things.
90. ↑ 90.0 90.1 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 16 February 2018. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/31475208. Chapter 15: Isn't This Better?
91. ↑ 91.0 91.1 not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 22 October 2021. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/66297152. Chapter 5: The Dryad and the King.
92. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 1 - The Forest of Fire.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 10 August 2018. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12036105/chapters/36302208. Chapter 26: A Familiar Blue.
93. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Ice Plague: Book 3 - The Ice Plague.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 3 March 2022. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26266345/chapters/93567520. Chapter 27: Sweet Torments.
94. ↑ not\_poignant. “The Court of Five Thrones.” *The Fae Tales Verse. Archive of Our Own,* 19 June 2015. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1749290/chapters/9397818. Chapter 48: Exploration.
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