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Contents
I. General likes
II. DNWs
III. Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
IV. The Locked Tomb Trilogy
V. October Daye Series

Likes:
-adventure
-mystery
-intrigue
-supernatural creatures
-creative use of a character's powers/setting-specific magic
-characters delving into things humanity was not meant to know
-resurrection gone wrong
-canon divergence/'for want of a nail' scenarios
-eldritch horrors
-alien environments
-Peggy Sue fic
-time loops
-bargains with devils/fae/other things that oughtn't be bargained with
-five times fic
-characters grappling with personal loyalty vs duty/ethics/morality
-characters grappling with betrayal

I'm fine with crossovers or fusions between my requested fandoms. I'm fine with angst, character death, and sad or bittersweet endings.

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DNWs:
-incest
-non-con
-dub-con
-focus on gender or sexuality
-bigotry beyond what is shown to be typical in the canon universe
-unrequested noncanon ships (non-specific mentions of prior relationships are fine, OC/OC couples meant to facilitate plot are fine)
-focus on unrequested canon ships
-slice of life and/or conflictless fluff
-PWP
-mundane AUs
-kink AUs (Omegaverse, D/s AUs, etc.)
-crossovers with unrequested canons
-parasitic infestations
-graphic descriptions of vomit, urine, or feces
-smut involving characters below 16 years of age

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Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Characters: Alexandra Roivas

What I'm mainly interested in here is what happens next. Alex goes from being a fairly ordinary grad student, albeit one who occasionally has prophetic nightmares, to finding out about the lurking horrors that have threaded their creeping tendrils all through human history, fighting an ancient lich, and summoning an elder god. Returning back to normal life in the aftermath seems unlikely to be successful.

The prompts below are just to give you an idea of what sort of stories I might be interested in. Please don't feel like you're required to follow them if none of them strikes your fancy.

Prompts
-In the aftermath of her final confrontation with Pious Augustus, Alex begins to become aware - through dreams, hallucinations, or alternate memories tangling with her own - of the other timelines in which she aided in the destruction of other Ancients...and of the consequences of Mantorok's millennia-long plan. What does it mean to have the dying Corpse God ascendant?
-In the game, Edward manages to lock the Ancient summoned to destroy Pious Augustus's patron away again. What if it wasn't that easy? What if the summoned Ancient managed to get its hooks into Alex, and begins slowly coercing her to do its bidding? How does she fight back? Does she wind up like Pious Augustus - or like Anthony, or Ellia?
-Something survives after the collapse of Ehn'gha, and escapes the ruins. Alex has to deal with it.
-The Ancients and their horrors aren't the only supernatural creatures in the world, and exposure to them means Alex can no longer ignore the others. Give me Alex Roivas, roaming exorcist and ghost-hunter, or Alex dealing with more traditional monsters - werewolves, vampires of the fanged humanoid kind, banshees, hostile mermaids, or any of a host of legendary creatures.

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The Locked Tomb Trilogy
Characters: Palamedes Sextus, Camilla Hect, Gideon Nav, Harrowhark Nonagesimus

You don't have to include all three characters, I'd be happy with a smaller subset as long as it includes at least one of the Sixth. Feel free to include any of the other characters from the series as well.

In terms of ships, I'm interested in Palamedes/Dulcinea, Palamedes/Camilla (given Word of God on them being related, you can consider this an exception to my incest DNW), Camilla/Gideon, and Harrowhark/Gideon.

I love these books - the unsettling atmosphere, the decadent and decaying settings, the desperate and sometimes unhealthy loyalties between necromancer and cavalier, the wide array of necromantic powers in all their eerie and occasionally disgusting glory. I especially love these characters, with their stubbornness and drive and principles and guilt.

The prompts below are just to give you an idea of what sort of stories I might be interested in. Please don't feel like you're required to follow them if none of them strikes your fancy.

Prompts
-I'd love an expansion on the AUs from Harrow the Ninth. What relationships form in Canaan House with Reverend Daughter Gideon and Cavalier Primary Harrow? Might the Sixth and the Ninth ally amidst the backstabbing pursuit of crown princess Gideon's hand?
-How about other alternate settings - D&D-esque fantasy, paranormal research bureau, early 20th century Lovecraftian horror?
-What if Harrow went with Camilla and the others on the planet she'd been sent to kill? Might she have remembered sooner under better circumstances?
-What if Palamedes and/or Gideon survived in place of Camilla and/or Harrow?
-It's implied that at some point, Palamedes and Harrow figured out the flawed Lyctor process and discussed it - what did that conversation look like?
-Imagine they managed to work out the perfected Lyctor process - what sort of havoc would those particular four immortal youths wreak on the Mithraeum?
-Hell, what sort of trouble would Palamedes get himself and any accomplices - willing or otherwise - into on the Mithraeum period, given his sense of morality and specialization in psychometry?

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October Daye Series
Characters: Captain Pete/Amphitrite

I find Captain Pete fascinating - a child of Titania with water magic, who aligns herself more with the children of Maeve, someone adamant about her neutrality and non-interference, who's built a safe haven for outcasts of the Fae world, someone who affects a lawless persona but follows a very strict code. I'd love to see something about her youth, or her founding of her Duchy, or her travels.

The prompts below are just to give you an idea of what sort of stories I might be interested in. Please don't feel like you're required to follow them if none of them strikes your fancy.

Prompts
-Give me a young Pete - with or without her siblings - discovering something strange or dangerous in the sea: a piece of magic, the wreckage of some ancient civilization, a rare monster of Faerie, a sentient storm or story.
-How about Pete as an adventurer navigating the borders of Faerie and the mortal world? Or Amphitrite the sea goddess, as either a vengeful figure or something with which sailors attempt to bargain.
-Give me Pete founding the Duchy of Ships, or dealing with an early threat to her people, showing even the other remaining Firstborn she's a force to be reckoned with.
-Give me the legend of Captain Pete and her travels, cobbled together from misremembered events and misattributed incidents. Are there tales she particularly enjoys and cultivates? Or ones she'd rather see buried that keep surfacing despite her best efforts?

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