#WOT secret santa

[iwishtobeafish]

For @errorbrainloading! An official poster for Valan Luca's Grand Traveling Show and Magnificent Display of Marvel's and Wonders! Happy Holidays!

[teassassins]

Mat gifting Tuon a torm kitten!

@feast-of-lights Wot not-so-secret santa 2023 gift for @highladyluck from @miekkamaisteri!

[gunkreads]

Gift for @anyboli for the @feast-of-lights 2023 Wheel of Time Not-So-Secret Santa!

This could probably be 3-5 chapters, but... I'll just post it all at once. It’s genuinely one of the biggest writing projects I’ve ever done. I learned so much while working on this that I feel like a completely different person now. I hope it has even a tenth of the same effect on you.

HUGE thanks to @pillowfriendly and @highladyluck for the deluges of beta they offered and the willingness to watch me mix up past and past perfect tenses half a dozen times per paragraph.

[highladyluck]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Wheel of Time (TV), Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Rand al'Thor/Ishamael/Lanfear, Mierin Eronaile/Elan Morin Tedronai/Lews Therin Telamon, Rand al'Thor/Lanfear Characters: Rand al'Thor, Lews Therin Telamon, Lanfear, Ishamael Additional Tags: Wot Secret Santa 2023, Missing Scene, Episode: s02e06 Eyes Without Pity (Wheel of Time TV Series), Crack Treated Seriously, Songfic Summary:

Rand finds that boundaries are blurred in the World of Dreams, and it's best to be very careful what you wish for.

This is my gift for @miekkamaisteri for the @feast-of-lights WoT Secret Santa 2023. I had fun writing it, I hope you like it!

[feast-of-lights]

WoT Not-So-Secret Santa 2023 Gift List!

Hi everyone!

You can find the list of gift requests here.

If you want to sign up for one of them, put your tumblr username under "Gifter Signups" (Column I). Please do not edit any other field or delete anyone else's signup! I will consider those edits malicious and revert them.

If you still want to sign up to receive a gift, the link is here.

You don't need to ask for a gift to give one, or give a gift if you ask for it, but its encouraged.

Both links will remain open until 12/19. If you check the list and don't see anything you're interested in, or if the fic you want is taken already, check again later! Things will change, and I'll keep this post pinned while the links are open.

Please lmk if you have any questions!

[mific]

Channeling

by @mific

Fandom: The Wheel of Time (TV)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Characters: Nynaeve al'Meara

Additional Tags: Fanart, Traditional Media, Digital Art, Magic, Fantasy

Summary: Nynaeve channeling

Notes: Created for the 2022 Wheel of Time Secret Santa, as a gift for @mashiarasedai​

[butterflydm]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Rand al'Thor Additional Tags: Post-Canon, spoilers for book 14: a memory of light, book canon, background Rand al’Thor/Aviendha/Elayne Trakand/Min Farshaw, Canon-Compliant, Wot Secret Santa 2023 Summary: Rand tells a story to one of his children.

Written for @asha-mage for WoT Secret Santa 2023 (@feast-of-lights).

Cheana nodded solemnly, those green eyes so like Aviendha’s lit up with interest, and so Rand told her a story — not one of Thom’s gleeman tales, but one that Lews Therin’s mother had first told him when he was a child, not too much older than Cheana herself. The memories sat much more easily in his head now and it didn’t hurt or cause any stress to tell his daughter a story of a merchant in Comelle and her misadventures.

The great city of Comelle had many merchants, but Carlaene Dobaniel had something that none of the others had — a thirst for a third name.

“Why?” Cheana asked, in the loud whisper of a toddler.

Why did she want a third name? It was a sign of having done something impressive. Carlaene very much wanted other people to think that she was important. So she thought and thought, so hard, trying to think of something that she could do that would be impressive enough to win her a third name.

[xillionart]

Well, happily I’m an excellent swordsman. I came here to be a [warder]. I’d like your help... I know what people see when they look at me: rich, beautiful, useless idiot.

— Audition Tape for Gawyn Trakand, Wheel of Time Season 2 

@queenofmalkier Hello I'm your Wheel of Time Secret Santa for the year! I'm so happy that Gawyn is one of your faves, since he is also my fave - perhaps only second to the DragonCube - but he seems to be so vigorously roasted EVERYWHERE so I HAVE TO DRAW HIM and there you go 🥲

Choose to draw him with his fellow Younglings. Ah, those were the good days. Get to play with a more vibrant palette than I am used to, and hope you like my take! Happy Holidays ;;w;;

[adurna0-art]

Happy holidays @bannerman-for-the-band! Here’s a wintery Perrin following a bloody trail in the snow-covered woods, along with some canine company 😄

[trollocks-in-my-bollocks]

Merry Christmas, @butterflydm

(yes, I'm your Secret Santa and yes, I've read trackless domain at first just to figure out what to gift but then I got really involved and ended up loving it and I'm so excited for the new chapters <3)

[asha-mage]

         On the third day near the edge of a cliff they found what might have been a tower, though it was long since half collapsed and, to Jasin and Rand’s stunned realization, slightly melted in places. The steps had been intact enough for them to climb to the top, and there, among long weathered battlements, they built a bonfire and made camp. As night had fallen, Jasin had drawn out his hand-carved harp from the case he always kept it in, and sat on the crumbling wall to play, while the others danced, Mat and Egwene following, Perrin and Rand leading in their gentle sweeping turns around the circle of firelight.          Jasin had started with sad songs- things that had seemed to fit that strange mysterious place: The Wind that Shakes the Willow, The Man Who Can’t Forget, Whispers of Blaze. It would have felt wrong for him to play any of the songs he was more practiced at- to dishonor that place with Only One Bucket Of Water or Toss the Feathers, yet it wasn’t long before he found tears threatening the edges of his eyes, and he changed tact to some of the more dignified but still upbeat pieces he knew. Coming Home From Tarwin’s Gap, Weep for Manetheren, and finally Lament for Astrael.          “Beautiful Astrael, where the river meets the sea,          Sing, sing, of the winds bringing him home to me,          Winter’s gone and whispered far, and summer’s yet to bloom,          But he’ll return, on spring’s clean burn, my love, my love, my love to me…”          As the last few notes faded Jasin realized that the others had ceased their dancing. Egwene was curled up against the wall dozing, while Perrin was adjusting the fire with a long branch he had brought up for that purpose. Mat was leaning near the stairs, enjoying an illicit pipe that he was in no way yet old enough to be smoking while Rand…          Rand had wandered over and was staring at Jasin, his expression unreadable. No- not him, Jasin realized- his hands, his harp.          “That’s beautiful.” Rand said finally and Jasin felt himself lose focus and strike a sour note, cringing at the sound. He gave himself a shake, blinking his eyes to refocus his vision. He hadn't even realized that he began playing something else.          Rand didn't seem to mind the sour note as he sat down beside Jasin on the wall, shoulder to shoulder, turning his gaze up to the stars. “I’ve never heard anything like it. Did you learn it from one of your grandfather’s music books?”          Jasin shook his head and frowned, trying to recall the notes he had been playing.  “No.” He said slowly. “I didn’t. This is something else I-“ He peered down at his hands. Hesitantly, he laid a hand on the harp and plucked the strings he thought he had used in as close to the order as he could remember. It was...new. Unique. And yet familiar too, like a half-recalled memory. He wondered where he had picked it up- it wasn’t like wandering minstrel’s came through the Two Rivers all that often. “I like it.” Rand said with a smile, pressing their shoulders together. “Does it have a name?          “Conden Modero.” Jasin said, then shook himself in shock.          Rand blinked, clearly not understanding. But Jasin did, though he didn’t know how. He could not have named the language of those words, or where they had come from, but he knew they meant March of Death. Another sad song, but beautiful too.

-- Phantom Love

My (very very late I am incredibly sorry!) submission for the @feast-of-lights Not So Secret Santa event! My chosen giftee was @darkfeanix and I really hope this was worth the weight. He asked for Randmodean which is one of those pairings I have an incredible soft spot for and well....it uh. Got away from me a bit, to the tune of 18k words. A huge thanks as always to my amazing beta @highladyluck and her incredible patience with me on this one. It would not be nearly as a good a work without her input.

Marry Winter Night to Darkfeanix and a huge happy new year to everyone! As a bonus, have the tags I threw up on A03 as a extra teaser to the fic's content.

[teassassins]

Elayne Trakand

@feast-of-lights wot secret santa gift for @asongofstarkandtargaryen from @miekkamaisteri!

[darkfeanix]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Cadsuane Melaidhrin Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Aes Sedai (Wheel of Time), Wot Secret Santa 2023 Summary: Cadsuane decides to let the Hall of the Tower raise her to the Amyrlin Seat, and spends her first day as Amyrlin putting plans into motion.

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My gift for @flame-of-tar-valon for the @feast-of-lights WoT Not-So-Secret Santa 2023. I hope that you enjoy it. :D

[mashiarasedai]

Merry Christmas, @the-honk! I was your WoT secret Santa!

To fulfill a request of Siuan/Moiraine angst, I kinda went in the opposite direction.

This is a crochet corner to corner piece inspired by a pixel form of Aes Sedai my sister and I designed for cross-stitch. We hosted a cross-stitch class at JordanCon this year and shared this pattern with other WoT fans! Cross-stitch and corner to corner are so similar that this seemed a fitting way to show off some Siuan/Moiraine love!

To highlight a few items, I based Siuan’s design off the image of Sophie Okonedo in the golden outfit in the Hall of the Tower. In the show, her Amyrlin stole was more of a hint in the colors of the collar, but I included the actual stole (Red, Gray, Yellow, Green, Blue, Brown, and White).

Moiraine is also sporting her kesiera—a custom observed by Cairhienen nobles.

The piece is rather small so can be a tapestry on a wall, a table runner, a pet blanket, to name a few.

I love how it turned out (though it’s far from perfect). It was such fun to create this piece!

I hope you love it, too!

[feast-of-lights]

WoT Not-So-Secret Santa 2023

Hi everyone! I (@anyboli) got a late start on this years exchange due to general life busyness, but I wanted to make sure that I still ran something for the holidays. In that spirit and to reduce some overhead, I'm trying a slightly different format:

An Open Exchange

Here's how its going to work:

Here is a form to fill out if you're interested in receiving a gift this year.

Starting later today (12/5) or tomorrow (12/6), I'll post the spreadsheet of responses publicly on this blog and pin it. If you're interesting in filling that request, just put your name next to the request (I'd ask people to limit themselves to only signing up for one request, and only one person per request).

In two weeks (12/19), I'll lock the spreadsheet and post any unfilled requests as a separate "Treats" list that anyone can fill

Unlike in previous years, if you sign up to receive a gift, you aren't obligated to create a gift, and you can sign up to create a gift without asking for a gift. Hopefully, though, with the Treats structure, everyone who asks for a gift will get one.

If you need to drop out before 12/19, just remove your name from the spreadsheet. If you need to drop out after 12/19, please DM me @anyboli.

Posting date for gifts is 12/24 - 12/31

The tag is #wot secret santa 2023

As always, there is no quality requirement or minimum word count on gifts, and please respect DNWs and spoilers.

Please send me an ask on this blog or a DM if you have any questions or concerns.

[asongofstarkandtargaryen]

My secret wot santa gift for @mific !

I'm sorry for being so late. I hope you'll have a great year ahead of you !!