#kaladin edgedancer au

[thatboreddrake]

So, do y'all remember a while back I made a post about a Stormlight AU where Kaladin becomes an Edgedancer instead of a Windrunner? So that idea was bouncing around in my head, and @catcas22 and I wanted to put down some bullet points of how this would actually change the story:

Kaladin goes off to study as a surgeon in Kharbranth before Amaram comes recruiting

Roshone drafts Tien, but Lirin elects not to send word to Kaladin, as he fears that Kaladin would quit his training and return if he knew

Kaladin gains a reputation as one of the more promising surgeons in Kharbranth

Eventually, one of his patients gets transferred to Taravingian's secret Diagram project (so they can drain their blood for a Death Rattle)

Kaladin, naturally, wants to stay with them and make sure they recover

He's told to "forget about them and move on to the next patient"

He can't accept that, so he starts digging into where the patients are being transferred to (with the help of an unusually talkative spren)

He is interrupted from his investigations by a request to help heal an important foreign dignitary from a strange form of poison

His path intersects with Jasnah and Shallan while he helps Shallan recover from Kabsal's attempted assassination

Over the course of her recovery, Kaladin confides in Jasnah his worries about Taravingian, and enlists the two of them in helping him get to the bottom of it

The three of them use Jasnah's Soulcasting to break into the underground facility

Kaladin freezes when he realizes what Taravingian has been doing and desperately starts trying to heal the people who are having their blood drawn

Kaladin swears his Second Ideal in attempting to escape Kharbranth with the captives

Kaladin, Jasnah, and Shallan depart for the Shattered Plains with as many of the captives as their ship can carry

Meanwhile, in northern Alethkar:

Tien breaks in battle and tries to run away using Lightweaving (Sanderson has confirmed that Tien was some level of Lightweaver)

Tien is captured, then sold into slavery on the Shattered Plains because Amaram decides he's too much trouble

Without Kaladin there to save him, Amaram is killed by nascent Skybreaker Helaran

Helaran gets word that the Surgebinder in Amaram's army is still at large, and heads for the Shattered Plains

Now, on the Shattered Plains:

Tien ends up in the Bridge Crews on Bridge Four (because you gotta have Bridge Four)

While returning from the greatshell hunt, Bridge Four is sent to help the Kholins return to camp

Adolin strikes up a conversation with Tien, as he reminds him of Renarin in a way

Moash arrives on the bridge crews and decides he's going to organize the crews so that they can have a chance at escaping slavery

Adolin notices that an oddly intelligent windspren with a mischievous streak has begun following him around

His conversation with Tien and the rest of Bridge Four has him realize just how bad the situation is under Sadeas for the bridgemen

While considering what to do, he discovers that Tien died on one of the bridge runs

At the urging of his windspren friend, Adolin defies Dalinar's wishes and takes up dueling again, seeking to gain a chance to challenge Sadeas for the freedom of the Bridge Crews

Dalinar is furious and strips Adolin of Plate and Blade, effectively benching him for the rest of the book

When Dalinar leaves for the Tower with Sadeas, he leaves Adolin behind

Adolin refuses to stand by and takes his personal guards to follow after Dalinar, recruiting an off-duty Bridge Four to help him get there

Moash agrees, as he figures that eluding one lighteyes would be far easier than escaping the whole army

Adolin encounters Sadeas's forces on their way back and orders a double-time march to try and save the Kholinar forces if he can

He arrives at the Tower in time to see the Kholinar forces routed and swears the Second Ideal of the Windrunners in a desperate bid to save his army and his father

Moash rethinks his plan after seeing a lighteyes leap, essentially unarmed, across a canyon to try and save his men

Bridge Four establishes an escape route, but the Kholinar forces are decimated by the Parshendi

Adolin fails to find his father, who has been captured and brought back to Narak by Eshonai

Suddenly finding himself to be highprince of Kholinar, Adolin surrenders his Shardblade, which has begun to scream whenever he touches it, in exchange for the bridge crews's freedom

And that's everything that changes for the Way of Kings! I'll go more into Words of Radiance/Oathbringer later, but that's what I have for now!

[catcas22]

Renarin confesses to Kaladin, from @thatboreddrake’s Kaladin Edgedancer AU.

[free-the-safehands]

Presumably some healthcare professionals in Kharbranth were not involved in the death rattle thing, like it's a city known for its hospitals and i think just the one kings secret room has the creepy doctors?

Rereading TWoK again -- yes, it's a compulsion but those are my emotional support characters lol -- and it struck me.

Kaladin was supposed to go train Kharbranth if he hadn't joined the army. Where Taravangian's surgeons were murdering people for their death rattles.

What a drastic fucking fork that is.

[jamin007]

I feel like Rosharans would LOVE (American) football and would be so good at it

Bondsmiths kinda have the perfect pair of abilities for a football player. Tension to take tackles better and Adhesion to hold onto the ball better. Too bad that they would be more suited to being a coach and are also limited to 3 (or 4 if Ba Ado Mishram is cool like that?)

Windrunners on the other hand would be insane receivers specifically, since they keep Adhesion to hold on better and pair it with huge jumps uninhibited by gravity (assuming straight up flying would be banned). The catches would be insane

Stonewards would be great lineman, both offensive and defensive, but especially offensive lineman. Holding the line and not breaking is like their whole thing

A good Edgerunner/Dustbringer who could balance Abrasion to increase and decrease friction appropriately could be an amazing runningback to slip through defensive lines while not letting the ball slip out. They could also be good quarterbacks and throw the ball with no air resistance

The Adolin (Edgedancer) Quarterback/Kaladin Wide Receiver combo would be legendary (you're welcome highschool AU fic writers)

Healing means injuries aren't really a thing which alleviates the more problematic issues of the sport. They might not even really need padding since holding stormlight makes you more durable, but they have shardplate anyways. Or even just carapace for the Singers (the football spren would grant them sports form)

Anyways, I patiently await the modern age of Rosharan society when they realize they can still do wars and be honorable, but in the controlled environment or professional sports

[jewishdainix]

Anyone wanna hear about my stormlight au where kaladin and tien dont get receuited to the military and kaladin goes to karbaranth where he bonds with a spren and becomes an edgedancer and goes to study under jasnah under the guise of a woman (oops hes genderfluid now) and befriends shallan once she gets there

[cosmereplay]

Uh you got any more of those... Gender.. cosmere fics..?

That nb kaladin and lift fic was so good pls

✨✨DO I!✨✨

An Early Ideal, An Unexpected Truth by TrishHankins

Rated Teen, 17,000 words, Oathbringer, CW suicidal thoughts

Transfem Elhokar, nonbinary transfemme Adolin

This fic follows an alternate canon and it has a thoughtful and loving portrayal of Elhokar's transition to Kari that doesn't shy away from difficult topics. And it has a happy ending!

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Perceptions of Self by Wandering_Channeler

Rated General, 1000 words, Oathbringer

Nonbinary Nightblood

Nightblood wants to try to understand pronouns and gender, and asks various people to explain. This one's funny and sweet!

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Series: [slaps cosmere] this baby can fit so many gender by werealldreaming

(only visible to logged in ao3 users), 4 fics, all rated General.

Transfem Kaladin; nonbinary Vivenna; transmasc Spook; nonbinary Lift.

Short and impactful moments throughout the cosmere, I'm linking to the whole series so you can read them all in one sitting.

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Unto Themself by freoduweard

Rated General, 1000 words, Oathbringer

Nonbinary Renarin?

A mother has questions and worries about her child, who may face many challenges as they grow.

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Self-Soulcasting by TrishHankins

Rated Mature, 18,000 words, WoR canon divergence

Transfem Kaladin

Kaladin ends up in Kharbranth to finish her training, and happens upon a young woman who is in training as a scholar. Spats, pins, and friendship (maybe other things too?) ensue. It's a smart and tender fic that takes great care with characterization. Also it has amazing epigraphs from an in world book about gender and transitioning called Self-Soulcasting. So good!

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An Edgedancer's Tale by Susanoko

Rated Mature for violence, 22,000 words, set in Alethkar without references to canon events, CW well-marked descriptions of self harm/suicide

Transfem OC Radiant

Thalkum is a ranked duelist in the city of Rashir. His overbearing father wants him to compete harder, and something inside Thalkum breaks. Fortunately, he...she discovers good friends and a spren named Willow, who help fill the cracks. This fic is quite dark at times, which makes the moments of celebration shine all the brighter.

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Urithiru Pride by Wandering_Channeler

Rated General, 1000 words, references RoW

Nonbinary Lift

Just a fun crack fic! Dalinar and Szeth are not invited but just about everyone else is!!

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I want to learn to love the way you love by taleisinlefay

Rated Explicit, 6000 words, no spoilers iirc, CW oblique references to past sexual abuse

Transmasc OC

Taleisin and Kaladin confess their love and have gender affirming sex. Just very sweet

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And of course the ones mentioned in the replies to that original post:

A journey of self-discovery by Wandering_Channeler

Rated Teen, 19,000 words, canon divergence around RoW era

Nonbinary Kaladin, nonbinary Lift

Kaladin unexpectedly finds a community, and they help them figure out what's been feeling off.

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A Strapping Young Man by whoreship

Rated Explicit, 5000 words, modern AU

Transmasc Renarin

Renarin buys sex toys and figures out how to use them in a way that gives him gender euphoria. This fic has such a special place in my heart

[sorchasolas]

1. I was debating whether or not to make him a Windrunner. On one hand, i love Syl SO much and i hate to part her from Kal. On the other hand, Edgedancer(or Willshaper if u rlly wanted Jasnah to be able to mentor Kal on a surge) Kaladin isnt something thats explored as much (he doesnt fit the bill AT ALL but how cool would Elsecaller Kal be) so im still on the fence to what to do abt that

2. Kal would have Shallan’s siblings—i debated genderswapping them to keep the nuance of “youngest differently gendered kid in a family where all the other siblings are the other gender” or smth like that, but i decided against it. In this AU, they wouldnt be relying on Kaladin fully— to them hes just the youngest boy and to them hes going off to chase around Jasnah for some unknown reason

3.Jansah ABSOLUTELY pushed for Shallan to be the heir— Dalinar obviously did not come up with that idea on his own. I think they’d have a relationship still like in canon, but without the undertones of a wardship— Shallan would see Jasnah as a guiding figure, much like a big sister. Jasnah would, in public, make sure to treat Shallan like the heir she is so people don’t loose respect for Shallan, but behind closed doors Shallan would defer to Jasnah at a certain level— honestly like everyone else does.

Roleswap fic but Kaladin is the youngest son in the Davar family, and goes to Jasnah not to steal from her but because he genuinely wants to learn to read and such, but doesn’t want to become an ardent so he can get money to save his family

Adolin is the son of Lirin & Hesina, he joins the army at 15 of his own volition, and accepts the shardplate when given (for plot purposes it’s Maya)

Shallan is the oldest daughter of the Kholin family who, while being a woman, still gets the title of heir due to Renarin abdicating (unfortunately most of the family pushed for it and he did it as soon as he was old enough to understand what he was doing) and thus gets Evi’s shardplate

[catcas22]

The neat thing about the Kaladin Edgedancer AU is that it's also the Adolin Windrunner AU.

Canon:

Syl: "Intrusive thought!"

Kaladin: "That's dumb, we're not doing that."

AU:

Syl: "Intrusive thought!"

Adolin: "Hell yeah, let's do it!"

[catcas22]

Not sure precisely under what circumstances Kaladin would meet Maya in the Edgedancer AU, but I do know he’d be in doctor mode the second he got over the initial jumpscare.

[catcas22]

Rogue Skybreaker Helaran and his squire Moash, from @thatboreddrake’s Edgedancer Kaladin AU (here).

[thatboreddrake]

Stormlight AU where Tien doesn’t get drafted to fight a pointless war. Kaladin gets to go and study to become a surgeon at Karbranth. Instead of Syl, he ends up attracting the attention of a cultivationspren and becoming a nascent Edgedancer. He becomes catapulted into Plot(TM) when one of his patients gets transferred to Taravingian’s sketchy future sight division.

Idk I just like the idea of a Kaladin who doesn’t have to angst about when to kill and when to save, he can just focus on saving and healing those in need. You cannot tell me that Roshar’s #1 Union organizer wouldn’t swear to “remember those who have been forgotten.” Also Surgeon Kaladin getting to use Regrowth powers would be very fun.

Taravingian: “Why do I hear Eurobeat music?”

Edgedancer Kaladin who has been picking up speed and gliding across half a continent:

[thatboreddrake]

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[cosmereplay]

Stormlight Pride fanfic recs - Mature/Explicit Edition

(Looking for the General/Teen rated version? Click here!)

Happy Pride month! Here are some Stormlight fanfic recs, and this one’s the Mature and Explicit edition! Looking for the General and Teen recs? They’re here. Starting with KalMoash and ace!Kaladin fics because they were requested!

Let’s start with a steamy KalMoash: Fanfic#1 Day#1 by GhostKey Rated Mature, 200 words, WoR era

And to balance it out, a dark KalMoash, beware tags for dubcon, suicidal thoughts. Nothing Loving by Anonymous Rated Explicit, 2000 words, RoW spoilers Moash is broken, and in a desperate moment, he looks back on his connection and history with Kaladin. (This is also the prequel to a very good Kal/Adoliln fic)

Sexuality is complicated, and so is Kal. Choose your own adventure for him, including aroace, sex positive ace, demisexual, and bisexual options as he figures out what to do with bi Shallan and Adolin! The Call to Adventure by cosmere_play Various ratings based on choices, all choices are warned for ahead of time. Each storyline is about 7-10,000 words. Modern Canada AU.

Gotta get Raboniel/Navani in the mix! Research by BlindRadiant Rated Mature, 2000 words Ace Raboniel decides to do some “research” on bi Navani

Love me a bi acespec Jasnah: when you don't have to think about it (love me at the ungodly hour) by gaybrial Rated Explicit, 4000 words, canon divergent but maybe I’ll say RoW era why not just in case Established Shallan/Jasnah relationship. Jasnah makes a suggestion to appease Shallan’s urges.

Showing some trans (self)love: A Strapping Young Man by whoreship Rated Explicit, 5000 words, modern Roshar AU Renarin is a trans man trying to figure himself out, with the help of Fuckform Rlain’s signature sex toy line.

And some more difficult trans experiences too: An Edgedancer's Tale by Susanoko Rated Mature for violence, self-harm and thoughts of suicide; 22,000 words. A beautifully-written original character goes through a bonding and a healing when it’s still not safe to transition.

Have a night of orgies: A Wild Night by notsafeforkaladin Rated Explicit for rough sex, getting drugged, dubious consent; 7000 words. Adolin accidentally gets dosed with something that makes him insatiably horny, and he needs whoever’s nearby to help him out.

You think one night is good? How about years of them: Old Friends by rarepairs_only Rated Explicit, 18,000 words. Set in the conquest era with a focus on Dalinar/Sadeas but also includes other partners and loves and losses.

And a kinky time for our blessed kinksters: Cherry by SlutweaverElhokar Rated Explicit, 2000 words. Humiliation kink, losing virginity, cuckholding, bondage, tentacle sex, gangbang, dubious consent… What can I say, it’s a story about Elhokar. Part of last year's Planterlanche.

I couldn’t get to all the gender stuff I wanted to post, so here’s a list of favourites. If you're interested in a rarepair, kink, or theme, check out the Stormlight kink meme on Dreamwidth (you can post anonymously!) and/or send me a message and I'll see if I can find a fic that meets your criteria. I'm always down to hype some Stormlight fic!

[catcas22]

Kaladin could have learned about Spren types during his road trip with Jasnah. Unfortunately, after she had Shallan write him an essay on why killing people is sometimes morally defensible, he started ignoring her purely on principle.

Renarin confesses to Kaladin, from @thatboreddrake’s Kaladin Edgedancer AU.

[thatboreddrake]

Nvm you’re so right

Renarin confesses to Kaladin, from @thatboreddrake’s Kaladin Edgedancer AU.