#the rifter series

[sammybunny711]

A List of My Fanfics

RINGS OF POWER/TOLKIEN

Long Fics:

Morgoth's Shadow

Rating: M

Writing Status: Completed, being beta read and posted twice weekly

Total Word Count: 168,474

Summary:

Galadriel and Halbrand are in Númenor. When she is thrown in jail for sedition against the Queen Regent, she and Halband find themselves alone and able to plan for the future. Galadriel is bent on continuing her quest to find Morgoth's Shadow, but Halbrand attempts to change her plans. He plants within her mind the idea that she should rest. Relax. Cease her journey. His words worm their way into her innermost being and what should have been the bridge to the next leg of her hunt for Sauron turns into an opportunity to help the Queen Regent with a problem of her own. As Galadriel works to avert a crisis heading for Númenor, she and Halbrand grow closer and closer, even to the point of falling in love.

But Galadriel doesn't know what lurks beneath the surface… That the very one she seeks is beneath her own passionate hands. That the destruction of Numenor resides in the intentions of the man she has come to love more than life itself.

A Seal Upon My Heart

Rating: M

Writing Status: In progress, may or may not have beta reading, twice weekly posting schedule

Word Count Goal: 200K

Summary:

Galadriel's life is turned completely upside down when she discovers her husband of ten years is cheating on her.

Mairon is stuck in a horrible, abusive relationship and is desperate for ANY means of escape.

When the two of them meet at a bar where Mairon works as a bartender, they begin a friendship that might just prove to be each other's salvation.

ONE SHOTS:

A Door Opens

Rating: M

Word Count: 7k+

Prompt: Arranged Marriage @haladrielsweek

Summary: The White Council meets to discuss the Necromancer's presence in the old crumbling fortress of Dol Guldur. They discuss whether to attack or arrange for a peaceful solution. When Saruman presents Galadriel with the idea of offering her hand in marriage to Sauron in order to assure peace, she is filled with visions of the past. What will she decide? And can she reopen a door previously shut?

A Gift of Urgency

Rating: T

Word Count: 5k+

Part of the Saurondriel Central Discord Server Secret Santa 2024

Summary: Galadriel takes Halbrand to Eregion and we get to see what they talk about on the way and what happens once Halbrand is being healed in the realm of elven smiths. These are two scenes I desperately wanted that we didn't get to see in the show!

When a Friend Endures

Rating: G

Word Count: 2414 words

Summary: Nori Brandyfoot has been in love with her best friend since they were kids. Can she work up the courage to confess her love to Poppy and take their relationship to the next level?

THE RIFTER SERIES by Ginn Hale

Echoes of Longing

Rating: T

Word Count: 111,704

Written with @florianschild (a fellow Rifter buddy!) We wrote this together in the morning before we went to work over the course of a year. One of the most fun I've had writing stories!

Instead of throwing away the mysterious letter addressed to his roommate, John pockets it along with the key. Instead of going home to find his sword destroyed, Kahlil accompanies John and his friends up the mountain to the shattered remains of the Great Gate.

Two decisions that will echo outward into a new future, but every choice has the potential to twist fate back to where it began. And no two people have more power to change the echoes of fate than the Rifter and his Kahlil.

I'll Stay With You Til You Wake:

Rating: M

Words: 5370

Saimura and Ji finally locate John in the ruins of the Payshmura strongholds. What follows is a long journey to waking John from his self-imposed sleep. Can Saimura control the lingering feelings he has for John and set aside his own desires in order to do what's best for the Rifter? Or will he succumb to the impulses he's buried for so long?

Sacrosanct:

Rating: T

Words: 1k

Kahlil spends his "first night" in John's home and finds himself overwhelmed by the experience of being the roommate of the man he's watched over for years.

YURI!!! on Ice (ユーリ!!! on ICE)

I want to be up front, my main YOI long fic is incomplete at about halfway through. My goal, once I finish my current long fic for TROP is to rewatch Yuuri on Ice and finish that sucker! Finishing Morgoth's Shadow gave me a lot of confidence that I could actually finish things. So Turn Me Human? Your time will come!

Turn Me Human:

Rating: M

Wordcount: 41,366 (INCOMPLETE)

Katsuki Yuuri's world is turned upside down when a bloodied, gasping man wanders into his bakery as he's closing up for the night.

Vampire au, Baker Yuuri, Vampire Viktor

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I have a few other fics here and there. Feel free to look at the complete list of my works (including an Original fic I want to get back to at some point (because it's finished)) check this link.

[notesfromnayeshi]

He had failed. He had ruined the world. No amount of remorse would change that, and he had no right to expect the release of death. He had no right to dream of it, as he did each night. He deserved to feel bad and he deserved to suffer, but he didn’t deserve to die yet. He had too many obligations.

[achillean-heartbeat]

do any of my mutuals know the rifter series?

[itachi86]

[legionofmyth]

Palladium Books Presents: The Rifter #1 - Rifts: City Creation

Ready to build your own city in Rifts? 🏙️ Discover innovative city-building rules in "The Rifter #1" by Palladium Books. Transform your gameplay with our detailed video overview. Click here! #RiftsRPG #CityBuilder #TheRifter

The Rifter #1 As a wise master unveils ancient city-building secrets, so too does our latest video guide you through the new urban landscape rules introduced in “The Rifter #1” for Rifts. Understand the foundations that make a strong city and the strategies that protect its people. Let your journey to becoming a master city planner begin here, where knowledge becomes power and creation shapes…

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Character, book, and author names under the cut

You Miao/Li Zhifeng- To Rule in a Turbulent World by Fei Tian Ye Xiang

Kahlil (“Ravishan”)/John Toffler (“Jath'ibaye”)- The Rifter by Ginn Hale

Jack Wolcott/Alexis Chopper- Wayward Children by Seanan McGuire

Reyna/Kianthe- Tomes and Tea Series by Rebecca Thorne

[larissa-the-scribe]

Behold, Thaendric!

Another character who was sorely in need of an update/color/actual ref.

This masked vigilante is going through the multiverse and trying to undo the damage that his adoptive dad has done, and is planning on being an angsty loner about it (fate has other plans).

[larissa-the-scribe]

adsfjks I love this sm, like the coloring and the framing and also the everything asdlkjf

An illustration I did for a scene in the story @larissa-the-scribe is writing. The first version is more accurate to the setting, the second is easier to see lol You know those therapy sessions at 3am...

[christian-oc-tournament]

Please vote based on the picture AND the description!

Doctor Victor P. Henley [Empire Reimagined—-a Star Wars au series @musewrangler]

This man is always the smartest person in the room. No no. THE SMARTEST PERSON IN THE ROOM. Ahem. That singular eyebrow raise that Henley gives has been known to reduce medical interns and junior doctors to floods of tears. There is thus a reason that Lord Vader chose Henley as his personal physician. This Doctor has no karks to give---even for a Dark Lord of the Sith [ESPECIALLY for a Dark Lord of the Sith] and voices his opinion, medical or otherwise, whenever he wishes. Ultimately however, he is also loyal down to his molecular structure and shows that he cares about the crew of the Executor by giving them the best doctor in the galaxy. [Himself, in case that wasn't clear]

Eabennor (Benn) Bethaz [Rifters @larissa-the-scribe]

Grew up trained to be a super-powered weapon, but then got too close to someone on an infiltration mission so now he's a loving husband and father (whoops). Used to be Angsty (tm), now widely considered to be the Voice of Reason(tm)—but that's mostly because of the people he's being contrasted against. 

[wiltkingart]

hi! i was just curious if you think you will ever draw more art for the rifter series? i’m currently on book 8 after starting it on your recommendation and i love it, and i love these characters, and the pieces you’ve done capture the characters as i imagine them better than anything else ive seen.

i dont see why not! ive been holding myself back from starting a reread like a wild dog desperately yanking and fighting for my life at the leash ever since i finished it the first time. im trying to make a dent in my unread book pile currently, but once i make progress a reread is inevitable, and art will probably follow.

[sammybunny711]

Weekly Writing Update

Unfortunately, I have been sick for 2 miserable weeks. I got some hellish sinus virus last week that turned into a full-blown sinus infection. I've been on antibiotics for a few days and am also taking dayquil/nyquil around the clock, ibuprofen, and medicated nasal spray. MISERABLE I tell you. My productivity has definitely gone down, but thankfully my motivation is still very strong to keep writing and get farther on Morgoth's Shadow and my two other current projects.

UPDATES:

MORGOTH'S SHADOW: Currently sitting at 124,056 words and I'm writing in chapter 44. I'm in the last arc and things are tightening toward the end. I am in awe I've come so far in just 2 months.

HALADRIEL VALENTINE'S WEEK PIECE: @haladrielsweek I'm writing a forced marriage prompt one shot for this fun fic event! My piece is still in the early days and sits at 1460 words so far. I'm aiming for 8K. I hope, once I feel better, I'll get more writing in on this fun project.

HALADRIEL FIC EXCHANGE: @haladrielficexchange / @haladrielficxch I just started working on the prompt I was sent and I'm excited about it! I've gotten most of the planning done for it and it's sitting at the baby count of 354. I want to work on it sometime this weekend if I am able.

Thank you to everyone for the lovely comments on my two new chapters posted to AO3 this week. Your encouragement and kindness mean the WORLD to me and totally help me to stay motivated for the future chapters.

NON RINGS OF POWER UPDATES

I am currently rereading Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones, my favorite standalone novel outside of Tolkien's universe.

I am also currently rereading The Rifter series by Ginn Hale, my favorite book series outside of Tolkien's works.

I would love to do some fanfic writing in these two fandoms along with the Emperor's Edge fandom, but my TROP projects are keeping me very busy and I work full-time and am a wife/mum so my time is very strapped as it is.

So many ideas, so little time. Born to be a writer, forced to be a full-time worker, and all of that.

Happy Friday. I hope your weekend is excellent, all!

[notesfromnayeshi]

“You are the incarnation of Parfir, not the lackey of this or any other council!” Though his words were quiet, Kahlil felt his face flush with conviction. “Your flesh is my earth. Your blood is my river. Your breath is my sky. Your body is my world. Only you know how much destruction this world can endure. You can feel it as none of us can.”

[star--nymph]

the weekly inquisition book club has commenced; the book is swords and shields chapter 14 by Cassandra's request; she goes on an eighteen minute rant about the Knight-Captain being demoted and how the Commander's actions are antithetical to his character arc. Dorian has notes and they're all critical of the book; he gets into a screaming match with Cass just for the thrill of it. Josie mentions that she finds that the romance scenes having been lacking lately--Bull adds he wonders if the main love interest even know where the clit is. Sera is on the rifters; she's stolen Cass' copy and started doodling in the margins--most of them are about her getting anally fisted (she made sure to give her the best cheekbones). Vivienne is simply there for the wine and the drama; she finished the entire series and already wrote to Varric. Right before Cass can reach over and throttle Dorian for saying the Knight-Captain is unrealistically written as woman, the door to the tavern opens up. Someone shuffles in wearing a Lion helmet and takes his seat next to Bull. He clears his throat and says his name Dullen Wutherford. He also thinks the romance scenes were lacking and have very little development between that and the smut.

somewhere in another tower, varric is writing the world's most awkward sex scene out of pure spite--he uses the term 'flower' for vagina at least twenty seven times and sips with his ale with glee.

[itachi86]

i forgot how funny the rifter series is

[legionofmyth]

Palladium Books Presents: The Rifter #1 - Nightbane: New Morphus Tables

Transform your Nightbane character with the new morphus tables in "The Rifter #1" by Palladium Books. 🌑 Explore how these changes can revolutionize your gameplay in our latest video. Watch here! #NightbaneRPG #TheRifter #RPGGaming

The Rifter #1 Like an ancient scroll revealing transformative powers, our video unveils the new morphus tables for Nightbane in “The Rifter #1.” This arcane knowledge grants you the ability to reshape your Nightbane character’s destiny with unprecedented depth. Let not this wisdom pass you by, for those who wield it will command the shadows and light. Click the image to claim your guide to the…

[innominaterifter]

I realized that essentially all of my favorite book characters have autistic or ADHD traits. Taylor Hebert (Worm) and she's the same from the funfic "A Wand for Skitter", Murderbot ("The Murderbot Diaries" by Martha Wells; there is also a coincidence in my agenderness and grey/asexuality), Lenie Clarke and Ken Lubin (Peter Watts' rifter book series), Harry Potter and Hermione from HPMOR ("Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality" by Eliezer Yudkowsky), Miles Vorkosigan ("The Vorkosigan Saga" by Bujold), Ciaphas Cain and his loyal assistant Ferik Jurgen (Warhammer 40,000, Sandy Mitchell).

Overall, this is not surprising given my personal history of ADHD and autism. The funny thing is that I began to reflect on the topic of my own autism precisely after I read the Murderbot Diaries and came across a discussion of the character’s autistic traits. I was undermined from within by the thought, “What if all this bunch of coincidences are not just coincidences?”

Much was the same, but some things were not characteristic of autistic people, but at the same time, they were clearly not characteristic of the majority of people around me. I don’t remember the first time I heard about ADHD, but I immediately recognized some of my traits. When I read that ADHD and autism are often combined, I decided to take tests online first... and got high scores on both topics. Then, the doctor officially confirmed it for me. Bingo.